Chapter 15: It Wasn't Me

"Why did it turn out like this? I clearly didn't do anything," Qin Yun Shu said, feeling very aggrieved.

Because netizens were not only cursing her under the video, but the private messages were also exceptionally nasty.

Chu Li's low voice offered gentle comfort: "I will handle it."

"Sister was at that time..." Qin Yun Shu stopped mid-sentence, then added, "I don't blame Sister."

Chu Li gave a hum, "Don't look at those messy things on the internet."

Qin Xingwan watched quietly; it turned out he hadn't gone to a meeting, but had been comforting Qin Yun Shu the whole time, and the assistant had lied because she was afraid of disturbing them.

She clearly should have been angry, but this time she actually had no impulse to be hysterical with rage.

She turned and left quietly, but her feet hurt terribly, and her figure looked a little more painful and disheveled no matter how one looked at it.

The Public Relations Department was a scene of busyness.

In the office, Guan Jing threw a stack of documents onto the table, crossed her arms, and frowned, saying, "How did such a big incident happen?"

It wasn't that she felt it was troublesome, but rather concern for Qin Xingwan.

They had a good relationship.

Qin Xingwan lowered her head and could see the photos pulled out from the documents on the table; they were photos of the two of them coming and going together in the month since Qin Yun Shu returned to the country.

Every single one showed their sweetness.

Qin Xingwan carefully moved on one foot and sat down on the sofa by herself.

Guan Jing pushed up her glasses, "What happened to your foot?"

"Sprained it." Qin Xingwan asked Guan Jing: "Where is the press conference being held?"

Guan Jing directly tossed over a document: "The large conference room on the twentieth floor. These are the questions the reporters might bring up. Take a look. Anyway, no matter what, just claim that President Chu and Director Qin have a pure family relationship, and that you sisters have a very good relationship."

Qin Xingwan agreed.

Guan Jing hesitated for a moment: "Aren't you jealous?"

One had to know that when something like this happens, whether it is true or false, a woman will more or less lose her temper.

Qin Xingwan smiled faintly: "The company's image is important."

Why would she be jealous? She had known that Chu Li liked Qin Xingwan when she married him three years ago.

It was nothing more than her own wishful thinking, trying to capture the man's heart, only to end up a laughingstock.

Guan Jing could not tell if she was being genuine or not from her expression.

She whispered sympathetically: "It's too unfair to you."

It was clearly President Chu who stepped out of line, yet in the end, it was the wife who had to endure all of this.

When outsiders brought it up, they would only joke about President Chu being sentimental for old times, without any regard for Mrs. Chu's dignity.

Qin Xingwan held onto the sofa and stood up slowly, "You get busy, I'll go downstairs and wait first."

Guan Jing nodded and said okay. Seeing Qin Xingwan limping, she hesitated: "Do you want to sit here for a while and wait for President Chu to come pick you up?"

Qin Xingwan shook her head, her expression indifferent: "He probably doesn't have the time; I'll just go myself."

After all, he had to comfort his childhood sweetheart.

Guan Jing didn't say anything more and sent her into the elevator.

The elevator reached the twentieth floor.

The elevator doors opened, and just as Qin Xingwan was about to step out, she saw Qin Shen.

Qin Shen was on the phone, "With such a big incident, Yun Shu must be terrified."

"I have already arrived. As soon as the press conference is over, I will take her home immediately."

"Qin Xingwan?"

Qin Shen suddenly raised his voice and hung up the phone.

He pulled hard on Qin Xingwan's arm, dragging her out of the elevator, his handsome face ferocious with anger.

"How dare you come here."

Qin Xingwan was caught off guard by the tugging, stumbling as she walked, her injured ankle throbbing with intense pain.

The next second, she was shoved away forcefully by Qin Shen, her body hitting the wall with a heavy thud.

"Qin Xingwan, why did you post those things on the internet?" Qin Shen questioned angrily.

"It wasn't me." Qin Xingwan was in so much pain her face turned pale, a thin layer of sweat seeping onto her forehead.

Qin Shen had misunderstood.

"Who else but you could be so vicious?" Qin Shen stared at Qin Xingwan fiercely.

