Zheng Mengni smiled at the words, finding it quite a coincidence.
"It's alright," she said softly, "I happen to have a secret that I need you to keep."
Ye Bing nodded, listening intently. "Go on."
Zheng Mengni continued, "Just now, when I gave a gift to the Male Anchor, you must not let anyone know about it."
"Understood," Ye Bing replied obediently, a faint smile on his lips as he thought to himself how true that was.
The excuse of recharging for game skins was merely a facade; he guessed that Zheng Mengni would want him to keep quiet. So, he decided to give her a handle over him first, turning her one-sided coercion into a mutual transaction. At least this way, he could delude himself into thinking that Zheng Mengni wasn't intentionally trying to threaten him.
Collaboration was better than coercion; he needed to place himself on equal footing with Zheng Mengni. After all, he was currently in a vulnerable state, deeply affected by his circumstances.
How self-deprecating it felt.
Ye Bing's gaze deepened, and the more he smiled, the happier he became.
The live stream was recorded by netizens and spread across the internet overnight. Some had already uncovered that this mysterious wealthy woman was none other than the long-lost second daughter of the Zheng Family, recently returned—Zheng Mengni.
It was an attention-grabbing revelation.
With Feng Youxian's scandals in the mix, there were those who stirred the pot to keep the heat from dissipating. Choosing this particular star could cause the buzz to skyrocket overnight.
Zheng Mengni boldly sent Feng Youxian straight to the headlines. It was Xia Shu who discovered it before the Zheng Family did.
She held her phone, replaying the live stream over and over again. The screen was filled with money—an uninterrupted flow for an entire hour.
Ye Bing had clearly promised her that he would help her escape from her current hardships.
But he only cared about his own pleasure, completely indifferent to her well-being. This situation couldn't go on any longer, but she absolutely couldn't let Ye Bing have it easy.
Xia Shu made up her mind and dug out Zheng Mengni's contact information. She wanted to personally expose Ye Bing's true colors and show Zheng Mengni how he had schemed to drive her out of the Zheng Family.
Meanwhile, at the Zheng Family residence, Zheng Zeqi was off work today and was in the kitchen, wearing an apron and personally making soup for his two younger sisters to nourish their bodies.
In the living room, Zheng Yicheng's brows were furrowed tighter as he watched Wen Xin, feeling particularly irritable. He handed his phone to Sun Yao, urging her to take a good look at Ye Bing doing good deeds.
Sun Yao thought it was something serious and casually replied, "Isn't it normal for girls to have celebrity crushes? Why are you making such a fuss about it?"
Zheng Yicheng's expression turned cold. "Do you know who this celebrity is that she's chasing?"
Sun Yao glanced at the phone again, her tone light. "Of course, it's just Feng Yu's son."
Zheng Yicheng gritted his teeth and corrected her, "It's his illegitimate son."
Sun Yao shrugged. "So what? It's just a crush; she hasn't said she likes him. You're overthinking it."
"It's not that I'm overthinking it; it's what everyone outside is saying! As long as Feng Youxian is in the city, he will always be known first as Feng Yu's son and then as a celebrity."
Sun Yao understood Zheng Yicheng's implication. She tossed her phone aside and glared at her husband. "So what if she likes this boy? Has he received any warmth from us after being lost for so many years? During this time he's been back home, you've been busy with work—have you given him any special attention? Since you haven't done anything, why should he let you control him just because he returned?"
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