The couple's wedding photoshoot trip was delayed by two days, and they were finally able to return to China several days later.
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When Xu Jing came in, she saw Su Yiheng lying on the sofa scrolling through Weibo. Xu Jing quickly went over and saw that Su Yiheng was indeed searching for Ni Jingxi again. She couldn't help but say angrily, "Yiheng, what's so interesting about this? You've been looking at these news articles for days."
Xu Jing was truly terrified of this troublemaker.
When Ni Jingxi's incident broke out a few days ago, major media outlets were reporting on it, and Su Yiheng naturally paid attention. However, she accidentally liked a negative Weibo post accusing Ni Jingxi of hyping things up.
If this Weibo post were a trending post, it could be explained as a slip of the hand.
However, this Weibo post received fewer than five likes and not a single comment. The later comments were only drawn by a bunch of casual netizens who noticed Su Yiheng's like.
It's obvious that Su Yiheng searched for the name Ni Jingxi and then accidentally liked the post.
Although Su Yiheng's studio quickly claimed that her assistant accidentally logged into the account and unintentionally liked the post, they still couldn't stop the harsh criticism from netizens.
Since Su Yiheng was affected by the negative news of her brother's drug use, and was exposed for using her family background to steal other people's movie resources, her popularity has not only plummeted, but it has also had a great impact.
Many film and television companies dare not approach her, fearing that they might be mistaken for having been bribed by the Su family.
As for the film and television companies that approached her, they were all just looking for publicity.
"Okay, I understand," Su Yiheng said listlessly.
Xu Jing didn't know what to do when she saw her like this. A person's spirit and energy are really too important. Even someone as proud as Su Yiheng couldn't recover for a while after suffering a blow.
Until her phone rang.
Su Yiheng hummed a few times, then suddenly laughed with great joy. She whispered, "Don't mess this up again."
Xu Jing turned to look at her: "What is it?"
"It's nothing." Su Yiheng shrugged slightly, but then she suddenly laughed and chuckled at Xu Jing, "You'll find out soon enough. Really."
Around 3 PM, a Weibo account that had been praising the new account exposed a post with not only pictures and evidence but also explosive content.
Is it the sin of one's family of origin, or vanity at play?
"Why does a certain wealthy woman surnamed N never mention her family? Because she not only despises her father, who abandoned her after starting a relationship, but also broke up his second marriage, leaving her stepmother homeless."
The article, written in the style of a third-rate tabloid, included photos of Ni Pingsen and Ni Jingxi, as well as photos of Ni Pingsen with Liu Hui in Vietnam. The article, which was almost ten thousand words long, described as much as possible how Ni Pingsen abandoned Ni Jingxi and got together with Liu Hui in Vietnam.
Liu Hui was completely innocent and was deceived by him. When the truth finally came out, Ni Pingsen simply abandoned her because his daughter was marrying into a wealthy family. He left Liu Hui behind and returned to Shanghai to become the father-in-law of a rich man.
Finally, there's another picture: Ni Pingsen and Ni Jingxi cutting the ribbon together at a congee shop.
This seems to further corroborate the claims made in this article.
The release of this long article was like a battle cry. Although the article referred to her as a woman with the surname N, Ni Jingxi had just been trending on social media these past few days, and her name had been featured in almost every media outlet around the world. The hype hadn't died down yet.
Suddenly another Weibo post appeared, which almost clearly targets a specific individual.
In less than an hour, the Weibo post was not only forwarded tens of thousands of times, but also sparked a frenzy of discussions on various gossip forums, all debating its authenticity.
There hasn't been much information disclosed about Ni Jingxi's family; this is the first time her family has been exposed in this way.
Previously, everyone said this was a Cinderella story, but no one knew just how impoverished Cinderella's family was. Now that this post, a mix of truth and falsehood, has appeared, most people's first instinct is to believe it.
Suddenly, opinions about whether Ni Jingxi was truly virtuous or just cunning emerged one after another.
