Dug Out Your Grave 2"Ms. Xu, are you saying that Hong Tingguang is Qi Xenjin"s father? Do you have proof?" one of the reporters asked.
"Why don"t we ask Mr. Hong? Since he knows better than anyone else."Xu Jia Li focused her gaze at Hong Tingguang as she spoke.
"You can"t just accuse people without proof! How can you do that to me, Senior Xu?" Qi Xenjin said wistfully before she turned her head to Hong Tingguang.
Without speaking, Hong Tingguang looked pleadingly at XuJia Li. His eyes were telling her to stop. He was starting to sweat.
Then another video began playing on the screen. This time, it was Hong Tingguang and Qi Xenjin talking at a motel near the outskirt of town.
Hong Tingguang tenderly called Qi Xenjin his daughter which was only responded by a distant nod from Qi Xenjin. They talked about their plan to further damage Xu Jia Li"s reputation. It was really shocking to see that a young woman like Qi Xenjin had a vicious and sinister nature.
The video ended. Then, a birth certificate flashed across the screen. It clearly showed Qi Xenjin"s relationship with Hong Tingguang.
"How did Qi Xenjin become Hong Tingguang"s daughter? It just doesn"t add."
"Did she lie about her parents then? Did she purposely make us believe that she came from a well-off family? Wasn"t it her who said that her parents migrated in Thailand?"
"Qi Xenjin grew up with her mother since her parents got divorced. Apparently, she lied about her family status and even lied about her parents." Xu Jia Li answered, confirming others" thoughts.
She wasn"t actually happy about exposing Qi Xenjin"s family background because it was a topic she didn"t want to touch. Family was a sensitive topic for her. However, she knew that she had to do extreme measures to stop Qi Xenjin.
"Didn"t Qi Xenjin say that her parents owned hotels in Thailand?"
"Seems like it"s a motel and not a hotel. Hmph!"
"He is not my father! That"s not real at all," Qi Xenjin turned to Hui Ruo, "C"mon, tell them! Tell them he"s not my father!"
Hui Ruo didn"t want to answer since the truth had already been exposed. She was afraid that she wouldn"t survive as a manager if she continued to lie in this circ.u.mstance so she remained quiet.
"How pretentious of her! She even denounced her own father."
Everyone focused their gazes on Hong Tingguang. They threw him a look of pity since even at this moment, he was denounced by his daughter.
"Ms. Xu, I beg you to stop. Stop now!" Hong Tingguang"s arrogant demeanor had been crushed as he dejectedly begged Xu Jia Li. He couldn"t take seeing his daughter in such a miserable state.
He didn"t want to see her suffer so he did everything for her. As the old adage says, "Parents" love knows no bound."Hong Tingguang swallowed his pride for the sake of his daughter.
However, Xu Jia Li already made up her mind. She gave countless of chance for Qi Xenjin to admit her sins yet she didn"t take it, so she continued,
"Wasn"t it also Mr. Hong who sold Li Yun"s condition to the Editor in chief of The Harbinger? Wasn"t it also you who blackmailed the nurse from Bethune Peace Hospital to testify that I was the reason for Li Yun"s condition?"
Hong Tingguang froze on his place. He didn"t know how to refute Xu Jia Li. Everything had been exposed.
"Are you saying Ms. Xu that it was Hong Tingguang who plotted against you?" the reporter next to Hong Tingguang asked.
"What do you think?" Xu Jia Li asked back.
"Do you think that Ms. Qi planned it and her father did it for her?" a short fat man asked.
"I"ll leave it to you, smart people, to decide."
"Ms. Xu, what other things did the father and daughter duo did?"
Instead of answering, photos of Xu Jia Li with a man flashed on the screen. Those were the photos that became the latest topic on Weibo a while ago.
"Weren"t those your photos with an unknown man?" the short fat guy asked.
"Yes…" Xu Jia Li smiled meaningfully.
"Then why are you showing them to us? We"ve already seen that!"
"I just want to ask Mr. Hong where he got them." Xu Jia Li looked straight into Hong Tingguang"s eyes.
"W-why are you asking me? I had nothing to do with that! Will you keep blaming me for everything?" Hong Tingguang bellowed.
"Ms. Xu, are you asking Reporter Hong because he was the one who took those pictures?" one reporter asked.
"Well, it was actually Mr. Hong who posted this article. However, I had the clear version of these."
"Are you admitting that it"s you, Ms. Xu and that you have the original pictures with you? Who is this man you are having a secret affair with?"
"Now we"re coming to the interesting part," Xu Jia Li smiled as she continued, "How about we take a look at these pictures?"
The same set of pictures flashed on the screen but this time, the face of the man was not blurred anymore and the woman wasn"t Xu Jia Li but Qi Xenjin.
"Don"t these pictures look familiar, Ms. Qi?" Xu Jia Li grinned provocatively at Qi Xenjin.
"No! Take those pictures away! Turn that off!" Qi Xenjin finally lost it as she ran straight to the screen trying to turn it off.
Hui Ruo already gave up on Qi Xenjin as she walked out of the stage. She knew that Qi Xenjin was a lost case and her career was doomed.
The reporters felt that this press conference had turned into a battle between Qi Xenjin and Xu Jia Li, and only one would go home victorious. They felt that they"d been fed with too much information that their mind would explode. They immediately gathered around Qi Xenjin, asking her a lot of questions.
Hong Tingguang walked towards his daughter as he blocked his fellow reporters from hara.s.sing Qi Xenjin.
"Back off! All of you!"
Qi Xenjin wailed. She shook her head as she looked at everyone around her. She couldn"t believe that the table would turn in favor of Xu Jia Li. She planned everything carefully. "How? How did this happen?"
She looked around and saw Hui Ruo standing below the stage. Her eyes widened before they turned into bloodshot – hatred blinding her. She knew what was happening. Hui Ruo was abandoning her since she was exposed.
She was exploding with anger. Her body involuntarily trembled from the deep embarra.s.sment and hatred that she felt. She scanned the place to see the culprit of her misery. She ran like crazy towards Xu Jia Li but three bodyguards immediately blocked her.
Infuriated, she screamed, "It"s you! This is entirely your fault! You planned all of this to destroy me! You are so vicious and envious of other people"s achievements that you schemed against them! You"re a black belied b.i.t.c.h who stole other people"s possession!"
"She has no shame! How can she still insult Xu Jia Li? The truth has already been exposed. What else does she want?"
People began pointing fingers at Qi Xenjin as they criticized her. The reporters never once wasted any opportunity to broadcast what was happening on live stream.
"I can"t believe that all of these were just schemes to tarnish Xu Jia Li"s reputation. I almost believe in the news. Qi Xenjin is really something. Such a waste!"
"She should just admit defeat and quit the industry! The entertainment industry has no place for a scheming b.i.t.c.h like her!"
"You"re right! As the saying goes, no matter how well you dress a trash, it will always be a trash!"
Upon hearing people"s remarks, Qi Xenjin turned vehemently aggressive. She cursed Xu Jia Li with all her might. She was even more furious that she couldn"t even hurt Xu Jia Li.
Xu Jia Li had an amuse look on her face as she watched Qi Xenjin dug her own grave. She thought that maybe Qi Xenjin would at least show remorse from all that she did but it looked like she would never learn from her mistakes. It was really true that people blinded by greed and hostility would never see reasons.
"Tell us, b.i.t.c.h! Tell everyone the truth that you seduced CEO Si. You even convinced him of being the male lead! C"mon! Spill it! Why are you still keeping the information about the male lead?" Qi Xenjin screamed.