After Being Forced To Marry A Wealthy Man, Mr. Qi Wants To Divorce Every Day - Chapter 50
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Chapter 50: Another Scandal Breaks Out
Qi Weixiong instructed his bodyguards to intercept the reporters outside, buying time.
“Drive.”
Even though he was already in the car, the flashes outside still managed to penetrate Qi Weixiong’s eyes through the window.
*Ding dong~*
At this moment, Qi Weixiong’s phone received a text message.
[Are you satisfied with the gift I prepared for you? No need to thank me.]
Veins bulged on Qi Weixiong’s right hand, as if he wanted to crush the phone with his immense strength.
“Qi Yue! You little brat! Just you wait, I damn well won’t let myself be played by you!”
Before Qi Weixiong could finish his words, the situation outside had reached a critical point.
“Mr. Qi! There are too many people outside, the car won’t budge…”
“Drive! I refuse to believe they don’t care about their lives!”
Qi Weixiong growled at the driver, hindered by the reporters outside.
The driver wiped the sweat off his forehead and glanced at the rearview mirror inside the car.
The rearview mirror perfectly reflected Qi Weixiong’s anxious appearance, resembling an enraged animal with its tail stepped on, brimming with foolish wildness.
The driver cautiously moved the car forward a bit, but the reporters, as if they had a death wish, became even more agitated and rushed towards them.
Even the outside bodyguards couldn’t stop these reporters.
“Mr. Qi, did you really pressure Qi Yue to marry and have children?”
“Mr. Qi, did you really marry your son into the Shen family just to gain access to their resources?”
“Mr. Qi, did you really use your son’s marriage to gain personal benefits?”
“Mr. Qi, is it true that you have a bad temper and are disrespectful?”
The voices outside kept pouring into Qi Weixiong’s ears without interruption.
“Drive! Drive faster!”
Qi Weixiong felt a sharp pain in his temples, and if this continued, he wouldn’t be able to leave.
Under Qi Weixiong’s watchful gaze, the driver, drenched in cold sweat, reluctantly stepped on the gas pedal as he had been instructed.
With a sudden acceleration, they inevitably collided with some reporters standing in front.
However, this action caused the other reporters to retreat slightly, and the bodyguards took advantage of the opportunity to clear the way. Finally, Qi Weixiong’s car broke through the human barricade and entered the main road.
“Go, straight back home.”
Qi Weixiong breathed heavily with each word, instructing his assistant, who was also in the car, to call the family doctor and prepare for his medical examination.
Although Qi Weixiong had shaken off the reporters, everything that happened there was captured by the flashlights.
Especially the incident where Qi Weixiong’s car injured several reporters. They not only failed to get any information but also caused injuries. If it ended there, how could it be possible?
So, while Qi Weixiong was on his way home, news about him had already flooded the internet.
Although the PR department of the Qi Group had prepared in advance, they were caught off guard when those photos and videos surfaced.
Qi Weixiong kept monitoring the situation online in the car. He had never experienced online backlash before, and he didn’t know it could be this overwhelming, almost costing him his life.
He never expected that just over two months later, another mess would arise.
When Qi Weixiong saw the negative news about him online, he felt like his heart disease was about to act up.
“#Shocking! CEO of Qi Group Marries Son for…#”
“#Breaking News: CEO of Qi Group Accused of Domestic Violence!#”
“#CEO of Qi Group Causes Chaos at Yue Ting’s Event, Injuring Pedestrians with Car Collision#”
…
The news announcements flooded in, and an invisible force ruthlessly struck Qi Weixiong’s face.
Believe it or not, each piece of news was true.
It’s just that these things had never been exposed before. Qi Weixiong had once gained fame and fortune, enjoying wealth, wine, and women.
Now, these things he had once been proud of had bitten him hard. How could he not be angry?
What’s more frustrating was that his private number had been leaked, a number that few people knew.
As these negative news spread rapidly, his phone kept buzzing incessantly, quickly draining the last bit of battery.
He didn’t even need to look at it; these messages were definitely not pleasant to hear. Ignorance truly is bliss.
Qi Weixiong casually tossed his phone onto the seat, leaning back wearily on the genuine leather seat, slowly exhaling a long sigh of exhaustion.
Compared to Qi Weixiong’s troubles, Qi Yue, who was browsing the internet for entertainment, couldn’t help but smile.
These things naturally had their merits, but solely relying on the reporters he hired wouldn’t have caused such a commotion. There were other people involved in this.
As for whose hand it was, Qi Yue didn’t care. He just wanted Qi Weixiong to fall from grace and regret his past actions.
The PR department of the Qi Group acted swiftly, releasing statements to clarify doubts while retracting news articles and videos.
For a while, numerous netizens had gossip to feast on again.
[Really? How come it’s Mr. Qi again? Last time it was about his chaotic private life and infidelity within marriage. How come now he’s being accused of using marriage and children to climb the social ladder?]
[Tsk tsk tsk, the morals of society are declining.]
[That corpulent man doesn’t look like a good person from his appearance alone. It’s just pitiful for his legitimate child.]
“Why use the term ‘legitimate child’? Does he have an illegitimate child too?”
[Blindly noticed, Hua Dian.]
“I heard this old man’s current wife was originally the mistress, and the child she gave birth to is only a year younger than the original wife’s child. Think about it carefully.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, as expected, a leopard can’t change its spots.”
“But this mistress is also pitiful. Even if she managed to marry into the family by all means, her husband turned out to be an abusive man.”
