Chapter 83: Taking Her Down

The next day, wearing the silk scarf Wang Bochuan had sent yesterday, Fan Shengmei, dressed gorgeously, was at her workstation, studying men as usual.

The older sister sitting on the side called out: "Xiao Fan, I sent you a link, it's super gossipy and bloody, hurry up and take a look."

Coming back to her senses and smiling, a pathetic middle-aged woman, all she had was trivial matters all day. Fan Shengmei opened the link the older sister had just sent and looked at it indifferently.

But at this look, Fan Shengmei's eyes widened, and she was shocked. Wasn't that person on the screen Andy? She hurriedly read it from beginning to end. Roughly, it said Andy was a third party, seducing someone else's boyfriend and forcing the man to break up with his woman. At the same time, she was also unclear with other men, driving luxury cars in and out of high-end places, and so on.

Fan Shengmei could understand the terror of online rumors and violence; not to mention anything else, just look at the chattering middle-aged older sister on the side, and the power was evident. She hurriedly found an excuse to leave, found a quiet place, and called Andy.

"Hey, Andy, you've been smeared online."

"Smeared? What do I have to be smeared about?"

"That's right, I risked being discovered by our boss to call you, just because I was afraid you'd suffer a loss without knowing it. You should hurry up and look; it's the post about the returned-overseas beautiful executive pinned to the top of the forum."

Andy operated the computer at hand and found the post to look at it, suddenly realizing: "The photos on this were taken a few days ago; I thought my feeling was wrong, but it turns out it was true." Then she looked at it carefully and smiled disdainfully: "It's completely nonsense; anyway, I haven't done such things, let them say what they want."

Fan Shengmei shook her head, anxious and pacing: "Oh, Andy, you don't know how ruthless these haters are. When they're in front of you, they don't dare to let out a fart, but when they're behind your back, they're more poisonous than anyone, you know? If it continues to spread, when people in your company know, it will ruin your reputation."

"It won't. People who know me understand me; they won't care."

"Of course, people who know you know this is impossible. But those who don't know you might not think so. When you're human-fleshed out and they make up a bunch of things, turning lies into truth, and the whole internet is calling you a third party, it will be a problem whether you can even show your face. Besides, Wang Yan shouldn't know about this yet; have you considered what he will think if he finds out about this?"

Andy smiled: "Based on my understanding of him, he won't care about such trivial matters."

Fan Shengmei shook her head: "Andy, don't be so confident. What if he isn't like that? It would be too big a blow to your relationship."

"If he can't even distinguish these things, then it means we aren't suitable." Andy said seriously. Just then, her assistant notified her of a meeting, so Andy said: "Alright, thank you for your concern. But I can't talk to you anymore, there's a meeting to attend, hanging up." With that, she hung up the phone directly.

Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Fan Shengmei put down the phone helplessly: "The emperor isn't anxious, but the eunuch is." After walking around twice, her eyes turned, and she thought of her boyfriend—who knows which one it was—whom she had forgotten, and called him wanting to find someone to handle things. As a result, he told her to go through the regular procedures; going through the back door was impossible, unless………

Fan Shengmei, who had just returned to the work area, saw the older sister from before shouting: "Little Fan, Little Fan, come and look, the third party from before has been dug out. Graduated from a prestigious university, CFO of Shengxuan Group, the dog man is called Wei Wei... and there's another man with an unclear relationship who runs an internet company and also has quite a bit of wealth... This woman is formidable; not only did she reach the position of CFO at a young age, but she's also a third party to the big boss on one side, and hanging onto other big spenders on the other, and the key is that these two men are both bachelors..."

People watching on the side said: "Not only that, I heard from people at Shengxuan that this woman has an unusual relationship with Tan Zongming; otherwise, how could she climb to that position at such a young age?"

"Oh my, what's so good about this woman? Playing with three men?"

"That's right, that's right, if it weren't for..."

Fan Shengmei didn't listen to their chattering anymore, knowing that the matter had already blown up, so she hurriedly ran out to call Andy again.

Andy had just arrived at the conference room and was about to start the meeting when she saw Fan Shengmei calling again. After thinking for a moment, she signaled to her assistant and went out to answer: "Hey? Sister Fan? It's really fine."

