wavenovel Chapter 162 The person he likes is both gentle and strong
Chapter 162 The person he likes is both gentle and strong
In the afternoon, the reporter was cleared out by security guards, and the hospital tightened its management of the wards, which finally brought some peace and quiet to the area outside.
In an effort to force Chi Yuan to come out, Gao Wanfu went out after dinner and met with reporters again.
"If he weren't guilty, why hasn't he responded directly yet? He's an ingrate; he's become famous and then disowns his mother. His own brother is sick, and he hasn't asked about him once in all this time... What about money? Since the incident, we've paid hundreds of thousands in medical expenses, and have we asked him for any money back?... Why should we speak out about this? Why can't we say anything and just let his fans attack us...?"
They framed him, yet they made it sound like Chi Yuan's fans were pressuring them.
When Jiang Haochen saw the news, he suddenly regretted giving Lin Fang a day to consider it.
He recorded the conversation in the office, but that recording alone couldn't resolve the matter immediately. The other party could be said to have been lured and coerced, claiming they had their own difficulties, or even that it was an AI-generated fabrication. The truth could be verified, but the time wasted was enough to ruin Chi Yuan's endorsement deal.
Li Weiran contacted all the brands and asked for three days to clarify the rumors. The only way to avoid all the wrangling was for Lin Fang to take the initiative to clarify.
If Lin Fang is unwilling, then the second plan will have to be activated.
Jiang Haochen called his assistant, Chen: "How's it going on your end?"
Assistant Chen replied quickly, "We just came from the junior high school that Mr. Chi attended, and we've confirmed that Mr. Chi was raised by his grandmother alone when he was a child. We'll go into the village first thing tomorrow morning, and once we've collected all the information, we can publish the report when we get back."
Jiang Haochen's expression improved somewhat.
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In the hospital room, Lin Fang sat on the sofa, looking down at her husband's message on her phone. The video was playing on a loop, and she seemed lost in thought, watching it over and over again, so much so that Gao Cheng happened to hear it when he woke up.
"Mom..." Gao Cheng called out.
Hearing her son's voice, Lin Fang snapped back to reality: "You're awake? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat?"
Gao Cheng shook his head, having no appetite.
Lin Fang: "Then drink some water."
She went over and poured water for her son. Gao Cheng took a weak sip, then suddenly asked, "What Dad said was a lie, wasn't it?"
Lin Fang froze: "Don't worry about these things, just focus on getting better."
Gao Cheng wouldn't listen: "You've never told me that I have an older brother. Before, when I was watching 'Royal Power' at home, I said that one of the actors in it looked a bit like you, Mom, and you didn't say anything."
Lin Fang said against her will, "I already told you not to worry about it."
Gao Cheng continued, "Is it because of my illness? I'm sick, and the family has no money, so you want my brother to pay for it? I overheard you and Dad discussing selling the house, but then you suddenly had money. Did someone give you money to target my brother?"
Although Gao Cheng was sick, he wasn't stupid; he could see the changes in his family.
Lin Fang remained silent.
Gao Cheng already knew the answer: "Mom, doing this is wrong."
Lin Fang completely broke down: "What can we do? You're sick, can we just not treat you? Are you going to let your parents watch you die?"
Gao Cheng's eyes reddened: "But we can't harm people, can we? If all else fails, our family can always sell the house, right?"
"What are you selling, houses!"
Gao Wanfu returned at some point, and upon entering, he heard his son spouting nonsense. Enraged, he rushed over and began to berate him, "Where will our family live after we sell the house? Do you know how much a house costs? After you recover, are you going to stop eating, drinking, and living here?"
Gao Cheng protested, "Dad..."
"Shut up!" Gao Wanfu roared. "Won't all the money I get be yours anyway? Your brother is so rich, he can earn millions just from an endorsement. What's wrong with us taking a little money from him? He can earn it back in no time."
Lin Fang flinched at Gao Wanfu's loud voice.
Gao Cheng: "Why should he give us money?"
Gao Wanfu: "Just because your mother gave birth to him, he owes your mother something. Just because you are his brother, he should take care of you."
Gao Cheng could hardly believe that his father would say such shameless things: "Even so, can't we talk to my brother properly? What you're doing will ruin my brother's career."
Gao Wanfu: "Things have developed to this point, and we haven't seen anyone from his side contact us. How can we discuss things? What did I do to slander him? He just doesn't acknowledge his own mother."
Lin Fang suddenly spoke up: "They contacted me. Jiang Haochen came to see me this afternoon."
Gao Wanfu was taken aback: "Jiang Haochen? The movie star Jiang Haochen? He contacted you, when?"
Lin Fang: "It was around noon when I went to the doctor's office."
Gao Wanfu immediately tensed up: "What did he say to you? Why didn't you call me over?"
"He said he was willing to pay..." Lin Fang immediately repeated what Jiang Haochen had said that afternoon, and finally looked timidly at her husband, "Why don't we just do as he says? Anyway, Actor Jiang promised to treat Chengcheng's illness..."
"Bullshit!" Gao Wanfu cursed viciously. "Do you know what will happen to our family if you actually do what he says? Do you know how many fans your eldest son has? If he admits that we slandered and spread rumors about him, our whole family will be driven to our deaths. Tell him that clarifying things is impossible. He gives us three million, and we'll stop talking. Otherwise, we'll keep dragging this out and see who loses more."