“Poor people must have their faults. She brought this upon herself; encountering such a man is her just punishment.”
“It’s just karma. This gossip is hard to judge.”
“Looking at it this way, that legitimate child who was married off seems really pitiful. Not only did he sacrifice himself for his scumbag father, but now that he’s started a business, he didn’t expect to be squeezed by the in-laws.”
“Yeah, when you put it like that.”
…
Most online comments were boldly frank, disregarding the protagonist’s life and death.
Although the Qi Group’s online army was quite effective, temporarily suppressing the heat of the matter, Qi Yue didn’t intend to completely ruin Qi Weixiong solely with these negative news.
He wanted Qi Weixiong’s image in the public’s eyes to become increasingly tarnished.
This couldn’t be accomplished with just some simple exposés.
Smart hunters often play with their prey in the palm of their hand, not devouring it too quickly but letting it gradually destroy itself unconsciously.
Besides, he hadn’t yet seen the spectacle of dogs biting dogs.
So, Qi Weixiong couldn’t completely collapse just yet.
Qi Yue logged out of VB, and at that moment, a message from Shen Kuozhi popped up.
In these past two months, their chat records had been few and far between.
He almost thought they were just ordinary business partners, not prospective spouses.
[Shen Kuozhi: Are you free tonight?]
[Qi Yue: Is there something wrong?]
At a time like this, when Shen Kuozhi sent him such a message, it probably meant that the Shen family needed him to attend something.
If that was the case, then even if he wasn’t free, he would make time. After all, Qi Yue wasn’t an ungrateful person; Shen Kuozhi had helped him a lot. Although he didn’t have any feelings beyond cooperation with Shen Kuozhi, it was his duty to cooperate.
[Shen Kuozhi: We haven’t seen each other for over two months. Let’s meet today and have dinner together.]
[Qi Yue: Just the two of us?]
[Shen Kuozhi: Yes]
Seeing Shen Kuozhi’s affirmative message, Qi Yue stared at the screen absentmindedly for a moment, but then another message popped up.
[Shen Kuozhi: I saw the news online and want to talk to you about it.]
[Qi Yue: Alright, send me the address, and I’ll come over after work.]
[Shen Kuozhi: I’ll pick you up, it’s on my way.]
[Qi Yue: Okay]
Having not seen each other for a long time, when Qi Yue saw Shen Kuozhi again, he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
Shen Kuozhi was still the same as he remembered, gentle and polite, the epitome of a gentleman.
Shen Kuozhi lowered the passenger window of his car and smiled at Qi Yue, who was just a door away. “Get in~”
Shen Kuozhi was driving himself.
It was both unexpected and expected at the same time.
Qi Yue nodded at Shen Kuozhi and got into the passenger seat.
Shen Kuozhi was dressed casually today, with a black T-shirt and jeans complementing his well-proportioned long legs. Even sitting in the car, one could imagine how handsome he would look standing up.
Seeing Shen Kuozhi again, Qi Yue became even more convinced that he didn’t have any special feelings for him.
Moving out of Shen Kuozhi’s house seemed like a wise decision.
They were just in a business relationship; there was no need to develop any feelings. If they spent too much time together, it would only complicate things, which wouldn’t be good for either of them.
“Have you lost weight? Have you been doing poorly lately?”
At a red light, Shen Kuozhi finally had time to observe the person beside him carefully.
After two months apart, perhaps only he knew how much he missed the person lazily leaning against the leather seat beside him.
Qi Yue glanced at Shen Kuozhi and calmly replied, “I haven’t lost weight, but you seem to have.”
Shen Kuozhi chuckled lightly and said, “Well, in that case, let’s treat ourselves tonight.”
“In that case, thank you for your kindness, Mr. Shen~”
“What’s wrong? Haven’t seen each other for two months, and you’re already treating me like a stranger?”
Qi Yue turned to look out the window at the receding buildings and said softly:
“It’s not that, I just think we need to keep some distance. After all, we’re just business partners, aren’t we?”
Upon hearing those words, Shen Kuozhi’s heart clenched with pain.
After more than two months of recuperation, his body had already improved a lot. He had taken great care to groom himself nicely for today’s meeting with Qi Yue, but Qi Yue’s behavior today made him feel like everything he had done before was in vain, swept away by the wind.
Although he didn’t know why his relationship with Qi Yue had reverted back to square one, he couldn’t believe that everything he had done before meant nothing to Qi Yue.
Shen Kuozhi wouldn’t give up. Yue Yue had suffered too much harm; he deserved the best and most sincere affection.
At first, Shen Kuozhi furrowed his brows in sadness, but after a while, his expression turned into an even more determined look than before.
If Qi Yue had turned back to look at Shen Kuozhi at that moment, he would have noticed the change in his expression.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have the courage to turn back. These words had been carefully considered by Qi Yue before he decided to speak them.
Knowing Shen Kuozhi as he did, Qi Yue knew that Shen Kuozhi wouldn’t overstep his boundaries. So, when he said those words, it meant that their relationship would return to being just ordinary friends and business partners, without any further development.
But wasn’t this what he wanted?
Qi Yue pinched the hem of his clothes, not understanding why his heart had suddenly tightened.
The silent atmosphere pervaded the small car. Just when he thought Shen Kuozhi wouldn’t respond, Shen Kuozhi spoke up.
“Qi Yue, in the time I thought we spent together, we were more than just business partners.”