Along with the news that the Shen family flew to Hong Kong to recognize their son, but were stopped at the airport by Shen Yu with the DNA identification report spread, a video of Mrs. Shen raising her hand and slapping Shen Yu’s face also came out. Overnight, news reports that someone directed and acted out a play by themselves, leading the public to speculate that he was the second son of the Shen family, filled the Hong Kong gossip tabloids.

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This kind of grabbing on a little bit of suspected black material, and the gesture of guiding the public opinion to slander people on the entire Internet was inexplicably familiar, and Tao Mu could guess who was behind this with just his knees.

“I don’t understand, just how did our CEO Tao offend him. Why does that Shen Yu always have to make trouble for our CEO Tao?”

Looking at the various cryptic speculation reports in the major entertainment weekly magazines, Assistant Jiang really couldn’t understand. He complained to the two expatriate reporters from FlyNews.com in Hong Kong: “Why can’t that surnamed Shen just leave others alone. If he doesn’t bind Mr. Tao to him, he will have no traffic, is that it?”

The point was that those entertainment weekly magazines have also learned to be smart. When writing the report, Tao Mu’s name was not mentioned at all. They just used “a celebrity surnamed T” instead. There were so many people in China, and there were many celebrities in the entertainment circle. They did not refer to Tao Mu by name so even of FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital wanted to pursue the matter, they would not be successful.

As a result, the employees of the two companies could only watch those reports and suppress their anger, unable to find a good solution for a while.

Lawyer Zhou, who rushed over from Beijing, ate the last bite of shark fin fish, and said casually while wiping his mouth: “What’s so hard about this? Why do those gossip magazines like to expose the black material of stars? Isn’t it to attract people’s eyeballs and make sales. And what do they make sales for?”

Assistant Jiang and the two expatriate reporters looked at each other.

Lawyer Zhou didn’t beat around the bush, and as he went to bring a plate of fruit as dessert he continued to explain: “Isn’t it because the data will be more attractive when discussing advertising costs!”

“Xiaoheng Capital has acquired so many companies in Hong Kong. How are the connections and strength of these companies in the business circle of Hong Kong? Have they advertised in major weekly magazines? Or have their partners and suppliers advertised in these newspapers?”

“Although the Lin family is an old and affluent family in Hong Kong, they can’t cover the sky with one hand. Everyone comes out to work to support the family. Anything is agreeable if you make money. But if you don’t make money, or even lose money, no one will care even if you are the king of heaven, am I right?”

Assistant Jiang suddenly realized, and immediately said, “I’ll contact the companies below.”

Lawyer Zhou thought for a while, and then added: “Don’t be too obvious, so as not to leave a source for those gossip magazines to talk nonsense. I remember that FlyNews Entertainment is also very popular in Hong Kong? Why don’t we also do a paper media distribution in Hong Kong as well? At that time, FlyNews.com’s team in Hong Kong can come forward to discuss the specific matters of advertising cooperation with those companies, and it will be a good pretext to make trouble.”

The most important thing was that FlyNews.com’s branch office in Hong Kong could make some extra money.

When Lawyer Zhou spoke to here, he suddenly stopped.

Assistant Jiang and FlyNews.com’s expatriate reporters thought Zhou Shenxing was pondering over something important. Only to see Lawyer Zhou reluctantly push the half plate of fruit he just served himself in front of Assistant Jiang and the two expatriate reporters: “Help me eat it.”

Assistant Jiang and the two expatriate reporters were immediately dumbfounded, and looked over with the expression “Are you ill?”

Lawyer Zhou was also exasperated: “Hurry up. I can’t eat anymore.”

“Then don’t eat it!” Assistant Jiang always felt that the chief lawyer of FlyNews.com was a fine fellow in everything, but for the fact that he was too stingy. Every time he had to treat others to a meal, it was like they were forcing a good woman to be a prostitute. But the most important point was that every time it was a subsidized meal. Either the cafeteria at the headquarters of FlyNews.com or the free buffet at the hotel on business trips. Yet he still dared to call it “eating the richest ingredients with the least money”. What’s even worse was that every time he couldn’t finish the meal, he insisted on forcing his colleagues to help him finish.

“There are regulations for eating buffets, and if you don’t finish eating, you will be fined.” Lawyer Zhou knocked on the plate with a righteous face, and said with a high-sounding tone: “Besides, even if the restaurant doesn’t fine you, there is no need to waste such delicious food, am I right?”

Assistant Jiang and the two expatriate reporters rolled their eyes in unison. Yet they still stretched out their hands to help Zhou Shenxing finish the remaining half plate of fruit.

