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Chapter 208: The Direction of Public Opinion Has Changed!

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: The Direction of Public Opinion Has Changed!

Yangping Village.

The guests’ lunch was still not ready, and the trending topics on Weibo changed again.

Xiaowen, holding a phone, excitedly found Director Fei, "Bro, you’ve got to check out the trending topics on Weibo."

Seeing the expression on Xiaowen’s face, which didn’t seem to indicate bad news, Director Fei leisurely stepped out of the live broadcast room and opened Weibo.

He had just been paying attention to An Xi’s live broadcast; Ye Zhenzhen was teaching An Xi how to stir-fry carrot, onion, and pork slices. As he watched the steam rising from the pot, he could almost smell the fragrance...

Now, looking at something else, he suddenly felt very hungry.

After logging into Weibo, to his surprise, he found that the direction of the trending topics had changed!

#TrueKindnessBeautyYeZhenzhen#

This hashtag shot straight through the phone screen into Director Fei’s head, prompting him to hurriedly click on the trending topic to see its contents, and what he saw really took him aback;

The most well-known Chenguang Charity Foundation of Jiangcheng had directly tagged Ye Zhenzhen in a tweet;

[Miss Ye Zhenzhen has always been quietly engaged in charitable and public welfare activities, so we ask netizens not to make malicious conjectures. One of the silent shareholders behind Chenguang Charity Foundation is Miss Ye Zhenzhen.

Regarding the construction of a new school near Yangping Village, we have just gotten in touch with Miss Ye Zhenzhen through the crew of "Mom’s Companion." Miss Ye Zhenzhen has expressed that she will take care of all the funding for this school.

Moreover, for the construction of the school, we will be collaborating with @Cheng’s Real Estate, entrusting them with full responsibility for the design and construction of the school. Please stay tuned!]

At the same time, Cheng’s Real Estate, which seldom posts on Weibo, also retweeted this post from the Chenguang Charity Foundation;

@ChenguangCharityFoundation We appreciate the trust from Chenguang and Miss Ye Zhenzhen in our Cheng Corporation, and we are happy to cooperate!

Director Fei couldn’t help but marvel: This is Jiangcheng’s biggest Chenguang and one of the top domestic Cheng’s Real Estate!

Ye Zhenzhen’s clout is really too strong, isn’t it?

Such hidden depths!

So, that Mr. Zhang who called earlier to talk to Ye Zhenzhen was discussing the construction of the school?

With the emergence of large enterprises like Chenguang and Cheng’s Real Estate posting tweets in support of Ye Zhenzhen, the negative comments about her online were also suppressed.

Earlier on, everyone was criticizing Ye Zhenzhen, saying she was deliberately behaving a certain way just to get attention, but now with the halo given to Ye Zhenzhen by Chenguang and Cheng’s Real Estate.

Everyone looked back at everything Zhenzhen had done before and what she had said in the morning, and found it all reasonable now.

For instance, helping the old lady sell oranges in the first episode, sending clothes to the little girl after returning to Jiangcheng, and the old lady’s words of thanks to Ye Zhenzhen at the end of the show were all dug up by netizens.

Plus, Ye Zhenzhen carrying her suitcase on the street this morning to give children clothing, and the things she said...

The consensus was that Ye Zhenzhen really has been doing charity low-key, never deliberately saying anything in front of everyone, nor making too much explanation, just earnestly doing her work.

As public opinion shifted, the comments online were all praises, and many big V bloggers seeing this also started to pick material from the web to praise Ye Zhenzhen.

After this series of operations, the number of Ye Zhenzhen’s Weibo followers kept growing, and now any Weibo post or words related to Ye Zhenzhen are filled with positive reviews;

[Ye Zhenzhen is actually a shareholder of Chenguang? Cheng’s Real Estate is actually going to build a school?]

[Woah, Cheng’s Real Estate is the leader in our Jincheng property industry, and they’re going to build a school for Ye Zhenzhen?]

