Chapter 1011

Lin Yi took out his phone and scrolled through the internet, where things had basically exploded; supporters of them were few and far between, making up less than a third on a large scale.

This was not good news.

Lin Yi reported the current situation without embellishment; it was no longer a matter of Lin Yi deciding what to do alone, but rather something the whole group needed to think about together.

"Ah ha, I say, what's so hard about this?" Facing Huo Jinglin yawned and opened the bedroom door.

Recently his sleep had been poor, so he had spent much time catching up on rest in the RV; having finally left those days of working himself to death, Facing Huo Jinglin felt he was nearly making up for the sleep of his entire second half of life.

From the moment they first boarded the RV, Facing Huo Jinglin had been almost awake.

He had listened half-asleep to the general situation, then taken out his phone and searched online.

Today, Ning Chen bringing people to protect Gu Yanqi required no deliberate search; it was everywhere on the internet now.

After scrolling through a few comments, they were almost all sarcastic remarks.

【Yo yo yo, didn't Ning Chen say before he was devoted to his girlfriend? What is this now?】

【Still saying she's not a substitute? He's protecting her so obviously; there's no need to keep spinning this anymore.】

【If you ask me, this Ning Chen is just feasting on blood-stained buns, profiting off his girlfriend on one side while finding a new love on the other.】

【Does this Ning Chen really not have nightmares at night? Since he chose someone else, stop bringing up his girlfriend's matters to show off!】

After reading just a few comments, Facing Huo Jinglin decisively tossed his phone aside.

From the very beginning when they started talking about Ning Chen in substitute literature, it was clear that some force was targeting Ning Chen, constantly pushing public opinion in a biased direction.

Anyone slightly sober could see the signs.

Whether Ning Chen was fulfilling his girlfriend's wishes or finding someone else, it was his own business, yet many netizens who meddled in matters that didn't concern them insisted on imposing a moral issue on both of them.

Once a person stands on the moral high ground, they are no longer human; they consider themselves gods.

Facing Huo Jinglin sat in the single armchair on the other side, took a sip of the water before him, glanced at Gu Yanqi beside him, and felt somewhat moved.

"Honestly, is this really not Shiya? The looks and everything are just too similar; even the mole on the face is exactly the same. It's really too much alike."

As he kept looking, Facing Huo Jinglin's body unconsciously leaned forward, as if wanting to get closer to see whether Gu Yanqi was truly wearing a painted skin or something.

Just when Facing Huo Jinglin was fifty meters away from Gu Yanqi, he was interrupted by Ning Chen.

"Ahem, ahem."

Hearing the warning-laden sound, Facing Huo Jinglin immediately sat up straight, then quickly judged.

"Based on my experience in the entertainment industry, Miss Gu is definitely not wearing any mask, nor has she had any plastic surgery; it is her original, genuine face."

After speaking, Facing Huo Jinglin seemed to have a thoughtful feeling.

Hearing Facing Huo Jinglin's words, Ning Chen suddenly remembered what that old woman had said last time in the building.

He looked at Gu Yanqi and found that the other party was looking back; he saw Gu Yanqi nervously avert her gaze.

At that moment, an idea formed in Ning Chen's mind.

What if the person before him was Shiya?

Ning Chen had not failed to consider this, but every time he thought of it, he completely rejected the idea.

Because, aside from their identical looks, Gu Yanqi and Shiya were basically different in every other way.

In Ning Chen's memory, Shiya was a resilient, admirable, and very capable person, while Gu Yanqi was the exact opposite; she did not have particularly good problem-solving abilities, and her personality was somewhat soft.

And now, Facing Huo Jinglin's words forced Ning Chen to face this issue again: could there really be two people in the world who looked this alike, and who were unrelated by blood?

Ning Chen was very certain that Shiya had no sisters; even her parents were only children.

"Miss Gu, I would like to ask about your family situation." Suddenly, Lin Yi spoke, looking at Gu Yanqi.

This question belonged to the more private matters, and Lin Yi suddenly bringing it up felt somewhat offensive.

Yang Mi pulled Gu Yanqi, then glared at Lin Yi; how could one ask a young lady such a thing right off the bat?

But Gu Yanqi did not think too much; in her view, this was nothing that couldn't be spoken: "I have parents; they are my adoptive parents, and they are both quite old now."

Lin Yi quickly seized the key point in Gu Yanqi's words: "Adoptive parents?"

"It's not hard to say; I came from an orphanage and was adopted by my adoptive parents. Actually, I don't remember the past clearly; I only know that after growing up, I fell ill once, and the fever burned away my memories. It's been a few years since then."

This matter suddenly became ridiculously coincidental; Lin Yi quickly looked at Ning Chen, and as expected, saw a slight surprise in Ning Chen's eyes.

Lin Yi smiled inwardly; this block of wood only guessed back and forth in his heart, then endlessly denied, without knowing to ask the person about their situation out loud.

A block of wood is indeed a block of wood.

And if one really wanted to know whether the person before him was Shiya, they would have to return to that building.

Thinking of this, Ning Chen instantly stood up.

"Hey, wait, where are you going?"

"Driving, to the building."