She casually touched her phone to take a look, discovering a Weibo post notification. She swiped and clicked on it.
Naturally.
As a Weibo user, she was not here to engage in online arguments.
As the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, she needed to discover fashion and keep up with trends at all times, making things like Weibo essential.
"#The life of the rich is truly beyond my understanding#"
"Today at the Magic City Zoo, I saw a man bringing his daughter to adopt giant pandas. I casually asked about the price, and the result made my jaw drop. 100,000 to adopt for a year, 1 million for lifetime adoption, and if you want to name them yourself, the naming fee is another 50,000..."
"Damn! For real?!"
"It's true, I searched it up, and the price is indeed correct!"
"The topic title really didn't get it wrong. With so much money, what could you not do, yet you spend it to adopt one and leave it at the zoo... I don't get it!"
"And the naming fee is another fifty grand... It only cost two yuan for my dad to name me!"
"Huh? Doesn't naming a person cost money?"
"My dad went to the blind fortune-teller at the entrance of the village to cast a hexagram."
"..."
"This news is not comprehensive. I'm a zoo staff member. The complete facts are even harder for you to understand."
"The complete facts? What are they?"
"Spit it out, brother, stop beating around the bush!"
"The complete facts are that the little girl didn't know which lesser panda to choose for adoption, so her dad directly processed another adoption application on the spot, adopting both of them. He named them Tangyuan and Candy. Oh right, I forgot to mention, both of them are lifetime adoptions!"
"Holy crap! I truly understand even less now!"
"1 million lifetime adoption fee + 50,000 naming fee x 2 = 3 million..."
"I want to be his daughter too. Do you still need a 240-month-old daughter? The kind who can call you dad at any time, you know!"
"The person above is a male-pleaser? Truly the disgrace of modern women!"
"Does this big shot lack a son..."
Browsing the comments, Xu Nan was amused.
"What are you laughing at?"
At that moment, Shen Qingyan returned. Seeing Xu Nan's amused expression, she asked with some confusion.
"Look at this."
Xu Nan handed her phone to Shen Qingyan.
"Spending 3 million to adopt pandas for a daughter, she's truly spoiled to the heavens!"
"Sigh, this is the gap between people."
"Some people can't even see the starting line in their entire lives, yet some people are born at the finish line."
"If I had a dad like that, where would I need to be like now, running around and worrying all day for tiny little matters..."
Xu Nan said with emotion.
Looking at the content on the phone, Shen Qingyan also wore a trace of a smile, while a hint of nostalgia welled up in the depths of her eyes.
If Shen Fei were still alive... she figured she would still be well-protected right now, wouldn't she...
However.
As she watched.
The smile on Shen Qingyan's face gradually froze.
Magic City, Zoo...
Adopted two giant pandas?
Candy? Tangyuan?
In her mind, she recalled what Tang Yao had said on the way back: "Mom, Dad took me to the zoo today and even adopted two giant pandas. This one is called Candy, and that one is called Tangyuan..."
Which meant...
The good father in this topic, the one envied by countless people and not least by Xu Nan...
Was Tang Chen?!
Shen Qingyan froze in place.
A pair of beautiful eyes widened further and further...
"Hey!"
"How did you zone out?"
"Qingyan?"
"Shen Qingyan?"
"Yaoyao's mom!"
Xu Nan waved her hand back and forth in front of Shen Qingyan, causing her to snap back to her senses abruptly.
"It's nothing, just remembered something."
She shook her head and said.
Yet her complicated mood lingered for a long time, unable to calm down.
During these past five years, she had tried every means to investigate Tang Chen.
However, what she could find out, aside from the fact that both of Tang Chen's parents had passed away, was only that the business run by Tang Chen's father before his death had gone bankrupt.
Yet this very point.
Was also the reason why her mood was so complicated.
Having served as the CEO of the near-bankrupt Shen Group for five years, she understood far too well what bankruptcy represented.
Losing everything was merely the lightest consequence.
The heavy part was having to carry a mountain of debt on one's back, making it hard to pay it off for the rest of one's life.
Moreover.
Tang Chen's father had already passed away, and Tang Chen lacked the resume and networking experience of a first-time entrepreneur.
Even if he really made a comeback, to what extent could he redevelop in five years?
Yet Tang Chen.
Was actually willing to spend 3 million for Tang Yao to adopt giant pandas...
With the mess taken off her hands, Shen Qingyan was happy to take it easy.
As it happened, Tang Yao had a three-day break, and Shen Qingyan decided to take her out to have fun for a few days.
Hearing that she could go out to play for several days, Tang Yao immediately scampered over and took out the ski board she had bought but never used once since.
Looking at the little girl hugging a ski board larger than herself, how could Shen Qingyan not know what she wanted to do? She helplessly patted the little girl's head, but she did not refuse.
After all, going skiing was something she had promised Tang Yao long ago...
Seeing Shen Qingyan agree, Tang Yao jumped up with joy.
Following that, she wore a hopeful expression, preparing to ask Shen Qingyan if Tang Chen could also come along.
Yet before she could speak, Shen Qingyan preemptively stuffed the phone into her hands and said, "We might be out for a few days this time. Call your dad and ask if he has time, while Mom goes to pack our things."
Shen Qingyan knew Tang Yao definitely wanted Tang Chen to go with them.
And subconsciously, she thought so too...
"Okay Mom, I'm calling Dad right now!"
Tang Yao took the phone, her face full of pleasant surprise.
Going to play with Dad and Mom at the same time was the happiest thing she could think of in her small life at this stage, without exception!
"Hello!"
"Good morning, Dad!"
"Mom and I are going skiing! Dad, do you have time?"
"Okay!"
"Then see you later, Dad!"
Hanging up the phone, Tang Yao excitedly ran in a flash to Shen Qingyan's room: "Mom, Dad has time. He said he's coming right over, so we don't need to drive!"
"Mhm." Shen Qingyan nodded, and imperceptibly, a few traces of a smile also appeared on her cold yet delicate face.
Before you continue