Because they mentioned the issue of FlyNews Entertainment’s print media during the conversation, the two expatriate reporters obviously did not have the right to act arbitrarily. Only according to the content of everyone’s discussion, they must first make a project plan, and then report it upwards, superior by superior. Fortunately, FlyNews’s work efficiency had always been fast. And this plan was also related to Mr. Tao’s image and reputation. In less than half a day, Meng Qi, who was far away in Beijing, saw the plan.

Mr. Meng, who was still debating whether to go to Hong Kong to visit Tao Mu’s film set, immediately put aside his concerns and asked his secretary to book three plane tickets under the guise of a business trip to inspect a new project.

Old man Song and Liu Yao, who were also unable to sit still at home, received the call and immediately packed up and rushed to the airport. That night, the family of three flew to Hong Kong. Alongside were also the main creative team of FlyNews Entertainment.

At that time, Tao Mu was sitting in the quiet bar downstairs in the hotel, meeting Shen Chen alone.

“I wonder what is the reason Mr. Shen asked me out for a meeting alone?”

Looking at Shen Chen’s face that was 70% similar to his own, Tao Mu’s mood was a little gloomy for a while. Unlike the rest of the Shen family, Tao Mu’s perception of Shen Chen was very complicated. He once thought that Shen Chen should be the best and most considerate of all the people in the Shen family, and also the least prejudiced person. It could be said that without Shen Chen’s careful teaching, Tao Mu would never have achieved today’s success even if he was reborn. It was precisely because of this that in his previous life, Tao Mu, until his death, felt that he and Shen Chen were able to be real brothers.

It was a pity that after being reborn, Tao Mu recalled his past experiences bit by bit, and suddenly realized that he and Shen Chen didn’t seem to be as harmonious and tacit as he imagined.

What kind of feelings did Shen Chen have towards him? Did he seriously think that Tao Mu was a worthy and trustworthy younger brother; or, as those people said, just treated him as a competitor for inheritance?

Shen Chen’s thoughts were too deep and hidden, even the family members whom he saw day and night couldn’t figure out his thoughts. Not to mention Tao Mu, the younger brother who appeared halfway through.

Some things that have become the past remain in the past. Forcefully asking for an answer might not yield a desirable result. Tao Mu wanted to let go of everything in his previous life. It didn’t matter whether Shen Chen treated him as his own younger brother or as a competitor. As long as the Shen family didn’t pester him in this life, everything was fine.

“You indeed know your own birth background.”

Just when Tao Mu was pondering and lost in thought, Shen Chen’s words scared him back to his senses and he immediately gathered his attention: “Hic?”

Shen Chen: “…..”

Tao Mu, who accidentally hiccupped, coughed twice and smiled apologetically, “Sorry, I was a little distracted just now. What did Mr. Shen say?”

Shen Chen stared coldly at Tao Mu’s standard to the point where he showed a smile with eight teeth. His sitting posture was upright and relaxed, only lowering his head slightly to take a sip of coffee, and his dark and clear eyes were full of sincerity. It seemed that just now was really just a distraction instead of being frightened.

As expected of an actor who had been praised for his acting skills, his performance was impeccable in an instant.

Shen Chen hooked up the corners of his mouth indiscernibly, and folded his hands on his knees. His deep eyes looked directly at Tao Mu, politely but still with a trace of aggressiveness: “I want to ask, what does Mr. Tao think of the rumors that you are the second son of the Shen family?”

“Simply ridiculous.” Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and said without hesitation, “I absolutely cannot be part of the Shen family. I have nothing to do with the Shen family.”

When Tao Mu said this, he emphasized again: “I am already twenty years old. I have my own legal family. I am very satisfied with my current life. I know that the Shen family had been in upheaval recently because of the search for their lost son. There was a lot of uproar. But I hope your family affairs don’t involve an outsider like me. And as for your Shen family’s adopted son, if possible, I ask your Shen family to educate him well. Don’t always talk nonsense and do inexplicable things. Like this time when he stole my hair for DNA testing. Although I am very happy, his approach saved us some trouble. But I have to remind Mr. Shen that this approach is illegal. So expect the lawyer’s letter to arrive soon.”

Shen Chen chuckled and said, “It can be seen that Mr. Tao has a deep grudge against the Shen family. I am deeply sorry for the unpleasantness that happened before. But I hope Mr. Tao understands that no matter what Shen Yu does, the Shen family does not want to have a bad relationship with Mr. Tao. On the contrary, our Shen family has a lot of sincerity to make friends with Mr. Tao.”

Tao Mu said lightly, “Some things are about having affinity. Probably I don’t have an affinity with the Shen family. It’s not necessary to make friends. As long as the Shen family controls your adopted son, everyone can just exist separately and mind our own business.”

