Two weeks had slipped by in a blur of clingy mornings, lazy afternoons, and nights where the twins refused to let even an inch of space come between them and Li Han. But the outside world? The outside world had decided to make Li Han’s face its new favorite obsession. Every blog, every gossip site, every newspaper had that one photo plastered across their front pages: Li Han standing awkwardly in the middle of the ballroom, velvet red suit hugging his frame, waistcoat perfectly tailored, cheeks flushed from all the attention while the entire room clapped for him like he’d just won an award. The headlines were ridiculous. “WHO IS THIS?” screamed one in bold block letters. “CHINA’S OWN EMPRESS FINALLY REVEALED” crowed another. A particularly shameless tabloid had gone with “THE BETA WHO T

