The press conference was scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

Due to Sun Yanzhou’s ‘unstinting efforts’, the ‘truth about Lin Momo’s life’ was pushed to the forefront. Therefore, as soon as the news of the press conference came out, it instantly attracted much attention.

In the afternoon, in addition to the reporters from several mainstream media who were directly invited to attend the press conference, many reporters from other well-known media platforms also came.

In addition, the entire press conference would be livestreamed online.

Before the press conference even started, many netizens had already camped at the livestream channel to watch.

Everyone waited until 8:30 p.m., and Lin Cheng appeared at the press conference on time.

“He’s here!”

Someone shouted, and cameras of the media on the scene immediately swiveled to point at Lin Cheng.

Is Lin Momo Lin Cheng’s biological daughter? 

Is the child abandonment rumored on the Internet true?

Who is Lin Momo’s biological mother? …

Countless questions lingered in the minds of the reporters on the scene, and they were ready to put the microphone directly in front of Lin Cheng to ask questions.

Lin Cheng gave everyone a calm look, then walked to the front of the stage and took a seat with a normal expression.

“Today, I invited all friends from the media to come here so I can clarify the scandals about my alleged illicit relations with fans and my daughter’s background,” Lin Cheng said, paused, and then said, “In order not to waste your precious time, I will try to be brief.”

After Lin Cheng finished speaking, a whisper suddenly sounded from the audience.

“Is Lin Cheng going to start directly?”

“No prelude at all?”

“Don’t celebrities usually have to perform a segment to gain sympathy when they come up at a press conference? This is the first time I’ve seen someone start so directly.”

“Lin Cheng looks pretty good. Is there really any hidden story behind those things?”

“Who knows? Let’s see what he says.”

… …

Everyone looked at Lin Cheng.

Seeing that the scene had quieted down, Lin Cheng brought the microphone closer and slowly but clearly began speaking, “The first thing is about the scandals about me that have been circulating on the Internet.”

While doing this, Lin Cheng signaled with a look to the staff on the sidelines.

After Lin Cheng’s signal, the other party immediately operated the equipment and projected all the negative information about Lin Cheng on the screen behind him—suppressing newcomers, deceiving fans, picking up women in nightclubs, having improper chat records with fans, having ‘group sex’, dating fans, relying on capital to grab resources, being unprofessional…

Each item was listed in detail, and complied together like this, the content was simply shocking.

In addition to the uproar at the scene, the netizens in the livestream channel who also saw this list of negative information through their devices were also shocked:

[WTH, so many? ]

[I have been eating melons for so long, but this is the first time I have seen a star list his black scandals so clearly. What kind of operation is this? ]

[There are so many negative news. If they are all true, then this person is really full of poison. If they are false, then the person being blackened is too miserable. This would simply blacken people to death.]

[I prefer the latter. ]

[Me too.]

[I wanted to say that there is no smoke without fire, but Lin Cheng dared to release these black materials so directly, so I will stand behind him.]

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At the press conference, after everyone has once again quieted down, Lin Cheng spoke again, “What you see behind me are all the negative information that have been circulated about me over the years. I have compiled them all, and I believe they are also the very content that everyone is concerned about today.

“If there is anything missing, you are welcome to add it.”

After Lin Cheng finished speaking, he looked around the scene. Seeing that no one spoke, he continued, “If there’s none, then I will address them now.”

“All the negative information listed behind me is false news.”

“Do you mean that someone is framing you behind your back?” a reporter asked.

“Indeed.” After Lin Cheng finished speaking, he signaled the staff to release another set of information.

This was a comparison chart.

On the left were the photos of Lin Cheng and his fans: him showing intimate behavior with women, screenshots of Lin Cheng’s ambiguous private messages with fans, Lin Cheng’s so-called bed photos, and many others, all of which appeared on the Internet—and on the right were photos and videos taken from other angles.

The so-called intimate photos were nothing more than visual tricks taken at certain angles, and many of them were even confirmed to be photoshopped as verified by professional organizations.

Those chat and private message records was not Lin Cheng’s at all, although the avatar, name, and even login IP address were all made to look the same as Lin Cheng’s, but after official authentication, it was not Lin Cheng who used that account.

As for the bed photos taken by the so-called fans who were seduced by him, they were just taken from special angles during times when Lin Cheng was performing or training at the company and had been resting.

Before everyone could be surprised, another piece of information appeared on the screen.

This was a list of groups and institutions. Every organization and institution on the list has published false black materials about Lin Cheng on the Internet—back then and now—and even used Lin Cheng’s incident to deliberately lead the rhythm on the Internet, triggering public criticism.

In fact, some organizations were still ‘operating’ on the Internet now, hyping up the incident of Lin Cheng abandoning his child.

The clues as to who had economic and communication links with all these organizations all pointed to one person: Sun Yanzhou.

During this time, Sun Yanzhou had always thought that everything about Lin Cheng was under his control, but he didn’t know that when he suppressed Lin Cheng back then and manipulated everything behind the scenes, his every action and move also left traces.

“Who is Sun Yanzhou?” A reporter asked subconsciously.

“You don’t know Sun Yanzhou? He is the ace agent of Starstone Entertainment. Not long ago, he took his artist to a variety show about stars and agents.”

“I seem to remember that it was this Sun Yanzhou who brought Lin Cheng out when he debuted.”

“So he is Lin Cheng’s former agent?”…

“You mean, your former agent is harming you?” A reporter looked up and asked Lin Cheng.

“That is so,” Lin Cheng nodded.

However, such an answer could not immediately convince everyone present.

“Why would he do this? It’s not reasonable for an agent to harm his own artist.”

“Yes, just those few pieces of information can be faked, and it doesn’t necessarily prove that it was really done by your agent.”

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T/N: I think Lin Cheng has always known, he just didn’t care. His goal was never to be an artist and he only did it because he had just returned to China, had no foundation, and it was a good way to earn money—so his career derailing was never important to him. He was also estranged from his grandfather (because the old man covered up his father’s involvement in his mother’s death) and wanted nothing to do with the Lin family/properties so he just let matters be.

But it became a source of regret once he found out about Momo—if he hadn’t been so passive back then, he would have known about her sooner and not let her live a miserable life outside for so many years. 

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Chapter 101.2 — The Truth Is Revealed
Chapter 101.3 — The Truth Is Revealed
Chapter 102.1 — How Did You Do That?
Chapter 102.2 — How Did You Do That?
Chapter 102.3 — How Did You Do That?
Chapter 103.1 — Welcome to My Home
Chapter 103.2 — Welcome to My Home