Chapter Ninety: Relentless Harassment

The audience could only see Song Waning shaking her head and retreating again and again, while Song Xin kept pressing forward, desperately trying to grab hold of her.

Not knowing what had happened, they began speculating among themselves.

[I always thought Song Waning had a pretty good personality. Even when she and Nan Yan were still unfamiliar with each other at the start, she helped her out. Now she is even refusing her own younger sister’s request. She must have asked for something very difficult.]

[Exactly, I agree with the comment above.]

[Just from listening to what Song Waning said earlier, I was already furious, honestly. What was Song Zi Jiang thinking? His second wife and adopted daughter both have shares, so why does his biological daughter have none?]

[I used to watch Song Xin’s videos all the time, thinking her and her mother were so good to Song Waning. But now it seems that was all there was to it. No wonder Song Waning didn’t appreciate it.]

[As expected, once you marry a stepmother, even your own father can become one too. Song Waning has been isolated by her own family.]

“Elder sister, why do you need so many excuses just to help with this tiny favor? Aren’t we family? Shouldn’t you think about what’s best for the family?”

Song Xin frowned slightly. In the past, she never even had to beg Song Waning; a little hint was enough, and the other woman would go do it at once. Why, now that she was asking for help, had Song Waning said so much and still refused to go?

Could it be that after spending so much time with Wen Jingxing, Song Waning had finally become smarter?

At any rate, ever since Song Waning came on the show, Song Xin had felt that she was different from before.

Harder to talk to, and harder to fool.

Far away, the cameraman was waiting for Song Wan to finish speaking. Bored, he took out his phone and opened the production group chat.

I Hate Bad Endings: [Ugh, so annoying.]

Working Hard and Slacking Off: [What happened, what happened?!]

I Hate Bad Endings: [Someone is pestering Song Waning again.]

Working Every Day: [Oh? That’s happening? How come I don’t know about it? Who is it?]

Gossip is human nature, especially when these four gathered together. Their appetite for gossip was on par with three women!

Every one of them looked refined and well-mannered on the surface, but inside each of them lived a restless, gossip-loving heart.

I Hate Bad Endings: [It’s Song Waning’s sister, don’t you know? It spread through our group yesterday. Somehow Song Xin offended Young Master Wen, and he sent her away on the spot. She looked as embarrassed as can be.]

Working Hard and Slacking Off: [Oh? Really? I even saw Song Xin meeting with Jian An’an yesterday. Those two seemed to be on very good terms, though they only spoke a few words.]

In any case, the story somehow spread from there into the cameramen’s group chat for the men’s team, and Wen Jingxing soon received the news.

One look, and he knew exactly why Song Xin had come. After all, the Song family really had made a huge mess yesterday.

Originally, Wen Jingxing had been thinking of having Chen Shaoyuan find some excuse to replace the Song family. But that very night, the system of one of the projects under Song family management had actually crashed.

The Song side was afraid someone would hold them accountable, so they quietly hid the matter and planned to repair the system themselves.

At first, the situation could have been handled well.

But the technical staff of the Song Group were truly incompetent. After several hours, they still had not fixed it, and they had not even realized that someone had exploited a vulnerability.

In the end, it was the affected company that noticed something was wrong and came looking for them.

The result was that someone had slipped through the system loophole and transferred sixty million yuan out of the company using the Song family’s system in just one hour.

Of course, the Song Group flatly denied any responsibility and even claimed that it was the Wen Group’s fault. Right now, the other side was preparing to send them a lawyer’s letter.

And no matter how Song Zijiang tried to explain it, the matter had nothing to do with the Wen family.

Because the contract between the two companies was written in black and white: all profits created by the Song family had nothing to do with the Wen Group. Likewise, if any problems arose with the project, the Wen Group bore no responsibility whatsoever.

Wen Jingxing did not appear in person. Instead, he borrowed the cameraman’s phone and made a call.

Meanwhile, Song Waning was already sick to death of Song Xin. Just when she was hoping someone, anyone, would come and drag that woman away, two men in security uniforms appeared.

Each of them seized one of Song Xin’s arms and lifted her toward a sightseeing cart.

Song Xin was terrified out of her wits. “Who are you people? Elder sister! Elder sister, save me!”

She struggled with all her might, but the two security guards were so tall and broad-shouldered that she could not budge them even a little.

Song Waning glanced at her, and for the first time heard Song Xin call her so sincerely. It seemed she really had been frightened.

The two guards, wearing sunglasses, showed no expression. Their voices were cold and stern. “Young Master Wen said there is no welcome here for troublemakers disturbing Miss Song’s guests.”

Song Xin said, “I didn’t! Let go of me, you robbers! Thugs! ...”

It was not until Song Xin had been taken away that the manager of the lake park finally rushed over, drenched in sweat. “Miss Song, did we startle you just now?”

Song Waning shook her head. “It’s fine. I still need to go take part in the task.”

“Perhaps Miss Song should rest a while longer?” The manager was now exceedingly attentive. He had only stepped away for a moment! Just a trip to the restroom! And immediately some blind fool had come to disturb Miss Song.

While he was still in the bathroom, he received a call from someone above him saying that a madwoman was harassing Miss Song. He had nearly been scared to death and did not even have time to wipe himself properly.

Song Waning did not mind at all. “No need. It was just a small matter.”

In the livestream, everyone could once again only see Song Xin making a huge fuss as she was carried off by the two security guards.

[Ah!!! A world without sound is really too agonizing!!]

[What happened? Why was Song Xin taken away?]

[Call the police! Hurry and call the police, everyone! Someone is bullying Song Xin!]

[What kind of person is so arrogant that they dare to kidnap someone in broad daylight? I’m going to call the police right now!]

[I think she was just escorted out by security. After all, Song Waning couldn’t possibly keep being harassed by her.]

[But Song Xin didn’t really do anything to Song Waning, did she? Does she deserve to be treated like that? Isn’t that a bit too domineering?]

By the time they gathered for dinner, the sky had already darkened.

In the past, they had eaten outdoors, but as the weather turned colder, they moved inside.

At this moment, Song Waning was still happily eating away.

Then Jian An’an suddenly called out to her. “Ningning, do you know what happened in your family? I heard it seems pretty serious.”

The other guests had all been busy with their tasks, and only now had they finally some free time to eat. Hearing Jian An’an say that something major had happened in Song Waning’s family, they all looked over with concern.