Chapter 123 Showing off "Seven Days and Six Nights of Freedom".
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Chapter 123 Showing off "Seven Days and Six Nights of Freedom".
The bigwigs were swayed by Ye Weizheng's boasting on the phone for about ten minutes.
Even after hanging up the phone, they still couldn't understand why Ye Weizheng, who loved his daughter so much, would wait more than a decade to show her off.
Soon, they saw the hashtag #YeHantaoFamilyPhoto# trending online.
Some of the bigwigs quickly exchanged phone calls, wondering, "Could something serious have happened to Guangsheng Group?"
"What's the meaning?"
"If someone has been keeping a low profile for so long and then suddenly becomes high-profile, it usually means they are all bark and no bite."
"Is that so?" A bigwig, with a cigar between his fingers, said in a low voice, "Did you acquire Guangsheng's core chip technology, or did you manage to secure Guangsheng's rare mineral mining rights in South America, Greenbushes, and the Congo?"
After a moment, an awkward laugh came from the phone.
They re-examined the family photo that had been circulating online.
Calling it a family photo isn't really formal, and it doesn't involve the entire family; there were just a few people eating around a table in a simple courtyard.
But they knew very well that the people in the photo held absolute power within the family.
When Ye Hantao saw the trending topic, she had just finished a video call with her family on the balcony of her suite.
The balcony offers a 360° panoramic view, with starlight and the sea streaming in through the windows. My uncle has brought me drinks and fruit.
She didn't stay to watch the fashion show; instead, she left early to video chat with her family.
Zhou Yi was adjusting the equipment in front of the astronomical telescope next to him. "Your grandparents wanted to come too, but I stopped them."
“It’s already ten o’clock. They’re old and can’t stay up too late.” Ye Hantao was given a brief introduction to her family history by the whole family and learned that her maternal grandparents lived in Hong Kong. “Let’s go see my maternal grandparents again before we go to the airport tomorrow morning.”
Zhou Yi paused.
He coughed lightly, almost imperceptibly. "I have a very important meeting to attend tomorrow. How about this, I'll drop you off at the door and then drive away."
Ye Hantao didn't think too much about it and said, "Okay."
A sea breeze blew the hair around my cheek, making my cheek ticklish.
Ye Hantao tucked her hair behind her ear, and while clicking on the trending topic #YeHantaoFamilyPhoto#, she discussed conspiracy theories with her uncle, "Uncle, Mom and Dad just revealed their identities and the topic immediately went viral at number one. Could it be that your competitors bought it?"
With his back to Ye Hantao, Zhou Yi's handsome face showed a hint of guilt, and his eyes darted left and right.
Why do you think that way?
"Haven't they all shown in TV dramas? Exposing photos of wealthy people's children might tempt kidnappers to abduct the children and demand ransom from the wealthy people."
The remaining two words were silenced after Ye Hantao saw the content on the homepage.
Oliver: Tao Tao even looks at her uncle when taking pictures (image.jpg)
—1 million+ comments.
I know Ye Hantao and Maze, and Oliver looks familiar too. Are you familiar with the others?
This rather refined-looking middle-aged man looks somewhat like Ye Hantao's father, who wore a mask to pick her up last time!
[Is the woman next to him Ye Hantao's mother? Oh my god, she's so beautiful! Ye Hantao's eyes and eyebrows resemble hers!]
[It's the same photo that was leaked by the person who claimed to be Ye Hantao's mother's colleague! Look, this is a side profile photo taken by the other party at the company (image.jpg)]
So, is Ye Hantao's mother really an accountant in a small company with a few dozen employees, as the report claims?
The key question is, did this company actually offer those benefits?! Sisley, black bandages, La Mer skincare products, and reimbursement for global travel, but those benefits stopped after Zhou Ti left last month…
Ye Hantao opened the account's homepage in disbelief.
Open, exit, open again, exit again.
She rubbed her eyes, looked again, and it really was her uncle!
The photos released were taken not long ago.
That day, we invited the chef team from Jinwan Hotel to our grandparents' courtyard to prepare a family feast.
Ye Hantao remembers that the photographer took more than a dozen photos of them.
When this photo was taken, her uncle suddenly called out to her and told her to look to the left.
Ye Hantao: "..."
Commenters are still speculating about why the mother works as an accountant in a small company.
