Dou Niechen was holding the fast-sleeping Dou Xiaodou in his arms, scrolling through his phone with his other hand, and a smile was indeed playing on his lips.

Wang Ma also scrolled through the comments, asking, "Just how many spies are hiding around you?"

They were secretly filming and stalking me all the time; it's absolutely inhuman.

Dou Niechen calmly curled the corners of his mouth, "It's alright. Let's make this bigger first, make the Dou Group's reputation even more renowned, and then we'll take them all down in one fell swoop."

In this age of widespread internet activity, even negative publicity can be considered publicity.

Let the hype soar even higher, and you'll save hundreds of millions in annual GG fees—it's a win-win situation.

Even Wang Ma had to admire his business acumen. Despite being boycotted by the entire internet for being smeared, he still wanted to ride the wave of popularity to make the Dou Group even more famous.

Dou Niechen shrugged indifferently, "What's there to be afraid of? When someone becomes famous, they're bound to get criticized."

Others might become withdrawn when criticized, but the more he gets attacked, the more money he makes.

The harsher he was scolded, the more excited he became.

I'm actually quite happy about it.

Wang Ma...

The haters weren't wrong to say he was abnormal.

But his abnormality did not harm any good people.

He only hurts bad people.

So she actually found this abnormality to be quite normal.

After all, no one says you have to be a saint and forgive someone who has been bullied. She wouldn't forgive either.

But netizens, unaware of the truth, continued to criticize.

Finally, some people even revealed that the Dou Group evaded taxes and that it was involved in shady and improper industries.

The post was so vividly described, it seemed like the truth.

Because the matter escalated so much, higher authorities sent people to investigate.

Seeing that things had escalated so much, Dou Changnian snorted coldly, "I knew this kid wasn't capable and only knew how to rely on brute force. Now his true colors have been discovered, haven't they?"

In his mind, Dou Niechen must have some illegal businesses to make the Dou Group so big and powerful, and he was also looking forward to seeing the show.

I just want to see how Dou Niechen will be humiliated after he's arrested.

Luo Yongni thought the same thing.

"Let that kid get cocky, he's finally got his comeuppance, hasn't he?"

Once the authorities find out, the Dou Group will be sealed off very quickly, and declaring bankruptcy will be just a matter of minutes.

The two were not worried about Dou Niechen's situation at all; instead, they were just watching the show.

Dou Niechen didn't care what they thought.

On the contrary, I was in a good mood.

The more smear campaigns he receives from online trolls, the more excited he becomes.

When the investigation team arrived, he was not afraid at all, and even started a live broadcast.

That handsome face appeared directly on the live stream screen.

Viewers were surprised to see that he dared to do a live stream, and even used an official account, so they all came in to watch the drama unfold.

I was immediately struck by his handsome face when I walked in.

To be honest, the young master of the Dou family looks quite like a domineering CEO from a novel.

Although he has a grumpy face, his features are so striking that he looks like a domineering CEO from a comic book.

His well-dressed suits make him even more attractive.

Haters chimed in at this point, commenting: "What's the use of being handsome? Breaking the law and getting involved in organized crime are heinous crimes. This kind of person should be arrested and imprisoned."

Online trolls also joined in, throwing mud at Dou Niechen, with a barrage of comments saying he evaded taxes, trying to label him as a tax evader.

Dou Niechen's lips curled up, not letting them have their way.

He directly had his hater accounts banned to prevent them from spamming and polluting his screen.

"Hello everyone, regarding this trending topic of framing and false accusation, I will take you through the investigation team to find out the truth in a little while."

Netizens are curious: "The fact that he dared to do a live stream to prove himself means he didn't do those illegal things, doesn't it?"

Otherwise, how could they dare to do a live stream?

This incident has even become a trending topic internationally, and many netizens abroad are aware of it.

At this moment, the number of viewers in the live stream has reached a staggering 20 million.

Even other platforms are broadcasting the live stream simultaneously, and the number of viewers is still increasing.

Even the system exclaimed that Dou Niechen was simply born to be a self-media creator. Even top-tier celebrities couldn't generate this much traffic through paid advertising.

The investigation team has arrived.

Dou Niechen explained the live broadcast to them.

The two hesitated for a moment, then consulted with their superiors, and finally agreed to the live broadcast.

The investigation process was very complicated.

Dou Niechen, worried that netizens might not understand, thoughtfully explained, "Our Dou Group has a lot of accounts, and we can't finish calculating them all in a short time."

"Okay, I'll point the rear camera at the investigation team. Those who want to watch can go and watch the investigation team."

"Point the front-facing camera at me, we can have a chat."

As she spoke, she grabbed Dou Xiaodou, who was secretly hiding chocolate in her diaper.

She snatched her chocolate away, saying, "Children shouldn't eat chocolate."

Dou Xiaodou stomped her chubby little feet on the floor, glaring at him angrily, "Still acting like a fool~~"

Dou Niechen enjoyed seeing her get angry like a frog; it made him very happy.

"Kneel down and call me 'Dad,' and I'll give it back to you."

Upon hearing a child's sweet voice, netizens' gossip instincts kicked in, with comments like, "Could this be the baby of that surrogate mother from the post?"

How dare he expose his child? Isn't he afraid of getting arrested?

After all, surrogacy is illegal in the country.

Dou Niechen knew what netizens were thinking, and a smirk appeared on his lips. "This isn't a surrogate child. She doesn't even have a birth certificate. If you have evidence that she was surrogated, please provide me with a birth certificate."

I also want to know who's so twisted, having a child behind my back, abandoning him to an orphanage, where they don't even have any information about him.

I even suspect this is all a conspiracy.

After all, he is the richest man in City A, and there are quite a few people who want to get rid of him.

When netizens heard about this huge piece of gossip, they were immediately in an uproar.

[My God, this is definitely a setup. Otherwise, the richest man in the world would never have needed to have an illegitimate child.]

He could easily marry a good wife and have children within the marriage. There's absolutely no need for him to bring a child into the public eye and attract negative attention.

And it's a daughter.

Generally, wealthy families will want a son to inherit the company.

If I had to substitute, it would definitely be my son.

Some netizens disagreed, saying, "Many daughters of wealthy families inherit their businesses; you're being too old-fashioned."

Some netizens with traditional ideas still believe that the son is more likely to inherit the family business.

The two sides started arguing about which of their sons or daughters was more likely to inherit the family business.

The haters originally wanted to lead them to believe that Dou Niechen had illegally used a surrogate mother, but the direction suddenly went astray.

They tried their best to steer the conversation back on track, saying, "Who knows if Dou Niechen said that on purpose? He hasn't had a girlfriend in all these years; maybe he's just a jerk, which is why he had a child out of wedlock."

Upon hearing this, netizens realized it was true.

They all circled back to the matter of him being a surrogate mother.

Dou Niechen smiled dismissively, "Sorry, I have too much money. I can get married and have a bunch of kids without any problem. There's no need for me to do anything illegal and get haters to criticize me."

"If you want to smear me, find the child's biological mother and let her sue me. That's the only way to truly prove that I used a surrogate."

Instead of just spouting nonsense.

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