Chapter 55
"Ah, no, I misspoke..."
"At least on the surface, Lin Xu is the Tang family's adopted daughter, not an illegitimate child, which sounds better. As for why she is an adopted daughter, that's because when her biological father took her to the Tang family, he said she was an orphan."
Xu Gui chuckled and said humorously, "Actually, the term 'orphan' is quite accurate. A mother who is a lover, and a father you can't acknowledge—what's the difference between that and an orphan?"
Wow, Xu Gui's mouth is really sharp! Would she poison herself if she licked it herself?
[Our Gui Gui is clearly eloquent. Besides, she was just stating a fact. What, can't people even say the facts?]
[Slander! All slander! Our Xuxu is clearly the pampered eldest daughter of the Tang family. If she were truly an adopted daughter, why hasn't anyone said so all these years? Just because Xu Gui says she's an illegitimate child doesn't mean she is! What a joke!]
[It seems this sister doesn't quite understand. Xu Gui is a recognized fortune teller. Anyway, she hasn't made a mistake yet; nothing she predicts is ever wrong.]
【Ugh! Why are you Xu Gui's fans just as foul-mouthed as Xu Gui himself? Slandering people without any evidence, be careful you don't go to the tongue-pulling hell after you die!】
【Oh dear, I'm so scared! But let me clarify, we're not fans, we're just casual viewers here to watch the show. So, Xu Gui, please reveal more inside stories, we love to hear them.】
[I highly recommend staying in Xu Gui's live stream regularly. I'm not a big fan of Xu Gui, but watching her live stream is so much fun. There are so many stories. Her live stream is practically essential for me to slack off at work. My boring and tedious job suddenly becomes much more colorful.]
[Haha, I thought I was the only one using Xu Gui's live streams as a way to slack off. Listening to her fortune telling every day is so much fun!]
[High school students are tipping again. Is it a holiday today?]
...
Xu Gui's live stream was incredibly lively at this moment.
Looking around, one sees either Tang Xu's fans losing their temper and hurling insults at Xu Gui, or Xu Gui's fans remaining calm and collected, and bystanders watching the spectacle with amusement. Oh, and there are also office workers "recognizing each other as family."
In short, the live stream chat was incredibly exciting, so much so that it was hard to know which message to watch.
Xu Gui continued recounting Tang Xu's background: "Tang Xu's biological father's surname is Lin, and his name is Lin Hai. He's like a golden phoenix that rose from a remote mountain village..."
Upon hearing Xu Gui's words, Tang Xu's expression went beyond just looking ugly. She kept making phone calls, asking acquaintances for help, her anxiety clearly visible.
“…I’ve already spoken to your director, and he said he’ll come over right away to handle this,” the auntie she knew comforted her.
Hearing this, Tang Xu felt somewhat relieved and sincerely thanked the other party: "Thank you, Auntie."
Just then, the director, who was sitting in the control room, eavesdropping on the gossip, suddenly sneezed loudly. He rubbed his nose and said nonchalantly, "Which guy is eyeing me..."
Xu Gui continued to tell everyone "stories".
Tang Xu's biological father, Lin Hai, was born in the countryside, but he was extremely handsome and dashing, with a very stylish and impressive demeanor. He was the only young man from his village to be admitted to university.
After starting university, he met Pan Xiao, Tang Xu's biological mother. The two were a perfect match and quickly became boyfriend and girlfriend.
During his senior year of college, Lin Hai met Tang Miaoxin, the eldest daughter of the Tang family.
In this generation of the Tang family, Tang Miaoxin is the only child, and she is the apple of everyone's eye. She travels in luxury cars and is always accompanied by young masters and ladies from various families. It would be no exaggeration to say that she is treated like royalty.
She and Lin Hai met by chance, and Lin Hai, being by her side, witnessed the luxury and splendor of high society. He also learned what wealth and riches truly meant. At that moment, his desire surged to its peak—he couldn't wait to join this class and become one of them.
And now, a great opportunity is presented to him if he wants to climb the ladder.
Xu Gui: "He broke up with Pan Xiao right away and started pursuing the eldest daughter of the Tang family..."
Lin Hai was truly outstanding in appearance. He was a top student, good-looking, tall, and good at sweet-talking people. Unsurprisingly, he quickly won Tang Miaoxin's heart and became her boyfriend.
After that, he didn't mind the Tang family elders' request for him to marry into the Tang family and married Tang Miaoxin, thus becoming a son-in-law of the Tang family.
