The second melon: what melon? Let me take a couple of bites

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"Host, I'm sorry," 888 said, sounding a little guilty. "The system hasn't triggered a key melon-eating figure, so I can't pick up He Zhen's melon... But! Host, I know your melon!"

At this, 888's voice instantly grew excited.

Ye Mo, however, was full of question marks when she heard this: You said you were a melon-eating system, and now the very first melon you want to eat is mine?

At that moment, Ye Mo didn't know whether to be angry or amused.

Wait, what melon could I possibly have?

Ye Mo abruptly grew wary.

Completely unaware of what its host was thinking, 888 said, "Host, your current parents aren't your biological parents. Twenty-three years ago, your current parents found you in a trash can at a train station..."

Yet Ye Mo's expression barely changed at the system's words. "I know that," she said calmly.

After all, for as long as she could remember, that couple had been terrified she wouldn't know how great a debt of gratitude she owed them. They constantly told her that she had only survived thanks to their kindness, and that she must remember to repay them.

But for the system to suddenly bring this up...

Something stirred in Ye Mo's mind, and a guess formed. "Do you know who my biological parents are?" she asked.

"Exactly!" 888 sounded rather proud as it began telling Ye Mo everything. "Host, your biological father is called Ye Zhipeng. He is the Ye Group's

president.

"Your biological mother is called Ruan Xianyue. She is a pianist..."

"The Ye Corporation?" Ye Mo murmured, finding it a little unbelievable as she heard that familiar name.

888 said, "You

"have three older brothers. Your eldest brother is Ye Lin, your second brother is Ye Sen, and your third brother is Ye Miao... Twenty-three years ago, someone deliberately switched you at birth and abandoned you in a trash can at a train station in Province A, far away from City B..."

Ye Mo was certain now. "...It really is that Ye Corporation."

She was no stranger to the Ye Corporation, one of the world's top hundred major companies. She had heard that the Ye Family was an old family with a legacy spanning several centuries. Even during that storm-tossed

era,

they had remained standing. It could be called a family with truly deep foundations.

I'm actually a child of that Ye Family?

Realizing this, Ye Mo couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

But her daze didn't last long, because the very next second, she heard the system say, "The Ye Family already knows you're their biological daughter. In ten minutes, your biological father's secretary will arrive at your company to take you back to the Ye Family!"

And ten minutes later, Ye Mo saw her manager suddenly rush into the practice room. Looking at her with excitement and surprise all over his face, he said, "Ye Mo, someone from the Ye Corporation is here!"

Hearing this, Ye Mo said, "...Someone from the Ye Corporation really came?!"

At that moment, she was instantly filled with profound respect for the system called 888.

"Since they're here, I'll go down and have a look!" Ye Mo smiled. "Let's see exactly what someone from the Ye Corporation wants with me..."

Yet Shen Yan couldn't help shivering at the sight of her smile-who? Who was about to suffer this time?

Ye Mo met the secretary from the Ye Corporation in the company's reception room.

He was a man in his thirties, wearing a simple, well-fitted suit and a pair of glasses perched on his nose. He looked composed and refined. All in all, he fit Ye Mo's impression of the profession of "secretary" perfectly.

While Ye Mo was sizing him up, Secretary Chen was also discreetly sizing her up. At that moment, there was only one thought in his mind:

They look so alike.

Although he had already seen photographs, a photograph was ultimately one step removed, nothing like the impact of seeing her with his own eyes. In Secretary Chen's opinion, this Miss Ye and Mrs. Ye could practically be called cast from the same mold. If they stood together, no one could fail to recognize the blood relationship between them.

"Secretary Chen, hello, hello! Sorry we're late." Shen Yan treated Secretary Chen with great enthusiasm. "May I ask what brings you to our Momo? Could the Ye Corporation be interested in some kind of collaboration with her?"