Is this how the wealthy experience a low-key life?
Why don't you come and experience my company?!
[I was even thinking of applying for that job! Why did you resign?!]
Ye Hantao heard her mother say during a video call that her mother initially worked in a company with hundreds of employees, but later, when she was hospitalized, her mother went to work in a small company with dozens of employees.
[Has no one noticed how mysterious the Zhou family is?! Besides knowing that Zhou Ti is also the head of Guang Sheng, there's no other information about them!]
[Well, you can just make a wild guess. There's only one person with the surname Zhou in this old, established family in Hong Kong...]
[Holy crap? Really? A banking family, a jewelry tycoon, this is on par with Guang Sheng.]
You can also look up Xie Bairong.
Wait, the Hong Kong police force???
Police force?
Ye Hantao only found out recently. Her family hadn't talked about her maternal grandparents in detail during a video call not long ago. The only thing she knew was that her maternal grandfather had married into her maternal grandparents' family.
After Ye Hantao finished reading the comments, she looked up, her lips pursed, and stared straight at Zhou Yi.
"Tao Tao, there are more than two hundred bodyguards on the cruise ship. Don't be afraid of being kidnapped."
Ye Hantao was indeed not afraid.
I just learned about my grandfather's past exploits online; no wonder he managed to injure my grandmother so badly that she picked him up.
Zhou Yi squatted down by the table peeling grapes. "I'm just so happy to be able to brag about you in a legitimate way!"
Ye Hantao remained unmoved, "You've been able to show off for a long time."
The fact that her uncle is Oliver was already revealed at the Gaozhu Exhibition.
If we're talking about people who are really happy enough to want to show off, it should be my parents and grandparents, right?
Ye Hantao only understood the real reason why her family had concealed their identities after hearing a brief mention from her family in a video.
For a moment, Ye Hantao didn't dare to look directly at her older brother.
Her older brother had painstakingly concealed his identity for so many years to protect her health, and after it was revealed that her older brother was Maze, she even subjected him to a three-way interrogation!
That's so heartless!
That's so heartless!
“The level of bragging rights is different each time.” Zhou Yi pushed the Centurion Black Card and tablet he had given Tao Tao earlier forward. “Would I have given you this unlimited black card before? Would I have let you choose cruise ships, yachts, and islands on your tablet before?”
"Back then, all you could accept was an annual income of ten million and assets of at most one hundred million." Zhou Yi felt a pang of sadness when he thought of the past when he couldn't properly spend money on Tao Tao. "Even if I gave you a watch, I would have to find an excuse to say that I got it for two hundred yuan."
Ye Hantao looked down at the black card and the tablet, and remained silent for a moment.
As their new owner, she hasn't fully adapted yet.
Her uncle told her to buy whatever she wanted, but she couldn't think of anything she particularly wanted that she didn't have.
From childhood to adulthood, whatever she liked, her family would always find various excuses to satisfy her.
For example: company benefits, clearance sales, and bargain hunting.
Ye Hantao withdrew her gaze and continued to stare at the person, "These things have nothing to do with your caption."
"..." Zhou Yi knew very well that Tao Tao was the type to keep asking questions until she got to the bottom of things, so he could only tell the truth, "Your dad made more than a dozen phone calls to our business partners and told them that you like him the most among the family members."
Ye Hantao suppressed a laugh, "I really do love my dad the most."
"?!!"
Zhou Yi could not accept it.
Ye Hantao smiled and said, "Uncle, you really like it!"
So when Cheng Zhao and the cameraman came to the top floor to find Ye Hantao for a duo task, they saw Zhou Yi happily opening the door.
Zhou Yi: "You've been here for a while, haven't you?"
Cheng Zhao: "We just arrived."
"Hey, it's not a secret. You heard it, so there's no need to deny it."
"?"
Zhou Yi stepped aside to let them in, then casually said the second half of the sentence, "Tao Tao and I didn't talk much, but Tao Tao said she really likes me, her uncle."
After a long silence, Cheng Zhao scoffed.
[Ye Hantao and Zhou Yi are so close?!]
[Aaaaaaah, I was spacing out while memorizing vocabulary and didn't hear Tao Tao praising me!]
[There are honest people here, hahaha.]
Something's wrong with Cheng Zhao!
Haha, he didn't even retort with "Who asked you?"
