Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

Chapter 1496: Chapter 862: Brothers Come to Blows? Situation Worsens Again

The Jiang Family and Si Family’s original plans were canceled, the storm hadn’t died down yet, and there were already reporters saying they’d personally seen Jiang Chengsi go to the Si Family’s front gate, but he wasn’t let in and just wandered around outside a few times.

Getting all the way to the front gate and still not being allowed in—how much of a slap in the face is that, how little face are they giving him.

The discussion online was getting louder and louder.

"Does this mean there’s now solid proof that Fourth Master cheated? The Si Family are people who care a lot about face and rules. Even if this marriage falls through, the Jiang Family will definitely have to give them an explanation."

"Heard from people in the circle that the Si Family’s young lady is really stunning, plus she’s got such a huge family business. Just what kind of woman could possibly compare to her?"

"Miss Si looks fine, I heard she’s just too formidable. At her mother’s birthday banquet before, she showed some serious means. Fourth Master is naturally rebellious; after a while there’s no way they’d get along."

"The scumbag cheats and they’re still blaming the girlfriend for being too overbearing? What kind of logic is that? Are people actually whitewashing scumbags now?"

...

Rumors were flying everywhere, people were saying all sorts of things. The onlookers eating melon seeds had all their attention on these two, and unexpectedly, very few people were digging into Yang Yiyi.

Meanwhile, over in Pingjiang.

On the night of Qi Zeyan’s wedding he drank too much, and didn’t wake up until noon the next day. His head hurt and his eyes burned. He pushed himself up from the bed and saw Ruan Mengxi sitting in a chair to the side, looking at her phone, not even noticing that he’d woken up.

"Xixi." He called twice before she snapped back to her senses.

"You’re awake, it’s already 12. Are you hungry?"

"What are you looking at, so zoned out you didn’t even respond when I called you."

"You’ll get it once you turn on your phone."

"Is it that our marriage made the hot search, or is someone talking nonsense again? I’m telling you, don’t look at that stuff, and don’t believe..."

He’d honestly thought it was just some media talking about him and Ruan Mengxi again. Ever since they got together, Ruan Mengxi had been blackened plenty.

They said she used to be fat, that she was a plastic surgery freak, that she wasn’t worthy of Qi Zeyan. Even their wedding banquet was fantasized into a shotgun marriage.

Qi Zeyan’s phone was on the other side. He got up and, instead of grabbing the phone right away, picked up a glass that had long been filled with water, drank more than half. The alcohol had burned his throat dry and hoarse; only after wetting it did he feel a bit better.

Then he picked up his phone, only to be stunned by the flood of push notifications about [Jiang Chengsi cheating, scumbag].

He’d only slept.

How had the world turned into this.

Jiang Chengsi did like to play around, but cheating, two-timing—that was absolutely impossible. The Jiang Family’s family rules were extremely strict. It was said that the long-deceased old Master Jiang always educated his descendants with the principle of "if you can’t become a talent, you must at least become a decent person."

Although the old man had passed away fairly early, his influence was deeply ingrained, so even though Jiang Chengsi liked to play, he always had a sense of proportion.

Qi Zeyan had originally been treating it as a joke to watch, but when he looked more closely at the related reports, he froze.

"The person in the photo, isn’t that your classmate?" Qi Zeyan had long forgotten her name; he just remembered that cheongsam very clearly.

"Yeah, and a reporter called me asking about her identity." Ruan Mengxi frowned. "I don’t even know what I’m supposed to say."

"The whole thing is still unclear. I don’t know what role Yang Yiyi is playing in this. Even if the whole internet is calling her a homewrecker right now, I can’t just casually reveal her identity to the media."

"If it’s all a misunderstanding and I tell the reporters who she is, letting her take the heat, that wouldn’t be right either."

What gave Ruan Mengxi the biggest headache was that this entire set of photos of Jiang Chengsi had all been taken when he came to attend her wedding. Conspiracy theories were already saying that she and Qi Zeyan were providing cover for the two of them.

Some even claimed that everyone around Jiang Chengsi knew about it and were all helping them cover it up.

"We’ll go see my parents later, then head back to the capital this afternoon." Even Qi Zeyan, blockhead as he might be, knew this whole thing wasn’t simple.

The fuss over Jiang Chengsi’s situation was huge; Ruan Family’s parents had already heard about it, and they didn’t keep the two of them any longer.

**

After Qi Zeyan and Ruan Mengxi returned to the capital, they didn’t go back to the Qi Family home. They went straight to the Jiang Mansion instead; after all, this all happened during their wedding.

"You two just got married yesterday, how come you’re back so soon? Hurry, sit." The old lady was actually very happy to see them.

"Chengsi’s not here?" Qi Zeyan frowned.

"He went out a few hours ago, no idea where he went, ai—"

"Grandma, this whole thing is a misunderstanding. The person in the photo is just a classmate of mine, she’s absolutely not involved with Fourth Master." Ruan Mengxi explained.

She was the one feeling the worst right now. Jiang Chengsi had gone to Pingjiang just to attend her wedding, helping them run around and handle things, only to end up covered in this mess.