"Lin Hai's idea is quite good. The Tang family only has one daughter. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is like half a son, not to mention that he has married into the Tang family, so he can be considered the Tang family's son! Moreover, he is so outstanding, so it is only right that he, as the son-in-law, should take over the Tang family's foundation..."
However, what Lin Hai didn't expect was that the Tang family elders were very wary of him, not giving him any opportunity to get involved in the Tang family's business. But what he didn't expect the most was that Tang Miaoxin, whom he thought was a naive, soft-hearted, and easily coaxed woman raised by her parents, was actually a complete "mama's girl" and "daddy's girl." No matter what her parents said, she believed them.
Her parents forbade Lin Hai from joining the company, and she actually listened to them. No matter how many times Lin Hai hinted to her that he wanted to join the company to share the burden with his parents, Tang Miaoxin didn't take it seriously.
"Mom and Dad said that all we need to do is be good daughters and sons-in-law who live off their parents!" Tang Miaoxin said, then looked at Lin Hai strangely: "We don't have to do anything, and Mom and Dad just give us pocket money. Isn't that good?"
She had grown up like this and found it very happy. However, it was clear that her husband was not like her, which made Tang Miaoxin quite regretful.
"You need to learn to enjoy life!" she advised Lin Hai in such an old-fashioned way.
Lin Hai was smiling on the surface, but he was actually furious inside.
Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye, but Lin Hai is still an "outsider" to the Tang family group and has no access to any of its affairs.
When Xu Gui said this, she seemed to find it a bit interesting. She smiled and said, "Lin Hai originally thought that since the two elders of the Tang family were already old and Tang Miaoxin was soft-hearted, he would still have a chance after the two elders of the Tang family passed away."
But who knew that the Tang family elders wouldn't give him that chance.
At this time, Lin Hai and Tang Miaoxin already had a daughter, who was taken away by Tang's parents after her birth. Tang's parents seemed determined to raise the child as their next heir.
This time, Lin Hai was truly devastated. What did it mean to plan for eight years and return, only to still be an outsider to the Tang family group? That was his current situation. This inevitably dampened Lin Hai's ambitions. It was at this time that he met Pan Xiao again, his first love.
Beside Pan Xiao was her daughter, who was already nine years old.
It turns out that Pan Xiao was already pregnant when the two broke up. Instead of having an abortion, she chose to give birth to the child and suffer with her, sharing the joys and sorrows of life. You can tell what kind of woman she is just by the name she gave her child, "Xu".
Xu Gui: "...This child is Lin Xu, who is now Tang Xu."
Upon hearing this, everyone finally couldn't help but start sending comments:
So, Tang Xu is actually Lin Hai's illegitimate daughter?
[This doesn't count as an illegitimate daughter, it's a child he had with his first love before he got married... uh, I don't know how to define Tang Xu's identity anymore.]
[Hiss, as expected, experience counts. The Tang family elders probably saw through Lin Hai's ambition long ago, which is why they've been wary of him. But it's understandable; how could someone who can manage such a large family business as the Tang family have poor judgment?]
Throughout history, many have tried to profit from the extinction of the Tang family's heirs. Lin Hai, in the end, also wanted to take advantage of the Tang family's extinction, but he didn't expect the Tang elders to be so capable and so adept at preventing such exploitation!
[Actually, what surprised me most about this whole thing was Tang Miaoxin, the young lady. I thought she'd be love-struck, but it seems she's quite intelligent, aside from being love-struck!]
Tang Miaoxin's story tells us that girls who are "mama's boys" are generally lucky.
So, how did Lin Xu end up becoming Tang Xu? I think there's definitely a big story behind this. I've already got my sunflower seeds and cola ready, just waiting for Xu Gui to continue!
[You guys really think of Xu Gui as a storyteller? Well, I do too, hehehe, isn't this story more exciting than those novels?]
Netizens' curiosity has reached its peak.
Tang Xu's eyes had turned red as she stared at the projected screen; she was furious.
The others in the room didn't dare look at her expression, afraid of seeing something they shouldn't. Everyone could tell that Tang Xu was in a terrible mood.
She glanced at the still-playing live stream, gritted her teeth, and went to make another phone call.
As soon as she left, the atmosphere in the space relaxed abruptly. The few people present looked at each other, exchanging glances and silently communicating with their mouths.
"Is Tang Xu really not the eldest daughter of the Tang family?" This was Rong Yi, Rong's top agent, who was a bit gossipy.
