The Shen Group took the lead in establishing the Lost Children Gene Bank, which they originally wanted to use as an opportunity to create a good corporate image and family image. In the end, while they spent all the money and the energy, it was FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital who made the most of their money. In fact, even the Li family’s Fengxing Group got a share of the huge profits.

This result made Chairman Shen very uncomfortable. In his opinion, the Shen Group was the one that cooperated with FlyNews.com, and it was the Shen Group who led the creation of this project, so these limelights should have belonged to the Shen Group.

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But now, because of Shen Yan’s noisy tantrum, the Shen Group lost the opportunity to make friends with FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital. There were also some rumors floating around about Shen Yan in the outside world, which were very detrimental to the image of the Shen Group and the Shen family.

“It’s all my fault. I usually spoiled you too much and condoned your deplorable behavior. That’s why you have such an ignorant character. From today onwards, you are not allowed to go out. Stay at home and accompany your mother, as well as reflect on your behavior.” Chairman Shen’s face was dark. He felt that his punishment to Shen Yan was very light.

However, Shen Yan was still dissatisfied: “I don’t agree.”

“Father, Big Brother, I don’t understand, that Tao Mu is just an orphan with no father and no mother. He used to be a body double for our Xiao Yu back then. Why do you value him so much? He just has a good-looking face. He’s just an actor. What kind of charm does he even have that our Shen family need to rush to cooperate with him?”

“Also, at the contract signing ceremony between FlyNews.com and the Shen Group, Tao Mu publicly announced the news about the Skynet system that FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital will be cooperating on. It can be seen that he did not care about our Shen family or take the Shen Group seriously at all. Even without me, he still won’t cooperate sincerely with the Shen family. That person is hostile to our Shen family.”

Although Shen Yan’s brain was not very good, her sixth sense was still very keen. From the first time she saw Tao Mu, Shen Yan didn’t like that young man at all. Especially since the other was the same age as Shen Yu and had the same birthday, his facial features and even his temperament were very similar to those of her older brother. These similarities always reminded Shen Yan of the younger brother she secretly replaced nineteen years ago.

So every time she saw Tao Mu, Shen Yan always felt guilty and scared, and subconsciously didn’t want the Shen family to have anything to do with that Tao Mu.

“Dad, Big Brother, don’t place any more hopes on that surnamed Tao. He doesn’t like our Shen family at all. Have you forgotten how he treated Xiao Yu at the beginning——”

“Shut up!” Before she could finish her sentence, Mother Shen, who had been hugging a pillow and didn’t say much, suddenly became furious: “What kind of Shen family member is Shen Yu? His father’s surname is Tan not Shen. A little bastard who stole my real son’s spot and occupied the resources of our Shen family, but made my real son suffer outside. How dare you mention his name in front of me?”

“Mom!” Shen Yan frowned at Mother Shen and shouted in disapproval, “Don’t say that about Xiao Yu, he will be sad too——”

“Sad? What right does he have to be sad!” Mother Shen sneered: “It’s because of him that my biological son had not been known until now, all the while he had been pampered in the Shen family for so many years, and was called “young master” wherever he went. If he had any conscience, he should hope that our Shen family would find the real young master soon. Instead of pretending to be sad. Oh, my mistake, he is truly sad, sad that he will not be treated as the young master of the Shen family in the future.”

“Mom——”

“And you!” Mother Shen stared at her daughter with hatred on her face: “You replaced your brother back then. For so many years, you clearly knew that that little cuckoo who occupied the magpie’s nest was not the blood of the Shen family, was not your real younger brother, yet you still watched everyone in the Shen family raise that little bastard and spoil that little bastard——”

“Mom!” Shen Yan couldn’t take it anymore, and interrupted Mother Shen’s scolding loudly: “Don’t do this. I’ve said it before, this had nothing to do with Xiao Yu. It’s all my fault. It’s me——”

“Slap!” Shen Yan covered her cheeks in astonishment: “Mom, you actually hit me?”

“That’s right, I hit you.” Mother Shen’s face was indifferent, staring at her daughter with red eyes: “I want to see if I can beat some clarity in you. Your little brother, because of you, who knows where he is suffering now. Yet you still have the heart to yell at me for a little bastard. I’m curious, what kind of drug did he give you that you can’t even care about your own blood brother.”

“You actually hit me.” Shen Yan looked at Mother Shen in disbelief, and said in a choked voice, “Growing up, you haven’t ever slapped me before. Now it’s for a stranger who we haven’t even met. Mom, you actually hit me?”

“That’s not a stranger, he’s your little brother.” Mother Shen also didn’t understand why her always obedient and filial daughter became so cold and heartless: “Because of you, who knows where your little brother is now, and whether he’s doing well or not. Don’t you feel any guilt?”

“No.” Shen Yan cried and shouted: “I don’t admit that that stranger is my little brother. I only know that Xiao Yu has been raised in our family for nineteen years, and he is my little brother. I hate that person!”

With that, Shen Yan ran upstairs crying. After a few minutes, she came back downstairs with a suitcase.

Mother Shen was shocked and angry: “What are you doing?”

“I’m leaving here!” Shen Yan carried her suitcase and walked out: “You don’t like me. Well then, I’ll leave the Shen house, and I’m going to move in with Xiao Yu. From now on, us siblings will depend on each other. Just look for that stranger all over the world. He is your Shen family!”

“Miss!” The Shen family’s housekeeper and servants all gathered around to dissuade Shen Yan: “Don’t make trouble with Madam. She is not feeling well, you should be considerate of her.”

The Shen family servants didn’t know what the eldest miss was thinking. Making such a fuss with the whole family for the sake of the young master. Although when the madam first drove the young master away, everyone felt that she was being too cruel. After all, the young master had been raised in the Shen family for nineteen years, whether he was biological or not, the feelings developed over these nineteen years were still there. Besides, the young master was well-behaved, filial, kind and lovely since he was a child. They all liked the young master very much. Knowing that the young master was going to be kicked out of the Shen family, everyone was very worried. And even secretly complained that the madam was too cold-blooded.

But it had been a long time, and seeing how the madam would sit in the nursery and wash her face in tears every day. Everyone gradually understood. A child was a piece of flesh that fell from a mother’s body. The baby who was born after 10 months and a night of painful laboring. Only to be replaced by her own daughter, tricking her to raise a child who was not related by blood for nineteen years.

Now that the truth had been exposed, as soon as the madam saw the young master, she would think of the real young master. Seeing the young master being pampered and loved in the Shen family, she would think about whether her own son would be mistreated by others. After thinking about this every day, who knew how much her heart had bled. Therefore, when she expelled the young master from the Shen family, it was just so she wouldn’t be reminded of painful things.

Speaking of which, although the young master moved out of the Shen family’s mansion, the chairman and the eldest young master did not leave him alone. He now lived in a high-end apartment on the Bund, and he also carried his debit card with him. Even the things that the young master usually used, the clothes and shoes he liked to wear, they also had the servants send them to him.

They heard that the chairman also made the decision to put the house in the name of the young master. Needless to say, the Shen family had done their best for the young master.

Now, the eldest miss was still making trouble with the madam for the sake of the young master. Nobody said anything, but they all had some thoughts in their hearts. They felt that the young master was too insatiable. Although he was not from the Shen family, he had been raised by the Shen family for so many years. Now that his birth background had been exposed, he didn’t know to persuade the family to be considerate of the madam, and instead urged the eldest miss to go home and make trouble. They didn’t want to think so badly of the kind and well-behaved young master. But who let Shen Yan come back home to make a fuss every time she went to see the young master.

The young master clearly knew that the eldest miss liked him the most. If the young master was willing to persuade the eldest miss to be more considerate of the madam, would the eldest miss not listen?

“Don’t stop me. Didn’t you see it? My parents and older brother don’t like me anymore. Dad thinks I’m useless and will only cause trouble for the family. Mom thinks it’s me who lost us little brother and should apologize with my death. They don’t even treat me as a daughter anymore, so why should I still stay at home and beg for their forgiveness?”

Shen Yan was truly sad this time. From childhood to adulthood, no matter how noisy she was, no one in the family touched a single finger on her. Now, for a little brother who they had never met, Mom actually slapped her. Dad and Big Brother also reprimanded her for that Tao Mu. Shen Yan’s face was covered with a red handprint, and she felt that she had no face to see others with. She didn’t want to stay at home anymore.

Chairman Shen watched with cold eyes as Shen Yan was making a fuss under the obstruction of the servants at home, and couldn’t help but get angry: “Let her go. She has been living too leisurely. Not knowing the suffering of the world at all.”

“Shen Yan!” Chairman Shen looked at his daughter angrily, and even called out her full name: “You can leave today. But let me remind you, if you walk out of this door, I will stop all your cards. You are twenty-three this year, and you have been sitting at home doing nothing since graduating from college. I was originally being considerate as you are a girl, and you will eventually get married in the future. And when you arrive at your in-law’s house, you will no longer be as free as you are at home, so I condoned you. Let you do whatever you want. But I didn’t expect you to be so spoiled and unreasonable.”

Chairman Shen became more and more angry. He originally wanted to leave his daughter at home to accompany his wife. But he didn’t expect that Shen Yan not only didn’t know how to be considerate of her mother’s mood, she even caused such unrest at home: “You want to live with Shen Yu, right? Well, I’ll give you this chance. From today, I will stop all your cards. Go out and find a job yourself. You’re a college graduate too. Go out and see how many girls your age make in a month and what kind of lives they lead. Then you’ll know just how well your parents treated you.”

“Wh-what?”

In the past, every time Shen Yan was reprimanded by her family for making trouble, she would throw a tantrum, until her parents softened and bowed their heads first. Then she would go down the steps offered. As for the reprimands, of course, it was all forgotten. So Shen Yan was used to making a fuss every time she got into trouble. As if this way she could get out of any trouble just with the sheer power of her tantrums.

However, what she didn’t expect was that this time, neither of her parents would cave in. She had even raised the fuss to the level of running away from home, but Father Shen not only didn’t stop her, but even went so far as to stop her bank cards and forcing her to go out and find a job.

Shen Yan, who was just acting originally, now truly didn’t have any stairs to go down from. She looked at the Shen family anxiously and angrily, her eyes red with anger: “You really don’t want me anymore? Fine, I will do as you wish. I will leave the Shen family now, and I will never come back in this life.”

