62: Zhang Yishi Ernian

Wang Xi sat alone on the ground. As it turned out, Lu Qingyu's fans had witnessed this farce. Seeing their idol's reputation collapse, they were already heartbroken, and seeing Wang Xi looking so pitiful, they went over to help her up.

"Are you alright, ma'am?"

"Ma'am, please don't be too sad."

"Where do you live, ma'am? We'll take you home."

Wang Xi put on a show of crying a few times: "Children, thank you. You are all kind-hearted people, but don't be deceived by Lu Qingyu."

The fans felt even sadder hearing this. They had finally managed to stan a young idol, so why did his reputation have to collapse? Yet, even now, they didn't quite believe that Lu Qingyu could be that kind of person.

As they were helping Wang Xi cross the street, while waiting for the red light, their phones pinged with notification sounds. Opening their phones, they discovered someone had tagged them on Weibo, so they took a look.

Then, Wang Xi, who had been enjoying the treatment of being helped, was grabbed by the collar and shoved into the bushes.

Wang Xi landed squarely in the bushes, her backside feeling like it was about to split open.

Wang Xi suddenly raised her voice: "What are you doing?"

The fan replied: "What am I doing? If I hadn't controlled myself just now, I would have pushed you into the street to be hit by a car."

The fan had just seen the news online and hadn't expected Wang Xi to be this kind of person. Thinking about the abuse Lu Qingyu had received online and from everyone just moments ago, their heart ached terribly.

Before Wang Xi could speak, the fan said: "How are you even worthy of living, someone like you? I wish you a lonely old age, despised by all, and a miserable death."

Hearing the curse, Wang Xi was furious: "What did you say, you brat?"

The fan: "Hmph, just wait for your retribution."

The fan left after saying that.

Wang Xi still didn't know what was going on, but it didn't matter. She had already completed the task her own son had entrusted to her; her son should be satisfied now, right?

Before leaving, Wang Xi wanted to see Lu Jin. For so many years, whenever she missed her son, she would only watch him from afar, secretly. Fearing that being discovered would affect him, she had never even spoken to Lu Jin.

Wang Xi called Lu Jin to arrange a meeting, but was flatly refused by Lu Jin.

She assumed her son couldn't accept the situation for the moment and needed some time, so she left.

Wang Xi had taken leave to come out, and she still had to go to work at the hospital after returning.

After returning to the hospital and changing her clothes, she suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the hospital today was a bit off. Why did the young nurses look at her with such strange expressions?

Wang Xi assumed they were afraid of being disciplined by her, so she turned and left. After she left, the young girls breathed a sigh of relief.

"I never realized it before, but she's actually so shameless."

"Such a deranged person is truly terrifying. She actually had the nerve to go and make a scene at Lu Qingyu's place."

"It's scary. Working with someone like her, I'm afraid I'll be harmed by her one day."

Wang Xi returned unexpectedly and, hearing everyone call her shameless, immediately flew into a rage.

"Who are you calling shameless?"

The young nurses were startled by the voice behind them. Turning back, they saw Wang Xi glaring at them viciously. The young girls huddled together to give each other courage.

"We're talking about you."

Wang Xi was furious: "Did your mother never teach you how to speak? Do you want to get fired?"

The young nurse also had a feisty temper: "What are you acting so high and mighty for? You've been working for so many years and are still just an ordinary nurse. What can you teach us? How to swap babies?"

Once these words were out, Wang Xi broke into a cold sweat. Furious, she glared at the nurse who had just mentioned swapping babies and rushed forward, intending to slap the young girl.

Seeing this, the young girl immediately backed away, and Wang Xi lunged at empty air.

"You've gone too far!"

Just as Wang Xi was about to come up and grab her, a group of reporters suddenly rushed into the hospital. This time, their attitude toward Wang Xi was not as polite as before.

Wang Xi was immediately squeezed into the crowd, and countless questions were fired at her.

