Chapter 29: Is This Character a Bit Off?

She wonders how she ever chose such a disgusting husband back then.

"Online?"

Lin Peizhen snorts, "You think you cleared all the comments and can safely mess around?"

Thinking of the contempt she endured in the Lin Family, she feels like strangling that pair of scumbags! If they die, her son can inherit the family business!

Lin Peizhen's resentful gaze turns toward the two of them.

Mu Jiguang pulls out his phone from his pajamas and opens the Hot Search.

"Boom!"

The phone falls to the floor. Zheng Dongping curls up silently.

"Knock, knock!"

A youth who looks about twenty knocks on the door.

"Big brother, sister‑in‑law, sister, dad wants to see you."

Zheng Dongping stands, glances at the visitor, then silently goes upstairs. Lin Peizhen walks out with her bag. Mu Jiguang picks up the phone and returns to his room.

"Mom? Are we moving to Grandma's house?"

"Shh!"

……

Su Xi watches public opinion fermenting. The Mu Clan's official blog gets swamped by netizens, who even contact Mu's customer service demanding invoices.

"The ones we found have already been posted."

Ji Yan watches the constantly uploaded evidence in shock, thinking how disgusting they are; she feels like vomiting.

Yang Zhichun, realizing Ji Yan doesn't get the inner‑circle context, explains proactively, "Mu Jiguang and Zheng Dongping aren't blood‑related; Zheng Dongping's mother rose to power as a mistress.

Mu Jiguang is also a weirdo, to actually have such a connection with Zheng Dongping."

If it weren't Su Yu, Yang Zhichun couldn't have guessed Mu Jiguang. Their positions are naturally opposed. One can only say the Mu family is dirtier than she imagined.

"Starting to suppress the heat."

No work tomorrow, and a swarm of night‑owls are active. Dropping the Hot Search when netizens are most emotional is a silent declaration of war against them!

Alright, then can they lose?

We can't let the previous‑generation netizens think they're incompetent!

Entries like #Mu Jiguang and Zheng Dongping# written in pinyin, English, French, Spanish, Latin, etc., are sent to the Hot Search.

The Mu family suppresses one, and others push up another.

After the Hot Searches in those languages are blocked, netizens guess which keywords were censored and start speculating.

Tags like #Su Zeyan Green‑Hat King#, #That's Not Allowed#, #Am I Too Old at Forty‑Six#, #Grandma Prefers Sons# and so on climb the Hot Search one after another.

Those in the know explain below the origins and motives for pushing those tags. A bunch of free Hot Search data workers spend precious time, craft fifteen‑character posts, helping spread Zheng Dongping and Mu Jiguang's scandal across the nation.

One could say modern netizens aren't that proactive at work or school.

The three members of the Su Family keep tracking Hot Search trends. Watching the net‑pushed tags stay high and some celebrities' negative Hot Searches rise, they infer the Mu family's shift in strategy.

They'll use celebrity scandals to divert attention. Some fan‑circle supporters, for their own interests, abandon Mu Jiguang and Zheng Dongping‑related tags to protect their own idols.

Meng Xianle: "Boss, they're starting to act over there."

Su Xi: "When the timing's right, swap out their article!"

Meng Xianle: "OK!"

Celebrity Hot Searches pop up one after another. Most netizens know this is the Mu family's tactic to shift focus, yet some are still drawn in.

A handful of stubborn netizens persist in pushing Zheng Dongping and Mu Jiguang‑related tags. Their reasons are also quite odd.

【You're annoying: If the heat doesn't drop, we can all feast on more celebrity gossip.】

When the Mu family was about to give up, a Hot Search they pushed finally brought their heat down.

Mu Family

"Who told you to interfere?"

Mu Lord was asleep until a rival's call woke him, and the mockery made him furious!

Mu Jiguang ate on the sly without wiping his mouth, and even dragged his own father into ridicule!

Seeing the heat bounce around with no drop, he thought of giving up, but the PR department said to try one last tag.

Mu Lord agreed, never expecting the released piece would be Chu Family's scandal!

That's the prized Miss of the Chu Family, raised at great expense!

The fool who posted this must think the Mu family doesn't have enough enemies!

"Dad, PR says the piece they sent isn't that article; someone's scheming against our Mu family."

The young man receives the PR update and reports calmly to Mu Lord.

"It must be that old pious woman from the Su Family! Quickly, call the Chu Family and tell them the Su Family is behind this!"

