From b33 star to b62 star, it takes at least eight hours.
On the way there, the assistant told President Wei, the second part of ‘The Temptation of Returning to the Interstellar: The Counterattack of the White Moonlight Stand-in’ has been released!
Without needing President Wei to say anything more, the assistant had already prepared the video for President Wei and clicked play.
As the video’s opening scene appeared on the screen, President Wei inexplicably started to feel nervous. He had already made several guesses in his mind, such as the possibility that the person behind this video was his disappeared wife or someone connected to her. It was certain that the person must be acquainted with his wife, or they wouldn’t know such detailed information, down to the birthmark on her ankle and the tattoo below it.
And the character Gu Chen in this video, he knew people with the surname Gu, but none of them dared to be as audacious as Gu Chen, at least not in front of him, Wei Chenxu. However, among the people he knew, there was someone who resembled the Gu Chen in the video. They were both like mad dogs, a lunatic that even someone like him, who had seen countless tricks in the business world, could not look up to.
For a moment, Wei Chenxu felt that the person he was searching for might really be related to that lunatic. He had seen how crazy that person was during their university days. If he was truly like the Gu Chen in the video, if he had done those things to his wife, he would never let him go easily.
The video officially started, and Wei Chenxu suppressed the emotions he had inadvertently shown earlier. He watched the show attentively with a calm expression.
Beside him, the assistant discreetly patted her shoulder. She had nearly frozen to death from the killing intent that had surrounded President Wei just moments ago!
She breathed a sigh of relief, sitting behind President Wei, and started watching the show along with him.
The last episode had ended with the two families meeting, the Gu family’s banquet.
In the beginning of this episode, instead of immediately showing the banquet scene, the timeline was pushed back by an hour――
[One hour ago.
Gu Chen, who had quarreled with Gu Ze the day before, had spent the night at a friend’s club and got drunk. She didn’t return home that night, and when she woke up, her friend reminded her, “Isn’t your brother-in-law’s family coming over today? Both families are having a banquet. Aren’t you going? ”
Gu Chen’s head ached terribly. She lay curled up on the sofa, using her clothes to cover her face. Her mind was still fuzzy, and irritably she muttered, “I’m not going, what’s it to me?”
Her friend teased her, “Oh? Isn’t that your brother-in-law’s family? Don’t you want to go and make your presence felt? ”
The air was quiet for a few seconds, and a few seconds later, Gu Chen sat up from the sofa!
She seemed to have thought of something fun, and lazily grinned. She patted her friend’s shoulder, “You’re right, I should go and meet my future brother-in-law.”
After saying that, she asked her friend for some presentable clothes to tidy up.
In the middle of washing up, Gu Chen’s neural interface rang twice. She thought it was her brother-in-law’s family reminding her to come home early so as not to be laughed at by her future in-laws. She didn’t pay much attention, but the interface kept ringing persistently.
Gu Chen cursed irritably, spitting out the toothpaste foam in her mouth. She opened the interface with impatience clearly written on her face.
At first, she thought it might be her brother-in-law’s family asking her to hurry back. But as soon as she saw the interface, her expression, like a pause button had been pressed, froze completely. Gu Chen’s entire body seemed to freeze in that moment!
The lens had focused on the interface screen.
Someone had sent two photos to Gu Chen anonymously.
One photo was of her father-in-law with an unfamiliar woman. There was a small line of text in the lower right corner: ‘[Celebrating the 48th day of our baby’s arrival in this world]’.
The other photo showed her mother-in-law with an unfamiliar man. The man was half-kneeling in front of her mother-in-law, his ear pressed against her stomach…
Even a fool could understand what these two photos meant.
Though both photos contained a man and a woman, it wasn’t difficult to tell that the women in the photos were both pregnant, and one of them was his own mother! The man standing next to his father was an unfamiliar woman!
Gu Chen’s breathing suddenly became rapid, and he reacted quickly to message the anonymous number――
[Gu Chen: What do you want?]
[Gu Chen: Who are the people in the photos?!]
[Gu Chen: What are you trying to do? What’s your purpose?]
[Gu Chen: What do you want to say?!!]
[Gu Chen: Say something, damn it! Talk to me! Stop pretending to be dead!]
Gu Chen was anxious like a cat on a hot tin roof, bombarding the other person with questions. Under his barrage of messages, the other person finally replied with another message.
Again, it was a photo.
The photo still had a face he was familiar with.
It was a family portrait of Yu Ling and her parents, and there was a man and a woman standing beside Yu Ling. They were the same man and woman he had just seen standing next to his parents!
On those two photos, his parents looked young, and Yu Ling’s parents seemed to be of a tender age…
However, even so, what did this person want to say?…
This time, Gu Chen didn’t need to bombard the other person with messages. The other person quickly sent him two sets of DNA test reports.
One set was for his elder brother, Gu Ze, and Yu Ling’s father.
