The media personnel in the audience listening below were suddenly fed a mouthful of candy, leaving them somewhat dazed by the sweetness. As a result, when Yan Sui stood up and left through the backstage of the small auditorium, they didn’t react immediately. By the time they tried to swarm forward, they were already blocked by the well-trained security guards at the small door.
“I am Wang Feng, the CEO’s secretary. If you have any questions, I can provide answers,”
Wang Feng picked up the microphone and shouted, finally drawing the attention of the reporters and media present.
They had considered rushing to the front or back doors of the Yan Corporation building to intercept the person, but that still wouldn’t guarantee that Yan Sui would say anything more. Since Wang Feng could provide answers here, it was probably enough to fulfill their duties. After some thought, most of the reporters sat back down.
However, Wang Feng wasn’t there to answer questions about Yan Sui’s personal relationships or marriage. He could only address questions related to a few cases.
While things were barely considered proper here, the live broadcast on the internet had completely derailed.
The Yan family, particularly Yan Sui, is quite well-known in Haicheng and even throughout the Xia Country. As the youngest patriarch of a top-tier wealthy family, he possesses deep heritage, qualifications, and unimaginable wealth. However, Yan Sui has never been exposed in the media; the only existing photo being a blurry side profile.
But there are still people who think he’s handsome, who think he’s good-looking, but that’s also a kind of beautification based on his wealth and status.
Now that Yan Sui’s full face was exposed, his aura and looks completely overshadowed everyone else. The internet was flooded with a frenzy of ‘Ahhhh’ screen-licking fans. What followed was even more amusing—several of Meng Ting’s Weibo posts where he clashed with netizens were all pushed to the top.
“Our family’s Yan Sui is handsome!”
“Our family’s Yan Sui is the most handsome!”
“Our family’s Yan Sui is very handsome!”
It even became a trending topic, with #YanSuiHandsome running neck and neck with #YanCorporationPressConference, showing just how crazy the screen-licking fans are right now.
Originally, most people suspected that the account ‘IAmMengTing1111’ was someone else pretending to be him. But now, it seemed genuine. Without Meng Ting’s knowledge, his follower count continued to skyrocket, and the comments under his Weibo posts were mostly requests for photos of Yan Sui.
Of course, there are also a very small number of people who come to apologize, after all, they had previously blamed the wrong person.
Meng Ting is not even the child of Meng Yide and Yu Meixuan, so it doesn’t matter whether he is a legitimate child or not. His college entrance exam scores are indeed not good, but from the materials Yan Sui provided, it can be seen that Meng Ting has had a rather difficult life from childhood to now.
Abducted as a child, abused by Wu Fengjiao during his childhood, and the content exposed from that closed high school is also quite shocking—in such an environment, who could still guarantee that he would succeed? It was already a miracle he didn’t end up mentally ill or a murderer.
***
While the internet was buzzing, the Yan household remained largely unaffected. Meng Ting pushed He Yue around the lawn and garden for a while before bringing him back. Yan Yu was sitting in the living room watching TV, his posture quite casual. When he was younger, he would have looked carefree; now, it could barely be considered a bit unruly.
“Ah Yue and Ting Ting are back. Come watch the news,” Yan Yu said as he pulled his legs back a bit.
“Hello, Dad,” Meng Ting greeted, pushing He Yue back to Yan Yu’s side before finding a seat for himself. Before he could focus on the TV, he heard Yan Sui’s voice, and his eyes widened immediately. He turned his head, and his expression became completely focused.
Seeing Yan Sui on TV felt particularly special. Meng Ting watched intently as Yan Sui spoke, nodding occasionally as if Yan Sui were speaking right in front of him. After Yan Sui finished speaking, Meng Ting turned to He Yue and said, “Our family’s Yan Sui is very good-looking, isn’t he?”
He Yue, upon hearing this, first glanced at Yan Yu, then nodded, “Indeed, he is quite good-looking.”
Yan Yu resembled his mother, Xu Shuyin, who was famously known as a beauty in Haicheng back in the day. Yan Sui, sharing similar features with Yan Yu, naturally inherited Xu Shuyin’s good looks. While it was true that Yan Sui was handsome, it was rare for anyone other than Meng Ting to comment on it.
Having received affirmation, Meng Ting turned back, only to see Wang Feng’s face. “I really want to watch it again…”
“Look it up online yourself,” Yan Yu muttered, then grabbed He Yue’s hand. How could his family’s Ah Yue praised Yan Sui for being good-looking? What kind of nonsense was that?
