Chapter 109 - Quick Publicity

Negative comments came flodding in as more and more people read her article. Even the gossip blogs were sharing it and adding in their two cents which helped widen the reach. Xi Long would bet $100 that every major publicity firm was scrambling to release their own article first. With the news being so hot there were many opportunities to capitalize on them. There were probably many reporters standing outside their company and house just waiting to capture their response. Even if they denied responding they would have a camera pushed into their face and their shameful escape would be captured. 

On weibo the storm continued to grow and within the five minutes the Su family was named their stocks had dropped 15%. Such publicity really saved them money, no need to hire water armies to tear them down or pay for the news to circulate. There were thousands of people rushing to flood various members pages and scold them for their injustice. It didn't matter to them if the specific individual was involved or not, what mattered was getting their anger out. To ask any of those angry people what they would do if they got it wrong, they would just turn their cheek in ignorance. Or say "who told them to stay silent?" The only true victim was Su Feng the scapegoat of the entire situation. He was a fairly decent and lower level member of their family. To protect Su Moxi they dragged another person into the mix which was not surprising. It was funny that they thought that Su Feng would be enough damage control. 

'Did they really think it would be that easy?'

There was a look of mockery in his eyes as he remembered meeting the Su family head. He had seemed like a sneaky old man back then but was apparently an idiot too. Checking his clothes in the mirror one more time he slipped his phone into his pocket and left the room. By the time he made it back towards the living room Zhuang Wei was layed across the couch in a starfish position. There was a layer of tiredness on him that Xi Long knew was from the long alcoholic night. Wei had a strong tolerance but never lasted longer than him so he was completely wasted. 

"Get up, too much sleep makes the body weak." 

Without a second of pausing Wei responded with "I would've had to sleep last night for it to be too much now." 

Plopping down next to him his eyebrow raised as he heard their comment. "You didn't sleep? Why do I seem to remember carrying an unconscious man to his room last night?" 

Groaning Wei rubbed his forehead as he took in his friend's taunt. He believed himself to be quite good at alochol but he has yet to beat the prick in front of him. To make matters worse the ass always looked peachy fresh the next day. He could count on one hand the amount of times he had seen him ruffed up the next day and zero of them had ties to beverages. It was only him who had to deal with a bulldozer pounding through his brain. Not to say Xi Long was indestructible, there were many things that would break that "cool man male protagonist" aura he has but it was annoying regardless. Especially since alochol was so common to have in business meetings and events, he'd rather a less frequent vice. Though he rarely drank this much there was always the fear that he would meet someone at the same level as Xi Long. His liver would bleed trying to match the two of them. "Well I didn't know you switched sides, were you the pitcher or the catcher?" 

Xi Long had been friends with Wei for so many years that comments like this couldn't phase him. He was secure enough in his s.e.x.u.a.lity that comments like this were just added commentary versus something that lesser men would find offensive. "Wouldn't you like to know? So this is what has been roaming through your mind huh, guess I've given you too much free time." 

Wei propped up inmediately and rested on his weight on his elbows. "Can't hurt a man for being curious, how am I to know if you are actually an alpha or this is all a facade?" 

There was a hint of warning in Xi Long's eyes as he gave a lazy glare. "Care to find out? I have no problem re-educating you." 

Wei's face crumbled as he felt a gagging in his throat. "Literally stop, I will vomit if you continue. Save that energy for your girl....Valentina or whatever her real name is."

"And you can save that energy for your boyfriend....oh wait." There was a humorus glint in his eyes as he spoke. He knew it wasn't the fairest of comments but who told him to bring his kitten into the mix? As if he wasn't already annoyed at their confusing relationship and himself for caring. 

"That was a LOW BLOW. Its not like there's a list of attractive gay men in this city especially ones who can match our lifestyles. Whatever, let's move past the topic you stinky man but I swear you better not add on more work for me! I'm swamped as it is, hire more people I'm tired." 

"Sure and I'll pay them out of your bonus." 

".....you're literally a demon do you know that?" Lifting himself into a sitting position he rubbed his face a couple of times before opening his eyes properly. Judging by the look in his best friend's eyes the plan was working smoothly. 

"When are you nailing the coffin? I'm assuming it won't be anytime soon."

"A couple of hours or so, let the newspapers and gossip coloumns do our dirty work now. If the Su family is in hiding doesn't mean their other sketchy deals aren't being found. Years worth if dirt is being pulled and investigated to add drama to their reports. The Su family will probably try to do some more damage control and send their daughter abroad. Let them think they have escaped before we drag them back down again."

"You're sadistic but I guess they deserve it haha." 

"Enough with the praises, get up we still have work to do."