The other set was for his father and Yu Ling.
The results of the two DNA test reports showed a similarity rate of 99.9999%…
A thunderclap rumbled outside the window, “Rumble――”
At this moment, Gu Chen’s world completely collapsed. He felt abandoned by the whole world, and the person he liked turned out to be his father’s illegitimate daughter. His elder brother, with whom he had grown up and considered a blood relative, had turned into the ‘child from another family’ that wealthy wives talked about.
What in this family was true anymore? His father loved his elder brother so much, raised him as the next heir to the Gu family, and what was the result? Everything was a lie! Only the person they looked down on the
most, the childish younger son, was real. But so what? His father didn’t care for him, and his mother, seemingly doting, was actually biased towards his elder brother in every way…
In the end, in this family where he clearly shouldn’t be the outsider, he had become the only outsider!
Now, even the person he liked had become his own sister. Gu Ze, an outsider, had taken away his parents’ love, and now he wanted to take away the person he liked?!
In an instant, a smirk tugged at the corners of Gu Chen’s mouth.
Let’s enjoy this suffering together!
Together!
At this moment, Gu Chen’s eyes were filled with malice, ready to burst out from the corners of his eyes. But on the surface, he appeared calm. He calmly put on his clothes, calmly drove back to the Gu family.
However, anyone could tell that this was the calm before the storm.
Sure enough, when Gu Chen returned to the Gu family, he staged a memorable farce in front of everyone…]
As they watched this scene from the Gu family farce, the viewers were once again astonished by the amount of information Gu Chen had revealed, and their insults towards him escalated.
[ “What’s this? You don’t believe me?” Gu Chen looked mockingly at Gu Ze. ]
Just when the viewers thought Gu Chen would say something like “Don’t believe me? Ask Mom, ask Dad,” they were caught off guard when Gu Chen clapped his hands twice, and several doctors in white coats immediately entered the room.
[ Gu Chen: “For those who don’t believe, you can have a DNA test done anytime.” ]
Viewers: !!!
“Damn it! Gu Chen is way too crazy! Is he planning to drag two families to their deaths together?”
“Just now, exposing the truth in front of both sets of parents was embarrassing enough, but this lunatic actually brought a doctor over to test on the spot. Damn! Does he have mental issues?”
“I seriously suspect that Gu Chen has bipolar disorder. It’s really terrifying. Family members, remember, when looking for a man, you must avoid crazies like Gu Chen. No, actually, just run away when you encounter such a lunatic! Run without looking back!”
“It’s over. I’m almost digging a whole planet out with my toe. It’s so embarrassing, really, so embarrassing! Look at the expressions of Gu’s mother and father. I’m getting goosebumps for them…”
“Hasn’t anyone noticed Yue Ling’s parents? It was fine without the comparison earlier, but now, compared to the awkward and flustered expressions of Gu’s parents after the secret was revealed, Yue Ling’s parents seem to know the truth as if they already knew…”
“I, too, am one of the mess caused by Gu Chen. Everyone didn’t take it to heart, only the parents of the victims did.
However, what is even more unimaginable is how fate can be so ironically arranged, and there would be such a complex relationship between the two families.
And Yue Ling’s parents are not really from the Niu Guluo family. The Niu Guluo family indeed has a deep connection with the He family. It is because of this that Bing Shang and Yue Ling’s parents are arranged into the Niu Guluo family. They use the power of the Niu Guluo family to achieve their respective revenges…”
After reading this passage, everyone felt deeply regretful and the insults towards Gu Chen intensified.
“If Gu Chen doesn’t die in the end, I’ll go kill him at the program base!!”
“This infuriates me! Is Gu Chen even human? He’s worse than an animal! Damn it! I’m really going to faint from anger!”
“I just thought it was fun and satisfying to see chaos in the Gu family earlier. But now, looking at it, it’s not fun at all! Each and every one of the Gu family, just die!”
“I’m leaving my words here. Either Gu Chen or I must die!”
“Wait, haven’t you guys noticed that Yan Yue actually mentioned Yue Ling in the previous section? In the previous section, the year Bing Shang disappeared, wasn’t Gu Chen engaged to Shen Ruojin? On the day of the engagement, Gu Chen’s friend told him that the girl who jumped off the building and committed suicide yesterday! This part wasn’t explicitly explained at the time, just briefly mentioned. Soon after, there was Bing Shang’s comeback and the sister-in-law’s reversal. Maybe nobody paid much attention, and I didn’t think much of it at the time. But now, seeing this memory, I suddenly remembered, I immediately went back to the previous section to verify, and indeed, on the day Gu Chen got engaged, a girl committed suicide!!”
“What the hell?!! And there’s this detail too? I didn’t even notice it! Yan Jie is so meticulous. Now, looking at the next section, I realize that all the groundwork was laid out in the previous section! Amazing! Truly amazing!”
“So, the previous section laid out so much! The next section is going to be so satisfying!”
