Identity Revealed

[Miss Zhong, was it such an eyesore for you that I sent my sister to school myself?]

[Miss Zhong, your clandestine photos and slanderous remarks have not only misled public opinion but also defamed my sister's reputation. Shen Group will pursue this matter to the full extent of the law. @ShenGroupLegalDepartment]

A single stone stirred a thousand ripples.

The moment these two statements were pinned to the top of Shen Group's official Weibo account, the tide on social media turned. Netizens and university forum users who had, under Jasper Zhong's manipulations, once fervently condemned the alleged immorality of an affair and the so-called gold-digging behavior, now reversed course and turned their fury on her for defamation and deceit.

At the same moment Shen Group's legal team issued a lightning-fast cease-and-desist letter, Jasper Zhong's Weibo comment section descended into utter chaos.

Meanwhile, as Shen Group publicly revealed Elena Shen's true identity, Eric Chen had just emerged from a high-level board meeting and immediately reported the trending news to Ethan Jiang.

He handed over the tablet. "The defamatory Weibo post was uploaded while the company was mid-conference. By the time our public relations team caught wind of it, Shen Group and President Shen had already issued a formal statement.

"Mr. Jiang, how would you like to proceed?"

Ethan's gaze darkened as he reviewed Jasper Zhong's inflammatory post. With a flick of his finger, he scrolled to the comment by Aurel Shen—the single word 'sister', now publicly tied to Elena.

"Jiang Group doesn't tolerate being trampled on," he said coolly. "Least of all, Mrs. Jiang. Eric, upload a photo of our marriage certificate to Tiansheng Group's official account."

"And one more thing," he added, eyes cold as winter steel. "Instruct legal to pursue full liability against all defamers."

Eric nodded without hesitation and left to carry out the order.

Two minutes after Shen Group's announcement, the rarely outspoken Tiansheng Group broke its usual silence and @mentioned Elena Shen directly from its official Weibo account.

Seizing the moment, they announced the long-suspected union between the Jiang and Shen families—setting ablaze an already flammable situation.

In the university library, Annie Gu had just met up with her girlfriends. The moment Shen Group disclosed Elena's identity, Annie, with her usual gusto, transformed into a digital sleuth and dove headlong into the drama unfolding online, eagerly watching Jasper Zhong dig her own grave.

As she refreshed the trending feed, she noticed that the top three hot searches were all variations on the theme of "Shen Family Heiress." But suddenly, a new tag shot to the top—this time, it bore the name "Jiang Group."

[Breaking: Shen Heiress, Jiang-Shen Alliance, Mrs. Jiang – EXPOSED!]

Eyes widening, Annie tapped in.

The first thing she saw was a high-resolution image of a marriage certificate, now pinned to Tiansheng Group's Weibo page under Ethan Jiang's direct order. The post formally confirmed the union of the Jiang and Shen families.

Thanks to Grace Su's carefully crafted rumors linking herself to Adrian Jiang, the Jiang name had already spent the past month on countless gossip threads. The last surge of attention had come when Grace and Adrian were spotted together at "Soirée." Though that buzz had begun to die down, this new revelation reignited it with volcanic force.

So much so that it crashed the Weibo servers entirely.

Over the past two years, Grace Su's fame in the entertainment industry had grown immensely. And it was through her influence that Jasper Zhong had risen from an anonymous campus nobody to a mid-tier influencer with millions of followers. On and off campus, she had clung to Grace like a shadow.

In the now-infamous post she made about Elena Shen, Jasper not only peddled vicious rumors but also subtly implied a romantic entanglement between Elena and Adrian Jiang. According to her twisted narrative, after Grace and Adrian "went public," Elena—unable to win her way into the Jiang family—turned to seduce another wealthy heir instead.

But now, with Elena's identity as the Shen heiress unveiled, and both Shen Group and Tiansheng Group issuing back-to-back public clarifications, it became glaringly obvious to netizens that the situation was far from what Jasper had portrayed.

As people dug deeper into the post—analyzing each line, each insinuation—a few sharp-eyed readers began to notice Jasper's thinly veiled implications, subtle accusations of Elena being a homewrecker.

The same users who were just fangirling over the elite-matchmaking alliance of Jiang and Shen turned right back around and stormed Jasper Zhong's comment section—this time, with fire and pitchforks.