After speaking, Shen Yan left the Shen family mansion angrily carrying her suitcase. She also didn’t forget to call the Shen family driver over to take her to Shen Yu’s house.

“Chairman——”

“Shiyuan…..”

The housekeeper, old Chen, who had been working at the Shen family for many years, and Mother Shen looked at Shen Shiyuan worriedly: “Just letting her leave, is that really a good idea?”

Although Mother Shen was angry that Shen Yan didn’t feel any guilt over the matter of replacing her little brother, Shen Yan was her daughter after all. No matter how angry Mother Shen was, she would never really be angry with her daughter. Even if she was angry, when something really happened, she would be more worried than angry. This was the heart of a parent.

“This is Shanghai City. What’s there to worry about.” Shen Shiyuan frowned tightly. If it weren’t for the recent incidents, he would never have thought that the clever daughter in his original impression had such a recalcitrant and ruthless side to her.

“But…..” Mother Shen thought for a while: “With you stopping her bank cards, how will she live?”

“For a girl as old as her, who doesn’t go out to work and earn money to support herself? Compared with those female employees in our company who come from other provinces, having to pay rent, water and electricity every month on just a several thousand yuan salary. I just stopped her bank cards.” Although Chairman Shen was the chairman of the Shen Group, he had always been known for caring about his subordinates and caring for employees. He naturally knew how most of the employees in the company lived: “Even if there is no bank card, she is still living in an apartment on the Bund. She just needs to find a job to support herself. If she doesn’t even have such an ability, and only knows how to eat her parents’ food and use her parents’ money, then she should learn to not throw tantrums at her parents.”

“Chenchen…..” Mother Shen couldn’t win against her husband, so she could only look to her eldest son who had been reading the documents in his hands and said nothing the whole time the “war” was breaking out in his home.

“I think what Dad said is right. Shen Yan really should learn some lessons. Otherwise, with her current temper, our family can endure her, but when she marries into her in-law’s family in the future, should we let her in-law’s family endure her too?”

As the CEO of the Shen Group, Shen Chen was actually busier than Chairman Shen. So he seldom took care of family affairs. For, once he actually said so many words this year, and it was also because Shen Yan was too unreasonable, and even Shen Chen, who had never cared much about his family’s daily life, couldn’t stand it.

After all, in Shen Chen’s view, it didn’t matter how the family made a fuss at home, but if it affected the interests of the Shen Group, they needed to be taught a lesson.

However, Shen Chen’s thoughts were nothing more than that. The Shen family had always believed in the old tradition of men being in charge outside and women being in charge at home, and if Shen Yan was the son of the Shen family, then Shen Chen would have the heart to discipline her. But she was just the daughter of the Shen family, destined to marry into another family in the future. She would be other people’s wife and mother, and whether her attitude was good or bad, it was naturally up to the in-laws to take care of. Anyway, as long as the Shen family did not collapse, even if Shen Yan poked a hole in the sky, her husband’s family would still naturally endure it for the sake of the Shen family’s power and influence.

So Shen Chen didn’t care much about Shen Yan’s IQ. It was like when he asked Shen Yan and Shen Yu to apologize to Tao Mu. He would patiently and meticulously reason with Shen Yu——though Shen Yu’s brain circuits were not very understandable——of course, it turned out that the ultimate reason why Shen Yu could not understand was that he was not a man of the Shen family and not because there was something wrong with Shen Chen’s teaching method. And when it was Shen Yan’s turn, Shen Chen simply and crudely threw a bank card over. Shen Yan would naturally be obedient.

In the eyes of the Shen family, as a woman of the Shen family, so long as she was obedient and docile, she would naturally enjoy endless prosperity and wealth. It was a pity that Shen Yan couldn’t even be obedient and docile now. Naturally, a lesson was required.

However, in the eyes of the Shen family, the so-called “severe lesson” was just to stop the bank cards. After all, the economic base determines the superstructure. If a person wants to throw a temper tantrum, they must first achieve economic independence. If she couldn’t even do this, then Shen Yan should just obediently be the eldest miss of the Shen family and stop making trouble for the family.

After consciously believing he had solved Shen Yan’s matter, Shen Chen picked up the phone and called his assistant, and asked the public relations department of the Shen Group to publicize the existence and importance of the gene bank as soon as possible in conjunction with FlyNews.com’s “Just Snap A Photo” public welfare activity——After all, all the photos taken for the “Just Snap A Photo” promoted by FlyNews.com were uploaded to the website of the “Lost Children Gene Bank”, and the gene bank was also used in the final DNA identification.

And in addition, bring some attention to the original intention of the Shen Group to establish a gene bank in order to find the Shen family’s biological son. Shen Chen decided to take advantage of the popularity of FlyNews.com’s “Just Snap A Photo”, and also set up a reward, directly posting the information of the surrogate mother to the Internet. Setting up a raffle with prizes system for those who shared the post and awarding cash to those who provided news and tips.

Tao Mu, who was far away in Beijing, did not expect that Shen Chen would actually learn the publicity stunt that was the FlyNews lottery. And laughed out loud involuntarily.

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On the other side, Shen Yan, who was standing at the door of the apartment waiting for her little brother to come back, looked at Shen Yu who was covered in bruises in shock, and asked: “Xiao Yu, you, why did you become like this? Did someone bully you?”

AN: Small Skit——

Shen Yan: Although I play the role of the vicious female supporting character, a brain-dead NPC whose only use is to facilitate the plot, I want to say that people with the blood of the Shen family are all big pigs’ feet. Do you agree with me? ! ! ! !

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Due to Shen Yan’s scene and Tao Mu’s sudden revelation, FlyNews.com and the Shen Group’s cooperation promotion signing ceremony for the Lost Children’s Gene Bank ended in a noisy state of chaos.

However, the impact was far-reaching and lasting.

First of all, was the news that Tao Mu revealed during the signing ceremony, in which FlyNews.com would cooperate with Xiaoheng Capital, Skynet Technology, and the Beijing Police to implement the Skynet system nationwide. Especially since as soon as the news was exposed, the Beijing police responded with a confirmation.

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In fact, after seeing the news that the Shen Group and the Shanghai police had jointly established a gene bank for lost children and established an anti-trafficking fund, Tao Mu thought of the Skynet system developed in his previous life, which was also developed to curb the crime of human trafficking.

That was a smart system developed by China’s future richest man himself that covered the whole country with automatic networking of monitoring equipment and face recognition. Whether in terms of technicality or practicality, the former was obviously more valuable than the lost children gene bank prepared by the Shen Group. Of course, once the project was established, the capital that needed to be invested in the early stage was also a huge sum that was unimaginable for ordinary people. However, it was obvious that once this project was implemented, the effect it could play was absolutely huge.

——At least it could be guaranteed that within the scope of monitoring, all criminal acts would never remain out of sight. It allowed the police to get first-hand on-the-spot information when investigating a case. And then follow the clues of the suspect. This alone could at least deter some less timid offenders, and they would not dare to carry out atrocities within the monitoring range in the future.

Under the writings of some optimistic media and special reporters from FlyNews Entertainment, the Skynet system that had not yet been implemented was praised to the skies. However, these were not just blind praising and flattery. At least in Tao Mu’s memory, after the Skynet system was implemented nationwide in his previous life, the crime rate in the country was indeed much lower than before, and the success rate of case detection was also greatly increased.

However, the important reason that prompted Tao Mu to join forces with various allies and the police to insist on implementing the Skynet system was because the actual benefits that could be obtained during the implementation of the entire project were very rich indeed——not mentioning anything else, only just the monitoring equipment needed to be installed nationwide, if they could sign this order, even if it was signed at the cost price, the profit obtained was unimaginable. Not to mention the huge fame that promoting the project itself could bring to the company.

In the previous life, the main ones who implemented the Skynet system were the China Police, Xiaoheng Capital and Skynet Technology. Now Tao Mu happened to know people from all three parties. Although under the butterfly effect of this life, Yun Yi was not very interested in the IT industry at first, but under Tao Mu’s persistent edification and temptation, China’s richest man in his previous life finally stepped back on to the path of fate——

It was worth mentioning that a bigwig was worthy of being a bigwig. Even if Yun Yi became a programmer halfway through his life, with Tao Mu’s careful advice, the bigwig absorbed the basic knowledge of IT programming as quickly as possible, and it took less than half a year for the Skynet system’s  prototype code to come out——that was, the code regarding monitoring equipment and the national Internet network. Of course, this was also due to the good product planning plan given by Tao Mu, the product manager.

As for the higher-end technology of face recognition, Yun Yi was still in the process of experimenting. Li Xiaoheng, who had listened to Tao Mu discussing this information before, had already been looking for similar technologies in Silicon Valley and other high-tech industrial areas around the world.

In the end, what Li Xiaoheng got was not the dynamic face recognition function that Tao Mu had in mind. It was similar to the screening and comparison of pictures in the database. To put it simply, it was assumed that after the case occurred, the police could take screenshots of the suspects based on the surveillance video of the crime scene, and then put the pictures into the national online archives for comparison, so as to screen out the criminals’ identities and background in the fastest time.

Of course, the disadvantage of this function was that you must take a screenshot of the criminal’s face or profile.

It was naturally incomparable with the powerful functions of the Skynet system in later years, which could even be compared to sci-fi high-tech. However, compared with the old mode of handling cases, which basically relied on investigation, experience and inference, it could be regarded as a breakthrough and innovation.

Tao Mu intended to launch this project, in addition to wanting to compete with the Shen Group, so as to be prepared, but also because he sincerely wanted more people to benefit from it.

In the last life, Yun Yi achieved the height of being the richest man in China with only this project. Xiaoheng Capital had more than doubled the company’s market value because of its investment in Skynet Technology. Ordinary melon eaters could also get a safer living environment.

This was a good thing that benefited more than just one group of people. For the Beijing police, this was also an absolutely glorious achievement that could not be ignored. Speaking of which, they were envious of their colleagues in Shanghai City for launching such a good public welfare project as the Lost Children’s Gene Bank with the support of the Shen Group. But unexpectedly, a few days after feeling such a feeling of envy, a better cooperation project landed in their laps.

