Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 485

Chapter 485: 485

Old Master Song was quite surprised when he received a call from Song Jinze.

"How come you could call me, young man?"

The old master suddenly remembered the bodyguards around him, realizing it wasn’t strange that he got hold of a cell phone.

With a hint of laughter in his deep voice, Song Jinze said, "Just checking in on you to see if you have had dinner."

"What time do you think it is now?, dinner, if you had called any later, the old man would have woken up after his sleep."

The tone was full of disdain, but the old man was happy inside.

Both understood what the other meant without saying it.

That very day, from afternoon to evening, there were several trending searches, and they were all about negative news concerning Zhenzhen. Secretary Zhang had taken care of the afternoon incident, and by evening, the old master had everything dug out and cleaned up.

Now there was nothing on the internet, as long as it was malicious and negative news targeting Zhenzhen, it either got blocked or the accounts were directly banned.

After a few pleasantries over the phone, Song Jinze suddenly thanked him, "Grandpa, thank you."

Old Master Song’s face bore a smile, but his tone was still proud and petulant, "Thank? If you really want to thank me, let me hold my great-grandson sooner.

There’s another thing, I’m just giving you a heads up, your unreliable dad is going to bring the Lu Family’s girl home for a short stay tomorrow. There are some things Zhenzhen needs to know sooner or later.

After you guys come back, come over and help your mother out, and take care of your own problems."

For several generations, the Song family had been passing down their legacy to only one child. By the time it reached Song Wenbai, Old Master Song felt as if there was a genetic mutation in the Song family — every successor was intelligent and shrewd.

Only Song Wenbai was ordinary and obtuse, with a stubborn personality to boot.

This was also why he retired early and let his son take over.

Old Master Song wasn’t optimistic about him and didn’t have many expectations; he only hoped he wouldn’t cause trouble,

Song Jinze paused, the smile on his handsome face fading in a flash, his attractive eyebrows furrowing slightly as he responded lightly.

"Hmm, I got it. You should rest early."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at the woman sleeping soundly on the bed and a faint smile played at the corners of his mouth.

The person he had set his mind on, no one could change.

...

After Gu Liangjun returned from the village chief’s house, his face had been stern. After turning off all the cameras in the house, he had been sitting in the yard, waiting for the right moment to settle accounts with An Xi.

Not until Gu Xiaoran was fast asleep did he walk to the bed with rage and yanked An Xi out from the covers.

"What the hell are you sleeping for? Get up and make things clear to me first!"

An Xi shook off Gu Liangjun’s grip forcefully, her voice suppressed, "Gu Liangjun, what are you going crazy about? Ranran just fell asleep. Don’t wake him."

Violence was swirling in Gu Liangjun’s eyes as he gritted his teeth and said, "Come outside and talk."

An Xi watched Gu Liangjun’s retreating figure disappear through the doorway, feeling agitated inside. She glanced at her wrist, already marked red by his grip, held back the pain, got out of bed to put on shoes, grabbed a jacket, and went outside.

As soon as the room door closed behind her, her wrist was grabbed forcefully by the man again, and she was yanked forward, instantly falling back onto the cold concrete ground.

"Gu Liangjun, what are you going mad about in the middle of the night?"

Gu Liangjun viciously clamped down on her jaw, "An Xi, come on, make it clear to me, where did you go yesterday afternoon after leaving our son? Where were you for so long today at noon, did you do something behind my back that you shouldn’t have?"

The room outside was pitch black, and the panic flashing in An Xi’s eyes went unnoticed by Gu Liangjun.

Her mind was racing as she wondered if Gu Liangjun had found out anything.

If Gu Liangjun were to know about this matter, given his eagerness to ingratiate himself with Song Jinze, he would definitely not allow her to do this.

But if the plan she had concocted with An Ying succeeded, and it were to be discovered by Song Jinze and Gu Liangjun, then her life in the Gu Family would be far from easy.

The plans she had discussed with An Ying at noon were all overturned in her mind at this moment.

No, she was now a member of the Gu Family. If Ye Zhenzhen were to suffer any consequences and Song Jinze were to investigate, she would have no place in the Gu Family, let alone in the entertainment industry, where she could find safety.

At this moment, her resolve and the subsequent fear both wavered.

"You fucking speak up, don’t think I don’t dare hit you. If you don’t speak, wait until I find out the truth..."

"Husband~"

An Xi suddenly softened her voice.

Sobs echoed through the quiet and dark house.

Gu Liangjun’s expression faltered. An Xi seldom cried in front of him, always maintaining a calm demeanor, swallowing her pride, not quick to lose temper, and dare not speak loudly in his presence.

If this wretched woman hadn’t betrayed him, why would she cry?

"You fucking..."

His grip on the woman’s jaw intensified, "You’d better explain clearly to me, why you suddenly disappeared these past few days, don’t think I’m unaware of what’s on your mind."

He wanted to hear her say it out loud!

Even though he himself had countless women outside that he couldn’t even keep track of, he would never allow An Xi to betray him.

An Xi used her tears to buy herself a slight respite.

Her mind was still rapidly weighing her options, about how she could maximize her benefits once this matter was brought into the open, without implicating herself.

"I was threatened by An Ying..., because of what happened between you and me in the past, she blackmailed me into conspiring with her against Ye Zhenzhen."

In less than a minute’s time, her mind had raced through several possibilities.

In the end, she chose to stand with the Gu Family.

Having endured humiliations for so many years in the Gu Family, to have reached this point today, she couldn’t afford to stand against the Gu Family, harm Ye Zhenzhen, offend Song Jinze, and ultimately implicate the Gu Family.

Most directly, it would affect her own son, Gu Xiaoran.

There was no benefit for her to cooperate with An Ying, and the only thing An Ying could threaten her with was the broken matter between her and Gu Liangjun from years ago. Now that Gu Liangjun was acting this way, she might as well just come clean.

"You should know that what happened back then was your fault first, but she said she has evidence. I didn’t want the Gu Family to fall into such a scandal again, so these past few days, I could only do as she said..."

No matter what her intentions had been in the past, as long as she now stood with the Gu Family and was aligned with Gu Liangjun, she couldn’t easily let go of what she had already obtained.

After hearing An Xi’s words, the hand that Gu Liangjun had clamped on her jaw suddenly loosened, and he asked doubtfully, "You... didn’t cuckold me?"

Hearing Gu Liangjun’s words, An Xi also paused. She slowly raised her eyes, gazing at the man before her in the pitch darkness—an utter disdain for him.

After all this commotion, it turned out she had needlessly confessed!

This fucking idiot Gu Liangjun thought she found someone else like he did?