"Haha, how to talk about it? You tell me, how could a singer like her discuss business with those sly, seasoned bosses? Hahahaha..."

"Who knew that I, Fang Wenjie, would fall in love with such a woman, hahahaha..."

This Fang Wenjie truly had first-rate acting skills; his self-mocking, borderline hysterical laughter led the entertainment reporters to all form the same guess.

And this guess sent the entertainment reporters into a frenzy.

"My arm... heh." Fang Wenjie laughed self-deprecatingly again: "It was when I saw that scene, thinking she had been taken advantage of, I went up to save her...

"But who would have thought, she just watched with wide eyes as my arm got broken, and even nestled into someone else's embrace, and even laughed so cruelly, I, I..."

His voice choked up, tears streaming down; he seemed too heartbroken to continue.

The entertainment reporters also fell silent, their eyes moistening. From Fang Wenjie's expression, they could see how deeply wronged he felt.

Moreover, the amount of information was overwhelming; they needed to carefully sort through it.

"Excuse me, I need a moment to compose myself."

Seeing that he had achieved his first objective, Fang Wenjie, with his years of acting experience, knew that he needed to let the reporters unleash their imagination and thus left them some space for it.

After giving notice, Fang Wenjie turned and walked into a nearby resting room.

Indeed, the entertainment reporters did not stop Fang Wenjie; partly out of pity, and partly because they indeed needed to think about what questions to ask next to elicit even more sharp responses, to dig out more explosive news!

Upon entering the resting room, Fang Wenjie leaned back on the sofa, his face full of comfort: "Haha, haha...good, so good! Ye Yuwan, let's see how you turn things around now!"

"Jiang Chen, you're the next wave. When I leak the news that you're the owner of Yichen Company, who's to say, won't these entertainment reporters link it to the 'seasoned boss' I mentioned before?"

"Haha... Die, all of you, just die!"

Just as Fang Wenjie was reveling in his glee, a ringtone suddenly pierced the air.

Fang Wenjie, puzzled, took out his phone and, with a light chuckle, answered: "Hello, Mom!"

"Wenjie, you... Fang Wenjie!" The anxious female voice from the receiver suddenly turned into a man's enraged bellow.

Fang Wenjie was startled and frowned: "Dad, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You still have the gall to ask what's wrong? What the hell did you do? Huh? What did you do, you beast? You've ruined our family! You destroyed our family!" The heart-wrenching voice of Fang Changling came through the phone.

Fang Wenjie was shocked, his expression drastically changing as he spoke urgently: "Dad, has Yichen made a move? Don't panic, the Zhou Family, the Fang Family will help us!"

"The Zhou Family? The Fang Family? Haha..."

Fang Changling's laugh was full of unbearable pain: "They just keep saying wait, wait, but our family is finished, we're done for!

"Our family assets have been seized, the company has collapsed, the stock has hit the limit-down, the house taken by the bank as collateral... We've lost everything! Everything!

"Fang Wenjie, Fang Wenjie! You beast, you beast! It's all because of you! It's all your doing! You single-handedly destroyed our family! How on earth did I give birth to such a disgrace of a son! I—I—I'll never forgive you, even as a ghost!"

"Changling, what are you going to do? Changling..."

Bang!

"Ah! Changling..."

Shouts of panic from Fang Wenjie's mother came through the receiver, followed by a thudding noise then a tearing scream.

"Dad! Dad! What happened? Mom, what happened?" Fang Wenjie's face changed dramatically, shouting loudly.

"Wenjie, Wenjie! We've been played by these powerful families; we've been toyed with! Your dad slammed his head against the wall, he said he's going to apologize to your grandfather down below, and Mom's going too, you... you must take care of yourself!" A voice of utter misery came through the receiver.

Fang Wenjie was shattered, his face turning deathly pale without a trace of blood, as he frantically shouted: "Mom, no, don't do it, Mom..."

Bang!

A muffled sound, then silence fell across the line.

"Mom!" Fang Wenjie screamed, falling to his knees with tears streaming down his face, feeling as if the sky had collapsed!

The phone rang again, and Fang Wenjie numbly answered the call.

"Fang Wenjie." A detached voice came through.

Fang Wenjie shuddered, bellowing loudly, "Jiang Chen! My dad died, my mom died, you killed them!"

"Was it I who killed them, or was it you?"

The voice on the phone was chillingly cold:

"Since you treated my words as nothing, continuing to gamble with the lives of your family, your parents, and yourself as a joke.

Then, of course, I'll fulfill your wish.

This is your own... deserved punishment!"

Fang Wenjie stood there, petrified.

This Jiang Chen, truly decisive in killing, really did what he said he'd do!

Did a single thought of mine destroy my entire family and my parents?

"No..." Fang Wenjie's face was filled with panic, disoriented he said, "No... it wasn't me! I didn't kill them!"

"Right, it shouldn't be entirely you. Think about it, isn't there someone else who encouraged you to do this?" Jiang Chen's icy voice was full of seduction.

Suddenly, Wu Zhanqiu's figure flashed through Fang Wenjie's mind. Then the phrases Fang Family and Zhou Family appeared in his thoughts.

"Fang Wenjie, you are the only son in your family, you don't want your family line to end, do you? You may not want it, but the Fang Family certainly might, after all, they share your bloodline. If you rise up, wouldn't the Fang Family worry about being replaced by you?"

Jiang Chen's icy voice continued to drift, as if striking Fang Wenjie's soul: ""

"I'm an enemy of the wealthy families, but I don't mind helping them out with this favor. Since they're using you as a pawn to cross the river, sending you out for me to kill, then I'll kill!

I can completely eradicate your lineage and wipe out the Fang bloodline that is outside the wealthy circle!

Because your actions have thoroughly enraged me!"

"No, no, no, spare my life, spare me!" Fang Wenjie was terrified, his face as pale as paper, he frantically pleaded, "Don't kill me, I... I'll clarify everything with the reporters right now, right now!"

"Don't want to die? Good."

Jiang Chen sneered, "Then go out now, in front of all the reporters and in front of the camera, kneel down! Apologize! Reveal the entire truth! Or else... die!"

After Jiang Chen coldly uttered the final word "die", he hung up the phone with a click.

The busy tone coming from the phone and Jiang Chen's voice, piercing like nails, sounded like a death knell ringing for Fang Wenjie's soul, completely breaking him down.

The family was finished!

His parents were dead!

In an instant, he fell from heaven into hell!

If he knelt down and apologized, revealing the truth, he would plummet into hell, with no redemption!

But if he didn't, all that awaited him was... death!

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Fang Wenjie suddenly laughed bitterly to the sky, weeping incessantly.

He regretted it!

Regretted why he had to provoke Yè Yùwǎn, why he had to challenge Jiang Chen?

He was so full of regret that it turned his insides green!

But it was all too late.

He didn't want to die, so there was only one path left.

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