Even the media reporters who have been paying attention to news hotspots were eager to make follow-up reports on this project. It could be foreseen that for a long time, they would not be short of reporting topics.

It was indeed a real joy for everyone involved.

After the contract signing ceremony with the Shen Group, Tao Mu also specially held another press conference. He was interviewed by the media along with Xiaoheng Capital, Skynet Technology and the Beijing Police. The main purpose was to introduce the important functions of the Skynet system to the public, as well as details such as when the project was expected to be implemented.

Among them, Tao Mu’s FlyNews.com was really just responsible for taking the lead. Most of the remaining specific matters were handed over to Xiaoheng Capital and Skynet Technology for implementation, and the local police were responsible for cooperating with the installation.

The reason for this division of labor was mainly because Tao Mu’s energy was limited. Moreover, this should have been the project of Li Xiaoheng and Yun Yi. Tao Mu had already benefited a lot from the opportunity of rebirth. He didn’t want to take away his friend’s career because of it. In particular, the Skynet system was very important to Yun Yi.

In contrast, Li Xiaoheng and Yun Yi were more than happy to bring in Tao Mu, a resourceful and intelligent friend who could really be called a sage who could touch base matter and turn it to gold, to carry out the project together. But Tao Mu’s thinking was very righteous, and the things he decided on would basically not change. Therefore, in this project, Tao Mu only had FlyNews.com promote it, and he gained some fame himself. As for interests side of things, he really didn’t get involved.

However, Tao Mu suggested that Li Xiaoheng could pull the Li family in. He could remember that the Fengxing Group, which the Li family was in charge of, was not only in the real estate business, but also invested in department stores, supermarkets and electronic equipment. Therefore, the monitoring equipment could completely be given to the Fengxing Group to be responsible for.

Li Xiaoheng never thought that Tao Mu would think so thoughtfully for him. With his normal disposition, he had always been too lazy to participate in the daily management of the family business. Otherwise, Li Xiaoheng would not have preferred to create Xiaoheng Capital himself rather than go home to take over the business when he was studying abroad. It was not that Li Xiaoheng was not interested in running a family business, he just hated being constrained by others. The Fengxing Group was a big family business, and especially in this kind of family business, most of the shareholders were relatives, friends and elders within the family. Relying on seniority and age, they lectured and bossed the younger members daily.

Li Xiaoheng was domineering by nature. When he was dragged by his father to manage the family business, he often had conflicts with his elders because of different ideas. The elders of the family believed themselves to be experienced, and no matter how much of a prodigy Li Xiaoheng might be, how outstanding his vision was or how he acted decisively since he was a child, no one was willing to listen to him when he was still a child.

Later, Li Xiaoheng founded Xiaoheng Capital, and he even managed to be more successful and prosperous than that of the family group. And Fengxing Group, which had always been focusing on industry, had to rely on Li Xiaoheng’s investment vision instead. The positions of the two sides were immediately reversed. This time, it was the elders of the family who begged Li Xiaoheng to return to the group to take care of the family business, but unfortunately for them, Li Xiaoheng had no eyes for the family business. After a few years of tossing about outside, especially after getting to know Tao Mu, an investment consultant with a big golden finger, he was even more out of control. Taking advantage of the unfavorable global situation, the market value of Xiaoheng Capital had exceeded that of even Fengxing Group, which had been operating for decades.

Now, Li Xiaoheng’s position in the Li family was even more special. The elders of the family were greedy for the powerful capital-absorbing ability of Xiaoheng Capital, and have always wanted to share a piece of the pie. However, although Li Xiaoheng didn’t care much about the management rights of Fengxing Group, he would never allow others to meddle in his business. Not even his own father. Let alone those elders who relied on their seniority to boss people around.

After several rounds of fights, those elders who once underestimated Li Xiaoheng finally became obedient.

However, as Tao Mu said, he was part of the Li family, so after teaching them a lesson, he would still have to share some profits that should be shared. If Xiaoheng Capital ate meat, then he at least could ensure that Fengxing Group could also drink some soup.

In fact, since Tao Mu held a press conference to announce the start of this cooperation project, the elders of the Li family were quite eager as well. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see the fame and fortune to be found in this project. It was just that Li Xiaoheng had hit them hard enough for them to remember, and the elders who had been hit were still recovering. Although their hearts coveted, no one dared to mention it in front of Li Xiaoheng.

In the end, it was Li Xiaoheng who took the initiative to invite the electronics company under Fengxing Group to take over the monitoring equipment when he went home for dinner.

This was changing a bit fast. It just didn’t fit the character of Li Xiaoheng. The group of old fellows didn’t say anything on the surface, but they did go back to inquire secretly, and learned that it was the idea given by the business consultant hired by Li Xiaoheng. And Li Xiaoheng actually agreed.

It seemed that that business partner, who was always stirring up waves, was really highly valued by Li Xiaoheng. Li Xiaoheng even listened to suggestions that had nothing to do with finance.

Therefore, Tao Mu, who thought that the matter had nothing to do with him any longer, was stunned to find that there were a lot of companies willing to show goodwill to FlyNews.com recently. All of them were in a hurry to send money and ask FlyNews.com to help with publicity and promotion. There were even people who came waving cheques to ask BulletScreen.com to help shoot advertisements.

As everyone knew, the most revenue of FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com now was in advertising and publicity expenses. However, due to various restrictions, FlyNews.com’s previous business model could only be said to barely reach a balance of payments. After all, FlyNews.com purchased the server itself, and after the registered users exceeded the 100 million mark, Tao Mu also had FlyNews.com add the functions of online video calls and uploading small videos. This had led FlyNews.com to increase capital investment in server and background operations in order to ensure smoothness and quality when watching videos.

It could be said that if Tao Mu himself was not a business partner of Xiaoheng Capital, often able to provide a large amount of funds to support the operation of FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com. These two websites would have faced the embarrassing situation of going bankrupt because they could not make ends meet a long time ago.

Now, a lot of companies were waving cheques to ask for publicity and advertising. Although the final result was mutually beneficial, it was definitely a good thing that money flowed into FlyNews.com at this juncture.

Tao Mu went back and asked his Yao Dad to check, and found that most of those companies were suppliers who had close ties with Fengxing Group and largely figured out what was going on.

——He was actually secretly shown goodwill by the Li family.

Tao Mu told Li Xiaoheng about this. And Li Xiaoheng just laughed and told Tao Mu not to pay attention to those people. Tao Mu was of the same thinking. Since they came with cheques for his publicity service, then he would have FlyNews.com do a good job of online publicity for those companies. Especially as Xiaoheng Capital was still preparing to build an online shopping platform. He could take this opportunity to get in touch with these product suppliers. So long as their goods were guaranteed to be real and authentic, even if it was not an internationally famous brand, he was willing to sign a contract. At that time he would then create another propaganda slogan that stated something along the lines of supporting domestic products. After all, it was not like he could let the website suffer losses.

Li Xiaoheng had long known that Tao Mu always liked the habit of maximizing profits in everything. So of course he was not surprised and let Tao Mu toss about to his heart’s content.

At the same time, when Tao Mu was helping the Lost Children’s Gene Bank to promote nationwide, he also launched a public welfare activity called “Just Snap A Photo” on FlyNews.com, which was to take pictures of disabled children begging on the streets with one’s mobile phone and upload them online, and with the cooperation of the police in various places, find a way to get their DNA to input into the gene bank, so that parents who have lost their children could conduct DNA comparisons. See if these children were kidnapped and trafficked by bad guys.

Tao Mu also specially asked the production team of BulletScreen.com to produce a program in conjunction with the Beijing police, in order to popularize the various methods and routines used by human traffickers to abduct and sell children to the general public. One of the most worthy of attention was the case of children begging on the streets.

“You could save a child’s life and a family’s happiness with a single photo.”

With such a slogan, once this public welfare activity was promoted, it immediately aroused a response on the Internet. For the safety of the majority of netizens, Tao Mu also specially urged netizens to try not to be too obvious when taking pictures, and to avoid attracting the attention of interested people.

At first, no one took this activity to heart, just following along out of a herd mentality, and of course FlyNews.com’s call to action, when they took a few photos. However, just after a certain netizen recognized that one of the begging children was probably a child abducted by traffickers in their neighborhood a few years ago, and notified the parents of the child to report to the local police, and really cracked down on a criminal gang that used disabled children for begging. Successfully rescuing their own child and more innocent victims. With the reporting of this news, the entire Internet instantly exploded.

However, what the excited netizens didn’t know was that just when they were excited about this matter and were delighted that a photo they took casually might really save a child or even a family, some people were not so happy.

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Chairman Shen, who first led the two activities of the Lost Children’s Gene Bank and the Anti-Trafficking Fund, looked at FlyNews.com and Tao Mu, who were the most prominent names among all the news reports, and turned off the TV with a displeased face.

Then, he looked at Shen Yan who was sitting on the side with an impatient face, and scolded: “Look at what you have done!”

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Tao Mu sneered, he didn’t believe a word of what the Shen family father and son said.

However, what Shen Chen said was right. The establishment of the Gene Bank for Lost Children and the Anti-Trafficking Fund was a good deed with boundless merit. It was also very helpful in enhancing the corporate image. Now that the Shen Group had set up a gene bank with great fanfare, outsiders didn’t know the truth and would only think that the Shen family had done everything they could to find the child who had been lost for 19 years.

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If there was such a preconceived idea, then one day, when Tao Mu’s birth background was exposed, it was not difficult to imagine what netizens who have paid attention to this matter would say. It was not difficult to imagine what the Shen family would make of this matter.

Therefore, even if Tao Mu did not want to recognize his birth family, he must stand on the moral high ground. Only by occupying the high ground of public opinion and allowing netizens to fully understand his current situation could he have full room for development after the truth was revealed. At least he should not let the Shen family have all the say in this matter.

But forget about being the spokesperson. Tao Mu didn’t want to have too much involvement with the Shen family, lest after the truth surfaced, the Shen family hired the water army to spread disgusting remarks like “coincidence of fate” or “familial bonds will always shine true” and so on on the Internet to lead the public astray.

