After abandoning his wife and children, Bo Xilai coaxed and begged her to reconcile.

"That Xiao Ye...look..." Xiao Ruohua said with a forced smile, still trying to struggle a little more.

Song Jin interrupted her with a cold look in her eyes, "When you slandered my mother back then, you didn't hesitate for a second. Now, there's no need for your babbling."

Song Jin also swept her gaze forcefully over Old Madam Song, then over Song Zhaoyun, "The press release I prepared for Song Zhaoyun is scheduled to be released on major platforms in one hour. You can decide what to do. If your apology statement isn't published in one hour, then all the shady things Song Zhaoyun has done will be exposed."

"You!" Upon hearing this, Song Zhaoyun's face turned pale and then red, filled with both anger and fear.

Madam Song felt her blood pressure was about to spike, and her heart was pounding.

Now that things have come to this, they have no choice but to bite the bullet and apologize.

"Let the PR department release it."

Song Jin was also afraid that they might be up to something, so she reviewed the apology statement again before releasing it.

After confirming that everything was correct, he nodded and said, "Send it."

Two minutes later, the Song Group's official account updated on time, with a solemn apology and clarification statement pinned to the top.

The apology statement stated that the rumors circulating many years ago, such as "the second daughter-in-law of the Song family has a chaotic private life, gave birth to an illegitimate child, and is of bad character," were all false rumors spread by mistake within the Song family. They were maliciously fabricated false information, and all related factual evidence was forged.

These false statements have caused immense harm and irreversible negative impact on Zeng Ling's reputation and well-being. The entire Song family expresses deep remorse and remorse, and extends their sincerest apologies to Zeng Ling.

The Song family stated that they will thoroughly dispel the false rumors, face up to past mistakes, and resolutely safeguard the reputation of the parties involved.

The Song family could not predict how the apology statement would unfold.

However, Madam Song and Song Zhaoyun still held onto a sliver of hope—although the Song Group's official account had tens of thousands of followers, it wasn't an internet celebrity or a star, and had always been relatively quiet. Occasionally, it would post a status update, but the traffic was pitifully low. It might not even attract any attention at all.

However, Song Jin went to great lengths to make them back down, so how could she just issue an apology statement and call it a day?

She naturally wants to maximize her own interests.

Such a "sincere" apology statement would be pointless if it didn't cause a huge uproar and let everyone know.

She had already told Zhuge Yu to keep an eye on the Song family's official accounts, so the apology statement quickly spread across the internet.

The speed at which it spread was simply outrageous.

Just as Song Zhaoyun ordered Song Jin to sign the "Letter of Understanding" and the "Confidentiality Agreement," her phone started ringing with a barrage of notifications, almost as loud as firecrackers during the Lunar New Year.

"What's that noise? Why is it going on and on?" Old Madam Song's head was throbbing from the noise.

Song Zhaoyun frowned deeply. She had just finished issuing an apology statement when her phone was bombarded with messages. She had a very bad feeling.

Song Jin put down her pen and raised an eyebrow at Song Zhaoyun. "Why aren't you looking at your phone? Are you just naturally averse to using your phone?"

Song Zhaoyun swiped open her phone and glanced at it casually. Just one glance was enough to make her vision go black!

It's a message from the classmates' group chat—

"Did everyone see the statement released by the Song Group? It's shocking! The Song family has gone too far! They're slandering their own family member for having an affair and even kicking that mother and daughter out of the house. I remember it wasn't long after the second son of the Song family died, right? And they treated his wife and daughter like this? Aren't they afraid that the second son of the Song family will crawl out in the middle of the night to settle scores with them?"

"I saw it too! Back then, the Song family called Sister Ye a bastard child very fiercely, and now they're saying they wronged her? Don't be ridiculous!"

"I just took a look, and it really is an official statement. Seriously, this kind of slander has reached the level of defamation, hasn't it? Did the Song family do something shady again that they've been caught red-handed, forcing them to expose themselves?"

"Keep your voices down, someone's still in the group chat!"

"What's there to be afraid of! They have the nerve to do it, so why should they be afraid of what others say?"

In another group—

"Holy crap! The Song family, they're amazing! And Ye Jie and her daughter, they're in a terrible situation!"

"Two holy crap! The Song family, amazing! And Sister Ye and her daughter, so pitiful!"

"Holy crap! The Song family, amazing! And Sister Ye and her daughter, so tragic!"

……

Song Zhaoyun gripped her phone tightly, not daring to look any further.

She slowly raised her head, her eyes fixed on Song Jinye with a sinister and venomous gaze, like a lurking wild beast that wished it could pierce through her.

"It's you, isn't it?"

Song Jin glanced at her watch, then slowly stood up. She needed to go to the airport to pick up Zeng Ling.

"After more than ten years, you think you can just settle things with a few hundred words of apology?" Song Jin said with a faint smile, "There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world."

She walked gracefully to the door, paused, and said, "You've heard too much praise over the years; it's time to hear the world's true opinion of you."

She opened the hospital room door and tossed out her final words: "Sweet dreams tonight!"

Sweet dreams?

Song Zhaoyun's mouth trembled; this was clearly a curse.

After learning about the developments online, Madam Song was so angry that she almost fainted.

"Delete it! Have the PR department delete it immediately! Quickly find someone to remove it from the trending topics!" Xiao Ruohua thought of a solution while supporting the old lady.

"It's too late. Deleting it now would only make things worse. The internet remembers everything, and this apology statement has probably already spread across the entire internet."

Bo Sinian looked away from his phone. He had just checked the online situation and it was clear that Song Jin had already made full preparations.

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to sit here and wait to die?" Old Madam Song asked unwillingly.

Bo Sinian's face remained expressionless, his expression cold and flat. "We can try to suppress it with other trending topics, but what kind of effect we can achieve is up to fate."

"Yes, yes, yes! We could drop a bombshell about a top celebrity, maybe that would divert public attention." Song Zhaoyun's heart suddenly stirred, and a glimmer of hope instantly ignited in his eyes.

Bo Sinian had just left the hospital when he received a call from Lu Jiuxu.

"The Song family is now the target of public criticism. How long do you plan to keep them trending on social media?"

Bo Sinian's dark eyes were incredibly deep, like those of someone who had fallen into a bottomless, dark river, shrouded in mystery.

"Stay until...someone is satisfied."

Song Jin and Ms. Zeng have been stigmatized for over a decade. If the Song family is only criticized for a day or two, it would be too lenient on them.

At the same time, Song Zhaoyun's personal social media platform was also flooded with comments.

Fans left her many messages.

"I originally thought you came from a respectable family, but it turns out the Song family has quite a few dirty secrets. I heard from a netizen who graduated from Nancheng Middle School that you often called your cousin a bastard when you were young. Is that true?"

"Did you drive Ms. Zeng Ling and her daughter out of the Song family in order to seize their property?"

"To slander a woman's reputation is, in my opinion, the greatest evil in the world! Especially since you are a woman too! Sorry, I'm unfollowing you!"