“Great, now the puzzle is almost complete, we just need He Linfeng. I just want to know why He Linfeng helped Bing Shang and how did He Linfeng find out about Yue Ling and the Gu family’s secret?”
“Me too! Mr. He hasn’t appeared in this episode yet, I miss Mr. He.”
As the saying goes, mention someone and they appear. Just a moment ago, the audience was urging for He Linfeng’s appearance, and here he comes!
Hospital.
He Linfeng tightly held the hand of the woman on the hospital bed, his eyes bloodshot.
Beside him, He Zitong had already fallen asleep, hugging his leg.
The old butler of the He family behind him whispered, ‘Young Master, how about you take a rest for a while? I’ll watch over Madam here. If she wakes up, I’ll wake you up first.’
He Linfeng didn’t react, still staring at the woman on the hospital bed who had fallen into a coma, not saying a word.
Unable to persuade him, the butler sighed and stepped aside.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the hospital room. Zhao Shu noticed that it was Assistant Xiao Yang, who had been sent to gather information, returning. After exchanging a nod with him, Zhao Shu didn’t disturb He Linfeng and went to talk to Assistant Xiao Yang.
Zhao Shu: “Xiao Yang.”
Xiao Yang greeted Zhao Shu and then said, “During the time Madam was missing, she was at the Shen family. I’ve sent all the information to your computer, Uncle Yang.” With a disgusted expression, Xiao Yang continued, “The Shen family is despicable! Not only did they not properly compensate for the collision with Madam, but they also took advantage of her temporary amnesia to change her appearance, allowing her to ‘start from the Shen family.'”
The previously apprehensive Xiao Yang, standing next to Zhao Shu, suddenly showed a glint in his eyes and said, “Yes!”
By now, the barrage of comments had started to scream incessantly:
“Ah ah ah!”
“The weather’s getting colder, it’s time for someone to go bankrupt! Sob sob, who’s that handsome, my Mr. He!!”
“Did you hear that?! Xiao Yang just said Mr. He dotes on Madam so much! Madam is so good! What kind of divine love story is this? Yan Yue, you better give us a sweet memory of Mr. He and Madam, or else I’ll have to kneel down and beg you, sob sob sob.”
“Seriously! I didn’t even post a few comments in this barrage! I didn’t have time to! I don’t know about you guys, but I’m already enjoying this! I guessed that Madam had her face changed to look like the Shen family’s daughter, but I didn’t guess there was such a story behind it! I just want to ask Yan Jie if all the car accidents on the entire planet were caused by the Gu, Shen, and He families, hahaha.”
“Wow! You could tell the Shen family was up to no good from the previous section, but now that I know the truth, I wish I could tear this couple apart! You hit someone, changed their face, and made someone else marry Gu Chen, that lunatic, in your daughter’s place, all for the sake of the Gu family’s interests. You’re shameless, aren’t you?!”
“Let me count. How many criminals are there now? The Shen family hit and ran without reporting, and they even changed faces and arranged a substitute marriage. No different from fraud. Gu Chen committed sexual assault and indirectly drove Yue Ling to suicide. That’s not all. He also seems to have illegally imprisoned Bing Xin. The Gu family is an accomplice in Gu Chen’s deeds. He Linfeng’s family’s car hit Bing Shang and even hit his own wife… You’re all criminals. You all need to be brought to justice.”
“By now, I finally understand that Yan Jie’s ‘family honor’ is about revealing the hidden darkness of several families. These seemingly shiny and glamorous families are actually involved in all sorts of sordid things behind the scenes. Should she speak up or not? This theme that Yan Jie is shaping is quite interesting.”
“It’s not just the darkness of the families, right? The He family seems fine, doesn’t it? He Linfeng is actually the glory of the He family.”
“Still, the same saying applies: Yan Yue, you’re my only sis!!”
The barrage progressed from praising He Linfeng’s looks to summarizing the theme in the end, discussing it with immense enthusiasm.
In the show—
“Before leaving, Xiao Yang added, ‘Mr. He, there’s news from Bing Shang’s side as well. The Gu family already knows about Yue Ling and Gu Ze’s identities. This news has spread throughout the Gu Corporation. The Gu family is in chaos, just as we initially planned.’
He Linfeng’s eyes beneath his glasses narrowed slightly. He turned the wedding ring on his left ring finger and spoke with a resolute tone, ‘You can proceed with the project on Barren Star now.’
Excitement shone in Xiao Yang’s eyes. ‘Okay! I’ll get on it right away!’
After Xiao Yang left, He Linfeng turned to Uncle Yang and said, ‘Whenever she has time, ask her to come and see her sister.’
Uncle Yang nodded, ‘Sure, I’ll contact her.’
The scene shifted. Bing Shang’s neural computer kept emitting sounds. Seeing this, Yue Ling’s mother asked, ‘Why aren’t you watching?’