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Chapter 900 - 656 Gossip (Extra update! With a bonus photo!)

Chapter 900: 656 Gossip (Extra update! With a bonus photo!)

Facing her mother’s oppressively intense gaze, He Yihui remained unfazed. Her stunning visage was still graced by that same calm expression.

"What specifically are you referring to, Mummy?"

What specifically?

Madam Four laughed.

She glanced at her daughter and couldn’t be bothered with beating around the bush, instructing the nanny to bring over the newspaper.

"For Miss."

He Yihui took it, and without needing to look further, the oversized photo on the front page said it all.

"Explain this to me, what on earth is this all about?"

Not just the photo, the large headline was equally attention-grabbing.

[The Casino King’s Daughter Reveals her Romance, Passionate Beach Kiss as a Bold Declaration of Love]

He Yihui lifted her head, and even at this moment, her expression had no sign of embarrassment or panic.

"What do you want me to explain, Mummy?"

"What’s the meaning of this photo?"

Seeing her daughter seemingly playing dumb, Madam Four couldn’t help but intensify her tone.

"Haven’t you seen it, Mummy?"

"Are you saying that everything written here is true?"

"The photo is real."

He Yihui summarized briskly.

Madam Four pressed her lips tightly, staring unblinkingly at her daughter.

He Yihui calmly placed the newspaper on the coffee table, finally offering an explanation, "Nothing happened between us."

Madam Four couldn’t help but laugh.

"Nothing happened? With things going this far and you say nothing happened? Now all the TV news and magazines are reporting on this, probably the whole of Haojiang knows about it. How do you expect us to explain to the Guo family?"

She paused. Then Madam Four asked, "Has Guo Anle looked for you?"

He Yihui shook her head.

"That child, he really knows how to keep his cool," Madam Four said to herself, somewhat admiringly.

"He and I are just friends. What I do is my own business, and it has nothing to do with him."

"You..."

"Mummy, you don’t need to worry, how to deal with the Guo family shouldn’t be your concern to manage."

Madam Four immediately retorted, "You are my daughter, if I don’t take responsibility for such a scandal, who will?"

"Actually, I saw this photo a long time ago."

"You saw it a long time ago?"

Madam Four’s tone froze, then with confusion she asked, "Then why didn’t you handle it? Why let it be exposed like this?"

"Sister Junru said, Auntie will handle it."

Madam Four’s expression stiffened.

With her daughter talking this way, what she meant was crystal clear to her.

It was a delayed realization, Madam Four finally caught on and involuntarily turned to look at the newspaper lying on the coffee table that her daughter had placed there.

This wasn’t some trashy tabloid. Only the daughter of the Casino King would carry such weight to be covered on an entire front page for gossip like this.

"Your Auntie... why would she do this?"

With the He family’s status on this land, pictures like these couldn’t possibly get leaked without permission, let alone be reported so widespread.

So there was only one possibility.

It was the He family who took the initiative.

"I think."

He Yihui fell silent for a while. Caught off guard, even someone as clever as she needed some time to think.

"...perhaps because we lost the first auction."

Madam Four unconsciously furrowed her brow.

How could losing an auction be related to the release of such photos?

Wasn’t that just sullying one’s own reputation?

"Are you saying that your Auntie holds a grudge against the Guo family because of Song Chaoge?"

He Yihui shook her head.

"I don’t think that’s the case. Auntie isn’t so impulsive. To do this out of sheer spite would have no benefit."

"Then why?"

Madam Four was momentarily puzzled.

"It could be because he won the first gambling license." He Yihui stopped hesitating, her thoughts seemingly becoming clear.

Who "he" referred to was, of course, obvious to Madam Four.

Jiang Chen.

The financial backer behind Lan Peizhi.

Also the male lead caught up in a scandal with his own daughter.

Well.

It couldn’t be called a scandal.

After all, the authenticity of this photo had been confirmed by his daughter herself.

The Fourth Lady was certainly not a common woman with long hair but short insight. Reminded by her daughter, her mind worked quickly, and she gradually comprehended.

"Your aunt wouldn’t be planning to use your affair with him to offset the damage we’ve suffered from the auction loss, would she?"

Throwing away a gambling chip was an indisputable fact and couldn’t be reversed.

But there was another kind of loss that might be made up for.

That was the impact on public opinion.

The one who took the gambling chip was the rumored boyfriend of the Casino King’s daughter. What would the public think about that?

Money transferred from the left hand to the right hand, still within the family’s control.

The Fourth Lady thoughtfully considered, the more she thought, the more she felt like this might not be a bad strategy.

Either way, the Guo family’s money was already secured; with an agreement in place, even if they did fall out, the Guo family couldn’t immediately demand the money back.

Moreover, her elder sister probably had a deeper reason for doing this.

Not just to confuse the public and obfuscate the truth.

Previously, in order to raise funds, she dared to take the risk of enlarging her house, supporting her daughter to be with Young Master Guo. Compared to Young Master Guo, it now seemed that there was a more capable candidate.

So, for Young Master Guo to become expendable seemed quite reasonable and right.

This was very much in the style of her elder sister.

Decisive.

Swift and resolute.

Never hesitating or dragging things out.

And she certainly wouldn’t ask for the opinions of those directly involved.

Wait.

Perhaps there was no need to ask.

The daughter had just now admitted the photo’s authenticity herself; it wasn’t fabricated or forged.

"What is your relationship with this Jiang Chen?"

The topic seemed to have circled back to where it began.

"Mommy, I already told you, we have nothing between us."

"Nothing means..."

The Fourth Lady couldn’t bring herself to say it.

"Mommy, are you not making a big deal out of nothing? We are both adults," He Yihui said lightly.

If this were an ordinary family, a hotheaded parent might have jumped up and slapped her.

Of course, the He family was more enlightened.

Of course.

Even as enlightened as they were, the Fourth Lady still found these words difficult to accept.

"Are you trying to tell me,"

The Fourth Lady lifted her hand and slapped the newspaper beside her, "that this is just a form of social etiquette?"

He Yihui fell silent.

At that moment.

The ringtone of a phone broke the silence.

It was He Yihui’s cell phone.

The Fourth Lady watched as she took it out; the screen showed an unmarked number.

He Yihui did not hang up, nor did she seem inclined to answer. She pressed the mute button.

The Fourth Lady spoke in a commanding tone, "Answer it."

He Yihui glanced at her mother.

The Fourth Lady’s expression was stern, with a warning look that made clear the mother’s authority.

He Yihui ultimately pressed the answer button.

The person on the other end of the line seemed to be in a rather unpleasant mood too, judging from the tone of voice full of accusations.

Trouble comes without warning.

Anybody who suddenly became the male lead in a citywide scandal would hardly be pleased.

"Miss He, shouldn’t you explain this to me?"

Jiang Chen, who saw himself as a gentleman, could no longer maintain his composure; his deep voice flowed through the wireless waves.