Chapter 300: Chapter 300: Yu Ge’s book will be taken off the shelves at major bookstores tomorrow
President Liu sneered at her words, "Suit yourself." As soon as he finished speaking, he got up from the sofa, walked to the desk, and pressed the intercom, instructing, "Escort Miss Xia out."
In no time, President Liu’s secretary led the security guard into the office and escorted the distraught Xia Yuge out of the office.
On the day Xia Yuge’s new book was released, news broke that Fan Shuo Group was terminating its contract with her, which shocked everyone.
Later, some netizens revealed that it was Qin Muni who proposed the termination of the contract with Xia Yuge at the board meeting, and all board members unanimously agreed, including Xu Yisen, the chairman of Fan Shuo Group, who also cast a positive vote.
Xu Yisen and Qin Muni were caught by reporters in the mall while they were out shopping together.
As the media were still in shock and hadn’t recovered, they continuously bombarded the pair with questions.
"Miss Qin, did you propose to terminate the contract with Xia Yuge out of personal grudges?"
"Chairman Xu, will this termination damage your long-standing friendship with Xia Yuge?"
"Chairman Xu, is the novel published by Xia Yuge based on the true story between you and her?"
"Miss Qin, did you really step in between Xia Yuge and Chairman Xu’s relationship back then?"
Secretary Tang and the security guards separated the reporters, protecting Qin Muni and Xu Yisen as they quickly left the mall.
The originally planned shopping and dining plan had to be canceled because of this.
On the way back, when Secretary Tang was driving them home, Xu Yisen received a call from home, and Bai Wan Yun asked them to return together.
After consulting Qin Muni, Xu Yisen replied to Bai Wan Yun that they would return home now.
In Xia Yuge’s novel, Bai Wan Yun is portrayed as a noble lady from a scholarly family, named Liu Wanqin, a gentle and courteous woman.
When the male lead, Cui Jingxian, first brought the female lead, Warm, to meet his mother, Liu Wanqin treated Warm very kindly and vaguely expressed her fondness for Warm.
Later, however, she was misled by the second female lead, Lu Jiayao, and felt that Warm’s family background was too humble to match Cui Jingxian, thus breaking up the couple and making Cui Jingxian and Warm split.
When Xu Yisen and Qin Muni arrived at the Xu Family, Bai Wan Yun was sitting on the living room sofa, reading "Even if the Fish Quits Water."
Upon hearing footsteps, she closed the book in her hand, placed it aside, picked up a teacup, took a gentle sip of tea, and looked warmly at Xu Yisen and Qin Muni as they walked into the living room.
"Sit down."
"Mom, did you suddenly call us back for something?"
If Bai Wan Yun wanted him to come home, she would notify him in advance, as she knew Xu Yisen’s schedule was busy and would give him time to arrange to come home earlier. However, it was rare for her to notify him abruptly like today.
"I heard the company terminated the contract with Yu Ge?"
"Yes."
Bai Wan Yun nodded, looking into Xu Yisen’s eyes with a hint of seriousness. She opened her mouth and spoke with a grave tone, "Tomorrow, Yu Ge’s book will be removed from major bookstores."
Her resolute tone caused both Xu Yisen and Qin Muni to be slightly surprised, and they understood that Bai Wan Yun was informing them that Xia Yuge’s book would indeed be pulled from the shelves and not asking whether they wanted it to happen.
It seemed that Bai Wan Yun had already arranged everything before notifying them.
"Haven’t you always been curious about why I don’t like Yuge?" Bai Wan Yun paused, a trace of helplessness in her eyes, "That girl’s mind runs too deep; if she were with Yisen, she wouldn’t genuinely care for him."
Bai Wan Yun never restricted Xu Yisen’s friendships, but regarding his intention to date Xia Yuge, she uncharacteristically and firmly opposed Xu Yisen.