After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Sheng Lan was utterly stunned when she saw the online revelations.

She went to the company specifically to find Sheng Yunchao today, hoping to discuss the investment. After waiting for a long time without seeing him, she got extremely bored and started scrolling through her phone.

Good heavens, are rumors spreading this fast these days?

In her group of close friends, everyone was actively gossiping, with all sorts of rumors flying around.

Some people talked about the fight between Lu Sijian and Lian Buman that night, and they were convinced that Lian Buman was head over heels in love with Lou Xiao!

It is said that Lu Sijian's hand was seriously injured, and it was bandaged the next day, which shows how hard Lian Buman hit her.

This is going to be interesting. With the news of Lu Siji becoming a mistress, she might be dumped by the Lou family!

People in the group were making bets, speculating whether Lian Buman was planning something big, and whether she would lead her girlfriends to cause a scene at the engagement party and tear Lu Sijian apart!

That night, Sheng Lan rushed to the front line of gossip, feeling a surge of superiority, and actively refuted rumors online.

[You guys shouldn't bet anymore. Lian Buman doesn't even like Lou Xiao, so why are you fighting over it?]

This statement instantly made Sheng Lan the center of attention, with many people jumping up and down, refuting her claim that it was impossible, and that even Bu Man was head over heels in love with Lou Xiao!

Otherwise, does it mean that Lian Buman really loves her pretty boy boyfriend?

A stand-in is always just a stand-in; how can it compare to a single hair of the real person's beloved?

Moreover, Lou Xiao is simply too outstanding; otherwise, Lu Sijian wouldn't have gone to such lengths to seduce him.

Sheng Lan couldn't help but roll her eyes several times. Was Lou Xiao really that outstanding? She never thought so.

Sheng Lan has always had a princess complex and likes to be pampered and fawned over. She doesn't even like her own adorable nephew, let alone Lou Xiao, whose personality was unpleasant since childhood.

Although Lou Xiao was annoying, her uncle was witty, humorous, mature, and charming—he was her dream man.

Sheng Lan was very empathetic towards Lian Buman. "Just because you all like someone doesn't mean others can't dislike them? I just don't like this type at all."

Believe it or not, at the banquet that night, even Bu Man was so angry that she swore a solemn oath.

Fortunately, she was prepared and secretly recorded a video that day. Now she can upload the video and slap herself in the face.

[See? It's clear that the marriage alliance between the two families was completely fabricated.]

After that message was sent, the group fell completely silent. Two minutes passed, and no one sent any more messages.

Sheng Lan shrugged. Tch, all those people who were just arguing with their shrewish eyes are now silent.

I'm asking you, does your face still hurt?

Until someone in the group replied.

Lou Changling: [It's not entirely unfounded; the two families did indeed intend to arrange a marriage alliance back then.]

This statement caused an uproar in the group chat, confirming that Lou Changling had personally confirmed the marriage between the two families was true!

Some busybodies pressed for details, asking, "What about the skiing incident mentioned in the exposé? Was it really that Lou Xiao and Lian Buman went on a date, and Lu Sijian dragged Shen Baolin along to snatch them away?"

Lou Changling: [Initially, the skiing trip was a joint effort between the two of us, and I arranged the entire itinerary, haha.]

Sheng Lan was completely stunned. Her idol had personally endorsed it, so it couldn't be fake. Did she make a mistake?

Some people egged her on, mocking her for not understanding the little girl's thoughts, saying that Lian Buman's clenched teeth in the video were clearly due to love turning into hate!

Sheng Lan was a little embarrassed and was about to type an apology when her phone was suddenly taken away.

"Yun Chao, are you done with your meeting?" Sheng Lan looked up and saw her nephew, and quickly stood up.

As he stood up, he was startled to find someone standing next to him. "Mr. Lian, what are you doing here?"

Sheng Yunchao sent a voice message with a smile: "You guys are seriously behind in the speed of following the gossip. Didn't you see the Lian Group's statement, or Miss Lian's online rebuttal and accusation of spreading rumors? You speak so confidently, it seems you know more about what happened back then than President Lian does. Why don't I ask President Lian to communicate with you all now?"

Then hand the phone to Lian Zheng.

Lian Zheng's face darkened, and he snorted coldly, "Nonsense!"

Not long after the voice message was sent, Lou Changling retracted it.

A short while later, Lian Zheng's phone rang.

"President Lian, this is all a misunderstanding!" Lou Changling hurriedly explained as soon as the call connected. "I was just joking with everyone!"

Lian Zheng's tone was icy: "There's a limit to joking. As an elder, are you trying to ruin Manman by spreading such rumors? I think our two families no longer need to cooperate!"

Lou Changling: "...That's really not what I meant!"

Sheng Yunchao said with a smile, "How about I make a joke too and snatch the cooperation projects between the Lou family and the Lian family?"

Lou Changling panicked completely. "President Lian, please let me explain. Our Lou Group has also issued a clarification statement..."

He hadn't taken it seriously at first, thinking that even if Lien Cheng was angry, how could he be willing to give up the cooperation between the two sides for more than ten years?

Now that Sheng Yunchao has gotten involved, the Lian family can completely ditch the Lou family and cooperate with the Sheng family!

The Lou Group has recently suffered several setbacks at the hands of Sheng Yunchao. If even the family business is taken away by Sheng Yunchao, Lou Changling will have no way to explain it to the board of directors!

"I apologized and clarified in the group immediately. I'm sorry, Mr. Lian." Lou Changling was sweating profusely.

Lian Zheng: "Then clarify this right now!"

Lou Changling hung up the phone, and sure enough, he posted an announcement in the group a short while later. As the group administrator, it was easy for him to post announcements.

Following Sheng Yunchao's voice message, the onlookers in the group had already quietly gone to check the official Weibo account of the Lian Group and Lian Buman's personal account, only to find that the matter had already been clarified.

Even Lou's Group issued a clarification statement a few minutes ago.

However, compared to the Lian Group and Lian Buman's firm stance of suing the rumor-mongers, the Lou Group's statement appeared somewhat ambiguous.

Netizens aren't stupid; they all felt that the Lou Group's statement was a bit of a muddle-headed attempt and lacked firmness.

However, many people in the group are fans of Lou Changling and still firmly believe in him.

No one dared to speak in the group chat, so they all sent private messages to Lou Changling, comforting him that he was just telling the truth, and that Lian Zheng couldn't exactly cover up his mouth.

Tell him not to apologize under any circumstances, and not to be threatened by Lian Zheng.

Shortly after the message was sent out, Lou Changling posted a group announcement.

I apologize for my previous remarks. All of the above statements were fabricated. In fact, the Lou and Lian families have never been related by marriage, and Lou Xiao and Lian Buman have never dated alone. Please do not believe or spread rumors!

After posting the group announcement, Lou Changling left the group.

Everyone in the group was completely stunned, especially those who had advised Lou Changling not to apologize; they were deeply disappointed.

So the male god was really just spouting nonsense and got caught red-handed by the person in question, which is why he had to kneel down?

He's usually such a gentleman, how could he do this?

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After leaving the group chat, Lou Changling slumped onto the sofa and took a couple of deep breaths.

He never expected that Sheng Yunchao would actually take screenshots of his comments in the group and send them to several directors.

It just so happens that those directors were all in the company having a meeting with Lou Xiao...

Lou Changling had originally intended to brush it off, but that wouldn't work now. After hanging up the phone, several directors immediately slammed their fists on the table, demanding that he issue an apology announcement right away.

Even Lou Xiao remained silent, not speaking up for him.