"Andy, listen to me." Fan Shengmei said anxiously: "You've been dug out now, and there's also a guy named Wei Wei, and some information about Wang Yan, but Wang Yan's situation is only briefly mentioned; the main target isn't him, but you and that guy named Wei Wei. Andy, is this Wei Wei the online screen name you told me about? You really should tell Wang Yan now; if you wait for him to find out about this from someone else, it will be a completely different matter, do you know, Andy?"

Andy wasn't a fool, and hearing Fan Shengmei's words, she reacted. Before, they just said she was a third party without specifically saying who, so she could ignore it as completely baseless. Now it was different; they had dug out names, and regardless of whether she and Wei Wei had any messy business, they had communicated for many years, and she had indeed had contact with him, so it was inevitable that Wang Yan would overthink it and think he had been deceived.

After pondering for a long time, with Fan Shengmei on the other side getting anxious, Andy finally opened her mouth and said: "Okay, thank you, Sister Fan. You don't need to worry about the rest; I'll call Wang Yan in a while to explain."

Fan Shengmei was worried: "Sister Andy, what 'in a while'? Do it now, immediately, right now. I'll also help you think of some ways on my side. Alright, that's it, hanging up."

The feeling of being cared for was still good, very human, and Andy smiled and shook her head, operated her phone, and called Wang Yan.

In the company at the Software Park, Wang Yan was working at his desk.

It was less than two months before the New Year, and Wang Yan planned to officially launch it after the New Year. So there were a lot of things during this period, and there were quite a few things that needed his final decision, and with his business ability, he was quite busy.

The phone on the side rang, and Wang Yan glanced at it and answered: "Hey, Andy, what's wrong?" Because Andy didn't call him if there was nothing wrong, he asked this.

"Wang Yan... I want to tell you some things."

"Mm."

"It's like this..." Andy babbled about her past with Wei Wei on the other side of the phone and said: "I don't know why, but someone is posting online to smear me, so I hope you don't overthink it; I didn't deceive you."

"Okay, I know. You don't need to worry about it, just do what you need to do." Wang Yan said forcefully: "Oh, by the way, you should ask Tan Zongming for a leave and just take a day off tomorrow. If nothing goes wrong, it will be resolved in these two days."

"Thank you, Wang Yan. But forget about the leave; I still have to chair a meeting tomorrow."

Wang Yan said: "Okay, up to you. That's it, hanging up."

"Bye."

Hanging up the phone, Wang Yan operated the computer on the side and found the post. If you want to smear someone, there are indeed ways; mix truth and lies together, and then find two people to fan the flames, and a small wind will blow up.

After reading it, Wang Yan tapped on the computer with a clatter and began to lock onto the IP addresses of those fanning the flames.

He remembered this matter; in the drama, Qu Xiaoxiao found Yao Bin to help solve it. He wouldn't comment on the enthusiastic netizens, but he couldn't agree with their handling method.

The matter had blown up quite a bit; recording a video to threaten them and having the woman who caused the trouble post an apology was the end of it? Would it have an effect? Impossible. People would only think, was she forced or threatened, so she had to post an apology? And under this thought, there was no real evidence published. Netizens with hot blood who say no to injustice would definitely be indignant, and the matter would only get bigger and bigger, and it couldn't be suppressed at all.

After some effort, Wang Yan found the information on that A Guan Nan, looked at it twice, picked up his phone, and called Yao Bin. Since he was the one who solved it originally, it wouldn't hurt to have the same person do it again.

The call connected, and Wang Yan said: "Hey, I'm Wang Yan."

Yao Bin, who was lying at home playing deep, said in a low voice: "Brother Wang, what's wrong? What are you looking for me for?"

Wang Yan didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "There's someone called A Guan Nan, they're all second-generation, you should know them, right?"

"A Guan Nan?" Yao Bin muttered, thought for a while and said: "Remembered, I know her, what's wrong, Brother Wang? Did she provoke you? Do you want me to help you handle her?"

Yao Bin wasn't someone who didn't understand reason. Just based on what he had investigated, although she was much worse than his family, Wang Yan, who could have today, was obviously not someone to be trifled with. He was a second-generation who lived by eating and waiting to die; he had the self-awareness not to easily make enemies.