Thinking of this, Tao Mu smiled calmly and said, “I think words like kindness and universal love would be more appropriate to describe the young son of the Shen family. Since the two of you are looking for promotion ambassadors, why not ask the youngest Shen family son to play this role? In order to find the child who had been lost for 19 years, the Shen family had set up a gene bank and anti-trafficking fund with such a huge momentum, wanting to also benefit the parents and orphans all over the world. It really achieves the phrase: promoting social welfare when one has the means. This is originally a good thing, and if you have your youngest son serve as a promotion ambassador, the whole family working together to find the lost child, wouldn’t that make an even more wonderful story?”

“Also, the young master Shen is an actor. This profession naturally possesses the ability to focus attention. Having young master Shen as the promotion ambassador would not only promote the gene bank smoothly, but also create a harmonious atmosphere in the Shen family, and it would also make young master Shen’s image a positive one that is accepted by netizens. Three birds with one stone. Isn’t that great?”

The father and son pair of the Shen family looked at each other and smiled. Chairman Shen couldn’t help but say: “Outsiders think that Mr. Tao hates our Xiao Yu. Now it seems that Mr. Tao is also very considerate of Xiao Yu. Your good intentions, after I go back, I will definitely tell Xiao Yu. I believe that Xiao Yu will be very happy when he knows about Mr. Tao’s attitude.”

Tao Mu frowned. The Shen family was not stupid, so they could naturally see his attitude towards Shen Yu. So there was no need for him to dismantle such polite chit chat and social niceties to their face.

Tao Mu didn’t answer, and said: “…..As for FlyNews.com helping to promote the gene bank, the two of you don’t need to worry, FlyNews.com is a conscientious company, and it will naturally accept the responsibility of this kind of public welfare activities. We will definitely do our best. For the sake of orphans and parents who have lost their children all over the world.”

Tao Mu said this with true feelings. He grew up in an orphanage and was used to seeing children who were abandoned for various reasons. Among these children, some were abandoned by their biological parents because they were seriously ill, some were girls who were abandoned at birth because of their parents’ preference for sons, some were sent to orphanages by relatives and friends after both parents died, and some were abducted and sold by human traffickers. After solving the case, the police could not find their families and so they had to be sent to an orphanage. There were children abandoned for all kinds of reasons.

So what Tao Mu hated most were those irresponsible parents, and the traffickers who kidnapped other people’s children for profit.

No matter what the Shen family’s plans were. This time, the lost children gene bank and anti-trafficking fund jointly established by the Shen Group and the Shanghai police could indeed help many families with difficult finances to continue to find their lost children, and could also help those adopted children find their biological parents. Even if the hope was slim.

Tao Mu had always done things regardless of the original intention, and only concerned himself with the results. So in the promotion of the lost children website, he would definitely spare no effort to help the gene bank. Not only for those parents and children who were sincerely looking for their families, but also for the image of FlyNews.com.

Having had the experience of his previous life, although Tao Mu was heavily vigilant against the Shen family, he was not so naive that he would directly push these people he hated thousands of miles away. It was all business after all, of course, one must talk about interests and nothing else. With Tao Mu’s character of “profit first”, facing the Shen Group’s sincere invitation, and knowing that it was obviously a win-win cooperation project, if he still blindly refused, he would only end up drawing suspicion to himself.

So if it was time to eat meat then eat meat, and if it was time to drink soup then drink soup. So long as he just spit out the bones that would choke in his throat then all was fine.

Of course, the father and son pair of the Shen family could also hear the underlying meaning in Tao Mu’s words that Tao Mu was really not very interested in this promotion ambassador position. It was also not that surprising as the gene bank for lost children established by the Shen Group and the Shanghai police was to help parents find their lost children, or help children find their biological parents. But in Tao Mu’s case, he was afraid that his biological parents would indeed find him.

The interests of the two were not the same. Forcing Tao Mu to serve as the promotion ambassador of the gene bank would indeed lead to a case of deception. It was not like Tao Mu could be the promotion ambassador of the gene bank while also publicly telling the world that he didn’t want to recognize his biological parents at all.

According to Tao Mu’s consistent behavior, the Shen family had no doubt that Tao Mu would definitely reveal his true attitude on the matter in an interview. Then things would indeed get a little awkward. While Tao Mu was helping others find their children and parents, he was afraid that his own parents would find him. He also swore that once he was found, he would definitely sue the other party for abandonment or even intentional homicide.

Putting these two together, the picture was really too ‘beautiful’ to look at. The Shen family father and son pair could not even imagine what that would be like.

So the matter of asking Tao Mu to be the promotion ambassador was of course brushed to the side. Fortunately, the Shen family father and son pair’s visit was not in vain, and Tao Mu finally agreed to help promote the gene bank nationwide.

According to the original thoughts of the Shen family father and son pair, of course, they hoped that FlyNews.com could open the data interface and directly convert FlyNews.com users into registered users of the gene bank. In this way, the Shen Group could not only successfully spread the gene bank to all parts of the country, but also convert more than 110 million registered users of FlyNews.com to their own use. Therefore, even if a certain price had to be paid in exchange for such benefits, the Shen family still preferred this kind of cooperation.

But Tao Mu was not interested in this kind of cooperation. He only agreed to help promote the gene bank on the homepage of FlyNews.com, and he could even do pop-up promotions after each user logged in to their FlyNews account. Call on more people to join the fight against child abduction and human trafficking.

Although the cooperation model that maximized the benefits had not been realized, the promotion done by FlyNews.com had indeed helped the gene bank spread to the whole country in the shortest time. Although the Shen family felt that the outcome was not as perfect as they hoped, to be honest, they never thought that Tao Mu would agree to the first set of cooperation plans. So at present, the follow-up cooperation plan was still negotiated with satisfaction.

But they didn’t expect that after the cooperation plan between the Shen Group and FlyNews.com was announced, the first person to come knocking at the door was actually Shen Yan, the unfilial daughter with a confused mind.

“Father, Big Brother, why do you have to work with someone like Tao Mu? You clearly know that Tao Mu doesn’t like Xiao Yu the most, and he even hurt Xiao Yu so many times. Our Shen family not only doesn’t help Xiaoy Yu to get revenge and vent this anger, you even looked for the enemy to cooperate. Is it because Xiao Yu is not the blood of the Shen family, so you don’t care about Xiao Yu’s feelings?”

Because the headquarters of FlyNews.com was located in Beijing, the contract signing ceremony of the cooperation between the Shen Group and FlyNews.com to promote the gene bank of lost children was set at the headquarters of FlyNews.com. It could also be regarded as a moment of publicity for FlyNews.com.

At the contract signing ceremony, Tao Mu also invited a number of media including FlyNews Entertainment. However, he didn’t expect that the contract signing ceremony had not yet even started and there was already a problem. Having learned that the Shen Group had actually approached FlyNews.com to cooperate, and was even interested in inviting Tao Mu to be the promotion ambassador of the gene bank, Shen Yan crashed the ceremony, kicking up a stink and causing quite the scene.

Under the guidance of the staff of FlyNew.com’s administrative department, the eyes of the media reporters who were preparing to take their positions lit up. They did not expect that they would still be able to eat such a big melon when they were invited to participate in just a contract signing ceremony, so with conditioned reflexes voice recorders, camcorders and cameras began shooting the scene all at once.

Noticing the flickering and flashing lights, the Shen family father and son pair’s expressions darkened, and they reprimanded sternly: “Yanyan, what kind of occasion is this, how can you talk such nonsense. It seems that I dote on you too much, actually spoiling you to the extent of forgetting the most basic manners. Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Tao.”

“I won’t apologize to this kind of person who only angles for fame.” Shen Yan gave Tao Mu a vicious look: “All in all, I will never accept this kind of person to cooperate with our Shen family.”

Originally, he didn’t want to get involved in the quarrel of the three Shen family members, but Shen Yan actually pointed at his nose and scolded him to his face. Tao Mu had never been a timid person so hearing this, he immediately sneered and said: “Angling for fame? As we all know, when Miss Shen was five years old, she could swap her younger brother with other people’s children because of her likes and dislikes, and she kept the secret for nineteen years. I think it’s better to be a person who angles for fame than a ‘sincere’ person like Miss Shen.”

After a pause, Tao Mu added: “At least people who angle for fame know to have some shame.”

“What did you say?” Shen Yan’s face flushed from Tao Mu’s words. Feeling guilty and angry, she even rushed up and raised her hand to slap Tao Mu: “I’ll let you talk nonsense——”

“Miss Shen!” Brother Da Hui, who was standing behind Tao Mu, rushed to Tao Mu with quick eyes and feet, raising his hand to grasp Shen Yan’s arm, and exerting a little force: “This is the public eye, Miss Shen, please have some respect for yourself.”

“It hurts, let me go.”

Da Hui sneered and pushed Shen Yan away.

Shen Yan clutched her red and swollen wrist and took several steps back before she stood up straight. She looked at Da Hui in shock and anger: “How dare you do anything to me?”

“Miss Shen went to the headquarters of FlyNews.com to cause a scene and even want to commit assault. The only reason I didn’t call the police and kicked you out was because of the two Mr. Shen’s.” Tao Mu said coldly: “Also, so many people are watching. Miss Shen should restrain yourself and think before you slander people. You clearly raised a hand first, my people just stopped Miss Shen from assaulting others casually.”

Before Tao Mu could finish speaking, a reporter from FlyNews Entertainment immediately answered: “That’s right. We have surveillance video and cameras. If Miss Shen insists on lying, we will release the video.”

They still remember that time the mother and daughter of the Shen family brought Shen Yu and Yao Wenxiao to the headquarters of FlyNews.com to make trouble, and in the end, even slandered FlyNews.com for oppressing people.

Shen Yan was furious when she heard the words, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Shen Chen.

Noticing her older brother’s cold eyes that resembled ice, Shen Yan’s heart sank, and she finally stopped making trouble.

Shen Chen’s expression warmed slightly, he nodded at Tao Mu, and apologized: “I’m very sorry. Our Shen family’s family education was not strict, Mr. Tao has seen something ridiculous.”

“If the family education was not strict, you should lock her up at home and discipline her well then. With all due respect, this is the second time your sister has come to my place to make a scene. I can let it slide after once or even twice but not a third or fourth time. If this kind of thing happens again, then don’t blame me for not being polite anymore.” Tao Mu said coldly.

The faces of the Shen family’s father and son darkened, but it was their fault in this matter, and they couldn’t say anything else.

