In particular, Wang Xue and Lin Yijia were extremely angry.
Nobody enjoyed being lied to especially from somebody that mattered to them.
"Explain yourself!" Lin Yijia stared furiously at Hu Hong. Out of everyone, she was the most angry person.
"I-... Yijia, listen to me, I really love you..." Hu Hong looked meekly at Lin Yijia. On one hand, he regretted his actions, while on the other, he was extremely afraid.
"Get lost! I cannot accept love from a liar, let alone falling in love with one!* Lin Yijia furiously shouted while pointing at the door of her house.
"Yijia, I'm so sorry..." Hu Hong's face turned red as he felt ashamed.
"Get out!" Lin Yijia had no intentions of being merciful.
Wang Xue got up and pushed Hu Hong out when she saw that Hu Hong froze in his spot and refused to budge.
After that, silence fell upon their family.
After some time, Lin Yijun eventually broke the silence and said, "Mother, if it wasn't Hu Hong who helped us out, who could it be then?"
Wang Xue shook her head as she had no idea as well.
After all, they had no connections with any big shots. Thus, they had no idea who could have possibly helped them out.
Suddenly, Wang Xue thought of the joke that Lin Yijia brought up and asked, "Could it be that a big shot fancied you and that's why he secretly helped us
out?"
Lin Yijun immediately shook her head and said, "How is that possible? I'm doing just fine with Lu Chen, and I don't know any big shots as well." However, deep down, she had some suspicions of her own.
Just then, Lin Yijia said, "There is someone who would know."
"Who?" Everyone turned and looked at Lin Yijia.
Lin Yijia explained, "Brother-in-law. I remembered that day in the hospital, he hinted that it was not Hu Hong who helped mother take down the sales order of Jun Yue Group. Back then, however, we didn't believe him. Not only that, he also confidently said that it wasn't Hu Hong who helped out. He even challenged Hu Hong to call and confront his father. Only that none of us expected Hu Hong and his father to be such blatant liars."
Lin Dahai had no idea what happened previously so he kept quiet.
On the other hand, Wang Xue and Li Yijun nodded their heads. From Lu Chen's previous actions, it was clear that he knew who was the one helping them from behind the scenes.
Wang Xue looked at Lin Yijun and said, "Yijun, when you get back home,
remember to ask Lu Chen about this so that we can figure out who was the one helping us out. We should show our appreciation to the person."
"Alright." Lin Yijun nodded. In fact, she already planned to ask Lu Chen about this matter even if Wang Xue did not bring it up.
After dinner, Lin Yijun left. Once her departure, Lin Yijia went up to her
mother and asked, "Mother, do you think
that Lu Chen could be the one who helped you guys?"
Wang Xue scorned. "What kind of
nonsense are you talking about? He is only a security guard. If he had such abilities, do you think he would still become a security guard?"
Lin Yijia analyzed the situation and said, "No, what I mean is he could have asked for help from the CEO of the New Skylight Group. Think about it, he is friends with the CEO and the latter even
gave him a Ultimate VIP card. So, it would make sense if Lu Chen asked for help as General Manager Xing wouldn't turn such a simple request down."
Wang Xue hesitated before saying, "What you just said does make sense. However, let's wait till your sister clear things up with him before coming to a conclusion. If he was really the one who seeked help from General Manager Xing, I would take back what I said before."
If Lu Chen really had such connections, naturally, she would not make things as difficult for Lu Chen as before.
On the other side, when Hu Hong got back home, Hu Juncheng immediately asked, "So, how did it go? Did they forgive you?"
Hu Hong shook his head in despair.
"They didn't forgive you, yet you still dare to come back? You useless fellow! Are you trying to make our supermarket business go bankrupt and land us in jail?" Hu Juncheng furiously shouted. Nobody dared to question the words
that came out of Tycoon Lu's mouth. If he had mentioned that he would punish them if they were not forgiven by Wang Xue and Lin Yijun, he would keep true to his words.
Hu Hong shuddered and he felt extremely afraid as well.
Hu Hong feebly said, "But dad, they refused to accept my apology and kicked me out of the house right away."
"You bastard! If you knew that their suspicion toward you grew, why did you have to continue putting on the act? If you had not given me that phone call, there would still be a chance to turn back. But now, you have no choice but to seek forgiveness from Wang Xue and her daughter. Only then would our family's business be saved!" Hu Juncheng could not help but slap Hu Hong on the face as he was extremely furious.
If he had any clue how severe the situation would be, he would never have put on a show together with his son.
Now, he had such a strong desire to break Hu Hong's leg.
Hu Hony stumbled onto the ground and one side of his cheeks swelled up. It was indeed a hard slap given by Hu Juncheng.
Hu Hong caressed his face and said, "Dad, why don't we go and seek forgiveness from Lu Chen? He was the first one who suspected me."
Hu Juncheng solemnly asked, "Who is Lu Chen?"
Hu Hong replied, "Lin Yijun's husband. I heard that he's a security guard at Dong Jia Electronics. We could give him some benefits and ask him to help us console his wife. Once his wife forgives us, we could always request for her to put in some kind words to Wang Xue. Who knows, things might be resolved that way."
Hu Juncheng kept quiet for a while before nodding his head and said, "If Wang Xue refused to forgive you no matter what, I will give up a shelf in a section of our supermarket for them to sell the medicines from their company."
Hu Hong was relieved.
Through this period of coming in contact with Wang Xue, Hu Hong was certain about her personality. All she could think about was her personal gain and profits. As long as his family supermarket provided her with a section of shelves for her to sell her medicine, Wang Xue would definitely agree to such conditions.
Hu Hong then said, "I will go and look for Lu Chen tomorrow."
Hu Juncheng snorted and said, "Alright. If you do not resolve this matter properly, I would break both of your legs."
When Lin Yijun got home and saw Lu Chen having dinner with Qiqi, a sense of guilt came over her.
She walked over to Lu Chen's side and whispered, "I apologize on behalf of my mother for what happened today. I am sure you also know her feisty temper. There was nothing I could do at that time."
Despite her words, she still felt a little speechless deep down. If it was not for the fact that Lu Chen had been useless all this while, her mother would not have such a prejudice mindset toward him.
However, at the end of the day, Lu Chen was still kicked out by her mother. She still felt like there was a need to apologize to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled and nonchalantly said, "It's okay. It just so happened that I didn't want to go over to her house anymore as well."
Lin Yijun sighed in resignation. She understood what Lu Chen's temper was like. After today's incident, she believed that Lu Chen was really never going to head over to her mother's house anymore.
Lin Yijun asked, "Oh right, there is something I want to ask you. How did you know that Hu Hong was not the one who helped us behind the scenes?"
Lu Chen lifted his head up and looked at Lin Yijun. He smiled and asked, "Do you wish to hear the truth?"
Lin Yijun rolled her eyes and said, "Obviously! Of course I want to hear the truth!"
"The truth is..." Lu Chen hesitated. However, when he saw the look of
excitement on her face, he eventually gave in and said, "The person that helped you guys behind the curtains
was me."