Meng Ting nodded upon hearing this, “Dad, you’re right. You’re really smart.”
With that, Meng Ting stood up and ran off with Dahuang, while Maoqiu continued to sleep soundly in He Yue’s arms.
It was the first time Yan Yu had been praised in such a way that left him speechless. He winced slightly, then shook his head in resignation.
When he first saw Meng Ting on the streets of Country F, he realized that this child was a bit special. Yan Sui would marry him and pamper him like a treasure in his palm. At first, Yan Yu was quite surprised.
“He’s a good kid,” He Yue said, extending his hand to Yan Yu, who then lifted him up and placed him on the sofa. He Yue leaned against Yan Yu’s shoulder and closed his eyes for a short rest. Returning to the Yan family, not only was Yan Yu’s heart complicated, but so was his.
However, it wasn’t as difficult to adapt as they had initially anticipated. Yan Sui was mature and steady, while Meng Ting was pure and adorable. They were making an effort to accept them, and as elders, Yan Yu and He Yue shouldn’t lag behind.
***
Meng Ting returned to the room he shared with Yan Sui, and instead of going online first, he called Yan Sui.
“Yan Sui, I saw you on TV.”
As he spoke, Meng Ting hugged Dahuang, who had followed him upstairs. “You looked especially handsome today.”
In Meng Ting’s eyes, Yan Sui, who spoke those words in front of the camera, seemed to be glowing. All of Meng Ting’s compliments were heartfelt; he felt he couldn’t say anything more eloquent, so he could only keep repeating the words he knew.
Yan Sui, upon hearing this, recalled the topic that became trending on the Internet because of Meng Ting, his expression a mix of amusement and helplessness. “Mm, I know.”
After a moment of thought, he added, “I won’t be back for lunch. If you want to go to the lab, you can ask Uncle Xiao to arrange a car for you.”
Meng Ting hesitated and shook his head upon hearing this, “I gave everyone a day off. I’ll go the day after tomorrow.”
Originally, their lab was only closed for four days during the National Day holiday, resuming work after the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, with so much happening recently, Meng Ting decided to stay home to see if he could help Yan Sui. Since the lab’s results weren’t something that could be achieved in a day or two, Meng Ting simply extended the holiday for his lab assistants to a full seven days.
“That’s fine,” Yan Sui agreed.
He had been so busy these past few days that he hadn’t been able to spend much time with Meng Ting. He resolved to make time for him tomorrow.
They chatted for a while longer before Meng Ting reluctantly hung up the phone.
He opened his phone and clicked on the app that Zhen Han had told him about last time. Before he even searched, he saw Yan Sui’s name. As he looked at it, he forgot his original intention. So many people praised Yan Sui for being good-looking. While he felt proud, there was also a tinge of nervousness, as if his treasure had been discovered by others.
“Our family’s Yan Sui is just good-looking, and also, Yan Sui is mine.”
Meng Ting really wanted to hit send, but as he watched the topic heat up more and more, he belatedly realized—had he caused trouble for Yan Sui?
Yan Sui received another call from Meng Ting, but the voice on the other end was completely different from before.
“Yan Sui, did I cause you any trouble?”
After a moment of thought, Yan Sui understood why Meng Ting was saying this. “No, it’s fine. You can post whatever you want.”
According to the PR department of the Yan Corporation, Meng Ting had actually done them a favor by diverting some of the public’s attention away from the company’s secrets and giving both Yan Sui and the Yan Corporation a chance to boost their presence in the public eye.
Hearing Yan Sui say this, Meng Ting didn’t have any particular reaction yet, but the veins on the foreheads of several PR department managers in front of Yan Sui were already bulging. Was Yan Sui implying that they were too idle? However, when Yan Sui’s gaze swept over, they didn’t even dare to utter a word.
“Really?” Meng Ting couldn’t help but doubt for a moment.
“Really,” Yan Sui replied. He had already declared his love for Meng Ting in front of countless media cameras, so he didn’t mind how Meng Ting expressed himself. In fact, he quite enjoyed hearing Meng Ting say these things.
“Mm,” Meng Ting nodded, his spirits instantly lifted.
He hung up the phone and hit send on that post. He let out a sigh of relief; the sour taste was finally gone. It didn’t matter how many people thought Yan Sui was handsome—Yan Sui was his.
A bunch of netizens were hit hard by Meng Ting’s dog food, and there were even more comments like ‘Ahhh’ or ‘Please post a photo’.