Chairman Shen had a fatherly look on his face, and even explained patiently to Shen Yan: “Don’t misunderstand Mr. Tao. This time we asked Mr. Tao to be the promotion ambassador of the lost children’s gene bank. Mr. Tao thought over his own situation and felt that it was not quite suitable, so he refused. He also recommended Xiao Yu as the promotion ambassador. He felt that Xiao Yu’s kindness and universal love are invaluable. It could be seen that Mr. Tao’s impression of Xiao Yu is still very good. It was just some misunderstanding before. It’s not too late to solve this misunderstanding.”

When Shen Yan heard the words, she looked at Tao Mu in shock and suspicion: “Does he even have such a good heart?”

Tao Mu was too lazy to bother with the self-absorbed Shen family. In front of the media reporters, he explained the reason why he didn’t want to be the promotion ambassador——he was an orphan who was abandoned by his biological parents, and now he had a very harmonious family in his adoptive fathers and family, so he didn’t want to find his biological parents, and he didn’t want his biological parents to look for him either when they saw that he had made a name and fortune for himself. It was best for everyone to find their own happiness in life and to not ever meet up again, otherwise he would really pursue the other party’s crime of abandonment and intentional homicide.

So his situation was completely opposite to the original intention of the lost children’s gene bank. As for why Shen Yu was recommended as the promotion ambassador——

“That’s because young master Shen’s image in the entertainment circle had always been that of a kind and innocent little prince. I think his image and birth situation are very consistent with the original intention of the Lost Children’s Gene Bank. Letting young master Shen be the promotion ambassador is just the right thing to do. If the biological son of the Shen family is found because of this, I believe it would also make for a wonderful story.”

“FlyNews.com will do its best to support the promotion activities of the gene bank nationwide. In addition,” When Tao Mu spoke up to here, he paused slightly, and then immediately announced to all the media: “FlyNews.com has decided to cooperate with Xiaoheng Capital, Skynet Technology, and Beijing Police in joining forces to implement the Skynet system nationwide. That is, a system in which street surveillance cameras are networked with computers across the country and can perform automatic face recognition at the same time. The so-called Skynet is thrown wide and nothing will slip past. We hope that under the coverage of Skynet, all criminal activities will no longer be able to remain out of sight.”

As soon as Tao Mu said these words, it immediately caused an uproar throughout the venue of the contract signing ceremony. Working with the police to promote street surveillance cameras across the country, and even connecting to the computer network nationwide for face recognition. This kind of project, which sounded very high-end and technical, was definitely beyond the level the gene bank of lost children that the Shen Group was going to set up was on.

The former fought against all criminal activities nationwide, and the impact of the project would be immediate once it was launched; the latter only fought against abduction activities, and the establishment and promotion of gene bank data would also be a long process. To be realistic, under the large base of nearly 200,000 children being lost every year across the country, the probability that parents could really find their children through the gene bank was limited. It could be said that hope was extremely slim.

The most important thing was that in order to assist the police in developing the Skynet system, it would cost countless funds just to install a large number of cameras across the country. Even if most of the money would be allocated by the state, FlyNews also would have to fork out a large amount.

This was really parting with capital that arose from one’s blood and sweat.

And what was the Skynet technology mentioned by Tao Mu? Why haven’t they heard of it at all?

There was an uproar at the scene for a while. All the reporters stood up excitedly and raised their hands to ask Tao Mu a question. The Shen family, who was originally the other main character, was now treated coldly and ignored. Even the gossip reporter who wanted to ask Shen Yan what she thought about her replacing her biological brother didn’t bother to ask any further. If it wasn’t for FlyNews.com’s employees who had been presiding over the order, all the reporters would have wanted to swarm Tao Mu.

It was simply that Tao Mu’s sudden reveal about this upcoming cooperation project was just too surprising. There was no wind at all. It seemed like Shen Yan causing a scene made Tao Mu so angry that CEO Tao, who had always been unwilling to suffer losses and be bullied, would come up with such a project to slap the Shen Group in the face in a fit of anger.

It was not just some media reporters who got this idea, even the Shen family father and son pair vaguely got the same idea. The two glanced subtly at Shen Yan, the fool that always pulled on the back leg of the Shen family.

Originally, they had wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital. But they didn’t expect that even Tao Mu himself had compromised, only for their Shen family to mess it up in the end.

Noticing the dissatisfaction of her father and brother, Shen Yan’s face changed slightly. Yet she had no regrets. She just hated Tao Mu, and she must not let Tao Mu have any chance to cooperate with the Shen family, or even curry favor with the Shen family.

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She absolutely would not allow the relationship between surnamed Tao and the Shen family to be eased in the slightest. Even if Tao Mu tried his best to please Xiao Yu, it was useless.

He was just an urchin who grew up in an orphanage without a father or mother since childhood. What right did he have to want to get close to the Shen family, and even get the favor of her father and brother? She absolutely wouldn’t allow it.

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Shen Yu was not the biological son of the Shen family. In order to find the son who had been lost for 19 years, the Shen Group wanted to cooperate with the police to establish a genetic database of lost children and establish an anti-trafficking fund to help parents who have lost their children all over the world to find their children. This news immediately caused a major reaction in the society.

On the second day that the Shen Group and Shanghai police held a press conference, the stock price of the Shen Group jumped up by one percentage point. The Shen Group was originally a well-known enterprise in Shanghai, and the Shen family was also an affluent wealthy family in Shanghai. The tree has big and deep roots, such a story of a wealthy family that was even more bizarre than 8pm soap operas was naturally the gossip that most common people like to chat about after meals.

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However, this time, accompanying the big melon that the “Shen family’s youngest son was not biological”, the response of the Shen Group made everyone in society applaud.

There was an old saying in China called “Preserve your dignity as a nobody; promote the social wellfare as a somebody.” Because the Shen family lost their child, they could even think of donating money and helping parents who lost their children all over the world to find their children together. This approach had undoubtedly won the praise of the whole society.

When Shen Shiyuan, the chairman of the Shen Group, personally walked into the Shanghai police station and entered his DNA into the database, he was accompanied by reporters to film this precious scene, which was later reported and reprinted by many media and magazines, and even the local TV station in Shanghai broadcast it on the evening news. As a result, the Shen Group managed to establish an even better corporate image. When interviewed by reporters, Chairman Shen also said with emotion: “As we all know, our Shen family is few in numbers and all the family members are very harmonious. But this wire accident had exposed that my youngest son Shen Yu to not be of biological birth. It’s because of an accident back then that the two children were mistakenly taken to different homes. After such a long time, I don’t know if I can find my biological son. But as a parent, I always have to do my best.”

“Because of this incident, I now feel empathy for those families who have lost their children. Under the hands of fate, the Shen family who seems to have some background is actually so powerless, so those families whose family background is not as good as the Shen family, I am afraid the road to finding their child will be even more difficult. I don’t have the ability to do much, but I just try my best to help the police build this gene bank of lost children. I hereby appeal to those parents who want to find their children to go to the local police station to enter DNA as soon as possible. And those children who were abducted or adopted, if you want to know who your biological parents are, you can also go to the police station and enter your DNA into the gene bank. With more effort, there will be more hope. Under the hands of fate, all of us are equal. We can only do our best to provide more hope for more people. Even if this hope is very slim.”

If it was said that because of the Shen Group, the Shen family had always been a part of the privileged class in the eyes of the local people. At this moment, Chairman Shen, who was choked with tears in front of the camera, but still earnestly explained his original intention to create a genetic database of lost children, had shed the halo that surrounded his identity and was just a father who cared about his children.

In an instant, the distance between the two sides was shortened.

The audience sitting in front of the TV also couldn’t help sighing and sighing. With parents who care so much, if the young master of the Shen family who was lost for 19 years was still alive, he must definitely be very moved.

Tao Mu sat in front of the TV, but didn’t feel moved at all. In fact, he had a slight urge to laugh. As expected of the Shen family, everything could be used as a show. If the lost child of the Shen family really didn’t know the nature of the Shen family, seeing this scene, it was very likely he would indeed be madly moved.

It was a pity that Tao Mu was no longer the nineteen-year-old Tao Mu in his previous life. He turned off the TV and walked to the kitchen in his slippers.

In the kitchen, Liu Yao and Meng Qi were busy cooking. Wearing a khaki apron, Liu Yao stood in front of the counter beating eggs, ready to make an egg pudding with his hands. Meng Qi stood in front of the stove, holding a large pan. He was frying fish-flavored shredded pork, and a flame burst out on the pan. As the food was stirred and flipped, the fragrance spread immediately.

The warm light shone on the two men, pulling the shadows on the ground into one. The smell of oil and smoke that Tao Mu hated the most, now made him feel warm in his heart when he smelled it.

Tao Mu asked with a smile, “You really don’t need my help?”

“No need.” Liu Yao said: “You just wait to eat ready-made. Just watch your two fathers cook you a loving dinner. By the way, you have lost weight recently. Were the box lunches from the crew not good?”

“It was really not very good.” Tao Mu leaned against the door of the kitchen: “Yao Dad, I want to ask brother Da Hui to do me a favor.”

“What’s the matter, you——” Liu Yao was fed a piece of fish-flavored shredded pork by Meng Qi, almost scalding his tongue. He swallowed the piece of meat hissingly, and continued: ” If you have a problem, just tell me.”

“In order to clarify the rumors of drug use, I went to the police station to do a drug test. I left my blood sample at the police station. Now I want to get it back.” Tao Mu said calmly: “For the sake of finding their youngest son, isn’t the Shen Group planning to build a nationally-connected DNA database. I’m just afraid the police will also enter my DNA into it. As you all know, I was an orphan since I was a child, and I should have been abandoned by my parents. I don’t want to pursue the matter. But I don’t want those people to take this opportunity to find me either.”

Liu Yao asked with a smile: “What are you afraid of? You are already my son. It is recognized by the law. It’s fine if they dare not come forward. But if they dare to come forward, I will immediately sue them for abandonment. So why be afraid that they will leech onto you?”

“Though it’s like that, it’s better to have as little trouble as possible.” Tao Mu explained with a smile: “After all, I want to be an actor. I always have to worry about image issues. In case my biological parents are the kind of people who are alcoholic, gambler, or drug addict sorts and only know to demand money from their children and treat them as cash cows. Although I’m not afraid of them, I don’t want to bother.”

