Chapter 1109: The Gentle Neighbor's Dramatic Sweetheart 37

Online public opinion escalated quickly.

As Zhonggang had expected, netizens heavily vilified Zhongyu Yu for being "unfilial and selfish," and many thus learned of the existence of his account.

Many people followed him to see further developments and Zhongyu Yu's statement, while many fans unfollowed him because of this incident.

By the third day, due to Zhongyu Yu's "playing dead" attitude, various marketing accounts ready to observe could no longer sit still, and began reposting Zhonggang's post, pushing the matter to a new climax.

On the afternoon of the third day, the PR team began to gradually release information.

First, Zhongyu Yu himself provided all the payment and transfer records over the years, even the bank flow could be provided.

The so-called rumor that he gave no money to the family collapsed on its own.

Next came evidence that Zhonggang and Zhongdainan had repeatedly gathered for gambling, intentionally drank alcohol then assaulted others, along with the police report filing sheet.

Netizens then realized something was wrong, and the insults in Zhongyu Yu's comment section began to be deleted one by one, especially the popular, highly upvoted comments, for fear of provoking trouble and being sued.

But there always are netizens with bizarre thought patterns.

The focus of the vilification shifted from Zhongyu Yu being selfish and perverse to him actually suing his own biological father and brother, utterly shameless.

After the bullets flew for a while longer, the police bureau issued a statement confirming that Zhongdainan and Zhonggang's criminal circumstances were true, and they were under gradual investigation.

In Zhongyu Yu's response, devoid of any emotional coloring, he stated facts that outsiders could know; the whole piece lacked any self-pitying tone, merely expounding a viewpoint.

All the punishments they are about to face are wholly deserved.

From then on, the truth came to light.

The marketing accounts that originally spoke up for Zhonggang all changed their tune, deleting videos and then began reposting Zhongyu Yu's statement, even thoughtfully helping netizens clarify the context.

The selfish and perverse image was completely overturned; after clarification, it also attracted a wave of fans in reverse, and by leveraging public opinion, the case of Zhongdainan and his son became widely known; even if that older brother behind the scenes still wanted to intervene, it could not be easily brushed aside.

Moreover, throughout the process, Jin Chen kept an eye on the progress.

Not long after, the judgment was issued.

He Fang came to the door in tears, unable to accept that her husband and son were to be imprisoned, placing all her hopes on Zhongyu Yu.

She called out the name Xiao Yu after a long time.

Zhongyu Yu sat beside Jin Chen, looking at the sobbing woman before him, yet his heart felt no disturbance.

"I don't understand." Zhongyu Yu said in an even tone, "Do you think you've been good to me? Why else would you come asking me to let them off?"

"Before a paternity test was done, I often suspected…… suspected that I had been abducted by you; thus, although I am also your biological child, I am the one you despise."

"You say you can't even balance a bowl of water, but if you ever thought of me as this child..."

He Fang was still crying, her eyes reddened, just as before; in fact she never listened to what Zhongyu Yu was saying, merely repeating her demand over and over.

"They are your family, after all—how could you let them go to prison!"

"Mom loves you, she just wishes you weren't so perverse…… If you don't listen, Mom can't do anything about it."

Zhongyu Yu tilted his head, his gaze wistful, "What is perverse? Keeping long hair, wearing nice clothes."

"Or is it gambling and fighting, doing all kinds of evil, owing debts to the point of having a finger chopped off and still not repenting?"

"Between me and Zhonggang, who really is the pervert?"

He Fang perhaps didn't know how to answer, and only spoke in terms of family.

"You don't love me, and you never treated me as family; fine, I don't either."

Zhongyu Yu no longer wanted to speak, turned and buried his head in Jin Chen's embrace, his eye sockets slightly reddened.

His attitude remained unchanged; He Fang gradually began to scold people, Jin Chen's gaze turned slightly cold, and he signaled Wang Tai to escort her out.

The living room suddenly fell silent; Zhongyu Yu sniffled, yet he was smiling.

"Be good, don't cry." Jin Chen held him and gently coaxed.

After a long while, Zhongyu Yu finally spoke.

"I haven't cried; that's great—from now on I won't have nightmares anymore."

Zhongyu Yu rose from a kneeling sit, almost leaning into Jin Chen's embrace, affectionately rubbing against him, his tone soft and light.

"Brother, kiss me."

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -20, cumulative 0!】

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Elsewhere, the situation remained not good.

Zhou Yao perhaps wanted to prove himself, so he resumed the shelved game project together with a few close friends.

Without startup funds he went seeking investment, taking any opportunity that arose, but he steadfastly refused to mention his relationship with Xu You, nor did he want to rely on that to go in through the back door.

Consequently, Xu You had no idea what this brat was busy with day after day, spending more and more time at school and outside.

He suspected that perhaps he had spoken too harshly last time, wanting to find a chance to have a good talk with Zhou Yao, but when he really had free time, Xu You again didn't know what to say.

He truly could not easily entrust his heart at present.

Yet another evening, upon returning home, Xu You did not see Zhou Yao in the villa.

Instead, the nanny asked an extra question.

"Sir, has Xiao Zhou's scald improved? I still have some folk medicine ointment here."

Xu You was somewhat doubtful, "What scald? Did Zhou Yao get injured?"

The nanny also stumbled, stammering, "You don't know…… this this this, I was meddling."

"Actually, it's just that when he cooked for you a few days ago, his arm touched something and got a slight scald; I thought you knew."

Xu You fell silent, said nothing more, returned to the bedroom and called Zhou Yao.

Originally I wanted to ask him why he was injured and not say anything, but Zhou Yao didn't answer the phone.

The night was deep; perhaps he had slept.

Xu You, however, found it a bit hard to sleep, lying in bed for a while, suddenly remembering that night Zhou Yao's tears falling down.

After a long while, he let out a sigh.