Hearing this, Qiu Nai's lips twitched slightly. She didn't understand why this big agent Rong was still in a gossipy mood. After all, the people Xu Gui mentioned before, after Tang Xu, were the two of them.
Qiu Nai now feels a sense of trepidation, as if he has been called upon by Yama, the King of Hell, and is waiting for Yama to announce his verdict.
Beside him, Tang Xu's manager looked rather displeased. After all, if Tang Xu's status as the eldest daughter of the Tang family was questionable, it would be a disaster for him. To Rong Yi's question, he shook his head: "I don't know..."
He genuinely didn't know that when he accepted Tang Xu, she was introduced as the eldest daughter of the Tang family. How could he know that Tang Xu's identity as the eldest daughter was actually fake?
Rong Yi whispered, "Judging from Miss Tang's reaction, it seems like what Xu Gui said is true. She might really be an illegitimate child."
The group exchanged knowing glances, while the assistant kept her eyes down, pretending not to hear anything. However, her ears were perked up, indicating that she was listening to everyone's discussion.
Just then, Tang Xu, who was making a phone call nearby, suddenly shouted, "What? The director was in a car accident and is in the emergency room now?"
Tang Xu's face showed an extremely absurd expression.
...
The director who could have forcibly shut down Xu Gui's live stream "got into a car accident," allowing Xu Gui's live stream to continue. At this point, the number of viewers in Xu Gui's live stream had reached a terrifying number, and even those who happened to be filming were shocked when they glanced at it.
"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... eight million?" The person following him took a breath. "More than eight million people are watching Teacher Xu's live stream."
Their teacher, Mr. Xu, has really made something of himself.
It's clear that the Chinese people's interest in gossip is truly ingrained in their bones.
Now, netizens are even more curious about how Lin Xu became Tang Xu, and they are just waiting for Xu Gui to continue. Fortunately, Xu Gui did not keep them in suspense.
"Why did Lin Xu become Tang Xu? Of course, it's because Lin Hai couldn't bear to see his child suffer outside." Xu Gui sneered.
When Lin Hai and his first love met again, it was truly a case of "a single encounter in the golden autumn breeze surpassing countless others in the mortal world." The two quickly rolled around on a long bed, their passion burning brightly like dry wood meeting a raging fire.
After the two had been seeing each other for some time, Pan Xiao suggested that Lin Hai bring Lin Xu into the Tang family.
"...Xuxu has been with me for so many years and has suffered so much. People laugh at her for being a child without a father and take every opportunity to bully her." When Pan Xiao talked about these things, she was in tears and sobbed uncontrollably.
"If I could take good care of her on my own, I wouldn't want to trouble you. But I'm not in good health, and raising her is too hard for me. I have no choice but to trouble you!"
Pan Xiao's attitude greatly satisfied Lin Hai's pride and chauvinism, especially since he had just been rebuffed by the Tang family and was greatly discouraged. This made his vanity soar, and he agreed to the request without thinking.
However, while he agreed, the real question was how to bring Lin Xu, his biological daughter, into the Tang family.
Xu Gui looked at the camera and said in a low voice, "Can you guess what method Lin Hai came up with to make Lin Xu a successful adopted daughter of the Tang family?"
The comments section was filled with all sorts of guesses, including some malicious ones.
Xu Gui said, "Lin Hai brought Lin Xu into the family under the pretext of accumulating good fortune for him and Tang Miaoxin's daughter. At that time, his and Tang Miaoxin's daughter had been ill for half a year..."
The weight of her words was considerable; after everyone was stunned, they suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.
No, it's also very possible that they guessed wrong. As the saying goes, even a tiger wouldn't eat its cubs. Lin Hai, surely he wouldn't be so heartless?
Unfortunately, Xu Gui's words shattered their illusions. She said, "It's just as you think. The reason why his daughter with Tang Miaoxin was often sick during that period was because he bribed the maid who took care of his daughter to open her window every night while the child was sleeping."
It was the dead of winter, and the child was only eight years old. He couldn't help but get sick from the cold wind. Because he was exposed to the cold wind every day, what was just a minor illness like a cold and fever lingered in his bed for the entire winter without getting better.
It was at this time that Lin Xu was brought here by Lin Hai.
His account to the Tang family was that Lin Xu was someone he brought back from an orphanage. She was an orphan with no parents, and he felt a connection because her surname was Lin, the same as his, so he brought her home.
As for his reason for bringing her back, it was naturally for the sake of his and Tang Miaoxin's daughter.
