Chapter 392 - Rife with Rumors

Chapter 392 Rife with RumorsWhat a useless woman! She was always like this in her life. She even couldn’t handle an actress but liked to be a backseat driver. A trace of deep disdain flashed in Old Madame’s eyes and disappeared certainly.

Shen Mo noticed the expression in her eyes, but he didn’t point it out. Instead, he said aside, “Mother, don’t worry too much. If they really did something, there must have been some evidence left. I will endeavor to find it out.”

“But Shen Yan will make it difficult for you on the side. Didn’t you see that he came with Xia Yu to the hospital after he was back? We even don’t know what they talked about last night.” How could First Madame not worry? Though she had limited capability, she was still hard to handle. After all, she had lived in Shen Family for so many years.

“Mother, if they really say it out, how can they threaten me with it? What’s more, Li Tianci kidnapped Xia Yu several times. You know Shen Yan’s temper. He will definitely revenge on him sooner or later. Li Tianci is not so stupid that he will rely on him.” Shen Mo assumed that they didn’t talk about that thing last night. It was not only because they were not in the mood to talk about it since the life of Zeng Mina was still uncertain, but also because it was improper to talk about it in such a place like a hospital.

However, Shen Mo was not sure whether they would talk about it in the future. There was no lifelong enemy in the world while there was no lifelong friend as well, right? They would take action sooner or later to pressure him.

What he could do now was to take action faster than them. As long as he was fast enough to find the evidence before them, he could negotiate with them.

“If you’re confident enough in finding the evidence in a month, I can assign Shen Yan to somewhere else.” Old Madame was very sober. Since he was afraid that Shen Yan would make trouble for him, it was not hard for her to get rid of Shen Yan.

“Thanks, Grandma. One month is enough for me.” It couldn’t be delayed for too long. Otherwise, evidence would be of no help even though he could find it. One month was what he needed.

“Good. That’s a deal. Since they will go back to work in two days formally and you are in charge of a project in Xizang, I will ask Shen Yan to take over it. The reason is that you need to take care of Zeng Mina since she is injured now.” Considering that the journalists and Zeng Mina’s fans just made a fuss, Shen Yan could not decline.

Shen Mo thought it feasible. At present, Second Madame was in a temple and practiced abstinence from meat. She wouldn’t come back before Old Madame’s birthday. He hoped that Shen Yan would take Xia Yu with him to Xizang.

Shen Yan came back after he handled the journalists. He saw Secretary Yang standing at the door of Old Madame’s room, so he said to her at the head of the stairs, “Xia Yu is at home alone. I need to come back first. Make an excuse for me to Old Madame after she comes out.”

“OK, Young Master Yan!” Secretary Yang answered with a smile. She admired Shen Yan more than ever in her heart. He was really a little fox since he was well aware of what was going on.

After he came back home, Shen Yan found Xia Yu was not in the sitting room, so he pushed open the door of the bedroom directly. Then Xia Yu sat up in the bed. Shen Yan came over and sat down beside her. “Did Li Tianci say anything to you?”

“He almost made it clear to me that Young Master Mo was engaged to Zeng Mina because Young Master Mo was threatened by Zeng Ziqiang. Zeng Ziqiang got something on Young Master Mo, so Zeng Ziqiang and Zeng Mina threatened him to kidnap me several times.” Xia Yu generally explained to him.

Shen Yan sneered. “He has shielded all the responsibilities. He’s very clever. After all, one person is dead while the other one is in a deep coma and may pass away at any time. It’s good for him to blame it all on them.”

“I don’t understand. Since they have got something on Young Master Mo, why didn’t they directly negotiate with Young Master Mo instead of taking advantage of us?” Xia Yu stared at Shen Yan and asked.

“The answer is obvious. They are not sure whether my elder brother has evidence of their crimes or not. They do not dare to show the evidence rashly. They came to you to convey their words because they want to sound out my brother. If they really want a life and death struggle, they will come to me for help directly.” Shen Yan said, pointing to his own forehead with his hand.

“Evidence of their crimes? Do you mean…” Xia Yu thought of Zeng Ziqiang.

Shen Yan nodded. “Zeng Ziqiang was always in good condition, and he hadn’t got divorced from his wife for so many years. There is no reason for him to get divorced suddenly. Additionally, there is something suspicious about Zeng Mina’s car accident.”

“It’s a murder.” Xia Yu changed her color.

Shen Yan held her hand and said after letting out a sigh, “You must know well about Li Tianci’s background. He will risk everything for money. What’s more, is it his first time to risk?”

Xia Yu’s eyes looked gloomy. That was true. Wang Yu couldn’t die for no reason.

“Then they…” Xia Yu wanted to ask what they got on Shen Mo, but she withheld her doubt at last.

Perhaps, Shen Yan didn’t know, either. If he really knew, how could Shen Mo be so presumptuous in front of him?

“Relax. My brother has a way of handling this.” Shen Yan exhaled.

“But, what if Young Master Mo…” Xia Yu thought of Ningjing. If Zeng Ziqiang had some evidence of Shen Mo’s murdering Ningjing, he would be a criminal as Zhou Yan thought. Zhou Yan’s consistent thought of so many years was right. What would Shen Yan do?

“You have thought too much. I guess that my brother will not be reduced to such a pass.” Shen Yan also guessed what Xia Yu was thinking. He sighed and continued to say, “But I guess what he has done is a small error by no means. Otherwise, my brother would not have let Zeng Ziqiang take advantage of him.”

She hoped so. Xia Yu was reluctant to think that he was involved in Ningjing’s death.

“You just take a nap. You didn’t sleep well last night.” Shen Yan tucked Xia Yu in the quilt and then stood up.