That was true.

Liu Yao nodded: “Is it okay to have Da Hui go? No, I will go with your Xiao Qi Dad, in person.”

“No need.” Tao Mu said with a smile, “I’m very familiar with Officer Yao from the H Town police station. He is also able to understand my situation. In fact, I was negligent. When I went to the police station for a drug test, I should have recovered my data.”

However, in the previous life, the Shen family never created this gene bank of lost children. In the end, it was Tao Mu himself who was careless. When he was doing the drug test, he still had a high fever, his thinking was unclear, and he couldn’t think of that much. So he forgot to take care of loose ends.

Fortunately, the DNA database that the Shen Group was going to build was just a concept——they had just held a press conference with the police, and it would take at least a few more months before the nationwide networking and implementation. This time difference was enough for Tao Mu to clean up the loose ends.

He just needed a reliable person now to help him with this.

So Tao Mu thought of Liu Yao’s most important subordinate Da Hui. However, Meng Qi was not at ease. He was planning to visit H Town in person to understand the matter, lest some inexplicable person jump out and snatch his son from him in the future.

Although with Liu Yao and Meng Qi’s methods, they were not afraid that Tao Mu’s biological parents would come knocking on their doors. But as Tao Mu said, it was better to have as little trouble as possible. They were living a good life now, and there was no need to find trouble for themselves.

Tao Mu, who entrusted the matter to his two fathers, hadn’t thought while at this time he was thinking about having as little trouble as possible, the Shen family focused their sights on him.

“Cooperate with FlyNews.com and have me be the spokesperson for the gene bank?” Tao Mu looked at the father and son of the Shen family who paid a surprise visit to him, and did not hide his surprise at all.

“That’s right.” Chairman Shen nodded slightly. It was Shen Chen’s plan to jointly promote the Lost Children’s Gene Bank project with FlyNews.com at the beginning of the project.

After all, considering the current situation of social networking sites in China, although FlyNews.com was founded a little later than others’, it was still the most popular and influential social networking platform.

If FlyNews.com could participate in this project, the Lost Children’s Gene Bank and related websites would soon spread to all parts of the country relying on the strong influence of FlyNews.com. And Tao Mu himself was an orphan, so he was practically the most appropriate person to be the spokesperson for this project.

Most importantly, Tao Mu was a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, and his backer was Li Xiaoheng, which was also a well known fact. The Shen Group cooperating with FlyNews.com on this project also included a desire to take this opportunity to make good friends with Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng.

After all, this cooperation could be regarded as a public welfare activity, and it would have a protracted and powerful impact. As long as this project continued, the participants of the project could gain a high reputation, social recognition and even official affirmation and support. On this point, it was very cost-effective whether it was for the Shen Group, FlyNews.com, Xiaoheng Capital, or even the Li family behind Li Xiaoheng.

The father and son of the Shen family regarded others with their own mindset, and they didn’t think Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng would reject this cooperation. After all, from Tao Mu’s previous behavior, everyone could see that Tao Mu was a person who cared about corporate image very much, and was very good at managing image and guiding public opinion.

“This cooperation is very beneficial to both of us.” Chairman Shen looked at Tao Mu and said warmly, “CEO Tao is an orphan, and should be able to feel the pain of a child not being able to grow up with his biological parents. So inviting you this time to be the spokesperson for this project——”

“Forgive me for refusing.” Before Shen Shiyuan could finish speaking, Tao Mu interrupted with an embarrassed expression: “Although I am an orphan and have not been able to grow up with my biological parents since I was a child. But to be honest, now, I don’t need my biological parents at all. I now have two adoptive fathers who treat me very well, and a happy family. To put it humbly, it could be considered a success. I don’t want parents and family members who once abandoned me to come to my door and disturb my current life.”

“To say something rude, I think Chairman Shen and CEO Shen can understand me. They didn’t show up when I was alone and by myself. Now I don’t need them to show up. Whether it’s my parents or my relatives, they’re actually just strangers. If they use me as a cash cow or an ATM just because of the fact that they are blood-related to me, although I’m not afraid, I will still feel annoyed.”

Tao Mu’s frank confession took the Shen family by surprise. It was not unexpected that Tao Mu was such a person. In fact, they have long seen that Tao Mu, as someone who could go from rags to riches at such a young age and be able to force the old fox Yao Shengan into a corner, could not be a simple and kind person at all.

But they didn’t expect that Tao Mu would actually confess in front of them that he didn’t want to know the names of his biological parents, and he was even guarding against the fact that they might want to demand his money and property from him in the name of being family.

But thinking about it carefully, this was also human nature. After all, Tao Mu and the Shen family were in a different situation. Back then, Tao Mu was abandoned by his biological mother in a rented house and almost starved to death, and was finally sent to an orphanage by the landlord.

If you look at this matter with legal thinking, Tao Mu’s biological parents have properly committed the crime of abandonment or even intentional homicide in this matter.

With Tao Mu’s personality, it was obvious that he would not be as forgiving as the holy virgin mother. So it was fine if Tao Mu’s biological parents didn’t find him, but if they did find him——thinking about it from another perspective, if they were Tao Mu, even if they didn’t make it so the other would end up in jail. They at least would teach the other a profound lesson before being satisfied.

As for blood and family, thinking about it with themselves in Tao Mu’s shoes, they themselves didn’t really care all that much, let alone Tao Mu who created his company from scratch.

It was likely that in the eyes of the other, the so-called parents and relatives were not as important as the closeness of business partners. After all, all business partners bring benefits, and parents and relatives were likely to only bring trouble.

Besides, when it comes to parental affection, Tao Mu was also not lacking in that aspect. As far as they knew, the two fathers and one grandfather whom Tao Mu recognized were very sincere and good to him. Not mentioning Liu Yao and Meng Qi, who practically listened to their son on everything, that old man Song was even willing to give the Song Ji brand over to Tao Mu.

Thinking of this, the Shen family father and son couldn’t help but think of the Song Ji Apprenticeship Training School that was in full swing recently. And couldn’t help but become more admiring of Tao Mu’s ability to create hype and publicity.

“We understand Mr. Tao’s mindset very well. But we don’t think that Mr. Tao’s mindset and Mr. Tao’s role as the spokesperson will actually be in conflict.”

“FlyNews.com is the most popular social platform in China. With the support of FlyNews.com, the gene pool of lost children could be spread across the country in the shortest possible time. FlyNews.com can also use this promotion to create an even better corporate image. The most important thing is that if Mr. Tao becomes the spokesperson and promotion ambassador of this project, then all your efforts for this project will be seen by the public. If at that time, your biological parents came to make trouble, you can blame them on a moral high ground.”

The once abandoned orphan found success through his own efforts and was ready to help more orphans find their lost parents and relatives. However, the biological parents who abandoned Tao Mu back then only knew to demand money and property after their son became successful. With such a huge moral gap, it was likely that without Tao Mu even having to say a word, those netizens with a strong sense of justice would help pin Tao Mu’s biological parents to the pillar of shame.

Not to mention the actions of Tao Mu’s biological parents back then could constitute as having committed the crime of abandonment or even intentional homicide.

“If Mr. Tao is worried that your status as a promotion ambassador would tie your hands when the time comes, you can make clear your attitude before serving as a promotion ambassador. You don’t want your family who abandoned you to suddenly appear and disturb your current peaceful life. But as an orphan, you can understand the feelings of these thousands of orphans, as well as parents who have lost their children for various reasons, and hope that parents who really want to find their children will have a happy outcome.”

“These two things aren’t actually contradictory, are they?” Shen Chen said suddenly, giving Tao Mu a reason to have the best of both worlds.

If Tao Mu didn’t know his true identity, it was likely that he would really be tempted.

It’s a pity.

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“I’m not an orphan.” Tao Mu stared into Shen Chen’s eyes and said sternly, “I have two adoptive fathers, and we have an official adoptive relationship with each other, which is legally recognized. I also have a grandfather.”

“Of course.” Shen Chen smiled and said, “You are no longer an orphan. You are doing very well. That’s why you are willing to help other orphans, as well as those parents who have lost their children and are heartbroken. As the saying goes, honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other’s children as one’s own. Mr. Tao’s kindness and universal love are invaluable. I believe everyone will be moved.”

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“You can live here for now.” The Shen family father and son took Shen Yu, who had been crying all the way, to a luxury apartment purchased by the Shen family on the Shanghai Bund. Along with him were Shen Yan, and Mrs. Liu, who had been working in the Shen family house for decades.

“You just finished the operation and need a good recuperation. Don’t think about it too much. Your sister will come to accompany you often. When your mother calms down, maybe then you can go back.” In the end they had raised the child for 19 years, even if he changed from a blood-related son to an adopted son. But so long as this adopted son was not born by Mrs. Shen through an affair, Father Shen still had the patience of being a loving father.

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Shen Yu was holding the family portrait of the five Shen family members in his arms, his eyes swollen from crying. In Shen Yan’s arms, he nodded sobbingly: “Mom, will Mom really forgive me?”

“Of course.” Before waiting for the Shen family’s father and son to speak, Shen Yan spoke in a distressed voice: “Mom loves you so much, how could she have the heart to kick you out. She was just too angry now. Just wait for Mother to calm down, she will definitely miss you very much.”

“Then when will Mom calm down?” Shen Yu held the family portrait and looked at his father and elder brother with tears in his eyes: “If the real Shen Yu comes back, then Mom will calm down?”

These words silenced everyone. The Shen family’s father and son frowned, and their calm eyes swept over Shen Yan. Shen Yan pursed her lips in guilt and embarrassment, which only raised an unprovoked anger in her at the little brother whom she had never met.

“I want to stay here with Xiao Yu tonight.” Shen Yan hugged Shen Yu and said angrily: “Anyway, Mother only cares about that son now, and doesn’t want Xiao Yu, and even I am disliked. I don’t want to go home either——”

“Shut up!” Before Shen Yan could finish her words, she was interrupted by the furious Father Shen: “If it wasn’t for you, how could this have happened in the first place? That’s your own little brother, because of your prank he has been missing for 19 years, and who knows what kind of predicament he has encountered. Don’t you feel any guilt in your heart?”