I won't say who's jealous~
[Hilarious! Before Ye Hantao's parents' identities were revealed, some people were predicting that Zhou Yi would stop caring about Ye Hantao once he got married and had kids. Look at how he seems to want the whole world to know how much Tao Tao praises him!]
The caption accompanying his family photo says it all.
The question is, what does Chen Xiaofeng mean by tagging Cheng Zhao and saying "You've finally met your match (revenge has been served.jpg)"?
He might have said to Cheng Zhao, "Who asked you?"
Ye Hantao jogged over from the balcony, having changed out of her champagne gown into a loose-fitting beige loungewear set—short sleeves and shorts—looking fresh and clean.
Ye Hantao's outfit must be very expensive!
[Enough already! You used to say someone wore cheap clothes, now that their identity has been revealed, you're saying they're very expensive.]
The person hasn't changed, but your perceptions of them change quite quickly with money.
[This is exactly the kind of slap in the face we're looking for!]
[...unable to refute.]
Hahahaha.
Ye Hantao smiled at Cheng Zhao, "There's a restaurant and a kitchen here. Let's go to the kitchen and make cookies now."
Cheng Zhao strode over and stood shoulder to shoulder with Ye Hantao.
Their duo task was to work together to make ocean-themed cookies, which would be given away to 10 lucky viewers through a live draw.
Therefore, even at 10 o'clock, the popularity of the live broadcast room continued to rise.
On the one hand, Ye Hantao's family background was exposed, attracting a large number of onlookers; on the other hand, Ye Hantao and Cheng Zhao had already gained a large number of fans through variety shows.
Ye Hantao walked ahead, leading Cheng Zhao and the cameraman around the living room and forward.
She seemed very familiar with the layout of the place, but in reality, she only entered an hour earlier than the audience.
The suite where Ye Hantao stayed occupied the entire top floor of room 1207, and it had never been open to the public during the previous ten years of shipping.
Before arriving, viewers followed the cameraman to visit Cheng Zhao's room on the cruise ship.
It has a balcony with a sea view.
On a cruise ship like No. 1207, the average cost per person during peak season is 800,000 to 900,000 RMB for a standard room, while a balcony sea view room can cost as much as one million RMB.
However, even those with experience were still shocked when they gradually saw the full view of Ye Hantao's suite.
[Ye Hantao's room seems to be several times bigger than Cheng Zhao's?!]
[A 360° panoramic window is one thing, a restaurant and a kitchen are another, but a swimming pool?!]
[This room is probably Ye Hantao's private room, right? Most of the greenery is pothos, which Ye Hantao likes.]
[Look in the closet! Ahhhhhh, this is a rare, discontinued item I recommended! It's worth 400,000 RMB now and you still can't get it QAQ]
[My push is in there too!]
As Ye Hantao passed by the cabinet, she also glanced inside; those were all anime she had really enjoyed in the last two or three years.
Most of it is in the cabinet, and a small part is in my own bedroom.
When my parents brought these home, they said they were getting them as a bargain from someone selling them secondhand, and they were quick to snag them.
Not only are the items in the cabinets updated in real time, but the design style of the suite is also her current preference.
My mom said this place was redesigned just two years ago.
On the kitchen island, dessert ingredients are neatly categorized, and the unopened packages are all labeled with world-renowned brands. The fruits are even air-freighted from organic farms.
Looking at these raw materials, Ye Hantao deeply understood why the food in the school cafeteria was always better than that outside.
In the middle of the night, fans were lamenting that they hadn't won any cookies made by Tao Tao herself when they refreshed the page and found that Tao Tao had posted an update!
Ye Hantao v: Since many fans didn't win the cookies (touch.jpg), let's do a giveaway!
Number of participants in the lucky draw: 1207
Prize contents: A 7-day, 6-night independent cruise on cruise ship No. 1207.
Just after posting the status update, Ye Hantao's phone buzzed; it was a message from Cheng Zhao.
[Cheng Zhao: Draw.]
Ye Hantao reminded him, "[Small messages won't work; you need to share the post to enter the prize draw.]"
Cheng Zhao replied quickly: "[If the prize is a trip for two, I'll definitely share this.]"
“.
Ye Hantao buried her head in the blanket, peeked out to look at the chat box, and then rolled around on the bed.
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Author's Note: Peach: [Let me see][Let me see][Let me see]