About half an hour after the news was broadcast, Yan Zhen logged into his social media account, which he had registered but rarely used, and published a long article of a full two thousand words on it.
In the first half of the article, he calmly recounted in detail what Yuan Yare had done to Yuan Xi out of jealousy after returning to the Yuan family. This included her conspiring with Ji Xinyue to frame Yuan Xi in order to snatch him away from Yuan Xi, slandering Yuan Xi's reputation, and tricking him into marriage.
In the middle part of the article, he exposed all of Yuan Yare's evil deeds after her true face was revealed. She had hired killers to plot against Yan Yincheng, silenced Ji Xinyue, and even tried to "poison" him.
In the latter part of the article, he announced that he had divorced Yuan Yare and decided to sue Yuan's father, Yuan's mother, and Yuan Yare in court. He vowed to hold the Yuan family accountable for the rest of his life.
Out of a desire to protect, just like Yan Yincheng, he also concealed the fact that Yuan Xi had actually been set up and defiled in the article, implying that all those photos were deliberately forged.
As soon as this article was published, major media in Fengcheng immediately flocked to it. They reprinted and edited it into the top news story, spreading it to every corner of Fengcheng.
The official account of the Yan Group then stepped forward and issued a personnel order.
— From this moment on, Yan Zhen resigns from his position as the deputy general manager of the Yan Group and completely severs his ties with the Yan Group. The conflicts between Yan Zhen and the Yuan family will be resolved by them personally. No matter what actions Yan Zhen takes against the Yuan family in the future, whether radical or moderate, they are his personal actions and have nothing to do with the Yan Group.
As a result, for a while, all the public opinion converged on Yan Zhen.
A large number of netizens flocked to his account. Some of them launched a fierce verbal attack on him, saying that although Yuan Yare was a despicable person who had snatched him away from Yuan Xi through a scheme, in the final analysis, it was because he was stupid and promiscuous that he had fallen into the trap. They hoped that he would not harm other girls in the future.
Some demanded that he must never let the crazy trio of the Yuan family go and must keep them in prison for the rest of their lives.
There were also some fans of the Yan Yincheng and Xu Zixi CP who issued a warning to him, telling him that he must never go back to his ex - wife and must not destroy the relationship between his uncle and aunt. Otherwise, they would go to his house and throw rotten eggs at him!
Yes! Overnight, Yan Yincheng and Xu Zixi had a lot of enthusiastic CP fans!
...
The chain reaction of the arrest of the three members of the Yuan family was not limited to this.
Reputation and public praise directly affected economic interests.
The Yan Group was relatively lucky. After all, Yan Zhen was the victim. He had also taken the initiative to expose the inside story on the Internet and publicly stated that he would hold the Yuan family accountable at the cost of leaving the Yan Group. Therefore, the stock of the Yan Group only fell for less than two hours before climbing back up, and it did not suffer much loss.
In contrast, the Yuan family was in a sorry state.
Needless to say about the stock. In just six short hours, the market value evaporated by 10 billion!
More importantly, after the Yan Group made its stance clear, the Yuan family was completely isolated in Fengcheng.
Partners and suppliers either terminated their contracts or withdrew their investments. The direct and indirect losses almost pushed the Yuan family to the brink of bankruptcy, just like the Ji family.
In the end, only some foreign companies that were unaware of the situation still maintained cooperation with them, barely keeping the Yuan family afloat.
However, due to this incident, the Yuan family completely dropped out of the list of the top 100 enterprises in Fengcheng in one day and was no longer a force to be reckoned with.
Even the Xu family in Xingcheng was affected.
Wherever the parents of the Xu family went, they were pointed at and gossiped about. They were even fired from their jobs.
— Yuan Yare had grown up with Father Xu and Mother Xu for the first eighteen years of her life. Her actions must be related to the Xu family's education! Raising a daughter who was a murderer meant that their family background was not clean!
Father Xu and Mother Xu had no way to defend themselves, so they had to announce that Yuan Yare was no longer their daughter and that her actions had nothing to do with them!
But did anyone believe them?
No.
Because just one day before the incident, they were still boasting that their adopted daughter had married into a top - tier wealthy family in Fengcheng.
Now their faces were swollen from the slaps!
Passing by the closed gate of the Xu family, a neighbor spat and cursed:
"Pah! A wealthy family? What a bunch of trash!"
...
While there was a huge uproar outside, in the once - bustling newly - wed villa.
All the red double happiness characters pasted on the door, the lanterns and red ribbons hanging on both sides of the gate, as well as all kinds of decorations inside the house that were used to create a festive atmosphere, were now all removed and piled up in the courtyard together with the belongings of the former "mistress".
Yan Zhen lit a match and threw it forward expressionlessly. A huge fire shot up into the sky, and the flames slowly devoured those "waste items". He just stood there watching, until those things were burned to black ashes, leaving no trace.
He knew that even if he destroyed these things, he could not erase all the mistakes he had made, nor could he soothe all the pain he had caused.
But some things had to be done.
"Master, I've made an appointment for you with the best lawyer in Fengcheng. The lawyer said he will be available tomorrow afternoon and can meet with you to discuss the details." Liang Zuo walked in from outside and said to Yan Zhen.
"Okay." Yan Zhen replied, and his previously somewhat dejected eyes instantly turned icy cold.
Yuan Yare, do you think that getting arrested and receiving legal sanctions is the result I want?
No, this is not the end but the beginning.
I will make you, the Yuan family behind you, and your adoptive parents pay the price for the rest of your lives!
I have a lifetime to play this game with you!
...
After dinner at "Poetic Flavor", Xu Zixi walked Yan Yincheng downstairs. When they were about to part ways, she couldn't help but hold Yan Yincheng's hand and whispered, "Brother Cheng, what happened to Aunt Xie in her previous life?"
Xie Shi always talked about her own end, which made Xu Zixi a little curious.
But in what she knew, she only knew that the two babies would become villains in the future. Xie Shi's name had never appeared. So she had to ask Yan Yincheng, who had lived through that life.
Xie Shi in her previous life? Yan Yincheng recalled and said with a touch of sadness:
"I remember that at that time, she was already seventy years old. She was participating in a culinary exchange conference in the country. She suddenly fainted at the conference site. After being sent to the hospital for an examination, it was found that there was a tumor in her body, and it was already in the middle - to - late stage. Only by having an operation to remove the tumor could her survival rate be improved.
"But you know, having an operation requires the signature of a family member. And Aunt Xie had been dedicated to researching cuisine all her life and never got married, so she had no family members. Therefore, she decided on conservative treatment and lived with the tumor. About half a year later, the cancer cells in her body spread, and she entered the late stage. When her life was coming to an end, she arranged her affairs and moved to her favorite island. She passed away in the midst of the blue sea and sky."
Xu Zixi couldn't help but tighten her grip on Yan Yincheng's hand and murmured:
"It's such a pity."
Xie Shi in her previous life had died alone, with no relatives by her side. It was really heart - wrenching. Maybe Xie Shi herself didn't care about having someone to take care of her in her old age, but if she had had more people to care about, maybe she wouldn't have left so lonely.
Fortunately, now Xie Shi had her as a "god - daughter", and there were no problems with her health yet. There was still time.
While Xu Zixi was in a daze, Yan Yincheng hooked her waist and pulled her into his arms. He asked aggrievedly:
"Zixi, are you really willing to let me spend the night alone in the hospital?"