Chapter 101 The Lie: "Your parents are business geniuses."...

Chapter 101 The Lie: "Your parents are business geniuses."...

Yes, yes, they're all fakes! I believe it!

【TaoTao never wears genuine products; they're all cheap imitations!】

【Are you fans crazy? Ye Hantao is obviously lying, pretending to be poor and selling counterfeit goods, waiting for Oliver to clarify and slap you in the face, right?】

[Whose face are we slapping? I'm putting this out there: I don't believe anyone except Ye Hantao!]

【Peach, let's skip the Velvion brooch giveaway and just give away these knockoffs Oliver sent you!】

The haters are slow to realize it.

Damn! Are Ye Hantao's fans waiting to snag a bargain?!

Liao Jiayue stared at the comments with bloodshot eyes, her nails digging into her palms, furious.

These fans are really something!

He was so envious of the little bit of stuff that Ye Hantao was leaking from between her fingers that he didn't even care if Ye Hantao treated him like a clown!

Liao Jiayue grabbed her phone, just about to call the online troll team, when suddenly, a trending topic popped up at the top of the search results.

#Liao Zhensong taken away for investigation on suspicion of embezzling public funds#

"..." Liao Jiayue clicked on the entry in horror. The person being taken away in the photo was her father!

Liao Jiayue never expected to see the news of her father being taken away for investigation online.

Knock knock knock

There was a knock on the door.

The company's newly assigned agent knocked on the door and pushed it open without waiting for Liao Jiayue's response.

He rushed in and asked anxiously, "Jiayue, what happened to President Liao?"

Liao Jiayue's body went limp, and she slumped onto the sofa.

In the storyline, Liao's father was clearly only exposed for embezzling public funds later on.

The female lead was already a top-tier celebrity in the industry at that time, and had even switched careers to work in capital. She no longer needed Liao's father to protect her, so she simply exposed photos of Liao's father and his mistress, thus completely severing ties with Liao's father.

Liao Jiayue's lips trembled, unable to answer her agent's question.

Seeing this, the agent frowned.

Liao's father owns 20% of their company's shares, which is why the company went to great lengths to protect Liao Jiayue after the recording incident was exposed.

The agent was about to go out to discuss public relations strategies with the big boss when his gaze fell on the tablet on the coffee table.

The program is currently showing Wu Xia visiting Ye Hantao's home, and a significant portion of the comments are criticizing Ye Hantao for pretending to be poor.

The agent's eyes widened. "Did you have those smear articles about Ye Hantao published?!"

Liao Jiayue, as if reminded, staggered to her feet, grabbed her manager's arm, and said angrily, "It must be Ye Hantao's uncle who used underhanded methods to frame my dad! We must expose them!"

At that moment, Liao Jiayue truly regretted it.

She noticed that none of the previous smear articles had been investigated by Ye Hantao's family, and she thought the online troll team was highly skilled. Little did she know that the Ye family was so ruthless, directly targeting Liao's father!

The agent was furious. She forcefully shook off her hand and yelled, "How dare you say they're low-class! If President Liao doesn't show up, you can expect the company to deal with you!"

"Ye Hantao's uncle is the CEO of Velvion! Instead of trying to mend your relationship with Ye Hantao, you're spreading smear articles about her. Are you out of your mind?!"

Meanwhile, Zhou Yi also received a call from his subordinate.

He smiled slowly and deliberately, "These people are bullying Tao Tao, how can I, as her uncle, just stand by and do nothing?"

"In the past?" Zhou Yi said with a half-smile, "In the past, we were magnanimous and hoped they could repent and start anew."

The subordinate remained silent.

When the word "generous" came out of his boss's mouth, it was like a shower of red flowers falling from the sky.

"I've discovered that Dingxin Group is also involved..."

"No need to explain over there, I can guess."

Zhou Yi hung up the phone and looked up to bask in the bright sunshine.

After a moment, he raised his arms and stretched comfortably on the balcony.

It feels so good to be able to openly and legitimately support Tao Tao!

When Zhou Yi returned to the living room, he overheard Tao Tao and Wu Xia describing the furnishings in the house.

"Wu Xia, do these ornaments look like jade?"

"picture."

