Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1000: On the Art of Tea

Tang Li didn’t nod to agree, she just unlocked her cellphone to check the time, "It’s already seven thirty, I have two major scenes to shoot this morning."

In the past, whether Tang Li was free or not, Jiang Yuan had to ’invite’ her to the hospital.

But now, things are different.

Lai Wenyan didn’t hide the news of Tang Li’s engagement from this capable assistant.

Even if the marriage doesn’t happen in the end, it’s currently Tang Li’s biggest leverage. Jiang Yuan isn’t foolish, so he naturally wouldn’t dare to offend her without reason. Picking up on Tang Li’s implication, he found a way out himself: "If that’s the case, I’ll go to the set at noon to get you."

In the dining room, a servant had already brought breakfast.

Just as Tang Li sat down, she seemed to remember something and stopped Jiang Yuan who was about to leave: "Uncle Jiang, those netizens who posted slander against my father, is my father planning to sue them?"

Jiang Yuan had browsed through quite a bit of negative information about Lai Wenyan on Douban and Weibo.

Initially, the office planned to handle this, investing a significant amount of money, and many posts were deleted, but it also caused a backlash, making it constantly appear in trending searches.

Before this matter could be resolved, the antiques issue surfaced with significant flaws.

Now, Lai Wenyan can hardly attend to everything.

To hire a lawyer to sue those keyboard warriors, energy was also needed.

In fact, he’s constantly being attacked, either in the hospital or on the way to it; even an iron body can’t withstand such torment.

Regarding the online comments, aside from lying down and letting them mock, there’s currently no better solution.

In Lai Wenyan’s own words, we’ll deal with those grasshoppers later!

"I just feel that most of those making comments online are still students." Tang Li continued, "To deal with them, sending one lawyer’s letter would be sufficient; suing them one by one in court, the compensation might not even cover the legal fees, especially with someone like Lawyer Zeng, inevitably it’s a bit of a waste of talent."

"Lawyer Zeng?" After the online drama erupted, the councilman’s office had consulted with lawyers, arranged by Jiang Yuan, and none were named Zeng.

Tang Li’s expression paused: "Isn’t my father hiring Lawyer Zeng Fan to handle the lawsuit?"

As an assistant to the councilman, Jiang Yuan certainly recognized this figure, Zeng Fan.

This person was quite renowned in the capital’s legal circle.

Before Jiang Yuan could answer, Tang Li found the answer in his expression: "I might have misunderstood, yesterday Jingtian invited me to the cat cafe to get a dog, coincidentally I saw Aunt Qian meet Lawyer Zeng in a cafe with Yuanyuan, so I assumed it was about my father’s matter."

"The Madam probably consulted with Lawyer Zeng about it."

Jiang Yuan’s words brought a nod from Tang Li: "I feel the same way, otherwise, she wouldn’t have brought Yuanyuan."

After the villa door shut, Tang Li no longer maintained the smile on her lips.

This family falling apart is only a matter of time.

What she’s doing now is merely accelerating the process.

What needed to be hinted has been hinted, whether Jiang Yuan would report to Lai Wenyan is another matter.

When Tang Li headed to the set, Jiang Yuan also returned to the hospital.

In the ward, Ouyang Qian hadn’t left yet, sitting on the sofa watching the nurse clean up Lai Wenyan’s leftover breakfast. Seeing Jiang Yuan return alone, and hearing him say Tang Li was busy in the morning, she sneered, "I think she guessed what they were going to do at the hospital, so she quickly slipped away."

As expected, Lai Wenyan’s expression turned more unpleasant.

Ouyang Qian stood up: "Since the doctor says there’s no major issue, I’ll head back first."

Saying this, without waiting for Lai Wenyan’s reaction, she walked away.

Returning from Sea City this time, Jiang Yuan clearly sensed that the relationship between the councilman and his spouse was deteriorating; previously, when the councilman’s affair with a college student was exposed, there was a huge row from the wife, even leading to a miscarriage, yet the attitude was never as cold as now.

But it’s not his place as an employee to intervene in his employer’s family affairs.

After dismissing the nurse, Lai Wenyan asked Jiang Yuan: "Director Zhang, any news from that side?"

Zhang Guojiang was the director of the Capital City Public Security Bureau.

"Public security released an announcement about lost and found items." Lai Wenyan had an abrupt poisoning last night, didn’t bring his cellphone to the hospital, so all the news was probed by Jiang Yuan: "I didn’t call Director Zhang, fearing he might suspect something, went through Sun Hong; according to him, if no one claims within a week, those antiques will be donated to the Capital Museum." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Thinking about how he could still see those antiques in the museum in the future, Lai Wenyan felt his heart was utterly resigned but could only accept it.

What else could he do?

If he dared to claim them at the public security bureau, he’d end up wearing silver handcuffs!

Regarding the one billion, Lai Wenyan hadn’t kept it from Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan knew it was due to his own inefficiency leading to this tricky situation, handed a cup to Lai Wenyan while explaining, "Mrs. stopped me earlier, in fact, I’d already arranged with Miss Tang, she’d come to the hospital after finishing shooting at noon."

At this statement, Lai Wenyan’s expression slightly improved: "She still remembers me as her father!"

"Just fear Miss Tang might not be able to come up with that much money."

This point wasn’t lost on Lai Wenyan.

If there were other ways, he wouldn’t expect this from his daughter.

"At that time, let her sign up for more variety shows." Lai Wenyan voiced his plan, "Or shoot more movies; in this family, she’s the only one who can contribute to these matters."

Jiang Yuan seemed to hear that indeed, Lai Wenyan and Ouyang Qian had some conflict.

One billion might be quite substantial, but as chairman of Tianyi, Ouyang Qian surely had means to raise the money.

Years ago, when his own son studied abroad, Ouyang Qian had helped, naturally Jiang Yuan wouldn’t kick her when she’s down, and particularly mentioned a few words: "The Madam also cares about you a lot, while you were being attacked online, she went with Miss Yuanyuan to see Zeng Fan, presumably planning to sue those slanderous netizens."

However, these words didn’t bring comfort.

Originally sipping water, Lai Wenyan abruptly raised his head to stare at him: "You said she went to see Zeng Fan?"

Having served beside Lai Wenyan for over ten years, Jiang Yuan had long understood Lai Wenyan’s temperament, so facing his eyes, he realized maybe it’s not how he thought it was.

As soon as Tang Li finished the shoot, she saw Jiang Yuan outside the dressing room.

Having promised to meet Lai Wenyan, Tang Li didn’t intentionally delay, she removed her makeup, changed clothes, and got in the car to the hospital.

Once inside the ward, Lai Wenyan’s probing question came over: "Did you encounter Aunt Qian and Yuanyuan meeting Lawyer Zeng in the west city yesterday?"

It seems Jiang Yuan reported everything he should.

Tang Li curled her lips subtly, "I indeed came across them." Saying this, she sat in the chair beside the bed, picked up a fruit knife, and while peeling an apple, she continued: "It was at the Other Shore Cafe, at the time Song Jingtian was also there, if it weren’t for him noticing sharply, I wouldn’t have spotted Aunt Qian and them. Lawyer Zeng left with a file bag, which should be printed documents of the online posts collected by Aunt Qian."

After finishing this sentence, she also handed the peeled apple to Lai Wenyan.

"Did dad bring this up because Aunt Qian saw me too?"