People's gazes turned to the mobile phone. On the screen was a real-time hot news story from the city. The headline read: "Mrs. Shao's Death Proves Her Innocence, Seeks to Cancel Daughter's Marriage to the Jin Family."
The video was playing, with the reporter describing the current situation.
At this moment, Wang Meilan stood at the edge of the Yongxin Building's rooftop, crying out apologies to her daughter and claiming she was framed. She hoped the Jin family would not be prejudiced against her daughter...
Not far away, Shao Zhengang and Shao Lin were speaking with Wang Meilan.
A negotiation officer was also trying to calm the agitated Wang Meilan, urging her not to act impulsively. An inflatable rescue bed was laid out below, and onlookers were pointing fingers.
Screams and wails filled the entire scene.
Jin Ye's expression was grim. "Yes, the secretary called me to come over."
Su Ding finally realized that the Yongxin Building was directly opposite Jin's family's Huangqi Group Building. Wang Meilan had chosen this location with a clear purpose: to use public opinion to force the Jin family to make a commitment to Shao Lin.
If the Jin family refused, and Wang Meilan suffered any harm, the reputation of Huangqi Group would be severely damaged.
Su Ding clenched her fists, her eyes icy.
Was Wang Meilan insane?
By resorting to such actions to pressure the Jin family, even if the Jin family had felt some remorse before, seeing such a desperate move would only make them grateful they hadn't gotten involved with such people.
Indeed, Jin's mother's eyes widened, and she pointed at the phone. "What, what are they doing?"
An incident involving a life, appearing in the news, and implicating their Jin family.
Jin's mother absolutely would not allow such a scandal to be associated with them. She immediately looked at her son. "Xiao Ye, go quickly and see what's going on!"
Jin Ye nodded. "Alright."
Saying so, he pulled Su Ding and hurried out, driving straight to the scene!
Upon arriving at the scene, Wang Meilan was still standing on the top floor. She wasn't crying anymore, likely exhausted from the commotion.
Shao Zhengang's face had turned purple with anger, and he was being attended to by medical personnel.
Shao Lin's face was contorted with anxiety. She stood behind the police, furious and agitated. Her mother was utterly useless!
She almost wished her mother would just jump and die, only knowing how to drag them down!
But she knew her mother had no intention of jumping. She just wanted to scare her father and the Jin family to gain some advantage.
When Jin Ye arrived, Shao Lin immediately threw herself into his arms.
Reporters began taking a barrage of photos. The blinding flashes made Jin Ye raise his hand to shield his eyes. He couldn't even push Shao Lin away.
Shao Lin cried buckets of tears. "Jin Ge, my mother... woo woo..."
Upon seeing Jin Ye, Wang Meilan's somewhat fatigued emotions instantly became agitated, and tears streamed down her face.
"Mr. Jin, I was truly framed. Please don't look down on my daughter. I'll kneel for you..."
A wave of gasps swept through the crowd, and people looked at Jin Ye with strange expressions.
Su Ding, who had been watching from behind, was suddenly pushed forward, appearing before both Wang Meilan and Shao Lin.
Wang Meilan suddenly pointed at Su Ding, her voice thick with tears, and yelled sternly, "You're stealing my daughter's fiancé. Are you trying to drive me to my death! You want me dead, don't you? If I die, will that be enough?"
Su Ding, stared at by so many people and berated by Wang Meilan, couldn't react for a moment.
She simply didn't believe Wang Meilan would actually try to die!
Seeing that many reporters were filming in their direction, and after noticing her daughter secretly giving her a signal, Wang Meilan truly knelt down towards Su Ding.
"Bang!"
Wang Meilan kowtowed heavily. She raised her head and looked at Su Ding with a pathetic expression. "Xiao Xu, I know you don't want to hear this name. I know you hate me, your stepmother, and hate Lin Lin, your sister. But Auntie is begging you here, please let Lin Lin go..."
Su Ding's face changed immediately. She looked at Wang Meilan coldly.
Exposing her identity in front of so many reporters, was she trying to ruin her?
"Don't kneel to me, I can't accept it."
Su Ding threw down these words and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, Shao Lin rushed out and grabbed her arm. "Sister!"
Shao Lin also knelt down.
Su Ding was truly shocked by their performance. Realizing she had walked into a trap, she became anxious to leave and forcefully pulled her hand away.
Shao Lin held her arm very, very tightly. Su Ding instinctively exerted force.
With a sudden tug, she flung Shao Lin to the side. Shao Lin fell directly onto the ground, and her arm was scraped, drawing blood.
Su Ding stood up and rushed into the crowd, ignoring Jin Ye's worried words.
Jin Ye was about to chase after her when he heard Wang Meilan exclaim, "Lin Lin, how could you... Ah—"
Everyone looked over.
Wang Meilan slipped, her body lurching backward, and fell directly from the twenty-odd-story building. The onlookers below let out unified screams.
In that instant, almost no one expected Wang Meilan to fall.
Shao Lin cried out in shock, "Mom—"
Wang Meilan's figure had already disappeared from view. She landed heavily, falling onto the inflatable rescue bed.
Rescue personnel quickly rushed forward and carried away the terrified and unconscious Wang Meilan.
This farce finally came to an end. However, on the top floor, Shao Lin was helped up by the police and regretfully apologized to Jin Ye. "I'm sorry, Jin Ge, for causing you trouble... I'm sorry..."
These apologies, coupled with her tear-streaked, wronged face, conveyed extreme distress.
Even the police officers couldn't help but speculate whether this influential figure of Jiangcheng had truly wronged the young lady, portraying it as a classic tale of forbidden love in high society.
Jin Ye's impatient expression perfectly solidified the image of a heartless scumbag from a wealthy family.
As they descended, reporters swarmed the passageway, bombarding Jin Ye with a barrage of questions.
"Mr. Jin, did you really break up with Miss Shao?"
"Mr. Jin, what are your thoughts on your former fiancée's mother attempting suicide by jumping?"
"Mr. Jin, is that young lady just now Miss Shao's sister? Are you currently dating the sister or the younger sister?"
...
Jin Ye descended with a cold face. Fortunately, with the police clearing the way, he was able to get back into his car.
He called Su Ding. "Hello, where are you?"
Su Ding was walking. "Keep driving forward. I'll wait for you at the corner."
Jin Ye drove forward for a while and indeed saw Su Ding standing at the corner, waving at him.
Su Ding got into the car and closed her eyes, remaining silent.
Seeing her tired appearance, Jin Ye didn't disturb her. He picked up his phone and sent messages to his home and Aunt Du, then drove quietly.
Along the way, he thought a lot, about their future.
There were too many unsolved mysteries surrounding Su Ding. He knew there were bloody scars beneath the surface, so he wanted to wait for more time to understand her gradually.
But he never expected that the feud between Su Ding and the Shao family had reached such depths.