THE FAKE DAUGHTER BECAME THE FAVORITE

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Chapter 171: The Evil Rich

"Mom knows you two have disliked each other since you were kids. Actually, part of the responsibility lies with us as parents. Back then, your dad and I were too hasty. After having you, I rushed back to pursue my career, so it was always your grandfather who raised and disciplined you.

Then things happened with your younger sister, and those years were very painful for me too. Later, as you grew a bit older, one went abroad, the other left for school, and our whole family rarely gathered together.

But blood is thicker than water. No matter what, you are biological brothers—family. In the past, you simply lacked opportunities to spend time together, but this show brought you together.

I even feel like this was Heaven's special arrangement for you two brothers. I watched your livestream every single day, and I clearly saw the changes between you.

I'm sure you've noticed it yourselves after spending a whole month together day and night, right?

Don't rush to answer me. I know both of you have ridiculously stubborn mouths and might not necessarily tell the truth."

No one knew a son better than his mother. As the birth mother of these two headstrong men, Su Yang's guess about them was spot on.

Since they couldn't reply, Shen Jinghe and Shen Jingchuan simultaneously chose silence.

Wen Yan: ‘Total trash! These two big trashes with duck-like stubborn mouths! Zero accountability whatsoever. How could they bear to make such a wonderful mother disappointed and sad? Hmph, both of them should be dragged outside and executed by firing squad for five minutes!’

Shen Jinghe: "..." ‘Is she really cursing that harshly?!’

Shen Jingchuan: "..." ‘Executed by firing squad for FIVE minutes?!’

Su Yang: "..." ‘They indeed deserve a scolding, but isn't that a bit too ferocious?’

Because of this inner voice that called out all three of them at once, all three turned their gazes toward Wen Yan at the same time.

Wen Yan scanned the three of them. Though her facial expression didn't change at all, three consecutive questions had already popped up in her mind.

‘What do they mean by that look? Are they hoping for me, the atmosphere mediator, to go online and smooth things over? Should I step up then?’

Su Yang: "..." ‘That actually doesn't sound too bad.’

Shen Jinghe: "..." ‘Please begin your performance.’

Shen Jingchuan: "..." ‘Didn't you just want to drag me out and execute me by firing squad for five minutes? Now you're acting as the peacemaker again—is this girl stupid or what?!’

Wen Yan cleared her throat: "As the old saying goes: ‘Brothers are the sky, brothers are the earth; with brothers, one can stand tall between heaven and earth. Brothers are the wind, brothers are the rain; with brothers, one can summon the wind and call the rain.’

"Only five hundred glances in a past life can exchange for a single passing shoulder in this life. To be brothers in this lifetime, you two must have turned your heads in your previous lives until your necks broke just to earn this blood-tied destiny. Saying 'brother' is easy, but being brothers is hard. Two simple words carry over ten years of countless joys, anger, sorrows, and delights. Such..."

"Enough..." The two brothers, Shen Jinghe and Shen Jingchuan, spoke in unison to cut off Wen Yan's gushing, endless speech.

Embarrassing—it was truly far too embarrassing.

As expected, as long as the person involved didn't feel embarrassed, it was everyone else who felt embarrassed.

Of the two brothers, one pinched the bridge of his nose with a lowered head, while the other silently hung his head and closed his eyes.

In truth, seeing Wen Yan like this, both of them felt a bit distressed for her, neither could bear to let her continue playing the fool.

Shen Jingchuan spoke up first: "A certain someone is the older brother after all, shouldn't he act a bit like one?"

Shen Jinghe knitted his brows, remaining silent.

Shen Jingchuan continued: "If you can't even show this bit of sincerity, what's the point of this so-called reconciliation? We'll definitely fall out again in the future."

Shen Jinghe licked his back molars. ‘Damn it, held hostage by this kid Shen Jingchuan.’

However, since this kid was the one who spoke first this time... He hadn't forgotten how this guy had crept into his cabin in the middle of the night back on the snow mountain just to look for a way out, hehe.

Since the kid took the first step, it wasn't impossible for him to reluctantly walk the remaining 99 steps.

Shen Jinghe raised his eyes to look at Shen Jingchuan, his gaze sincere and serious:

"Then let's wipe the slate clean regarding past unpleasantries. Let's treat today as a brand new beginning. Do you agree?"

Shen Jingchuan raised an eyebrow: "Sure, I guess."

"Huh? Mr. Shen Jingchuan, can't you speak properly? Mr. Shen Jinghe has already been so sincere!" Seeing that Shen Jingchuan still had to tack on "I guess," Wen Yan simply couldn't hold it in.

Very good. Shen Jingchuan realized Wen Yan had handed him a step to climb down, so he smoothly walked down the stairs.

"Fine, I agree!"

"Wait!" Just after saying that, Shen Jingchuan suddenly felt something was off.

Turning his head to look, Wen Yan was actually holding her phone and recording a video.

"What are you doing?"

"Collecting evidence! In case you two fall out again one day, I'll release this video."

"No way, delete it."