Shen Chen raised his eyebrows. After pondering for a while, he nodded and said, “I promise you. I will try my best to restrain Shen Yu, and I won’t let him bother you again. But Mr. Tao must also promise me one thing.”

Tao Mu looked at Shen Chen: “What is it?”

“Remember what you said. You and the Shen family will exist separately and mind our own business.” Shen Chen stared into Tao Mu’s eyes and said deeply.

Tao Mu and Shen Chen looked at each other. For a moment, Tao Mu’s heart skipped a beat. In a trance, the two brothers who possessed a tact mutual understanding of each other reached an agreement: “Deal.”

Hearing Tao Mu say this word, Shen Chen, who had a proper and decent smile fixed on his face as if he had on a mask, was suddenly startled. The curvature of his lips slowly converged. This CEO, who had been taking over the business of the group since he was sixteen years old, and who had never made a mistake over these many years, looked at Tao Mu who was sitting across from him with a complicated expression, as if a big stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground: “Sure enough, you know your birth background.”

Tao Mu’s heart sank. He recalled his own words and deeds again, but still didn’t understand where he went wrong. He could only ask with a polite smile, “I don’t quite understand what Mr. Shen means when you say this?”

“It doesn’t matter.” After Shen Chen said this, he paused slightly, handing over his business card: “Although I know that with Mr. Tao’s status and ability today, you probably won’t need my help. But I still want to say, if you ever have use for me, please call me directly.”

Tao Mu frowned: “I said before——”

“Sometimes, too much resistance means that you care about one thing.” Shen Chen stood up and nodded slightly: “If Mr. Tao really doesn’t want others to see that you care, the correct way is to graciously accept the business card and throw it in the trash afterwards.”

Tao Mu was stunned. Then he heard Shen Chen continue: “By the way, do you know Zhuo Yan?”

Tao Mu said calmly, “Miss Shen’s fiance.”

Shen Chen carefully paid attention to Tao Mu’s expression: “I’m curious about something. This Zhuo Yan seems to have long known who Shen Yu’s biological mother is. However, when Yan Yan was searching for her, Zhuo Yan did not provide any clues. But after Yan Yan found her, he took the initiative to communicate with Shen Yu’s biological mother. After that, you should have also seen what Shen Yu’s biological mother said in the live broadcast room, right?”

At that time, no one knew what Zhuo Yan said to Shen Yu’s biological mother. But after the conversation, Shen Yu’s biological mother deliberately concealed the past regarding the rental house in Beijing, and only for it to be revealed so coincidentally that it became known to the entire Internet.

However, what made Shen Chen more concerned was that Zhuo Yan was only an ordinary investment manager before he joined the Shen Group. Although there were some talents to him that were slightly budding, he was definitely not excellent enough to make people feel threatened.

But in private, this Zhuo Yan, like Tao Mu, made a lot of money from shorting in the international financial market. Although the timing of his entry was a bit late, and his assets so far were only about a few millions of US dollars. But a person who was obviously so talented actually entered the Shen Group in such a roundabout way. And the first clue that exposed him was actually related to Tao Mu.

Such a move made it impossible for Shen Chen to not care.

“I sent someone to investigate this Zhuo Yan secretly.” Shen Chen said this, and suddenly smiled with intrigue: “A dozen years ago, when I just joined the Shen Group, the first project I took over was to acquire a department store. At that time I was young and impatient, and it was the first time that I have been given a heavy responsibility by the group. Mr. Tao should be able to imagine that in order to successfully complete the task, my methods were a bit aggressive.”

The end result was, of course, the successful completion of the acquisition. But there were also fatalities——the owner of the department store committed suicide by jumping off the building shortly after the acquisition.

In fact, Shen Chen didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he did back then. Business competition was like this. The Shen Group was not a charity. Since they had the guts to compete with the department stores under the Shen Group, they should have had an awareness of failure and damage.

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But what surprised Shen Chen was that more than ten years later, the son of the owner who jumped off the building showed up and began dating Shen Yan while hiding his past, and then tried every means to enter the Shen group. And even became connected to Tao Mu.

Tao Mu met Shen Chen’s meaningful look, and asked, “What does Mr. Shen want to say?”

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When Tao Mu saw the hot search, it was already an hour and a half later. It was Meng Qi who called and told Tao Mu about it.

Due to the ban on Shen Yu, the staff of FlyNews Entertainment very cleverly used an ambiguous style of writing. In the report, Shen Yu’s name was avoided, and they only used “Mrs. Shen slapped the adopted son, angrily scolded the adopted son for having bad intentions” in the title, and then in the report, they fully described how a certain adopted son secretly stole Tao Mu’s hair for DNA identification, proving that Tao Mu was not the blood of the Shen family.