"Got it."

Lin Peizhen sits aside, contemplating the possibility of divorce.

"Where did Zheng Dongping go to die?"

Mu Jiguang sits silently, as if he didn't hear the Lord's words.

"Mu Jiguang, I'm asking you a question!"

"Don't know."

"Hurry and call her over; the Mu Family cannot have any blemish!"

Mu Jiguang's eyes flicker; what he says makes some sense. They have too many sons; perhaps keeping just one will do.

"And you, starting tonight, you are no longer the Mu Clan's CEO; Mu Mingguang will take over everything of the Mu Clan."

Lin Peizhen reacted extremely when she heard this.

"Dad? No matter what, it doesn't belong to the younger uncle! I still have two sons!"

"It's settled; I've already sent the documents, you all take care of yourselves!"

Lin Peizhen, furious, ran over and slapped Mu Jiguan.

"You bastard, on your deathbed you abandoned the Mu family—are you satisfied?"

Tonight's successive incidents dealt a heavy blow to Mu Jiguan.

His gloomy gaze fell on the younger brother he had never faced directly and his stepmother. I see, no wonder Zheng Dongping didn't dare to come.

It seems she knows.

"You filthy whore, since that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Mu Mingguang quickly brought new news, "Dad, the manuscript‑switch matter was traced to sister. She's already boarded a plane abroad."

"Cut off her card!!!"

Old Master Mu, infuriated by this, fainted outright.

"Old Mu!"

"Dad!"

……

Having achieved their goal, Su Xi and Yang Zhichun looked at the Hot Search and smiled with satisfaction.

Ji Yan watched from the side, with only four words echoing in her mind: "Your circle is really chaotic!"

"Everyone go back and rest."

Yang Zhichun spoke, Su Xi nodded, and in front of Yang Zhichun reminded Ji Yan, "I've sent you all the data; take a look first. We couldn't find records of your biological parents. According to investigators' speculation, you were most likely abandoned or … If you want to find someone, you can keep searching."

"No need, thanks, big brother."

In those days, abandoned baby girls were far too common. Even if she found her biological parents, what then? Another group would demand money from her under the pretense of blood ties.

Ji Yan held her phone and returned to her room. Too many things happened today; she needed to digest them properly, then see what "surprises" her adoptive parents could give her.

After Ji Yan left, Su Xi took the initiative to apologize, "Grandma, I'm sorry, I sent the records of Su Yu's life in the Jiang Family to Ji Yan."

Yang Zhichun grabbed his cane and struck Su Xi a few times, "How can you answer for your brother? What she did is already good enough!"

Ji Yan had to bear the pressure of her husband disappearing on their wedding day. Pregnant, she cared for her grandmother's illness, and after giving birth the hospital informed her that the grandmother had been taken away. Then she was told the child was ill; she gave up her career and cautiously raised the child for three years. Three years later another child‑switch scandal erupted. Isn't Su Xi afraid of driving people mad?

"But she still holds that child against Su Yu—it's unfair! Su Yu has severe psychological issues!"

Yang Zhichun's cane clanged onto the floor.

……

Ji Yan's phone went "snap" as it hit the bed. She shivered all over…

How can such a person exist?

He's just a child!

Ji Yan staggered into her daughter's room. She knelt beside the bed, trembling as she reached to touch her daughter's face.

【Sss, so cold, did it cool down?】

【Oh my! My little heart!】

"Mom?"

Su Yu lifted her warm, chubby hand and patted Su Yu's big hand, 【Sss, so icy, did Mom go to the fridge?】

"Mom, come up quickly."

"Okay!"

Ji Yan climbed onto the bed and held Su Yu tightly.

"Mom, loosen a bit!"

【Ah, the real‑life suffocating love!】

"Mom, did you have a nightmare?"

Su Yu's chubby short arm couldn't reach around Mom's back, so she settled for touching Mom's hand. She didn't dare to pat, fearing she'd hurt Ji Yan.

【I didn't even go to my mom's bedside in the middle of the night shouting, yet my mom showed up in the middle of the night first—this character seems a bit off, am I dreaming? Ouch! Sss! Pain!】

Today's update~

Babies, it's the last day, the last day, charge!

This chapter added five hundred words~

Issuing invoices, I learned this from the gaming community; it's said to have some impact on those companies. Mass issuing invoices draws the tax authorities' attention… For details, interested babies can look it up.

(End of chapter)