113: Chapter 113 Public Opinion Vortex

Seeing that the store manager still intended to keep searching for the person, Shen Yan quickly stopped him.

"Stop looking. This is official news; it can't be wrong."

Hearing this, the store manager's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

"But... but how could Xiao Tang suddenly..."

Shen Yan stood beside the store manager and patted his shoulder.

"Actually, Xiao Tang had already attempted to take her own life once before."

Saying this, he told the store manager about how he had previously stopped Xiao Tang from jumping off the roof.

"So that's how you two met..."

"But didn't Xiao Tang already give up on suicide? Why would she suddenly do something like this again?"

"Did that woman threaten Xiao Tang?"

Shen Yan shook his head.

Xiao Tang had only told him to take down the video and hadn't given him any more information, so he didn't know if Xiao Tang's suicide had anything to do with Chen Ling.

"I see you're not in a good emotional state right now. Why don't you go back and get some rest first?"

The store manager grit his teeth.

"No! This must have something to do with that woman. I have to get justice for Xiao Tang!"

"President Shen, if you have things to do, go ahead and head back. I'll handle this matter myself."

Shen Yan looked at the store manager for a long while.

Actually, Xiao Tang was quite lucky.

She had met a boss who truly cared for her.

"Alright then, I'll head back first. Contact me anytime if anything comes up."

The store manager nodded.

...

Meanwhile, at the Dongshan Villa.

"So annoying! So annoying! Why do they keep calling me?!"

Chen Ling was throwing a massive tantrum inside the villa.

Yang Jin comforted her indifferently, "Don't worry about them. Just turn off your phone."

Chen Ling looked full of grievance.

"But turning it off won't solve anything. I had already spent money to suppress the popularity of this matter, but now that she's dead, the heat has flared up again."

"Damn it! Couldn't she have died a bit later?"

Yang Jin was amused by her words.

"Didn't you find someone to go to her hometown to threaten her family and force them to call her so she'd take down the video?"

Chen Ling replied righteously, "That's true, but I didn't threaten her to die. What does her death have to do with me?"

"These reporters are so annoying. No, I'm going to contact the company's legal department tomorrow and have them sue every single one of them!"

Yang Jin sighed.

Aside from being a bit eloquent, having a pretty face, and a good figure, Chen Ling was truly useless in every other regard.

"They are reporters; they have the right to ask you for the truth. You won't win if you sue them. I suggest you stay home for the next couple of days and don't go out."

Chen Ling sneered.

"Ha! What does her death have to do with me? Why should I be unable to go out?"

"I know they just want to see me as a joke. Don't worry, I definitely won't give them what they want. I'm going to work tomorrow as usual!"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Yang Jin stopped trying.

In any case, nothing too major would happen to Chen Ling.

The next day.

Chen Ling got up and went to work as usual.

As soon as she drove to the company, she saw several large posters put up in the underground parking lot.

[Chen Ling! Repay your debts with money; repay a life with a life!]

"Who put this here?!"

In the empty parking lot, no one answered Chen Ling.

Furious, she pulled out her phone and called her secretary.

"Where are you right now? Get to the parking lot immediately!"

The secretary didn't know what had happened and rushed to the underground parking lot while still on the phone, only to see the large posters.

"Oh my god!"

"How did it turn out like this?"

Chen Ling narrowed her eyes and turned to the secretary, saying, "Shouldn't I be the one asking that?"

The secretary typed on her phone while saying to Chen Ling, "I'll contact security right now and have them pull the surveillance footage for the underground parking lot to see exactly who put these things here."

Chen Ling gave a hum of affirmation. "Get this resolved as quickly as possible. I don't want to see these things when I leave work!"

The secretary nodded quickly.

"Yes, President Chen!"

After returning to her office, Chen Ling sat at her desk and checked documents as usual.

"President Chen, President Wang asked me to inform you that there will be a Board of Directors meeting in ten minutes."

Chen Ling raised an eyebrow and asked, "Wang Tian sent you to notify me? Where is he?"

The Employee looked troubled.

"That... I'm not very sure. He just told me to notify you to be at 172 for the Board of Directors meeting in ten minutes."

Chen Ling tapped her finger on the desk. For some reason, she had an ominous premonition.

"Fine, I got it. You can go now."

Having received a response, the Employee nodded and turned to leave the office doorway.

Ten minutes later, Chen Ling entered the meeting room.

"Calling a Board of Directors meeting in such a rush, is there some problem?"

Pulling out a chair, Chen Ling sat in the head seat with a smile on her face.

"It seems President Chen's mindset is still quite good. Even after such a major event, you can still be as unaffected as before."

Hearing Wang Tian's words, Chen Ling blinked.

"What does this have to do with my mindset?"

"The matters online are just a misunderstanding. I believe time will prove everything."

Wang Tian burst out laughing.

The surveillance footage had already been uploaded to video platforms by someone.

For Chen Ling to be able to say such shameless words as 'misunderstanding' without her heart skipping a beat or her face flushing, she was truly a piece of work.

"President Chen, regardless of whether this matter is a misunderstanding, we all feel that you should pay a price for it."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Ling's expression changed instantly.

"What do you mean by that?"

Wang Tian shrugged and replied, "I think I've made my meaning very clear."

"Right now, everyone has a very bad impression of our company because of you. You've dragged down the company's image; we must take action."

The other shareholders nearby nodded.

They supported Wang Tian's idea.

"What do you mean I've dragged down the company's image? Don't you know that negative publicity is still publicity?"

"It's precisely because of me that everyone knows about our listed company. Isn't that a good thing?"

Wang Tian looked shocked.

Chen Ling's eloquence and the thickness of her skin truly exceeded his imagination.

"President Chen, we do not accept this explanation. You must give our company an account of your actions."

Knowing that continuing the discussion would yield no results, Wang Tian directly informed Chen Ling that the matter had already been decided.

After listening, Chen Ling silently clenched her fists.

"Then tell me, how am I supposed to give the company an account?"

Wang Tian stood up and took a folder from nearby, placing it in front of Chen Ling.

"It's simple. Transfer all the equity in your hands to us."