Secretary Chen's gaze remained on Ye Mo throughout. At this, he said, "I'm not here on company business. I've come because there are some other matters I'd like to discuss with Miss Ye."

Not company business, but other matters?

Shen Yan was puzzled.

Ye Mo, however, smiled. "Let me guess what you're here for, Secretary Chen... Ye Zhipeng sent you, didn't he?"

"Ye-Ye Zhipeng? President Ye?" Shen Yan asked in confusion. "What does he want with our Momo?"

Having already received spoilers from 888, Ye Mo said calmly, "Probably because he's finally discovered that I'm actually his biological daughter who's been lost all these years..."

"Momo, you really know how to joke..." Shen Yan said, rather amused.

Seeing that neither Ye Mo nor Secretary Chen looked as though they were joking, his smile froze. After several seconds of silence, he asked Ye Mo seriously, "This is a joke, right?"

Chapter 2: The second melon: what melon? Let me take a couple of bites

Shen Yan suddenly remembered a day five years ago.

That day had been the Ye Family's young lady's eighteenth birthday, marking her coming of age. News about it had blanketed the internet, with seemingly the entire web offering congratulations and the fanfare turned up to the maximum. As it happened, that day had also been Ye Mo's birthday.

At the time, Shen Yan had thought it quite a coincidence and joked with Ye Mo, "You and the Ye Family's eldest young lady actually share a birthday. What a coincidence. But the treatment you two get couldn't be more different... Tell me, if you were the Ye Family's second daughter, lost all these years, wouldn't your future be nothing but smooth sailing!"

Back then, Ye Mo had only just debuted. She had looked thin and small, with only her eyes leaving a deep impression.

As their company's boss had put it, "There's a tenacity in that child's eyes. Give her a chance, and she'll work hard to climb her way up..."

The facts had proven their boss right. By now, Ye Mo had become their company's undisputed mainstay. Of course, she was also the only artist they had who was worth showing off.

Shen Yan could say for certain that his words back then had only been a joke. He had truly never imagined that Ye Mo would one day have any real connection to the Ye Corporation.

But those had all been his thoughts before. Now... looking at Secretary Chen's expression, he suddenly wasn't so sure.

Secretary Chen stared at Ye Mo for several seconds before asking with some confusion, "Miss Ye, did you already know about this?"

Ye Mo replied modestly, "...I only just found out myself."

Ye Mo was telling the truth. She really had only just learned about this. But judging by Secretary Chen's expression, that clearly wasn't what he thought.

Secretary Chen exhaled. "Since you already know about this, Miss Ye, that makes what comes next much easier. You are indeed the Ye Family's long-lost child..."

"Wait!" Ye Mo suddenly interrupted Secretary Chen. Looking at him thoughtfully, she asked, "Since you've appeared before me, that proves the Ye Family must already be quite certain that I'm one of them... But under those circumstances, you're the one who's come to our company to find me, Secretary Chen..."

"Where are my biological parents?"

"Where are my other relatives?"

She asked softly, looking at Secretary Chen with a smile in her eyes, her question piercing straight to the heart of the matter. "Where have they gone? Why haven't they come to find me?"

Secretary Chen felt as though cold sweat was about to drip from his forehead. "Well..."

"That's right!" Shen Yan seemed to finally come back to his senses. His face stern, he said, "If Ye Mo really is a member of the Ye Family, why hasn't a single one of them come? Having found their long-lost child, shouldn't they be happily coming to pick her up in person?"

Yet now, the person standing before them was merely a secretary from the Ye Corporation. Not a single member of the Ye Family had even appeared.

At that moment, Shen Yan's gaze toward Secretary Chen had taken on a measure of hostility and suspicion. "You're not some kind of scammer, are you? Are you trying to trick our Momo into going to Northern Myanmar to have her kidneys cut out?"

Secretary Chen said, "...Mr. Shen, you're worrying too much. Even if I were a scammer, surely I wouldn't come right to your door to scam you so openly?"