The lifestyle of the rich is probably so distant from the ordinary crowd, and with the veil of mystery, it only adds to the allure.

There have been numerous online posts dissecting the wealthy families, not just once or twice.

Ordinary public companies seem to fail to satisfy the public’s appetite; the older and more prestigious, the more intriguing people find it.

This time, the post first gave the public an overview of the Clemens Group’s wealth, but the focus was quickly shifted to Shang Xinglu.

Details were omitted wherever possible, and the blogger mainly discussed Shang Xinglu’s various transformations, mixing truth with lies, and created an image of her as a rich, willful, carefree, and capable female leader.

Shang Xinglu couldn’t finish reading it.

…She just couldn’t.

Who was this describing? Was it really her, the salted fish?

Lin Heng, however, finished reading it.

Afterward, he expressed some disdain. “It’s too formulaic, a bit rough.”

Shang Xinglu: “…”

No, what is going through your mind, Mr. Lin?

Lin Heng tried to explain, “I know you were having the order meeting, so I told Assistant Yuan to handle it.”

And under such a casual instruction, this kind of thing appeared…

Shang Xinglu felt rather complicated.

Lin Heng wasn’t really concerned about these things. Seeing that Shang Xinglu wasn’t too happy, he said, “I’ll make a call. Do you want to pull it down?”

…Isn’t this something you’re running? How can it be so easy?

But then Shang Xinglu thought, maybe there was some investment involved, and if they wanted to cancel it, they could. It could be that simple.

Shang Xinglu gave in and said, “Forget it, the money has already been spent…”

Lin Heng nodded, saying, “It doesn’t matter, the divorce is done. If it’s useful, just use it, no harm.”

Shang Xinglu: “!”

Mr. Lin, you’ve changed!!!

Honestly, getting a soft article about a wealthy family to trend is quite difficult, not to mention trending topics often have some manipulation behind them. Coincidentally, that evening, another blogger posted a related Weibo. She was one of the retailers invited by Bichen tonight.

This blogger is an e-commerce seller with quite high sales, moving thousands of units per batch.

Her account is a mix of personal and store content, where she shares her life as well as promotes new products.

Today she posted: “This was the funniest order meeting I’ve ever been to. A bunch of local socialites, only having heard of the brand, almost fought over the goods. Then a crowd of followers joined in to grab them too. Of course, I followed along and bought a batch without even trying the samples. When I finally tried it, it was surprisingly good!!! And the price isn’t high!!! Look at my closed pores, they actually shrank!!! This is definitely the most magical thing I’ve experienced this year…”

A bunch of people responded with “Hahaha,” “I need to try it,” and “When will the new products be available?” and so on.

Not long after, someone linked this post to the one dissecting the “wealthy woman abandoned by the rich family,” saying, “It must be her at tonight’s X city cosmetics order meeting!” and included a link.

The two posts together made people dig deeper, and both quickly went viral.

Shang Xinglu knew she was a little famous, but she didn’t realize how famous she had become, because her “unfit” ex-husband was too busy indulging in his own pleasures.

The next morning, before leaving, Shang Xinglu had to go out, and Lin Heng was also heading out to work. She hugged his waist at the door and buried her face in his chest, saying like an elementary school student, “I don’t! Want! To! Go! To! Work!”

Lin Heng calmly replied, “Then don’t go.”

After all, it was a common occurrence for someone not to go to work, and when they did, it seemed a little odd.

Shang Xinglu: “…No, I want to go.”

Lin Heng couldn’t help but laugh lightly, saying, “Trying to support me?”

Just a little fluffy Lin Heng, don’t be too arrogant!

Be careful, next time she might bring her wealth along.

Shang Xinglu: “…I’m serious.”

Assistant Yuan, who had been waiting outside, overheard.

Assistant Yuan: “…”

Dog food in a new form, I, Yuan, refuse to eat!!!

…

Shang Xinglu arrived at the office, and thanks to her colleagues’ enthusiastic discussions, she finally realized she had “gone viral.”

Shang Xinglu, however, remained calm.

A few colleagues who got along well with her asked, “Ms. Lu, what’s it like to go from a wealthy abandoned wife to a female CEO and suddenly become famous?”

Shang Xinglu remained calm and said, “I’m just making money for Bichen, keeping a low profile while achieving great things!”

The colleagues: “…”

Don’t think we don’t know you bought the trending topic!

Bichen’s newly packaged products suddenly caught the public’s attention, which was definitely more beneficial than harmful for Bichen. How many ads would they need to achieve such results?

Why not take advantage of it?

Within a week, the goods sent to the blogger sold out in the midst of all the hype. When sales were good, the supplier naturally came back for more.

Even other stores of similar size came to replenish their stock.

But Bichen was originally a small brand. With the previous stock completely ordered out, they now had to meet demand, which meant working overtime and expanding the production line.

Yin Yao went to find an emergency contractor.

Shang Xinglu went to find the raw material supplier, Xin Si Mei.

Without raw materials, no products could be produced.

Their raw material supplier retained most of Bichen’s previous suppliers, which was one of the benefits of acquiring a company—no need to start from scratch, everything didn’t have to be sourced anew.

However, with the normal turnover of the company’s executive president, the supplier might want to make new contracts with new terms, not to mention Bichen’s full acquisition.

Previously, the raw material supplier had already increased their prices once. Although the prices weren’t as favorable as they had been with Mr. Chen, they were still cheaper than other suppliers.

