34 Facade Falls (2/2)
His happiness dimmed a little as he looked at Ren Shirong.
He sighed, I just wish this uncle would just go away.
Ren Shirong opened the car door, stepped around Li Xiuying and little 4th and ushered them into the car. Once they were all seated, the car sped off.
Ren Shirong had a smug smile on his face: ”So, where are we going for lunch then?”
Li Xiuying looked at Little 4th beside her who was in a child's car seat.
He must have planned this!
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Li Residence
Li Wang ran in through the front door in panic. ”Yu Yan, Mei Wu!! Where are you?! Come downstairs right now!”
Li Yu Yan and Li Na slowly descended the stairs: ”Daddy what's wrong?”
Li Wang: ”Where is your mother?! We have a huge problem!!
Li Mei Wu headed to the entrance from the living room: ”Darling, what's wrong? What's gotten you so worked up?”
She put her hand on her husband's shoulder, her face full of concern.
Li Wang: ”Have you not seen the news today! I was absolutely humiliated at work. Where's Li Xiuying?”
Li Mei Wu: ”She's must be in her room, we can get her later. Come sit down in the living room and explain to us what's going on. I'm sure whatever it is, we can sort it out.”
They all walked to the living room.
Li Yu Yan sat opposite her parents with Li Na beside her: ”Daddy what news are you referring too?”
Li Wang didn't say anything he just handed his phone over to his daughter.
Li Yu Yan looked at the phone screen in horror, her face paled and she clutched the phone in her hand. Li Na leaned over Li Yu Yan's shoulder to have a look.
Li Na expression clouded with confusion: ”When did you decide to announce Li Yu Yan's engagement?”
Li Mei Wu screeched: ”What?!” She snatched the phone out of her daughter's hand and her face resembled that of Li Yu Yan's.
Li Mei Wu rapidly fired questions at her husband: ”Honey what's going on right now? Who did this? When did this get released? Why didn't you stop this? Can we contact anyone to get rid of this news?!”
Li Wang massaged his forehead with his hand: ”I don't know, I was stuck in a meeting for hours. so I didn't have time to look at my phone. When I left the meeting room, everyone was giving me contemptible looks. When I finally checked my phone I had received over 30 missed calls from Sun Yu as well as numerous messages from work colleagues, family and friends. Chen Meng also called and left messages. Sun Yu left a voicemail saying something about the news, Li Yu Yan and an engagement. When I looked online, there was an article about Li Yu Yan's and Chen Wei's engagement.”
Li Wang: ” I've already called some people I know who work in PR and within the media to try and get the article taken down. But they don't know if they can do anything about all the threads and discussions in various forums. They said it would take at least 2 hours to remove the article. I've called a meeting with a lawyer as well to discuss our options, we won't let these people get away with this! Yu Yan call Chen Wei to come over now. Maybe he can tell us what the hell is going on.”
Li Wang saw that Li Yu Yan was just sitting still looking into space.
Li Wang shouted: ”Li Yu Yan, did you hear me! Call Chen Wei to come over now!”
Li Yu Yan snapped out of her daze when she heard her father's enraged voice.
She started looking for Chen Wei's name in her recently called contacts. Just as she was about to call Chen Wei, Li Wang received a phone call.
It was the Chen Wei's father, Chen Meng.
Li Wang cleared his throat and tried to sound as normal as possible; ”Hello Brother Meng, how are..”
Chen Meng: ”Wang I'm not calling to exchange pleasantries. I've been trying to get through to you and your family for hours! What the hell is this news about? When was Chen Wei marrying Li Yu Yan! We set up an agreement between Chen Wei and Li Xiuying years ago!”
Li Wang: ”Brother Meng, I also don't know what's going on. We're trying to get to the bottom of this. I've already arranged for the article to be taken down.”
Chen Meng; ”We are currently driving to your house; I demand to see Li Xiuying. Also, ask Li Yu Yan to contact Chen Wei and tell him to meet us at your house. He's not picking up our calls and he didn't come home last night.” Chen Meng hung up the phone.
The Chen family were well aware of the relationship between Li Yu Yan and Chen Wei, they just chose to turn a blind eye to it. They didn't care about what Chen Wei did with Li Yu Yan, they just needed him to marry Li Xiuying so they could use Li Xiuying in their hospital.
Now that the news of the relationship between Chen Wei and Li Yu Yan was confirmed, the Chen family were worrying about how to keep Li Xiuying within their grasp.
After all how could they be stupid enough to exchange a melon for a sesame seed!
Everyone in the living room had heard what Chen Meng had said over the phone.
Li Yu Yan stood up, her face full of hurt and there were unshed tears in her eyes.
Li Yu Yan weakly said: ”Daddy I'll go and call Brother Chen.”
When she entered her room, she let the pure and innocent facade fall. To reveal an expression of pure unadulterated rage.