I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: The Wedding Date with Chu Yan Has Been Moved Up

Chu Yan, sitting in the car, wanted to contact Bo Fan and ask for an explanation when she realized her phone had been smashed by her.

Chu Yan sat in the back of the car, unable to feel any warmth in her hands.

Upon entering Chu’s Mansion, Chu Yan saw Bo Fan’s parents and Bao Yan, but Bo Fan was not there.

Seeing Chu Yan come inside, Madame Bo hurried forward, “Yanyan, Bo Fan must have been set up by that cheap slut Chao Qing. There will only be one Mrs. Bo, and that is you. An actress like Chao Qing does not deserve to step through the gates of the Bo Family.”

Yang Ying’s face darkened, “Mrs. Bo, let’s call off this marriage!”

Yang Ying turned to Chu Yan, “Bo Fan has gone too far! Yanyan’s wedding is only three months away, and Bo Fan’s affair has become public knowledge. Our Chu Family will not marry our daughter to Bo Fan.”

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Hearing this, Chu Yan tightly gripped the hem of her dress.

If she does not marry Bo Fan, whom can she marry?

Huo Shiyuan? The Huo Family’s threshold was something Chu Yan dared not even consider.

Chairman Bo said, “Bo Fan is just young and greedy. There aren’t many men in this circle who haven’t made such mistakes. Maybe Bo Fan has been under too much pressure these days. His feelings for Yanyan are genuine.”

Mrs. Bo also followed up, “Yes, this might be because Bo Fan got drunk and was set up by that actress. You can’t cancel the engagement now.”

Yang Ying only looked towards Chu Yan, “Yanyan, you decide, do you want to cancel the engagement or continue to marry Bo Fan?”

Chu Yan stood still, “I, I, I don’t know, mom, I need to go back to my room and calm down.”

Yang Ying wanted to say something, but Chu Qing told her, “After such a big incident, let her calm down.”

Back in her room, Chu Yan took a tablet from the bedside table and clicked on the trending topics on Weibo.

The keyword “Chao Qing mistress” had exploded, and Fanyan Entertainment had no response.

Chu Yan saw that the comments from paid trolls under her Weibo, praising her beauty and kindness, had dwindled. A string of comments now shaded her with images of green leaves.

Scrolling down, comments that weren’t green leaf emojis were willow branch emojis.

In between were several top-liked comments calling her out for giving the Yuan Family money as a faux rich girl.

Chu Yan couldn’t believe it. The netizens weren’t berating Yuan Xi for being unfilial; they were criticizing her for being a fake rich girl?

Chu Yan clicked on Yuan Jiao’s Weibo, wanting to see how harshly Yuan Jiao was being criticized in the comments.

But upon checking, she found the comments under Yuan Jiao were all sympathizing with Yuan Xi, berating Yuan Jiao’s family for their insatiable greed.

While Chu Yan was browsing, she discovered Yuan Jiao had deactivated her account. She tried to click on the Weibo and Douyin accounts of Yuan Jiao’s family, and they were all deactivated too.

Clearly, they had been scared off by netizen backlash.

Chu Yan had given the Yuan Family ten million, hoping to completely ruin Yuan Xi’s reputation in the circle with that money and earn herself a good name.

But who could have expected this turn of events?

Were these netizens blind? Yuan Xi was so unfilial, yet the netizens turned to criticize the Yuan Family?

Chu Yan clicked on Yuan Xi’s Weibo. Yuan Xi had posted a new video of a green grassland, where a little boy was learning to ride a horse.

Gu Hanchen’s number one hater: Haha, what goes around comes around, this grassland is really green!

Has Mi Chen gone bankrupt yet: That retribution came quickly, nice green grass.

Did Chao Qing leave the circle today: The grass is indeed very green, way too green.

Jiangcheng Eye Hospital: Everyone hurry over to Chu Yan’s comment section, it’s great for your eyes!

Chu Yan was so angry she smashed the tablet in her hand!

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On the grass next to Ruohu Mansion.

Xiao Shihuo was riding a small horse, being taught by a coach.

Yuan Xi did post on Weibo, indeed to indirectly mock Chu Yan. Although Chu Yan was also a victim in Bo Fan’s infidelity, this retribution still gave Yuan Xi some inward delight.

Huo Shiyuan approached Yuan Xi, “Do you want to ride a horse?”

Yuan Xi nodded, “I haven’t ridden a horse before, but now I’m pregnant and can’t ride one. Maybe another time.”

Huo Shiyuan replied, “Okay.”

After Xiao Shihuo finished his riding lesson, he hurriedly complained of smelling and wanting to take a bath.

