Chapter 258 A Disappointing Outcome (1/2)
”Are you joking? That plot of land used to be a dumping ground. The government had to beg developers to buy it. Now there are nonsensical claims about it being of agricultural use? Who are you bullshitting?” Zhang Mi banged the table resoundingly.
Xin Qing threw the letter of notification aside, ”Now I have witnessed for myself what is a military authority.”
”This was probably done by Li Susu alone,” Ah Nan said with a frown, ”Li family and Jiang family have a very good relationship with each other. Since Mrs. Song had assured that things are fine, that must mean that she had already communicated with the Li family.”
”Whether it was her or Li family doesn't matter. Now, how are we going to deal with the matter now?” Monica looked at Xin Qing, ”I should have known better to give her a slap back then.”
Zhang Mi picked up the phone, ”Here, give Jiang Qianren a call. The problem was caused by him after all.”
”No need,” Xin Qing knocked on the table, ”Get the lawyer prepared. We are going to first file a lawsuit.”
Ah Nan stood up, ”I'll go right away.”
”Arrange to meet Ding Lei and Chen Ming for me. This isn't our family's issue. Even the government should provide evidence. Let me see just how is she going to wind up.”
Xin Qing's intentions coincided with Ding Lei's perfectly. Chen Ming had accompanied his wife on a vacation to help with stabilizing her pregnancy and had let the secretary give Xin Qing full decision-making authority on this matter. It had been a long time since meeting Shi Qianqian, so everyone met up to have dinner together.
”Your man has not returned?” Shi Qianqian confronted at full force, right at the moment they met, ”What a drag! Had he gone to that stupid woman to work as an undercover?”
”Fuck!” Zhang Mi glared, ”Why don't you say that he's changed?”
Ding Lei responded even before Shi Qianqian could, ”He's not that type of person.”
”Had you two been injected too? What high IQ you have!” Zhang Mi grumbled.
Shi Qianqian stuffed a piece of fruit into her mouth, ”That's just because your IQ is too low.”
”So sorry for dragging all of you into this,” Xin Qing shrugged at Shi Qianqian. Shi Qianqian said calmly, ”Just tell Xunxun later to let my son be the student union president for once.”
Xin Qing sniggered, ”I can't do anything about that!”
”The lawyer will be done preparing all the material by tonight. Then we can go to the court tomorrow to file the lawsuit,” Ding Lei picked a piece of fish for Shi Qianqian, ”You don't have to go, just me alone is fine.”
Shi Qianqian saw how indifferent Xin Qing looked, and reminded her, ”You should just stay at home these few days. The tricks of Li Susu and her people are the typical framing and slandering. Negative coverage of you will probably soon be all over the papers.”
”She dares to escalate matters like that?” Xin Qing was surprised, then laughed, ”Then good. I don't have to inform the Jiang family myself.”
Shi Qianqian looked at her, ”Is there really nothing between you and that Jiang Qianren?”
”Of course there is nothing!” Xin Qing sighed, ”I had indeed acted too rashly. If I had not made things difficult for her that day, then it probably wouldn't have turned out this way.”
Ding Lei furrowed his brows and said, ”It's not your fault. This kind of people should not be condoned.”
Just as Shi Qianqian had predicted, a newspaper published an article the next day, about some Little White Flower actually being a Black Spider. They had even uncovered Xin Qing and the Xin family's background, claiming that she had caused her biological father's death in order to inherit the family's fortune. All of a sudden, Xin Qing had once again become the talk of the town.
Xin Qing did not care about the papers. She stayed at home waiting for Zhang Mi and Monica's news from the court. When it was almost noon, Zhang Mi called in to inform that the matter was settled. They had won the lawsuit. The government had no reasoning at all, so after talking things out for a while, the matter was resolved.
Just as she had been put at ease, and was preparing to have lunch, Jiang Qianren called.
”Where are you?”
Upon hearing, Xin Qing asked instead, ”You've come to S City?”
”Yeah, such a major issue happened, yet you didn't look for me. So I could only come,” Jiang Qianren grumbled.
”Hehe. It wasn't even anything important. Come to my house, just in case you get on the news again if you got photographed!”
It was unsure where Jiang Qianren was when he made the call, and not long after, the doorbell rang. The first thing he said after coming in was, ”Don't worry. My mother had already talked to the Li family. Li Susu is being grounded at home, and won't be able to come out for some time.”
”Did you threaten them?” Xin Qing asked doubtfully.
Jiang Qianren inspected the interior of the house, and snickered, ”Yeah, I told her, even if all the women on earth were dead, I still wouldn't marry her. If I were to learn that she is bullying you again, I'll get her older brother replaced.”
”Her older brother?”
”Her older brother is working for me,” Jiang Qianren said coolly, ”Your house's interior is unimpressive. It's definitely not your taste.”
Xin Qing grimaced. ”I like it!”
Jiang Qianren suddenly looked at her solemnly, which startled Xin Qing.
”What... what's wrong...”
”Can I visit Xiao Rui's room?” He asked, ”My mother wants me to take a few pictures.”
Xin Qing stood up immediately, ”Of course. I'll take you upstairs.”
With the intervention of the Jiang family, the issue was effortlessly resolved. The consequence was that, over at the capital, everyone now knew that the Jiang family wanted to marry a woman with a child, who was still entangled with her ex-husband.
Song Chunli phoned Xin Qing to comfort her. She thought that there was no need to explain. The closer the two families get with each other, the less people would suspect their interactions with Xiao Rui in the future. Xin Qing could only cooperate on this matter. Only until Ying Qingcang could openly get together with her, then could she take further actions.