Chapter 821 - Truth Revealed (Part 2)

Nowadays, when a piece of news with a photo is presented to the public, how could the media sit idly by? They immediately searched everywhere for clues and quickly disseminated the news through various channels. While newspapers might not be able to release the news immediately, television could! Just insert a breaking news segment into a program, and all viewers watching television would know about Laila's engagement.

Major news websites also didn't miss this opportunity to attract attention. Not only did they immediately publish the news, but they also created a poll related to the event: Do you think Laila and Roy will get married? When do you think they will break up? The options ranged from not getting married at all to breaking up in the first year, the third year, and so on, with the most common choice being "forever together," which was added later due to strong reader demand.

Within a short period, tens of thousands of people had voted, with the most popular choice being "forever together," the option added later. Contrary to the media's skepticism, the public and fans were optimistic about them. They didn't see any background issues or incompatibility; they only knew that these two were rare gems in Hollywood.

One was a good girl who never caused trouble, except for being a little distracted from her work, focusing solely on film shooting; the other rarely got involved in scandals (any scandals that arose were proven to be false), maintaining a clean and admirable image. Both of them, whether in their romantic encounters or their happy relationship, everything was so beautiful. Why would anyone think they couldn't maintain a happy marriage forever?

Countless people believed in fairy-tale love because of them, deeply envying and hoping that they, too, could experience such sincere love. After seeing so many on-again, off-again relationships in the entertainment industry, everyone hoped to see a couple who could be happy together forever.

Thanks to the current speed of information dissemination, while Laila was unaware, and while she and her group were still having fun at the amusement park, the news of her engagement with Roy had caused a commotion outside.

When Mr. Oswald saw the report on TV, his first reaction was that it was fake news, as there had been too many rumors of breakups, pregnancies, and cheating, to the point where no one believed them anymore. But when he saw the photo used in the report, he realized that this might be true. Hadn't he noticed that Laila was wearing a ring on her finger?

As a grandfather, he knew his granddaughter very well. He knew that aside from liking to wear some oriental-style bracelets on her wrist, she rarely wore anything else. Especially rings, she always said they would interfere with her typing, and she even refused to wear the family heirloom her grandmother had given her, let alone such a small, obviously inexpensive diamond ring.

Mr. Oswald looked disdainfully at the ring in the picture and silently criticized Roy. To think that he wanted to marry their daughter with such an inconspicuous little ring, did he think the Moran family had no one left?

As Laila wanted to spend some quality time with her mother and "coincidentally" spend time with her boyfriend, she turned off her phone when they entered the amusement park. Janet, with the intention of compensating her daughter, also turned off her phone when she saw Laila turn hers off. As for Roy, he was even more determined to prevent anyone from ruining their time out with Laila.

So, everyone who learned of the news tried to call them, but unfortunately, no one could reach them as their phones were all turned off. Instead, because of the exposure of the photo, the amusement park suddenly had many more visitors, all hoping to unexpectedly encounter Laila and her group. If they could get an autograph or a photo together, it would be even better.

Oddly enough, despite the influx of people into the amusement park, none of them found Laila and her two companions. Even the journalists who rushed over in response to the news came up empty-handed. After searching for several hours without success, they could only return disappointedly, using their wild imagination to fabricate a romantic proposal process for Laila and Roy.

Everyone searching for Laila thought she had received the news and had left the amusement park early. In fact, quite the opposite was true: they not only did not leave but also stayed in the themed hotel in the amusement park. Laila thought it would be a shame to visit a themed amusement park without staying in the themed hotel, but little did she know that by checking in, they successfully avoided a large group of people.

Janet was very interested in the themed hotel Laila had mentioned repeatedly and was a bit tired from playing, so she went to the hotel to rest early. Laila had booked a newly decorated Lord of the Rings-themed room for her. The decorations and furniture in the room were all replicas of props from the movie, made in a one-to-one ratio. Moreover, the hotel's decorations were more exquisite and durable, as they were not disposable like the props used in the film.

Laila knew that Janet was a fan of The Lord of the Rings, so she took her to this newly renovated, temporarily unopened room.

Sure enough, Janet loved it here, saying that it fulfilled one of her dreams and made her feel like she was an elf, living in that magical world.

She was so happy that Laila and Roy were also happy. While the three of them called room service to have dinner in the room, Roy casually turned on the TV to see if there was anything good to watch. As a result, just as the TV turned on and before they could see which program was playing, they heard Laila's name being mentioned.

"Since the engagement rumors of the great director Laila Moran and Hollywood star Roy Seasonstar were exposed several hours ago, we have not been able to contact the parties involved, nor have we received confirmation from them... blah, blah, blah."

Laila was stunned, and Roy and Janet also crowded around the TV.

"How could this be discovered?" Laila couldn't understand. After all, they had only gotten engaged early this morning, and then they had gone out with her mother. Even her grandfather hadn't been told about it. How could people outside know? Moreover, it was broadcast on TV, indicating that it had been exposed several hours ago, which meant that all the media already knew.