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Chapter 213: Chapter 213: Trouble at Home Chapter 213: Chapter 213: Trouble at Home After the effect of anesthesia faded, Jing Zheng woke up and looked at the familiar ceiling above him absentmindedly.

Lu Xining: “You’re awake.”

Originally lying on the sofa, Lu Xining got up when she heard the noise and looked at Jing Zheng’s confused eyes, sighing inwardly.

“Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?”

When Jing Zheng turned his head, he saw the concern in her eyes. A tender sprout blossomed in his barren heart, just as someone came in through the door.

He immediately complained, “Sister, Senior Brother Jin reduced my anesthesia dosage. My wound is really painful…he did it on purpose…”

The man who entered gave him a fierce knock on the head.

“How dare you, you male green tea! If it weren’t for my skilled hands, your intestines would be out dancing by now. How dare you badmouth me in front of the boss?”

“Senior Brother Jin, how could you say such things? Alright, alright, it’s all my fault, I admit it. I just beg you to not treat others like this in the future, it’s okay if I suffer alone, but we can’t let… Ouch!”

Senior Brother Jin took a step forward, his long fingers extended, directly pinching his incessantly babbling lips.

The ward became instantly quiet.

The man: “You’re too noisy.”

Jing Zheng glared at him angrily, while he lifted the corner of his mouth.

Lu Xining took a medical cotton swab dipped in warm water and said, “Old Jin, don’t hold it against him. Mentally, he’s not much older than Nuonuo.”

“His lips are dry, let go.”

Upon hearing this, the man released his hand.

Jing Zheng immediately huffed, “Sister, look at him!”

“Your junior brother makes a good point.”

Lu Xining moistened his somewhat dry lips, smiling as she said, “Every beating you get, you never are blamed without reason.”

Knowing that Jing Zheng was deliberately lightening the mood to ease everyone’s nerves, she played along with him.

After Senior Brother Jin had checked Jing Zheng’s condition, he left the ward.

Only Lu Xining and Jing Zheng were left in the room.

“By the way, why did you link so much money to Nuonuo’s children’s watch? She is only a few years old, aren’t you afraid of her being scammed?”

Jing Zheng turned to look at the ceiling, proudly saying, “Ultimately, all my money will go to Nuonuo anyway. Spending it sooner or later makes no difference, what’s wrong with letting her enjoy it sooner? I just love spoiling her.”

Thinking about this, he decided to video call Little Dumpling.

But then, something went wrong.

Jing Zheng sat up in disregard of his wound, his handsome eyes narrowing as he saw the man in the background of Little Dumpling’s video. His expression turned ugly real fast.

He hurriedly covered the phone’s earpiece and gestured for Lu Xining to come closer.

Jing Zheng whispered, “How could Nuonuo be in Ji Bingxiang’s house? Does he… does he know?”

Lu Xining nodded.

As he saw his chest heave with anger, she patted his shoulder, signaling him to calm down, “He knows, but Nuonuo hasn’t acknowledged him.”

Jing Zheng: “Does she still call him uncle?”

Lu Xining nodded again.

Relieved, Jing Zheng laughed and chatted with Lu Nuonuo, lulled into happiness by Little Dumpling.

After hanging up, he quickly covered his wound, “Sister, quick! Call Senior Brother Jin back, my wound feels like it’s splitting.”

Lu Xining: “…”

Regardless of how much Ji Muye spoke, within the domestic Lu Family, Little Dumpling simply refused to move into his house at Jingzhou No. 1.

Left with no choice, he had to let his two sons also stay at the Lu’s.

With their mother not at home, Ji Chao and Ji Ze took up the duty of lulling to sleep, though Little Dumpling hardly needed any cajoling and slept on schedule.

Ji Muye slept in the children’s room next to the master bedroom.

He would always wait for the three children to fall asleep before he left, the door ajar, to prevent them from panicking if they woke up from nightmares at night.

Today, just minutes after he lay down, his phone started to vibrate intensely.

It was Yan Dong’s call.

His voice urgent and tense, “President Ji, someone posted a video of you forcing Shen Molin on an international website. We’ve contacted the website’s administrator to take it down as soon as possible, but the video has already surpassed twenty million views and is still rising.”

