However, Lan Ye is sincere to the President, and no matter how much he hates Xia Xingchen, he does not want to affect the President.
Therefore, what he did now obviously angered Lan Ye. Xia Xingkong glanced at Lan Ye and shuddered in his heart.
Although she didn't know much about Lan Ye, she knew she was not someone to be trifled with when she saw her domineering attitude. Her temper was probably not much better than Song Weiyi's.
She took a step back cautiously, her cheeks burning, but her eyes were wandering around the dark room, "There are surveillance cameras everywhere here. If you dare to do anything, the day I get out of here, I will tell the world... Mr. President used violence to try to hide his crimes!"
Lan Ye chuckled, and suddenly bent over and pulled out a dagger from his boots. Pulling it open, the sharp blade flashed a cold light, and Xia Xingkong was so shocked that he held his breath, "You... what do you want to do?!"
The voice was a little stammering.
"You dare to be so arrogant, isn't it because you think the president can't really do anything to you because of his status? But I'm not him, and I don't play politics." Lan Ye said as he approached her. His eyes gradually became cold and terrifying.
Xia Xingkong had nowhere to retreat and his body was stiffly pressed against the wall.
Lan Ye's dagger was against her face. The cold touch made her tremble all over. She didn't know where she got the courage from. She stiffened her neck and glared at Lan Ye as if she was risking her life. "You dare!"
Lan Ye didn't say a word, he pulled the dagger and cut a bloody mark on her face.
Xia Xingkong covered his face in pain, hunched over, and groaned in pain, "My face... You ruined my face..."
Lan Ye, however, remained expressionless. He threw the bloody dagger onto the small table beside him with a clang. "Xia Xingkong, I have plenty of ways to torture you! Not to mention destroying your face, if I'm pushed to the limit, I'll kill you right here just because I feel like it! Song Weiyi wants to take you out? She's dreaming without my approval!"
"You... what do you want?" Xia Xingkong stared at Lan Ye. She couldn't hold back her tears anymore. It was because of the pain and her face. She just wanted to get out, but she ended up shooting herself in the foot.
Lan Ye looked at her seriously, and said word by word, "I want you to help him!"
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Liangcheng is colder than the urban area.
Xia Xingchen was wearing a cotton coat and warming herself by the fire, but she still felt cold all over, without a trace of warmth.
Before leaving, Bai Yeqing reminded her not to watch any news. She knew that he wanted to protect her and the child, but she couldn't do nothing.
On TV news, the news from five years ago was still fermenting. All major TV stations broadcast this incident repeatedly in various forms.
Her information was also dug up by various media outlets, but because she was ultimately a "victim," her face was heavily blurred.
Occasionally, the camera would sweep past the small rental house where she lived, which was now surrounded by the media and the public. If she had not left early with her children, she would have been surrounded all the time.
Xia Xingchen sighed, feeling heavy-hearted.
The situation here is already so bad, what about him who is at the center of the storm
He had not appeared in the news in the past two days, and he had never called her...
"It's getting late, go to bed early." Shen Min pushed the door open from outside.
Xia Xingchen turned the TV to other channels, but every channel was the same, with no difference. She had no choice but to give up.
Shen Min said: "Don't waste your energy, it's the same thing over and over again. I already know everything I should know and don't know."
Xia Xingchen's eyelashes trembled, "Mom, what do you think about this matter? Do you believe what was exposed in the news?"
"It doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what the public thinks. The public is so excited right now that it may take time to calm down. Even if the truth of this incident is not as reported in the news, everyone always believes in the saying 'there is no smoke without fire'. So, no matter what the result is, everyone will still have a question mark in their hearts. And this question mark will make Ye Qing tread on thin ice in every step in the future. He can only be right, not wrong. If, what if..."
At this point, Shen Min paused and glanced at Xingchen, "What if the two of you are cousins, and someone with ulterior motives reveals it, then... I'm afraid you won't be able to turn things around. In the future, he will be branded with all kinds of crimes."
Xia Xingchen clenched his hands together, his fingertips pinching into the flesh, turning it a little white.
At this moment, the voice of the news anchor suddenly entered their ears.
"Now let me interrupt with an important piece of news that I just received!" The anchor's voice was trembling with excitement. "According to the notice we just received, the House of Representatives has passed the resolution to impeach the president today. And, the impeachment will be held tomorrow. Tomorrow our TV station will follow up and report the whole process. The House of Representatives and the President will definitely give us a complete response tomorrow for the specific details!"
Xia Xingchen was startled and stood up suddenly.
Shen Min was also secretly shocked, and murmured absentmindedly, "How could this happen?"
The House of Representatives actually initiated the impeachment mechanism! This has never happened in the entire history of Country S!
Xia Xingchen stood there stiffly, feeling a little dizzy. She stared at the TV in a daze, but she couldn't hear a word of what was being said on the news. She felt dizzy, and the only word she could hear was "impeachment"...
"Mom, tomorrow... I want to go back."
"You know the situation over there very well. If we go back like this, I'm afraid..."
"I have to make it clear to everyone..." Xia Xingchen's voice was trembling, and his whole expression was dim without a trace of luster. "He has not done anything, I can't hide here and watch everyone wrongly accuse him!"
"Have you ever thought that if you tell everyone the truth, then... the fact that Mr. President spent money to buy a child five years ago will inevitably be exposed to everyone."
Xia Xingchen had thought about this matter before.
Although the matter of surrogacy itself did not conflict with the laws of Country S, the procedure was not formal at the time. In addition, firstly, she was unconscious and unaware. Secondly, she was only 18 years old. If such a thing was exposed, it would also be charged with "violating justice and morality".
It has to be said that this time, Xia Xingkong really made a good move that put them to death.
But even so, he can't take the blame if it's not his fault!