“We only have Zhuzhu as our child, and she doesn’t have any peers to play with. Having a child with her will at least prevent her from feeling lonely. Besides, Zhuzhu hasn’t been feeling well lately and keeps getting sick. I thought that bringing a child back would be a way to bring her good fortune and maybe her health will gradually improve.”
For the Tang family, raising a child was no big deal. With their wealth, they could easily raise ten more children. Lin Hai's words struck a nerve with them, as Tang Baozhu's health was indeed not good at the time.
So, after much deliberation, they decided to keep Lin Xu and renamed her Tang Xu.
To the Tang family's surprise, after Tang Xu came to their home, Tang Baozhu's illness gradually improved, and she no longer suffered from repeated illnesses. This made the Tang family very happy, and they couldn't help but put more effort into caring for their adopted daughter, Tang Xu.
From then on, Tang Xu became the eldest daughter of the Tang family. The Tang family did not emphasize her status as an adopted daughter, so as time has passed, many people only know that she is the eldest daughter of the Tang family, but do not know that she is an adopted daughter of the Tang family.
As for the fact that she was Lin Hai's illegitimate daughter, no one else knew about it except Lin Hai and Pan Xiao.
Xu Gui finally finished explaining Tang Xu's background, picked up the beverage cup next to him, took a deep gulp of the drink, and then exhaled.
“Oh, right,” she suddenly remembered something else, “Since we’re on the topic, I’ll add another piece of news. After Lin Hai and Pan Xiao reunited, their relationship never ended. Pan Xiao became Lin Hai’s mistress. Lin Hai arranged for her to live in a neighborhood called Guihu. Two years ago, Pan Xiao even gave birth to his son. Of course, Tang Xu was well aware of this, after all, he was her own younger brother.”
In other words, although Tang Xu enjoyed the life of a young lady in the Tang family, she never lost contact with her biological mother. The two even had very close private interactions, a typical case of being in one camp but having one heart.
Xu Gui smiled and said, "If anyone knows the Tang family and is satisfied with my story, you can give me a tip. I have a lot of filming work to do."
Two days have passed since the next elimination round, but her ranking is still hovering at the bottom. If she doesn't earn more money soon, she'll be among those eliminated next time.
As soon as Xu Gui said this, her live stream room suddenly exploded with a dazzling array of special effects. These effects were the most expensive gift effects on the Hunan TV live streaming platform, each worth 10,000 yuan. These effects exploded one after another on Xu Gui's screen. The number of gifts displayed in the lower left corner was ×20, and then the number 20 kept changing to 21, 22, 23... and even kept going up.
Viewers in Xu Gui's live stream were stunned:
Wow, what a tycoon! How many have they thrown away? How much money does this cost?
[So far, 48 have been thrown away, bringing the total to 480,000.]
Looking at this person's profile, it's a newly registered account with a string of random characters in the ID, clearly randomly generated. At this time, a newly registered account is only throwing this much money at Xu Gui. A terrifying thought crossed my mind.
I also have a terrifying thought: do you think this person might be from the Tang family?
If it's someone from the Tang family, then Tang Xu is finished, isn't she?
[It's not just Tang Xu, her father and mother are also finished. If Xu Gui is not wrong, then their whole family has been living off the Tang family. If the Tang family finds out, the scene will be truly something to look forward to.]
At that moment, a string of garbled characters from the ID that had thrown the gift flashed across the screen with special effects: "[Hello Ms. Xu, this is Tang Baozhu. Regarding what you mentioned, our family will verify its authenticity later. If it is confirmed to be true, our Tang family will express our sincere gratitude to you again!]"
After leaving this comment, the person who called herself Tang Baozhu left Xu Gui's live stream, leaving only the gift effects in the live stream to keep blooming, attracting other online netizens to come in and collect the free gifts.
— This gift, once sent out, will send an announcement to all users on the platform. Just click on the announcement to enter the live stream and enjoy various free or paid gifts and props.
At this moment, countless netizens who didn't know what was happening flooded in, causing the number of viewers in Xu Gui's live stream to reach a new high, directly breaking ten million.
The netizens who came in were inevitably stunned:
[These gift effects... how much money did this tycoon spend?]
[I glanced at it, and the gift effects are still popping up. I just checked, and that big shot lost two hundred gifts in total, each worth ten thousand yuan. That's two million yuan!]
[No, is that the point? The point isn't that the woman with the garbled text said she was "Tang Baozhu"? Could she be the Tang family's real eldest daughter, Tang Baozhu, that Xu Gui was talking about?]
