Chapter 112: Number One on the Trending List!

"An illegitimate child, obviously, didn't I just say that?" Shen Huai shrugged and laughed.

The next moment, however.

A heavy blow landed right on top of Shen Huai's head.

"Illegitimate child your head! No matter how much of a scoundrel your old man is, he wouldn't dare have any illegitimate children outside!"

"Besides, where would you find an illegitimate child who looks exactly the same? If you're going to make up a lie, it has to be seamless!"

Yang Shuqin said, beaming with excitement, even more thrilled than Shen Huai.

Shen Huai rubbed his head in pain and said, "Then Mom, you tell me, what should we do?"

Yang Shuqin's eyes darted around, she slapped the table, and said heroically, "Got it!"

"If you get caught by the media, just say you're twins and the hospital mixed you up at birth!"

After saying this, Yang Shuqin felt this idea was absolutely brilliant and kept admiring her own wit.

Shen Huai was completely stunned by this wild imagination.

"Mom, you didn't learn this from some cheesy soap opera, did you?" He stared at Yang Shuqin with a suspicious look.

Yang Shuqin rolled her eyes at him with disdain: "This is called art coming from life, what do you know, kid?"

"Fine, fine, whatever you say, you're the boss."

Shen Huai shrugged helplessly.

Anyway, telling one massive lie is the same as telling two.

As long as the goal is achieved, it doesn't matter how bizarre the process is.

"Then Mom, about Dad..." Shen Huai hesitated to speak further.

"I know, I'll go talk to him for you this time." Yang Shuqin smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, I have your dad's short temper completely under control!"

Hearing this, Shen Huai was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Yang Shuqin suddenly changed the subject and brought the focus back to him.

"But Shen Huai, let me tell you, you better hurry up with your lifelong commitment!"

Here we go again.

Shen Huai felt a headache coming on.

"Didn't I just go on a blind date? We're still getting to know each other, it's no use for you to rush me; feelings aren't something you can hurry."

Shen Huai wanted to muddle through again, but unfortunately, Yang Shuqin wouldn't give him the chance.

She knocked him hard on the forehead and said, "Don't think I don't know what you're doing at the company. Let me remind you, the three-month deadline your dad gave is not a joke!"

"Pick up the pace, make your move once you've chosen, don't dawdle. I'm anxious for you!"

Yang Shuqin looked at him with a sense of "wishing he would become iron."

After a pause, she raised her wrist to check the time, her expression suddenly panicked: "Oh my, I have a mahjong date with my best friend soon, time's up, I have to go."

After saying this, Yang Shuqin hurriedly got up and walked out.

Halfway there, she turned back and pointed at Shen Huai: "Did you remember what I just told you?"

"Got it, got it." Shen Huai waved his hand, just wanting to end this topic quickly.

Following Yang Shuqin's departure.

The room was also mostly tidied up.

Four attendants bowed slightly to Shen Huai and then retreated.

These four were servants transferred from the estate; they had worked for the Shen Family for over a decade and knew Shen Huai inside and out.

Yang Shuqin felt relatively at ease with them.

Finally, some peace and quiet.

Shen Huai flopped back onto the newly made, soft bed, squinting his eyes, enjoying this rare moment of solitude.

Today was the last day he would spend in this world with his "poor family" identity—the one where his father is dead and his mother remarried.

Because tomorrow, the news that the only son of the Shen Family is about to attend the Ryan Press Conference will spread through every street and alley.

By then, he would no longer have these cozy, undisturbed moments.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz."

The phone in his pocket vibrated at an inopportune time.

Shen Huai picked it up and saw it was Tong Yue.

He hesitated for a moment before pressing the answer button.

The next second.

A roar like a lioness's scream nearly shattered his eardrums.

"Shen Huai, you're getting bolder! You're actually skipping work now!?" "We've encountered an emergency! Get back here immediately!"

"..." Shen Huai rubbed his eyes and spoke lazily, "Team Leader, what emergency?"

Hearing that Shen Huai's voice was still so nonchalant, it was like dancing on Tong Yue's last nerve.

"Are you still not awake yet?!"

"... Ah, no, I just had something to take care of at home, so I went back." Shen Huai lied without changing his expression, while reluctantly pulling himself off the bed.

"Do you know that a mysterious guest has been parachuted into the middle of the Ryan Press Conference schedule!"

Tong Yue said, suddenly lowering her voice: "I swear, you will never guess who this guest is."

"Oh? Who is it? Could it be Li Xinran's rumored boyfriend?"

Shen Huai tried his best not to laugh out loud.

"? How did you... wait a minute." Tong Yue reacted immediately, "You didn't know about this all along, did you?"

"Not really, just a tiny bit earlier than you, Team Leader."

Puns never go out of style.

With a straight-woman mindset like Tong Yue, she would absolutely never guess the insulting meaning behind his words.

"Hmph, acting all profound, hurry up and get back to the company..." Tong Yue let out a cold snort and hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy signal on the phone.

Shen Huai could not help but sigh with emotion.

It seems that Heaven is determined not to let him, this Shen Huai from a humble background, even have his last day of comfort...

The next day.

A piece of news even more explosive than Ryan's official announcement of their Spokesperson instantly surged to the number one spot on the trending list across all platforms!

This explosive news not only swept through the entire entertainment industry, but even the usually aloof capital circle trembled because of it! #Heir to the Shen Family Confirmed to Attend Ryan Press Conference (Explosive)

#Heir to the Shen Family Makes First Public Appearance (Explosive)

#The Mystery of the Heir to the Shen Family's Identity (Explosive)...

Behind the top three on the list, all were followed by a liver-colored "Explosive" tag.

The entire trending page had almost become a special feature for the Shen Family.

Countless self-media and marketing accounts moved at the news, and all sorts of revelations, true or false, emerged one after another.

Added to the fanning of the flames by the marketing account matrix here at Xingyao, it pushed this news directly to an unprecedented height of traffic.

【Isn't it said that this Heir is extremely low-key and has never appeared in public in China? No one even knows what he looks like.】

【I'm really curious now, what exactly is so special about the Ryan Press Conference that it could draw out such an earthquake-level figure?!】

【Don't you even know this? Li Xinran of the Ryan Group and that person from the Shen Family are a couple!】

【Oh my god, could it be that I'm about to witness an entertainment industry version of the Cinderella story? So touching.】

【The person above, put away your fan bias, don't be self-moved there. Would a person like that be short of women? I guess there must be other reasons!】

【To the person above, it's not your turn to be a fangirl anyway, right? He is the son of the richest man in China; even if he grew up to look like a pile of shit, countless women would still swarm toward him!】

Online, everyone was discussing it heatedly.

What everyone cared about most was nothing more than one point.

That is, is this Heir to the Shen Family ugly or handsome?

As the traffic fermented crazily, the mainstream voice was now relatively unified.

Most people insisted that this only son of the Shen Family must be extremely mediocre in appearance, or perhaps even too ugly to look at.

Otherwise, why would he have never attended any public business events for so many years, and why could no information be found about him overseas?

Moreover, every time Shen Zhiyuan mentioned his son during interviews, he would always gloss over it simply.

That expression of not being very willing to bring it up, a classic case of "the thief protesting his innocence."

Invisibly, it also corroborated the netizens' conjectures.

The netizens were digging for information with great enthusiasm.

At this moment.

Shen Huai, who was at the center of this public opinion storm, was sitting leisurely at his workstation, scrolling through the comments on his phone, a playful smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"This effect is really not bad."

(End of this chapter)