"Why? I'm not using it commercially or smearing you, it doesn't even count as infringing on your portrait rights."

"Don't give me that nonsense. Are you trying to send it to the family group? Where am I going to hide my face then?"

"What's so embarrassing about this? Besides, if it's really embarrassing, you're not the only one losing face."

Shen Jinghe, who caught stray bullets while sitting idly, shot a silent glance at Wen Yan.

He then said to Shen Jingchuan, "Ignore her. I'll send you something."

"What thing?"

"You'll know once you look at it."

Wen Yan's intuition told her this wouldn't be anything good, and it was ninety percent related to her. She hurriedly put away her phone and leaned in.

"What is it? I want to see too."

As a result, before Shen Jinghe could speak, she was flatly rejected by Shen Jingchuan.

"None for you."

"!!!" Wen Yan was shocked. "You two formed a united front this fast?!"

"Mom, look at them! They teamed up against me!"

Su Yang was busy filming videos with a beaming smile to record the moment, having no intention of interrupting this heartwarming time.

Over on Shen Jinghe's end, he quickly sent the item to Shen Jingchuan as well.

Shen Jingchuan tapped it open to take a look, and in the next second, his gaze landed right on Wen Yan's face.

Looking at Wen Yan, he let out a mischievous smirk.

With that smile of his, Wen Yan became even more certain that what Shen Jinghe sent him wasn't anything good.

"What on earth is it? Let me see!"

Shen Jingchuan wouldn't give it to her, nor would Shen Jinghe. Wen Yan was so annoyed she wanted to beat both of them up.

Immediately after, a notification chime sounded from the family group chat.

Wen Yan pulled out her phone to take a look—turns out Shen Jingchuan had sent a photo of her sleeping and drooling into the family group!

He had sent it to the big group containing all the Shen family members, named "Happy Family."

What was even more terrifying was that Shen Yuan in the group instantly sent a thumbs-up emoji.

"Shen Jinghe!" Wen Yan glared at him fiercely. "Was this taken secretly by you last night?! Why is it that whenever you snap a photo or screenshot of me, it's always an ugly one?! What kind of trash behavior is this? Please put an absolute end to it immediately!"

Shen Jinghe's lips curved: "I didn't intentionally make you look ugly—that's just what you looked like when I snapped it. Besides, I wasn't the one who sent it to the group. How can you blame me alone?"

Wen Yan shot another fierce glare at Shen Jingchuan: "Very well! Since you two are being unrighteous, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Saying that, she sent the video she had recorded earlier straight into the group.

Su Yang spoke up at this moment as well: "It's not ugly at all, Yanyan. I think you look super cute in this photo, so I saved it. No need to be angry."

Waving her phone, Wen Yan was already beaming with laughter.

"I'm not angry anymore, Mom."

"Then I'll send a video too—it's the one I just recorded of you guys. I captured every single one of you looking super handsome and pretty, with a really nice filter added."

At this moment, Su Yang was overjoyed. She felt she was definitely the happiest person in the world right now.

Thousands of miles away in City A, someone had also silently saved all the photos and videos in the group.

Before long, Shen Yuan sent another message:

'Once you're all back, let's have a meal together as a whole family.'

Wen Yan joined in enthusiastically:

'Yay, yay! I haven't eaten tasty food in so long!'

Shen Jingxiu joined the conversation too:

'What do you want to eat?'

Wen Yan:

'Aunt Zhang knows, hee-hee! I'll let Aunt Zhang arrange it later.'

Shen Jingxiu:

'Apart from home-cooked food, is there nothing else you crave?'

Wen Yan:

'Yes! Back on the snow mountain, I suddenly craved candied hawthorns, candied strawberries, and all kinds of candied fruit skewers!'

'Okay.'

Shen Jingchuan scanned the exchange between Wen Yan and Shen Jingxiu in the group and immediately said:

"Why wait until we get back? If you crave it, let's go buy it right now."

Wen Yan glanced at him: "Please, we're not back in China right now. Have the toxins in your body still not been completely cleared?"

"Alright then," Shen Jingchuan scratched his hair. "Facing you guys every day, I almost forgot where I am. Let's wait until we return then. Oh right, Mom, did you check for me? When did the doctor say I can be discharged?"

"After another checkup tomorrow morning, if all bodily indicators are fine, you can be discharged immediately."

"Perfect! I'll head to the restroom first."

"Do you need your Second Brother to accompany you?"

"No need, Mom—my hands and feet are fine."

Shen Jinghe on the side raised an eyebrow: "If you find out you can't manage alone, it won't be too late to call me then."

"You're the one who can't manage! Your whole family..." Forget it, he couldn't say those words. Cursing his whole family was practically cursing himself, wasn't it?

Right as Shen Jingchuan walked into the restroom, Shen Jinghe's phone rang.

It was a call from his manager.

After ending the call, he immediately said to Su Yang and Wen Yan, "I have to catch a flight now. This schedule was locked in a month ago."

Su Yang expressed concern: "Then won't you have no time to get a good rest? You just finished wilderness survival."

