Chapter 119: What? An Abandoned Son of a Wealthy Family?!

"Who I am, does the great star Li not know yet?"

Shen Huai raised a smile with deep meaning, "Could it be that the impression from that night was not profound enough for you?"

In an instant, Li Xinran flushed with shame and anger.

She only felt as if she had been slapped hard by someone, and her vision went black in waves.

She stared fixedly at Shen Huai and asked word by word: "Don't play dumb with me."

"What exactly is your relationship with the Heir to the Shen Family?" Li Xinran scrutinized Shen Huai, as if trying to discern the slightest clue from his face.

Shen Huai shrugged, his tone relaxed and casual: "How would I know? I don't even know him."

"You don't know him?"

Li Xinran felt like she was going crazy, "If you don't know him, why do you two look exactly the same? Even your names are identical!"

Does this Shen Huai even know what he is saying! Shen Huai scratched his head, a hint of playfulness flashing in his eyes, "Li Xinran, there are plenty of people with the same face and name these days; do they all have to be brothers separated for years?"

Li Xinran was choked speechless by these words from Shen Huai.

That's right, she had no evidence whatsoever; relying solely on intuition, what right did she have to question others?

"... Then... are you or are you not a member of the Shen Family?" Li Xinran took a deep breath, trying hard to calm herself down.

Upon hearing this.

Shen Huai widened his eyes in feigned surprise: "How could that be possible?! I am just a child from an ordinary family; my parents have been working away from home for years, how could I possibly be related to a wealthy family."

"Then you..."

"However," Shen Huai suddenly lowered his voice, leaned into Li Xinran's ear, and suddenly smiled wickedly, "I do have a secret."

"Actually, I was adopted, and I don't know who my biological parents are."

"What!?" Li Xinran almost couldn't believe her ears.

This plot twist was too fast!

Lin Yeman forcibly held back her laughter, standing to the side and letting Shen Huai make things up.

"Shh..."

Shen Huai made a silencing gesture as if teasing, and continued to say to Li Xinran mysteriously, "You must never tell anyone else about this; my parents have always kept it from me."

"It wasn't until the year I started university that I accidentally saw my adoption papers and learned the truth."

As Shen Huai spoke, he sighed with feigned sadness, "To tell you the truth, when I saw that dazzling person on stage today looking exactly like me, I was more surprised than anyone."

"Do you think he could be my twin brother?"

"Perhaps, perhaps my biological parents are the Shen Family?"

These words from Shen Huai completely stunned Li Xinran.

The shock brought by this amount of information was even greater than seeing the appearance of the Heir to the Shen Family! Li Xinran stared blankly at the man in front of her.

Once, in order to sign with Star Shine more smoothly, she had kicked this seemingly poor and shabby person away without hesitation.

After all, an ordinary person without a background like Shen Huai could never satisfy her ambition to develop in the entertainment industry.

And now he was telling her that he might be an abandoned son of a wealthy family?! Heavens, what kind of joke are you playing on me! Such a melodramatic plot, even TV dramas wouldn't dare to act it out like this! "No, no, no..."

Li Xinran suddenly raised her head, as if trying to shake off this absurd thought, "If you were adopted, how could your name be the same too?"

Shen Huai had long expected Li Xinran to ask this.

He smiled easily and said frankly: "What's so strange about that? My adoptive parents are also surnamed Shen."

"There are plenty of people in this world with the same name; what, is it against the law to have the same name as the Young Master of the Shen Family?"

Shen Huai asked back with a hint of mockery, which left Li Xinran completely speechless.

At this moment, Li Xinran had completely lost her footing and could not think calmly at all.

She felt as if her worldview was about to collapse.

Li Xinran opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found her throat parched and couldn't utter a single word.

"Xinran, don't let your imagination run wild. What Shen Huai said is just his speculation; we don't know what the specific situation is yet."

Lin Yeman, standing to the side, finally couldn't help but laugh and interrupt Shen Huai's performance. "At least for now, we have all achieved the results we wanted, haven't we?"

She walked over gently and patted Li Xinran on the shoulder comfortingly, her tone neither light nor heavy: "Now no one is questioning your status as the girlfriend of the Young Master of the Shen Family; you can use this status to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry."

It would have been better if she hadn't said this, but once said, it made Li Xinran's heart hang in the air once again.

"... Team Leader Lin, this is not quite the same as what we discussed before..."

"Wasn't it said that we would issue a breakup statement and then build an independent female persona? You and I both know that this whole romance thing is completely fake!"

Li Xinran was a bit agitated, wishing she could immediately shake off this label.

The status of 【Quasi-Daughter-in-law of a Wealthy Family】 was like a double-edged sword.

Li Xinran had already exhausted all the benefits of this status in the early stages.

In the days to come, this status would be like a time bomb that could destroy her at any moment.

What was even more desperate was.

Because of what Shen Huai said at the press conference.

It forced her to be bound to this bomb, with absolutely no way out! Who would have thought.

Seeing Li Xinran wanting to back down, Lin Yeman's eyes immediately turned cold.

"Li Xinran, I hope you understand one principle as soon as possible."

"In a place like the entertainment industry, people are eaten without even their bones being spat out."

"Who do you think you are, to be able to stand here and negotiate terms with me?"

"... Team Leader Lin, I..." Li Xinran was clearly oppressed by Lin Yeman's sudden aura and couldn't catch her breath.

The words she originally wanted to use to defend herself were now stuck in her throat.

"One cannot be insatiably greedy; wanting both fame and fortune while also wanting freedom? Even A-list artists don't dream as much as you do."

Lin Yeman's tone was icy and bone-chilling, directly piercing through Li Xinran's wishful thinking, "Everything you are enjoying in advance right now will need to be repaid with the freedom of your future life."

"So you had better behave yourself and stop harboring any crooked ideas."

"Otherwise, I can lift you up with one hand, and I can just as easily take back all your glory, understand?"

Li Xinran trembled all over, instantly frightened into shutting her mouth.

She understood Lin Yeman's personality; if she angered her, she would definitely not gain any benefits at all.

Her gaze shifted.

Li Xinran could only cast a look of help toward Shen Huai.

Noticing Li Xinran's pleading gaze, Shen Huai sneered in his heart.

How had he never realized before that Li Xinran could be so flexible? "What, you want me to intercede for you?" Shen Huai's tone was playful, carrying a hint of mockery, "But I am only a Public Relations Specialist..."

Li Xinran bit her lip, listening to Shen Huai's mocking tone, and felt as if her face were being slapped repeatedly.

"... Ah Huai, between us..."

"Us?"

Shen Huai raised an eyebrow, interrupting her, "Between us, that has long since become a thing of the past."

"... I was wrong, I know I was wrong... I shouldn't have unilaterally broken up with you, I know you must hate me..."

Li Xinran's eyes turned red, and she held back tears pitifully, attempting to use her fragility to awaken Shen Huai's sympathy.

It was just a pity.

For Shen Huai, this trick had long since stopped working.

"Hate you?"

Shen Huai smiled faintly, "Why would I hate you? You think too highly of yourself."

"I am very busy; insignificant people are not worth me dwelling on for so long."

(End of this chapter)