Chapter 28
The next day was Wednesday. Chen Mo did not wake up naturally early in the morning, but was woken up by Lao Gou shaking him vigorously.
"What are you doing?" Chen Mo asked in a daze, his elbows resting on his eyes.
Gou Yiyang didn't even care about how he was so quiet last night, and how he had the guts to get into the bed of Xi Siyan next door. He just said in a hurried tone: "Are you still sleeping? Go online quickly, something happened to the Yang family!"
Chen Mo, however, did not show any enthusiasm at all.
Gou Yiyang couldn't wait any longer, so he simply thrust his own cell phone into Chen Mo's face.
Chen Moxu opened his eyes and found that it was a news video.
In the video on the mobile phone, which lasted only half a minute, you can see that Chen Jianli found a group of people similar to him from somewhere, and they were pushing and shoving each other and insulting the security guards at the entrance of Yang Group.
There was a line of words clearly written on the sign he was holding: Yang family, give my son back to me!
It can be heard clearly in the video.
"Everyone come and take a look! The Yang family is so hypocritical that they won't let us see our own son!"
"We returned the son to him, but they hired bodyguards to guard against us. They didn't even let me and his mother see him. I don't know what the Yang family is up to. Just because they have money, they can bully ordinary people like us?!"
"Everyone, come and judge for yourself. The Yang family must come out and give us an explanation today!"
…
This short video was quickly reprinted by various media outlets.
The titles are more exaggerated than each other.
"The Yang family's search for their son is further fraught with trouble. Why did the other party's father come to the door to make trouble?"
"A beautiful accident that the Yang family described as "an accident", is it a blessing or a curse for the two families?"
As the news was reposted more and more, it quickly became a hot topic and was listed on the city gossip news list.
The popularity this time is much higher than when Chen Mo was first found and the Yang family directed and acted out a happy ending.
After all, once the topic is mixed with the unknown, even a passing dog with a keen sense of smell will come over to join in the fun.
Less than two hours after this happened, in this era of rapid information development, photos of Chen Mo and Yang Shule were posted online.
Chen Mo's photo is a very ordinary student ID photo, and it was taken two years ago. His hair was cut very short at that time, and he looked a little immature, and his eyes looked a little fierce.
Yang Shule has quite a lot of photos. He has an account on the world's largest social platform, which can be easily dug out. There are photos of him skiing, traveling, and attending concerts on various holidays. He also often posts photos of gatherings with friends and luxury shoes and bags given by his family.
Unfortunately, he had just posted a pair of shoes two days ago.
It is the latest model of an internationally renowned brand, with the caption: This was given to me by the best brother in the world, I love it very much.
Netizens were immediately furious.
[The one who went to the company to cause trouble, his purpose of wanting money should not be too obvious, his own son should not live too well! ]
[That's right! If I were his son, I wouldn't want to go back and live a hard life.]
[The Yang family is pretty good. They treated their son well after they found him.]
【I just noticed that, judging from the time, this fake young master of a wealthy family has been posting photos more frequently since his background was exposed. It seems like he is deliberately trying to show that his family treats him very well.】
[I also feel the same way as above, but it’s not surprising, right? However, from the perspective of the real son of the Yang family, I would probably feel very uncomfortable.]
Little by little, the topic began to shift towards Chen Mo.
It’s a pity that netizens have been digging for a long time but still haven’t found any more information about this real young master.
He does not use public social media, and the Yang family has never introduced him in public except after they found him. The latest news about him was when they said he was an "inspirational role model."
If you dig deeper, you will find that this inspirational role model has just been promoted to ninth grade.
That is the best high school in Suicheng, and it sends countless talents to universities across the country every year.
[What a self-reliant young man! The Yang family may have built their ancestral tomb too well in their previous life. Their son who had been away from home has come back to bring honor to the family.]
[The Yang family shouldn't be so shameless. He was a good student before he returned to the Yang family. The Yang family themselves have admitted it.]
[The Chen family is so short-sighted. They should have given me this fake son. I am almost pissed off by my rebellious son.]
Gou Yiyang flipped through the various speculations and statements about Chen Mo.
The more you turn, the more numb it becomes.
Looking at the man who was sitting cross-legged on the squad leader's bed, leaning against the wall and about to fall asleep, he said, "Brother Mo, don't you have any feelings?"
Chen Mo turned his head and asked, "What should I feel?"
Gou Yiyang scratched his chin, "It's true that you have good grades, but if these people knew that you smoke and drink, you fight, you talk back, and you sleep in class, I wonder if they would still say that."
"Don't make up rumors about me." Chen Mo said, "My image as a three-good student has always been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and I am consistent inside and out."
Lao Gou gave him a look that said, "Listen to yourself, are you talking human language?"
Chen Mo replied, "What's the problem?"
This is exactly the son the Yang family wants, and Chen Mo doesn't mind satisfying them.
But there is one thing.