"I will. I rested very well last night."

"Remember to let us know when you're back in the country."

Shen Jinghe nodded, then deliberately stood in the room waiting for Shen Jingchuan to come out.

The restroom had excellent soundproofing, so Shen Jingchuan didn't know what they had discussed outside.

However, seeing Shen Jinghe like this, he guessed it right away.

"What, leaving?"

Wen Yan: ‘Unexpectedly, the tacit understanding between these two is actually quite impressive.’

Shen Jinghe gave an "mhm": "I'll leave Mom and Wen Yan to you. Take good care of them."

Shen Jingchuan scoffed: "Like you need to tell me that."

In the end, however, the three of them didn't return to the country together after all.

Because there was an urgent emergency at Su Yang's studio, she had no choice but to head back to handle it in person.

After obtaining Shen Jingchuan's consent, the director of “Jungle Diary” filmed a supplementary video snippet of him in the hospital. Since Wen Yan happened to be there as well, she filmed a monologue segment too.

These were all meant to be edited into the main episodes later.

After Shen Jingchuan was successfully discharged from the hospital, Wen Yan didn't want to go back right away, so he simply took her skiing.

After a day of wild fun, the two received a message from Su Yang.

It said that when Shen Jinghe returned to the country, an incident occurred at the airport due to the overwhelming crowd of fans, and his clothes were even torn by enthusiastic fans.

Because after the livestream ended, his popularity had soared even higher.

Moreover, his itinerary hadn't been leaked by his team, but was purchased by certain extreme fans with money.

Though Shen Jingchuan and Wen Yan's popularity couldn't rival Shen Jinghe's massive fan base, they had still experienced quite a mini-explosion in fame.

Su Yang sent this message specifically to remind them to be careful when returning to the country.

Wen Yan didn't care much: "I deliberately had He Xing go back first yesterday, and she said she didn't see any fans at the airport at all. When we get off the plane later, we just need to wrap ourselves up tightly, don't you think?"

Shen Jingchuan nodded: "I think so too."

Saying that, he knitted his brows: "Working in your industry, even though being liked by many fans is a good thing, sometimes it seems quite bothersome as well."

Wen Yan teased him: "What do you mean 'your industry' and 'our industry'? You've practically stepped one foot in now too."

"I don't count. If it weren't for..." Forget it, saying such words aloud sounded far too sappy.

If it weren't for Wen Yan, though, he really wouldn't have come to participate in this second season.

"I'll book the tickets. Send me your ID info."

"Alrighty, thanks for your hard work, Fourth Brother! Then I'll head back to rest first. Oh right, thanks for treating me to dinner!"

Shen Jingchuan chuckled: "Thanking me over a single meal? Don't be so polite with me in the future, or I'll get mad at you."

"Oh? Mad in what way?"

"Get lost!" Knowing full well he was just saying it casually.

After washing up and lying in bed, Wen Yan sent a message to Shen Jingchuan:

'How is it, are the tickets booked? What time are we setting off tomorrow?'

'Whenever you sleep until you naturally wake up.'

'Huh? What do you mean, you haven't bought the tickets yet?'

'Rest assured, everything is arranged.'

'Then what time is it for? Is the plane actually waiting for me to get enough sleep?'

'Mhm, go to sleep. Today exhausted me, I'm super sleepy.'

It wasn't until reaching the airport the next day that Wen Yan finally understood what was going on.

It turned out the plane really “was” waiting for her to sleep until she naturally woke up.

This guy, Shen Jingchuan, had straight up chartered a private jet.

Inside the cabin, Wen Yan enjoyed one-on-one VVIP service.

Sipping fresh juice, she squinted her eyes and asked Shen Jingchuan, "Didn't you say your money had to be spent where it counts most? You actually spent such a huge sum to charter a flight back?"

Shen Jingchuan took a sip of whiskey: "I wanted to, but as you know, I'm just a poor entrepreneur right now, and money is what I lack most."

"Then what's going on here?"

"See for yourself." Shen Jingchuan gave her a glance, and Wen Yan followed his gaze toward the front.

A tall, handsome male flight attendant was pushing a cart over with a bouquet of flowers toward him.

Though he was a foreigner, he spoke fluent Mandarin.

"Miss Wen, this is your boarding gift."

Wen Yan reached out to accept it—it was a giant bouquet of candied fruit skewers!

Red strawberries, orange mandarins, green kiwis—vibrant and colorful, with the hard sugar coating gleaming crystalline under the light.

"Ah! A candied fruit skewer flower bouquet! I love it so much! This was arranged by Big Brother, right?"

Shen Jingchuan curled his lips: "Hmph, full of envy, jealousy, and hatred."

"You don't need to be envious, I can share some with you! I can't finish it all anyway—which skewer do you want? But before eating, I have to take a photo first."

"Hmph, what do you know." He was envious, jealous, and hateful toward Shen Jingxiu, okay?!

How could he be this outrageously rich and generous?

Those evil rich people instantly annihilated him in a single second.

Dammit!

Extremely dammit!

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