Although most bloggers dared not repost this Weibo post, given Hengya Group's consistently strong position in the industry, especially considering their previous stance on Huo Shenyan's scandals, Hengya Group's attitude was always -->>
We will pursue this to the end and show no mercy.
Moreover, they either don't bother with you, or when they do, they ban your account.
Therefore, many bloggers are unwilling to completely destroy their hard-earned accounts for this one gossip.
However, there are also those who are not afraid of death, and they add all sorts of drama to their posts when they share them.
One blogger even sarcastically remarked, "I think many naive girls really need to open their eyes and see how others hype themselves up. So what if they live in an old apartment and their family is poor? They can still marry into a wealthy family."
When Tang Mi tried to contact Ni Jingxi, she couldn't get through to her on the phone. She then realized that Ni Jingxi was returning to China today and was probably still on the plane. So, Tang Mi drove to Ni Pingsen's porridge shop herself, worried about her safety.
When she got out of the car, she looked around and saw someone not far away holding a DSLR camera and pointing it at the store.
Tang Mi cursed inwardly.
So she quickly walked into the store. Since she had been there before, the waiter knew she was a friend of the owner's daughter. Just as she was about to greet her, Tang Mi made a gesture and asked in a low voice, "Where is Uncle Ni?"
"They're in the kitchen," the waiter said in a low voice.
Tang Mi quickly went to the kitchen. Since the Weibo post hadn't been up for very long, there weren't any really bored passersby taking pictures of Ni Pingsen, except for some reporters.
When she went inside, she saw Ni Pingsen carrying something and preparing to leave. It was the afternoon break time, and he would occasionally serve porridge to guests.
When Ni Pingsen saw Tang Mi, he asked happily, "What brings you here now? Are you craving porridge again?"
Tang Mi glanced around and lowered her voice, saying, "Uncle Ni, someone online has deliberately exposed some negative information to smear you and Jing Xi. So I think you shouldn't stay in the store today."
Ni Pingsen was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Is it related to Liu Hui?"
Although he didn't see anything, when it came to scandals, he almost instantly thought of Liu Hui. If there was anything in his life worth revealing, it was his relationship with Liu Hui.
Tang Mi looked somewhat embarrassed, after all, this was an elder's private life, but since Ni Jingxi wasn't around, she should protect Ni Pingsen as a friend.
She nodded: "It's all nonsense. Let's go home and avoid it for a while. When Jingxi returns to Shanghai, we'll make these bastards regret it."
Tang Mi had already heard about Liu Hui from Ni Jingxi.
Therefore, she knew that not a single word of what was said in that exposé Weibo post was true, not even the punctuation was credible.
Ni Pingsen knew that Ni Jingxi was returning to Shanghai today, but he looked up at Tang Mi and said, "Uncle doesn't really understand these things online, but could you take a look and tell me what's going on?"
Tang Mi originally didn't want him to have all this messy stuff.
She advised, "Uncle Ni, this article is complete nonsense, really, we didn't read a single word of it. It's useless except for ruining our mood. Things are different now than before, many people will spread rumors for money."
Hearing her words of comfort, Ni Pingsen laughed and said, "It's alright. I just want to see what happened. I'm old enough to have some experience, and I won't get angry easily."
Seeing that he insisted, Tang Mi didn't continue talking. She took out her phone and showed Ni Pingsen the long exposé on Weibo.
Others might not be able to tell the difference between truth and falsehood when they read it, but when Ni Pingsen saw some of the details described, he knew that Liu Hui must have been involved in this matter.
Because only he and Liu Hui knew the details of their relationship, but it was mentioned in this article.
Ni Pingsen looked at it for a long time, and finally sighed.
He remained silent until he returned the phone to Tang Mi and said in a low voice, "Let's go, thank you for your trouble, Tang Mi."
Tang Mi had just said it was no trouble when suddenly another person entered the kitchen.