“What’s the use of guilt? It’ll be fine to compensate him after you find him. We are the Shen family, for a poor boy struggling who knows where, if he knew that his biological parents are the Shen Group’s chairman and the daughter of the Ye family, I can just imagine how crazy happy he would be. But you should think about what to do if you really get him back. Dad and Big Brother should know best about the temperament of the men in the Shen family. I hope you don’t find a little brother who is obsessed with profit and wants to come back to fight for the family inheritance. At that time, the Shen family would not have any more peace. “

Hearing Father Shen’s angry scold, Shen Yan not only did not reflect on her own mistakes, but said confidently: “I really don’t understand. Why does Mother insist on getting that person back? Is our Shen family lacking a son? Xiao Yu is so good , so cute, and has lived with our family for nineteen years. He is already a part of our family. Instead of trying to find an outsider who we don’t know anything about, you might as well persuade Mother to accept Xiao Yu again. Anyway, China is so big. With so many people, a baby lost nineteen years ago has little hope of getting back. It’s better for Mother to accept reality than to let her dream that she can find her real son. I don’t understand, if that person can’t be found in this life, can Mother still make a fuss for a lifetime? Will our Shen family live in the shadow of not being able to find that person from now on?”

After coming out of the apartment, the Shen family father and son were silent all the way, and the atmosphere in the car was unusually quiet. As if one could even hear the sound of one’s chest rising and falling.

After a long silence, Father Shen finally coughed and broke the silence in the car: “Although Yanyan’s words are too extreme, some things are right. It has been nineteen years, and who knows what kind of person a baby who was still wrapped in blankets back then grew up to be, let alone find out where he is now. If we want to find him, I’m afraid there is little hope. “

Hearing this, Shen Chen smiled slightly. His eyelids drooped slightly, thick lashes forming two shadows under the lids.

“No matter what, we still have to try our best to find him. After all, he is the blood of our Shen family, how can he be left outside? If he lives well, that’s fine. If he doesn’t live well, maybe finding his relatives would give him the motivation to continue to live.”

“But what if the child is really like what Yanyan said and has a bad temperament?” Father Shen sighed. What were the temperaments of the Shen family men? Strong desire for control, strong aggressiveness, deep scheming minds, and ruthlessly decisive. In addition, personal interests always came first. Just as Shen Yan said, if the real Shen Yu was a useless trash who was ambitious and greedy for profit but without any talents to back up the ambition and greed, and even dared to fight for the family inheritance based on those few drops of blood in his body, insisting on making trouble in the family, they might as well raise a well-behaved adopted son.

—— Over the years, he spent a lot of effort to cultivate Shen Chen, and deliberately raised Shen Yu to have a naive character, just to avoid the two brothers turning into enemies due to competition.

Most importantly, he must consider Shen Chen’s attitude. For the Shen family, it was enough to have just one excellent heir.

Shen Chen twitched the corners of his mouth, half of his outline hidden in the night, and said indifferently: “Father, don’t worry. After all, he is the flesh and blood of our Shen family, as long as we get him back. As the elder brother, I will naturally teach him well.”

The men of the Shen family have a strong desire to control, and their interests always come first. But a man who could be the master of the Shen family was definitely not useless trash who could only fear his own blood. Shen Chen had followed his father in handling Group affairs since he was in junior high school, and was now the CEO of the Shen Group. He had seen a lot of wind and waves over the years and was almost thirty, how could he be worried about a child who had just reached legal age?

“Father, don’t worry. If I can be pulled from the heir position by a nineteen-year-old child, I will let him be the CEO of the Shen Group.” Shen Chen closed his eyes and rested, feeling the black Maybach gliding in the night. He asked indifferently: “Or, does Father have no confidence in the heir you taught yourself?”

“Of course not.” Father Shen’s frown smoothed out, and he knew that the son he taught himself would never disappoint him: “Since you are so confident, I will leave this to you. It is best to find him, but if you can’t find him, you have to be mentally prepared. After all, nineteen years have passed.”

Shen Chen didn’t say anything. Long fingers tapped casually on the door handle. Secretly pondering over his thoughts.

Father Shen was silent for a moment. Then he couldn’t help but ask again, “Where are you going to start?”

After all, he was his biological son. Father Shen said he didn’t care, but he was actually very concerned. After all, even the adopted son could live happily under the care of the Shen family, how could Father Shen have the heart to let his own son be exiled?

Whether the temperament was good or not, whether he would cause trouble for the family, those were all troublesome things that need to be bothered with after they met each other. But before finding him, as biological parents, all they wanted was the safe return of their child.

As the heir raised by Father Shen, Shen Chen certainly understood what his father was thinking. If it was said that in the entire Shen family, Father Shen, Mother Shen, and even Shen Yu were looking forward to the child’s return, and Shen Yan was the most unwilling for the child’s return, then Shen Chen was the one who was really indifferent on this matter.

It was fine if they could find him, but if not then that was also fine too. He would do his best to find him, but that was about it. In Shen Chen’s view, finding that child back was just a responsibility. After all, the eldest brother was like a father. Since he wanted to inherit the Shen family, he should guarantee the interests of everyone in the Shen family. Otherwise, there were so many decendants in the Shen family’s direct line, and there were also quite a few talented people. So why should he be the heir?

“I have already sent someone to contact the police. I plan to take this opportunity to cooperate with the police and build a DNA database for finding lost children to be funded by the Shen Group. At that time, the Father’s DNA will be the first to enter the gene bank. At the same time, a reward will be offered. Five million yuan would be rewarded to those who can provide clues. At that time, the Shen Group will hold a press conference together with the Shanghai police, and ask all enthusiastic people to help us find our lost child. At the same time, we will try our best to help other parents who have lost their children. Help them find their own children.”

“We can work with the police to set up an anti-trafficking fund. We can also organize several charity auctions and receptions hosted by the Shen Group. Every year, the Shen Group will donate 10 million yuan to the anti-trafficking fund to help parents who have lost their children to find their children for free.”

Shen Chen arranged in an orderly manner: “I have communicated with Mr. Tan. Although they don’t know the background of the surrogate mother, they still remember that the surrogate mother came to Shanghai to work as a part-time worker, and it seems she came with her fellow villagers. After those people came, most of them worked as female workers in factories, and some also served as nannies. I will try to contact these people. It is best to find the hometown of the surrogate mother. As long as this woman is found, at least the whereabouts of little brother will be known. It’s a pity that nineteen years ago, technology was not as developed, there were no surveillance cameras, and there was no way to get pictures of the surrogate mother.”

Father Shen nodded silently. He didn’t expect that his eldest son had already arranged so many things in just a few days. And arranged things so neatly. He could not help but feel proud.

“The idea of ​​cooperating with the police to establish a gene bank for lost children is really good. Not only can the police cooperate with us to find children, but also promote the positive image and social contribution of the Shen Group. If necessary, I can accept some interviews from reporters. I believe that most of the parents who have lost their children in the world feel the same way. Although it is a painful matter, if the Shen Group can help more people find their children, it will be a great virtue. “

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Hearing Father Shen’s words, which was only of the gene bank, Shen Chen smiled slightly.

This was the Shen family man.

AN: In reality, the DNA database for anti-trafficking was established by the Ministry of Public Security in May 2009. When I checked the information before, I really thought it was an incredible coincidence_(:з”∠)_

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For the sake of filming, forcing oneself into a high fever of 39.3 degrees Celsius, and later, in order to film the role of a drug addict, refusing to eat or take medicine. Although after fighting to the end, the scene was successfully completed. But for the so-called death of one’s own making, he would have to endure even if it was on his knees. So after returning to Beijing, towards the matter of Li Xiaoheng keeping a close watch that he took his medicine, even if Tao Mu was not happy, he had to endure it.

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“…..I think I’ve recovered.” After swallowing the last two small pills with warm water, Tao Mu repeatedly confirmed, “From tomorrow onwards, I won’t need to take any more pills, right?”

Before waiting for Li Xiaoheng’s reply, Tao Mu emphasized again: “I heard that taking too much cold medicine will affect the brain in bad ways. If I am no longer smart, I may make mistakes in project decision-making.”

Was it not a bit too childish to use this kind of thing as a threat?

Li Xiaoheng squinted at Tao Mu, a half-smile on his lips.

Probably also feeling that his behavior was inappropriate, Tao Mu’s face flushed and he tried to explain reasonably: “It’s not a good thing to take too much medicine. As the saying goes, medicine can also be poison.”

“Also, could you stop with the herbal soup? It’s too expensive and troublesome, I’m feeling quite ashamed here.”

“The doctor said that you almost turned a simple cold into pneumonia.” Li Xiaoheng said mildly: “I don’t want my partner to have this much disregard for his own body. Or, would you prefer that I tell Mr. Liu, Mr. Meng and Mr. Song?”

Afraid that his family would be worried, Tao Mu didn’t dare to tell his family that he was so ill at the time. Even if the entertainment tabloids spread rumors, Tao Mu only dared to tell everyone that he had a common cold, and that the gossip paparazzi deliberately wrote sensationalist titles as a gimmick——after all, they said before that Tao Mu was brought into a drug rehab center for taking drugs.

With the testimony of Gou Rixin and Li Xiaoheng, two honest and particularly reliable people, Liu Yao and the others did not have any doubts. They also felt that the gossip paparazzi really dared to say anything for the sake of sales.

But on the other side, Tao Mu, who was caught in the act by Li Xiaoheng, now had a difficult life. Being forced to take injections and medicines was nothing, but the most annoying thing was that Li Xiaoheng learned medicinal herbal soup recipes from somewhere, and now made a pot for him every day. Tao Mu, forced to drink it all everyday, was on the verge of throwing up. After a week, he could no longer stand it.

“Consider it my surrender. At most, I promise you that I will never pour cold water on my head and deliberately come down with a fever for filming again. As CEO Li’s most important partner, I will definitely protect this head of mine, strive for clear and logical thinking during the next ten years, and never delay you from earning money.”

Possibly all the most embarrassing moments in his life were seen by Li Xiaoheng——his whole body smelling unwashed, hair greasy, dizzy, hungry, limbs weak, and needing Li Xiaoheng’s help to stand in the shower, so Tao Mu felt that he already had not much to hide from the other. When facing Li Xiaoheng again, his whole person was much more relaxed and he could even throw in some jokes in between words.

