Chapter 272: Chapter 272

If this article only targeted him personally, he could easily toss the magazine aside, not even bother to look.

But the article immediately touched on his relationship with Shi Nian, claiming, "Recently, Mr. Tang’s romantic life has a suspected leading lady: a media reporter, Ms. S. The two are often spotted together, frequently caught in gazes, brimming with affection."

"According to insiders, the leading lady Ms. S is coincidentally the wife of Mr. X, a playmate of Mr. Tang since childhood. Just within the last two months, Ms. S and Mr. X’s relationship hit the rocks, and the model couple in their neighbor’s eyes suddenly went through legal divorce proceedings, quickly ending in a divorce."

"More interestingly, the female partner L from the legal advisory firm, previously reported to have suffered a bizarre car accident by ’Black Curtain’ Daily, was the third party in Ms. S’s marriage with Mr. X. And this time Ms. L’s car accident investigation is being handled by the police station where Mr. Tang works... This raises some concern: until now, the case remains unsolved without a heavy suspect even caught. Is there a hidden ’Black Curtain’ not spoken of? As the saying goes, if police are both judges and players, might the case become a mystery, wasting taxpayers’ money without ever being solved?"

This argument directly pointed suspicion in Rosa’s car accident towards Tang Yanqing.

Tang Yanqing snorted coldly, "She can speculate about me personally, it doesn’t matter, but involving the police and their professional ethics, she’s really courting death."

The inspector reminded, "Yanqing, watch your words. Saying ’courting death’ in front of me is one thing, but never say it to outsiders."

Meanwhile, the same issue of ’Black Curtain’ magazine was placed in front of Shen Wan.

Brought by Tang Yanyi.

Shen Wan frowned upon finishing reading.

To be fair, the Tang Family had encountered such issues before. Years ago, her marriage with Tang Mingyi had also been a public uproar. And some media indeed won’t be swayed no matter whose influence is applied, not even Tang Family’s prestige could negotiate. But the previous reports and this situation were different.

This time coincided with Tang Mingyi’s campaign period, now is an important time to become the sole Governor candidate within their camp, any articles involving the Tang Family could impact Tang Mingyi’s election battle.

Especially the most crucial asset of the Tang Family is the justice image accumulated as a legal family, and Tang Yanqing as a policeman might break the law knowingly, or even misuse power to do unlawful acts, which could greatly affect public sentiments.

Shen Wan discerned suspicions between lines accusing Tang Yanqing as the mastermind behind Rosa’s car accident, and coldly laughed: "Qingqing would never do such a thing."

Tang Yanyi tilted her head: "Aunt, why can’t it be? Forget about media and the public, even as her sister and colleague, I somewhat believe it."

"Why?" Shen Wan squinted at Tang Yanyi.

"Because Rosa deeply resented Shi Nian, over those four years, Shi Nian was always suppressed and bullied by Rosa. With my brother’s temper, if Shi Nian complained to him, he would surely stand up for her."

Shen Wan frowned, "No. Shi Nian isn’t the type to be petty. Even if she suffered, she wouldn’t confide in others, let alone rely on others to resolve it."

Tang Yanyi was stunned, "Aunt, why are you so confident in her?"

Shen Wan gazed deeply at Tang Yanyi, a girl she’d watched grow up as her own niece, and spoke candidly, "Xiao Yi, I’ve met Shi Nian. Trust your aunt’s sharp eyes, I won’t misjudge Shi Nian." Thɪs chapter is updated by novel·fire·net

Like a thunderbolt out of the blue, Tang Yanyi shot up from her seat.

"Aunt, what do you mean? Are you saying you approve of my brother dating Shi Nian?"

Shen Wan truly understood Tang Yanyi’s feelings, she gently held Tang Yanyi’s hand, soothingly, "Xiao Yi, in the past aunt didn’t approve because Shi Nian was Xiang Yuan’s wife. Considering the Xiang Family’s reputation, our years of bond with them, I couldn’t agree. But now it’s different, Shi Nian and Xiang Yuan are divorced."

"Besides, it’s your brother’s lifelong matter who he chooses. My opinion as his mother can only serve as reference."

Tang Yanyi staggered back in disappointment, withdrawing her hand from Shen Wan’s grasp, "Aunt, how could you!"