“Where are you going?” Xia Yu didn’t sleep well. Wasn’t he the same?

Shen Yan bent over to pinch her cheek gently. “You just go to sleep first. Before we leave, I want to do my brother a favor. Xiang Hui is his only helper now. It’s time to release Zhang Hanyu.”

Xia Yu could understand why Shen Yan would release Zhang Hanyu. But what did he mean by saying that he would do it before they left? “Where are we leaving for?”

“If what I have expected is right, I will be assigned to Xizang when I go back to work two days later. There’s a big project charged by my brother. Now that he has to handle this thing, I will be the person to take over his work naturally. How about you go with me? That place is near Shangri-L. We can go sightseeing and have fun there.”

Shen Yan was telling her that they wanted him to leave so that they could perform their plan. Xia Yu looked up at Shen Yan and asked, “Shall we take your mother with us?”

“My mother had gone to the temple for abstinence before we came back. It’s probably that she will not come back before Old Madame’s birthday.” Shen Yan smiled. If he did so, didn’t he make it clear that he had known what they planned to do?

Had she already gone? Xia Yu nodded and lay down. She had no question to ask now. Soon, she fell asleep.

Shen Yan went to the study and exchanged his opinions with Liu Sijie to ask him to keep an eye on both sides. If there was any problem, he wanted to be informed as soon as possible.

Zeng Mina and Shen Mo were both celebrities. There was rife with their news after such a big accident. Some people said that Shen Mo was still in love with Wu Shiyu, so he broke off the engagement with Zeng Mina, which led her to take pills in low spirits.

Some people said that Shen Mo did so because Zeng Ziqiang just passed away and the stock price of Zeng Family had fallen off a cliff. Zeng Family was useless to him now.

Anyway, there were different versions of rumors. All in all, Shen Mo was determined to dump Zeng Mina. Someone even posted the information about how many times Shen Mo showed up during the period from Zeng Ziqiang’s death to Zeng Mina’s injury, as well as his seat sequence on the Internet.

It showed that they were distant, which meant that they were just common friends. Especially when Zeng Mina had the second operation, Shen Yan and Xia Yu spent the whole night in the hospital while Shen Mo didn’t show up until the next day.

First Madame also quarreled with Zhou Jiamin fiercely and even had a fight. All of the signs revealed that these two people were not like a couple at all. They were not even close friends, either.

Compared with the time when they were engaged, neither of them had shown up to declare the cancellation of their engagement till now. Therefore, Shen Mo was depicted as a callous man in public, and his image had also plummeted.

First Madame was in great anxiety, but they could spare no time to handle it now. They had something more important to do. After all, Shen Mo was the eldest Mister of Shen Family as well as the successor in the future with the most expectation.

In the past, those journalists tried their best to dig out his news. Now, there were so many topics about him. What a feast to them! Thus, there was rife with news about Shen Mo and Zeng Mina.

Xia Yu paid New Year’s greetings to Old Madame on the fifth day of the New Year. Old Madame seemed to be in good spirits, but she was more silent than usual. First Madame sat beside her for a while. Her eyes were red probably because she had cried just now.

“Xiao Yu, you’re very experienced in dealing with rumors. Can you help your brother?” First Madame scolded Xiang Hui just now. She was unsatisfied with what he did. He just held a press conference, but it fueled the rumors.

“I will contact the secretary later to see if he needs my help.” Xia Yu nodded and said.

“Yes, he needs. He’s in great need.” First Madame thought more highly of Xia Yu than Xiang Hui because she settled such a big problem for Shen Yan in the past. Now, Zeng Mina’s injury had nothing to do with her son. Why should they blame it on her son? It was impenetrable simply.

“OK. I will contact him later. However, First Aunt you don’t have to worry too much. I just made a call to Wanru before I came here. She told me that Zhang Hanyu had been bailed out of his health condition to see a doctor. He is very experienced in handling those rumors, so he can help Xiang Hui deal with it in the future. I’m sure that they can solve the problem.” Apart from the New Year’s greetings, Xia Yu also came here to inform them of some other things.

Old Madame didn’t say anything with her eyebrows upward. It was obvious that Shen Yan did a favor to release Zhang Hanyu at this time. So, it seemed that he still cared about his brother. What a pity! They couldn’t tell him the whole thing about his brother. Otherwise, he would be of more help to them than people like Zhang Hanyu.

Xia Yu sat for a while in the old house of Shen Family and then stood up to ask to leave. When she just left, First Madame could not wait to make a call to Shen Mo and told him what Xia Yu said just now.

On her way back, Xia Yu bought some beef and green vegetables when she went past the supermarket. She planned to make a hotpot to have with Shen Yan in the evening.

When she just picked some beef and was about to pick some other ingredients, someone patted her from her back. She turned back and found it was Cai Yanyan. She couldn’t help crying out in surprise. “It’s you, my superstar.”

Perhaps, her voice was so loud that some people even turned around to look at them. Xia Yu hurried up to cover her mouth. Then some young people cast a look at them and then turned back again. Though the two people were good-looking, they were not that kind of star who those young people were familiar with.

“Sorry. My voice was too loud just now.” Xia Yu apologized in a hurry.

“Alas, it seems that I’m really very lousy. No one knows me.” Cai Yanyan sighed. Superstars always wore sunglasses as well as masks when they came out, fearing that others would recognize them while she was so desperate to tell them in a big way that she was a star, but there was still no one who knew her.

It was a failure to be an actress as she was.

“Don’t say that. You have just entered the film industry for only a few months. You’ve made great progress now. You are very good.” Seeing that she was frustrated, Xia Yu comforted her aside.

Cai Yanyan smiled and said, “I appreciate your words. You’re right. I’m new. I’m sure that I will be very famous after several years of effort.”