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Because the report focused on describing the attitude of Mrs. Shen and the members of the Shen family, and only a passing mention of a certain banned person. So it did not violate the ban from SARFT. And when netizens left comments, all related entries about Shen Yu were also blocked. Therefore, although the mainland side was aware of the facts, there was no way to directly participate in the discussion on FlyNews.com. In contrast, the reports and discussions in Hong Kong media were more free in their words.

Having originally thought that he could stop the Shen family from being deceived by Tao Mu when he got the solid evidence, Shen Yu, who was slapped twice in the face by Mrs. Shen in the airport lobby in front of so many media reporters and fans, felt extremely aggrieved.

He had lived in the Shen family for nineteen years, and since he was a child, he had been held and pampered in the palm of the hand. How could he have suffered such grievances?

It’s all Tao Mu! It’s all Tao Mu’s fault! Don’t know what spell this person put on the Shen family. He had already obtained Tao Mu’s DNA test report. Yet why was mom still reluctant to believe him?

On the other side, the same question was also on Tao Mu’s mind.

“I’m very curious. There is no evidence or facts, not even any witnesses. But why are Chairman Shen and Mrs. Shen so sure that I am the second son of the Shen family who has been missing for 19 years?”

In the hotel room, looking at the Shen family who came knocking at the door, Tao Mu smiled with interest.

“There’s no mistake, you are my son. You look so similar to our Shen family men, and you were abandoned in that rental house by that woman. This all matches up.” Mrs. Shen looked at Tao Mu excitedly. She even stepped forward and wanted to hug Tao Mu but Tao Mu took a step back to avoid it.

“It’s too coincidental, and we can’t help but to believe it.” Chairman Shen looked at Tao Mu’s and Shen’s family’s similar features, and suddenly felt emotional, feeling that blood was really a wonderful thing.

“If Mr. Tao doesn’t believe it, we can do a paternity test first——”

“That’s not necessary.” Tao Mu chuckled and interrupted Chairman Shen directly: “I have a family and am very satisfied with my current life. I don’t want any unnecessary people to disturb my current life. But most importantly…..”

When Tao Mu spoke to here, he paused for a while, his dark and clear eyes sweeping across the four Shen family members, and said bluntly, “I dislike your Shen family very much.”

“No, that’s not the case.” Mrs. Shen interrupted Tao Mu’s words, looking like she could barely stand from the shock: “Xiao Mu, how can you say that? Do you know how sad your mom is when you say that? This child, how can you be so cold?”

Standing on the side, Shen Yan quickly supported Mrs. Shen and glared at Tao Mu: “How can you treat your biological mother like this. Sure enough, those who come out of the orphanage are uneducated!”

“Miss Shen seems to like to talk about upbringing?” Tao Mu looked at Shen Yan and Mrs. Shen, this mother and daughter pair, and said meaningfully: “I heard people say that people like to show off what they don’t have. It seems that these words do indeed make a bit of sense.”

“When Miss Shen said these words, you must have forgotten how you cursed at me so crudely and uneducatedly before.” Tao Mu was not a goldfish. Back then, Shen Yan and Mrs. Shen ran over more than once in order to support Shen Yu. Coming to FlyNews.com headquarters to make a scene, and even hired a water army to slander Tao Mu on the Internet, reversing black and white and scolding Tao Mu. This mother and daughter of the Shen family could forget, but Tao Mu didn’t want to.

Mrs. Shen also thought of how she hurt Tao Mu for Shen Yu, and her face flushed. She quickly explained: “That’s because I didn’t know you were my son back then——”

“No.” Tao Mu frowned fiercely, looking at the Shen family in a particularly troubled way: “There is no evidence, Mrs. Shen must not say that. I know that your Shen family has been in upheaval recently because of the matter of finding your son. But it’s your Shen family’s business after all, and I hope you don’t involve me. This will make me feel very troubled.”

He was not Shen Yu, and he didn’t have the habit of recognizing parents everywhere. It was enough for him to have two fathers and one grandfather. Relatives were not the more the better but quality over quantity. Moreover, even if he put aside his previous life, just in this life, he had a deep feud with the Shen family. The Shen family could happily forget the unhappiness of the past and come to recognize relatives, but Tao Mu did not have this habit.

He just wanted to stay away from the Shen family.

“I saw media reports that Shen Yu stole my hair for DNA identification, which proved that I am not a Shen family member.” Tao Mu simply dragged Shen Yu out as a shield: “Although I do not agree with this kind of behavior, and FlyNews will definitely send a lawyer’s letter to Shen Yu later. But I have to remind you that even if Shen Yu’s behavior violates the law, this DNA result is still of reference value. It seems that I really have no blood relationship with the Shen family.”

When Tao Mu spoke to here, he paused again. Glancing at everyone in the Shen family one by one, he remarked with emotion: “Of course, this ending is a good thing for all of us.”

