Sensing Meng Nianchu's gaze, Meng Rong instinctively turned around to leave.
However, Meng Nianchu broke free from Mu Junze's embrace and grabbed her arm.
"Let go of me!" Concerned about the large number of people around, Meng Rong didn't dare to raise her voice too much. She just struggled hard to shake off Meng Nianchu's hand.
As she exerted force, Meng Nianchu tightened her grip. Narrowing her cold eyes slightly, she angrily asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Let go!"
People around had already turned to look at the commotion.
Seeing Meng Rong, who was dressed in a way to cover herself up, Father Meng frowned.
Just then, the ambulance arrived. Two doctors carefully moved Wang Long onto the stretcher, and then the ambulance sped away.
Meng Rong hung her head, looking a bit guilty.
Meng Nianchu let go of her hand, then firmly grasped her chin and suddenly tore off the mask on Meng Rong's face.
Her face wrapped in thick bandages was exposed to everyone.
Those standing at the coffee - shop entrance were stunned for a moment when they saw Meng Rong. Then a young girl in a spaghetti - strap top shouted, "Isn't this Meng Rong!"
Hearing this, others took a closer look and indeed it was her!
Meng Rong hurriedly covered her face and turned slightly to turn her back to those people. Staring intently at Meng Nianchu with her eyes full of rage, she was just about to say something when the people behind her started to talk:
"What happened to her? What's with the bandages on her face? Is she going to be disfigured?"
"Judging from the situation, the injury must be quite serious. She definitely will be!"
"I never thought she would end up like this."
"Shut up!" Furious, Meng Rong roared. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mu Junze standing beside Meng Nianchu. She forced a smile and said, "Junze."
"There are so many places in Linhai, but you just happen to be here." Meng Nianchu drawled, staring at her coldly.
Meng Rong glared at her and said, "I can go wherever I want. It's none of your business! If I hadn't seen so many people gathered here on my way, I wouldn't have come over! Don't try to pin the blame on me. I don't even know Wang Long!"
Meng Nianchu let out a snort of laughter and said, "I haven't even said anything yet, but you're so eager to defend yourself."
"You!"
Father Meng stepped in front of Meng Rong with a cold face. His deep eyes were fixed firmly on her, exuding a powerful sense of oppression. "What on earth are you doing here?"
Maybe it was because she had always been afraid to defy Father Meng. As soon as she heard his question, she felt nervous. Stuttering, she said, "I, I just wanted to go to Shangting to see how you were, Dad. I was really worried about you."
"Tell the truth!"
The small hand hanging by her leg tightened into a fist. Meng Rong nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the muscles on her face tightened. Then, steeling herself, she looked Father Meng in the eye and explained aggrievedly, "I really just wanted to go to Shangting to see how your health was, Dad. There's no other intention."
"Why do you always believe what Meng Nianchu says and doubt me so much! Wang Long betrayed the Meng family. How could I collude with him! I just saw a lot of people gathered on the road and saw you here, so I got out of the car. It was just a coincidence!"
Her voice choked with sobs, every word firm. Her big, watery eyes were filled with tears, looking extremely pitiful.
Father Meng folded his hands behind his back. His expression remained solemn. He let out a long sigh. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice, "Don't wander around here if there's nothing important. And don't go to Shangting anymore. This is the last time I'm telling you."
"Dad!" Meng Rong cried and grabbed Father Meng's arm. "So much time has passed since then. Why are you still angry with me! There was a misunderstanding about those things. It has nothing to do with me. How many times do I have to say it for you to believe me! Even though I knew you didn't want to see me, I still went to Shangting to see you after I heard you were sick."
"What else do you want me to do!"
After hearing her passionate speech, Meng Nianchu beside her sneered without restraint. "Instead of making these useless explanations here, you'd better think about what you'll do when Wang Long comes to settle the score with you tonight."
Meng Rong's body visibly trembled, and a look of panic flashed across her face. Suppressing her loss of control, Meng Rong glared at Meng Nianchu even more fiercely than before. "Stop scaring people! This has nothing to do with me. Why would he come to me? Stop spreading rumors!"
More and more onlookers gathered around. With the bandages on her face, Meng Rong was even more eye - catching. Seeing people around pointing at her face, and noticing that Mu Junze also looked at her with disgust, she felt inferior and ran off in the opposite direction of Shangting.
Then, Father Meng said:
"I'll go back to the company first. Nianchu, you're pregnant. It's windy outside. Go back quickly."
He gave a tired instruction and then got into his assistant's official car.
Meng Nianchu watched as Father Meng's car gradually disappeared from sight. Her face was gloomy. Then she glanced at the pool of blood in front of the coffee shop and couldn't help but recall the coincidence of Meng Rong's appearance here.
A shadow appeared in the depths of her eyes. She was weighing what to do next and how to find evidence to prove that the plagiarism incident was really related...
Currently, Father Meng was already overwhelmed with the plagiarism issue in the company. Just then, he received news from the hospital that Wang Long had died of excessive blood loss due to the car accident. Since the person responsible had passed away, the company behind Father Meng had to bear the cost.
If they didn't pay, and the other company sued, Father Meng had little chance of winning. It would only cause more trouble.
Having no other choice, Father Meng had to swallow his pride and transfer 35 million US dollars to the account as required by the other side.
Then he issued an apology statement on the public platform, promising that such a thing would never happen again.
After a series of things were done, Tianmin Company finally agreed to stop.
Father Meng could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Just when he thought he could have a few peaceful days, an entertainment blogger on Weibo suddenly posted three photos. One of the protagonists in the photos was his younger daughter, Meng Nianchu. There was also a man whose face wasn't shown lying beside Meng Nianchu. The caption above the photos read:
Meng Nianchu had an affair during marriage and had a wild time in the hotel.
As soon as these three photos were posted on the website, they became extremely popular and topped the Weibo hot - search list. The web pages almost crashed.
Even Mother Meng, who didn't pay much attention to gossip and entertainment, heard about this news.
"Nianchu, quickly take a look at this news. Who's the man lying beside you?" Mother Meng rushed into Meng Nianchu's room in a hurry.
Meng Nianchu had already known about this as soon as the news broke because she had received an inquiry call from Bai Ling.