Li Xiaoheng cherished such a lively Tao Mu very much. But some things must be made clear: “It’s not just pouring cold water on yourself, it’s about prohibiting all self-destruction.”

“Tao Mu, I know you like acting. But I hope you can cherish your own body. In other words, you can only act in more dramas and films if you are in a healthier state. Instead of ruining your health for a trivial role.” Li Xiaoheng put his hands on his knees which were crossed, and said calmly, “You are a businessman yourself. You should understand that input and output should at least be proportional to each other.”

“You mean, I should do my best when I’m playing the male lead, and just take it casually at other times?” Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and deliberately misinterpreted Li Xiaoheng’s words.

“I mean, even if you play the male lead, you can’t force your body like that. You have to understand sustainable development.” Li Xiaoheng patiently corrected: “When you deal in business, you know how to strategize and keep a card up your sleeve, but why do you drain the pond to get at the fish when you act?”

“Is it that exaggerated?” Tao Mu sat down on the other end of the sofa and picked up the apple on the coffee table. Just as he was about to bite down, it was snatched away by Li Xiaoheng.

Li Xiaoheng picked up the fruit knife, peeled the apple and cut it into pieces, before handing it to Tao Mu with a toothpick: “Do you need me to recite the test results of your body checkup?”

Obviously not needed. Tao Mu ate the apple slices. Then he suddenly realized that he was too close to Li Xiaoheng. Of course, this was also due to the small space of his apartment opposite Beijing Film. The small apartment was only 30 square meters, and there was only one sofa in the living room, so it seemed that the two men who were over 1.8 meters tall were too close.

“You always come to work here, don’t you feel crowded?” Tao Mu suggested subtly, “I think you can go back to your own apartment or office. We can communicate by phone if you have any questions.”

Li Xiaoheng sneered, stood up directly, and walked into the kitchen where he put on oven mitts, brought out the old pigeon soup simmering on the familiar stove, and scooped out a bowl. He then returned to the living room, and handed it to Tao Mu: “The medicine can be stopped. But the soup must continue to be drunk. In your words, I, a domineering CEO who deals in tens of millions every minute, has cooked soup for you personally. Don’t you feel moved?”

He did feel moved. But. The key was that drinking too much soup was too nourishing, and if he gained weight, he would have to go to the gym to lose weight.

Tao Mu took a sip of the soup with a conflicted expression——not to mention, the domineering CEO who dealt in tens of millions every minute had a really good talent for learning to cook.

“I also think that I am a God of Cookery who was delayed by my job as a domineering CEO. Even Mr. Song said that my talent was good.” In the process of getting along, Li Xiaoheng became more and more open. Every time he joked, Tao Mu would also feel amused.

——It was just that the habit of confessing out of the blue every once in awhile would also give Tao Mu a headache: “…..So, I’m already so good. I can make money to support the family and act as good eye-candy, able to handle in and out of the kitchen. You really aren’t going to consider dating me?”

Tao Mu almost choked on a mouthful of old pigeon soup. Hearing this, he looked at Li Xiaoheng helplessly: “I really don’t know what you like about me?”

“Maybe it’s because you don’t like me. If I say that, will you feel a little more relaxed?” Li Xiaoheng smiled and teased, his eyes looking at Tao Mu becoming more gentle and soft: “I said it before, I like you, so I am willing to pursue you. It’s my own business, you don’t have to feel burdened. I just hope you can enjoy the process.”

Tao Mu held the soup bowl in silence.

The warm-toned lighting shone down from overhead, reflecting off of Tao Mu’s long eyelashes and making them appear extra thick and delicate. Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu’s trembling eyelashes, and smiled warmly: “If you are worried, that when one day you are moved by my pursuit, and you want to accept me, only to find that I am not interested. Then we can sign a contract——”

“How can a contract be signed on this kind of thing?” Tao Mu frowned and interrupted Li Xiaoheng: “Do you think it is a partnership to do business, that you can sign a contract?”

Even if it was a business partnership, there were quite a few partners who have survived the initial financing period only to finally turn against each other in the end. The human heart was unpredictable, how could it be bound by a paper contract? And for people like them, the so-called contract was just an expedient between two equals. When signing a contract, not only must they abide by the contract, but they must always be ready to tear up the contract as well.

Tao Mu had never been a person whose promises were worth a thousand gold. Everything he did was to maximize profit. If the benefit of betrayal was big enough, he could even tear up all the promises. What was even more ridiculous was that Li Xiaoheng was also such a person.

Two people who regarded their personal interests to be paramount, actually want to date and fall in love. Like two venomous snakes trying to stay warm together. Originally it was a cold blooded animal with venom dripping from its fangs. Was it necessary to always beware of the opponent’s fangs striking even when being intimate?

He had had enough of that in his last life when he had to be vigilant even against those close to him.

Tao Mu was pondering to himself, when he suddenly felt his cheeks get hot. It turned out that Li Xiaoheng’s finger was poking at the corner of his mouth.

“What are you thinking about for you to look so aggrieved that the corners of your mouth are drooping down?” Li Xiaoheng said with a warm smile, “I think you are like a little leopard.”

“Huh?” Tao Mu didn’t get Li Xiaoheng’s meaning, and was dumbfounded for a moment.

“I think you are a beautiful little leopard, with smooth fur and sharp claws. Do you know the hunting characteristics of leopards? They like to hide in the trees, waiting for the prey to pass under the tree, or sneaking close to the prey before attacking. And their stamina is very good, when there is no prey, it is not a problem for them to starve for a few days.”

Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng with a bewildered expression, not knowing why he suddenly mentioned the leopard. Was it because he stayed at home the past few days and often watched the animal world channel to pass the time?

While thinking random thoughts, he saw Li Xiaoheng, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, suddenly slide closer, and a pair of dark, shiny eyes stared at Tao Mu from up close. So close that Tao Mu could clearly see his own reflection in the other’s pupils.

“If you are a leopard, I would volunteer to be your prey. I hope you can be my companion for a long time. Become familiar with my temperament and life rules. If one day, you feel that I betrayed you, you can be like the hunting leopard, stand high on a tree and pounce down, using your sharp claws to rip out my throat. Or sneak up behind my back and attack me, directly biting down on my spine. I believe you are able to do it.”

The tall figure slowly shrouded him, and the strong intimidating scent of male pheromones made Tao Mu frown uncomfortably. He subconsciously clenched his fists and tensed his body. That was the male’s conditioned reflex to show dissatisfaction and rejection after another male intruded the safe distance, and even a subtle sign of aggression caused by lack of security.

The originally fierce phoenix eyes instantly widened, and a very strong deterrent force erupted in the blink of an eye, just like a satiated little leopard immediately entering a state of alert when it saw a natural enemy. The sharp claws and powerful aura that flared at that moment was simply beautiful and captivating.

The two lines of sight met in the air, and the atmosphere instantly became intense and anxious. Li Xiaoheng wanted Tao Mu to see his heart clearly, but Tao Mu looked back, not to be outdone. After a while, Li Xiaoheng took the initiative in showing weakness and looked away, stepping back slightly. He stared into Tao Mu’s eyes and said with a smile, “If two powerful hunters want to fall in love, one of them must surrender first. And I am willing to lie down first and show my belly for you to see.”

After Li Xiaoheng said these moving words, he began to act teasingly again. Leaning on the other end of the sofa, he stretched out his hand to hold the hem of his shirt and made an upward movement: “The six-pack abs I developed after working out in the gym for a long time, do you want to see it?”

Tao Mu instantly had an exasperated expression: “No need.”

He stood up and ordered the expulsion directly: “It’s getting late. Go back quickly.”

“Actually, I could stay.” Li Xiaoheng also stood up and laughingly teased: “If your sofa welcomes me.”

“You’re a domineering CEO who deals with tens of millions every minute. Sleeping on the sofa is really wronging you.” Tao Mu continued to banter, but his actions did not pause at all. He went straight to the entrance and opened the door, telling Li Xiaoheng in no uncertain terms that even the sofa did not welcome him in this apartment.

“I bought a 180-square-meter three-bedroom in the next building. My master bedroom, your guest bedroom and our study room. There is also a very large kitchen.” Li Xiaoheng put on a woolen coat, and took out keys from his briefcase: “You are welcome anytime. Of course, it would be even better if you are willing to accept the keys.”

Tao Mu was obviously unwilling. So Li Xiaoheng could only regretfully carry the spare key back to his lonely new home. When he got home, he remembered that he forgot to bring his laptop back and had to call Tao Mu: “…..I left my laptop at your place. Are you willing to bring it over to me? I still have to work at night.”

Tao Mu looked at the very innocent laptop on the coffee table with a speechless look, and couldn’t help but get the feeling that he wouldn’t hold up against Li Xiaoheng’s methods.

“Can’t you give up the idea of eating the grass next to the nest?” (TN: targeting close friends/acquaintances for love interests)

“I thought we had reached a consensus on this point.” Li Xiaoheng took Tao Mu’s favorite snacks and fruits out of the refrigerator, and said with a smile: “…..I’m referring to the fact that everyone is a carnivore here.”

“Speaking of which, I’ve always been curious. As a powerful predator, you actually hold yourself to the standards of rabbits.” Li Xiaoheng asked, pretending to be puzzled: “Is it because you have been craving rabbit meat recently?”

“Braised or stir-fried? If you really want to eat, I could learn from Mr. Song. How about stewing in a pot?”

Looking at the phone that was suddenly hung up, Li Xiaoheng chuckled.

Ten minutes later, the cold and lonely three-bedroom finally welcomed its first guest——or more appropriately, its other owner.

“Welcome.” Li Xiaoheng put a pair of rabbit style fur slippers for Tao Mu, invited him in, and took the laptop handed over: “Since the place was renovated, you are the first guest to step in.”

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If one used a house as a metaphor for the heart, Tao Mu was also the first person to enter Li Xiaoheng’s heart over these many years.

However, Mr. Tao, who was very realistic, didn’t notice Mr. Li’s hidden meaning. Hearing these words, he subconsciously covered his nose: “Are you sure that the formaldehyde did not exceed the standard?”

Li Xiaoheng: “…..”

AN: Small Skit——

Li Gong: The old house is on fire (??-ω??)

Tao Mu (splashing a basin of water): What?

Li Gong: …..Nothing! 

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