Even Lao Gou was saying, "It's strange. In fact, if you just ask around, you'll know that you got warned by the school for fighting, and you even scolded the teacher and read a self-criticism in front of the whole school. But there's not a single word about it on the Internet. Instead, Yang Shule's leaving the experimental class was said to be due to his declining grades and poor psychological quality."
This was indeed somewhat beyond Chen Mo's expectations.
After all, he never really tried to control public opinion. As a result, when public opinion came together, Yang Shule, who had never been in Chen Mo's plan, was exposed, which also intensified the fermentation of public opinion.
At this time, on the top floor of the Yang Group building.
The Yang father and son, who had just come out of the conference room, had the same serious faces.
Yang Qi'an asked his eldest son, "What's the situation downstairs?"
"The bodyguards have already taken him under control." Yang Zhi said as he walked towards the office, "All the media are also being appeased."
Yang Qi'an pointed at him and said, "You can't change your conceited habit. You should have responded to that Chen's first visit and given him some money to get rid of him. Now look what happened. He has caught us in the fact that we didn't tell the truth in front of the media from the beginning. He is sure that we can only make the best of it and let Chen manipulate us!"
Yang Zhi followed Yang Qi'an into the office and closed the door.
"Dad," Yang Zhi admitted, "I was careless about this matter. I didn't expect that he would really dare to find someone to make trouble."
Yang Qi'an waved his hand and frowned: "At this point, we can only ask your brother to come forward to explain and make peace with the Chen family, otherwise the media will definitely not let go."
Yang Zhi frowned: "Would it be inappropriate to let Shu Le come forward? Mom didn't want our family to have any contact with the Chen family."
Yang Qi'an slammed the table and said, "Don't you see what time it is! Things have become like this. Didn't you see the faces of your uncles and aunts at the meeting just now? Shu Le... is the biological child of the Chen family after all."
Maybe Chen Jicheng came to him suddenly.
Perhaps the Yang Group suddenly fell into a worse situation than before.
The current head of the Yang family seemed to have suddenly realized that the child who was protected by his wife's obvious bias and for whom he dropped the indictment against the robber who stole his own child should have the surname Chen.
He is the son Chen Jianli is looking for.
And his biological son is called Chen Mo.
He once spoke righteously in front of the old man, saying that he had raised the child for more than ten years, loved him sincerely and treated him as his own son, but suddenly his love faded.
Yang Qi'an looked out the French window and suddenly said, "Tonight is the Zhou family's engagement dinner. You go to No. 1 Middle School to pick up Chen Mo in person. The Zhou family was dissatisfied with your mother's and my marriage, so we haven't been in contact much in recent years, but the relationship between relatives cannot be severed."
Yang Zhi knew exactly what his father was thinking.
He has been trying to win over the Zhou family over the years, and he wants to take this opportunity to introduce Chen Mo to win back the Zhou family's favor and consolidate his position in the group.
As a son, Yang Zhi has many similarities with his father, such as the coldness of being in a large family, the rationality when weighing the pros and cons, and the habit of looking at everyone from a superior's perspective. But Yang Zhi is different from Yang Qi'an because he knows that his father is likely to miscalculate.
It's not just because of his long-standing marriage.
Moreover, because her mother has always regarded Shu Le as the lifeline of her marriage over the years, she would not sincerely introduce Chen Mo to the Zhou family.
Of course, more importantly, it’s because of Chen Mo himself.
If he really considered himself a member of the Yang family, he wouldn't have gone to school and not come back for such a long time.
This younger brother is escaping from the control of the Yang family.
Yang Zhi should be the one in the Yang family who sees things most clearly.
When he returned to his office, his assistant followed him in.
"What's the matter?" Yang Zhi asked.
The assistant bowed slightly and said, "Boss Yang, I only sent one of the monthly exam gifts you asked me to prepare for the two sons of the Yang family, but today that pair of shoes was posted online and widely publicized, so I want to ask if you want to exchange the other one."
Yang Zhi pondered for a long time.
Said: "Forget it."
"You won't change?"
"No need to send it."
He may not wear it if you give it to him.
I may not really like it.
Shu Le's little tricks of posting photos can only make his mother happy at best. Chen Mo can't do it and probably won't do it.
As for his younger brother, Yang Zhi admitted that he was finding it increasingly difficult to see him clearly.
When he instructed his assistant to prepare gifts, he subconsciously asked someone to prepare two, which seemed a little unreasonable.
When Yang Shule arrived at the company.
Yang Zhi had just finished lunch.
"Brother." The young man tilted his head and walked in, smiling widely.
Yang Zhi put away the seriousness that had been in his head all morning and smiled: "I'm here, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten." Yang Shule walked in familiarly and sat down on the sofa. "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Many times, Yang Zhi really likes his younger brother's "innocence".
But this "innocence" is sometimes too fake, which inevitably makes people feel surprised and unfamiliar.
"Le Le." Yang Zhi sat down next to him.
Pushing the dessert that the assistant had prepared in advance to him, he said, "I'm sure you've seen what happened today on the Internet. What do you think?"
