Chapter 291: The Old-School Tyrant CEO 35

The voices of doubt continued to swirl, but the sudden appearance of a blogger who reposted the video brought the farce to an end.

This blogger was a well-known second-generation rich kid on the internet.

His usual content consisted of luxury cars, beautiful women, vacations, and shopping.

He was the embodiment of the lifestyle people envied.

Furthermore, he had a sharp, venomous tongue and dared to expose many of the dirty dealings within his social circle, leading people to affectionately call him the modern-day Judge Bao¹.

Those who could run in the same circles as him were also wealthy heirs. Their social group consisted of blunt, straightforward people who wouldn’t take bribes to speak well of someone.

Yet, today he had specifically reposted a video and tagged a long list of friends.

【Right? Right? I’m not seeing things, am I??? It’s really that person, isn’t it???】

His friends replied lightning-fast.

【Horrified expression. Is it the end of the world today? Why would she come out and show her face in public?】

【Oh my god.】

【Shocked face.】

After the initial shock, the entire group collectively prostrated themselves in submission.

The rich-kid blogger led the charge.

【No way, no way, are there really people who don’t believe a fairy would descend to the mortal realm? Let me tell you, she’s ten thousand times better looking in real life than in this video! Looking at it now, she actually isn’t very photogenic.】

【Tsk tsk tsk, our fairy is willing to condescend to let you look at her, so you should just maintain a heart of gratitude and admire her beauty in silence. Why all the nonsense? You’re just showing off that you have mouths.】

【Exactly, I think you’re all just pure green with envy.】

【Su Mingyue’s face is absolutely, 100% genuine beauty. She hasn’t had any work done. I have the most right to speak on this because I went to the same elementary school, middle school, and high school as her…】

【Haters better retreat early. Delete your comments while our Young Master Gu is still in a good mood, or watch out—he’ll be sending lawyer letters as a warning in a bit.】

【Already contacting the family lawyers. Attached image.】

This particular Young Master Gu had a terrible temper, and the netizens were once again reminded of the fear of being dominated by him.

With a dog-like temperament like his, he naturally drew the ire of many, and all sorts of messy, slanderous rumors had once flooded the internet against him.

But he hadn’t been worried at all.

Instead, he had gathered evidence and provided a one-stop service of lawyer letters.

He sued three thousand netizens at once.

It was a legendary feat.

Since then, no foul-mouthed netizen dared to offend him.

Now that he had spoken up, some people began to silently delete their defamatory remarks.

His fans left curious comments.

【Young Master Gu, Young Master Gu, why are you being so warm-hearted this time? It couldn’t be unrequited love, could it?】

Young Master Gu: 【Get lost, get lost, don’t talk nonsense. That’s my Big Sister-in-law, one of the people I respect most. You can go after anyone else, but not her.】

【Huh? Isn’t Young Master Gu an only child?】

Young Master Gu: 【Am I not allowed to have a Big Brother I admire in my heart?】

【Fair enough. I didn’t expect Young Master Gu to have someone he admires. I thought you weren’t afraid of anyone.】

Young Master Gu: 【Psh, if you knew who I admire, you’d admire him too.】

【Who is it, who is it? Starry eyes.】

Young Master Gu: 【Not telling you.】

They said a lot, and while the netizens still didn’t know Su Mingyue’s exact identity, the one thing they were certain of was that Su Mingyue was a genuine wealthy socialite, not a persona created by the director.

People’s curiosity was piqued to the maximum once again.

*

“Pfft—” Su Mingyue looked at her phone and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“What is it? Why are you so happy?” A video call was active on her computer, and Shen Xiuyan was looking longingly at his wife from across the ocean.

Su Mingyue waved her phone. “I’m looking at the comments. They didn’t believe I actually look like I do in the video, so the second son of the Gu family started blasting them. I never realized he was so funny before.”

Shen Xiuyan said resentfully, “Don’t look at him. Look at me.”

“Why are you being so petty? He’s speaking up for me. What’s wrong with me reading his comments for a bit?”

Su Mingyue blew a kiss toward Shen Xiuyan, instantly soothing his jealous heart.

“Fine, then keep reading.”

Su Mingyue put down her phone. “Look at how aggrieved you are. I won’t look anymore; I’ll chat with you.”

“You’re the best, Mingyue. Did you have fun today?” Shen Xiuyan regained his tyrant CEO aura in a second. “If anything made you unhappy, just tell me and I’ll handle it.”

Su Mingyue felt a warmth in her heart. “I had a great time, it was quite fun. Besides, with Qingqing there, who could make me unhappy?”

Shen Xiuyan had to nod in agreement at this point. “She is occasionally useful.”

Seeing Su Mingyue’s bleary, sleepy eyes, he coaxed gently, “You’ve had a long day. You don’t need to stay up just to chat with me. Go to sleep. I’m flying back tomorrow night, we can talk in person the day after.”

“Okay—” Su Mingyue pouted her lips and gave the screen a kiss. “Goodnight—”

Shen Xiuyan chuckled softly. “Goodnight.”

Early the next morning, Young Master Gu was awakened by the incessant ringing of his phone.

He picked it up irritably.

Who was it? Didn’t they know he’d been out partying at a bar all night?

They had no sense at all, calling him so early in the morning.

But when he saw the screen clearly, his posture straightened immediately.

He hadn’t expected it to be his old man…

Calling this early—could it be that he’d done something recently to make his dad angry again?

Young Master Gu answered cautiously. “Hello? Dad, is something wrong?”

The expected scolding didn’t come. Instead, he heard his father’s hearty laughter.

“Hahaha! Truly my good son! I didn’t know you had this kind of ability. I really misjudged you before.”

“Wh-what happened?” Young Master Gu was bewildered.

“Oh? It seems you don’t know yet?” Father Gu said excitedly. “The Shen Group had a project that over a dozen families were fighting for. It was a high-profit, low-effort project, basically like giving away free money. The competition was fierce, and our company was about to give up. I never expected their Assistant Cheng to call yesterday and notify us that the project has been assigned to our company!”

“Dad was worried it was some kind of scam, but after asking around, I found out it was all because of you.”

“Huh?” Young Master Gu’s brain had completely stalled.

“Don’t ‘huh’ me. They told me exactly what happened. President Shen said that since you’ve already started calling them Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law, he had to give his little brother a gift to show his appreciation. Son, you’re incredible. You did something even your old man wouldn’t dare to do. How exactly did you manage to latch onto President Shen’s coattails?”

Young Master Gu: “…”

If he wasn’t mistaken, it seemed his hunch was right.

Was it really because of his heated argument with those netizens yesterday?

Did President Shen see it???

And he even showed his approval.

Waaaah, there was nothing more joyful than getting validation from his idol.

Young Master Gu let out a silly grin. “I’m not sure myself. Maybe I said something that made him happy.”

“Good, good. You’ve really done me proud.”

“Heh heh, it was nothing, really.”

Translator’s Notes