Novel Bin Chapter 293 - Ending 20: The Photos Were Leaked
Chapter 293: Ending 20: The Photos Were Leaked
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Qi Chengzhi’s palm stopped on Song Yu’s abdomen. He pecked her lips tenderly and murmured, “I think you look great. You’re my wife—you’re only looking like this now because you just gave birth to my child. I think you look gorgeous. As I look at and feel your stomach, I’m reminded of how much you labored to carry my child and give birth to him. I’m immensely grateful. No one can be compared to you.”
He took Song Yu’s hand and placed it on his stomach. Her palm happened to cover the scar on his abdomen entirely.
“Do you think this part of me is ugly?” Qi Chengzhi asked quietly.
Song Yu shook her head immediately. She did not think it looked ugly—it only made her heart ache. Every time she saw the scar, it reminded her of the crime done against him. The scar had tainted such a perfect man, and her heart wrenched in pain each time she saw it.
“You don’t mind my scar, so why would I think your figure isn’t beautiful?” Qi Chengzhi smiled. His lips suddenly curled up into a naughty smirk. He grabbed her hands and moved down. “Do you think this is a reaction of a man who dislikes your body?”
“...” Song Yu’s face flushed red and she trembled vigorously. Nevertheless, she was relieved and smiled faintly.
Seeing Song Yu’s blushing cheeks and delicate appearance, Qi Chengzhi was fervently aroused. He kissed and sucked her. The second he penetrated her, a look of satisfaction spread across his face, making Song Yu extremely bashful.
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It was Sunday, the day when little Youjin’s baby shower was held. Although it was slightly after a month from his birth, this tradition was not something they could just skip over.
Qi Youxuan was wearing a suit. Dressed handsomely, he stood at the entrance collecting red packets from the guests. His extreme eagerness embarrassed the entire Qi family.
“Do you think there’s something wrong with our family’s education method, making Youxuan act as if he’s never seen money before? He’s so avaricious.” Grandmother Qi could not stand it. She started to question whether they were too strict with Qi Youxuan.
“Well... he’s never short of anything—he has everything. Even though we don’t give him too much pocket money, it’s still enough for a kid like him to spend.” Gaun Liya did not know where they went wrong either. She watched as Qi Youxuan extended his arms to ask for a red packet from Han Zhuoli.
It was not only Han Zhuoli—he did not let any guests who came to slip away. The saying that one person represented the whole family was clearly inaccurate.
“Where’s Chenglin? Hurry up and let him bring Youxuan away.” Grandfather Qi could not watch any longer. Qi Youxuan was making others think the Qi family mistreated the child.
Guan Liya looked around. Only then did she notice that Qi Chenglin had disappeared. She did not know where he went.
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While the Qi family was having Qi Youjin’s baby shower joyously, a scrawny man with a fully tattooed face appeared in the airport.
He was holding his passport and a flight ticket. 11 million yuan was stored in the card he had.
As he was lining up to go through security, a hand suddenly patted his left shoulder. He turned his head and was met with a police officer standing in front of him. At the same time, another police officer blocked him on the right.
“Zhang Zhenlong, you’re suspected of extortion. Please come with us,” Liu Dui ordered while clutching onto his shoulder.
Zhang Zhenlong looked at them anxiously—he knew that he could not escape. He was dragged away by Liu Dui.
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Mu Huaisheng got a call from Liu Dui. He and Mu Sisi were requested to head down to the police station to identify the suspect.
Thus, the whole Mu family rushed down to the police station.
“Liu Dui, thank you so much for this,” thanked Mu Huili.
“Don’t mention it. It’s our duty to do so after all.” Liu Dui shook hands with Mu Huili then brought them in front of a one-way mirror so that they could see Zhang Zhenlong clearly in the interrogation room.
“It’s him?” Mu Sisi was not confident—after all, the security footage from the bar was quite blurry. Mu Sisi could recall that night but she had trouble remembering Zhang Zhenlong’s appearance.
She looked at him from another angle. His side profile looked quite similar.
“You can’t even remember this?” Mu Huili questioned.
Mu Sisi turned away. She clenched her teeth and kept silent out of embarrassment.
“Besides the bar’s security footage, we’ve checked with the receptionist at the hotel Mr. Mu suggested. The receptionist had confirmed that the man who brought Miss Mu to the hotel and used her identity card to rent a room was indeed him,” Liu Dui explained. He then continued, “The two hotel employees are next door right now. We also found a bank card on him that had 11 million yuan stored in it. That’s almost the same as the amount you have given him up till now.”
“Who’s this person?” Mu Huaisheng asked.
“His name is Zhang Zhenlong, an unemployed vagrant. He goes around doing odd jobs. He’d do anything as long as there’s money in it. He frequents bars and places like that. According to our investigation into his background, he had sold cars in black markets, watched for fraud in an underground casino and was even the manager of a pornographic website. He had also taken the lead to be a middleman in the illegal selling of drugs banned from the market. The drug used on Miss Mu is one of the most popular products on black markets,” Liu Dui expounded.
