Lu Shen saw the notification on his phone and called him.
Lu Shen: "What happened?"
Li Gong: "You will have to come and see for yourself."
Lu Shen: "I trust that you won't make me come back home for such a trivial reason. If this is an unimportant matter, I will cut your pay for three months.
Li Gong: "Okay, Boss. This is a very important matter."
Lu Shen noticed the seriousness in his voice, so he believed him.
Tang Lin looked up at him, "What's wrong?"
Lu Shen sighed, "We're going to have to visit my aunt that's going to get married. We won't be able to go to the ceremony."
"What? Why not?"
"My assistant said that there is something more serious at home. I'll book plane tickets, so we can head over tonight." He paused as he sighed, "I'm so sorry. We weren't able to spend much vacation time together because of my work."
"It's alright. I'll go get ready, so we could go to your aunt's house."
She got up and went to the restroom to wash up. After they both got ready, the famous chef made an amazing breakfast for them and they were on their way to Lu Shen's aunt's house.
The arrived at the villa and were greeted by a woman that looked like she was in her mid thirties.
"Shen, you're here! I've been waiting for you to visit me here. I haven't seen you in a long time!" His aunt said as she hugged her nephew.
She looked at Tang Lin and continued, "Oh! You must be Tang Lin, my nephew's fiancée. It's nice to meet you!"
She walked over to Tang Lin and gave her a hug.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, too."
They went inside and sat in the living room.
"Aunty Kim, Tang Lin and I won't be able to attend the wedding ceremony. There's business at home that I have to take care of. I'm sor—"
"Wait. You didn't hear?! That bastard cheated on me a few days ago and I cancelled the wedding immediately! You shouldn't be apologizing! We weren't going to have it anyways! Tell your father that I'm fine and I'll be moving back to China soon."
Tang Lin and Lu Shen were relieved. Lu Kim was Lu Tian's sister and she moved to Thailand to be close to her fiancée and his family, but she wouldn't need to be far away from her own family anymore if there was nobody with her in Thailand anymore.
They stayed at her house to talk about family and work for the whole day. When the sun went down, they went back to the hotel and packed their things.
"Why did it turn out to be such a short vacation?! I wanted to rest!" Tang Lin said.
They both sighed. Then, they checked out and went to the car. They drove to Bangkok and went on the private jet.
When they arrived in Beijing, Lu Shen saw his assistant and asked, "What happened?"
"Boss, Young Lady Ying is pregnant. There is a rumor that the father was a commoner who raped her, so he would be forced to marry her and gain money. The company sales are plummeting because of this news. Business partners scheduled appointments with you and it's most likely because they want to break off our partnerships. It will be hard to bring the company back up because of the impact."
Lu Shen and Tang Lin were shocked. Lu Ying? Pregnant?
They immediately got into the car and headed over to the Lu Residence. There were reporters standing outside of the gate and they were trying to stop Lu Shen's car to ask questions.
"Mr. Lu, is it true that your sister is pregnant?"
"Was your sister raped?"
"Will your sister keep the child?"
"Will this affect Lu Group?"
The gate opened and bodyguards blocked the reporters from coming in as the Maybach entered.
Lu Shen had a dark expression.
Tang Lin held his hand. "It's alright. There probably some misunderstanding. Don't worry about it too much."
Right when the car stopped, they got out and walked quickly into the house. Surprisingly, they saw Tang Lin's family and Lu Shen's family all sitting in the living room. It was very silent and the only sounds you could hear were the sounds of Lu Shen's and Tang Lin's footsteps towards the families.
"Sit down. We have to talk about a serious matter," Lu Tian said.
The couple complied and sat next to each other on the couch.
"Is the rumor true? Ying, are you pregnant?" Lu Shen asked.
The silence meant that it was true.
"Who's the father?"
All of them stared at Tang Qingyu. He saw sitting at the corner of the opposite couch with his head down.
Lu Shen stood up and walked over to him. He gave him a good punch on the face and blood dripped from his mouth.
"What are you doing? Are you out of your mind?" Han Ming went next to him and slapped him on the arm.
Lu Shen pointed to Tang Qingyu and said, "He raped your daughter! Are you not going to do anything about it?!"
Lu Ying spoke up, "He didn't rape me. We were both drugged and it happened. It's not all his fault. I'm going to keep the baby. If he doesn't want to take care of the child, then I'll raise the baby by myself. After all, I've done it before." She had a serious expression.
She continued, "When you guys were abroad, a drug was detected in my body and the same thing was detected in Tang Qingyu. It happened after the gala. I also had a pregnancy check-up and the medical results were leaked. That's why the public knows."
Tang Wei said, "Qingyu should take responsibility for Lu Ying. A wedding could be arranged. Not only could this help him take responsibility, this could also clear up the false rumors. We could tell the public that they have been secretly married for a few months already and they decided to have a child. It will help our companies rise up again."
Lu Tian and Han Ming thought about it.
Lu Tian said, "I agree with your decision. They could go to the Civil Affairs Bureau and register their marriage. We'll change the date on their marriage certificate, too, so the public won't be suspicious of their immediate marriage. We'll also take wedding photos to make people more convinced. We cannot let anybody find out about this, or else our companies will go down."
"Lu Ying, Qingyu, do you guys any objections?" Tang Jin turned to them. He thought, 'This is better than a Korean drama!'
They simultaneously replied, "No." The two felt guilty for causing trouble to the two companies and they wanted to make up for it, so they both agreed to the marriage.
"Okay, well then, Lu Group will arrange a press conference and we'll announce the news to them. We'll publicize the partnership between Lu Group and Tang Corporation."
"This matter is settled. We'll be on our way home now."
Lu Ying stopped all of them from leaving and said, "There something else that I need to tell you all."