[Boo hoo hoo, Zhenzhen has really made us, her fans, proud. She truly represents the contemporary embodiment of truth, goodness, and beauty!]

[Ah, I’m sorry, Zhenzhen, I’m going to be a fan of Zhenzhen starting from now.]]

I’m stunned, okay? Ye Zhenzhen is actually doing charity work?

Beautiful, kind-hearted, and wealthy, plus she has Xiao Chen, who is so adorable and handsome. I’m truly envious of Ye Zhenzhen.

Chen Ke and Liu Rui initially wanted to gather the company’s public relations department to suppress the online rumors about Ye Zhenzhen’s fake charity but, to their surprise, the matter resolved itself in just a short while.

At the same time, they were as astonished by Ye Zhenzhen’s identity as Director Fei was.

After all, being able to get Jiangcheng Chenguang and Jincheng’s Cheng Corporation to speak up is not something an ordinary person can do.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhenzhen herself was unaware of everything that had happened on Weibo. After teaching An Xi how to make three dishes and a soup in her kitchen, she took Xiao Chen back to her own kitchen.

Before they even entered the kitchen, they could smell the rich scent of chicken soup.

Xiao Chen said happily, "Ye Zhenzhen, the chicken soup you cooked smells so good!"

"It is quite fragrant." After all, it was soup stewed from a free-range chicken.

Ye Zhenzhen lifted the lid off the soup pot, revealing the milky broth with a layer of natural yellow fat from the free-range chicken floating on top. The aroma of the chicken stew was rich, making one’s mouth water.

She added table salt to the soup for seasoning, then took a small bowl, scooped some out to taste, and found the saltiness to be just right.

The chicken soup was ready.

She promptly turned off the burner that was still on and checked the time—it was a quarter to one in the afternoon.

At that moment, Director Fei and Xiaowen knocked on the door from outside, "Xiao Chen sweetheart, open the door!"

Song Yuchen quickly went to open the door upon hearing Xiaowen’s voice.

Director Fei and Xiaowen brought their own bowls and chopsticks. Xiaowen patted Xiao Chen’s little head, then smiled at Ye Zhenzhen and said, "Sister Zhenzhen, we’ve come to be the judges."

Director Fei also praised, "Zhenzhen, the chicken soup you cooked smells really good!"

Speaking of chicken soup, Ye Zhenzhen glanced at the snake-skin bag beside her, which still had five chickens in it. In a gentle voice, she said, "Director Fei, there are still five chickens here. Is our dinner tonight provided by the production crew?

How about you take these five chickens? Let everyone have an extra meal tonight and enjoy some chicken soup.

It’s so cold now, and you all work so hard behind the scenes. Everyone should have a bowl of chicken soup to warm up."

On the way back, Ye Zhenzhen had already planned the distribution of the chickens— one for each of the five moms, plus one for the production crew.

However, Xu Wanjia and the others felt that this was a reward for Ye Zhenzhen’s good deeds, and they all refused to take any.

Actually, everyone didn’t think too much about it. They simply felt that Xiao Jie’s Grandpa gave the chickens to Ye Zhenzhen, not to them, so they couldn’t accept them.

Now that Director Fei had brought up the chicken soup, Ye Zhenzhen straightforwardly shared her thoughts, ensuring that everyone could enjoy the delicious flavor of free-range chicken soup that evening.

Xiaowen and Director Fei exchanged glances, and considering what had happened on Weibo that afternoon, when they looked at Ye Zhenzhen again, they suddenly felt as if she was enveloped in a halo, like an angel...

Kind, beautiful, generous, and graceful!

No wonder those online haters who were criticizing her ended up being converted to fans after ranting.

I have to say, Ye Zhenzhen is just too captivating, so great!

Wuwuwu~, I want to drink free-range chicken soup too!

Zhenzhen, before you do charity next time, can you take a look at me? I’ve been hungry for three days. I’m not asking for much, just begging for a bowl of chicken soup.