Only after Uncle Chen finished speaking did he realize how inappropriate it was to speak at that moment. Fortunately, the young madam had been attentive, and he began feeling ashamed of himself again...
Only after feeding Huo Cixiao his nutritious meal did Luo Beishi say calmly, "Understood. Thank you for letting me know, Uncle Chen. Please also tell the bodyguards they did a wonderful job. They should keep doing the same."
Some wealthy families, eager to watch the drama unfold, had arranged early on for media outlets to stake out the gates of Huo Cixiao's villa. They hadn't expected to actually capture such an explosive video.
After returning, they immediately uploaded it online, even adding a headline: Why did the Huo Corporation's eldest young madam turn his adoptive father away? Bodyguards say: Unauthorized persons and dogs are not allowed inside...
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The affairs of the Huo Family and the Luo Family blew up online again, bringing even more suspicion upon the Luo Family. Some people, however, sided with Luo Ming, accusing Luo Beishi of forgetting basic decency after coming into money and saying such outrageously unfilial things to his own adoptive father.
Luo Ming saw the news after returning home and was so furious his lungs nearly burst. His reputation in wealthy circles was now utterly ruined!
So he threw caution to the wind. In his fury, he posted through the company's official account: A son I raised for so many years has turned out to be such a disappointment. Luo Beishi, is this how I taught you to behave? You've occupied someone else's nest for so many years. When has the Luo Family ever treated you poorly... Now that you've made something of yourself, can you honestly say you never used the family's money?
The netizens were like badgers in a melon field, scrambling about excitedly. Wealthy families tearing into each other was something ordinary poor folk like them loved to see.
They flocked to leave comments beneath the post.
-Fuck, there really are real and fake young masters these days?
-I heard through the grapevine that Luo Beishi married the Huo Family's vegetative son in your son's place. Why doesn't he mention that?
-Rich-family drama, haha. If he's calling his adoptive father a dog and burning bridges like this, doesn't that show the Luo Family isn't any good either?
-Words alone prove nothing. Show us the evidence!
-We've been proven wrong too many times. Don't think we'll believe you just because you act like a victim! Show us the evidence!
The Luo Corporation's PR team hadn't expected that netizens these days wouldn't fall for this at all, instead all demanding that the Luo Family produce evidence.
Afterward, Luo Ming really did go check Luo Beishi's bank card... But when he saw its contents, he felt as though he'd been struck by lightning.
After finishing his work, Luo Beishi also saw what had been posted online.
"Tongtong, can you change data?" Luo Beishi's mischievous streak surfaced again.
"Yes, Host. What would you like changed?"
Luo Beishi said, "Just the bank card I used back at the Luo Family. It originally received 500 a month. Change that to 150 for me."
Since the allowance was already so small, Luo Ming probably wouldn't mind it being even smaller.
He didn't know why Luo Ming and his wife had started treating him badly when he was little, either.
"Done, Host. It's all changed. Would you like me to send screenshots to your phone?" The system worked quickly. With nothing else to do, it was eager to stir up trouble alongside its host!
Luo Beishi said, "Mm."
Luo Beishi then took screenshots of the records showing the Luo Family transferring away the hundred thousand yuan he'd earned from part-time work and posted them together.
He added: Mr. Luo Ming, are you referring to my building a fortune on 150 yuan a month? You also transferred away the hundred thousand yuan I earned tutoring part-time in middle school and used it to buy your biological son a high-end study chair worth a hundred thousand yuan.
Fine, I ate your family's food. A hundred thousand yuan should cover it. That should buy twenty years of eggs, greens, and rice, right?
As soon as Luo Beishi's long post went up,
the netizens erupted in outrage and rushed back to the Luo Corporation's official account to curse them out.
-150 yuan. How does a wealthy family manage to be this stingy?
-Taking the money he worked so hard to earn part-time to buy their biological son a chair. Seriously impressive...
-Could this adoptive father from the Luo Family possibly be any more shameless?
-Honestly, sometimes I spend 150 in a day... Giving him 150 a month? What about cab fare and food?
-Disgusting. I'm never buying the Luo Corporation's products again.
-Occupying someone else's nest? For 150 yuan, see who'd want to occupy it. I'm dying laughing.
The uproar online sent the Luo Corporation's stock price plummeting off a cliff. In just an hour, the regulatory bureau labeled the Luo Corporation an enterprise with an extremely low credibility rating.
Their business partners saw the news online and found the Luo Corporation utterly disgusting. No wonder the adopted son had such a terrible attitude. Wasn't it all that bastard Luo Ming's own doing?
Those who had bought the Luo Corporation's shares and lost everything were even angrier, launching another round of attacks against the company.
By this point, not only had the Luo Corporation's stores in major shopping malls become deserted, but quite a few people had also gone to return their purchases.
In a single afternoon, the Luo Corporation suffered devastating losses.
Luo Ming passed out from sheer rage.
Everyone in the Qin Family saw it. They sat in the living room, falling silent.
They hadn't known that their biological son and brother had been living like this in the Luo Family...
150 yuan? They gave Luo Bai thirty thousand a month, but why, when Luo Beishi had been so pitiful, had he still refused to return to the Qin Family?
"What should we do, eldest?" Mother Qin's eyes reddened as she held back her tears. The son she'd carried for ten months had been abused like this. She'd thought Luo Beishi had willingly married into the Huo Family, never imagining he'd been forced.
Her eldest son, Qin Feilin, also had a headache. His memories of Luo Beishi seemed to have been torn apart in his mind, blurred yet gradually becoming clear.
But whenever he remembered Luo Beishi shoving Luo Bai, it was as though a voice told him Luo Beishi didn't deserve anyone's sympathy. He'd brought it upon himself.
Qin Feilin said bluntly, "I don't know."
Having spent years navigating the business world, Father Qin believed he had some ability to judge people. From Luo Bai's passive-aggressive remarks on the forum to the Luo Family's inhuman treatment of his biological son...
Perhaps Luo Bai's wickedness was already in the Luo Family's genes. Without knowing the full story, how had they decided back then that Luo Bai was the victim?
It was because Luo Bai kept playing pitiful, pretending to give way and taking the blame, making Luo Beishi appear unreasonable, arrogant, and overbearing.
All they remembered was Luo Beishi's sullen face and his refusal to yield, admit defeat, or acknowledge anything.
Absurd. Truly absurd. Their Qin Family had been played like fools by the Luo Family.
Father Qin was burning with rage, his fists clenched. He said nothing, his face expressionless as always.
Qin Feiyu, the third son, who had been silent for a long time, asked with amusement, "Mom, if you had to choose between Luo Beishi and Luo Bai, who would you pick?"
Mother Qin froze at his words. She had never considered this question... Yet the answer that had almost slipped out of her mouth just now was Luo Bai...
After that, the living room fell into deathly silence again.
It was already eight in the evening when Luo Beishi received Mother Qin's message.
Just about to get into bed, he picked up his phone and looked.
Huo Cixiao didn't know who was messaging his bargain wife and felt somewhat irritated. Why wasn't he reading it aloud?
Was some other guy messaging him? Volunteering to live off him?
"Hubby, my biological mother said she wanted to see me. I turned her down." Luo Beishi's voice was soft and calm.
Perhaps when Mother Qin's slap had landed on his face, that last sliver of hope had vanished completely.