“I don’t believe the DNA report given by that b*tch.” Mrs. Shen interrupted Tao Mu again and said angrily, “That b*tch is full of lies, just like his mother. They covet the wealth of the Shen family, so what crime can’t they commit? Even if he stole your hair and did a DNA test, the test result may not be true. So we have to do a new paternity test. I want to see the test results with my own eyes.”

“That’s your family’s business. It has nothing to do with me.” Tao Mu said with a lack of interest: “I have already said that my life is very satisfying now, and my family is also very good. I am not interested in finding my biological parents. It’s been this way for the past nineteen years. I’ve adapted to my current life. I’m not interested in finding another pair of parents to make trouble for me.”

To put it in a very realistic and vindictive way, when he needed the care and protection of his blood family the most, the Shen family rejected and pushed him thousands of miles away. Now that he had both fame and fortune, it was his turn to be too lazy to pay attention to the Shen family.

“But——”

“Mom, forget it. Since this person doesn’t know what’s good or bad for him, why should we eagerly rush to ingratiate him so that he would return to the Shen family.” Shen Yan interrupted Mrs. Shen impatiently. Already embarrassed angry from hearing Tao Mu mocking her for being uneducated and having no familial sincerity, Shen Yan interrupted Mrs. Shen’s words impatiently. At this moment, seeing Mrs. Shen begging Tao Mu, she felt even more displeased. She blurted out: “Isn’t it just creating a little shabby website? What’s so amazing about this accomplishment. Looking at your arrogant appearance, do you really think that our Shen family have to recognize you no matter what?”

Assistant Jiang, who had been standing behind Li Xiaoheng, suddenly snickered: “Don’t be so fast with your words. There is no basis and no evidence, just based on a vague media report, yet why did you suddenly come to Hong Kong to recognize your son? Everyone is an adult here, who can’t see what you guys think in your heart. You have already performed the action, so don’t be so reluctant to admit it.”

Jiang Zhe really couldn’t get used to the Shen family, especially Shen Yan’s expression of “being a sl*t yet pretending to be a virgin”. They were clearly very covetous of Mr. Tao’s worth and business, and even made plans to take advantage of it on the plane. Now, when they saw CEO Tao they boldly claim that the Shen family had no malicious intentions. Did they really think that all of them were goldfish, and couldn’t remember the content of their conversation two hours ago?

Jiang Zhe was really curious. How was the Shen family able to lead the Shen Group into an industrial group with a market value of hundreds of billions with this kind of attitude and way of doing things? According to Jiang Zhe’s inference, since the Shen family was so braindead, and even Shen Shiyuan, the chairman of the board, had such a bizarre logic, the Shen Group should have collapsed long ago.

It could only be said that the colleagues in Shanghai City were too soft-hearted, or Shen Chen, the CEO, was too capable.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhe couldn’t help but look at Shen Chen who had been looking at Tao Mu thoughtfully the whole time since he had entered the room, but never said a word.

Who knows what kind of scheme or plot this guy was cooking up!

In fact, Shen Chen wasn’t scheming or plotting anything at the moment. Unlike Shen Shiyuan and his wife, who couldn’t wait to recognize their son, Shen Chen actually had no enthusiasm for this matter. Because Shen Chen clearly knew that, whether Tao Mu was the second son of the Shen family or not, with Tao Mu’s scheming and sophisticated means, the Shen family would not be able to use this blood relationship to get any advantage from Tao Mu. Just like Shen Chen would never voluntarily give up the control of the Shen Group and his status as the number one heir to the Shen family just because the second young master Shen was his own younger brother.

Shen Chen believed that Tao Mu must have a very mature personality to establish such a career at this age. At least the behind-the-scenes player who could scheme against the Yao family and the Sheng’an Group to the point where their assets have shrunk dozens of times without any hesitation was definitely not a child who let his family’s interests control his own interests.

As Tao Mu himself said, he was past the age where he needed guardians and parents to protect him. He had worked hard all these years just by himself. Even if his parents came knocking at his door one day, Tao Mu’s first thought was definitely not happiness at having found a few more relatives, but to think about whether these relatives would use this relationship to rob Tao Mu’s own interests.

Just like him, Shen Chen, when he heard the news that the second son of the Shen family was still alive, his first thought was definitely not happiness that his younger brother was still alive. But ponder whether after the younger brother came back, would he pose a threat to his status. After this thought, only then was he in the mood to think about what the return of the second young master of the Shen family would mean to the Shen family.