This kind of issue, if it happened domestically, could be handled immediately.

Unfortunately, the opponent chose an international site.

Ji Muye had been psychologically prepared since the incident had occurred.

The secret that made his father swallow untold pain could definitely not be as simple as just drugging.

“Contact Ma Sai for this matter and leave it to him to handle.”

“Okay! I’ll do it right now!”

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After Jing Zheng’s mood didn’t deteriorate, Lu Xining arranged a male nurse for him.

She planned to return to her estate in C-country that night to check on Ming Yuan’s current state while filming here.

But as she had just gotten into the car, she received a video sent by Fu Junhang.

Even though the person in the video was dressed to look similar, she recognized at a glance that this man was not Ji Muye, but she had to admit, his silhouette was indeed strikingly similar to him.

The video was truly unpleasant to watch, but it went viral on foreign websites due to its sensitive content.

The uploader gave the video a very explosive title:

“Company President of a Certain Country Abuses Female Secretary: How Should Women’s Rights Respond!”

Although the video was released on foreign websites, today’s netizens are adept at bypassing internet barriers, and soon, censored screenshots began circulating domestically.

#BeastlyCEOStunningSecretary#

#Daytime job, nighttime comfort, a worker’s nightmare#

#Secretary gone missing after refusal#

Lu Xining scrolled through these topics one by one in the car, her expression growing solemn.

Shen Molin was evidently throwing caution to the wind.

Even if Ji Muye clarified later that he was framed, by then, the trending topics online would have already impacted the company’s stocks.

The value of those stocks wouldn’t be retrievable even if Shen Molin was killed.

Does public opinion impact superiors?

Yes! But it’s not absolute.

Lu Xining knew that Ji Muye wouldn’t just sit and wait for his doom, but he didn’t understand the resentment of certain netizens toward the wealthy.

Given the chance, regardless of truth, they would assume the role of judge and pour out malicious criticism.

Targeting the false hot topics on the internet, Shi’an Group swiftly executed emergency public relations.

On their public platform, they clarified immediately that the person in the video was not Ji Muye and posted evidence of Shen Molin’s violation of rules and regulations at work, stating that her dismissal and the pursuit of compensation were standard procedure.

However, the spectating netizens didn’t believe any of it.

Lu Xining saw the comments under the clarification news, not surprised in the slightest.

The harsh criticisms spread online by emotionally driven netizens were unwittingly the cheapest weapon in the hands of those orchestrating the whole event.

Lu Xining had a flight booked back to the country for the next morning, then she drove back to the estate.

Just one night of fermentation.

The whistleblower email set up by Shi’an Group was flooded with vulgar and abusive emails from netizens.

The public relations department prepared a series of response plans, but couldn’t withstand the barrage of exposes.

The very next morning, photos were leaked of Shen Molin being kicked out of a car after attending a banquet with Ji Muye.

The photos and an injured Shen Molin lying in the hospital for a week surfaced; despite Shi’an Group being such a large company, no leaders had visited her. She received her termination and accountability contract during her hospital stay.

Although it’s common nowadays for people to take photos without permission, it’s rare to capture such timely and perfectly complete sequences.

High-definition photos and videos went viral.

Most importantly!

Just after Shen Molin’s parents claimed they had long lost contact with their daughter, someone posted photos from an underground parking lot in Little R Country, showing Shen Molin being tied up and forced into a car.

These high-frequency explosive revelations followed one after another.

It was as if the scandal was tailor-made for Ji Muye.

Lu Xining had spent the previous night at the estate with Ming Yuan, delighted to see that her best friend was in great spirits in C-country, looking even healthier than her. She was genuinely happy for her.

Knowing that Su Ting planned to bring Qin Xueyuan to film abroad, coincidentally in the same movie Ming Yuan was shooting, she was considering asking Fu Junhang to arrange some backup on set.

Lu Xining took the earliest flight back to Jingzhou, the first-class cabin wasn’t crowded.

She arrived a bit late.

A man was already seated beside her.

The familiar cold, deep scent of sandalwood, accompanied by the fresh aftershave aroma, invaded her nostrils.

…It was him.