mtl008 Chapter 219 Xie Qing's infidelity?
Chapter 219 Xie Qing's infidelity?
Back in the present, Xie's mother, having learned everything, suddenly rushed forward and hugged Xie Qing tightly, weeping bitterly. Tears soaked her clothes, and her voice was broken, "I'm so sorry, Qingqing... Mom really didn't know... I didn't know you were living such a life, suffering so much..."
Mr. Xie, his eyes red-rimmed, stepped forward, his trembling hand hovering in mid-air, wanting to touch her but not daring to, finally only gently placing it on his wife's shoulder. His bloodshot eyes were filled with remorse, like a prisoner awaiting judgment.
Xie Qing's face remained calm, showing no sign of emotional fluctuation, as her mother hugged her, tears wetting her shoulders.
Only when the sobs subsided did he take a small half-step back, creating just the right distance.
"Qingqing, my child...would you like to come home with Mommy and Daddy?"
Mother Xie looked up, her face streaked with tears, her fingers gripping Xie Qing's sleeve tightly, her voice trembling as if she were pleading.
Xie's father, who had been silent all along, finally spoke, his tone awkward yet carefully ingratiating, "Your room has been kept, and the housekeeper cleans it every day. We even..."
"Mr. Xie, Mrs. Xie."
Xie Qing suddenly interrupted, her smile polite yet distant, "I don't blame you for what happened before, after all, you were also victims."
These words ignited a spark of hope in the eyes of the Xie couple, but it was ruthlessly extinguished the next second.
"But that's all."
Slowly straightening her crumpled cuffs, Xie Qing said, "I will never step foot inside the Xie family's door again. That's it—"
His indifferent gaze swept over their instantly pale faces, and his voice was gentle to the point of cruelty, "Let's not bother each other, and may we both live in peace."
The eight words pierced Xie's mother's heart like an icicle, radiating a chill that penetrated to the very bone.
She opened her mouth weakly, but no sound came out—her child was so close, yet it felt as if there was an insurmountable galaxy between them.
After Xie Qing finished speaking, she glanced at Xie Nuo, who was hiding behind a pillar not far away with a face full of jealousy, and turned to leave.
Xie's mother collapsed into her husband's arms, tears streaming silently down her face.
At that moment, she realized with absolute clarity that Xie Qing was determined to sever ties with them, and nothing they did could change that.
……
A light drizzle began to fall outside, weaving a hazy net in the twilight.
As soon as Xie Qing stepped out of the police station lobby, his assistant, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and "whoosh" unfolded a black umbrella.
The umbrella's angled curve is just right, blocking the swaying raindrops without obstructing the wearer's view.
Xie Qing walked down the long steps a few steps, then suddenly stopped—in the rain, a tall figure was slowly approaching them.
The man was extremely tall, and his well-tailored black overcoat over his crisp suit made him appear even more imposing.
The assistant holding the umbrella for him always kept a half-step behind, the pure black umbrella slightly raised to reveal a breathtakingly handsome face.
Beneath his sword-like eyebrows, a pair of deep, ink-black eyes shone like black gemstones.
With a high, straight nose, cherry-colored lips, and a jawline as if drawn by a master painter, her exquisitely sculpted features were so perfect that she seemed like a god descending from the summit of Mount Olympus.
The drizzle wove a hazy veil around him, but it couldn't conceal his burning gaze, so intense it could melt away the chill of deep winter.
Xie Qing quickened her pace to greet him, her smile overflowing. "Didn't I tell you to wait for me at the company? Why did you come here?"
Huo Yunting stretched out his long arm and pulled the person into his arms. "I don't want to wait." I want to see you as soon as possible.
In reality, the two had only been apart for a morning.
Taking the umbrella from Xu Xingmu, Huo Yunting naturally took Xie Qing's hand, their fingers intertwined, and walked towards the car. "Have you taken care of Qingqing's matter?"
"Well, it's almost there."
Regarding the matter Xie Qing asked Chu Luo to investigate, he kept his promise and told Huo Yunting everything on the first night after New Year's Day, including his own plan.
I sat in the warm back seat of the car, and the partition in the middle slowly rose up.
Xie Qing reached out and stroked Huo Yunting's cheek, asking teasingly, "Does Tingting think I'm ruthless and heartless?"
"No, I like Qingqing no matter what."
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him obsessed, after all, he always liked to hug Xie Qing and suckle her, and he was very clingy.
"Yo~"
Xie Qing suddenly opened her beautiful fox-like eyes wide, and leaned closer as if she had discovered some rare treasure. "Where has our Tingting been studying? He speaks sweet nothings so fluently."
He tapped the other person's gradually reddening earlobe with his fingertip, clicking his tongue in amazement while teasingly saying, "Not bad, you didn't blush this time, you've improved a lot!"
Huo Yunting's ears gradually turned red from the teasing. He grabbed Xie Qing's hand and kissed her slender fingertips with his warm lips, his voice deep and magnetic.
"If you like it, I can tell you about it often."
Inside the cramped back seat of the car, the ambiguous atmosphere heated up like boiling water.
As their eyes met, Huo Yunting slowly leaned forward, his deep eyes locked on Xie Qing's lips. Xie Qing, however, mischievously maintained a distance that seemed both close and distant, leaning back slightly each time they were about to touch.
The first time was fine, but the second time Huo Yunting frowned, grabbed Xie Qing by the back of the head, and pressed his playful lover down on the seat for a good kiss.
But since they were inside the car, the two long-limbed people couldn't move around freely and didn't do anything too outrageous.
After the kiss, Xie Qing lazily leaned on Huo Yunting's shoulder and looked at her trending topics.
During the time he was giving his statement, the studio issued a formal statement clarifying that Xie Qing had no familial relationship with the three people in the video and warning those spreading rumors that they would bear legal responsibility.
Almost simultaneously with the release of the statement, the official account of Zhaixing Entertainment reposted it, with a simple and direct caption: "The internet is not above the law; we will pursue this to the end!"
Public opinion quickly split from one-sided to two camps, allowing the supporters to catch their breath and begin speaking out fervently for Xie Qing.
If Xie Qing really had a problem, would Zhaixing be so openly protecting him?
[The person upstairs is supporting this. They've accused Xie of prostitution and drug use without any evidence whatsoever. So everything is based on your own words?!]
[Waiting for the account spreading rumors to receive a court summons /smile.]
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The critics then launched into a tirade against Zhaixing Entertainment.
[Such blatant favoritism, do they really think netizens are fools?]
[The police haven't even issued a statement, so why are the studio and entertainment company in such a hurry? Are they feeling guilty?]
[Such a large entertainment company is risking its reputation for a disgraced artist; Xie Qing is definitely having an affair with the CEO of Zhaixing!]
This baseless, purely speculative comment received many replies from netizens:
[I think Xie Qing is already married, so doesn't that mean he cheated on me?!]
[Oh~ now I know where Xie Qing got those ridiculously expensive clothes—they came from water!]
[Ugh, I'm never going to have any romantic feelings for any celebrity again. When I first heard that Xie Qing had married her poor boyfriend so early, I was worried that she was being scammed. Now it seems, haha, she's quite shrewd. She created a pure love persona online, but in reality, she cheated on him with her company's CEO. How disgusting!]
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