Just based on a vague media report and the identification of a blurry-eyed Beijing landlady, it was concluded that Tao Mu was the second son of the Shen family who had been missing for 19 years. From the very beginning, Shen Chen didn’t really believe in such an extreme coincidence. It’s just that he felt that he didn’t need to dampen Mrs. Shen’s interest at such a time. Whether Tao Mu was the second son of the Shen family who had been missing for 19 years, this conclusion only needed a DNA test to come to the conclusion. Shen Chen was different from Shen Shiyuan and his wife. His position determined that he couldn’t act nonsensically at will, lest outsiders misunderstand that he was afraid that his rights would be damaged and would try his best to prevent his parents from recognizing their other son. What’s more, this kind of thing could not be stopped by words. Therefore, there was absolutely no need for Shen Chen to stand forward and be a villain.

However, after today, to be precise, after seeing Tao Mu, Shen Chen was not so confident in his own inferences.

Maybe Tao Mu was really the second son of the Shen family who had been missing for nineteen years. And Tao Mu himself seemed to know about this as well.

So the question was, how did Tao Mu know about things that even the Shen family couldn’t be sure of? Why didn’t he want to go back to the Shen family?

Shen Chen felt that Tao Mu’s attitude was very problematic. At the same time, Tao Mu being extremely repulsed by the Shen family, and wanting to keep a distance from the Shen family to the point that it was best not to recognize each other for the rest of their lives. This kind of aloof and cold attitude was picked up by Shen Chen.

Shen Chen didn’t know why Tao Mu acted so strangely, but compared to those ambitious “Second Young Masters” who wanted to use a blood relationship to win over the Shen Group, at least Tao Mu’s attitude made Shen Chen feel more at ease.

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Although Shen Chen was confident that with his scheming and smarts, he would not lose no matter who he competed with for the inheritance. But compared to the headache of internal fighting, CEO Shen obviously preferred to expand outward.

Therefore, Shen Chen felt it was necessary to chat with Mr. Tao, who was most likely his true younger brother.

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It was a special coincidence that everyone from the Shen family arrived at Hong Kong on the same flight as Li Xiaoheng.

Considering the rumored relationship between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu, Chairman Shen originally wanted to take advantage of the trip to have a chat with Li Xiaoheng. Talk about Tao Mu’s daily hobbies and habits. And Mrs. Shen wanted to inquire about Tao Mu’s past experience from Li Xiaoheng.

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It had to be said that even though Mrs. Shen had many fantasies about her second son who had been missing all these years, she never thought that Tao Mu, who was hailed as a “business genius” by the media, would actually be her son. But thinking about Tao Mu’s similar appearance to Shen Chen, Mrs. Shen felt very proud.

“As expected of the children of our Shen family, with the blood of the Shen family, they are can’t not be excellent. At such a young age, he was able to create FlyNews.com from scratch. This must be inherited from his father.”

Hearing these words, Chairman Shen also smiled very proudly. He even pondered on how after the father and son recognized each other, the Shen Group could use the influence of FlyNews.com to reach a higher level. In the recent period, there have been rumors in the investment field that FlyNews.com intended to conduct Series A financing. Because of Tao Mu’s quarrel with Shen Yu, and Tao Mu’s inexplicable rejection of the Shen family, Chairman Shen had no illusions about getting a share in this matter. But if Tao Mu was really his second son who had been missing for nineteen years, then this matter could allow for some more planning.

If it succeeded, wouldn’t it be “the missing youngest son founded his business from scratch, and the father and son recognized each other, resulting in Shen Group’s financing of FlyNews.com”. At that time the powerful alliance would make waves hand in hand, making a good business circle story indeed!

Thinking of this, Chairman Shen couldn’t help thinking that Tao Mu was also a senior partner of Xiaoheng Capital. In the past, he wanted to befriend Tao Mu through Shen Yu, so that he could befriend the eldest son of the Li family. In the end, don’t know what possessed Shen Yu, but he always had acrimonious relations with Tao Mu. As a result, the Shen family not only failed to make friends with Li Xiaoheng, but was targeted by Xiaoheng Capital several times and lost a lot in the stock market.

Now it seemed that fate couldn’t be avoided, after several twists and turns, everyone turned out to be family.

“It is rumored outside that CEO Li and Tao Mu have a very close personal relationship, even to the point of meeting each other’s parents. But we didn’t know the relationship between Tao Mu and the Shen family before, so please forgive me for the rudeness. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely bring the whole family over for a visit.” Although Tao Mu’s identity had not been officially confirmed, Chairman Shen had already assumed the attitude of an elder, talking to Li Xiaoheng with a smile.