She turned around and was surprised to see Xiao Yichen. She asked, "What brings you here?"
“Shenyan and Jingxi are not in the country. I’m afraid that reporters will bother us if something happens.” Xiao Yichen glanced at her, clearly realizing that Tang Mi shared the same thought.
Tang Mi chuckled softly, "You're quite enthusiastic."
“Likewise.” Xiao Yichen nodded calmly.
Tang Mi originally thought that Xiao Yichen had a natural playboy vibe and a somewhat unruly appearance, but she was surprised to find that he was quite warm-hearted towards his friends.
Because there were reporters waiting in front, the two of them led Ni Pingsen out through the back door.
Tang Mi saw Xiao Yichen get into her car with her and couldn't help but turn to look at him: "You didn't drive?"
"No, after you drop off Uncle Ni, please drop me off too. It's a good deed to see this through to the end," Xiao Yichen said with a smile.
Tang Mi frowned slightly as he listened to him say that he was a kind-hearted person, wondering if he was subtly mocking her.
Just because she said he was a kind person?
However, she ignored Xiao Yichen, after all, men can be quite frightening when they are petty.
After the two arrived at their villa, Ni Pingsen invited them to stay for tea, since they had come to help. However, Tang Mi and Xiao Yichen both declined.
When Tang Mi had almost driven the car onto the road, she asked, "Where are you going?"
Xiao Yichen scoffed lightly: "You're really planning to give it to me?"
"Enough with the nonsense, just tell me the address or you can take a taxi yourself," Tang Mi said coldly.
Xiao Yichen suddenly asked, somewhat puzzled, "Tang Mi, there shouldn't be any misunderstanding between us, right?"
He looked on with a serious expression as he investigated.
Tang Miwei paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Of course not."
"Then why are you always so cold to me?" He and Tang Mi had actually met quite a few times because of Ni Jingxi and her husband.
However, this girl seemed to have a natural hostility towards him.
This left Xiao Yichen, who always considered himself popular with women and a gentleman, extremely puzzled.
Tang Mi blushed slightly at his words and mumbled, "There's no reason."
It's all because he's gentle and considerate to everyone. Tang Mi finds men with this "central air conditioning" personality really annoying; her ex-boyfriend had that kind of personality.
In the end, she broke up with him because he cheated on her.
She probably subconsciously disliked men with that kind of personality. But she was too embarrassed to tell him the reason directly, so she vaguely denied it.
Xiao Yichen chuckled softly and, instead of pressing further, said, "I have a feeling that this whole saga of the leaked post won't end so easily."
"Is there more to this?" Tang Mi asked immediately.
Xiao Yichen chuckled softly: "Perhaps."
When Tang Mi saw the news that Liu Hui, who had been "seduced and then abandoned," was going to face reporters live to directly expose the ugly faces of Ni Jingxi and Ni Pingsen, she felt that Xiao Yichen's jinx had really come true.
Tang Mi looked at Xiao Yichen across from her: "Aren't you well-connected? Can you think of a way to shut down this live stream?"
"Do you know how many live streaming platforms there are now, and how many live streaming accounts there are? Even if I could use my connections to shut down the live stream the moment she said her first words to the reporter, do you know what the consequences would be?"
Xiao Yichen said calmly.
Forcibly banning such fabricated posts will only cause public opinion to quickly shift to the other side. Even if they eventually reveal the truth, no one will be willing to believe them.
Even when faced with such a highly unreliable rumor, improper handling can have serious consequences.
This is also why Xiao Yichen was hesitant at this moment.
Even though Hengya Group's public relations department is working on it, they are only maintaining the status quo because they haven't been able to contact the person in question yet. After all, this is Ni Jingxi's family matter, and even if they want to refute the rumors, they have to go through her.
However, the other party didn't seem to want to give them time to react.
They officially announced that there would be a live broadcast at 7 p.m., and even revealed that more than one media outlet would be present at the event.