The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 300: Surrounded by Reporters, the Relationship Exposure is Imminent

Chapter 300: Chapter 300: Surrounded by Reporters, the Relationship Exposure is Imminent

The next day, Rong Mansion.

Jiang Man and Lu Xingzhou had breakfast together.

Jiang Man had two classes in the morning, so after eating, she would head directly to school.

Lu Xingzhou methodically cut his steak, and after he finished, he switched plates with Jiang Man.

He acted like a considerate husband, and Jiang Man naturally accepted everything.

The two didn’t seem like a newlywed couple, but rather as if they had been together for seven or eight years.

Even without a word spoken between them, a warm feeling naturally emerged.

Jiang Man speared a piece of beef with her fork; the medium-rare meat was smooth and chewy.

She chewed slowly, used the remote to turn on the curved screen TV, and turned on the morning news.

In the dining room, the fireplace was very warm, the sound of knives and forks touching the plates, the newscaster’s voice from the TV... all these sounds mixed together, not only did it not feel noisy, but it was extremely comforting.

"Manman, are you interested in Barrett’s concert? My aunt got a bunch of tickets and arranged for everyone to go. If you don’t want to, we can just go by ourselves later."

"Tickets from aunt?" Jiang Man was somewhat surprised.

Given her aunt’s taste, she seemed to not like concerts, especially Barrett’s music.

Barrett’s music style was rather melancholic and sad, which didn’t seem to match her aunt’s personality who would likely prefer more lively and spirited music.

"I’m fine with anything." She had almost finished eating, wiped her mouth with a napkin, "What time is it?"

"This Saturday."

"No problem."

Jiang Man agreed, grabbed her backpack, and prepared to leave.

As she took a step, she thought of something, turned her head around, "We can go to the movies, choose from science fiction or action."

Hearing Jiang Man inviting him to the movies, a smile finally appeared on Lu Xingzhou’s usually impassive face, "Sure, I’ll make the arrangements."

"Okay." Jiang Man stepped away and walked.

As she was changing shoes at the entrance, her phone rang.

At the same time, the sound of Lu Xingzhou’s phone ringing came from the dining room direction.

Almost simultaneously, they both picked up their phones.

"Sister Man, something’s wrong. I don’t know what happened, but when Zhan and I got up early in the morning, we found many reporters surrounding the courtyard. Now they are blocking the main gate, I can’t get out..."

"Uncle, a lot of reporters came outside my house, can you come over and help drive them away? My relationship with Ruirui can’t be exposed yet."

Both hung up their phones at the same time.

Lu Xingzhou stood up and walked over quickly, "Did Ruirui call you?"

"Yes, that call just now, from Lu Zhan?"

"Yes."

They looked at each other for a moment.

One was the other’s uncle, and the other a cousin; both were surrounded by reporters, and their relationship was about to be exposed. As relatives, they could not just sit by and do nothing.

"So many reporters blocking the door early in the morning means that someone got wind of it last night, but they didn’t manage to capture any substantial evidence." Jiang Man stood with one hand wrapped around her, the other hand on her chin.

Looking up, her eyes bright and sharp with a cool fierceness, "What do you plan to do? Use force to drive them away?"

"It’s not out of the question." Lu Xingzhou, used to such situations, appeared very calm, unflustered, "But driving them away is not the ultimate goal. We need to find out who the initial informant is, destroy the original material in their possession; otherwise, this issue will be never-ending."

"You’re right, that’s what I was thinking too."

The two were very in sync.

Lu Xingzhou swiped his phone and called Zhao Huai, "Check which entertainment reporters are staking out at Lu Zhan’s doorway, also, find out where the initial leaks came from."

"Yes!" Zhao Huai responded on the other end of the phone.

After hanging up, Lu Xingzhou spoke calmly, "You go to class first, I’ll handle this matter."

"Sure." Jiang Man did not hesitate.

In her view, this matter was easy to handle; whether by power or by money, Lu Xingzhou could effortlessly settle this issue.

...

After two morning classes had ended, Jiang Man received a text from Lu Xingzhou saying that the matter had been dealt with.

The informer was a journalist from an entertainment weekly who had captured a photo of Lu Zhan driving into the residential complex.

In the photo, only a woman could be seen sitting in the passenger seat, but her specific appearance was unclear.

So, he took it upon himself to spread the news, hoping to release the photo he had taken when other media were creating a buzz and topics to generate traffic.

However, the original photo had already been ordered to be deleted forcibly, and the news exposé that had just been released was taken down within a few minutes.

This journalist was also warned not to pry into Lu Zhan’s exposures, especially concerning his private life.

This was considered a minor incident; for a business tycoon like Lu Xingzhou, it was simply a piece of cake.

Jiang Man replied with a thumbs-up emoji and then called Wen Rui.

"Hello, Sister Man." The other side answered almost instantly.

"How are things?" Jiang Man’s voice was calm.

"I’m on my way to school, almost there."

"Okay, we’ll talk when we meet."

After hanging up, Jiang Man frowned.

Wen Rui was now somewhat famous and needed a few reliable assistants around her.

Having Mao Lili and Zhang Ziqi assist her was minor.

In situations like today’s, someone experienced was required to help sort out the problem.

She and Lu Xingzhou could help once, twice, three times, or even several times with such emergencies, but they couldn’t resolve them forever.

With this in mind, she called JOJO.

Since JOJO became pregnant, she had completely lost her career ambitions, immersed daily in the happiness of her family of three, contentedly oblivious.

The moment the phone connected, JOJO began to talk about her child’s situation, reporting various check-up data.

Jiang Man patiently listened, happy for her best friend becoming a mother for the first time.

At least JOJO was happy now, proving that she and Old Master Song’s decision was correct.

It wasn’t in vain that Old Master Song pretended to be sick.

"Sister, what did you call to talk about?" After finishing talking about her child, JOJO finally realized to ask.

Jiang Man’s tone instantly softened, "Do you have anyone reliable? I want to arrange an assistant for Ruirui."

"Ah? An assistant, and you personally need to select? Won’t her agency help recruit?" JOJO was puzzled because an assistant’s salary was just a few thousand yuan, mostly young people fresh into society.

It made sense for Manman to select a general manager for Huayin, but an assistant seemed a bit exaggerated?

"Ruirui’s two classmates are assisting her, but I want to find someone experienced for her."

"Tsk, you spoil your sister so much? I’m jealous."

"Be serious."

"Alright, alright, I’ll ask around and get back to you."

"Thanks, sis, I’ll give your kid a super big red envelope later."

"You’ve said it now, I’ll thank his godmother on his behalf first."

Jiang Man smiled and hung up, then walked towards a coffee shop called Mojito in the school.

Wen Rui soon arrived fashionably late.

She was wrapped up tightly, wearing a white wool hat, a long white down jacket, a white face mask, and pink sunglasses.

With the heating on in the coffee shop, she only unzipped her down jacket after sitting down.

Clearly, she had become scared of the media harassment, fearing being recognized again.

"Sister, that was really close! I can’t even think about what would happen if my relationship with Ah Zhan got out... the huge penalty from the company... I definitely couldn’t afford it..."

Wen Rui spoke with a trembling voice, filled with fear.

She was regretful, shouldn’t have accepted Lu Zhan’s love so early, shouldn’t have officially become a couple with him so soon...