At this moment, the official account of the Yan Corporation suddenly reposted the message, adding a note from the boss.
“Thank you to all the netizens for your love and support for the Yan Corporation. Also, the boss says: My wife is beautiful, and what my wife says is right. @IAmMengTing1111”
The PR manager who sent out this post felt his teeth ache from the sweetness, but this was the strategy he had proposed, and he was the one who had asked Yan Sui for this statement.
***
What started as a scandalous drama ended up turning into an unapologetic display of affection from the Yan couple, something no one could have predicted, no matter how wild their imaginations.
And it was certain that Meng Ting had gone viral online, with his follower count skyrocketing and his topic ranking climbing steadily.
Too many people were asking for photos, so Meng Ting scrolled through his phone’s album. In the end, he still couldn’t bring himself to share a photo of Yan Sui. Instead, he posted a picture of Dahuang and Maoqiu.
“I won’t show you Yan Sui, but here’s our family’s Maoqiu and Dahuang. They’re also good-looking.”
However, in the same photo, Meng Ting’s long legs were visible as he sat on the grass. Maoqiu stood up, its little paws ready to cause mischief, while Dahuang lay obediently, wearing an inexplicably doting expression.
While the crowd didn’t get to see Meng Ting’s face, they became enamored with his long legs, suddenly understanding what Yan Sui meant by ‘my wife is beautiful’. It wasn’t just because beauty is in the eye of the beholder—it was because Meng Ting truly was good-looking.
***
After posting the photo, Meng Ting scrolled through the comments for a while. Checking the time, he headed downstairs. No matter how fun the phone was, for Meng Ting, nothing was more important than eating.
“No need, I’ll just sit in my usual spot,” Yan Yu said. Although he had returned, he had no intention of competing with Yan Sui for the position of family patriarch. On one hand, Yan Sui was doing a great job, and on the other, he knew what was appropriate.
This place had once been his home, but it was also Yan Sui’s home. Yan Sui had become the family patriarch amidst various challenges eight years ago. He deserved it.
Meng Ting silently took his seat without saying a word, but he looked at the servant with a somewhat displeased expression. He didn’t like others taking Yan Sui’s place, even if that person was Yan Sui’s father.
The servant who was setting the table quickly placed the chopsticks in the position Yan Yu had had indicated, then left the living room. Clearly, her attempt to curry favor had backfired. After learning this, Nanny Wang forbade her from entering the living room to work again.
Meng Ting’s hearty appetite once again made its presence known in front of Yan Yu and He Yue. However, everyone was already accustomed to him eating so much. If he ever ate less, they would probably worry that he was sick.
“Brother, Brother He,” Yan Manjia finally emerged from her room. She had tidied herself up a bit, but her eyes, red like a rabbit’s, showed just how much she had been crying.
“Auntie, let’s eat,” Meng Ting also called out to her. Seeing her nod, he continued to focus on his meal.
Yan Manjia seemed distracted but didn’t say anything at the dinner table. Even after finishing her meal, she remained silent—not because she had nothing to say or didn’t want to speak, but because she felt it was unnecessary.
As long as Yan Yu comes back, nothing else matters.
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蜂擁而上 (fēng yōng ér shàng): (of a large crowd) to rush forward together; to swarm; rush on like a swarm of hornets; like bees pressing forward in swarms—a crowd pressing on; (The crowds) surged forward (to shake hands with sb.); people or animals rushing up in a rush. It describes many people rushing up together.訓練有素 (xùn liàn yǒu sù): well-trained; be trained with regularity; always have strict training.
啼笑皆非 (tí xiào jiē fēi): lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); to be so ridiculous that it is both saddening and provokes laughter at the same time; between laughter and tears; laughable and lamentable; both funny and embarrassing; absurd; ridiculous; describe an embarrassing situation or a behavior that is both uncomfortable and funny.
吊兒郎當 (diào r láng dāng): (colloquial) sloppy; slapdash; lackadaisical; careless; half-assed; carefree; flippant; nonchalant; irresponsible; casual; indifferent; insouciant; used to describe a person who is untidy, undisciplined, and unserious.
情人眼裡出西施 (qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī): lit. in the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) appears; beauty is in the eye of the beholder; love is blind; beauty is/lies in the lover’s eyes; in the eyes of the lover, his beloved is beautiful; every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object; lover sees no fault; love is blind; love blinds a person to imperfection; in the eyes of a lover, a woman is as beautiful as Xi Shi. It means that because of love, no matter how the other person looks, one will think that the other person is beautiful.
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