Chapter 297: Chapter 297: Jiang Chaoyuan’s Dad: The Child is Still Full of Life

“I… I don’t know, you’re being too sudden,” Meng Jiahe stammered, feeling as if her heartbeat had amplified several times, thumping loudly.

She had imagined countless possibilities for a future partner, like Sang Qingran with his refreshing and clear aura, or perhaps Chen Ling with his warm and considerate demeanor, but she had never considered it would be someone like Shangguan Yuan…

“I understand, you’re declining,” Shangguan Yuan said with a bitter smile, as he started to walk away.

Meng Jiahe reached out and grabbed his wrist, blurting out, “No, I didn’t mean to refuse, I just can’t understand why you would like me.”

“So, does that mean you agree?” Shangguan Yuan looked at the fingers holding his arm, ecstatic beyond measure.

Having spent so much time with her, he roughly knew Ah He’s character; if she didn’t want to agree to something, she would directly refuse, and if she didn’t refuse, then that meant…

“You’re so annoying, don’t ask anymore, I’m not cooking today, let’s order takeout,” said Meng Jiahe, her face flushed with embarrassment from his straightforward words, as she let go and started walking ahead.

Shangguan Yuan laughed out loud and with long strides, quickly caught up, “Fine, I’ll place the order, then are we considering ourselves in a confirmed relationship now?”

“Um…” Meng Jiahe’s voice was so soft she could barely hear herself, and she almost didn’t dare to look back at the man behind her.

How should she put it… This was probably the first time she had been confessed to, approached proactively. A main reason she had remained single from birth was that her luck with the opposite sex had been pretty bad from her childhood to now.

Meng Jiahe automatically ruled out the confessions from the three Sang brothers; it was because of Qiaoqiao, not because they were attracted to her.

Shangguan Yuan’s lips kept tilting upwards, knowing that Meng Jiahe was thin-skinned, he refrained from saying anything that would make her shy.

Rose Entertainment’s overnight public relations effort and Jiang Chaoyuan’s clarification did not bring about a good effect, instead, the netizens cursed even more fiercely.

[Anyone with brains can see that Jiang Chaoyuan must be threatened, no matter how happy and unaffected he appears online, it’s all just for show.]

[+1+1, nobody likes being schooled by their own boss with a feather duster.]

[To be honest, I’m really disappointed with Sang Qiao, I feel like ever since she finished that romance show, her airs have grown bigger, her fans miss her so much, and she doesn’t even post photos or updates, it’s like she doesn’t see her fans at all…]

[She’s the Young Madam Si now~ and she’s not acting anymore, probably doesn’t want us fans anymore.]

[…I’m speechless with you people who only target Sang Qiao, why don’t you talk about Mr. Si? Does he have more fans, or does he post more than Sang Qiao?]

[But Mr. Si doesn’t usually post on social media, you know, Sang Qiao used to be active all the time when she had no popularity, she only deleted her account after retiring.]

Looking at the heated comments, the middle-aged lady was still in the office late at night, overwhelmed.

She had underestimated the fighting power of these netizens, so she decided to give up for now, go home to sleep, and plan to discuss other strategies with Sister Qiao the next day.

The next day, dawn broke.

The middle-aged lady arrived at the office early, not having had the chance to report yesterday’s events.

Meng Jiahe patted her on the shoulder and praised, “Not bad, I didn’t expect you to be so clever, to know that to handle such netizens you had to have the person’s father step forward.”

Sang Qiao, browsing the trending search, couldn’t help but exclaim, That’s a real dad!

The middle-aged lady was dumbfounded, she took out her phone and began looking at the trending topics, and the first one was actually posted by Mr. Jiang!

President of Jiang Group – Jiang Chaoyuan: [After my child came back, we checked and he’s bouncing around totally uninjured, everyone can rest assured, and please believe in Sang Qiao, she’s just a young girl the same age as my son, using a feather duster was just a joke, let’s not blow things out of proportion.]

“The saga of Jiang Chaoyuan being lectured with a duster by Sang Qiao continues, and now Jiang Chaoyuan’s dad has stepped in, even using his verified account haha.”

“Jumping around like a kid, what is this ‘Ghost’ hahaha, Mr. Jiang really cracks me up.”

“That’s right, after all, he’s the first dad who wants his son to come back and inherit the property, worried sick that his son might bankrupt the company, I’m dying of laughter.”

“I could tell it was just a trivial matter, I really don’t know what some people are thinking, blowing things way out of proportion when even the person involved doesn’t think it’s a big deal.”

The middle-aged lady: “…!” She had never expected that the issue that gave her a headache all night would be resolved so effortlessly.

Mr. Jiang, at his age, still so funny and even capturing the hearts of so many netizens, truly rare.

“Actually, I didn’t contact President Jiang, I have no idea why he would come out to speak, our PR department’s strategy yesterday wasn’t very successful, we got an even worse mouthful from the netizens just after we released it.”

“No worries, now that it’s solved, that’s good. You had it tough yesterday.” Meng Jiahe tried to hold back her laughter while comforting.

Jiang Chaoyuan’s dad is really going to be the death of me with laughter, I’ve already followed him manually.

“Alright then, Sister Qiao, Sister Ah He, I’ll head to work now.”

“Mhm.”

After the middle-aged lady left, Meng Jiahe held her phone, which was still playing.

“Qiaoqiao, your duster was still useful. Look at Jiang Chaoyuan today, so earnest and hardworking. I always feel that Chen Ling is a bit odd today, it’s not because of hemorrhoids hurting, is it?”

Sang Qiao: “…”

She also leaned over and noticed that indeed, Chen Ling’s performance wasn’t great today, his legs were weak as if lacking strength, and his face was very pale.

“The position debuts today, ah, I’m a bit worried about Chen Ling’s performance.”

Meng Jiahe mumbled to herself, minimized the variety show, opened Baidu, and directly searched: What to do if hemorrhoids hurt?

Sang Qiao saw these words and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Even if you got an answer, what could you do about it?”

“! Oh right, I don’t even know him; if I abruptly knew about his hemorrhoids, won’t he think I’m some kind of sasaeng fan?” Meng Jiahe had an epiphany.

She stared at Sang Qiao with a troubled frown, then her eyes brightened, and her gaze towards Qiaoqiao suddenly filled with pleading.

“…Aren’t you busy with work?” Sang Qiao quietly shifted her gaze, probably guessing Ah He’s thoughts.

“Qiaoqiao, please help out Brother Chen Ling. He’s so pitiful, with his performance today, he definitely won’t score high, and if he does poorly again tomorrow, he might not even secure a top three spot. Although I would love for Brother Chaoyuan to have the center position, we are not the type to take advantage of others, right?”

Meng Jiahe looped her arm through Sang Qiao’s, her voice brimming with beseeching, only if she had a legitimate reason to know Chen Ling and knew a method to deal with his hemorrhoids.

She would certainly take action herself!

“That’s not good, by meddling in such a private matter, it’ll seem like I care too much about him.”

Sang Qiao quietly pulled away from the hand clinging to her arm, slightly heartless.

“It’s just hemorrhoids, nothing surprising, very common!” Meng Jiahe was trying hard to express her urgency, and because they were in the office, she didn’t even try to lower her voice.

Shangguan Yuan, who happened to be outside the door knocking, heard this and was instantly taken aback.

Hemorrhoids?

Did Ah He get hemorrhoids?