It’s Not Real; It’s Just a Rumor

After Tang Shan deleted the photos from the phones of Song Yuqing and Ge Qianru, he returned the phones to them. Ge Qianru was not convinced. She glared at Tang Shan and questioned, "So many people in the coffee shop secretly took photos of you. Is there a reason you're picking on us?"

Tang Shan sneered. 'At least you know we don't like the two of you in particular.'

"My boss said that he's willing to let cute girls secretly take photos of us. As for you, you look too disgusting, and you're ruining his appetite." Tang Shan's words were really awful.

"You—" Ge Qianru was mad.

Song Yuqing did not look good either. This man was too rude and disrespectful. No one had ever dared to speak to them like that. They had certainly met someone with a personality today.

After Tang Shan finished, he left the coffee shop immediately.

Having been humiliated, Ge Qianru and Song Yuqing naturally did not stay in the coffee shop any longer.

The two of them paid the bill and walked out. It had been half an hour since the incident, but Ge Qianru was still seething with anger. "I have to find out the background of those two men."

Song Yuqing was so traumatized that her good impression of Tang Shan instantly disappeared.

The man was so violent and vicious. She was not stupid. Why would she torture herself by getting associated with such a person?

"Forget it. They're definitely not from Jing City. If they are, would they dare to treat us like that?" Song Yuqing persuaded Ge Qianru.

"They're surely not from Jing City," Ge Qianru said with certainty, "That said, they dared to humiliate us like that. Are you willing to let that be? I'll find out who they are. When the time comes, they'll kneel and beg us for mercy. I don't even need to tell my father. I'll just tell my brother."

If she was bullied like that and did not retaliate, she would not be Ge Qianru.

Seeing that she could not persuade her, Song Yuqing could only let her be.

She also felt that the man went overboard with how he treated them.

If Ge Qianru could do it, that would be great.

…

At the restaurant, after lunch, Song Wanwan did not want to take a nap because there were too many people.

An Hongming was making plans to eat hotpot together for dinner, but Song Ruyi rejected him. Wanwan needed to take some medicine because she had diarrhea and fever. She planned to cook some porridge and bake some soft cakes for her to eat.

Zhao Yufeng also glared at An Hongming. "You only know how to eat hotpot. Why didn't you think if it's appropriate or not?"

An Hongming, who had been scolded, did not argue or get angry.

Instead, he smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes. I didn't think it through."

Zhao Yufeng spoke to her brother and sister about going to the cemetery next weekend.

An Hongming walked to Song Ruyi's side and asked, "Ruyi, did you and President Lu get to know each other because of the accident that day? Or did you know each other when you were both studying in Cloud City?"

He wanted to do business with Lu Jingnan. He was more determined to do that now.

Song Ruyi had studied at an art academy in Cloud City. She had even specially sent her mother, Zhao Yuzhi, to the tumor hospital in Cloud City for surgery in the second semester of her first year.

The surgery was very successful, but they did not expect it to recur so quickly. Before Ruyi graduated, Zhao Yuzhi's cancer spread.

They went to Cloud City for treatment again.

What An Hongming knew was that Song Ruyi worked to earn medical fees for Zhao Yuzhi while studying. She was very capable and resilient. She even gathered her mother's surgery and treatment fees from a lucky draw she had won once.

Otherwise, given Zhao Yuzhi's situation, Song Ruyi would have been in deep debt even if she sold all of her family's assets and houses.

"President Lu is very famous in Cloud City. Everyone who has stayed in Cloud City knows him. As for me and him, we knew each other from the lucky draw last time. It was organized by his company. I didn't expect him to come to Jing City. Jing City can't compare to Cloud City at all."

Song Ruyi knew if she flat out lied, she would not be able to get away with it. She might as well tell the truth and lie at the same time.

An Hongming nodded. This way, everything made sense.

"Uncle, we're not very close. It's just that after the lucky draw, I had a meal with him and his company's employees," Song Ruyi added.

"Yes, I know, but I want to work with him on a project. Can you tell me some of the details you learned about him in Cloud City?"

"You want to work with him on a project? Is he really going to work on a project in our city?" Song Ruyi did not expect that.

"Yeah. Our city isn't developing as fast as Cloud City, but at least our government is paying attention to construction now. Small and medium-sized cities across the country are developing rapidly, and our city is no exception. It'll be like Cloud City in the future."

An Hongming firmly believed this.

Song Ruyi nodded. "I don't know much."

She could not tell An Hongming too much about Lu Jingnan. She was afraid that if she said too much, she would be exposed.

"Then, is it true that he kept female university students as mistresses?" An Hongming did not make things difficult for Song Ruyi. He asked something he knew but was a little suspicious about.

"He kept female university students as mistresses? Uncle, I've never heard of such a rumor. Where did you hear about it?" Song Ruyi was surprised. Did someone say that Lu Jingnan kept female university students as mistresses?

It was a rumor. In any case, she did not know about it.

"You haven't heard about it?" An Hongming was vexed. If this matter was fake, then it meant that he wasted a lot of money by hiring female university students to be at the front desk of his company.

"No."

"I'll fire those female university students when I go back," An Hongming said directly. It was a mistake.

"Uncle, you…" Song Ruyi was a little embarrassed. She did not expect that An Hongming would listen to such a rumor and even recruit female university students to his company to work with Lu Jingnan.

"Shh. Don't let your aunt know. I had no choice. I have to support so many people in the company. I had to survive." An Hongming sighed helplessly.

Song Ruyi looked at An Hongming. There was a lot more white hair on his head. It looked like he was really worried.

"Why isn't Brother going to the company to help you?" Song Ruyi was talking about An Hongming and Zhao Yufeng's son.

"He likes to immerse himself in writing. It has been his interest since he was young. If he likes it, I'll let him do it for a few more years. I'm not too old to be unable to move anyway. If I can go on for a few more years, I'll do it."

Song Ruyi. "..."

Her uncle was such a good person. He took on the role of a husband and a father, and he took on this responsibility very well.

At home, he also took on the responsibility of being the head of the family.

He took good care of their big family. That year, when her mother was diagnosed with cancer, her aunt and her uncle transferred 200,000 yuan to her without saying a word.

In fact, her aunt was not in good health either. She also had a disease caused by overwork when she was young. She took medicine all year round.

The burden on their family was not light either.

An Hongming was an upright person. He did not do anything unorthodox. The money he earned was hard-earned.