Mu Sisi trembled with anger. She stared at Zhang Zhenlong furiously—he was the man who destroyed her life and harassed her at that time!
As Mu Sisi stared into the mirror, she felt as if Zhang Zhenlong could see her. He turned her way abruptly. Although Mu Sisi knew it was a one-way mirror where only the people from outside can look in while the people from inside could not, she still stumbled backward and shivered in fear when Zhang Zhenlong’s gaze fell on her. She hid behind Mu Huisheng, afraid to let Zhang Zhenlong see her.
Moreover, she could not bear looking at his face. It made her feel disgusted.
After that, she saw Zhang Zhenlong turn away and glanced at his wristwatch. He looked up again and said something to the officers interrogating him.
Then, one of the police officers stood up and walked into the room they were in.
“Zhang Zhenlong said to ask you all to check your company’s inbox,” the police who came in reported.
Mu Sisi’s expression shifted instantly. Mu Huaisheng speedily took out his phone and logged into the company’s inbox. It was the company’s internal inbox but it was not hard to find if one wanted to.
Just as he logged in, he saw that one of the eye-catching titles was ‘MU. Precious Daughter’s Sex Photos’.
He noticed that the mail was sent to a mass of recipients, not just him and Mu Huili. Even the department managers and a majority of the staff members in the company have received the mail.
Mu Huaisheng knew there were ways to get his email address but he was clueless as to how Zhang Zhenlong managed to get the email address of so many of their employees. Even though the suffixes of the email addresses were the same, the prefixes were all chosen by the employees themselves. He could not have just guessed blindly.
He saw that the time received was four minutes ago.
Mu Huaisheng clicked into it. Under the title, it was written, [Lady from the notable Mu family, Mu Sisi’s top-secret, non-censured sex photos. The lady that appears perfect and innocent by day is secretly a slut! Those interested to see the photos, click here to download. There’s even a video coming soon.]
Mu Huaisheng could only delete the mail he received but could not do anything about the others. Mu Sisi was watching from the side. Her face was completely ashen.
“Everyone... saw it...” Mu Sisi uttered. She was horror-stricken.
Immediately after, they heard the notification for new mail. Mu Huaisheng looked at the new mail and saw that it was the video mentioned in the previous mail.
“How... How did this happen...” Mu Sisi bolted to the mirror and pounded on it with her fists. “You lied to me! You promised that you won’t leak those photos as long as I pay you 10 million! B*stard, you tricked me! I gave you the money, you *sshole! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!”
The police officer and Mu Huili hastily held Mu Sisi back. Mu Huili scolded, “What nonsense are you spitting here?!”
Just then, the other officer in the interrogation room came out too.
Seeing the chaos in the room, he staggered for a while then recapitulated Zhang Zhenlong’s words. “Zhang Zhenlong said that he set a specific time for the email to be sent. If he didn’t cancel it before the scheduled time, it would mean that something happened to him. In that case, the documents will all be sent out to the list of people he mentioned before.”
“What list of people?” Liu Dui’s eyes darted to Mu Huaisheng in a flash.
Mu Huaisheng’s expression was dark. Just as he was about to answer, Mu Huili’s phone rang. He took out his phone and saw that it was Gao Shenghe calling. His heart dropped.
Mu Huili answered the phone right away. He greeted composedly, “Lao Gao.”
“Director Mu, what’s going on with Mu Sisi’s photos?” Gao Shenghe’s wrathful voice sounded on the phone.
“Lao Gau, I can’t talk right now. I’ll meet you at once and explain the situation face-to-face,” Mu Huili answered.
“Meet me? There’s a crowd of reporters gathered in front of our company. How are you supposed to meet me? Mu Sisi’s photos were sent to me, Jingqiu, and even the employees of the company. Now the whole world knows that us, the Gao family, had brought a slut into our family!” Gao Shenghe yelled furiously.
“Director Gao, this is all a misunderstanding—” Mu Huili glared at Mu Sisi. If she had not caused such a huge mess for the family, he would not have to be so courteous with Gao Shenghe.
Mu Huaisheng stepped toward a corner of the room. His sentence was instantly cut off by Gao Shenghe. “Misunderstanding? Director Mu, from your tone, I don’t think you sound surprised at all. Your family had long known about Mu Sisi’s despicable actions, right?”
“No, that’s not true. We have just found out about it too. We—” Mu Huili argued slightly sheepishly.
“You just found out? Mu Huili, do you think I’m an idiot? How dare you take advantage of my family like this! The two children have just met yet you all were so impatient to let them get married. Mu Sisi clearly loved Qi Chengzhi very much yet she still agreed to marry Qingqiu. Do you think you can just find a random man to become the father of the bastard child in her stomach? Your daughter’s out of control! Don’t drag others down too!” Gao Shenghe condemned angrily.
