Chapter 1424: Chapter 1425: A Devil’s Carnival!

Today is Xinmeng Group’s health check-up day.

To ensure the health and safety of its employees, Xinmeng Group provides a free comprehensive physical examination for all its staff every six months.

Since Xinmeng Group now has many subsidiaries and branches, employees undergo their check-ups at nearby locations.

Jiang Meng could have gone to Hua Xian Hospital for her own check-up.

But to demonstrate fairness with her employees,

she chose to do her check-up at the hospital closest to the Capital City branch alongside the staff there.

This hospital is renowned in the Capital City, so its quality and level of service are assured.

To Jiang Meng, it was merely a routine check-up. She did not expect any surprises.

After all, Xiao Chen had been diligently monitoring her health, and she trusted his medical expertise.

But once the check-up concluded, Jiang Meng was completely taken aback.

Doctor Chen Chuan asked both Jiang Meng and Ren Jing to step into his office.

There was no one else present; all nurses and assistant doctors had been sent out.

Chen Chuan looked at Jiang Meng, handed her an examination report, and said, “Chairman Jiang, congratulations!”

“Congratulations?”

Jiang Meng froze for a moment. Congratulations for what?

“You’re pregnant!”

Chen Chuan said with a smile.

“Pregnant! That’s impossible!”

Jiang Meng stood up abruptly. She and Xiao Chen had always used protection; it couldn’t be true.

“Chairman Jiang, you need to believe in science. You are indeed pregnant. Even with protection, it is not always 100% effective.”

Chen Chuan explained.

Holding the test results report in her hands, Jiang Meng shifted from shock to a sense of joy.

She had genuinely longed to have a child with Xiao Chen.

However, with Xinmeng Group currently in a phase of aggressive growth, being pregnant at this moment was terribly inconvenient. Knowing Xiao Chen’s temperament, he would surely prevent her from continuing to work.

“Forget it! Since it’s happened, I’ll happily embrace it!”

Jiang Meng smiled, eager to share the news with Xiao Chen. She believed he would be just as thrilled about it.

Even though they hadn’t planned to have a child this soon,

the baby’s arrival would undoubtedly bring added joy to their lives.

Leaving the hospital, she hurried home with Ren Jing, feeling exhilarated.

However, just as she opened her phone to check the news, she was startled.

From the announcement of her pregnancy to now, only five minutes had passed.

Yet, a self-media outlet had already leaked the news.

Moreover, the contents of the article were extremely unfavorable to her.

Her expression turned grim.

Years of experience allowed her to maintain composure.

Ren Jing, standing beside her, caught a glimpse of the news and instantly erupted in anger.

The headline was striking: Chairman Jiang Meng of Xinmeng Group Pregnant, Yet Doesn’t Know Who the Father Is!

Below it was an enormous photo of Jiang Meng’s astounded expression upon learning about her pregnancy.

The headline was highly misleading.

“This is trouble!”

Jiang Meng furrowed her brows.

Since arriving in the Capital City, everything had been falling into place. She had almost forgotten that this place was the most fearsome and fiercely competitive of all.

It wasn’t that there were no people trying to sabotage her; they’d simply gotten smarter, resorting to covert tactics instead.

There was no doubt that this piece of news—the way it was framed—was designed to smear her reputation.

And clearly, this was just the beginning. She could foresee a cascade of bombshell headlines being released next.

Their intent was simple: destroy her credibility, render her unable to thrive in the corporate world.

“Who could it be?”

Jiang Meng frowned.

As expected, within just ten minutes, countless media outlets had re-posted the original self-media article.

They even added their own analyses, seemingly plausible yet none too subtle in steering the public to a predetermined conclusion—Jiang Meng had cheated!

One of the articles was authored by Han Bing, a well-known journalist in the Capital City.

It featured the most venomous analysis.

It was the most widely reposted, commented upon, and shared piece on the internet.

Han Bing’s article laid out the following points:

First, Jiang Meng didn’t know she was pregnant and also didn’t know who the baby’s father was. At the very least, this suggested one thing—the father wasn’t Xiao Chen;

Second, Jiang Meng often purchased contraceptives, indicating that she and Xiao Chen had no plans to conceive and had implemented effective safety measures;

Third, throughout the year-long span from Linhai to Glazed Glass City, Jiang Meng and Xiao Chen had not conceived a child. So why did Jiang Meng suddenly become pregnant within just this past month?

Fourth, Jiang Meng’s purchase records showed no indication of her buying pregnancy tests, suggesting that she didn’t dare let Xiao Chen know she was pregnant, nor did she intend to have a baby with him;

Fifth, Xiao Chen was merely a live-in husband with little standing in the family; Jiang Meng didn’t truly care for him!

Then, whose child was she carrying?

The argument, rife with conviction and seemingly grounded in evidence, manipulated readers into the cognitive trap the author had carefully crafted.

The masses love drama, especially scandals involving betrayal and infidelity.

Particularly since Jiang Meng, as Xinmeng Group’s chairman, was regarded as a model of virtue in Dragon Country, both in terms of family and career, earning widespread admiration.

Countless people harbored ill-will, awaiting her downfall.

Some had even previously claimed that without infidelity, Jiang Meng couldn’t have attained her success—either through herself,

or through her incompetent husband.

The incident ignited an unrestrained frenzy among these detractors. They gleefully shared opinions, hurled insults, and sought to cast Jiang Meng into an abyss of disgrace.

To them, if they couldn’t achieve certain feats, then no one could.

They chose to believe that everything Jiang Meng had accomplished was fraudulent.

Only by destroying her could they affirm their own correctness, reassure themselves they hadn’t erred.

They vowed to drag Jiang Meng into eternal damnation.

While many still trusted Jiang Meng, their voices were drowned out by the mob’s ferocity and the relentless tide of online violence.

Countless phone calls exploded onto Jiang Meng’s line like bombs, and even Liu Xin, Huang Ningxia, and Shang Qingcheng received calls on their phones.

A demon’s carnival.

A complete obliteration of humanity!

They cared little about the truth of the matter; they only sought pleasure for themselves.

Masquerading as defenders of Xiao Chen’s honor, their behaviors were mere outlets for their own violent desires.

People scrambled to discover the identity of Jiang Meng’s child’s father. They demanded ironclad evidence—they needed it to ensure Jiang Meng could never recover.

Within just thirty minutes, Jiang Meng experienced an unprecedented barrage of darkness and violence in her life.

Even during her formative years in the Jiang Family, no hardship compared to this day’s despair.

She didn’t care if others misunderstood her.

But she couldn’t bear Xiao Chen misunderstanding her.

At that moment, Xiao Chen was resting at home, asleep with his phone turned off. He never anticipated that in just over thirty minutes, so much could unfold.

“Pfft!”

Jiang Meng spat out a mouthful of blood. Her face turned pale as she sank into utter hopelessness.

She couldn’t comprehend!

She couldn’t understand why this was happening.

She had done so much good, treated everyone with kindness, yet why did so many people despise her, wishing to push her over a cliff?

She didn’t mind being targeted, as that was to be expected.

But for so many people to accuse her, curse her, humiliate her, yearning for her demise—she simply couldn’t accept it.