Chapter 1648 - 1326: The Tower About to Fall

Chapter 1648: Chapter 1326: The Tower About to Fall

But Li Guirong, in the end, listened to Shi Yuanbo’s words and didn’t reveal a single word about Shi Tianchao’s background.

It wasn’t that she trusted Shi Yuanbo so much, but at that time, she had no other choice but to trust him.

Li Guirong’s revelations made Xu Hua, Old Sir Xu, Xu Hua, Shi Yuanbo, and Shi Nuan hot topics among the people of T City once again.

Due to the deliberate guidance of public opinion, people’s attitude towards Xu Hua’s daughter, Old Sir Xu’s granddaughter Shi Nuan, shifted from the cold mockery of the past to sympathy and pity.

Back then, as Old Sir Xu’s eldest daughter, Xu Hua was a goddess in the hearts of many men, with her elegant and refined appearance and a calm temperament like a chrysanthemum.

Yet she married Shi Yuanbo, who was just an ordinary employee at the time.

To end up with such a fate, how can it not be considered bleak?

And when Xu Hua passed away, Shi Nuan was only eleven years old, barely a primary school student, suddenly facing the loss of her mother as her father married the murderer of her mother.

How can such a background not be considered pitiful?

The series of comments online rapidly shifted, and those who initially disregarded Shen Zui’s press conference to clarify began to sympathize with Shi Nuan.

Some even started cursing the journalists who reported on the matter back then, saying that they indiscriminately criticized others and essentially committed defamation and should be condemned and publicly apologize to Shi Nuan.

Some media platforms that previously issued apology statements secretly felt fortunate, while others, hearing this, quickly began to issue apology statements as well.

Some people even organized small groups to go to Anshan to mourn and apologize at Xu Hua’s and Old Sir Xu’s graves.

Shi Nuan wasn’t overly concerned with all this from the outside world, as she was focused in Huang Shihui’s study, engrossed in those English economic books, sometimes oblivious even at meal times.

Huang Shihui watched, quite gratified, thinking that if Old Master Xu had lived a few more years to personally nurture and educate Shi Nuan, she definitely could have taken over the Xu Family, and the Xu Family wouldn’t have disappeared from T City’s business scene so quickly.

Huang Shihui was aware of all the outside events, and one evening during dinner, he informed Shi Nuan.

Shi Nuan paused upon hearing it, merely responding with a faint "oh" and nothing more.

Huang Shihui looked at her and asked, "What? Now that the situation has turned around, your innocence is essentially cleared. Aren’t you happy?"

"Happy..." Shi Nuan said, "Of course I’m happy, um, I’m very happy!"

Huang Shihui frowned, shook his head, and said, "No, you’re not happy, or rather, you don’t really care much about everything outside, because you’ve lost what you least wanted to lose, left what you least wanted to leave, and those are the true driving forces for your future, right?"

Shi Nuan didn’t know what to say.

Huang Shihui sighed and said, "Actually, Nuannuan, the situation has changed now. I think you can find him, sit down, and have a good talk, maybe..."

"Grandpa Huang..." Shi Nuan called out, "There’s no need, it’s useless. The conflict between him and me isn’t just what’s seen on the surface!"

Huang Shihui looked at Shi Nuan, feeling both heartache and at a loss for words.

...

In the past few days, apart from work, Song Yansheng stayed either at the Nuan Residence or the Song Family Mansion.

This was three days after Li Guirong’s confession, and as Song Yansheng was dining at the mansion, a maid came to the dining room to inform him.

There was a call from the Song Mansion—Aunt Hui had resigned.

Song Yansheng didn’t say a word upon hearing it and continued his meal.

After the meal, he went straight upstairs to accompany Yu Yao, who had been in a coma for almost a week without waking up.

This made Song Yansheng somewhat worried because his father, once he fell into a coma, remained so for nearly sixteen years.

He didn’t want the same for his mother.

Xu Ling reassured him, saying that Yu Yao was simply too depressed and reluctant to face reality, which was why she hadn’t woken up.

But she could avoid it for a while, not forever, and should wake up soon.

Song Yansheng had indeed been too exhausted these past few days, and Qiao Yichi advised him to stay at the mansion to both accompany Yu Yao and rest.

But Song Yansheng refused, for he naturally needed to work and also accompany his mother.

Besides, there was one more thing he needed to do.

That was regarding the Song Family and Song Zhongming.

Li Guirong’s revelations helped clear the slander against Shi Nuan but also dragged Song Zhongming down.

There was a time when Song Zhongming was also deeply involved in rumors, but Song Yansheng chose to let him go.

Now, Song Yansheng was burning with anger, and this time, he naturally wouldn’t let Song Zhongming off.