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Chapter 657 Thoroughly Fired Up (2)

Chapter 657: Chapter 657 Thoroughly Fired Up (2)

Suddenly, a pleasant ringtone sounded, and An Yiqing paused her pen, picking up the mobile phone from the coffee table.

"Hello? Ah Lin?" she said with a gentle smile, her tone betraying none of the anxiety or unease that might have been expected due to the Xuanjin Yu Jade scandal.

"Tutu, I know about the situation. I’ve already arranged for someone who specializes in investigations to head to Xuanjin Yu Jade, they should arrive soon," Gu Yelin got straight to the point, "Don’t worry, I’ve got this."

An Yiqing felt a deep warmth flood her heart, her eyebrows and eyes curving, and laughter twinkling in her clear, watery eyes.

"Hmm, this little setback is nothing. I’m fine, don’t worry about me, Ah Lin."

Her soft and glutinous voice transmitted through the handset, easing the underlying apprehension and heartache that Gu Yelin had been harboring.

After they finished the call, An Yiqing received calls from An Zisheng and An Zhihang as well. The fake jade selling scandal had already started to cause a stir in Xuandu City and even among the Xuanjin community. As people in the know, the An Family naturally could not help but worry.

The news spread even faster than expected, An Yiqing’s clear, watery eyes narrowing slightly, with turbulent waves churning in their depths.

Originally, she thought it was just a minor frame-up, but to her surprise, the news had spread throughout Xuanjin in just a morning.

Actually, the Xuanjin Yu Jade company was not some big conglomerate, and most ordinary folks didn’t harbor strong resentments against such an obscure, large company, so there was no need to harp on it. But someone behind the scenes deliberately arranged for an internet army to stir things up online non-stop, promoting the incident everywhere and even exaggerating the accusations with fabrications that were particularly offensive to the public.

Consequently, netizens were all enraged, and a crusade against Xuanjin Yu Jade began to swell, growing more intense by the moment.

And thus, Xuanjin Yu Jade became utterly notorious!

Watching the condemnation spread across the internet, An Yiqing’s eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze revealing a touch of glee.

Liao Jinglin, his heart pounding, watched An Yiqing’s mouth curve into a smile, wondering if the young lady had taken too heavy a blow and had lost her mind.

"Miss, this matter is not that serious. Please don’t take it to heart. I, shall I contact Brother Zhang?..."

An Yiqing couldn’t help but twitch her mouth, looking at Liao Jinglin with a full head of black lines and an overflow of words in his throat that he simply couldn’t express.

"I’m fine, I’m not crazy..." her tone contained quite a bit of teeth-gritting frustration.

Liao Jinglin’s expression froze, and after staring with wide eyes for a long time and confirming that An Yiqing appeared completely normal, he finally relaxed.

"Miss, if you’re fine, why are you laughing? It’s rather frightening..." he scratched the back of his head and mumbled a complaint.

"Cough! I think that this incident is actually a good opportunity," An Yiqing said meaningfully, stretching out a petite hand to touch her delicate chin.

"A good opportunity? What opportunity?" Liao Jinglin asked, puzzled and dry, "The company has been smeared like this, what good opportunity can there be?"

"Hmm... don’t you see that our Xuanjin Yu Jade has become utterly famous now? Others have advertised for us, and we didn’t spend a penny, yet we’ve become this popular... hmm, not bad..." An Yiqing’s eyes and eyebrows curved, smiling like a sly little fox.

"Fire?" Liao Jinglin froze abruptly, then slapped his thigh vigorously and shouted, "Right! How could I not think of it? As long as we clarify this incident and completely turn around the company’s image, we won’t even need to send out troops or spend a dime on advertising—it’ll all be free publicity! Oh miss! Your mind works really fast! Had you not reminded me, I wouldn’t have thought of this at all!" Liao Jinglin, with a grin, thrust out his right thumb and gave An Yiqing a big thumbs-up.

An Yiqing shook her head with amusement and said softly, "Alright, it’s not such a big deal. Look how excited you’ve gotten. Hurry up, go get all the relevant materials. As the company’s general manager, you have to get down to the grassroots to stabilize people’s hearts."

Liao Jinglin nodded, stood up, and strode away to carry out An Yiqing’s orders.

Inside the Thirteen Blood Generals Mansion, An Zhifeng and a few others threw a group of captured IP vest owners together and doused them with a bucket of cold water, instantly waking them up.

"Cough, cough! Who, who’s there?" one of them choked on the water, asking groggily.

"Wake up, everyone wake up! Answer my questions and I’ll let you go immediately. Otherwise, hehe—"

In their daze, the people sprawled on the ground only heard a crisp, loud crack of a whip, followed by a fierce gust of wind rushing towards their faces.

The few people instantly snapped awake and looked up with wide eyes.

What they saw on the concrete floor in front of them was a deep lash mark, evidence of the whip-wielder’s exceptional skillfulness, clearly someone trained in martial arts.

The people on the floor slowly lifted their heads, cautiously looking upward until they suddenly met a pair of sharp, cold, and eagle-like black eyes.

It was An Zhifeng who had just viciously cracked the whip!

"Who, who are you! What do you want to do?" Several people asked stammeringly, their faces showing terror.

An Zhifeng casually flicked the whip, and the tail of the whip lightly swept across the bodies of the people, causing them to shiver with deep fear.

"Today, young master brought you here not for anything too serious, just to talk about feelings, to exchange some experiences on framing and entrapment. Come on, chat with us brothers—what outrageous things have you done recently that enraged both heaven and people?"

As they lay on the ground, the eyes of the several people involuntarily flickered harshly, as they hurriedly avoided An Zhifeng’s gaze.

"What... what are you talking about... I don’t understand. We’re all good citizens of Xuanjin, upstanding members of society. I don’t understand what you mean by things that have enraged both heaven and people!"

With a cold laugh, An Zhifeng snapped his whip, which whistled through the air.

"Alright, you don’t understand, huh? Lao Shi! On with it! Give our brothers here a warm welcome!"

An Zhifeng tilted his head, and Lao Shi, An Zhiying, immediately understood his intentions.

He turned around and from the washroom brought out a small red bucket in one hand and a stack of thick kraft paper in the other, walking slowly towards the group.

The people lying on the ground looked at the scholarly An Zhiying with glasses, feeling a creeping sense of horror.

"What, what are you going to do? I’m telling you, murder is illegal! The death penalty is illegal! You can’t do this!" stammered one of the men, who seemed to have an epiphany, his eyes lighting up, "That’s right! There are cameras in my neighborhood! My neighbors will call the police if you take me away!"

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