The True Young Master's Metaphysical Road to Fame in Showbiz Ch. 86

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The reply came fast:

[I'll pay extra.]

With money in hand, the bot boss had no complaints. He sent back an "ok" and told the team to get moving.

They started pumping out posts, pushing hashtags, faking discussions, and buying up hot search placements...

After a whole series of well-coordinated maneuvers, by midday, a brand-new topic soared to the top three:

#Chi Qingning Meets Biological Mother Video Leaked#

A lot of netizens, seeing the trending topic headline, thought it would be a takedown exposing Chi Qingning as some scheming villain. Fired up with righteous fury, they clicked in—only to be hit with something completely different.

The video was clearly shot in secret on a phone. Judging from the angle, the person filming had to be hiding behind a wall or something.

The resolution wasn't great, the camera was shaky, and the person behind it kept sucking in cold air, so the audio was full of background noise.

On screen, there were two people. One was Chi Qingning. The other was a middle-aged woman whose features somewhat resembled his—she must've been beautiful when she was younger, but now deep lines around her mouth made her look harsh and bitter.

She looked at Chi Qingning with absolutely no warmth. Her whole body language screamed impatience and disgust.

Chi Qingning stepped forward carefully and asked in a soft voice, "Are you my mom?"

The woman immediately spat on the ground and snapped, "Don't you dare call me that. I don't have a son like you!"

Chi Qingning froze, mouth slightly open but no words coming out.

The woman recoiled two steps as if she'd been contaminated, furiously wiping at her hand—the one Chi Qingning had almost touched—her face twisted in open disgust.

Chi Qingning stood there, stunned. His eyes gradually turned red.

His lips trembled. Maybe he wanted to cry, but he held it back.

The woman looked even more revolted.

There was even a flicker of horror in her eyes. She sneered and stepped back again.

"Seriously, what's with the waterworks? Figures. All you g*ys are messed up in the head."

Chi Qingning staggered slightly.

The woman acted like she didn't see it. She kept ranting, "How did you turn out so disgusting? I sent you to a rich family so you could get ahead in life—not so you could end up engaged to a man!"

"I just don't get it. Your father and I are both perfectly normal. How the hell did you turn out like this?"

"Look at your little brother—such a good kid. Already dated two girls. Okay, they weren't anything special—no money, no brains, just pretty faces—but at least he's not you. Why can't you learn something decent from him?"

Chi Qingning's shoulders were shaking now. He clenched his jaw and forced out a shaky question:
"So just because I got engaged to Brother Wen, you hate me this much—"

The woman shrieked, cutting him off, "How many times do I have to say it?! Don't call me your mother! I don't have a freak son who likes men! You won't even give this family a damn heir—how dare you call yourself my son?!"

Chi Qingning's face went bone white. He nearly collapsed.

He grabbed onto the garden railing for support, and shouted hoarsely, "But you gave birth to me—"

Before he could finish, a teenage boy—around fifteen or sixteen—suddenly ran in from the side.

Without warning, he hurled a cup of steaming liquid right at Chi Qingning's head and face.

The boy's expression was smug. The water steamed on contact—Chi Qingning's pale skin turned red in seconds.

He gasped and frantically wiped at his face with his sleeve. After a moment, he realized it was just hot water. His legs gave out, and he slumped to the ground.

Relief, shock, and pain twisted together on his face. He made a choked sound, somewhere between a sob and a laugh.

The boy rolled his eyes, clearly disgusted by Chi Qingning's reaction.

With his chin held high, he sneered, "Figures. A prettyboy who likes guys. So damn soft. Hey, you've been living with the Chi family all these years, and you didn't even manage to get a slice of their inheritance?"

The woman nodded proudly, her eyes full of approval.
"Exactly, your little brother's right."

Chi Qingning gave a laugh that sounded like it had been scraped out of his chest.
"That's my adoptive parents' property. It's their choice who they give it to. No one else has any right to butt in."

The boy scoffed and spat on the ground.
"That's why you're stupid! If they won't give it to you, why didn't you make them?"

The boy seemed to suddenly get an idea. He looked Chi Qingning up and down with a nasty glint in his eyes and said,
"Aren't you into men? I heard this family has an older brother. Why the hell are you engaged to some guy outside? Go seduce him instead. Maybe he'll give you a cut of the inheritance."

Chi Qingning's eyes went blank for a second.
Then a wave of nausea surged through him. He turned away and threw up on the spot.

Even the person recording the video seemed horrified by the sheer shamelessness of this mother-son duo.
They sucked in a sharp breath and muttered several incredulous curses.

"Okay, I've seen people with no shame, but this? This is a whole new level."

"What kind of unholy species are they?! Jesus!"

And just like that, the video cut off.

Viewers were stunned.

Back when the real-vs-fake son drama first hit trending, people had suspected that Chi Qingning's biological parents (Chi Qingzhou's adoptive parents) might not be great people. But this? No one thought they'd be this deranged.

Never mind the fact that same-s*x marriage had been legal for a while now—just that last suggestion alone was enough to make everyone's skin crawl.

Even if Chi Qingning was no longer related to the Chi family by blood, he had grown up with that older brother. Before the truth came out, he had absolutely treated him as a real sibling.

Except for a few people with very niche tastes, most folks can't even fathom developing feelings for someone they see as family.
No wonder Chi Qingning puked. Anyone with siblings watching the video just imagined themselves in his shoes—and nearly puked too.

Once the video was confirmed to be unedited and not some AI-generated fake, sympathy for Chi Qingning began to rise.

Some viewers commented fairly:

[It's not like he chose to be switched at birth. In that sense, he's also a victim. And with a mom and brother like that? If it were me, I wouldn't go back either.]

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