It had been almost a year since an update was seen on the page of The mighty little peep star. All over the world, a lot of notifications went off at the same time and storm set off.
It was genuine knowledge that people dealt with scandals ninety nine percent of the time so the picture that was shared had more than a few eyebrows raised and many speculations were ignited.
[Welcome back I have missed you so much. My days have been empty without you, My life was without color, my food was tasteless. I have been living worse than a single dog.]
[Sowing seeds, peepstar come out and clarify what you mean.]
[Am I wrong or is that space pilot married to ex socialite Jun Meilin. I am sure that I have seen pictures of her with flowers at the airport.]
[Not all of us pretending to be blind and stupid!!!]
[Woohooo...glad to have you back, I can finally know what my favorite celebrities are up to. Mr. space pilot is not a celebrity and he looks stupid in the sunglasses. Why is he holding another woman's hand and why did he shove his wife to the floor?]
[Finally, peep star tell us what happened. Are those two a couple? Is that why he rejected Meilins flowers?]
[I smell scandal.]
By the time Chi Lian came out of the bathroom, the post had already accumulated ten thousand views and three thousand comments.
Chi Lian sent away everyone from the hospital leaving Mo Jingzhe and Mingzhu behind. As reluctant as she was to leave her daughter, she knew that if Mei-Mei opened her eyes and saw them, she would feel embarrassed and clam up tighter than a drum.
In that same hospital, Mrs. Sun, Mo Liang and Tang Yue were having a meeting, discussing Mei-Mei and what steps to take next. Mrs. Sun had come to a decision that had Yue's face red in anger.
Mrs. Sun was against her son's divorce all of a sudden.
"Ayang cannot divorce Jun Meilin right now, have you seen how the Chi's and Jun's showed up to check on her? It proves that she is still important to them." she said.
Yue was waiting for Mo Liang to respond, rejecting his mothers words. She wanted a legal status, the idea of being a mistress now that they were back on earth was simply impossible. She wanted their world of three that they had been enjoying on the international space station.
She wanted the privileges and fame which came with being a wife of a nationally recognized space pilot. Most of all, she did not want people calling Mo Hao a bastard.
As she waited, she looked at the man that she had spent five loving years with keenly and noticed the changes in his eyes. It seemed he was considering his mothers words carefully. The implication of what could happen made her clench her stomach in worry.
"Ayang, say something." she said sternly. "Have you forgotten that our Hao is now the most loved child in the empire. I have received three different messages from companies that want him to endorse their products. You don't need the Jun family to support you."
"But he needs their business connections." Mrs. Sun insisted. "Ayang, you have been gone for five years, during that time the company has been facing ups and downs. I pulled many tricks to make Jun Meilin stay away from it and left everything to your cousin to handle. All he does when I call him to ask for money is complain about this and that." She pursed her lips unhappily.
"Ayang!!" Yue called out in a shrill voice. "If you don't divorce I will change Hao's name from Mo to Xu."
Mo Liang grabbed Yue's hand, holding it tightly, almost as if he was going to shatter the bones. "Don't ever threaten me with my son Yue. Have you forgotten that the company is not just mine, Ahao will inherit it in future. The whole reason for making Meilin not announce the divorce is so that I stabilize it and turn it into a valuable company worth billions.
Mother is right, if she still has some value I must squeeze it out of her for us. I saved her life, it is what she owes me. Their family is rich, so what if they give away a few billions to us? Without me their daughter would be dead." A side of his lips curled in a sinister smile.
"For now, we can avoid questions about who Ahao's father is. If you are going to do an interview, we can ask to review the questions and eliminate what you should not not answer. If it gets too intense, just say that I am his godfather.
When they ask you about Xu Ming, cry and say that you don't want to talk about your dead husband. For now I will delay the divorce for five or six months and keep using that woman."
Mo Liang put and arm around Tang Yue's shoulders. "Yue, I love you and you have nothing to worry about. Nothing will ever happen between me and Mei-Mei. I will just use her for benefits and throw her out and her daughter at the right time.
Be good, the peep star is already creating trouble for me. I got a call from the emperor's secretary and I have been warned to behave myself and not create waves. It means you must also not create waves Yue, you must keep the big picture in mind." He looked at her through eyes that emitted love and gentleness. "Yue, do you understand me?"
Tang Yue was unhappy, but she forced a smile anyway and nodded.
"Ayang, I understand." she spoke softly.
In her mind she was already thinking of all the ways she would torture Mei-Mei and force her to get away from their family. Her son was a golden ticket, she did not need Mei-Mei's money or support and she would prove it.
*****
When Mei-Mei opened her eyes at around noon the following day, the post made by The mighty little peep star had over a million comments coming in from around the world. Mei-Mei was trending in the number two spot on the internet in more than three countries.
A dedicated team of the empire's press office was doing its best to have the video of Mo Liang shoving Mei-Mei removed from the internet forever. They did not bother touching the peep star's page, that was a useless effort. Over the years, they had tried and failed.
Unaware of this, Mei-Mei was looking around the hospital room in search of her daughter Mingzhu. She was also trying to ignore the voice in her mind that kept trying to talk to her.
"I need you to shut up for a moment." she said.
The moment she responded, it was if she acknowledged the voice in her mind and it made her freeze as she realized she was talking to herself. Her head popped up and her eyes widened.
"Who is there?"
The voice in her mind replied, "It's me, I am your system, you can call me C4."