Chapter 123: Shen Huai, I want to make up with you

Everyone looked stunned, their breathing instantly becoming tense!

Just seeing the headline, before even clicking in to read the content, they already sensed a faint unease.

Clicking in to take a look, they were so frightened their teeth clenched tight!

It was actually an exclusive scoop released by 【Baye】! Baye, the paparazzi king revered by countless netizens as the disciplinary inspector of the entertainment industry! "... It's over." Fu Hai's heart skipped a beat.

Wasn't this Baye's account said to have stopped updating for a long time? How did it suddenly come back from the dead?

And the moment it appeared, it aimed its guns directly at Li Xinran and Shen Huai!

Looking further down.

The entire article was incredibly explosive; one could say every word was a bombshell, to the point of being jaw-dropping!

The article used a mix of text and images to provide a detailed comparison between Shen Huai and the candid photos of the Heir to the Shen Family, Young Master Shen, from the press conference.

From the facial features and bone structure to the details of his height, the similarity was over ninety percent! Then, this Baye also dropped a bombshell in the article!

Claiming that this employee named Shen Huai at Xingyao was actually just an ordinary student who graduated from a second-tier university.

That he had countless romances during his school days, had seen countless women, and was an out-and-out scumbag! At the end, the article directly threw out a heavy conclusion! "In summary, the person that the starlet Li Xinran dated during her school days is very likely not the real Heir to the Shen Family, but this Xingyao internal employee, Shen Huai, who is capable of passing for the real thing!"

Once the news broke, its popularity climbed rapidly! Soon, it surged to the number one spot on the rankings!

The internet instantly exploded.

【Holy crap, is this melon ripe? Is there really someone in this world who looks so similar???】

【I said it, how could it be so easy to marry into a wealthy family? Li Xinran actually got fooled by an employee?!】

【My heart aches for my sister Xinran, she met the wrong person!】

【She wanted to marry into a wealthy family, but didn't expect to encounter a high-quality imitation! This world really is a giant amateur stage.】

【Who is Shen Huai! Come out and get beaten! How dare you deceive our Xinran!】

"This..." Fu Hai looked stunned.

The others looked at the news and the comments below, also hesitating for a long time without being able to speak.

Only Shen Huai looked at his phone with a calm expression, even laughing out loud when he saw some overly emotional comments.

"... Brother Huai, at a time like this, you can still laugh?"

Fu Hai looked even more anxious than Shen Huai, "Are you really not worried at all? I dare say, right now outside the company, it must be full of reporters!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Jiang Xinxin pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and said worriedly, "Why don't you... take leave and go home to hide?"

"We are all in public relations; we should know better than anyone that public opinion can kill!"

Inside the office, the atmosphere was very tense.

The four of them held their breath, afraid that they might say the wrong thing and put Shen Huai in an even more difficult position.

Except for Shen Huai himself.

After listening to the several people taking turns to persuade him.

Only then did he calmly place his phone screen-down on the desktop and quietly lift his head, "Why should I hide?"

"... Huh?" The four of them looked stunned.

"I haven't done anything shameful, so why should I hide?"

Shen Huai said every word clearly, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, "When soldiers come, block them; when water comes, earth covers it. With the current level of heat on the internet, you don't think I can just hide my way out of this, do you?"

"Besides..."

He paused, the corners of his mouth lifting in an unmistakable arc: "Who the final winner will be, that's not certain yet."

"Brother Huai, you are too con—"

Before the word "confident" could leave Fu Hai's mouth, he heard a "Bang!" The office door was kicked open by someone.

Tong Yue stood at the doorway, panting, a trace of panic flashing across her expression.

Her lips were slightly parted, and her chest was heaving violently.

Taking a few deep breaths, she seemed to be trying her best to steady her breathing.

Her gaze swept quickly over everyone, and Tong Yue swallowed hard, fixing her eyes on Shen Huai.

"Shen Huai, come with me."

Shen Huai looked at Tong Yue, who had clearly run all the way here, and raised an eyebrow, "Team Leader Tong, are you taking me to see someone?"

"..."

Tong Yue pursed her lips, looking at Shen Huai's expression with some suspicion, even mixed with some uncertainty.

In the end, she couldn't discern anything from Shen Huai's face. She could only speak gravely: "You... will know when you go and see."

Hearing this.

Shen Huai knew that saying more was useless.

Stuffing his phone back into his pocket, Shen Huai stood up and waved at everyone, "Wait for my triumphant return."

After saying that, he followed Tong Yue out of the Group 2 office.

"Team Leader Tong, where are we going?"

Shen Huai followed behind Tong Yue into the elevator.

After the elevator doors closed, he finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Tong Yue took a deep breath, turned around, and looked directly at Shen Huai.

To be precise, she was scrutinizing him.

From his hair to his brows and eyes, and finally to his jaw, collarbone...

Tong Yue's gaze swept up and down, finally resting on Shen Huai's lips, and she muttered, "Are you... still the Shen Huai I know?"

"Team Leader Tong, what is the meaning of this?"

Shen Huai habitually played dumb, "You work in public relations, surely you don't believe the nonsense made up by the paparazzi like those netizens do?"

Seeing Shen Huai's answer was watertight, Tong Yue knew she would not get any answers from him.

It was just that...

At the thought of the woman she saw in the Chairman's Office, Tong Yue's brain could no longer think rationally.

A flash of despair crossed her eyes.

Tong Yue turned around gloomily and silently pressed the button for the 15th floor.

The 15th floor? Shen Huai was startled inwardly.

Isn't that the floor for the Chairman's Office and Yang Lan?

Before Shen Huai could open his mouth to ask, Tong Yue turned around again abruptly.

And this time, there was a bit more depth in her eyes.

"Shen Huai, I originally thought I could pretend not to care forever."

"But I discovered I was wrong, and wrong in an outrageous way."

"Especially just now, after coming out of the Chairman's Office, I completely realized one thing."

"Regardless of whether your background is true or false, a voice inside me is telling me that once you walk out of this elevator today and head toward the Chairman's Office, you will no longer be the Shen Huai I know."

After she finished speaking.

Tong Yue lowered her eyes in pain, seemingly trying desperately to suppress her emotions.

But Shen Huai could still see from her slightly trembling shoulders that something inside her was on the verge of collapse.

"... Tong Yue, what is wrong with you?"

Shen Huai no longer called her Team Leader Tong with sarcasm; he frowned slightly and asked.

Hearing the familiar two words "Tong Yue," Tong Yue's breathing hitched.

The next moment.

Shen Huai discovered that two lines of clear tears were actually sliding down Tong Yue's cheeks.

"Shen Huai, do you still remember?"

"When we were together, we once gave each other a Reconciliation Card."

"You said that no matter how badly we argued, as long as one person bowed their head and admitted their mistake first, the other party had to give them a chance to be forgiven."

Tong Yue suddenly looked up, her tears having already wet her face.

She raised her hand and slowly unfolded her tightly clenched fist—

A card that had been crumpled until it was somewhat yellowed and wrinkled lay prominently in her palm.

Shen Huai recognized it at a glance.

This was the forgiveness card he had written for her back then.

Tong Yue held the card out in front of Shen Huai, her voice nearly choking with sobs: "Shen Huai, is that promise you once made still valid?"

After speaking, Tong Yue stubbornly held up the forgiveness card, standing before Shen Huai.

"Shen Huai, I want to reconcile with you."

(End of this chapter)