Although he had been beaten by Wang Yan, after the last incident, he had long since let it go, and sometimes he was even quite grateful to Wang Yan; otherwise, he wouldn't have known how long Qu Xiaoxiao would have played with him. Of course, sometimes he couldn't help but feel resentful: why are you so annoying? Why couldn't you just let me be stupid and let her play with me? As a result, you poked a hole in the beautiful fantasy, making me feel uncomfortable.

"I don't need you to handle her; I want you to fish for information and record the evidence of her spreading rumors and causing trouble."

"Spreading rumors? Spreading what rumors?" Yao Bin was immersed in his own little world and couldn't extricate himself; where did he have the energy to care about those useless things?

"I'll send you the information along with the data in a while; I have information on her two helpers as well. The faster the better, that's it, I'll treat you to a drink later."

"You say that, but it should be me treating Brother Wang to a drink; I haven't arranged the dinner I said I'd treat you to last time. Then that's it, wait for my news."

Hanging up the phone, Wang Yan sent the things to Yao Bin, but he didn't instruct him on how to operate; Yao Bin wasn't a waste. After finishing, he thought about whether he should give them another lesson; the things he said before didn't have much effect, and he had blathered on for half a day in vain. This child was stubborn, really just unrequited love for one flower.

After hanging up the phone, Andy couldn't help but smile sweetly at Wang Yan's steady words that gave her strength and confidence.

After the meeting, it was just time to get off work. After explaining things, she sat in her chair, thought for a moment, and called Fan Shengmei: "Wang Yan told me not to worry about it; he said it would be handled well in these two days. Thank you, I'm getting off work early today, why don't you call Xiao Guan and I'll treat you to dinner tonight?"

"Since Wang Yan said so, we won't worry about it blindly." Fan Shengmei, who was frantically spraying people at her workstation, thought for a moment and replied: "As for dinner, forget it; Xiao Guan just sent a message that she has to work overtime. And I've been spraying them for half a day, and I'm exhausted. Not to mention that in your current situation, going out is just asking to be beaten by everyone. You, you should just honestly go back and be lovey-dovey with Wang Yan."

Andy understood what Fan Shengmei meant, but Andy didn't care; it was a favor that people could help her, not something else. She said with a smile: "Mm, you're right. Then I owe you a meal; let's set a time next time, just us eating, without Wang Yan."

"Haha, okay, then it's settled."

Hanging up the phone, Andy packed her things to get off work. But when she heard the discussion of her employees and saw the note "Shameless third party, street rat" stuck to her windshield in the parking lot, Andy realized that the matter wasn't as simple as she had imagined. She truly felt the harm this matter had done to her.

Wang Yan got off work on time as usual, received a consolation call from Zhao Qiping on the way, who said he heard about it from the nurses in the department, expressed concern about Andy's situation, arranged a meal, and didn't say anything more. Having received the message from Andy that she wasn't working overtime, he bought groceries on the way and returned to Ode to Joy.

Opening the door and entering, he saw Andy quietly reading a book inside.

"Back?" As she spoke, Andy put down the book in her hand, got up, and came over to take the things from Wang Yan's hand.

Seeing that Andy's state wasn't right, Wang Yan comforted her and said: "Don't worry, there's no problem."

"Someone left a note on my car when I came back tonight. I didn't expect it to reach this point."

"It's fine, it's unavoidable that there are a few lunatics; we'll handle them one by one when the time comes." Wang Yan changed the subject: "Alright, let's go cook."

Andy helped pick and cut the vegetables, and Chef Wang wielded the big spoon with a clatter. Before long, four dishes and one soup were placed on the dining table.

The two drank wine, and Andy talked about Fan Shengmei's help to her today, saying what a good neighbor and good friend she was, and so on. Wang Yan just smiled and nodded, and changed the subject at the right time, not dwelling on today's unpleasantness. They talked about their daily lives, or chatted about her brother. As for work matters, Andy never talked to Wang Yan about them; it wasn't that she didn't trust him, but this was the most basic professional quality and integrity. Of course, she wouldn't ask about the specific details of Wang Yan's company either, just knowing a rough idea.

Just as the two were laughing and talking, Andy's phone rang. After glancing at the caller ID, Andy answered: "Hey? Old Tan?"

"I heard that someone put a note on your car when you got off work today?"

Andy said: "Old Tan, don't worry, I'm fine. It was just a prank; I told Wang Yan everything, and he said it would be handled in these two days."