[Called Tang Baozhu, and using the same tone as someone from the Tang family, and having given Xu Gui another two million, this must be Tang Baozhu from the Tang family!]
So, now the Tang family knows that Tang Xu is Lin Hai's illegitimate daughter?
[That's not all. Don't forget that Lin Hai not only cheated on his wife and brought his illegitimate daughter into the Tang family openly, but he also caused a lot of trouble for the real Miss Tang in order to get Tang Xu into the Tang family. If the Tang family finds out about this, well, let's just say we should all have a moment of silence for Tang Xu and her father.]
[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! Tang Xu and her group have been promoting her as the eldest daughter of the Tang family, a rich young lady, but now it's been exposed that she's actually just an adopted daughter of the Tang family, and even an illegitimate child! I just want to see how ugly Tang Xu and her fans' faces are right now.]
[This is all just Xu Gui's side of the story so far; she's definitely slandering us! Everyone, stay calm and don't be fooled by her words! We need to believe Xu Xu!]
...
The appearance of "Tang Baozhu" completely boosted the popularity of Xu Gui's live broadcast room to its peak, and also completely plunged Tang Xu into the public opinion.
Tang Baozhu appeared but did not refute Xu Gui's words, which at least proved that Xu Gui was right about many things, especially the part about the "adopted daughter." As for the part about the illegitimate daughter, it still needs to be confirmed by the Tang family.
However, she has been right about everything else, so how likely is this one to be false?
Tang Xu's fans panicked, but her fan base was large and organized, and several big fans in the group directly organized the fans to fight back against the negative publicity.
They didn't say anything else, only insisting that the Tang family hadn't said anything and that Xu Gui, a "charlatan," couldn't be trusted. It was just a pity that their anti-black efforts had little effect.
At this very moment, in Tang Xu's room at the hotel.
The atmosphere in the room was very quiet. Although there were several people in the room, no one spoke. They were all watching the expression on the face of one person present.
Tang Xu—no, it should be Lin Xu now—her face was beyond ugly; it looked as if she had lost her parents.
When she saw the user with the garbled ID in Xu Gui's live stream claiming to be Tang Baozhu, her expression immediately slumped. She stared blankly at Xu Gui's live stream, now flooded with comments, with only one thought in her mind:
It's all over! It's all over.
Not only her, but also her biological parents, Lin Hai and Pan Xiao, the whole family of three, are finished!
Tang Miaoxin is easy to deal with; she's soft-hearted, incompetent, and only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun. But the other members of the Tang family, whether it's the two elders who are still alive or Tang Baozhu, who is young but has already started to get involved in the affairs of the Tang family company, are not easy to fool.
If they find out anything, then the future of their family of three is bleak and bleak; it's truly over.
"What should I do, what should I do..." Lin Xu's mind was in complete chaos, she was completely flustered and didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, she thought of Lin Hai, "Yes, and Dad! Dad is so capable, he'll definitely have a way!"
—In her view, Lin Hai was omnipotent, after all, he had successfully gotten her into the Tang family.
But little did she know that her phone call would only result in Lin Hai unleashing a torrent of abuse.
While Lin Xu's situation remained unclear, Qiu Nai on the other side was also on tenterhooks, nervously watching Xu Gui's live stream.
After all, Xu Gui's "calling out the king of hell" wasn't over yet. She had previously said that she would talk about Tang Xu, Qiu Nai, and her agent Rong Yi. Now that she had finished talking about Tang Xu, it was time to talk about the other two.
"Speaking of Qiu Nai..."
Upon hearing her own name, Qiu Nai felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.
At this moment, he felt immense regret. Why did he listen to Tang Xu and Rong Yi and disregard Xu Gui's wishes to drag her into their publicity stunt? Now Xu Gui is fine, but they are in trouble, and it's a big one at that.
When Qiu Nai's fans heard Xu Gui mention their brother's name, they almost wanted to rush into the live stream and cover Xu Gui's mouth. Some even apologized on Qiu Nai's behalf in the live stream.
They were arrogant before, but with Tang Xu's example as a warning, who can be arrogant now? Their attitudes are completely different from before, they are incredibly humble.
Other netizens watching this commented: [Seriously, why did you three provoke her? Don't you know she's not someone to mess with?]
That very night, the topic "[Xu Gui went berserk]" immediately trended on social media and remained there for a long time. It was destined to be a sleepless night, both for netizens who love excitement and gossip, and for the Tang family.
As for the person who started all this, he slept well that night.
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