"These are all plastic." Ye Hantao pointed to the two ornaments on the TV cabinet, a white peacock and a peony, and said, "They cost tens of yuan each online."

Wu Xia: "?"

He received a hint from Ye Hantao's eyes and remembered that not long ago in the car, the two of them had reached an agreement by sending messages.

After Tao Tao invited him to her house, she asked him about everything he saw.

Wu Xia looked up and saw a series of ink paintings hanging on the wall, including one by the master Xie Feihuai.

He hugged the thermos he had brought tightly.

"Tao Tao, these paintings—"

"They look pretty authentic, don't they? They have works by Qi Baishi and Zheng Banqiao."

Ye Hantao stood with her hands behind her back and said, "When I was little, I said I wanted to learn to draw, so my dad brought these paintings back and let me choose one."

After explaining, Ye Hantao added crisply, "They are all fakes too, sold for a dozen yuan a bunch at roadside stalls."

[Disease progression: 11%]

[I'm speechless! Ye Hantao, if you want to show off, just do it! But stop with all this fluff after you've finished!]

I think I understand Ye Hantao's thoughts. She's vain and wants to show off, but doesn't want others to think it's showing off, so she uses talking about counterfeit goods as an opportunity to flaunt it.

[Yes, yes, it would be even better if some idiots believed it, giving Ye Hantao a perfect opportunity to slap them in the face.]

Honestly, anyone with eyes can tell these are genuinely okay, right?

[Hahahaha, ask yourselves honestly, if Ye Hantao's brother wasn't Maze, her great-aunt wasn't Zhou Shumiao, and her uncle wasn't Oliver, would you still dare to say these things are true?]

[The sisters in the previous post are really my mouthpieces! They were the ones who said Tao Tao was vain and lying before, and now they're the ones saying Tao Tao is lying, selling counterfeit products, and actually showing off!]

Hahaha, it seems a group of people have said both the good and the bad.

Ye Hantao was unaware of the debate in the live stream; she only heard the electronic voice of the persona feedback.

At first, she was afraid of accidentally telling the truth, little did she know, that was the real lie :)

Outside the live broadcast room, Ren Lang had just come out of the hospital.

He stared intently at Ye Hantao, who was talking eloquently in the live stream, feeling anxious, angry, and somewhat puzzled.

Why did he keep having relapses after he switched ties with Ye Hantao?

The hospital's examination report, however, said he was in good health!

Would someone with a healthy body experience stomach aches, headaches, and even fainting? Would someone with a healthy body experience severe angina that almost caused them to faint?

He had used up all his remaining talent points, so he couldn't switch to anyone else.

Of course, if you really want to change the binding, there is a decisive way: the binding target dies.

"No way." Ren Lang had never done anything like this before, and just thinking about it made his hands tremble.

If Ye Hantao were to get into trouble for no reason, he wouldn't be able to withstand the retaliation from just Oliver.

Ren Lang looked at the email he had just received on his phone.

This was inside information he obtained by bribing staff members of the program.

The next episode will be filmed in a poor county in Jincheng, where the production team will take them to a Hope Primary School that has received charitable donations.

They were originally supposed to be informed of this the day before their departure.

Ren Lang clutched the examination report, threw it into the trash can, and booked a flight to Jincheng using his mobile phone.

In such impoverished areas, you can easily find someone to help you by spending some money.

He would naturally have the opportunity to gain a lot of gratitude points from Ye Hantao.

Achoo—!

Ye Hantao turned her head and sneezed, rubbing her itchy nose as she called to Wu Xia, "Come on, I'll show you my study. There are a lot of new books in there."

Her dad said he was showing a house to a client today, and her mom said she was shopping with friends today.

There were only three people in the house: her, Wu Xia, and her uncle.

However, her parents said that she could visit any room in the house.

Ye Weizheng and Zhou Ti didn't bother to pack up many things because Zhou Yi was there, and when they were discovered, they said that Zhou Yi had given them to them.

Before the cameraman arrived, Director Wan specifically instructed him to film as much as possible at Ye Hantao's house.

So, on his way to the study, he took pictures of the entire apartment, inside and out.

Zhou Yi walked behind the cameraman, watching him keep filming the chandeliers and decorations above.

