Volume One, Chapter 16: The Assertive Female CEO

Originally, Ning Qingcheng was chatting with Su Mei at the law firm when she suddenly saw Ma Rongrong's live broadcast. Ma Rongrong was being interviewed by a reporter in the livestream, viciously slandering and defaming Yang Feng. This was the last straw for Ning Qingcheng; she immediately rushed over. She could tolerate many things, but she could not stand anyone defaming Yang Feng like that.

“What? Ma Rongrong was the one pursuing Yang Feng?”
“That’s impossible! Don’t listen to her nonsense!”
“How could Ma Rongrong chase after a con artist?”
“Though Yang Feng is a con artist now, he wasn’t always like that!”
“She’s Yang Feng’s sister, of course she’d defend him!”
“Who knows if what she says is true or not?”
“...”

Hearing Ning Qingcheng’s words, the crowd murmured among themselves. However, Yang Feng’s reputation was already tarnished beyond repair, so most people believed Ma Rongrong’s accusations. As for Ning Qingcheng’s defense, very few trusted her.

“If you don’t believe me, I have their chat records, videos, and other evidence!” Ning Qingcheng declared. “I can prove how Ma Rongrong clung onto Yang Feng and chased after him relentlessly!”
“Ma Rongrong, who do you think you are?”
“Do you dare to confront me with proof?”

Ning Qingcheng stared at Ma Rongrong, challenging her. If Ma Rongrong dared to confront her, she would make sure to slap her down hard.

“We were both naive and ignorant back then; it hardly matters who pursued whom!” Ma Rongrong deflected. “What matters now is that Yang Feng is selling fake medicine, cheating the hard-earned money from patients with ALS!”
“I can’t bear to see Yang Feng deceive even more patients!”
“That’s why I must expose Yang Feng’s true face, to prevent more people from being fooled!”

Of course, Ma Rongrong did not dare confront Ning Qingcheng with evidence, so she skillfully changed the subject. She knew Ning Qingcheng was telling the truth. It was indeed Ma Rongrong who had been the one desperately chasing Yang Feng. But Ma Rongrong was no fool; by shifting the focus, she distracted everyone’s attention.

Ma Rongrong was right—Yang Feng was now a major fraud. As for who pursued whom, honestly, it was irrelevant.

“You say Yang Feng is a con artist, but what proof do you have?”
“Although Yang Feng sells medicine, it’s not fake; it really helps control the symptoms of ALS!”
“Ma Rongrong, you know best whether the medicine Yang Feng sells is fake!”

“It was because you had ALS that Yang Feng developed this treatment!” Ning Qingcheng retorted sharply. “Without Yang Feng, you would have died long ago!” She was determined to defend Yang Feng’s reputation because she knew he was truly innocent. She would never allow anyone to defame him.

“You still insist it’s not fake medicine?”
“If it were medication for some other disease, maybe we’d believe it,” someone scoffed, “but ALS is an incurable disease; modern medicine has no miracle cure!”
“Even someone as brilliant as Stephen Hawking couldn’t be cured.”
“Many pharmaceutical companies have failed to develop effective treatment for ALS.”
“For Yang Feng to single-handedly create such a remedy—it’s pure fantasy!”
“Patients have already reported Yang Feng for selling fake medicine, and you still claim it’s real?”
“I think you’re an accomplice of Yang Feng. Otherwise, why would you defend him?”

The crowd was skeptical of Ning Qingcheng’s defense. After all, no one believed Yang Feng alone could have developed a miracle drug for ALS. Over a century, countless companies had tried and failed.

“Who are you? Why should we believe you?”
“What evidence do you have that Yang Feng’s medicine isn’t fake?”

The reporter who had interviewed Ma Rongrong quickly thrust the microphone toward Ning Qingcheng. Such a scoop was too good to miss; the more explosive the news, the larger the audience.

“I...” Ning Qingcheng was about to respond when suddenly a voice interrupted her.

“I’ll answer that for her.”

At the sound, the crowd turned to see a limited edition red Ferrari pulling up. A woman in a tailored female suit stepped out. She was not only beautiful but had a strikingly seductive figure, radiating the aura of a commanding female CEO. The crowd instinctively parted to make way.

“Who is she?”
“No idea!”
“Where did this stunning woman come from?”

Everyone was full of curiosity.

Ning Qingcheng’s eyes lit up at the sight of the woman. She hurried over, joyfully calling out, “Second sister, what are you doing here?”

“Big sister, brother has some matters to attend to. As your second sister, how could I stay out of it?” The woman glanced sharply at the crowd. “Let me introduce myself—my name is Ye Mengyan.”
“Yang Feng and I grew up together in an orphanage; he’s my biological brother.”
“If Yang Feng wanted money, I could hand him a hundred million without a second thought.”
“Yang Feng has no reason to deceive patients for a mere few tens of millions!”

Ye Mengyan spoke with pride and confidence. At first, some thought she was boasting, but when they heard her name, a wave of shock spread through the crowd.

“Ye Mengyan?”
Everyone’s faces were stunned, especially the reporter, who looked incredulous.
“She’s Ye Mengyan?”
“Who is Ye Mengyan? Why are you all so shocked?”
“Ye Mengyan is the CEO of Fengmeng Group, worth billions!”
“It’s unbelievable that Yang Feng is her brother!”
“If Ye Mengyan really is Yang Feng’s sister, then he certainly has no need to cheat patients out of their money for a mere few tens of millions!”

The crowd’s strong reaction was because they knew who Ye Mengyan was. Fengmeng Group ranked among the top three companies in Donghai, with a market value exceeding tens of billions. As its CEO, Ye Mengyan’s net worth had long surpassed one billion. If she truly was Yang Feng’s sister, she had every right to make such claims.

Tens of millions is a fortune to an ordinary person, but to a billionaire CEO like Ye Mengyan, it was insignificant. And since Yang Feng was her brother, there was no reason for him to defraud vulnerable ALS patients for such a paltry sum.