Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 238: Distorting the Truth

"Zhang Long, the matter has already happened, and no matter how much noise we make, it won’t change the fact that our two families have become the talk of others. Now, the rumors and gossip have likely spread, and if they ferment any further, all sorts of unpleasant speculations will emerge.

We’ve accepted your apology, but we can’t forgive, after all, the damage has been done. You understand this, right?" Mr. Xue said, puffing on a cigarette, sitting there steadily as if casually chatting. His words, however, caused Zhang Long and his people to change their expressions entirely.

Zhang Long suppressed his inner anger, forcing a dry smile, "What you say is correct..."

Mr. Xue interrupted him, "No, the marriage between our two families hasn’t come to pass, let’s not wrongly recognize each other as in-laws to avoid misunderstandings."

Zhang Long could hardly maintain his fake smile, gritting his teeth and slapping his thigh, "Yes! Director Xue is right, yesterday’s incident indeed wronged you greatly, especially Lingxue. Honestly, we are truly completely satisfied with Lingxue as a child.

Originally, Jingxuan’s mother and I agreed that the newlyweds would greet us with tea this morning, and then we would give Lingxue the villa in the east of the city and four flourishing shops in the urban area. The things were prepared long ago, you don’t believe it, you can see!"

Speaking, Zhang Long hurriedly had people open all the items they brought, "These property deeds were prepared early, all for Lingxue, our sincerity is full, but we never expected that ungrateful son would cause such a mess!

However, we asked yesterday evening, he met that woman named Annie at a banquet in Britain, at that time, Jingxuan had just gone to Britain, he was an inexperienced rookie, and Annie targeted our Jingxuan for his good looks and wealth, taking the initiative to make advances.

After some back and forth, Jingxuan got together with her, and at that time, our two families had yet to discuss marriage, but once we started, Annie suddenly told Jingxuan she was pregnant.

Our Jingxuan was too kind and responsible, couldn’t bear to let Annie abort the child, in hindsight, perhaps Annie had already investigated Jingxuan’s background thoroughly, knowing that Jingxuan was to get engaged, thus eagerly having a child to stabilize her position.

Otherwise, she couldn’t possibly have sought out that Chen girl after Jingxuan left Britain. If you ask me, our Jingxuan was too kind and honest, that’s why he fell into Annie’s trap.

Annie kept speaking ill of other women around Jingxuan, or else Jingxuan wouldn’t have inexplicably disliked Lingxue; it doesn’t make sense, right!

It’s all due to Annie’s manipulation, it’s really not that Jingxuan deliberately did these things, I hope Director Xue and Mrs. Xue can understand."

Zhang Long spoke with such sincerity and without the slightest guilt, naturally, because Annie and her children took a flight back to Britain early this morning.

No matter how capable the Xue family is, it’s impossible to stretch across to Britain, and with the language barrier, it’s hard for the Xue family to verify his words.

Wang Suling coldly laughed, showing no softening due to Zhang Long’s words, "Chairman Zhang, you still missed the point. We aren’t interested at all in the affair between Zhang Jingxuan and that woman, what we need is an explanation! Using vague tactics might work on others, but to us, spare the effort!

If you truly have sincerity, then issue a statement in the name of the Zhang Group and notify the media. Clarify the facts to the society, minimize the impact on the Xue family; everything else is superficial."

The members of the Zhang family whispered to each other, their expressions unpleasant.

Zhang Long’s face fell, becoming anxious, "Mrs. Xue, if you do this, you’ll completely cut off our Jingxuan’s future! Which man doesn’t make mistakes? Moreover, Jingxuan was with that woman before discussing marriage."

"Bang!" Wang Suling hit the table forcefully, "Zhang Long, what do you mean by having a son who is involved with someone else discuss marriage with my daughter? My innocent daughter was turned into a mistress by your Zhang family; what are you going to compensate for her loss of reputation?"

"No... that’s not it! I didn’t mean that... Mrs. Xue, we didn’t know, if we had known about Jingxuan’s situation earlier, we definitely wouldn’t have let him discuss marriage with Miss Xue." Zhang Long anxiously defended.

The other elders of the Zhang family followed suit in agreement.

The third uncle of the Xue family roared, "That’s your incompetence! Without understanding your son, you hurried him into marriage; this consequence only falls upon yourselves! Anyhow, the statement must be issued! If you don’t, we will! At that time, don’t blame us for exposing everything!"

Zhang Long’s expression changed drastically, facing the third uncle of the Xue family, his momentum instantly weakened, "Yes, yes, yes, we’ll return and hold a press conference in the name of the group to clarify the facts; I assure you, we’ll definitely minimize the negative impact on Miss Xue and the Xue family."

Having said that, Zhang Long led everyone out dejectedly.

Furious, Wang Suling threw away the gifts brought by the Zhang family, "What rubbish! Shameless old thing!"

That afternoon, Zhang Long indeed held a press conference to clarify the events of yesterday’s wedding. He dared not offend the Xue family, yet couldn’t gamble with the Zhang Group’s interests, so he threw all the blame on Annie.

Described Zhang Jingxuan as a kind and innocent young man who was manipulated.

As soon as the reports came out, Chen Xinyue saw them right away, seeing the Zhang family distorting the facts to whitewash Zhang Jingxuan, she gritted her teeth, quickly dialing Annie’s number.

"Ms. Annie, I’m sorry to contact you at such a time, if not for the Zhang family’s shamelessness, I wouldn’t have made this call..."

Following that, Chen Xinyue translated the report into English for Annie over the phone.

Annie was enraged, directly erupting with curse words.

Once satisfied, Chen Xinyue hung up the phone.

Turning, she found Chen Ruiyu standing behind her, she merely raised her eyebrows, pouting, "Brother, did you hear everything?"

Chen Ruiyu was somewhat speechless, "Your English is getting better and better; even a dry report you translated so vividly; not listening to the end would be a disservice to your hard work.

But I still want to ask, aren’t you afraid the Zhang family will find out about this and give you trouble?"

Chen Xinyue chuckled softly, extremely calm, "Brother, I’ve never liked causing trouble for mom and dad; I’ve always been this way, and still am. This report did get one thing right, Annie isn’t a simple woman.

After all, Zhang Jingxuan is the heir cultivated by the old chairman of the Zhang Group with painstaking effort; his ability and vision are beyond doubt. If Annie only had beauty and the means to seduce, Zhang Jingxuan wouldn’t have been interested.

Before returning to Hua Country, I pried information at Jane’s house, Annie’s grandfather seems to be a certain baron in Britain, and her grandmother is Italian, the family is in the jewelry business, her parents divorced early, so Annie developed a rebellious nature, not willing to interact much with her parents.

Zhang Jingxuan treated her well, hence she indulged in it, willingly bore him two children, yet didn’t foresee her love following her parents’ path; this woman inherently possesses courage and temper; the Zhang family slandered her, enduring would be odd!

Wait and see, Annie will definitely not let the Zhang family off lightly, as for me... brother, Annie is rather grateful to me now, with how the Zhang family treated her, do you think she would betray me?"