Chapter 254 — Who Will Be Ruined

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for gracing Zhang's little press conference with your presence. Everyone here is either a friend of the press or a friend from the trade — no outsiders among us. So let's skip the pleasantries and get straight to the point!" Zhang Tongtian cleared his throat and spoke.

"Chairman Zhang, just say it — we're all ready!" A reporter who had been tipped off in advance aimed his camera at the large screen in the conference room.

"Good, then I'll speak!" Zhang Tongtian nodded. "Today, I am going to expose a disgrace to our industry! This man has corrupted the morals of our trade and set a rotten example for the whole field. Tell me — what should be done with a man like that?"

"Get rid of the black sheep! Does a man like that even deserve to be in trade?" A planted industry insider stood up and declared.

"Right, Chairman Zhang, hurry up and expose him — we're all waiting! We want to see just who this man is. A creature worse than a pig or a dog like that — does he deserve to be in trade?" Another man rose to his feet and raised his arm in a shout.

In truth, only a handful of people were speaking. All of them had been primed by Zhang Tongtian beforehand. Most of the others had come purely for the spectacle and would not involve themselves in such matters.

"Good. Secretary Li, go ahead and play this recording!" Zhang Tongtian handed the camcorder in his hand to his secretary. It was the first time he had ever given the camera to his secretary — before this, he had never let anyone touch it.

For one thing, Zhang Tongtian feared the recording might circulate too early and lose its power to threaten Sun Jingyan. Once it was out there, Sun Jingyan would naturally never agree to his demands.

For another, he did not trust those around him. He was afraid Sun Jingyan might buy off someone close to him and have the recording deleted — and then all the effort he had spent hiring a private investigator to capture it would be for nothing.

So it was only at this moment that Zhang Tongtian finally brought out the camera.

"Everyone, please watch the video!" After Secretary Li hooked the camcorder up to the large television in the conference room, Zhang Tongtian gestured for them to look.

From the television, the sound of a man and a woman moaning suddenly burst forth...

Many televisions emit sound before the picture appears — the image always lags about a second behind the audio. So everyone found it strange. What kind of video was this? Zhang Tongtian was puzzled too. When he had watched this video himself, there had been no such sound, had there?

As everyone stood there bewildered, two stark-naked figures appeared on the screen — the man hefty, the woman plump. But wait — why did that man look so familiar?

Every eye in the room fell on Zhang Tongtian. Because the man in the video was Zhang Tongtian himself!

Sun Jingyan spat inwardly, lowered her head, and could not quite bring herself to look at the screen — yet inside she was delighted beyond measure. The date on the video was last night, precisely when Wei Zhao had gone to steal the memory card.

And Wei Zhao had said he had played around with the camera for a while — so this must be footage he had casually recorded!

Though she was still a little annoyed at Wei Zhao's sudden high-handedness the day before, today Sun Jingyan was unquestionably elated. Her chest felt wonderfully cleared of its pent-up fury.

Zhang Tongtian was utterly humiliated today! Like everyone else, he stood frozen for a long moment, then his face flushed crimson. "Secretary Li? What is this? What utter rubbish — what are you playing?"

"Chairman Zhang, this is the camcorder you gave me. I connected it straight to the television..." Secretary Li wore a look of utter innocence.

"Hee... haha..." A wave of snickering rippled through the conference room. The reporters connected to Zhang Tongtian all looked baffled, but the ones unconnected to him wore expressions of sheer excitement — this was a juicy scandal indeed!

"Turn it off! Turn it off now!" Zhang Tongtian roared at Secretary Li in a fury.

Though Secretary Li felt wronged, he had no choice but to hurry over and switch off both the camcorder and the television.

"What's going on? What's going on? How did it turn into this?" Zhang Tongtian's face was dark, his expression thoroughly displeased.

"Chairman Zhang, is this your so-called black sheep?" Sun Jingyan gave a cold laugh and rose to her feet. "You brought us here to watch you perform? Forgive my bluntness — I'm sorry, but I have no interest whatsoever in your indecent video. Goodbye!"

With that, Sun Jingyan turned and walked out of the conference room; there was no need to stay here any longer. The others from the same industry were too embarrassed to linger either. Who knew what kind of stunt Zhang Tongtian was pulling, inviting everyone here just to watch a lewd video of that fat pig? The man clearly had too much time on his hands. Did he have exhibitionist tendencies? Was this his way of showing off his masculine charm?

Zhang Tongtian watched with a dark expression as the press conference he had so carefully orchestrated turned into this mess. He was furious, yet there was nothing he could do.

He had a vague sense that something was off, but he could not put his finger on just what. He did not understand where things had gone wrong — why the video that should have shown Sun Jingyan's company employees offering bribes had turned into an indecent video of himself and his mistress.

It had to be Sun Jingyan! It had to be that woman! Though he had no idea what means she had used, Zhang Tongtian's instincts told him she was absolutely behind this.

Otherwise, why had Sun Jingyan remained so calm the entire time? Why had she looked so utterly unbothered?

Sun Jingyan, I, Zhang Tongtian, will never let you off! Zhang Tongtian clenched his fists, his eyes burning with malice...

Songshan City No. 1 High School, the classroom of Class Five, Senior Year Three.

Wei Zhao yawned lazily. Truth be told, he had barely slept a wink the night before... The first time touching a girl's breasts was always hard to forget.

He had assumed the girl who would leave such an impression on him would be Tang Zhi, but never in his wildest dreams had it been Shen Yushu! Even though it had happened by accident in an emergency, it still sent a thrill through Wei Zhao's heart...

Honestly, if Shen Yushu had not been Gu Mengyao's best friend, Wei Zhao might well have made a move on her... But the key question was: was the young lady's best friend really someone so easy to go after?

"Boss, what's wrong? You look completely wiped out." Kang Xiaofeng had wanted to talk to Wei Zhao about Xiaofen, but seeing him so listless, he could not decide whether he should bring it up.

"Xiaobo, just say what you need to say. I'm fine." Wei Zhao shook his head. In truth, all he had to do to shake off the fatigue was silently run the Xuan Yuan Dragon-Taming Art's mental technique through his body once, but it was not merely fatigue — he simply did not have the heart for it.

What exactly was his relationship with Shen Yushu? Wei Zhao found it rather strange...