Hearing Xu Ke speak, the female reporter countered sharply, "Mister Xu, I asked for an explanation regarding this matter, which you seem to have avoided answering."

"If you are unaware of the content on the big-character posters, I can read them aloud for you."

"The first one says, 'Xu Ke, devoid of all conscience, abandons his fiancée and snatches her house after being kept by a rich patroness!'"

"Another accuses the Wang Family Corporation of colluding with Xu Ke to oppress the common people, calling them inhumane and condemned by heaven!"

"Each poster has your photograph on a black and white background, marked with a blood-red X."

The female reporter's voice echoed clearly through the conference hall. The people around her wore expressions of schadenfreude, enjoying the spectacle.

Everyone knew the female reporter was deliberately repeating these accusations to provoke and insult Xu Ke at today's press conference.

After she finished reading, she gave Xu Ke a defiant, proud look. As a reporter for a media company under the Ye Corporation, she was obviously on a mission to humiliate Xu Ke today. She was basking in this glorious moment of shaming him, feeling incomparably proud.

I'm pointing right at your nose, Xu Ke, and telling you that you're condemned by heaven. I'm standing right in front of the Wang Family Corporation and telling you all that your entire company is inhumane. But I'm just stating the facts. What can you do about it? Go on, get angry! If you do, I'll write a news report denouncing you!

As expected, the staff from the Wang Family Corporation became enraged upon hearing the reporter's words. They wished they could shove her head into a cesspool, but they were powerless to stop her.

With no outlet for their fury, their resentment toward Xu Ke only intensified. If it weren't for this troublemaker, Xu Ke, who couldn't handle his own past relationships, why would their Wang Family Corporation be dragged into this public humiliation?

Some even cast hostile glances toward Wong Qifu, who sat silently beside Xu Ke. A chairwoman like this, doing whatever she pleased for her fiancé... She was an incompetent figurehead. What right did she have to sit in the highest position of the Wang Family Corporation?

...

But after listening, Xu Ke's expression remained calm. "Good, thank you for repeating that."

"I would usually interpret such behavior as slander and defamation."

"As for the words you just repeated, I typically consider them the barking of a dog."

The moment he finished speaking, the female reporter's smug expression froze, and her eyes blazed with anger.

On the surface, Xu Ke seemed to be saying that the accusations from Chang Xiujuan and Siao Fan were slander and the barking of dogs. But on closer reflection, his words had a second meaning: the female reporter had just been barking like a dog.

Once she realized this, the reporter's breathing grew ragged with fury, yet she couldn't openly accuse Xu Ke of calling her a dog. If she did, he could simply feign innocence. What could she possibly do to him then? She had no choice but to swallow her pride.

Meanwhile, the onlookers were secretly stunned. Xu Ke really didn't take any slight lying down.

Forcing a smile, the female reporter continued her attack. "Mister Xu, why do you say they are slandering you?"

"Are you denying that you abandoned your fiancée, seized her house, and are being kept by a rich patroness?"

This was her plan to lay a trap for Xu Ke.

How are you going to answer these questions?

After the efforts of Yuk Dalong and Jiang Yi yesterday, many people already knew that Siao Jia was the one who had cheated and that Xu Ke had been the one abandoned. However, that didn't stop the reporter from pressing the issue now.

Any explanation from Xu Ke would be awkward. If he said he didn't abandon his fiancée but that she had cheated on him, wouldn't that be admitting he was cuckolded? If he denied being kept by a rich patroness, how could he explain Wong Qifu sitting right beside him?

The crowd watched with rapt attention, their faces alight with excitement. This is going to be tough to explain!

But Xu Ke simply smiled slightly. "To your first question, yes, they did slander and defame me."

"To your second question, no, I have not done those things."

"I've answered. Do you have any more questions?"

Seeing Xu Ke's seemingly feeble response, the female reporter smirked. "Yes."

"How can you prove they slandered you?"

"And how can you prove you didn't engage in the behavior described on the big-character posters?"

She looked at Xu Ke triumphantly, determined to force him to admit to the humiliation of being cuckolded.

But at this, Xu Ke also smiled. "I'm not sure if you understand the basic definition of slander."

"When you make unsubstantiated claims that harm another person's reputation, that is slander."

"Let me give you an incredibly inappropriate example."

Hearing this, the female reporter felt a sudden chill. She was overcome by a strong sense of foreboding.

Xu Ke continued, "For instance, let's say I claim right now that you ate excrement this morning. I have no photo to prove you did, but I say it anyway, and it leads people to believe it's true."

"Of course, the whole thing would be false."

"But if someone believed it and your public image was damaged, then I would be guilty of slander."

"I wonder if you understand."

As he finished speaking, the people in the room gasped collectively. This Xu Ke was unbelievably audacious. They could guarantee it. Of all the times the members of the six great families had spoken in public, never had anyone pointed at a reporter's nose and accused them of eating shit.

The female reporter's face instantly turned a sickly green. "Wh-what did you say?!"

Xu Ke smiled. "My apologies. This is my first press conference, and I may have spoken out of turn. I apologize to you."

"Whether you've eaten that sort of thing, I certainly wouldn't know. But I definitely haven't seen you eat it."

"So, that was just an example. No one should take it seriously."

The reporter was so enraged she nearly fainted. Xu Ke's words were growing more venomous by the second.

Meanwhile, some of the Wang Family Corporation employees couldn't help but smirk. That was a brilliant counterattack! In that moment, they suddenly found Xu Ke much more agreeable.

Xu Ke continued, "In law, there's a principle: 'He who asserts must prove.'"

"I gave that example only to tell you that since they currently have no evidence, their claims are slander."

"When they can produce evidence proving I committed all the acts alleged on the big-character posters, then I will come back and prove to you that I did not do those things."

"Alright, I've finished my answer."

After Xu Ke was done, the female reporter's complexion was livid. The other reporters felt a shiver run down their spines.

With him acting like this, who would dare try to trip him up again? A single misstep, and he'd accuse you of eating shit to your face, and you'd have no way to refute it…

In a corner of the room, Wang Yu's face was ashen. That reporter from the Ye Family is a complete moron.

...

The female reporter knew she couldn't press this issue any further, so she quickly switched topics.

"Mister Xu, alright, let's say the previous issue was indeed slander from Chang Xiujuan and her son."

"I have another question for you."

"Your ex-girlfriend has now committed suicide, and her best friend has come forward claiming she killed herself because you abandoned her."

"In other words, your ex-girlfriend's death is related to you. How do you explain that?"

After the female reporter finished, many of the other reporters, and indeed everyone who wished for Xu Ke's downfall, wanted her to shut her mouth. They had all witnessed her incompetence. She was no match for Xu Ke. By asking another similar question, wasn't she just giving him another opportunity to lecture her on the definition of slander?

But then, to everyone's surprise, Xu Ke paused for a moment and slowly shook his head. "I find this question... difficult to answer."

As soon as he said this, the previously disdainful crowd was stunned.

What does he mean? Did Xu Ke finally run into a question he can't handle?

The female reporter's eyes lit up in an instant.

This is my chance!

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