The interview video was soon posted online, and instantly, the news of Shen Qingqing failing to break up her sister's relationship and then hurting her fiancé spread like wildfire.
The peanut gallery was furious, leaving comments filled with the most disgusting and venomous words to curse her.
Ke Lin's call came in immediately.
"President Shen, many people are cursing you online now. I've instructed public relations to handle it, but this matter might be difficult to quell. You know, the internet has very little tolerance for third parties."
"I am not a third party."
Her tone was a little sharp, and Ke Lin quickly said, "I know, I know. Don't worry, I'll handle it as soon as possible... Huh?"
From the other end of the phone came the sound of him frantically typing on his keyboard.
"What's wrong?"
"President Shen, you should see it yourself..."
His voice was a little strange. Shen Qingqing hung up the phone and opened her browser, only to see the first trending topic.
—Master Fu's Weibo Clarification, Dominantly Protecting His Beauty.
Fu Jingshu had his own Weibo account with millions of followers, but he never used it. It was always managed by the company to release news about the company's latest policies and project developments.
Now, this Weibo was being used to clarify that Shen Qingqing's visit to the Ye family for cooperation was at his command.
And he had tagged the Ye Group.
Ye Lin immediately went online and posted on Weibo confirming the matter.
Although he was angry about his son's injury, he could not pass up the opportunity to cooperate with the Fu family.
With this, the online scolding immediately disappeared.
More netizens congratulated the two major companies on their cooperation. However, some observant individuals noticed something amiss.
【We hadn't heard anything about these two companies collaborating before, not even a whisper. Now they suddenly announce cooperation. I think Master Fu initiated this cooperation solely to protect his beauty.】
This sentence caused a huge stir. The peanut gallery thought, "That makes sense!"
And so, that trending topic emerged.
With the Fu family's clarification and the Ye family's cooperation, the public opinion that had been focused on Shen Qingqing was dispelled. Those who had cursed her even went out of their way to find Shen Qingqing's Weibo and apologize profusely in the comments.
Shen Qingqing showed no reaction to these comments. Whether it was curses or apologies, she merely glanced at them. However, Fu Jingshu's actions surprised her.
Was he protecting her?
She picked up her phone, found Fu Jingshu's number, hesitated for a long time, and then put the phone down.
The next second, her phone rang. It was Fu Jingshu calling.
"Come to my office."
His voice was deep and cold, which dispelled Shen Qingqing's complex thoughts. She put away her phone and went to his office.
Shen Yaoyao was furious that all her painstaking efforts had amounted to nothing. She trembled and threw her phone, which Chen Xiang picked up.
"What are you doing? Look at yourself, you don't look like a lady of status at all."
She looked like a shrew.
Although she didn't say it directly, Shen Yaoyao understood. "Mom, are you looking down on me now too?"
Chen Xiang placed the phone on the table and sat beside her. "I know everything. Fu Jingshu is determined to protect her, and the Ye family can only cooperate."
Although the Ye family was a large company, they were still inferior to the Fu family.
Shen Yaoyao gritted her teeth. "What should we do? We finally found an opportunity to bring Shen Qingqing down, and we're just going to let her get away with it?"
"If we want to deal with her, we have to start from the root."
"What do you mean?"
Chen Xiang had seen through it. "It's not difficult to deal with Shen Qingqing. The difficult part is Fu Jingshu behind her. As long as he supports Shen Qingqing for one more day, our plans will never succeed."
"But he's determined to protect her, and I can't do anything about it."
Shen Yaoyao's eyes turned red with jealousy. Fu Jingshu's attitude towards Shen Qingqing was something she had never seen before. She wished she could kill Shen Qingqing immediately and take her place.
"Therefore, we must make it so that Fu Jingshu has no time to pay attention to her."
Shen Yaoyao was confused. "What exactly are you going to do?"
Chen Xiang smiled slightly, caressed her daughter's hair, and said softly, "My dear daughter, don't worry. I will definitely help you. Marrying Fu Jingshu is your destiny, and it is also his fate."
With her mother's words, Shen Yaoyao finally felt relieved and leaned obediently on her mother's shoulder.
Chen Xiang soon gathered reporters and held a press conference.
At the press conference, reporters swarmed in, whispering and discussing amongst themselves. Chen Xiang had only said that she would announce something, but not what it was.
Meanwhile, netizens were all cursing Shen Yaoyao, accusing her of twisting facts and intentionally framing Shen Qingqing.
Everyone assumed they were there to clarify the situation.
As Chen Xiang and her daughter appeared, the reporters immediately asked, "Please tell us, are you here to clarify that Miss Shen Yaoyao's accusations against Shen Qingqing were false?"
Chen Xiang nodded. "Yes, my daughter was momentarily confused and misspoke. I hope everyone can forgive her considering her age and immaturity."
The reporters were astonished. They hadn't expected her to admit it so readily.
"Shen Yaoyao, do you truly regret your actions?"
"Why did you do this? Framing someone like this could easily ruin Shen Qingqing."
"Do you truly regret it, or are you being forced by your mother?"
Shen Yaoyao remained silent, only shedding tears.
She was beautiful even when crying, eliciting pity from the male reporters, while the female reporters, disliking her, were sharp with their questions.
"Your silence implies consent, doesn't it? That you were forced?"
"So, you don't believe you did anything wrong at all."
Chen Xiang, however, said, "Please don't misunderstand. Yaoyao did make a mistake, but there was a reason for her actions."
The reporters immediately thrust their microphones forward.
"What reason?"
"Could it be that she had no choice but to harm someone?"
Chen Xiang said solemnly, "Yaoyao was originally Fu Jingshu's fiancée, as everyone is likely aware. However, after Shen Qingqing returned, they broke off their engagement. Yaoyao is Fu Zhichen's biological mother, yet she cannot even see her own child now, while Shen Qingqing can come and go freely in the Fu family."
These few sentences revealed a lot of information.
So, Shen Qingqing was the third party!
"So, is Shen Qingqing preventing Miss Shen from seeing her child now?"
Chen Xiang glanced at the person and sighed, "Yes. As a mother, not being able to see her child is a despair beyond words. Yaoyao also went down the wrong path because of this. Now she deeply regrets it, but she has only one request: to see her child and raise him by her side..."
Everyone present felt sympathetic towards Shen Yaoyao.
At this moment, three people walked in from the doorway. It was Fu Jingshu and Shen Qingqing, holding a small child between them.