CHAPTER 249: CHAPTER 236: WAVES RESURGE 1

However, after stirring up people’s gossip instincts, the original poster disappeared for an entire day.

The number of replies below easily surpassed the 300,000 mark in just one day, quickly becoming a hot gossip topic.

What exactly happened that’s so bad?

What happened back then between her and Li Yanan?

Why was the engagement called off?

Various questions began to pile up in people’s minds, and there was a trend of increasing fervor.

The next day, the original poster reappeared. This time, to prove himself and to dispel the doubts within the thread, he specially posted a link.

People couldn’t care less if the link would carry any viruses; they hurriedly clicked it open.

The link quickly redirected to a well-known domestic video site, featuring a video just over a minute long.

The video captured a segment of a conversation, with the doctor’s face and the room’s setup blurred, while the woman sitting opposite the doctor kept her head down, sobbing.

Her long hair softly draped over the sides of her cheeks, allowing only a vague view of her face.

The thread below instantly erupted, with some saying it was definitely He Nuoxin, while others argued it was too unclear to say it was He Nuoxin.

Even amidst such intense arguments, the original poster vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, leaving no further messages.

By the third day, the post had drawn the attention of major media outlets, and undercover accounts of media reporters were lurking, just waiting for the original poster to reappear.

At the same time as the previous day, the original poster indeed reappeared.

This time, he simply answered a few posts that questioned him, using words so carefully chosen that people had no choice but to believe him.

This time, the original poster once again released just a video link.

Compared to the previous video of just over a minute, this time... it became two minutes long.

The woman was still crying, but this time, she lifted her head, allowing people to see her face clearly!

No one would doubt again whether it was He Nuoxin.

Unless there was another woman in the world who looked exactly like her, otherwise...

— How could he do this to me?

— I hurt so much, yet I couldn’t push him away...

In the two-minute video, He Nuoxin only said these two sentences.

Even with such simple sentences, the amount of information they conveyed was overwhelming.

As expected, the original poster disappeared again, and two minutes later, the video was deleted without warning.

Fortunately, some clever netizens had already taken screenshots of each frame, accompanied by subtitles, which quickly spread across the internet...

While the world was once again stirred by this post, Lin Zhenxin was taken by Li Yanan to a suburban villa.

Xun Chen was soon there too.

However, accompanying him was Jiang Chengzhi, who was clearly reluctant. When getting out of the car, Xun Chen had to grab her by the back collar to bring her down.

"I’m not a kid," Jiang Chengzhi weakly spoke, unable to push Xun Chen away with her short arms.

In Lin Zhenxin’s eyes, this was rather amusing.

"Nonsense, I don’t have a thing for kids either." Xun Chen sneered, causing Jiang Chengzhi’s face to turn beet red.

She reached out and scratched Xun Chen, taking advantage of his pain to swiftly run behind Lin Zhenxin to hide.

Feeling safe, she then peeked her head out and waved her little fist at Xun Chen.

Lin Zhenxin couldn’t help but chuckle at their interaction, though a trace of worry still lingered between her brows.

Whenever she wanted, Li Yanan could get the latest updates about Tu Haohao from Dean Xun.

Over the past few days, Tu Haohao’s condition had been unstable, which was why Lin Zhenxin was feeling down. This was also why Li Yanan brought her to the suburban villa, inviting Xun Chen and Jiang Dongting to join them for some lively company.

While they were talking, Jiang Dongting also arrived, but there was no sign of Chu Xingguang; instead, Little Qilin had come along.

Upon getting out of the car, he ran toward Lin Zhenxin, calling out "pretty sister" as he ran.

Before he could hug Lin Zhenxin’s leg, Li Yanan had already lifted Little Qilin like Xun Chen lifting Jiang Chengzhi.

"Uncle, let go... let go of me... I want sister..."

Little Qilin’s exquisite face turned red, and his little tiger hat was askew on his head.

"Mine." Li Yanan pointed in Lin Zhenxin’s direction, maintaining a stoic expression while reasoning with the child.

"Mine, all mine! Pretty sister is mine!"

Little Qilin dangled in mid-air, flailing adorably with his cute face.

"Heh." Li Yanan gave a mocking laugh, ignoring him as he tossed Little Qilin back into Jiang Dongting’s arms.

"Yanan, Xun Chen, let’s go to the study first." Jiang Shaoting’s handsome face remained expressionless as ever, his voice cold.

Lin Zhenxin glanced in Li Yanan’s direction, smiled, and then led Jiang Chengzhi into the villa...

Inside the villa’s study.

"After tracing the post’s IP to New York, the information got cut off."

Jiang Dongting threw the documents he brought onto the table in front of them. These were emails sent from Little Kui, and Jin Muchi was continuing the investigation.

"It seems He Nuoxin won’t rest until she reaches the Yellow River."

Xun Chen sneered, believing women to be vindictive, reaffirming for himself that his Little Chengzi was indeed perfect.

