A dowry of one billion, and I'll marry him!

Not far away, Shi Yanxia sat in the driver's seat, watching Leng Chengshen's exasperated appearance. In a good mood, she stepped on the gas and sped away.

With a "whoosh," her powerful SUV passed by Leng Chengshen's car. He had just rolled down his window when he was sprayed with exhaust fumes.

"Damn." Leng Chengshen was taken aback, subconsciously holding his breath as the rich scent filled his nostrils.

He was already so angry that he almost vomited blood, and his anger nearly made him faint.

Shi Yanxia drove up to the entrance of Shen's Entertainment. She rolled down the window, leaned out, and saw a large group of people throwing eggs into the Shen residence.

"Get that guy surnamed Shen out here."

"The Shen family has consistently suppressed its artists, forcing them into unspoken rules and exploitation. Now they're even buying them high-value accident insurance. What are their true intentions?"

"Get out here, get out here now!"

Most of those making these fuss are fans of certain celebrities, as well as some netizens who watched this variety show; most of them are indignant.

Shen Zhinan didn't show up, and no one in the company dared to come out.

Inside Shen's Entertainment, all was quiet.

Shi Yanxia jumped out of the car and walked towards the milk tea shop next door. Wearing a hat and mask, she walked in discreetly, took out a stack of cash, and handed it over.

"Could you please send some milk tea and pastries to those people?" Shi Yanxia said, placing the banknotes on the table.

The shop assistant was somewhat taken aback. After taking the money, he immediately prepared hundreds of cups of milk tea and headed towards the Shen family to distribute them to the fans who were causing trouble.

In the instant of their joy, Shi Yanxia slipped past the surveillance cameras nearby.

He opened Meituan, ordered two speakers with excellent sound quality, played the recording of Leng Chengshen's phone call to Shen's mother, and tossed it aside in a corner.

The stereo was turned on, and a man's voice came through.

Why are you calling me?

"What can I do? It's just that Shen Lianchu wants me to sleep with her. I called you so that you could talk to her and make her strip naked and beg me. Then I might consider sleeping with her."

"what?"

"Can't you understand human language? She wants to lick me, but only if she sleeps with me."

"If she doesn't strip naked now, wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Unpleasant conversations continued to echo in front of Shen's Entertainment. Fans who had just received their milk tea turned around in astonishment during the intermission.

Hearing that familiar voice, it vaguely resembled Leng Chengshen.

"What does that mean? This person called and asked Shen Lianchu to strip naked and have sex with him?" Some fans were stunned, thinking they had misheard.

But the recorded call kept playing on repeat.

She cut out the key names and other details, and the Bluetooth speaker kept looping the recording, making people itch to listen. Immediately, someone took out their phone to record it and post it online.

"My God, Shen Lianchu? Didn't she say she'd never been in a relationship? How come a man is making her take off her clothes?"

"Could it be that she often participates in those multi-player games?"

"That voice sounds familiar...it sounds a bit like Leng Chengshen. Do you think it's him?"

Those people immediately gathered around, and the speaker continued playing.

The news quickly went viral online and immediately became a trending topic.

Shen Zhinan, inside the hospital, rushed to the company's gate in a fit of rage after receiving the call. The conversation kept coming into his ears, and he strode forward and grabbed the Bluetooth speaker.

"Who did this? Step forward, or I'll call the police!" Shen Zhinan gritted his teeth and stood there shouting angrily.

But paparazzi and fans were standing in front of Shen's house, constantly taking pictures of him. Shen Zhinan, with a dark face, grabbed the Bluetooth speaker and slammed it to the ground.

With a loud crash, he smashed the stereo.

"I, Shen Zhinan, hereby declare that anyone who tries to slander Shen Lianchu is going against the Shen family! I will not let any of them get away with it." Shen Zhinan clenched his fists.

He strode toward the car, got in, and kept tugging at his collar. He irritably pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.

"Brother! Someone is trying to harm me, someone wants to ruin my reputation." Shen Lianchu bit her lip and said with tears in her eyes as she sat in the passenger seat.

She buried her face in her hands, her voice choked with sobs, and said, "Could it be my sister?"

“She has always held a grudge against me. She tried to ostracize and drive me out of the Shen family before. This time, when we were recording the variety show, she felt that I stole her thunder, and she was furious.”

"But I really didn't mean to hurt her! Brother, please call her, okay?"

“Tell her to come back! At worst, I’ll marry into the Zhan family and apologize to them. Even if they want me dead, as long as it doesn’t involve the Shen family, I’ll be willing,” Shen Lianchu said in a low voice.

She looked up, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Shen Zhinan turned his head and looked at her pitiful appearance, and the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

"Don't worry, I won't push you away. You are a daughter of the Shen family, and you always will be! No matter what methods Shi Yanxia uses, we will never let her come back."

"If she wants to ruin you, I will never let her go. Her contract is still in my hands! If I want her dead, it's just a matter of lifting a finger," Shen Zhinan said coldly.

Shen Lianchu turned his head to the side, a cold smile creeping onto his lips.

"I don't know what methods she used to turn the Shen family into such a mess, even managing to break my mother's leg. What is she up to?" Shen Lianchu murmured.

Even without evidence that Shi Yanxia did it, she still wanted to pin the blame on Shi Yanxia.

However, she never expected Shi Yanxia to be so ruthless as to release the recording!

The internet is now flooded with negative information about her, with everyone speculating whether she and Leng Chengshen are having an affair!

"Find someone for me, no matter how much it costs, get this trending topic down immediately." Shen Zhinan held up her phone and made a call.

He paused for a moment, his fingers still holding the cigarette, after hearing something said on the other end of the phone.

"What do you mean? All of Leng Chengshen's resources have been cut off? Is it because his unsavory affair with Achu was exposed, and the Leng family abandoned him?" Shen Zhinan gritted her teeth.

He repeated it almost in disbelief.

"Yes, the trending topic can't be removed right now; it seems like someone is deliberately obstructing it," the assistant continued.

Shen Zhinan gripped her phone tightly, a ruthless, bloodthirsty glint flashing in her eyes.

He didn't expect the story to get so outrageous, with some even suggesting that Shen Lianchu and Leng Chengshen were having an affair. He quickly looked down at his phone and soon photos of Shen Lianchu and Leng Chengshen checking into a hotel were posted online.

"What's going on?" Shen Zhinan asked, handing over her phone.

When Shen Lianchu saw the photo of her and Leng Chengshen entering the hotel, she almost fainted. Her lips moved, and she kept shaking her small hands.

"Brother, I didn't go to a hotel with him! It's all a misunderstanding," Shen Lianchu said, her voice choked with emotion.

As she spoke, her eyes suddenly rolled back, and she fainted.

The phone slipped from her hand and fell onto her fair thigh.