CHAPTER 530: MICHALE SHAW SIDE STORY (21) HALE FAMILY, THIS RIDICULOUS BUSTLE

Michael Shaw has never been involved in scandals before. He’s pretty weak yet loves to play around, so this time it caused quite a stir. Melody never liked watching celebrity gossip and was always abroad with little access to news, so she actually heard about it from her dad...

The father and daughter were chatting, initially about family and business.

"Your grandmother has been discharged from the hospital and is in good condition. We even hired a psychologist to talk with her. Everything’s fine at home, so don’t worry."

"Okay."

"It’s just the company..." George Carter frowned, "Our contract with the Shaw Family is about to be signed, but they’ve recently been hit by a scandal."

"Scandal?" From what she knew, the Shaw Family had a straightforward composition and good people.

"It’s Michael."

"What happened with him?"

"Everyone’s now saying he has issues with his sexual orientation. I saw the paparazzi photos." George Carter tongue-clicked, "Melody, it really looks quite like you on those pictures."

Melody then opened her computer; the trending searches had been suppressed, but a search for Michael Shaw’s name still brought up the photos. She coughed twice, "Dad, actually I’m..."

"I understand, but it’s hard to clarify now since you are not in the country."

"Let me think about it."

Melody couldn’t let Michael Shaw be discussed by people for no reason, and the situation had caused some impact on the Shaw Group’s stock market. She pondered that it might be time to return home early.

**

Meanwhile, Michael Shaw wasn’t idle either. He specially sought advice from people in a chat group.

[How do we clarify this news?]

A bunch of friends, instead of advising him, were all asking: [Young Master Shaw, what’s going on? Who’s that person? You wouldn’t have changed preferences after Sister Hannah rejected you years ago, right?]

[Same curiosity! What kind of man could take you down?]

[By the way, does Grandpa Shaw know about this? Did he beat you to death? Are you okay? If you’re hospitalized, I’ll come to visit you.]

Michael was speechless. Only William Hale said: [Given the current situation, unless there’s bigger news, people’s attention won’t shift.]

Bigger... news?

But this period, the Circle of Capital City was quite calm, without much gossip.

The one big news he knew was that Cressida Jones was pregnant.

But pregnancy less than three months is not disclosed publicly, and helping suppress trending searches with this news was something Tim Payne would never agree to, and he’d likely beat him to death.

[Logan Hale, you’re always full of ideas, help me out.] Michael Shaw pleaded.

William Hale didn’t reply.

Because at that moment, he was being pestered by his daughter.

Wyatt Hale bought her a lot of new hair clips, and she was using Wyatt’s hair to braid little plaits and attaching clips all over his head. Just then, she was showing off her work to her father with pride, "Dad, does Uncle look nice?"

William Hale looked at his brother’s head full of colorful hair clips, holding back his laughter, "Nice."

And his little jacket chimed in: "Then let me dress you up too."

"..."

Wyatt Hale laughed till he was out of breath!

My dear brother, you got what you deserved.

William naturally didn’t want to, but he couldn’t refuse his daughter, so he let her mess with his hair. His hair was short and hard to style, so she ended up sticking stickers all over his shirt instead.

When Zoe Payne got home and saw her husband and brother-in-law in that state, she only felt a headache.

You two just let her have her way.

Compared to her daughter, Kaia Hale from Finn Hale and Sussie Lopez’s family seemed quiet from a young age. The old man said that at a young age, he already had a sense of propriety.

Most of the Hale Family are not fond of gossip, except for Wyatt Hale.

When he asked his eldest brother about Michael Shaw’s matter at the dining table, everyone’s eyes focused on him.

After all, they were familiar with him, so everyone was curious.

William Hale just calmly said, "I don’t know much about his affairs, no insider information."

"It’s just a photo. Now people are saying all sorts of things, but there’s no substantial evidence. Those people are really boring." Wyatt scoffed.

"I’ve known Michael for so long; how could he be interested in men? It’s downright absurd."

"But he used to invite me out often; recently, not sure what he’s been busy with."

Old Sir Hale tongue-clicked: "Nowadays, there’s absolutely no privacy, and the internet is chaotic. Even minor matters get magnified immensely. I can’t control others, but you all, be discreet and cautious, don’t let yourselves be caught with any errors."

"I don’t want to see any of your names trending!"

He said, with a special emphasis:

"Especially you, Little Wyatt!"

"You already have a job and are an uncle now. Quit being so idle and irresponsible, learn from your two cousins; see how much peace of mind Simon and Logan give me."

Wyatt Hale was helpless.

Out of nowhere, why was he suddenly the target?

Though for the past two years, eldest cousin Simon Hale had graduated and was engaged in research at a scientific company;

As for second cousin Logan, he expanded his security company by double, and it was thriving;

Only he,

was just an office worker, bull and horse.

Wyatt Hale sighed silently:

The gap between people, why is it so big?

Brock Hale and his wife knew their son well; he wasn’t someone to accomplish great things, so they were terrified when he initially wanted to start a business.

How did that saying go:

Not afraid of rich kids indulging in pleasure, wasting their time;

Just afraid they have ambitions, strive to be strong, determinedly wanting to start a business.

Brock Hale directly told him: "I know your salary isn’t high, I can subsidize you with five or six figures every month, even more pocket money, but if you dare to start a business, we’ll sever our father-son relationship."

Wyatt Hale was indignant and complained to his brother.

Then William Hale told him, "If you can write a business plan that satisfies me, I’ll give you the initial capital for starting a business."

Subsequently, Zac Cruz sent him all the comparative business plans of Hale Group over the years for reference.

A total of 1532 plans.

Wyatt felt numb.

Forget it, better to just lie flat.

The old man’s hope for him was simply to work well and stay out of trouble.

Only that night...

The Hale Family made the headlines.

——

William Hale had just coaxed his little daughter to sleep and was about to have a heart-to-heart talk with his wife when Michael Shaw’s call came.

"You better have business." William Hale’s tone was icy.

Michael was sensible; ever since he got together with Zoe Payne, he rarely disturbed them during rest time, otherwise, William wouldn’t even answer his call.

"You wouldn’t happen to know, right?" Michael laughed smugly.

"What should I know?"

"Your brother is in trouble."

"Wyatt?"

"It’s not him!" Michael’s voice couldn’t hide his amusement, "Old Sir Hale, you said before that if I wanted to suppress this heat, I needed bigger news to divert attention. But I didn’t expect you’d sacrifice your brother to save me, you’re really too generous."

"What on earth are you saying?"

"Logan Hale went to a scene to pick up a popular actress, and the photos have spread all over? The two went in pairs and even kissed in the car, all captured by paparazzi."