"Tell Mo Chi to stop, there’s no need to continue the investigation," Li Yanan said with a slightly cold gaze, as if he had known all along.

"Alright." Jiang Dongting said simply, without any unnecessary words.

"Ever since the acquisition of the Li Family, I’ve been working tirelessly for you. Isn’t it time you gave me a long vacation?"

Xun Chen toyed with the pen in his hand.

His Little Chengzi was so afraid of him, and if he didn’t act soon, he worried that some wild man outside would turn into a wolf and snatch this piece of meat from his mouth.

Li Yanan and Jiang Dongting simultaneously looked up at Xun Chen. After a moment, the two of them, almost in unison, said...

"Heh."

Little Qilin sat on a high chair, using his pale little hands to play with the whiskers on the sides of his tiger hat.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chengzhi looked at the set of high-end kitchenware in delight. She had seen this set in a magazine in the United States, knowing it was extremely expensive.

"I... I’ll make some cookies for you," Jiang Chengzhi said to Little Qilin.

Lin Zhenxin hadn’t seen such a pure and clean smile on someone’s face in a long time.

As this thought crossed her mind, Lin Zhenxin was reminded of Tu Haohao.

Her position was too awkward, and besides, with Tu Haohao currently in the ICU, she couldn’t see her even if she went to the hospital.

"Umm..." Jiang Chengzhi suddenly looked up to meet Lin Zhenxin’s gaze.

"Hmm?" Lin Zhenxin responded.

"Lawyer Xun..." Jiang Chengzhi hesitated to speak, her expression a little conflicted.

Xun Chen? What’s up with Xun Chen?

"Lawyer Xun... doesn’t he really hate... women?" Jiang Chengzhi, confused, scratched her head.

"Hmm? Why would you think that?"

Jiang Chengzhi didn’t speak further, just stirred the egg mixture in her hand.

"He speaks so..." Jiang Chengzhi spoke slowly, as if truly troubled.

"Xun Chen, Lawyer Xun, his mouth is famously as sharp as arsenic."

Lin Zhenxin recalled reading this particularly apt comment about Xun Chen in a magazine somewhere, and Jiang Chengzhi nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice.

Little Qilin glanced at the shadow of a man at the kitchen door, then gave Jiang Chengzhi a look as if wishing her luck.

"Lawyer Xun, could he be one of those..." Jiang Chengzhi seemed to have a realization, her eyes widening.

One of those? Which kind? Lin Zhenxin didn’t understand.

"Like... GAY..."

"Jiang Chengzhi!" Just as Jiang Chengzhi’s voice fell, Xun Chen appeared ominously at the kitchen door.

Those usually well-mannered eyes, framed by gold-rimmed glasses when in court, stared straight at Jiang Chengzhi, smiling without warmth.

"Do you want to find out if I’m GAY?"

Before Jiang Chengzhi could respond, Xun Chen dragged her out of the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Little Qilin covered his eyes with his hands, muttering to himself.

"You adults... so filthy!"

Within a few short days, the post was pushed to become the top trending topic.

The original poster seemed to have figured out the public’s preferences, releasing information bit by bit to whet their appetite, while past entanglements between Li Yanan and He Nuoxin quickly became the most discussed topic after meals in J City.

Based on the two video segments, some speculated that Li Yanan had done something dirty to He Nuoxin back then, which led to He Nuoxin hurriedly annulled the engagement.

Rumors abounded, and if initial interest in past events was just incited by Li Chengze’s decision to jilt, now...

With a spirit of digging deeper, people’s fervor over this matter heightened more and more, not to mention...

There were those constantly adding fuel to the fire, driving the public’s enthusiasm to an extreme.

Just as one wave hadn’t settled, another arose. A hospital admission record with the name blurred out was published online, right beneath the original post.

The name was lightly masked, but with some effort, it could be discerned.

It turned out to be He Nuoxin’s name!

And this admission record was a miscarriage record from a few months after He Nuoxin annulled the engagement.

Not only did the netizens start to uproar, but even the media was taken aback.

As the little princess of the He Family, He Nuoxin had always been very well protected, with all news tightly sealed off.

Yet when exposed, it was an explosive revelation!

Some astute netizens began to see things were taking an unusual turn, seemingly veering further from the initial path.

But these netizens’ comments were entirely drowned out in the flood of replies.

This miscarriage record, along with the prior two video clips, led everyone to focus on Li Yanan. If nothing had happened back then, why would the He Family abruptly call off the wedding? This was one of the top ten unsolved mysteries of J City; was the truth about to surface?

All of this, Lin Zhenxin naturally didn’t know about.

The reason Li Yanan took her to the suburban villa was exactly this.

The matter of Tu Haohao had dampened Lin Zhenxin’s mood lately, and Li Yanan didn’t want her to brood over someone unrelated.

Regarding the Tu Family, and Tu Haohao, Li Yanan didn’t have any special intentions.

As long as the Tu Family didn’t harm Zhenxin, he would naturally not hold grudges against them. As for Tu Haohao...