Chapter 144: The Little One Goes Viral

Following New Year's Day, for more than ten consecutive days, Lin Chuan stayed at home all day long, with nothing to do apart from his routine duty of dropping off and picking up Yangyang at kindergarten.

Fortunately, there was a computer at home, so when he had nothing else to do, he could browse Weibo or find a couple of movies to watch.

One thing worth mentioning was that ever since Yangyang told the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at the kindergarten's New Year's gala, the little fellow had suddenly become a sensation online.

At first, because many parents could not find this storybook titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in major bookstores, they had no choice but to go online and post requests for help.

As a result, without exception, not a single person knew about it, and they had not even heard of the title of this fairy tale.

Consequently, these parents also began to wonder: could such a wonderful story have been made up by a child himself? Surely not, right?

Of course, this hypothesis could not possibly hold true; no one could believe that a five-year-old child could invent a fairy tale of such high caliber.

Could it be that the expression was not clear enough? Or was this story not called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at all?

Then, videos of the kindergarten's performance that day gradually appeared online. Someone must have specially edited them to keep only the segment where Lin Yiyang told the story.

However, to everyone's utter surprise, once this video appeared on the internet, it instantly went viral.

In just two or three days, the repost count suddenly exceeded several thousand, and the likes broke ten thousand.

Someone even left a comment underneath the video saying that the child in the video looked a little familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before...

Shortly after this comment appeared, many other netizens joined in to comment below.

"This child really does look familiar, but I just can't remember where I've seen him..." "Could he be some child star or internet sensation?"

After searching around, there was no information whatsoever.

Just as everyone was completely baffled, racking their brains to recall the child's true identity, an explosive comment surfaced out of nowhere.

"Stop guessing, I know who this child is. Those of you who feel he looks familiar must have watched the grand finale of One Song to Fame; this child is Lin Chuan's son."

"What? He's Lin Chuan's son?"

"Oh my sweet goodness, no wonder he looked familiar, now I remember. On the day of the grand finale, this little fellow appeared on the big screen."

"That's right, he's Brother Chuan's son. He was even in the news a few days ago."

"Right, right, right. Many thanks to my brother for clearing up the mystery, otherwise my obsessive-compulsive disorder would have kept me from sleeping tonight."

At this, everyone finally had an epiphany.

Meanwhile, after Lin Yiyang's identity was exposed online, he also began to feel troubled.

At kindergarten, all the children swarmed around him asking questions, entangling him endlessly as if he were a star.

Worse still, some parents of other children frequently took the opportunity of school drop-offs or pick-ups to try and see Lin Chuan in person, asking him for an autograph or a group photo.

As a result, every single hope was dashed, and the person could not be seen at all.

Did the child go to school all by himself? Of course not. Every time he went to or left school, he was accompanied by a teacher from the kindergarten, and that person was none other than Wang Yue.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this discovery might not have anything special about it, or might even be quite mundane.

However, placed in the eyes of reporters, it was an entirely different story.

Knowing where Lin Chuan's son went to school was already a very marketable piece of news in itself, and now there was an additional mysterious woman who escorted the child back and forth every single day in place of Lin Chuan.

Wasn't this a bit unusual? Who on earth was she? Lin Chuan's wife? Lin Yiyang's mother? Or was she Lin Chuan's mistress, or perhaps simply Lin Chuan's girlfriend all along?

Regardless of what she was, she definitely couldn't just be an ordinary kindergarten teacher.

In order to unearth bigger and more valuable news, reporters from major newspaper offices and television stations operated almost exclusively under the cover of night, lurking near the kindergarten all day long and refusing to budge an inch.

In such a freezing winter, they certainly deserved some sympathy.

...

At noon, with nothing to do, Lin Chuan sat at home and browsed the internet.

As soon as he opened Weibo, he saw that it was completely flooded with news about him. Strangely enough, the headline of every single piece of news was uniformly identical: speculations about the exact nature of the relationship between him and Wang Yue.

After casually clicking on a few to read, Lin Chuan burst out laughing in astonishment.

The imaginations of these people were truly extraordinary, coming up with all sorts of guesses. Among them, the most classic and the one that left Lin Chuan most speechless was that they actually believed Wang Yue was Lin Yiyang's child bride...

Damn it, did they think this was ancient times? A child bride, your foot!

Lin Chuan no longer had the courage to read such news; who knew, some other wild imagination might produce an even more blood-pumping commentary.

Therefore, he decided to go watch a movie.

Right at that moment, just as he opened the media player, his phone rang.

Picking it up to take a look, it was Yuan Ye. Why on earth did this fellow suddenly decide to call him?

"Hello!"

"Xiaochuan, you live in Splendid Garden, right?" Yuan Ye said loudly.

"Ah, yes, what's wrong?" Lin Chuan asked, slightly stunned and bewildered.

"Damn it, the community security guards won't let me in. Come on, say a few words to them," Yuan Ye said, exasperated.

Immediately, from the other end of the phone, Yuan Ye could be heard shouting loudly, "Come over here. Didn't you want proof? This is Lin Chuan's phone, you take it."

After hesitating and dragging his feet for a long time, the person on the other side finally spoke.

"Hello, excuse me, is this Mr. Lin?"

Lin Chuan smiled and nodded, "Hello, I am Lin Chuan, the owner of Unit 2, Building 6. That person is my friend, let him in. If there's any trouble, I can come over myself."

Lin Chuan's tone was very amiable. He didn't put on airs as a big star, nor did he lose his temper because his friend had been stopped. After all, this was simply their job, and it deserved understanding and support.

When the security guard who answered the phone heard Lin Chuan's voice, he panicked instantly and hurriedly said, "Ah! There's no need, Mr. Lin. Since this gentleman really is your friend, we will let him in. If this has caused any trouble for you and your friend, we are extremely sorry..."

After a moment, the voice on the other end of the phone switched back to Yuan Ye, who loudly declared, "Alright, I'm in. Get ready to welcome me. I never expected the security guards here in Beijing to be so different; they insisted on refusing me entry no matter what..."

Lin Chuan shook his head speechlessly. After hanging up the phone, he grabbed his coat and walked out.

In the elevator, he was still somewhat puzzled as to why Yuan Ye had suddenly rushed over to Beijing, and why he hadn't even made a phone call in advance before coming.

Without a pressing reason, one does not visit the hall of Buddha. This fellow's sudden arrival...