Lin Fang: "But..."
Gao Wanfu: "But what? If you say 'but' again, believe me, I'll beat you up! If you had tried to smooth things over earlier, would we have ended up like this? When we needed money, we could have just asked him for it directly, right?"
This woman kept it a secret so well. If someone hadn't come looking for him, he wouldn't have known that his wife had such a grown son, who was even a celebrity. Little did he know, Lin Fang had no idea that Chi Yuan was her son.
When she left Chi Yuan, he only had a nickname. When they met again, she didn't even ask his name before kicking him out. So even when Chi Yuan became famous and people said he looked somewhat like her, she never imagined he was her son.
After all, with such a scoundrel of a father in such an impoverished village, how could a dazzling star possibly be raised?
Only one person could stay at the hospital that night to stay with the patient, so Gao Wanfu returned to the hotel. Lin Fang was fast asleep. Gao Cheng got out of bed and secretly took his phone.
He first checked his WeChat, where he received many messages from classmates. Some asked about his health, while others asked if Chi Yuan was really his brother.
When "The Emperor's Power" was airing, all his classmates were watching it, and many of them liked Chi Yuan. At the end of the series, Ling Che, played by Chi Yuan, died, and many girls in his class cried.
{Gao Cheng, is Chi Yuan really your brother? How come I've never heard you mention him?}
{Gao Cheng, what your father said isn't true, right? Chi Yuan's fans didn't attack you first. It was your father who started by insulting Chi Yuan, and only then did Chi Yuan's fans retaliate.}
{Gao Cheng, your treatment must cost a lot of money. I can give you all my New Year's money, and the school can organize a donation drive. Could you talk to your parents and tell them to stop blackmailing Yuanbao? I heard that some brands are already terminating their contracts with Yuanbao and will have to pay a lot of money in compensation.}
……
He overheard his parents' conversation. If someone has to take responsibility for this, then let it be him.
As if he had made up his mind, Gao Cheng quietly went to the bathroom with his phone in hand.
He turned on his camera, recorded a video, and posted it to his Weibo account.
Five minutes later, it topped the trending searches.
[Chi Won's younger brother has come forward to clarify.]
[The biological mother and stepfather swindled money from her for medical treatment; the parties involved speak out.]
……
Upon seeing the news, Xiao Zhao, disregarding the fact that filming was about to begin, excitedly rushed onto the set, shouting, "Brother Chi, Brother Chi, your brother has come forward to clarify!"
younger brother?
While Chi Yuan was still wondering, Xiao Zhao had already held up his phone in front of him. In the video, a pale-faced boy in a hospital gown was speaking to the camera.
"I am Gao Cheng, the son of Gao Wanfu and Lin Fang, and the half-brother of Chi Yuan. But in fact, I only found out yesterday that I have an older brother. My parents have never told me that I have an older brother. So what is said online is not true. It's not that my brother doesn't acknowledge us; it's that we have never had any contact with each other."
The boy in the video paused for a moment, then mustered his courage and continued, "I'm sick, and it costs a lot of money to treat me. My family ran out of money, so my parents thought of doing this. I know it's wrong, but my parents did it for me, so can everyone please forgive them? I apologize to my brother on their behalf. Brother..."
The boy's eyes were fixed on the camera.
"sorry."
Hearing the boy's apology, Chi Yuan felt neither ecstatic nor resentful that his injustice had been cleared; it was a feeling he couldn't quite describe.
"At least one member of this family has a conscience. It's like a good bamboo shoot emerging from a bad one. The internet is buzzing about it now!" Xiao Zhao said excitedly. "For every person who criticized you before, now just as many people feel sorry for you."
Chi Yuan glanced at the comments. In just a short while, the number of comments under this video had exceeded 200,000. Chi Yuan frowned and opened the comment section.
A torrent of vile and abusive comments flooded Gao Cheng's clarification Weibo post. These people who enjoy cyberbullying don't care about the truth; they just want a reason to vent their emotions.
{Oh, did Chi Yuan find some evidence, and now Gao's parents are pushing their child out to play the victim?}
{Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant. Their family truly lives up to their name, Gao. Regardless of the final outcome, with this video, even if Chi Yuan was faking it, he can't ignore his brother's illness anymore; his goal of getting money has been achieved.}
This whole family is no good.
……
Chi Yuan asked Xiao Zhao, "Where's my phone?"
Xiao Zhao took his phone out of his pocket and handed it to Chi Yuan: "Here it is."
Chi Yuan unlocked his account and posted his first message on Weibo after the incident was exposed: "Adult matters are none of your concern @Gao Cheng."
He then posted another Weibo message to reassure his fans: "The truth is enough. I don't need public opinion to punish anyone; justice will be served through the law."
With these two Weibo posts, his fans will no longer make things difficult for Gao Cheng.
As expected, Chi Yuan's fans not only did not attack Gao Cheng, but even helped control the comments.
Jiang Haochen smiled as he looked at the two Weibo posts Chi Yuan had made.
The person he likes is both gentle and strong.
If she can post on Weibo, she must be resting.
Jiang Haochen suddenly wanted to hear Chi Yuan's voice. Just as he was about to make the call, another call came in first.
Jiang Haochen answered the call, and Lin Fang's trembling voice came from the other end: "President Jiang, do you still stand by your promise?"