Back in the house, Huo Shiyuan found an unfinished cup of coffee on the balcony that hadn’t yet been cleared by the housekeeper, and he turned to Yuan Xi, “Drinking coffee again?”

Yuan Xi said helplessly, “Quitting coffee is too hard, but I’ll make sure I don’t overdo it with caffeine.”

Huo Shiyuan didn’t say much, “If you can quit, then quit it.”

Yuan Xi: “Yeah.”

Yuan Xi received a live stream share from Chen Yuan on her phone, and when she clicked in, she saw the paparazzi who had snapped Bo Fan live streaming.

“Chao Qing and Bo Fan have been together for at least three years now. In these years, Fanyan has obviously been promoting Chao Qing.”

“Every time Chao Qing attends an event, she’s in a haute couture gown, which, with her status, she isn’t qualified to borrow. Bo Fan’s pampering of her is clear.”

“Why would you expose it today? As paparazzi, we have a conscience too. We can’t stand some pretending gold diggers bullying others. We’re loyal players of ‘Forest Pursuit’. I wonder if Yuan Xi can gift us the full set of skins for ‘Forest Pursuit’?”

Yuan Xi clearly knew that the paparazzi chose today to expose the news, definitely not out of a real desire to stand up for her.

Yuan Xi looked at Huo Shiyuan, “Did you do this?”

Huo Shiyuan nodded, “At lunch today with Si Chen, we saw the news about you trending; originally we wanted to expose the Bo Family’s liquidity problems, but that wouldn’t have a big impact.”

“Si Chen said he knows a paparazzo who had this huge story that was previously suppressed by Bo Fan with money. Si Chen paid ten times the price to buy this information and expose it.”

Yuan Xi sighed, “You never truly know someone’s character. I used to think Bo Fan truly loved Chu Yan, and besides their arranged marriage, they also shared deep feelings.” @@novelbin@@

When Yuan Xi accompanied Gu Hanchen to socialize with Bo Fan, every move Bo Fan made seemed to show his care for Chu Yan.

Bo Fan used to smoke, but he quit because of Chu Yan.

Gu Hanchen even teased Bo Fan about being so henpecked as the son-in-law of the Chu Family that he couldn’t even smoke.

Bo Fan told Gu Hanchen that being henpecked was a privilege he accepted without argument, assuming the perfect loving husband persona.

Back then, Yuan Xi really thought Bo Fan was whipped.

Huo Shiyuan scoffed with sarcasm, “Where does true love come in a marriage for business?”

On reflection, Yuan Xi agreed, someone like Bo Fan with his status would, of course, have his eyes on other prospects while enjoying what’s in his bowl.

In the circles of Jiang City, there were plenty of similar marriages of convenience where each had their own side relationships—it’s just that Bo Fan had previously played the part of a man in true love, which was indeed lamentable.

But on further thought, she had no right to lament over it.

Wasn’t she also just someone else’s substitute?

Yuan Xi looked up at Huo Shiyuan, “Shiyan, if one day you want to have someone else, just tell me and divorce me first.”

“I don’t want to be like Chu Yan, finding out you’ve been unfaithful only when netizens start leaving comments about putting green hats on me…”

Huo Shiyuan looked down at Yuan Xi, “I would never cheat.”

Yuan Xi just smiled lightly, “The world is unpredictable, are you so sure?”

Huo Shiyuan tightly held Yuan Xi’s hand, “I’m sure, in this lifetime, I will have only you.”

He had been sure of this from a very young age.

Yuan Xi: “A lifetime is very long, aren’t you afraid of being proven wrong?”

Huo Shiyuan laughed softly, “I won’t slap my own face.”

Yuan Xi didn’t care too much, after all, their marriage was one of convenience to legitimate a child, without any real emotion.

If Huo Shiyuan did have another woman, she would be able to choose divorce without any regret.

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The Bo Family.

Father Bo returned home and saw Bo Fan in the living room. In a fit of anger, he slapped Bo Fan’s face.

“Today, the stock price of Fanyan plummeted like a waterfall. You’d better go and coax Chu Yan.”

After Bo Fan’s affair was exposed, Chao Qing was undoubtedly cast in a bad light, and her acting career was ruined.

With Fanyan’s most promising actress ruined, the stock price tumbled down, adding insult to the Bo Family’s injury!

Bo Fan replied, “Alright.”

Father Bo angrily said, “Your wedding with Chu Yan is also going to be moved up. Advancing the wedding date can minimize the impact of your affair and we can also swiftly get Chu Yan’s dowry!”

Bo Fan agreed; today’s incident had only worsened the already gaping holes in the Bo Family’s finances.

Indeed, they could only rely on Chu Yan’s dowry to fill the gap.