Chapter 517 - 516: Situ Yunliang’s Exclusive Interview

Some things were impossible to see from another’s perspective. People always had a bit of a double standard—one for themselves, and another for everyone else.

"I don’t care if any of you had a hand in this. I’m going to do a press interview. The reporters will certainly ask about Zijin, and I will set the record straight for her."

Situ Yunliang admitted that her past actions made her unworthy of being called a mother. Now that Yun Zijin had grown up on her own and achieved so much, she, as a mother, was genuinely happy for her.

But if anyone tried to discredit everything Yun Zijin had achieved through her own hard work, Situ Yunliang would absolutely not allow it!

No one else said another word. Although Situ Yunliang was a woman and not a candidate for succession in this generation of the Situ Family, no one could deny her standing within the family.

The current candidates for succession were all Situ Yunliang’s full-blooded older brothers. The weight of that fact was not to be taken lightly.

"Faites ce que vous voulez, c’est votre fille, et vous avez le droit de faire tout ce que vous voulez."

Situ Xu Yao and Fang Yun didn’t have many demands for the children in the family, preferring a more hands-off, free-range parenting style.

However, when it came to matters of principle, the two were unyielding.

Therefore, Situ Xu Yao and Fang Yun didn’t stop Situ Yunliang from wanting to do a press interview and find an opportunity to clear things up for Yun Zijin.

The Situ Family had no need to use Yun Zijin to pave their way.

Situ Wenze pursed his lips. He had a poor impression of Yun Zijin, so he’d always been dissatisfied with Situ Yunliang’s desire to protect her.

Situ Anrui and Situ Anyu, on the other hand, remained quiet the entire time, trying to make themselves as small as possible.

This was truly a battle of titans, and they could only pray that they, as mere mortals, wouldn’t get caught in the crossfire.

Yun Zijin was unaware of what was happening in the Situ family, but Situ Yunliang moved very quickly.

After giving her family a heads-up, she had the butler the Situ family employed in Hua Country start looking for any legitimate media outlets that wanted an exclusive interview with her.

Her only requirement was that they had to ask about the current relationship between the Situ family and Yun Zijin.

The butler accepted the task and quickly began making inquiries. It wasn’t long before he reported back to Situ Yunliang.

"Miss, many people have been requesting an exclusive interview with you lately. I’ve screened them for you, and in the end, I believe the Dijing Entertainment Report is the most suitable.

Here is the list of interview questions I requested from them. You can look it over. If there are any issues, let me know, and I’ll communicate with them to make changes."

The butler handed Situ Yunliang the list of interview questions he had received from the Dijing Entertainment Report.

Situ Yunliang took the outline. "Alright, you can go. I’ll look this over myself."

"What’s there to look at? Yun Zijin doesn’t have what it takes to shed the ’Situ family’ label on her own. Her attitude toward you is awful, Auntie. Why are you repaying her malice with kindness?"

Situ Wenze couldn’t stand seeing Situ Yunliang always looking out for Yun Zijin, only for Yun Zijin to give her the cold shoulder in return.

If anyone else had dared to act that way, back in France, they’d be pushing up daisies by now.

"If your parents had abandoned you at an orphanage right after you were born, do you think you would forgive them?

Xiaoze, you haven’t walked in her shoes, so don’t tell her to be forgiving."

This was the first time Situ Yunliang had ever discussed Yun Zijin’s attitude toward her so seriously with Situ Wenze.

Situ Yunliang knew full well that she had made a mistake, forcing a child—Yun Zijin—to bear the consequences. So now, no matter what Yun Zijin’s attitude toward her was, Situ Yunliang silently endured it.

All of this was what she deserved for her past actions.

Situ Wenze opened his mouth to argue, but when he tried to put himself in that position, he was struck by the thought that Yun Zijin’s ability to meet with Situ Yunliang so calmly was a sign of an incredibly good temperament.

Unable to refute Situ Yunliang, Situ Wenze simply sat down on the sofa and said nothing more.

Situ Yunliang paid him no more mind. She lowered her head again and began to read the outline on her phone.

About two minutes later, Situ Wenze’s phone rang.

Seeing Lu Yunque’s name on the caller ID, Situ Wenze raised an eyebrow. He had a pretty good idea why Lu Yunque was calling him.

To be honest, Situ Wenze didn’t really want to answer. However, if the Situ family wanted to firmly establish its footing in Hua Country, they still needed the help of the Lu Group, which was under Lu Yunque’s control.

In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, Situ Wenze decided to answer the call.

"Hello, Mr. Lu!"

After Situ Wenze answered, Lu Yunque got straight to the point. "Let’s meet tomorrow. It’s about what’s going on online with the Situ family and my girlfriend."

Lu Yunque had stated his purpose. Although Situ Wenze still couldn’t bring himself to like Yun Zijin, he agreed to Lu Yunque’s invitation to meet.

Regardless, he was the one who needed something from Lu Yunque, so he definitely couldn’t afford to offend him.

Situ Wenze didn’t bother to hide his phone call from Situ Yunliang. After he hung up, she spoke. "So, he came knocking, did he?

I knew it. Lu Yunque wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing."

From her own experience, Situ Yunliang could tell that Lu Yunque genuinely liked Yun Zijin.

There was no way Lu Yunque would ignore the recent negative online sentiment directed at Yun Zijin.

"What can he do, even if he did contact me? Don’t tell me you expect me to hold a special press interview for Yun Zijin, just like you?

And how can you be sure netizens won’t just think that since Yun Zijin just returned to the Situ family, she’s like some commoner who married into royalty, got full of herself, and is now forcing us to clear her name."

Netizens only want to hear the ’truth’ they’ve already decided on. Many of them won’t even read the clarification; they’ll just keep spreading rumors.

"It doesn’t matter what the netizens think. We should still do everything we can."

"I know, I know. I’ll meet with Lu Yunque tomorrow and see what he has in mind. I’ll cooperate as much as I can."

Since Situ Yunliang was already set on clearing Yun Zijin’s name in her interview, there was no point in Situ Wenze continuing to oppose her. And now that Lu Yunque had come to him directly, Situ Wenze could just go with the flow and agree.

Meanwhile, Lu Yunque had called Situ Wenze to arrange the meeting right in front of Yun Zijin. After they hung up, Yun Zijin rewarded Lu Yunque with a big hug and a kiss.

"Thank you. A clarification from the Situ family will definitely be much more effective than anything I could say myself."

"You don’t have to thank me. It’s my duty as your boyfriend."

Lu Yunque and Situ Wenze scheduled their meeting for Friday afternoon, while Situ Yunliang’s interview was set for Friday morning.

「On Friday」

Yun Zijin’s day started as usual. After breakfast, she left and took a car to Dijing University.

Her classes proceeded as normal, but just as one was about to end, Qin Sitong suddenly shook her by the shoulder.

"Zijin, quick, look at Weibo!"

Yun Zijin was completely baffled, having no idea what was going on.