It was as if the person standing in front of him was not his own sister, but an enemy.

"I said it wasn't me." Qin Xingwan held onto the wall to steady herself; her body hurt, and her heart hurt too.

She and Qin Yun Shu were both Qin Shen's sisters, yet when something happened, Qin Shen's first reaction was that it was her fault.

In this matter, she was a victim too.

Qin Shen couldn't listen to a word of it, "Qin Xingwan, Yun Shu and A Li grew up together as childhood sweethearts with a deep bond; it's not something you can destroy just by playing some petty tricks. Put away those vicious and dirty thoughts of yours."

"And this time, you dared to hurt Yun Shu; A Li and I will not let you off."

He had passed judgment on Qin Xingwan on behalf of Chu Li.

Qin Xingwan suddenly lost the urge to argue for herself; she raised her eyes and looked coldly at her twin brother.

"I have always wanted to know, Qin Yun Shu is your sister, am I not your sister?"

Qin Shen mocked her without restraint: "Having a sister like you is my shame."

Shame?

"Coincidentally, I don't want a brother like you either; bad luck." Qin Xingwan clenched her palms, her lips pressed tight.

"You... you are simply incorrigible." Qin Shen was even angrier.

He only hoped that this younger sister would be more tolerant toward their family; it was one thing that she refused to admit her mistake, but she actually said she did not recognize him as her brother.

Qin Xingwan started to leave.

Qin Shen blocked her, "You stand right there."

Qin Xingwan brushed his hand away and walked straight out.

"Qin Xingwan." Qin Shen was furious; he grabbed her and pulled her back, ordering, "At the press conference later, you will say that you faked the photos to frame Qin Yun Shu, and you will apologize to her."

Qin Xingwan only gave him three words: "You are sick."

And sick quite severely.

Qin Shen looked at Qin Xingwan with cold eyes: "Am I wrong? Ever since Qin Yun Shu returned, you have been causing trouble every few days just to get A Li's attention, using base and vicious methods; now I am just asking you to clarify the facts."

Qin Xingwan's ankle was hurting terribly; it must have swollen up again.

She had no patience to keep dragging this out here: "If you really think I did it, then go call the police."

"Call the police?" Qin Shen was incredulous, "Do you really want to make these ugly things you've done known to everyone?"

Qin Xingwan felt angry and aggrieved; it wasn't her doing, yet all the blame was on her.

"Qin Shen, you have no right to order me." She no longer had even a shred of affection left for this brother.

When something happened, her first thought was how to solve the problem, while he only knew how to blame.

Having a brother like this was her misfortune.

Now, she didn't want him anymore.

"And what about me?" Lady Qin and Qin Yun Shu appeared together.

Lady Qin looked exhausted, her eyes full of disappointment as she looked at Qin Xingwan, "Xingwan, Qin Yun Shu is your younger sister; how could you do such a thing?"

Qin Xingwan clenched her palms; one after another, they all came to wrong her.

She turned her head to stare at Qin Yun Shu, "Whether I did it or not, don't you know?"

Qin Yun Shu subconsciously hid behind Lady Qin, then said weakly, "This matter wasn't done by my sister; it was just reporters who took pictures of A Li and me entering a hotel and made up a story."

She recounted the sequence of events.

Neither Qin Shen nor Lady Qin had expected that this was truly a misunderstanding.

However, they had no intention of apologizing.

Qin Shen even said: "Even if you didn't do it, can't you just help clarify it?"

Help clarify it...

Qin Xingwan felt a heavy tightness in her chest; he just moved his lips, as if this matter were something so trivial.

"And what about me? After I clarify, they will chase me and curse me; what am I supposed to do?"

Perhaps she was numb, for she asked this with extraordinary calmness.

What was she supposed to do?

Qin Shen was dismissive: "You are A Li's wife, enjoying a life of comfort at home; those people won't be able to disturb you."

Lady Qin also said: "Yes, yes, Qin Yun Shu is different; she still has work to attend to, and she cannot be affected."

As she spoke, she softened her tone, took Qin Xingwan's hand, and pleaded: "Xingwan, just consider it Mom begging you; Qin Yun Shu has a simple and innocent personality, she cannot handle these things."