Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1042: Protect Our Main Force!

Is that a wine worm?

It’s clearly a centipede!

Everyone’s not blind!

Just as Yu Sui was about to speak, Chen Guangxi spoke first in English, "It’s a misunderstanding, Kevin. This wine was something I bought yesterday, I didn’t expect such a blunder."

Yang Ning also regained her composure.

However, she didn’t believe there was an issue with the wine.

She was almost convinced that Tang Li was the culprit behind the centipede!

Yet the instigator was still pretending to be harmless—Tang Li offered to pay for the wine.

"According to Sister Ning, after all, it’s my assistant who broke it."

Tang Li took out her cellphone, showing a good attitude towards compensation: "Name a price, I’ll transfer it to you."

Seeing Tang Li still holding that centipede, Chen Guangxi’s mouth twitched slightly, and she said straight away, "No need."

A ’79 Port is indeed valuable.

The premise is that it hadn’t been soaked with a centipede!

As of now, quoting twelve million will only make her seem like she’s trying to extort.

Besides, this is Del’s headquarters.

If word gets out, what will happen to the reputations of Yang Ning and herself?

Regarding the broken bottle of ’79 Port, President Kevin made no comments, just picked up the phone and informed the secretary to have housekeeping come clean up.

With things as they were, there was no reason to stay any longer.

Just as Chen Guangxi was about to take her leave, Yang Ning unexpectedly spoke up, "Xiao Tang, I heard your mother is an AIDS patient, is that true?"

AIDS, a disease that makes everyone avoid it.

Yang Ning’s words were like a thunderclap, with strong impact.

Del could never hire a patient as their spokesperson.

Especially not an AIDS patient!

Feng Qi wanted to speak, but President Kevin stopped him with a raised hand.

"I want to hear Tang answer this question herself." President Kevin, being of Asian descent, used slightly clumsy Mandarin to emphasize the importance of the issue.

At this moment, the office door was pushed open.

The cleaning lady, with a mop in hand, sensed the unusual atmosphere inside and was momentarily caught in a dilemma.

Outside the president’s office was an employee work area.

Now with the door open, what was being said inside could very well be overheard.

Tang Li did not shy away from this, choosing to speak the truth: "My mother is indeed infected with the HIV virus."

Yang Ning’s lips curled slightly.

Instantly, the office was dead silent.

"She used to work as a nurse in a town hospital’s infusion room." In the office, only Tang Li’s voice could be heard: "Later, one day while she was giving a patient an infusion, she was attacked by the patient, who happened to be an AIDS patient."

After a brief silence, President Kevin asked, "So your mother now..."

"She passed away three years ago."

The expression on Tang Li’s face was calm: "I don’t think there’s anything shameful about my mother contracting this disease; she was an AIDS patient but also a victim. Victim blaming should not be imposed on a medical staff member."

With that, she looked at President Kevin, "If I could become Del’s spokesperson, I would donate all of the endorsement fees to AHF until my contract with Del expires."

Yang Ning: "..."

AHF, the world’s largest AIDS healthcare foundation.

Tang Li donating her endorsement fees would most likely become a trending topic online.

For Del, it’s also a form of marketing.

Yang Ning had never seen anyone like this!

Throw a stone at her, and she can step on it to climb higher.

And hearing Tang Li’s words, President Kevin commented, "Your mother was a great woman, and she raised you well."

He withdrew his gaze and smiled towards Feng Qi: "If you have no other plans for lunch, would you like to eat with me?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"I’d be honored." Feng Qi also smiled.

Yang Ning’s face turned pale, her hand clutching her handbag tightly.

What more was there to understand?

Tang Li as Del’s spokesperson was now a sure thing!

And she had aided it!

Staying here would only be a joke!

Yang Ning turned to leave, but Tang Li said, "Sister Ning, there was something I wanted to tell you last time—stop secretly drinking magnesium sulfate oral solution; it’s addictive."

"..." Yang Ning had never taken such medication, and being wrongly accused by Tang Li, she retorted on the spot: "What magnesium sulfate, stop spouting nonsense!"

"What’s magnesium sulfate for?" Yu Sui eagerly interrupted.

Yang Ning: "..."

Before Tang Li could answer, Yu Sui had already completed her mental deduction: "Could it be a medicine for treating AIDS?!"

Yang Ning: "!!!"

"Ning Ning, you—" Chen Guangxi looked at her in disbelief.

Seeing a big stigma approaching her, Yang Ning was about to explain when she heard the sound of documents falling at the door. She turned her head and saw a young girl covering her mouth.

The girl looked toward the sofa area with a face about to cry: "I... I’m just a bit scared!"

These days, AIDS is incurable.

Once infected, the rest of one’s life is ruined!

Yu Sui reacted quickly and immediately shielded Tang Li behind her: "Protect our main force!"

Tang Li: "..."

"How can an AIDS patient still wander out, isn’t this harmful!" the cleaning lady stood there, indignant, using her sleeve to cover her nose and mouth: "In our village, there was one who wasn’t good, got this disease from prostitution, and ended up rotting away alive. I heard the disease can even be transmitted via aerosol!"

Upon hearing this, even Chen Guangxi took two steps back.

Medically, they say AIDS isn’t transmitted through saliva, but who knows if there could be an exception?!

"I don’t have AIDS!" Yang Ning tried to explain, "And I’ve never taken magnesium sulfate!" She turned her gaze to Chen Guangxi: "Sister Guangxi, you’re with me every day, don’t you know if I have AIDS or not?"

"Well, turns out there’s another one!" The cleaning lady was filled with indignation.

With that, several security personnel appeared outside the office.

Seeing them, the cleaning lady immediately stopped them and pointed at Yang Ning and Chen Guangxi: "I dialed 935! These two are AIDS patients, hurry and take them to the hospital!"

Learning there were AIDS patients, the security personnel backed away swiftly.

Some young ones recognized Yang Ning: "Isn’t that the actress who played Xu Mi, Yang Ning? She has AIDS?"

And someone took out a cellphone.

If this gets posted online, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Yang Ning couldn’t care about explanations anymore, using her bag to cover her face, she pushed past the people blocking the door, running towards the elevator.

Following closely was Chen Guangxi.

The others dispersed with them.

In an instant, the office returned to silence.

Yu Sui turned around just in time to meet Tang Li’s eyes, slowly forming a question mark on her face.

Tang Li: "......"

A quarter of an hour later, Tang Li went to the restroom.

Just as she stood in front of the sink, she received a call from Yang Ning.

Just five minutes earlier, Yang Ning had exploded on Weibo’s trending topics with #AIDS.

Never before seen nor after.

"Do you think this is fun?!" came Yang Ning’s accusatory voice through the receiver: "It was Lai Yuaner who told me your mom had AIDS. If you want to settle accounts, go find her. Taking it out on me means what?!"

Then, she sneered again: "Of course, she’s already left, so you just have to take it out on me!"

Tang Li replied, "Who did you say left?"