Chapter 425: Counterstrike
A startling piece of news swept across the entire A City the following morning.
It was about the newly wedded Lan Yu, the daughter-in-law of the second biggest aristocratic Family Ji of A City and had spread all over the newspapers, TV news, website etc.
The headline was: The ugly genius of Family Yang is now an aristocratic lady.
The news was mainly about the real ident.i.ty of Lan Yu. As per the article, she used to be an ugly woman called Yang Muyan. The real Lan Yu had been killed by Yang Muyan’s men and she had taken her ident.i.ty. She had turned into a beautiful girl who attracted Ji Bo, making him fall for her and get married to her, instantly. The real purpose of Yang Muyan was to consume Family Ji’s properties so as to restore Family Yang.
This was an explosive piece of news. No one had expected that the newly wedded Ji Bo of Family Ji had married the ugliest girl in A City.
The power of gossip was endless. With the help of the most professional team, the whole incident spiraled and became the hottest trending topic within a few hours.
All powerful families of A City knew pretty well that Family Jing had destroyed Family Yang because Family Yang hired a hitman to kill the heir of Family Jing. That had been a taboo among families from early on.
If all families hired professional hitmen to kill people, then all the heirs of Families in A City would have been killed within a short period and the families would collapse.
So most of the families didn’t feel sorry for Family Yang but thought that they had gotten what they deserved.
It was not so easy to kill the heir of Family Jing. The family had reached its highest peak because of generations’ efforts.
No one was allowed to touch Family Jing and it was a lesson learnt after spilling blood.
But one heir of Family Yang was still alive. And she turned out to be the mysterious and intelligent woman of Family Yang.
No one believed that Yang Muyan and Ji Bo were truly in deep love with each other. Everyone realized that they got married so fast because they had some hidden plans.
Had Family Ji known the real ident.i.ty of Lan Yu?
Had Family Ji been desiring the tremendous amount of dowry which Lan Yu brought with her?
Was Family Ji trying to provoke Family Jing?
Journalists from all walks of media had surrounded the villa of Family Ji as well as the mansion of Family Ji.
Shangguan Ning was watching the live streaming from her computer. Excited voices of the journalists could be heard on camera.
“Dear audience and friends, we are waiting to do an interview with Family Ji, but neither Mr. Ji Bo nor Ms. Lan Yu is present. The entire family has chosen to remain silent. Are they admitting to the truth by staying silent? We will continue to dig deeper into the issue. Please follow us for the latest information.”
Shangguan Ning shut off the screen and looked at the man reading a book on pregnancy, sitting next to her.
“You did this, right?”
It was a rhetorical question.
Jing Yichen put down the book and took her into his arms as he said calmly, “Don’t use the computer too often. The radiation is very bad for the child. Also, no more phone. You can leave it to me to deliver your messages. The router is not healthy either, so I will keep it shut and switch it on only when necessary.”
Shangguan Ning leaned against his strong chest and answered with a small “okay”. She didn’t care about the entire talk about the radiation and continued to ask, “You did it so fast. Do you think Ji Bo would go crazy?”
Jing Yichen had struck back only two days after the wedding, that too in such a shocking way. Apparently, he had been planning it for some time.
When Ji Bo and Yang Muyan got married in a hurry, it was apparent that it had been a spontaneous decision. But Jing Yichen had the countermeasure ready for them.
In this way, Family Ji was going to be confronted with tremendous pressure of rumor.
“Family Ji is getting too bold. They even dare to take 20% shares of Jingsheng. Aren’t they afraid that they will die of overeating? They should have been prepared to be struck back hard when they decided to steal the meat. Don’t worry, this is just the beginning. Something better is on the way.”
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The old lady of Family Ji had pa.s.sed out in anger twice, already. She was a woman with an irritable temper. When she regained consciousness and thought of the crazy journalists outside, she almost fainted again.
“Where is Ji Bo?” The old lady bellowed. “Where is that grandson of mine? Get him here now. What is going on? Didn’t he say that Lan Yu is his beloved woman? How did she end up being the ugly girl from Family Yang?”
Both Ji Minyu and Ji Minjue were beside the old lady. Ji Minjue had recovered from the therapy and was now taking care of his old mother.
He tried to defend Ji Bo. “Don’t get mad, mom, it might be a rumour. You know what Ji Bo is like. He never lies.”
The old lady had not approved of Ji Bo marrying Lan Yu, but she finally retreated because Ji Minjue helped Ji Bo in fooling her by praising Lan Yu to the hilt. He claimed that she was very wealthy even though she was not from a very renowned family.
Ji Minjue was more than willing to allow Ji Bo to marry Lan Yu. He had found out that Lan Yu was from an ordinary family and had no background. If a woman like her married Ji Bo, his children would have much less difficulty in dealing with Ji Bo in the future.
Ji Minyu, however, hated Jing Yichen to the deepest degree after she quit being the mayor. She was a proud lady who had not reconciled with her fate.
But she had never taken any action. She knew that she couldn’t possibly do anything to Jing Yichen even when she was a mayor, let alone as an ordinary citizen. She was not a threat to him, at all.
After some thinking, Ji Minyu had decided to get close to Ji Bo.
She knew that Ji Minjue was far less capable than Ji Bo and his children were not as gifted and talented as Ji Bo.
Hence, Ji Minyu had come to an agreement with Ji Bo that they would sail in the same boat. She knew that something was wrong with Lan Yu but had no idea what it was. Ji Bo had kept the secret well concealed.
But now all was revealed.
Was Ji Bo courting death?
Marrying Yang Muyan basically meant that they had established an image of being Family Jing’s rival.
Family Ji was not a rival of Family Jing, otherwise she would not have been forced to step down and leave the political field.