Shen Wan quietly lifted her gaze to Tang Yanyi, "Xiao Yi, what do you want aunt to do? Also play the evil mother-in-law from TV dramas and chase Shi Nian away? Will that make your brother come back obediently? No, he’s never been that kind of boy, you know this, right?"

Tang Yanyi closed her eyes, "But aunt, now is the critical period for Uncle’s campaign. Shi Nian will ruin Uncle’s election; you see the magazine’s already insinuating my brother ruined Shi Nian and Xiang Yuan’s marriage! Uncle Xiang is still the financial advisor on Uncle’s campaign team, such internal conflict would be fatal for Uncle’s campaign!"

Tang Yanyi rushed out disappointedly. Gu Jun walked in after her.

As Tang Mingyi’s chief of staff and campaign manager, Shen Wan respects his words greatly.

Gu Jun placed the same magazine in front of Shen Wan, "Xiao Wan, I believe in Yanqing’s character, I also know yours, but now I must be the bad guy. I hope for Mingyi’s endeavor, Yanqing and Shi Nian’s relationship will temporarily pause, at least handle coldly, not appear in the public eyes."

Shen Wan shook her head, "My husband’s campaign is important, but my son’s happiness is equally important, I can’t neglect either."

"What about us?" Gu Jun sighed bitterly, "our entire campaign team, all the volunteers in the office, countless donors... Mingyi’s campaign isn’t just his, it’s the common interest of thousands. We’re all on the same boat now, we can’t let this small storm capsize it."

Gu Jun sternly looked at Shen Wan, "Yanqing is Mingyi’s child, he has a responsibility for Mingyi, for the entire team, to temporarily sacrifice personal interests. Next February is the internal vote date, it’s only three or four months, Yanqing shouldn’t be unable to endure it. Once the February vote results are out, he can go back to his romance."

Shen Wan took a deep breath, "Let me handle this, I’ll talk to Shi Nian."

Shi Nian returned to the office, originally wanting to spend some quality time with Ye He and Xiao Mai. Due to police 24-hour protection these days, they hadn’t interviewed together as a small team, nor had they hung out finding good restaurants to dine at.

However, today’s atmosphere in the office was peculiarly strange. From the entrance to the office, every colleague she passed looked at her awkwardly.

Others were fine, even Ye He and Xiao Mai gave her shifty glances the first time they saw her.

Shi Nian grabbed Ye He, "What’s going on?"

Ye He tried to cheerfully look past her, "Oh? Where’s Mr. Tang? If Mr. Tang’s busy, shouldn’t Mr. Jia and Mr. Guan be here as well? Anyway, they’re all in uniform, long legs, having any of the three around makes the office quite pleasing to the eye, doesn’t it?"

"Police protection ended, you won’t see any of the three here in the office anymore."

Ye He was stunned, "How coincidental! Could it be because of Xiong Jie’s article?!"

"What article?" Shi Nian froze.

Deep Throat and Black Curtain now both operate multi-dimensional, daily, weekly, monthly, website, mobile media simultaneously. Shi Nian worked with the daily, thus was less familiar with ’Black Curtain’s weekly and hadn’t seen Xiong Jie’s article.

She only knew a few days ago Xiong Jie’s weirdly stopped writing Rosa’s car accident articles in Black Curtain’s daily, abruptly, making Shi Nian happy for a few days. Unexpectedly, Xiong Jie shifted to publish in the weekly.

Ye He brought the weekly for Shi Nian, after reading, she was so angry her face paled a bit.

How Xiong Jie targeted her wasn’t the issue; but clearly aiming to damage her, pulling Tang Yanqing down.

Shi Nian glanced around the office, quietly asking Ye He, "Everyone’s attitude is strange... could it be they all believe it?"

Ye He bit his pen, embarrassed to admit, "Boss, not just them, I believe it too. If not, why did you and your husband divorce out of the blue? Also Mr. Tang’s gaze at you in the office, and how you two act together, it obviously shows something’s off between you."

Shi Nian grabbed her phone, headed for the stairwell corridor, dialed Xiong Jie’s number.

Xiong Jie answered, smugly, "Shi Nian, saw my article huh? Ha, surprised, aren’t you? I scooped his piece first, and it’s sold really well."

Shi Nian coldly laughed, "Xiong Jie, have you no shame! You compiled indirect materials with your own imagination, do you even have any professional ethics as a media person?"

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[Second update in the morning]