Although Yin Yao and her team felt somewhat uncomfortable about this, from both a business and ethical standpoint, it was still a profitable deal, so they didn’t change suppliers.

This time, when she suddenly requested the supplier to increase the order quantity, both parties didn’t have much trust in each other. Shang Xinglu hesitated but decided to go in person.

The sales manager at Xin Si Mei, Li Yi, came out to greet Shang Xinglu.

They began their discussion.

Shang Xinglu roughly outlined the current needs, and Li Yi responded, “We’re not just the supplier for your company. Many European and American brand factories source their raw materials from us. With such a large increase, we can’t just provide that much.”

“Perhaps you could think of a solution, and we can discuss the price further.”

Li Yi made two phone calls to the company’s leadership. After a brief consultation, he came up with a bunch of excuses to reject Shang Xinglu.

They claimed the production capacity was already at full capacity, that the workers were hard to manage, and that it was difficult to arrange overtime, among other things.

In reality, a large raw material supplier like this one could easily accommodate a sudden order increase from Bichen.

The issue wasn’t that they couldn’t handle the order—it was because Bichen was small, and they had previously given Mr. Chen a lot of face when the company wasn’t profitable. Now, they weren’t willing to help.

Shang Xinglu had already made up her mind to change suppliers. However, she still needed to handle the situation with Li Yi politely on the surface.

She had a few other potential suppliers on hand and planned to visit them in the next few days. Once the current quarter’s contract with Xin Si Mei was fulfilled, she wouldn’t waste any time and would immediately switch suppliers.

If they didn’t care about Bichen’s small business, she would go find a supplier who did. There was no need to rely on patented materials or anything like that.

After the “Tai Chi” session with Li Yi, Shang Xinglu walked to the parking lot, feeling exhausted.

She longed to be with Lin Heng!!!

But of course, Lin Heng was not around…

Shang Xinglu sighed as she unlocked her car with the “beep” of the key fob. Just as she was about to open the door, a flashy red sports car stopped in front of her.

A Ferrari 488. Nice.

Shang Xinglu looked closer and realized the driver wasn’t her silly little brother. Who else could it be?

To be honest, she had been so busy lately that she hadn’t seen her mischievous younger brother in a while.

Since there was no Lin Heng to be had, playing with her silly little brother wasn’t too bad.

Shang Xinglu said, “Still not getting out to talk to me? How rude.”

The car door opened, and her younger brother, Shang Xingyu, got out along with a man—Xiao Zai.

They were both dressed casually, indicating they didn’t go to work today.

Shang Xinglu furrowed her brow, “You skipped work?!”

Shang Xingyu immediately defended himself, “I didn’t! I wasn’t skipping work, I swear! I took a day off to play basketball! Exercise is the most honorable thing!!!”

“…It’s labor that’s honorable, you fool. And why are you so excited? Can’t you speak properly?” Shang Xinglu said, casting a subtle glance at Xiao Zai, who remained silent.

After the incident at the cemetery, Xiao Zai had apologized and wanted Shang Xinglu to take his feelings seriously.

She did take him seriously, but after just a couple of days, she realized that she truly liked Lin Heng and wasn’t just being swayed by his looks or charms.

Xiao Zai had been unusually proactive since then.

But Shang Xinglu was a straightforward person and had refused him very decisively.

No one’s feelings can be continuously given without return.

For now, they had no contact.

Now, Xiao Zai didn’t speak, and neither did Shang Xinglu.

Although she thought it wouldn’t hurt to say hello, what if the other person didn’t want to talk to her?

…Maybe it’s better to just not make things awkward.

At that moment, Shang Xingyu asked, “You were just talking about me, and now you’re here? Skipping work too?”

Shang Xinglu: “I’ll give you a chance to say that again.”

“Oh… Sis, what wind blew you here today?”

It seems that being humbled instantly wasn’t just a specialty of Shang Xinglu.

Shang Xinglu briefly recounted the situation with Xin Si Mei.

Shang Xingyu was shocked, “What? You actually started working seriously! Unbelievable… Should I go buy a lottery ticket?”

Shang Xinglu: “…”

Let’s see if you even live to buy a lottery ticket!

At this moment, Xiao Zai, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up, “I’ll make a call to try. The factory for Xin Si Mei in the XX industrial park is on my family’s land.”

Without hesitation, Xiao Zai stepped aside and made the call.

Not long after, he returned and said, “Yeah, they agreed.”

Shang Xinglu: “…Oh, Xiao Zai, thank you.”

Although Xiao Zai was good at flirting, when he didn’t speak, the coldness in his eyes and demeanor gave off a strong sense of distance.

Shang Xinglu was in a bit of a dilemma.

The hardest thing in life is repaying favors…

What should she do?

She also fell silent.

The atmosphere became awkward.

At this moment, Shang Xingyu suddenly exploded, “Enough!”

Then he turned to Shang Xinglu, “You’re enough too!”

“I’ve had enough!!!”

Shang Xinglu: “…?”

Xiao Zai also looked at Shang Xingyu.

Shang Xingyu, who had been silent, now erupted and said to Shang Xinglu, “Isn’t it just dumping someone?! Why make such a big deal out of it? Haven’t you done that before?!”

Then he turned to Xiao Zai and said, “Isn’t it just failing to chase someone? Why make such a big deal out of it? Haven’t you chased after someone before?!”

Xiao Zai thought for a moment.

“…Well, I haven’t.”

Shang Xingyu: “…”

Give him some face, brother.