Yan Dongxu was happy to adopt a son, and his feelings were complicated.
Zhou Quan's child was already so big, yet he was still a bachelor.
There's a saying that goes, you should have kids early.
Looking at Zhou Quan's family being affectionate.
Yan Dongxu felt the private room was too cramped for him.
No matter how he sat, it felt awkward.
"I'll go out for some fresh air, you guys have a lot to talk about. I'll leave you two alone first."
He tactfully got up and left, giving Zhou Quan and Liu Yueyue a chance to be alone.
Opening the door to the next private room, he took out a cigarette and lit it up to smoke.
With nothing to do, he browsed his phone.
Without exaggerating, 7 out of the top 10 hot searches on major platforms were related to him.
He was now the undisputed top celebrity, outshining all the stars.
In an instant, Xu Yiyi's reputation plummeted sharply.
The image she had built collapsed, and now the whole net was scolding her for being a liar and dishonest.
Even explanations from her company were futile.
No one listened to the so-called explanations.
Not only that.
Some rumormongers also started randomly fabricating things to gain attention.
Among them, the story about Xu Yiyi and the taxi driver gained the most heat.
Some said the driver actually had his way, and was not chased away by Xu Yiyi.
Xu Yiyi made up the story of chasing the driver away to maintain her screen image.
Because no one could accept the truth that their goddess was assaulted.
Seeing this comment, Yan Dongxu was outraged.
He exclaimed that the storyteller was a genius.
It struck fans' pain points directly, yet was very credible.
Soon, the tag "Xu Yiyi was raped" topped the hot search rankings.
The heat even exceeded his for a moment.
But Yan Dongxu didn't envy her at all. With this kind of hot search,
Xu Yiyi's career as a celebrity was half ruined.
If her celebrity rating was S+ before, it probably dropped to A or B now.
"What a pity for the girl," Yan Dongxu lamented.
He felt a little remorseful.
After all, the girl becoming like this was greatly related to him.
She didn't do anything wrong, just wanted to quietly resolve the matter.
Her only mistake was wanting to sue him.
Inside the Qingqiu Media Company, over a dozen company executives were having an emergency meeting, and the atmosphere was very grim.
Xu Yiyi was also present, as the meeting was called because of her.
After the agent picked her up from the police station, they went straight to the company.
"What do we do now? All the PR teams have been working for hours, and the unified response is just four words - powerless,"
the general manager frowned, unwilling to see the top-tier celebrity he had nurtured be destroyed like this.
"You can't blame Yiyi, her reactions were just a girl's instincts."
"From beginning to end, she was passive, and almost had an accident."
The agent spoke for Xu Yiyi, and felt very distressed for her.
At this moment Xu Yiyi had cried into a tearful mess, with red swollen eyes behind dark sunglasses, curled up in a corner.
"Alright, the PR team has come up with two suggestions, let's consider and vote,"
"One, let the matter cool down, don't respond at all. Wait for the heat to die down, then find a chance to address this."
"Two, the one who tied the bell must untie it. According to big data analysis, the heat on espers will only increase, not decrease."
"The probability of the esper becoming top celebrity is 80%. In the future they will occupy at least 30% of the entertainment market share."
"So the team analyzed that although this crisis started because of the esper, it's also a huge opportunity."
"Xu Yiyi may turn misfortune into blessing because of this, since she's the first female celebrity to have an incident with an esper."
"If she befriends Yan Dongxu, does livestreams together, or creates a variety show with him,"
"Her celebrity rating may break records and reach unprecedented SS, SS+, or even SSS levels."
"Everyone consider for 5 minutes, then vote by raising your hand."
After the general manager finished, they started discussing.
Five minutes later, the general manager gestured for those supporting the first option to raise their hands.
"Alright, only Xu Yiyi herself supports the first option."
"Those in favor of the second option, raise your hands."
"Everyone except Xu Yiyi chose the second option. Let's discuss the specifics of how to execute it."
...
At this moment, Xu Yiyi felt desolate inside.
No one cared about her feelings.
The only thing in the eyes of the people in the conference room was profit, nothing more.
After discussing, the company decided to send someone to contact Yan Dongxu and negotiate collaboration.
Xu Yiyi would have to cooperate when the time comes.
On the other side, Zhou Quan and Liu Yueyue had calmed down.
After finding Yan Dongxu, they proposed to directly take the child home.
Yan Dongxu drove his sports car alone, while Zhou Quan took his wife's car.
"When you have a family, you really neglect your friends huh,"
Yan Dongxu lamented, thinking he should start one too.
Now that he had a career, what kind of girl could he not find?
Returning to the villa district, Zhou Quan felt complicated when he saw his parents again, they seemed somewhat unfamiliar.
But Doudou was very intimate with his grandparents.
Clearly they met often, Zhou Quan just didn't know.
"Little Doudou, let me introduce you to an auntie."
Wang Auntie carried her grandson over to Yan Xinran.
"Doudou, this is your auntie, Yan Xinran."
Everyone in the living room stared dumbfounded, Doudou even more so didn't understand why he had to call a girl just a few years older than him auntie.
"Uh, the relationship is a bit messy. Doudou, just call her sister," Yan Dongxu helped the child out.
"Sister," Doudou called out very obediently.
Yan Xinran then pulled Doudou's hand like a little adult, "Come, sister will take you to drive toy cars."
The two kids drove toy cars wildly around the villa, having a great time.
In the afternoon, as everyone chatted on the sofa, Yan Dongxu's phone kept ringing nonstop. All sorts of bosses he didn't know how they got his number kept calling him, wanting to discuss cooperation.
And the prices offered were very tempting.
Yan Dongxu was a little moved, but didn't understand these things himself, afraid of being cheated.
So he thought of someone - Lawyer Xu!
He immediately contacted Lawyer Xu and explained his situation.
Lawyer Xu, who owed Yan Dongxu a favor, was happy to help.
But it wouldn't be free help, she wanted a cut until she paid back the 500,000 she owed him.
Yan Dongxu readily agreed, then set call forwarding on his phone to Xu Lu's number.
Sure enough, his side quieted down after changing it.
Wang Auntie asked the nanny to prepare dinner. Yan Dongxu observed the artifacts in Zhou Quan's bag.
"Aren't these just antiques? How do you catch demons with them? What do demons look like?" Yan Dongxu didn't understand.
Zhou Quan was so annoying, acting all mysterious and refusing to tell him.
"Heaven's secrets cannot be revealed, but as your brother, I have to teach you some skills."
After showing off his artifacts, Zhou Quan took out a tattered old book from his bag.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
