As he finished speaking, the giant screen in the center of the stage suddenly lit up, and Lu An'an's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the slowly unfolding test report on the screen, her heart filled with shock.

[Father-son relationship?! And... Gu Tingyan's father?!]

Lu An'an felt a mix of emotions.

【Seriously, can this messed-up world ever get any better? Is it impossible to get past the paternity test?】

[Besides, I don't recall the Gu family having any illegitimate children. 7758!]

Customer Service: 7758 is at your service~ How can I help you?

Lu An'an: "?"

What's wrong with you?

[Customer Service: To be chosen as the best customer service representative, I want to be number one!]

Lu An'an "..."

[First, look at how Pei Sheng is the Gu family's illegitimate son?]

[Customer Service: Okay~ Honey, let me check for you... Holy crap! How is this person still alive?!]

Lu An'an almost lost control of her expression.

[How badly has the plot fallen apart before you even realized it?]

[Don't worry about why he's still breathing; first, get his information.]

The customer service representative frantically started checking information and troubleshooting, but after a tense investigation, they couldn't find anything except for a lone name—Pei Sheng. Just as they were starting to have doubts, the director's calm and composed voice brushed past their ears.

"Send out this name and the message I've prepared for you. As for the rest, just use 'unknown' for now."

As soon as he finished speaking, a long passage of information about Pei Sheng's background and background appeared on the screen in front of the customer service representative.

The customer service representative responded respectfully, not daring to ask any further questions, and immediately passed the information to Lu An'an.

The bureau chief looked at the two people on the screen with a complicated expression, and muttered to himself, "My good disciple, don't disappoint your master."

In the banquet hall.

Lu An'an received Pei Sheng's message, and a subtle, indescribable expression gradually appeared on her face.

[6. Oh, and this is a melodramatic story about a secretary who's materialistic and regrets not becoming a mistress, then ruins her own life?]

Upon hearing this, everyone paused in surprise, their eyes flashing with a mixture of astonishment and curiosity.

Hmm? Gu Shen has this romantic past?

Lu An'an's gaze lingered on Old Master Gu's composed face for a moment, then slowly swept over the calm and unwavering expressions of Gu's parents, and she gradually understood.

It seems that Grandpa Gu, Uncle Gu, and Madam Gu are indeed aware of the existence of this illegitimate child, and they're not worried at all.

The others, drawn by Lu An'an's thoughts, also focused their attention on the three of them, nodding in agreement to themselves. It was indeed true.

Pei Sheng was born to the woman who worked as Uncle Gu's secretary at the time. Uncle Gu hadn't met Mrs. Gu yet. The secretary harbored ambitions of marrying into a wealthy family, so she did everything for Uncle Gu personally and cared for him in every way, which touched him and made her his girlfriend. However, after Uncle Gu brought her home, Old Master Gu immediately saw that this woman was not a docile person and vehemently opposed the relationship. Uncle Gu almost severed ties with the Gu family because of this. Old Master Gu then suggested that he try leaving the Gu family for two months to see if his secretary would abandon him.

Everyone pursed their lips, knowing that the next part was the story of being abandoned.

Uncle Gu hesitated for a moment, then agreed. He told his secretary that he had severed ties with the Gu family for her sake, but he would definitely make sure she had a good life. The secretary was initially quite cautious, fearing it was a test, so she said with deep affection that she was willing to work hard with Uncle Gu to rebuild their lives. The secretary knew that Grandpa Gu didn't approve of her, so she wanted to force him to agree by getting pregnant. However, Uncle Gu had always taken precautions. Helpless, the secretary came up with an idea: to puncture holes in the contraceptive tape.

Everyone: ...If she has such methods, can't she use them for serious matters?

[When the two months were almost up, the secretary, seeing that the Gu family seemed to have truly severed ties with Uncle Gu, couldn't sit still any longer. She immediately changed her attitude and dumped Uncle Gu decisively.]

Everyone secretly shook their heads, tsk tsk tsk, what a disaster!

Uncle Gu was initially pleased that almost two months had passed and his secretary still loved him as much as ever. However, reality dealt him a harsh blow. He returned to the Gu family dejectedly and remained depressed for over a month. During this time, Mrs. Gu, who had always liked Uncle Gu, silently supported him and repeatedly redeemed him. After Uncle Gu recovered, he finally noticed Mrs. Gu's silent affection for him. However, he didn't immediately start a new relationship. Instead, he waited until he was certain he no longer loved his secretary before beginning to cultivate a relationship with Mrs. Gu. They eventually married and have been happily married ever since.

The crowd nodded in approval. Not bad, they hadn't done anything outrageous. But how did Pei Sheng get his position?

Lu An'an immediately answered their questions.

After breaking up with Uncle Gu, the secretary ruthlessly went abroad. However, in a very dramatic turn of events, she discovered she was pregnant. She wanted to abort the child, but then she suddenly noticed Uncle Gu had returned to the Gu family. She immediately considered returning to China to reconcile with him, but then she remembered Grandpa Gu's attitude. A wicked thought crossed her mind, and she decided to stick to her original plan: to wait until the child was born before returning home, hoping to use her pregnancy to marry into a wealthy family.

[But the secretary never expected that when she returned to the country two years later with her child, Uncle Gu had already been married for half a year! She immediately tried to use the child to force Uncle Gu to marry her, but Uncle Gu naturally disagreed. Fearing that Madam Gu would misunderstand, he tried every means to find out why the secretary was pregnant with his child. He knelt before Madam Gu for three days with evidence before finally appeasing her. Afterwards, he used ruthless methods to make it impossible for the secretary to stay in Beijing, and declared that the Gu family would never acknowledge the child's identity, telling the secretary to stop having any ideas.]

The secretary, unwilling to accept defeat, vented all her anger on Pei Sheng. Until, at the age of thirteen, Pei Sheng, unable to endure the daily abuse and violence any longer, rebelled for the first time, striking his own mother, and subsequently leaving home permanently.

During his long period of wandering, Pei Sheng was taken back by the Pei family. It turned out that his mother had died in a car accident after he fled, due to alcoholism. When the police were collecting the body, Old Master Pei happened to glance at her. In that single glance, he saw a face that bore a striking resemblance to his wife's. Later, during a series of attempts to identify his daughter, Old Master Pei was devastated to discover that he had just found her when she was gone forever. Fortunately, he later found his grandson, Pei Sheng, who was given a name. Because of his childhood experiences, Pei Sheng harbored deep hatred for his father. He painstakingly built up the Pei family's fortunes, hoping to bring down the Gu family, but little did he expect that a deal with a criminal gang would so easily cost him his life.

After reading Pei Sheng's information, Lu An'an was both amazed and puzzled.

[Tsk tsk, this looks like a tragic male lead story, isn't it? Wasn't his death a bit too abrupt?]