The Secret Realm of Time, His and Her Life Through the Changes

Shang Yibo and Zhou Yanruo walked out of the Yishang International Hotel one after the other.

It wasn't until the two of them were seated in the Mercedes G63 that Shang Yibo spoke: "I want to solve this in my own way."

Zhou Yanruo: "What method?"

"Wait."

Shang Yibo took out his phone, logged into his Weibo account, and posted a message: "Who are you? What are you trying to do hiding behind the internet? It's a sunny day today, do you dare to come out of the sewer? Hehe, a bunch of shady characters."

After posting those few lines, he tossed his phone into the center console and said to Zhou Yanruo, "Are you going back to Rushang Group or Yihua Entertainment? Or somewhere else? I'll take you."

Were you posting on Weibo just now?

"Yes, I sent one."

"Oh, what did you send?"

"See for yourself. Where are you going?"

"I'll follow you today; wherever you go, I'll go."

"Okay, let's go to the supermarket now."

"Go to the supermarket?" Zhou Yanruo thought she had misheard, repeated it in surprise, and then asked, "Why go to the supermarket?"

"Anyway, all our plans for today are canceled. Let's go buy groceries and cook at our apartment."

Shang Yibo started the car and asked Zhou Yanruo, "Which supermarket should we go to?"

"Oh, I don't know it either. I'm not familiar with this place."

"Check the navigation."

"Should we go somewhere closer to here, or closer to your apartment?"

"Either is fine, since they're not far apart anyway. Just find one with a full range of products."

"Go to 'Hao Jia Le' (好家乐), it's a chain store. I've been to one of them, they have everything, and the ingredients are fresh."

"Let's go to this one. You can set the navigation."

Zhou Yanruo set up the navigation to the 'Haojiale' supermarket and placed her phone diagonally in the center storage rack of the car.

She had originally wanted to log onto Weibo to see what Shang Yibo had just posted, but now her phone was occupied by Shang Yibo's navigation, so she couldn't see it anyway. So she simply put the matter aside and chatted casually with Shang Yibo.

"Can you cook? Go buy the ingredients."

"I can't cook fancy meals, but I can cook a few when I'm not starving," Shang Yibo said cheerfully, acting as if nothing had happened. "Don't tell me you can't cook. I've heard that people abroad all know how to cook, otherwise, Chinese stomachs would go on strike."

"I can't cook. I can't make the big meal you're talking about. What kind of big meal are you referring to?"

Shang Yibo's phone rang, and he pressed the answer button on the steering wheel: "Hello."

Ding Jiajia's urgent voice came through the phone: "Yibo, what did you just post on Weibo?! There's a huge argument online, it's a complete mess. President Shen is yelling at Sister Qingnan and Brother Can. He wants you to come back to the company right away."

"I can't go back today; I have other plans."

"What could be more urgent than this?"

"Yes, let's have lunch."

"What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you, and I'll bring it back by the time you get to the office."

"I'm going to the supermarket to buy some ingredients, and then I'll go back to my apartment to cook."

"Ah," Ding Jiajia could hardly believe her ears. These were Shang Yibo's words? Had he been possessed?

"Stop teasing Jiajia, look how anxious she is," Zhou Yanruo said.

"Sister Yanruo, are you with Yibo?"

"Yes, Jiajia, we're in the car, on our way to the supermarket."

"You guys really went to the supermarket to buy groceries. Yibo, stop messing around, the company is swamped with work." Ding Jiajia's voice was already trembling with tears. "Yanruo, you can see for yourself by looking at Weibo."

"We've arrived, I'll hang up now." Shang Yibo had already parked the car, hung up the phone, and then called Zhou Yanruo to get out of the car.

Zhou Yanruo picked up her phone, turned off the navigation, and eagerly opened Weibo.

Wow, there are three trending topics on Weibo related to Shang Yibo. Among them, the topic "[Shang Yibo responds to rumors of illegitimate children]" has reached the point of being a trending topic that has been "exploding". The other two topics, "[The sewer creatures hiding behind the internet cable]" and "[Rich top stars dare to disobey]", are also at the top of the trending list.

When Zhou Yanruo opened the topic, she saw that Shang Yibo's Weibo post had received over 100 million likes, and hundreds of thousands of comments and reposts.

She then opened the comments section, and the scene—from nauseatingly sentimental messages to insults—was simply unbearable to look at.

Hugs to our baby, we'll protect you, may our love last forever!

[This is unbelievable! Celebrities are even daring to insult their fans.]

[Where's the face? Oh, it turns out there's no face.]

[Haha, he used sewer creatures to describe netizens, how dare he? Amazing! I'm a fan now.]

[Retire from the entertainment industry. You can't choose your birth, I don't blame you. But you couldn't respond properly, and you even reacted like a bastard!]

[This family's stench is just that—rich people, so what?]

[Ling Shaojing, the legendary Huizhou merchant, is also an illegitimate child. An illegitimate child playing another illegitimate child—is this for real? Hahahaha...]

The child seems fine. Perhaps he doesn't have a company to help him? Contact me.

[Yihua Entertainment, go to hell! Is this how you treat your cash cow?]

【…】

Shang Yibo took two steps, then turned around and saw Zhou Yanruo still sitting in the car. He walked over and opened the passenger door: "Get out of the car."

Zhou Yanruo put away her phone, got out of the car, and followed Shang Yibo into the supermarket with a belly full of worries.

On a weekday at lunchtime, there are very few people in the supermarket.

Shang Yibo pulled a shopping cart out of the line and pushed it toward the fresh produce section.

"What do you want to eat? Shrimp can be boiled, I know how to do that." Shang Yibo muttered to himself as he put ingredients into the shopping cart.

Zhou Yanruo: "Yibo, let's go to Yihua Entertainment. I checked Weibo before I got out of the car. Your post had a huge reaction. We need to go back to the company to deal with it."

"Okay, we'll go after we finish eating. How about we buy a few more hairy crabs? I can cook those too." Shang Yibo seemed very agreeable and readily agreed to Zhou Yanruo's suggestion.

Zhou Yanruo shook her head, thinking to herself, "What a big heart this little brat has."

The phone rang; it was Zhou Yanruo's cell phone. She glanced at the caller ID and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

She hesitated for a moment, then answered, "Hello, who is this?"

"You must be Yan Ruo, I am Fang Xichen."

"Ah, it's Mr. Fang, hello!" Zhou Yanruo was a little flustered because she hadn't expected Fang Xichen to call her right after they parted.

"Yibo is with you, right? I called him but he didn't answer."

"Yes, Yibo is with me," Zhou Yanruo whispered to Shang Yibo. "It was President Fang who called, saying he couldn't reach you on the phone."

"Oh, I didn't bring my phone; it's in the car."

"President Fang, I'll let Yibo answer the phone." Zhou Yanruo handed the phone to Shang Yibo.

Shang Yibo: "Mom, did you call for me?"

"Yibo, come home tonight, your dad has something to say to you."

"Okay, it might be a little late."

"Okay, your dad won't be back too soon."

"See you tonight."

Shang Yibo readily accepts good advice.