“I heard that Xiaoheng Capital intends to invest in FlyNews.com and help FlyNews.com complete the A round of financing. We appreciate your kindness. I am ashamed to say that I, as the father, have not been able to fulfill a father’s responsibilities before. The dignified second son of the Shen family lived in an orphanage and suffered so much at a young age. Fortunately, although Xiao Mu did not grow up in the Shen family, he still has the blood of the Shen family flowing through him. With such a high talent in business, able to start his own business from scratch and establishing FlyNews.com. Now the development of FlyNews.com has reached the most crucial step. As a father, I can’t help in other places, but I can still support his business with funds. Think of it as my compensation for the child.”

Who knew the father more than his son. Even Shen Chen, who had always been deeply scheming and calmly sophisticated, frowned unconsciously after hearing Shen Shiyuan’s words.

Shen Shiyuan was already eagerly making plans about FlyNews.com even before the matter of recognition was finalized. In the eyes of outsiders, this attitude was too anxious and too ugly.

What’s more, Tao Mu was not Shen Yu, who easily allowed himself to be controlled. Not to mention that Tao Mu was able to set up FlyNews.com at a young age and invested in Xiaoheng Capital with financial skills, grasping public opinion with one hand and capital with one hand, and was able to do well in the financial circle, IT circle and entertainment circle. Just from Tao Mu’s revenge on the Yao family, anyone with a brain could see that this was definitely not a good natured fellow.

Shen Shiyuan wanted to take advantage of FlyNews.com by virtue of his blood relationship, but he was afraid it wouldn’t be that easy.

Sure enough, even before seeing Tao Mu himself, after what Chairman Shen said was heard by CEO Li, who was rumored to “eat people without spitting up bones”, Li Xiaoheng made a statement first.

Li Xiaoheng coldly looked at Chairman Shen, who believed in his self-righteous calculations but really only appeared shameless and ridiculous in the eyes of outsiders, and felt a little amused.

“With all due respect,” Li Xiaoheng pondered for a moment before he said tactfully: “So far, there is no evidence to prove that Tao Mu is the second son of the Shen family who disappeared as an infant. Chairman Shen may be saying these words too early. I’m also afraid that Chairman Shen must have forgotten, when it comes to capital strength and financing methods, Xiaoheng Capital far exceeds the Shen Group in terms of market value and the technical capabilities of its professional team. Instead of thinking about how to invest in FlyNews.com, Chairman Shen should think about how once the outside rumors come true and Chairman Shen continues to press aggressively forward step by step, our family’s CEO Tao will become impatient, and the next project of Xiaoheng Capital would be the acquisition of the Shen Group.”

Chairman Shen’s face sank. Mrs. Shen couldn’t help but say, “This child, how do you talk to your elders? You and Xiao Mu are good friends, so we are also your elders. Could it be that the Li family’s education tells the younger generation to talk to the elders like this?”

Li Xiaoheng looked over at Mrs. Shen, who couldn’t wait to pose as an elder, and couldn’t help laughing involuntarily.

Assistant Jiang, who was sitting beside Li Xiaoheng, rolled his eyes secretly, and politely helped their boss Li explain: “We can understand the feeling of Chairman Shen and your wife on losing your beloved son. But neither can you two rely on an unfounded rumor on the Internet to recognize sons everywhere because of your eagerness to find your son. It is true that our CEO Tao was an orphan in the past. But this does not mean that those rumors and speculations on the Internet are indeed true.”

“What’s more, even if those rumors are true, our CEO Tao now has an adoptive family. At the legal level, Mr. Liu and Mr. Meng are our CEO Tao’s parents. As for other idle people, they have no relation to our CEO Tao.”

“Don’t speak so nastily.” Shen Yan, who had been thinking about how to disgust Tao Mu and Shen Yu, sneered and said, “You are not Tao Mu, how do you know that Tao Mu doesn’t want to find his biological parents? What’s more, the Shen family is not just any random stray cat or a dog. Poor relatives who upon seeing their son’s success, just want to come and take advantage. The market value of the Shen Group is hundreds of billions, and what is the market value of FlyNews.com? Just a shabby website that has yet to even undergo Series A financing. Yet you people take it so seriously.”

“I know that CEO Li values ​​that kid Tao Mu. But there’s no need to stick gold on his face like that. Isn’t he just an orphan who had no background and no backing and had to work hard on his own, thinking he is so great to have founded a little business from scratch? You really think our Shen family is that desperate to grab at his little shabby website? CEO Li thinks that our Shen family is scheming, but we think that the fact that the Shen family is even willing to recognize this son, he should be burning high incense?”

“Miss Shen’s self-confidence is really enviable.” Li Xiaoheng hooked up a corner of his mouth and looked at the Shen family father and his son: “If the rest of the Shen family can also have this self-consciousness, I believe that no matter what the future will be like, we can at least avoid a lot of trouble.”

