"As long as you two can make up, as long as you can forgive Yang, I'll do anything!"
Ye Jin inwardly marveled again and again at Chen Ruxue's tactic of retreating to advance.
[Chen Ruxue really deserves to be called the strongest mistress. She's already calmed down and started fishing for Su Yang's sympathy. If she put that mindset to proper use, she could probably build a career for herself.]
Already seething, Su Yang saw his beloved swallowing such humiliation for his sake, and his heart ached all the more. He immediately shouted at Zhou Wanqing without a care for anything else.
"You're stupid and vicious! What man could stand you? Ruxue is gentler and more understanding than you. If I didn't love her, would I love you? This is all your own fault!"
Zhou Wanqing watched their display of deep love and devotion and found it laughable.
What were these two doing? Acting out a scene where a pair of devoted lovers accused her of being the vicious woman beating the lovebirds apart with a stick?
Utterly disgusted, she considered how to tear their sham affection to shreds.
Ye Jin, meanwhile, marveled at Su Yang's "backbone."
[Su Yang really has no fucking clue where he stands. Doesn't he know his career depended on the Su family before marriage and the Zhou family afterward? Instead of getting on his knees and begging Second Aunt for forgiveness, he actually dares to argue! Let's see if he's still this tough when the Zhou family pulls its investment and he goes bankrupt.]
[Still, it takes one villain to grind down another. Su Yang actually believes Chen Ruxue is deeply devoted to him. She'll be the first to run when he goes bankrupt, just like when she abandoned her first husband.]
Inspiration immediately struck Zhou Wanqing, and she sneered.
"You've already done it, so why are you afraid of being exposed? Do you remember what you said when you married me? That if you ever betrayed me, you would die a horrible death. I haven't made you die yet. I'm merely taking back what I gave you."
She then turned to the audience. "Please bear witness today, everyone. From now on, the Zhou Corporation will have absolutely no business dealings with Su Yang's company. We will also withdraw our investment in his company."
An uproar swept through the audience at her words.
The interests involved in marriages between wealthy families were incredibly complicated. Many couples aired their conflicts in public but still made money together when there was money to be made. Now Zhou Wanqing had actually announced that the Zhou Corporation would cut all ties with Su Yang. She truly hated him to the bone!
The shock restored some of what little reason Su Yang had left. Although he had always thought highly of himself, he also knew that the Zhou Corporation was his company's biggest client.
If the Zhou Corporation withdrew its investment, his company probably wouldn't last much longer!
Su Yang felt his blood surge in an instant. He pointed at Zhou Wanqing. "You! You! How could you be so ruthless..."
But before he could finish, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
With Su Yang in this state, the others naturally couldn't keep watching the show. They hurried forward to check on him or call 120.
Ye Jin clicked her tongue in wonder at the scene.
[Huh? I didn't faint, but Su Yang did? How did things suddenly turn out like this? I haven't even done anything yet.]
Beside her, Lin Xiwen thought, You're being modest! It's all thanks to you scolding Zhou Wanqing awake.
By now, she was certain Zhou Wanqing must have heard Ye Jin's thoughts and ordered an investigation, leading to this scene.
Zhou Wanqing watched the man she had once loved lying collapsed on the floor, yet she no longer felt any heartache. If he couldn't even withstand a few verbal threats, how had he dared to betray her?
But since Su Yang had fainted and wouldn't wake up anytime soon, she had no intention of waiting around. She turned and left the banquet hall, while Su Yang was taken to the hospital by the ambulance that soon arrived.
The host and security guards hired by the Su Group were all highly professional. They immediately seized the opportunity to announce the end of the signing ceremony.
With both main players gone, everyone lost interest in lingering to watch the spectacle and went their separate ways.
Of course, everyone knew this was most likely only the beginning. There was bound to be even bigger entertainment to come. At the very least, the melon-eating spectators online must already be having a field day.
Watching everyone leave, Lin Xiwen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The day's events had been full of twists and turns. Fortunately, things had ultimately taken a turn for the better, albeit in an unexpected way.
Lin Xiwen couldn't help looking toward Ye Jin nearby. After all, Ye Jin was largely responsible for this. Even if she couldn't say so directly, she had to find an opportunity to thank her properly.
She was just about to speak when she noticed Ye Jin staring at her phone with gleaming eyes.
[I knew someone would have uploaded a video from the scene already. The comment section has always been full of talent! Compared to them, my roasting skills still need a lot of practice!]
Lin Xiwen thought, Huh? There are people better at it than you? Then I have to see this.
Chapter 4
Curiosity made Lin Xiwen, who rarely went online, forget what she had meant to do. Instead, she took out her phone and started browsing, then couldn't stop.
Business news had never attracted much attention. A news story could typically go days without a single comment.
But now, #SuGroupSigningCeremony had climbed to the top of the trending searches, even beating out gossip about a top celebrity's romance. It even had a bright red "Explosive" label beside it!
No one under the hashtag was discussing anything related to business. They were all eating the melon about Su Yang and Zhou Wanqing.
[It's been ages since I've seen such a spectacular scene of someone tearing a scumbag and his mistress apart! I can't get enough. Does anyone in the know have the scoop on these three main characters? Fill us in!]
[Wealthy-family gossip enthusiast reporting in! The Su Corporation Group is currently split between two family branches, with the eldest branch inheriting it. The man in the video is the Su family's second son. He only collects dividends from his shares and doesn't manage anything. But he got lucky and married the Zhou Corporation's eldest daughter. With the Zhou Corporation's support, he founded his own company, then bragged publicly about successfully starting a business and building a thriving career. Second Su even used to market himself as a wife-doting maniac. Who would've thought, tsk, tsk, tsk.]
[The mistress in the video is called Chen Ruxue. She was a minor celebrity over twenty years ago, but her mind wasn't on her career. All she wanted was to marry into a wealthy family. She had rumored affairs with several rich men, and one rich man's wife even came out and threw shade at her. She finally managed to marry into a wealthy family, only for her husband's family to go bankrupt in the third year. Of course she wasn't going to share their joys and hardships, so she soon got divorced. Only an idiot like Su Yang would treat her like a treasure.]