"Don't just take pictures from above, take pictures from below too," he instructed. "Look at this furniture, this carpet, I helped design them all."

Well, how should I put it?

Now that he had found the right path, Zhou Yi finally understood the psychology of getting rich overnight.

He really wanted to be a nouveau riche, so he brought Tao Tao all sorts of good things and showed her the things he had brought him before.

This large apartment was purchased by his sister and brother-in-law a few years ago.

He thought that Tao Tao might settle in Yuncheng and move in in the future, so he took great care in designing the entire process, from the hard furnishings to the soft furnishings.

Ye Hantao slowed down a step and exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle, so it was you who designed it! I knew it was so pleasing to the eye, I liked it at first sight!"

In the shot, Zhou Yi's refined and elegant face instantly blossomed with joy, like spring flowers in bloom.

This is something Zhou Yi has been longing for!

This would allow him to use the name of the designer Oliver to hear Tao Tao's praise in person.

"Uncle, what materials are the furniture made of?"

Zhou Yi's mind was filled with pleasure, and he didn't have time to think about what he wanted to say.

"This furniture is made of pink elephant wood combined with rosewood and huanghuali." He could recall the original design concept at a glance. "Originally, we planned to use pink elephant wood all the time, but there were too few large pieces, so we couldn't find enough."

Ye Hantao said "Oh," and added, "It must be very expensive, right?"

Without hesitation, Zhou Yi replied, "Not expensive."

I just checked the price of pink elephant wood... 500,000 RMB per cubic meter, is that a reasonable price?

【This isn't expensive???】

[I heard that global annual production is no more than 10 tons, help!]

[The key point is the small-leaf sandalwood that Zhou Yi mentioned! No wonder Ye Hantao said the furniture in the villa looked like her own when she recorded the first episode!!!]

The next second, the audience heard Ye Hantao being "hypocritical" again, "Indeed, our family can probably only use dyed imitations from the market, so they're not expensive."

Zhou Yi instinctively retorted, "What counterfeit goods? These were all brought back from South Africa and Mozambique by me."

"My parents can't afford to use genuine products."

"How could they possibly pay—"

Zhou Yi suddenly realized what was happening and quickly corrected himself, saying, "I can afford it!"

He raised his hand to smooth the collar of his pink shirt. "All the furniture in your house was paid for through my account."

Zhou Yi stared into Tao Tao's bright almond-shaped eyes, vaguely sensing something was wrong, but he made up for it without changing his expression: "Your parents don't have the business acumen to pay for it. They could never afford it even if they earned it all their lives."

Ye Hantao widened her eyes slightly and protested, "Uncle! My parents are business geniuses. Their group is much bigger than Velvion, which you manage!"

[Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter! Didn't Ye Hantao and Oliver discuss this beforehand?]

[After being so bluntly criticized by Oliver, how can Ye Hantao still brag about her parents?]

[Are Ye Hantao's parents really not in business?]

Of course, otherwise why would Oliver have said that?

[Perhaps he's covering for Ye Hantao, and after we all believe him, he'll reveal that her parents are business tycoons, then slap us in the face.]

[Then Ye Hantao would have followed Oliver's advice and concealed her parents' identities instead of so eagerly emphasizing that her parents were business geniuses.]

I quickly went online to check the companies ranked ahead of the Velvion Group, and none of their CEOs had the surname Ye or Zhou.

Investigating the CEO is pointless; some long-established families are hiding behind the scenes.

[If it were truly a long-established family, they wouldn't let Ye Hantao appear on variety shows to show off, would they?]

Seeing Tao Tao's bright eyes and rosy complexion, Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh softly and ruffle her hair.

If Tao Tao truly believed from the bottom of her heart that her sister and brother-in-law's group was bigger than his... that would be wonderful.

"Yes, yes, yes," Zhou Yi said in a half-joking, off-key tone, "Your parents are business geniuses; their group is among the top three in the world."

Ye Hantao, realizing she hadn't gotten any information out of him, hummed twice and turned to show Wu Xia around the study.

She did suspect that her parents' identities were even more powerful than her uncle's, but she never dreamed they could be that powerful.

My uncle was obviously joking.

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Author's Note: Updated ahead of schedule! [Sprinkling flowers]