Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder

Golden Agent of the Adonis (74)

Chu Xiang suggested, “How about this, let Chen Lifeng come forward in this matter. Let him explain that he and I do not have any financial disputes or conflicts, and that I earned all my money from private investments. This will have no effect on him and will also be the strongest way to dispel rumors. I always have to show evidence for all my claims, and the moment I do the truth comes out.”

The five people in the group did not expect Chu Xiang to willingly settle the matter. Speaking of it, it was a trivial matter to owe some money, and the company would definitely be willing to help Chu Xiang in collecting her income back. Of course it would be best for her not to have a showdown with Chen Lifeng publicly. She wouldn’t suffer any losses and neither would Chen Lifeng. On the contrary, the company would gain more benefits. No company is willing to expose its artist’s scandals.

The several people’s impression on Chu Xiang improved, and they immediately contacted Chen Lifeng after reporting to Mr. Liang.

Unbeknownst to the company, Li Ou was the doer of it all, but of course, they believed that approaching Chen Lifeng and letting him refute the rumors was the most powerful and simplest way at present. To their surprise, Chen Lifeng was actually unwilling!

Chen Lifeng said that Chu Xiang’s house and car were worthless in the past, and she only became “rich” recently, so he didn’t know the origin of her money. He didn’t know that Chu Xiang has invested and bought antiques either. If he were to speak on her behalf at this juncture, and then it was revealed that Chu Xiang’s money came from unknown channels, who would be responsible for the impact on him?

The Chief Director of the PR department almost vomited at his shamelessness! What unknown channel? Wasn’t he just insinuating that Chu Xiang had become someone’s mistress? Chu Xiang was concerned of the fact that they were in the same company and didn’t even come forward to explain the truth, but Chen Lifeng had the nerve to insinuate that she was being kept. What a slimeball!

The Chief PR Director wasn’t in the position to meddle in the financial dispute between Chu Xiang and Chen Lifeng. He only reminded Chen Lifeng coldly and politely, saying that Chu Xiang seemed to want to talk to him about his previous agency contract. He also advised him that it would be in his best interest to clarify the matter, as it wouldn’t do anyone good if it became a bigger issue.

Chen Lifeng has always had a sense of superiority in front of Chu Xiang. After all, he has been wholeheartedly loved by a beautiful woman for eight years. He has long regarded her as his loyal backup. It had never occurred to him that Chu Xiang would ask him for money. He knew that she was an orphan and attached great importance to affection, so it was unlikely that she would openly break things off with him. This belief emboldened him.

However, the company actually knew that he didn’t pay Chu Xiang? Has she really told this matter to the outside world? If word got out, how would he behave in the circle?

Before he could figure out what to do, Chu Xiang called.

“Chen Lifeng, I heard from the company…Are you not willing to help me clarify the rumors? Don’t you think you’re a bit disgusting?”

Chen Lifeng was immediately annoyed. “Chu Xiang, what are you talking about?”

Chu Xiang sneered and said, “I used to be bullied by you because I was too reticent. Today, I finally figured out one thing. If you dare to owe me so much money and refuse to pay me, why do you think I dare not expose you? Wait and see. I will share our chat records online and let everyone have a good look at who is sucking whose blood. While at it, they’ll see who loves to flirt!”

After Chu Xiang finished speaking, she ended the call without giving Chen Lifeng a chance to react. Chen Lifeng panicked. Her attitude was obviously like a rabbit dashing about to bite someone. From her tone alone, she sounded like she would really expose him!

He didn’t have time to think about why Chu Xiang suddenly wanted to shed all pretenses of cordiality. All that occupied his thoughts was that if those chat records and evidence of him not paying her were exposed, he would be embroiled in a scandal. He quickly called Chu Xiang, only to find himself blocked. He contacted the Chief PR Director and asked her to help him relay his willingness to cooperate with Chu Xiang. Then, he asked Li Ou to quickly stop things and draft a speech for him.

When Li Ou asked him what was going on, he didn’t say anything, earning Li Ou’s ire.

The Chief PR Director in the group of six informed Chu Xiang that Chen Lifeng had agreed. Chu Xiang hesitantly said, “I just called him and felt that his attitude was wrong. I’ve been with him for eight years and know him well. I feel like he knew beforehand that I was going to be publicly shamed.”

“Huh? That’s impossible, right?”

Chu Xiang said, “I’m not sure, so I want to wait for a while before clarifying things. I want someone to help me find out who’s behind all these. Sorry, I just want to get some clarification, if this is really related to Chen Lifeng, I don’t want to be kept in the dark. Also, Chen Lifeng is so cold-blooded that I want to post something to scare him.”

Chu Xiang didn’t post anything, just sent a sentence: [Don’t complicate simple things. I’ll clarify things to you later when I’ve sorted out all the information.]

The group understood her feelings. She had paid so much for Chen Lifeng, but now she was considering it from the company’s point of view. Despite being subjected to public scrutiny, she cooperated with Chen Lifeng in public relations. If Chen Lifeng indeed manipulated this case, then she was too miserable.

The company has channels to investigate hidden mischiefs, but usually only when it comes to big things would they investigate thoroughly. Petty issues were left alone as long as its popularity died down. Now that Chu Xiang has mentioned it, they sent their request to Mr. Liang and had the company investigate it.