“Director Gao, you’re going too far. This is truly a misunderstanding. My daughter was a victim—she didn’t want this either. We’ll meet with the Gao family face-to-face and clarify everything. However, Mu Sisi isn’t a wild child!” Mu Huili scowled.
“Fine. We’re reasonable people, so since you claimed this is a misunderstanding, I’ll give you a chance to explain yourself. Come to our house tonight and explain it all clearly!” Having said that, Gao Shenghe hung up the phone without saying goodbye.
Mu Huili’s face was twisted with rage yet he restrained himself.
On the other end, Mu Huaisheng had finished discussing the matter with Liu Dui. Since the photos have been leaked and Zhang Zhenlong had admitted to it himself, the evidence was conclusive. The police had nothing more to do with this. Mu Huaisheng needed to rush back to MU. to deal with the photos.
“You should go home with Mom first. After an incident like this, you shouldn’t go to the company for now,” Mu Huaisheng advised in a low voice.
Mu Sisi was wailing non-stop. She latched on to Fang Anci, seeking comfort from her. “Mom, I’m done... I’m done...”
Fang Anci’s mind was a mess. Merely the thought of their situation with the Gao family had made her panic and distressed. She was in no mood to comfort Mu Sisi.
Mu Huaisheng hurried back to the company while Fang Anci brought Mu Sisi home.
When the car stopped outside their building, Mu Sisi and Fang Anci saw a horde of reporters gathered at the entrance downstairs. All of them had somehow received the news—it spread like wildfire.
Mu Sisi wanted to hide in the car but it was too late. The reporters swarmed toward the car and surrounded it. There was no escape.
Cameras, video cameras, and microphones were all pressed against the car windows. Even their faces were only inches away from the windows. They banged on the car doors and windows constantly. Mu Sisi could not take it anymore—she lowered her head and pulled at her hair.
“Mom, make them go away. Please make them go away. I don’t want to get out! I don’t want to!” Mu Sisi covered her face with her hair. Nonetheless, she could still feel the camera’s flashing lights shining in through the window.
“You should just go out—you’ll have to do it eventually. Do you want to stay in the car forever?” Seeing Mu Sisi like this, Fang Anci’s heart thawed. She pulled Mu Sisi into her embrace and gently patted her back, comforting her. “Now that it’s come to this, we have no choice but to go out and face it. This will pass. There’s nothing in the world that can’t be overcome. If you push past this hurdle today, things will get easier later.”
“I can’t, Mom, I can’t. I despise that man! I hate him! He ruined me!” Mu Sisi cried and shook her head vigorously, pulling at her own hair. “The people outside are only here to ridicule me! I’m done... If they see me... if they see me...”
Mu Sisi cried so hard she was choking. Her tears flowed like a river. She looked as if she had gone crazy.
“Don’t look at them.” Fang Anci produced a pack of tissues from her bag and wiped Mu Sisi’s tears away. “When we go out, just close your eyes.”
“Mom, it’s possible that everyone on the planet has seen me like that. Those pictures... Do you know how disgusting they are? I only acted that way because I thought he was Qi Chengzhi. Everyone has seen me in those pictures... I really want to kill him. Then, I’ll hide away alone. I don’t want to see anyone,” Mu Sisi wailed. “I’m going to go insane. I’m really going insane!”
Seeing Mu Sisi like this, Fang Anci could only sigh.
She pondered upon their situation for a while, then took out her phone and called the management of the building. She requested for their security team to drive away the reporters or at least get them away from the car door.
Meanwhile, Fang Anci and Mu Sisi could only hide in the car. The reporters outside were banging on the car windows. In the shelter of the car, they could still hear the ruckus they were making outside.
The reporters started pushing and shoving, making the car rock side-to-side.
The car window was so crowded that not even a ray of light could pass into the car. Those who could not seize a place by the side windows even climbed onto the car and surrounded the front and rear windshield, taking pictures of Mu Sisi who was bawling her eyes out.
“What do they want? Make them go away! Make them all go away! Stop taking pictures of me! Stop it!” Mu Sisi screamed. She turned around to see those savage reporters who only cared about competing for scoops. She was going to lose it.
“Mom, remember these people! I want to make them lose their job in this field forever!” Mu Sisi shrieked furiously.
Fang Anci could only sigh helplessly—she was still so capricious even in a situation like this. She was already an adult, yet her thinking was still so childish.
However, seeing Mu Sisi’s situation now, Fang Anci refrained from saying anything.
Finally, the security team arrived and hurriedly pushed the reporters away. However, there were too many reporters and too few security guards—it was complete pandemonium. As they blocked off the reporters on one side, the ones from another side took the chance and rushed toward the car again. Nonetheless, it was much better than before. A security guard swiftly called for backup through his walkie-talkie.