Yang Shule's drooped eyelashes trembled slightly, but his voice was calm.
"I know it's all because of me."
After saying this, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Brother, you guys were already very sorry for the other son of the Yang family because of me. Now that it has fallen on me, you know how difficult it is. I was too willful in the past. The last time I changed classes, it was because I was impulsive, and it even caused Dad to help me with connections. This time, no matter what you decide, I am willing to cooperate."
Yang Zhu patted the young man's head and said, "We are just pretending to cooperate with the Chen family to deal with the media. Don't worry."
"I know." Yang Shule said.
As she spoke, her eyes turned red, so red that it made people feel soft-hearted.
After Yang Shule left, the assistant asked Yang Zhi, "Boss Yang, should I go over the manuscript with Master Shule to avoid mistakes?"
"It's okay." Yang Zhi withdrew his gaze from the obvious nail marks on the black leather sofa and looked towards the door. "How can a son of the Yang family not understand something? He has grown up and knows what to say."
On this day, it seemed as if the whole world was in chaos.
Only Chen Mo's world remains peaceful.
Even when the touching scene of Yang Shule and Chen Jianli recognizing each other as father and son was published on the front page of the news at the fastest speed and with the highest definition photos, Chen Mo just glanced at it.
Chen Mo just recalled the touching scene when he ran into Yang Shule at the door of Yang's house the next day after he woke up and wanted to move out of Yang's house, and others rushed to stop him. Compared with this photo now, it seems particularly ironic.
The Yang family's family affection seemed decent in their previous life, but in reality, it was just so-so.
Six o'clock in the evening.
The Yang family's car was waiting at the school gate on time.
Chen Mo, wearing a school uniform and carrying a shoulder bag, came out of the school and got straight into the car.
"Brother." Chen Mo greeted.
Yang Zhi, who was dressed in formal attire, sat in the back seat of the car and frowned at him, "Why didn't you change your clothes?"
"Didn't Big Brother help me prepare?" Chen Mo said, "I'm just a student and I don't have any experience attending dinner parties. What should I wear?"
Yang Zhi was slightly startled, and ordered the co-pilot's assistant, "Prepare a set of clothes for him."
"Okay." The assistant nodded.
The car drove away from the school gate and merged into the traffic.
Yang Zhi looked at him and asked, "Are you in a good mood?"
"Okay." Chen Mo leaned back in his chair, stared at Yang Zhi and smiled, "On the way out, I saw a dog-eat-dog show under the dormitory building. I thought it was quite funny."
The muscles on Yang Zhi's face were marked with two deep marks. He gritted his teeth and said, "Chen Mo!"
"Brother, what are you doing?" Chen Mo was in a very relaxed state, and raised his eyebrows. "It's really just a fight between wild dogs. Brother is so excited, I'm afraid he was bitten by a dog today?"
The assistant in the front row was taking out his cell phone to ask someone to prepare the dress.
For some reason, I didn't hold the phone firmly, and in my panic, it fell into the gap between the seats.
The assistant lowered his head to pick up his phone and looked as if he wanted to stuff his head in it as well.
Yang Zhi said in a cold voice: "If you can't pick it up again, just go down and buy it again!"
The assistant shuddered.
“Tsk.”
Chen Mo looked at Assistant Hao with sympathy. In his previous life, he had followed Yang Zhu all the way to build his empire. At this moment, he should have been in the workplace for less than two years. In his previous life, Chen Mo had coveted this secretive and methodical assistant for a long time.
Unfortunately, I failed several times in my attempts to poach people.
Chen Mo leaned forward slightly, quite seriously: "Assistant Hao, following a boss like this is too stressful, you should resign. When I join the company in the future, you come with me, and I will pay you three times your current salary every month, how about that?"
The assistant raised his head slowly like a machine, and almost cried when he saw his boss's face as dark as the bottom of a pot: "Second Master, please don't mess with me."
"Look at what you have accomplished."
Chen Mo laughed and fell back into his seat.
Yang Zhi next to him suddenly said, "If you want to steal my people, wait until you can really gain a foothold in the company."
"Okay." Chen Mo's eyes looked like glass in the light reflected from the car window. He raised his neck, let out a long breath and said casually, "Wait."
At that moment, Yang Zhi suddenly had a premonition.
No matter if it was someone who said at the dinner table before that he wanted to be affiliated with the company to receive dividends, or someone who now says that he wants to join the company to poach people.
Not a single word of truth.
From the beginning to the end, he never thought about joining the Yang family's company.
This seemed a little absurd to Yang Zhi.
He even wanted to question him, "Why don't you come? Come and fight me. Isn't this what you really want when you return to the Yang family?"
But in reality.
After the person next to him almost scared his assistant to tears, he folded his hands with peace of mind, lay sideways in his seat and fell asleep.
With his eyes closed, he did not forget to kick the seat in the front row.
"Adjust it. My legs can't be straightened."
From the casual tone, the driver and the assistant had no doubt that the second young master really treated the people around him as air.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