"Are you together? Give the phone to him."

Andy glanced at Wang Yan and handed the phone over. After answering with a "hey," he heard Tan Zongming on the other side say: "How do you intend to handle this matter?"

"It's just a trivial matter of jealousy with ulterior motives; the person has already been found, and if things go smoothly, there will be a result tomorrow." Wang Yan said lightly: "Oh, by the way, I'll hand the evidence to you when the time comes, and you can sue them on behalf of Shengxuan. After all, Andy is your employee; I don't think I need to say more about the benefits of this, right?"

The other side was quiet for a moment, obviously thinking. After a while, Tan Zongming said: "Okay, I'll wait for your news. Tell her I'll chair tomorrow's meeting, let her take a day off."

Wang Yan said "Okay," hung up the phone, and returned the phone to Andy. Wang Yan said: "Heard it, your boss is giving you a day off."

Andy shook her head and smiled: "Old Tan is really... since that's the case, then I'll take a day off."

Wang Yan picked up a chopstick of food for her and said: "Then I'll accompany you at home tomorrow."

He knew that although Andy didn't show it on the surface, she still had some concerns in her heart. In the past, no one cared about her, and she had to rely on herself for everything, so she could only grit her teeth and hold on. But now it was different; Wang Yan gave her warmth, care, and peace of mind, and that hard outer shell had disappeared bit by bit. It wasn't that she was no longer strong, but she enjoyed the feeling of being cared for more.

Relaxing, they couldn't help but drink a few more glasses, and the meal lasted until past nine o'clock before it was finished. After a simple cleanup, they brewed a pot of tea to sober up.

Although Andy wasn't drunk, her eyes were inevitably blurred, and the affectionate look in her eyes conveyed some information.

Perhaps it was a misinterpretation, but Wang Yan didn't care about that. They had known each other for a long time, the relationship had been cultivated enough, and they understood each other quite deeply; it was about time to advance deeper.

Silently holding Andy in his arms, his head slowly lowered, and his hands didn't behave, slowly climbing up the mountains.

Andy responded clumsily. With her having lived in the free America since she was a child, her concepts weren't very traditional, it was just that her condition couldn't accept it. And today, Wang Yan's confident "I know" after listening to her roughly explain the situation also made her feel an unprecedented sense of security, which hit her heart and made her decide on Wang Yan.

After being intimate for a while, Wang Yan held Andy's flushed face in his hands. After looking into each other's eyes for a moment, he picked Andy up without a word and rolled onto the bed…………

Because of overtime, Guan Ju'er and Qiu Yingying, who returned to Ode to Joy together, started a tea party with Fan Shengmei at the table.

Guan Ju'er pushed her glasses and said: "What can we do about Sister Andy's situation?"

Qiu Yingying on the side said indifferently: "Didn't Brother Wang say he would handle it? We just need to trust him. Our abilities are too small; besides spraying those people, we can't do anything. And even for spraying, we aren't their match."

"Mm, Xiao Qiu is right this time." Fan Shengmei nodded in deep agreement: "I sprayed for an entire afternoon, and I was exhausted. The post I sent didn't stand at all; it was basically drowned out as soon as it went out."

Guan Ju'er thought for a moment and said: "Why don't we go see Sister Andy and comfort her? After all, such a thing happened, I imagine she won't sleep well."

"Are you stupid?" Fan Shengmei tapped her forehead impatiently and said ambiguously: "Isn't Wang Yan there? Why would we be needed? Wouldn't we be interrupting their intimacy?"

Guan Ju'er's face turned red and she pushed Fan Shengmei: "Oh, Sister Fan~"

Qiu Yingying ate potato chips on the side, smiling and watching the two of them.

"Alright, alright, stop messing around." Fan Shengmei smiled: "Haven't you met that Wei Wei? As far as I know, he is the online screen name Andy mentioned before. Xiao Guan, hurry and tell us how he compares to Wang Yan?"

Staring with her eyes wide for a moment, Guan Ju'er told them about the two encounters in the restaurant, and also said what her colleague had analyzed………

And while they were discussing who was better, Wang Yan or Wei Wei, and while the battle was raging upstairs, Wei Wei, far across the ocean, also received news sent by his friends in the country…… ===== CHAPTER 84 =====