Li Xiaoheng’s attitude was already obvious. Regardless of whether Tao Mu was the second son of the Shen family or not, the Shen family should not rely on this blood relationship to make designs on FlyNews.com. Otherwise, Xiaoheng Capital would be happy to take over FlyNews.com’s acquisition of the Shen Group.

Xiaoheng Capital had become famous on Wall Street in recent years, and because of the financial crisis, it had made a lot of money in the international financial market. Since last year, after returning to China for development, its several projects in cooperation with the government also made huge profits. Such momentum had already become a dragon crossing the river in the domestic financial investment field. Not to mention that Xiaoheng Capital was also backed by the strong network connections of the Li family. If Li Xiaoheng really made up his mind to help Tao Mu acquire the Shen Group, the Shen Group might be really in for a hard time.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

Li Xiaoheng leaned back on the seat in a relaxed manner, and began to close his eyes to rest.

Nearly four hours later, the plane arrived at Hong Kong Airport on time.

Tao Mu, who had received the news long ago, brought his assistant to pick him up. Tao Mu, who had long been the subject of media attention, did not want to attract attention because it happened to be the hot screening schedule of “Black and White” recently, and the Golden Crow Awards announcing its shortlist, so he simply parked the car in the parking lot and sat waiting directly in the car.

Li Xiaoheng entered the parking lot directly from the VIP passage. After getting into the car, he hugged Tao Mu and gave him a warm kiss. Then he asked for credit, “I met the Shen family on the plane. I helped you vent your anger.”

As Li Xiaoheng spoke, he relayed to Tao Mu the conversation between him and the Shen family on the plane. At the end, he vowed: “Whether they are your biological parents or not, don’t worry, Xiao Mu, I will definitely protect you and never let them bully you.”

Tao Mu smiled. He really didn’t worry about anyone bullying him. After all, with his vicious cannon fodder character, no matter in his previous life or this life, he was the only one who bullied others. Even if someone bullied him on the basis of their family background, Tao Mu would still be able to get his money back in the end.

But this feeling of being guarded and protected by someone was still very good. Tao Mu patted Li Xiaoheng’s head with a smile, and even reached up and gave him a smooch of love to encourage him.

Li Xiaoheng directly pulled the other into his arms, kissed Tao Mu’s forehead, eyebrows, nose, lips, and then relayed to Tao Mu what Liu Yao, Meng Qi and old man Song had told him.

“…..Uncle Liu and Meng and Grandpa asked me to tell you before coming here, no matter what the truth is, no matter what choice you make, they will support you unconditionally. They will always be your family and your backing.”

There was a warm current in his heart, Tao Mu smiled knowingly, and said, “My family is only Yao Dad, Qi Dad, and Grandpa Song.”

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Mr. Li, who had always been a gentleman without any flaws in front of others, had on a pitiful expression on his face, Tao Mu smiled again: “And of course, our family’s CEO Li.”

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly, kissed Tao Mu again, and then said: “I see the Shen family is serious this time. They will definitely try to force you to do DNA testing. Have you thought about how to deal with this? “

“Just go with the flow.” Tao Mu said indifferently, “I’m an adult, past the age where I need a guardian. And I have legal adopters. Even if the Shen family forces me, as long as I don’t want to, they can’t force a DNA identification on me.”

“I’ve already done a DNA test, and Tao Mu is not a child of the Shen family at all. Dad, mom, eldest brother, sister, you have to believe me——”

A crisp sound of a slap interrupted Shen Yu’s words. Shen Yu covered his cheek in astonishment, and in his other hand he was holding the DNA identification report that Lin Rong’an gave him.

“I don’t believe it. You vicious man. You are as shameless and low level as your mother. What are you planning on again to destroy Xiao Mu’s relationship with our Shen family?”

Mrs. Shen said, raised her hand and gave Shen Yu another slap: “Get out! Get out of my sight. You little b*tch who occupied the magpie’s nest. Don’t call me mother again, I feel disgusted when I hear it. Your mother is a b*tch who gave birth for old men for money. You are just like your b*tch mother, you can do anything for money. I will never believe nonsense from you and your mother again.”

In the airport hall, the paparazzi reporters from Hong Kong who heard the news frantically pressed the shutter to take pictures and recorded the scene as it was. And sent back to the magazine as soon as possible. Some media even choose to log in to their official accounts on FlyNews.com right then and there.

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In less than half an hour, the news that the Shen family arrived at Hong Kong and their adopted son, Shen Yu, met them at the airport and produced a DNA identification report, claiming that Tao Mu was not part of the Shen family, only to be slapped by Mrs. Shen right there in the middle of Hong Kong Airport. This scoop immediately hit the headlines of major media.

An hour later, with the concerted efforts of netizens across the country to click and share the article, the news topped FlyNews.com’s hot search list.

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