Song Yutang did not refuse. She pulled up her QR code. "Scan mine."
Gu Zheng followed suit, silently taking out his phone and looking pleadingly at Wen Jingyan. "Sis~~~"
"I... my phone's dead. Another day." Wen Jingyan shuddered in fright, grabbed Song Yutang, and turned to flee.
Gu Zheng, who had been rejected for the first time: "..."
Jiang Muyan sent a friend request and shot him a gloating glance. "Stop looking. She's a married woman."
Gu Zheng rubbed his nose awkwardly. "What kind of dogshit luck does that bastard Jiang Sinian have? He even managed to meet a beautiful, kindhearted woman like her."
Jiang Muyan said, "...Has it occurred to you that she might be a few years younger than you?"
Gu Zheng puffed out his chest self-righteously. "Sweet talk is a basic qualification for a male escort. No wonder you got returned."
Jiang Muyan waved the cash in his hand. "I got paid. Fifty thousand an hour, plus an extra tip."
Gu Zheng's teeth itched with resentment. He beat his chest and stamped his feet. "Damn it! I can't beat you at coding or architecture. Now, even when we dive into the male escort business, I can't get as much business as you. Did heaven max out all your skill points? How can an all-round hexagonal warrior like you exist? Oh, right. The only thing left to make me feel a little better is that this handsome face of mine barely edges yours out..."
Jiang Muyan smugly raised his phone. "I got Song Yutang's WeChat."
Gu Zheng: →_→
"No, seriously, dude. You pretended to be a male escort and used an alt account to add your own wife on WeChat. What are you so proud of? Doesn't your head feel a little green?"
Jiang Muyan's smile froze on his face.
Gu Zheng disdainfully pulled a stack of cash from his hand and waved it in front of him. "Even this tip... she spent your money on it, didn't she?"
Jiang Muyan: Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
Apparently so...
But...
Jiang Muyan proudly puffed out his chest. "Nobody would believe those cookie-cutter lies of ours. Not only did Song Yutang believe them, she even gave us money with sympathy written all over her face. Do you know what that proves?"
Gu Zheng asked, "What?"
Jiang Muyan said, "It proves my wife is innocent and kind."
Gu Zheng: →_→
Jiang Muyan said, "You can stare until your eyes cramp. She's still innocent and kind."
At a loss for words, Gu Zheng could only grit his teeth resentfully. "I don't know whether your wife is innocent or kind. All I know is that if you don't get back soon, she'll find out you're missing."
Jiang Muyan glanced at him. "You think I'm like you? Looking after your head and forgetting your ass."
Gu Zheng: "???"
Meanwhile, Wen Jingyan and Song Yutang had just settled the bill when the middle-aged female driver, who had been waiting for quite some time, hurried over with a smile. "Hello, ladies. I'm the designated driver arranged by the club. I have twenty years of driving experience, a heavy-truck license, and 5.2 vision. I'm skilled in combat and sanda, and I'll make sure you both get home safely."
The two exchanged a glance, both inwardly marveling-
As expected of an upscale club.
The only downside was that the car moved too slowly.
Whenever they asked, the answer was that distinguished guests were on board, and safety came first.
By the time Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan returned to the Jiang Family residence, Jiang Muyan had already returned to his room under cover from his attending physician.
He had also taken out his computer, his ten fingers clattering across the keyboard.
Code flickered across the screen, and all kinds of information scrolled frantically...
After entering the main hall, Song Yutang turned to Wen Jingyan beside her. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Wen Jingyan's gaze was firm. "I told you, I'm leaving this matter in your hands."
Song Yutang no longer hesitated. She walked straight to the fire alarm on the wall, raised her hand, and pressed it-
"Beep, beep, beep-"
The piercing fire alarm instantly rang throughout the estate.
Chaos erupted inside and outside the old residence.
Doors opened one after another on every floor, and everyone rushed out in disarray:
"Where's the fire?"
"Hurry downstairs! Take the stairs, take the stairs..."
"What about the fire department? Are they here yet..."
Song Yutang stood leisurely at the foot of the stairs. "Don't panic, everyone. Come sit in the living room first."
Still shaken, everyone had no idea what had happened, but seeing her like this, they instinctively flocked into the living room.
Once nearly everyone had arrived, she instructed the servants to bring tea and refreshments. "There's no need to be nervous. There's no fire. I pressed the alarm."
Half a sheet mask was still plastered to Wu Caixia's face. Furious, she ripped it off and cursed. "Song Yutang, have you gone mad? Setting off the fire alarm in the middle of the night-are you trying to scare us all to death?"
Chen Ruyin was helping Old Master Jiang downstairs and happened to hear this. Her willow-leaf brows immediately rose as she reprimanded coldly, "What's going on? Why are you making a scene so late at night? Don't you know the old master is in poor health and needs proper rest?"
Song Yutang strode forward and shoved her aside, taking her place at the old master's arm. "Grandpa, I'm afraid something terrible has happened. I panicked and could only press the alarm to wake everyone up."
Chen Ruyin immediately put on a false smile. "Yutang, even if something really happened, couldn't it wait until tomorrow? The old master treats you so well. Why can't you show some concern for his health?"
Song Yutang shot her a dagger-like look, her voice abruptly turning cold. "Old concubine, have you no shame whatsoever? How many times have I told you? When the eldest young madam is speaking, a mistress like you has no right to interrupt. If you still refuse to learn, don't blame me for selling you off."
Chen Ruyin said, "I... you..."
Song Yutang looked her up and down in disdain. "You're over sixty. No one would want you as a lowly concubine or a mistress anymore, of course. But if the price is low enough, someone should still take you as an old servant to scrub toilets."
Chen Ruyin's face turned livid, then pale. She pointed at her, unable to speak for a long while. "You... you..."
The old master also thought Song Yutang had gone too far. His expression darkened as he reprimanded her. "Song Yutang, I usually give you some face for Muyan's sake. Don't take a mile when I give you an inch."
Song Yutang raised her brows and angrily rebuked him without yielding an inch. "Grandpa, there should be a limit to favoring a concubine over a wife. The family is now hanging by a thread, yet this concubine accuses me of being unfilial without asking what happened, sowing discord in the family. You dote on her, but she can't even understand her place or what matters. In the old days, selling off an old mistress like her would have been perfectly justified. Even if this went before the emperor and empress, they would have to praise me for managing the household well."
The mention of the family's safety struck the old master right in his vital spot.
He forgot everything else, his cloudy eyes suddenly sharpening. "What exactly happened?"
Song Yutang picked up the tablet she had prepared beforehand and connected it to the large screen in the living room.
Several videos began playing in succession.
The first clip: under the bodyguards' watchful eyes, a paparazzo trembled as he admitted that someone had ordered him to follow and film the Jiang Family's young madam, deliberately manufacturing evidence of her cheating.
The second clip: a second-generation nouveau riche, his face bruised and swollen, confessed that the paparazzo had egged him on to hit on a woman.
Next came the complete surveillance footage of Song Yutang being harassed in the club corridor and then being rescued.
The footage was clear, and the camera angle was impartial.
As the videos played, Jiang Sinian's and Jiang Qingyu's expressions darkened little by little.
No wonder there had been no word from the paparazzo for so long.
It turned out he had been caught.
Before the videos had even finished playing, Jiang Sinian could no longer restrain himself and jumped out. "You two ran off to that disreputable place in the dead of night and got all touchy-feely with men. Now that someone's caught you on camera, you turn around and accuse someone of setting you up? You behaved indecently yourselves, yet you have the nerve to make a public fuss? You shameless bitches..."