"Is Lu Jin really your son?"

"How could you do such a thing? What were you thinking?"

"Did you know how much of an impact your actions would cause at the time?"

The reporters' lenses were shoved into Wang Xi's face. By the time Wang Xi realized what was happening, the hospital was already in an uproar.

In the end, the hospital security had to be called in to take Wang Xi to the director's office.

Looking at the director, Wang Xi steadied herself: "Director, I'm sorry. My son is a celebrity, so that's why those people wanted to interview me."

Watching Wang Xi tell such a blatant lie, the director gave a cold laugh and placed a resignation letter on the desk.

"You are fired."

Wang Xi's mind went blank instantly: "Director, why? Wasn't I doing my job just fine?"

Wang Xi had been at this hospital for over thirty years and was already the head nurse. She was about to retire soon; if she were fired, what would she do?

The director was furious. Just now, in less than two hours, pregnant women who had scheduled to give birth at the hospital were all demanding to change hospitals. They said they were afraid that their babies would be swapped the moment they were born, causing the hospital to lose a large number of clients instantly.

"Wang Xi, you have violated hospital regulations, and we will be conducting an investigation into you."

Coming out of the director's office, Wang Xi immediately checked her phone, and upon seeing it, she was stunned.

Lu Qingyu had known the truth all along? She had said it herself while drinking? How could this be?

In an instant, Wang Xi lost over thirty years of employment. Yet, at this moment, her biggest regret was that she shouldn't have been drinking, and she felt absolutely no remorse for what happened to Lu Qingyu.

After returning home, she passed a row of elderly people playing mahjong. These people were the most well-informed, and upon seeing Wang Xi, they couldn't help but spit on the ground.

"Bah! Living in the same neighborhood as this kind of person, we must have committed some sin in our past lives."

Wang Xi originally wanted to argue with these people, but then she realized she didn't have the confidence, so she slunk home.

After returning home, not long after, the police knocked on the door. When Wang Xi opened the door and saw the police, she was scared out of her wits.

The police: "Hello, we need to investigate a case from seventeen years ago. Please cooperate."

Wang Xi panicked and didn't know what to do. Her first reaction was to call Lu Jin. She made four consecutive calls, but Lu Jin didn't answer because Lu Jin was in an even worse state than her.

On his end, Lu Guozhong had issued two consecutive statements to distance himself. The market had just stabilized slightly when he was slapped in the face by a photo of a paternity test from Lu Qingyu.

"I never imagined such a father existed in this world."

"Don't be sad, Qingyu. Someone like that isn't worth it."

"It's better not to acknowledge such a father; otherwise, who knows how he might exploit you in the future."

"I never want to use anything from Lu Group again. Disgusting."

"So Lu Jin really was a cuckoo in the nest."

"Does Lu Jin know about this? His reputation is completely ruined. How could his fans have the nerve to attack Lu Qingyu?"

When Lu Guozhong saw the content posted by Lu Qingyu, he swept everything off his desk in one go. The clattering sound of porcelain shattering scared the assistant so much that they dared not speak.

However, some things had to be said: "Chairman, Chairman Wang has withdrawn his investment. The businesses under Lu Group have received a massive amount of returns from consumers, resulting in a loss of nearly eighty million. Furthermore, the amount is still growing."

Upon hearing this, Lu Guozhong knew it was over; the IPO plan they had been preparing for four or five years had gone down the drain.

Lu Guozhong was so angry that his blood pressure spiked, and what the assistant said next made Lu Guozhong want to faint even more.

"Chairman, we have received a lawyer's letter from Black Pearl Entertainment."

Lu Guozhong's eyes were bloodshot: "Speak, what does it say?"

The assistant: "One is a lawsuit against us for damaging the reputation of Mr. Lu Qingyu, claiming 3 million in lost wages and compensation for emotional distress."

"And there is another one—"

The assistant stammered, and Lu Guozhong slammed the table hard: "Speak, what is the other one?"