The Rich Family's Melon King Only Wants to Eat Melon, but Her Thoughts Are Heard Ch. 32

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The people who came along with Shen Mingli were just as confused. First, they started hearing weird voices in their heads, and then the young master suddenly became so friendly—it honestly freaked them out. For a second, they even wondered if the young master had switched personalities.

Because the young master was never like this. He had a reputation for being absolutely ruthless.

Once the Mo family members left, Shen Mingli went right back to his usual cold demeanor. "Let's go."

"Y-Yes, young master."

That icy, commanding tone—it was the same old Shen Mingli.

Shen Mingli had come in person today for one reason only: to see that strange eldest daughter of the Mo family.

When Mo Keyu woke up, her feed was practically exploding with headlines—all of them entertainment news.

Top-tier film emperor had a massive scandal.

She opened one of them, and sure enough, it was that actor Wei.

The reports laid out a long list of his misdeeds, including one horrifying scandal about forcing someone to get an abortion.

Mo Keyu tapped on a trending headline: "Film Emperor Wei Had Been Secretly Married All Along." In just a few minutes, the comment section had blown up with tens of thousands of replies.

—WTF WTF WTF, didn't he say he'd never even held a girl's hand? Turns out the dude's married.

—I swear he said on that show that he'd either never date or stay with one person for life.

—Wasn't he supposed to be some pure-hearted boy? Damn, he really knows how to fake it.

—A bunch of ex-girlfriends just popped out of nowhere. Solid proof now.

—So who's the mystery wife? How does anyone put up with a guy who messes around that much?

She clicked into another article titled "Film Emperor Wei's Girlfriends," and the comment section there was even more brutal.

—This guy's so reckless. Doesn't he worry about catching something?

—So all the personas in showbiz are fake? People still fall for that?

—LOL and he had the nerve to market himself as loyal.

The top ten headlines were all about him. Tons of sponsors and shows were cutting ties. Not only was he getting flamed across the internet and accused of crimes, but he was also drowning in debt.

Anything related to his film and TV work got pulled from platforms. The only thing left on search engines was scandal after scandal.

By the time Mo Keyu finished brushing her teeth and washing her face, a hotel surveillance photo had already dropped. Wei Nan had been seen entering a hotel with another woman. The image was a little blurry, but she recognized the woman instantly.

Pretty soon, someone had dug up the woman's identity—she was the daughter of some big-shot CEO Wang—and then uncovered everything about her. A bunch of people had already swarmed Wang Xiaoyun, hoping for first-hand gossip.

No matter how deep the internet dug, though, neither the Mo family nor the Shen family ever came up in the fallout. It was like some invisible hand had been controlling things from behind the scenes.

Mo Keyu drove to her office. Even just walking along the building's path, she could hear people around her gossiping about today's massive scandal.

Not long after, that actor Wei was permanently blacklisted both domestically and abroad, publicly condemned by major official media outlets, and became a cautionary tale that was basically historical-level.

The evidence against him was solid. He didn't even try to fight it. Just got stomped straight into the ground.

Serves him right, Mo Keyu thought. But for someone with hundreds of millions of fans worldwide, someone with such a huge legacy of work, to be wiped off the face of the earth in one night? The people he pissed off must've had terrifying power.

Which meant the Shen family...

Mo Keyu suddenly felt a mix of admiration and a healthy dose of fear toward the Shens. Even a top-tier celebrity was like a mosquito to them—one slap, gone.

But to go this far, Zhang Xiaoli must've done her homework, and the Shen family probably had some ironclad evidence too.

"We should really be extra polite when dealing with anyone from the Shen family," someone said. "I used to think handling a celeb of that level would be a nightmare."

"What's so hard about just being a good live-in son-in-law in a rich family? Did he have to act like such a clown?"

"But Shen Mingli seems pretty down-to-earth to me," someone else said.

Mo Keyu mumbled to herself. She had never seen him act high and mighty—he actually seemed pretty approachable.

[Maybe you just don't know him that well.]

"True. I've only met him a few times anyway."

Maybe she'd barely ever see him again. Either way, Mo Keyu just needed to focus on her studies and prep to become the future CEO. No need to suck up to the Shen family or anything.

While she was spacing out at work, she suddenly got a text. A new deposit had hit her account. The first digit was a five—and there were a lot of zeroes behind it.

She counted, "Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... fifty million?"

Right after that, Mo Zhengtian called her. "Keyu, I just transferred fifty million to your account. Think about what you want to do with it. If it's not enough, come back to me for more. Just remember—keep it legit, run a proper business, and figure out a way to make it profitable."

"Okay, Dad. That's a lot already."

"Good. If there's anything you don't understand about running a business, come find me or your Uncle Lin."

"Got it!"

Looks like she had no choice but to start a business. Anyway, she had to figure out how to make some money to make her dad happy.

Mo Keyu leaned back in her office chair, deep in thought.

Starting a food factory? She didn't have any secret recipes. It wasn't like the Mo family's chili sauce, which had been passed down for generations. And let's be real, fast money these days usually had something to do with the internet. Maybe a gaming company? But she didn't know the first thing about that world and had no connections either.

[Host, you could try getting into the entertainment industry.]

"Ooh~" She thought of how hot short-form video platforms were right now. Her dad had invested in one before, but it got beat out by a competitor.

[Live streaming, showbiz.]

Lightbulb moment. Mo Keyu realized that tons of rich kids from powerful families were already messing around in the industry. And the crazy thing was, even with average looks and meh acting skills, people were still raking it in. With the right capital and a bit of exposure, you could make bank in entertainment.

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