“Even this kind of trifling past could be said to be like this. If the old man heard this, he would crawl out of the ground.”

“Qiao Xiyan!” Song Fengwan gritted her teeth. How can he still say that at a time like this?

Just as Qiao Xiyan was about to say that this girl was rude to call him by his name, his father called. “I’ll talk to you later. It’s my dad.”

Song Fengwan’s call was cut off, and she gritted her teeth in hatred.

***

The report spread very quickly. Although the news was quickly deleted, the netizens took screenshots, so the news naturally couldn’t be blocked.

Fu Chen first got people to investigate the person who published this news.

“Third Master, there’s news.” After all, there was a company, so it was very convenient to search.

“What?”

“The Qiao family is really innocent in this matter. This female reporter shouldn’t be targeting the Qiao family. She came for Young Madam and Young Master Duan. She just wants to ruin this design exhibition.”

“Not for the Qiao family?”

“Do you still remember the incident about the little monk Huai Sheng’s family? This reporter was the female reporter who reported this incident back then. At the time, she became famous and even squeezed Young Madam out by climbing into her boss’s bed,” Shi Fang reminded Fu Chen.

“Young Master Duan sponsors the show. Later, he joined forces with Young Madam and chased her out.

“She has a bad reputation in the circle. Young Master Duan has ordered her to be banned, and the various TV stations don’t want her. Regular journalism outlets don’t want her, so she can only work as an entertainment reporter on small informal websites.

“Young Madam received a lot of good reviews because of her report on the Qiao family, and Young Master Duan is organizing this design exhibition. If it goes wrong, he’ll be the one who loses the most.”

Fu Chen rubbed the agarwood prayer beads in his hand. “He actually caused this trouble back then.”

“This person has been planning this for a long time. She was just waiting for public opinion to boil over and take the opportunity to publish the report. If she had published it normally, everyone would have only treated it as an unofficial history and laughed it off. At this moment, everyone is paying attention to the Qiao family, so the matter spread.

“She’s in the news industry, so she naturally knows what to do and when to do it.

“But not only is the Qiao family involved in this matter, but the Jing family was also dragged in.”

Fu Chen sneered. “The Jing family has been too low-key all these years. She probably thought that even if the report came out, no one from the Jing family would jump out.

“It’s a pity that she miscalculated. There aren’t many people who are old friends with the Jing family. The Jing family cherishes old friendships, so they won’t sit back and do nothing when such a shady thing has happened.”

Shi Fang nodded. “Won’t this cause chaos in the world?”

“Perhaps she published this report because she wanted Linbai to suffer losses but didn’t realize the subsequent impact it would have,” Fu Chen analyzed. “But…”

Fu Chen’s tone was hesitant. “These things are very private. Those who know the inside story have mostly passed away. How did she know?”

Shi Fang frowned. “Third Master, do you mean that someone leaked this matter?”

“They borrowed her hand to cause damage to the Duan family in name. But it’s the Qiao family who suffers the most slander and whose reputation is damaged.” Fu Chen’s fingers kept rubbing the prayer beads, but he couldn’t figure out which family they were targeting.

Because this matter affected too many people.

“Third Master, the Jing family was also damaged,” Shi Fang added.

Fu Chen raised his eyebrows. “The Jing family is notorious. Is there a reputation to damage?”

Shi Fang paused. There seems to be nothing wrong with what he said.

The Jing family’s reputation was already so bad, so there was indeed nothing to ruin.

Fu Chen called Jing Hanchuan, wanting to discuss this matter with him. But no one answered, so he could only call the Jing family’s landline.

“Third Master, I’m sorry. Sixth Master is developing photos in the dark room. There’s no signal there. Do you need me to convey anything?”

“Can’t you get him to answer the phone?”

“This…” The Jing family member was in a difficult position. “I’m afraid it’s not convenient now.”

Fu Chen lowered his eyes and frowned. After a few seconds, he asked, “Is Miss Xu at your house?”

The other party was silent.

Fu Chen was helpless. There’s an uproar outside. They’re saying that your grandfather snatched a commoner girl and cuckolded someone. You still have the time to flirt with a girl?