Chapter 778: Chapter 778: I Almost Thought You Majored in Public Relations

I’m not one to play games, I say things as they are.

Of course, not everyone can be so straightforward.

Even if you want to be straightforward, you have to consider the environment around you.

Due to reality, most people can’t be straightforward.

They can only become slick, worldly, and emotionally intelligent.

It’s like how Chi Jingsi has been protected by her family since childhood, and after marriage, protected by the Zhao Family.

Even if she’s straightforward and says things others don’t like to hear, who can really do anything to her?

"Exactly!" Chi Jingsi said.

"I didn’t know initially, but yesterday I was at a gathering with my girlfriends." Chi Jingsi said.

The old lady’s mouth twitched twice.

Chi Jingsi is not young anymore, and her close friends are about the same age as her.

The age difference is no more than five years.

This isn’t a gathering of young girls.

An old friends’ reunion is more like it.

However, the old lady refrained from stating this brutal reality.

"Then while talking, we got onto this topic. They told me things they heard from others during the reunion."

"Originally, since this matter was through a third party’s mouth, I couldn’t believe it entirely. Who knows if there might be some misunderstanding in the middle?"

"Coincidentally, at the viewpoint restaurant of the hotel we were having afternoon tea at, someone else was having a gathering. Although I didn’t know them, when gossiping, they also talked about Xiao Shen and Xiao Fei’s rumors."

"Probably not from the same circle, after all, City B is very big, and the circles of business people are also diverse and varied." Chi Jingsi said, "Anyway, not sure which friends passed on stories about Xiao Shen and Xiao Fei to them, but they had those speculations."

"I know, certainly not just such a small part of people talk about Xiao Fei and Xiao Shen this way. There must be quite a few with such thoughts."

The old lady nodded: "It’s not surprising those people think that way."

Everyone is human, some thoughts are naturally inevitable.

Especially since many are influenced by the deeply ingrained notion of perfect matches, coupled with many news and real-life examples.

The wealthy always marry into other wealthy families.

There are countless people wanting to marry into wealthy families, many actresses striving to squeeze in, but few truly succeed.

Some succeed, but happy endings are sparse.

Too many examples have formed a fixed mindset in people’s minds.

Added with the reality that those wealthy families indeed care about family status.

They are also inherently snobbish.

They prioritize family interests more, having grown up with such education.

This mindset has long been ingrained in their bones.

How can people from wealthy families, educated this way, easily believe the Zhao Family truly accepts Ye Fei sincerely?

Perhaps they consider the possibility, but can’t comprehend it.

The old lady wouldn’t want people gossiping about her grandson and granddaughter-in-law.

"Do you have a plan?" Seeing Chi Jingsi’s eager expression, the old lady knew she had an idea.

"It’s simple." Chi Jingsi clutched the old lady’s arm, "Let’s go together and make a video with Xiao Shen and Xiao Fei."

"With our family appearing together in the video, surely no one will have doubts, right? If they still doubt, then it’s just malicious intent, envy of our happiness!" Chi Jingsi said indignantly.

"Right, you’re making sense." The old lady made a decisive decision, let’s do it!

In the study, Ye Fei and Zhao Gushen finished recording the video.

Ye Fei first pressed the pause button.

"Is it okay to say what you just did?" Ye Fei asked Zhao Gushen, "Before, at Xiao Cai and Zhiqing’s wedding, you mentioned we were secretly married."

"I’ve thought about this; if we tell the netizens we’re secretly married, then what happened during the competition wouldn’t make sense."

"Plus, when you started as a food blogger, in your videos, you told your fans you were a single mom. If we now say we were secretly married, it means you lied to your fans back then, and this lie lasted five years."

"Although I’m not too familiar with many happenings in fan circles, even outsiders can figure this out. Fans certainly don’t wish to be deceived by the ones they support, which is a big taboo." Zhao Gushen said.

Ye Fei nodded, that’s absolutely correct.

"However, it’s not worrisome to have different statements from the wedding of Zhiqing and Xiao Cai." Zhao Gushen said.

"Reporters weren’t allowed at Zhiqing’s wedding; even the surroundings were sealed off, prohibiting any photos, let alone conversations we had at the wedding."

"Invitees were all her trusted friends, and reliable in character."

"Apart from people from the Eight Great Families, only a few of her acquaintances in the entertainment industry were invited. It’s not easy to make friends in the entertainment industry; Zhiqing’s no fool; those she considers friends aren’t superficial relationships."

"And even if these statements differ from the ones at the wedding, if exposed publicly, how would you think?"

"Originally, we shared the secret marriage tale only within a small circle. Only guests at Zhiqing’s wedding knew, not even at the banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year did anyone know about it."

"So this is a very localized insider matter, not exactly a secret but considered an inner circle rumor." Zhao Gushen said.

"When I planned that, I expected that someday we’d make it public, and the statement couldn’t be the same as the localized one." Zhao Gushen said.

"So at that time, I hinted that this was an inner circle topic and wouldn’t be publicly disclosed." Zhao Gushen said, "After all, the reasons I previously used also had matters of feudal superstition, which aren’t suitable for public exposure. They all know this."

"Thus, even if they see our public video statements, they would merely consider it as an external narrative. They know the real reasons themselves."

But in reality, none of them are true.

"They would just think we fabricated this reason since we initially didn’t want to reveal the secret marriage." Zhao Gushen said.

"After all, secret marriage can be quite criticized."

"Even though marriage disclosure is a personal matter for public figures, unrelated to others."

"However, obviously netizens don’t consider themselves outsiders, believing they have the right to comment." Zhao Gushen chuckled, "Hence, secret marriage isn’t very effective with curious spectators."

"Rather, the ’reuniting after separation’ storyline appeals more." Zhao Gushen said.

Ye Fei blinked and said: "You... almost convinced me you are a PR professional."

When did Zhao Gushen channel Lu Man!

This is too impressive!

Zhao Gushen chuckled: "I’m not a PR professional."