Reborn to outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight

Chapter 1151: I’ve Already Warned You

Yu Mei’s expression was interesting, somewhat displeased yet shocked.

"You..."

"Alright, my time is precious, what exactly do you want?" Lin Zhiyi asked, putting down her teacup.

From the moment Yu Mei was stunned, the initiative was already in Lin Zhiyi’s hands.

Yu Mei pursed her lips, then tilted her head up the next second, "Lin Zhiyi, stop pretending, you’re actually very anxious inside, aren’t you? You were hanging out with old men in high school. If this gets out, will your designed jewelry still be worth anything?"

Chu Yin, who had looked at the photos on the way there, chuckled, "Reporter Yu, how did you determine that this man is an old man? Just because he’s wearing a suit?"

Yu Mei said, "At that time, Lin Zhiyi was only seventeen, a man who drives this kind of car and wears this kind of suit has to be at least in his thirties or forties. If that’s not an old man, what is? Also, I know another thing."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yin and Lin Zhiyi exchanged glances.

Indeed it wasn’t a mistake to come, Yu Mei dared to threaten Lin Zhiyi with the photos, there must be a reason.

Lin Zhiyi asked, "Oh? Now I’m even more curious."

Yu Mei didn’t continue, but smiled, "Lin Zhiyi, I think we can do a good interview. By the way, Miss Chu, let’s schedule a time for an interview too. I heard your traffic is not bad these days, but you haven’t done a personal interview yet. I think I can get an exclusive."

Chu Yin replied coldly, "What a big mouth, who do you think you are? Do I have to listen to whatever you say? You can’t even threaten Zhiyi, and you want to threaten me? Reporter Yu, you don’t have enough leverage."

Yu Mei’s expression turned displeased as she stared at Lin Zhiyi.

Lin Zhiyi smiled faintly, her eyes had long lost the look of desperation from the past, replaced with composure and confidence.

There was even a kind of unfamiliar and powerful indifference.

"Yu Mei, I already have over a dozen reasons regarding who the man in your photograph is. Each one could cost you your job, so are you sure you still want to threaten me?"

"You..." Yu Mei just wanted to explode but let out a cold laugh, "Lin Zhiyi, stop pretending, your current success is all thanks to the Second Young Master of the Gong Family. Your sugar daddy probably stopped caring about you long ago? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been bullied so badly by Song Wanqiu in university. If the Gong Family finds out you were this kind of person in high school, they’ll likely be eager to cut ties with you."

No wonder she’s so arrogant, turns out she thought I reached this point relying on a sugar daddy.

Lin Zhiyi chuckled lightly, "I’ve already warned you. Whether you listen is up to you."

Yu Mei didn’t see any fear in Lin Zhiyi, and she herself was unsure.

"Let’s eat first."

She suddenly changed the subject.

Lin Zhiyi nodded and she and Chu Yin ate happily.

Yu Mei’s expression wasn’t good.

Before the meal was over, she found an excuse to leave first.

Lin Zhiyi and Chu Yin got up and went over to the table where Chen Jin and Zhou Zhao were sitting.

Chen Jin said, "I received the investigation report."

Chu Yin asked curiously, "Does Yu Mei have any big support behind her?"

Chen Jin’s answer was a bit disappointing, "No, at least according to the investigation report, she doesn’t. According to the investigation, Yu Mei’s subscription numbers are continuously dropping, she should have faded out long ago."

Chu Yin thought for a moment, "I understand this tactic, she definitely wants to use Zhiyi to boost subscriptions, and even tries to throw me in as a bonus."

Chen Jin said, "Besides, Yu Mei doesn’t get along well with her colleagues. The main reason is her husband used to be a vice president, and she always looked down on her colleagues. People used to tolerate her, but now no one does. This makes it harder for her at the fashion magazine, but once she quits, she may never return to this industry."

Lin Zhiyi nodded, "Her husband just resigned; he should still have connections, how can her life not be good?"

Chen Jin explained, "It depends on why her husband resigned."

"Haha, I knew there was a problem with her husband, did you see how anxious she was? She was dying to get settled with an interview with Zhiyi," Chu Yin recalled.

Lin Zhiyi looked at Chen Jin and Zhou Zhao, "What’s going on?"

Zhou Zhao sneered, "Her husband didn’t resign voluntarily, he was forced to."

Lin Zhiyi and Chu Yin watched the two with curiosity.

Chen Jin explained, "Workplace sexual harassment, and he was caught red-handed. It’s said someone set him up, extorted a lot of money from him to settle it. There are more women than men at the magazine, so the company made him resign voluntarily to save face."

Chu Yin scoffed, "Set up? If he wasn’t that kind of person, how could he fall for it so easily?"

Lin Zhiyi frowned, "No wonder Yu Mei is so anxious to reveal her cards and force me to comply, if she desperately wants to stand firm, she likely won’t write a good interview about me either."

After all, sensationalism is more attractive.

Chu Yin said, "Wait, even if her husband was forced to resign, didn’t he make a lot of money over the years? Their life must have been good, why is Yu Mei so anxious?"

Chen Jin said, "It seems Yu Mei’s husband offended someone. The other party set up several schemes, not only causing Yu Mei’s husband to lose his job and connections, but also nearly wiping out their investments. Their family is now mostly relying on Yu Mei."

That explained everything.

Yu Mei must have seen Lin Zhiyi’s advertisement, which inspired her to interview Lin Zhiyi.

But why is that photo being brought out only now?

Back then, Yu Mei was so bold and fearless.

Forcing her to apologize at the flag-raising platform was a humiliation, why would she choose to apologize rather than use the photo to hit back at Lin Zhiyi?

Really strange.

Chu Yin said, "So Zhiyi is the most famous person Yu Mei can currently reach. It seems she won’t give up easily."

Lin Zhiyi was actually not worried about the photo; after all, it’s been so long, she had many reasons to explain it.

Along with her warning today, she could only hope Yu Mei would stop.

In the afternoon, Yu Mei sent out a report preview, featuring another emerging artist.

In other words, someone unrecognized, without fame.

Lin Zhiyi glanced at the number of reservations, and there weren’t many.

"Since she has a new target, it has nothing to do with us."

Chu Yin chuckled with annoyance, "Turns out she had two plans ready, with how confident she was earlier, I thought she really intended to do something, oh well, this way is fine too."

After eating, everyone dispersed.

Lin Zhiyi didn’t give it much thought.

Until two days later, Lin Zhiyi received a call from Xingxing’s kindergarten teacher.

"Xingxing’s mother, could you please come to the school?"

"Teacher, did something happen to Xingxing?" Lin Zhiyi asked anxiously.

"Indeed, there’s been a little incident. Xingxing got into a fight with another child, both have some scratches..."

"Alright, I’ll be right there."

Lin Zhiyi looked towards the door where Chen Jin was.

Chen Jin had already gone to get the car.

...

At the kindergarten.

Lin Zhiyi instructed Chen Jin not to notify Gong Chen.

He had ’died’ less than a year ago; appearing now would easily lead to recognition.

Chen Jin understood the seriousness of the situation and agreed with Lin Zhiyi.

As the two arrived outside the office, Lin Zhiyi heard a familiar voice.

"A bastard without a father, who told you to hit my son?"