I woke up to find I have a child - Chapter 54
Han Feixu was seriously suspicious that Yiyi, this little girl, did this on purpose.
Ye Mingxin comforted her as she returned to their car with a sour mood, “It doesn’t matter how expensive the gift is, it’s the thought that counts.
Han Feixu turned her head speechlessly, “It’s easy for you to say, when you receive an antique brooch!”
Yes, it’s correct to say that it doesn’t matter how big or small the gift is or how expensive. But it can’t be that light! SO light that there is no weight at all!
Ye Mingxin offered tentatively seeing that she still looked unhappy, “Do you want a brooch? I can give you mine.”
“….”
Did she want the brooch?
No what she wants is an impartial, and considerate little cotton-padded jacket = =
(T/N: I believe the “little cotton-padded jacket” she’s talking about here is Yiyi)
After resting for two days, Yan Yuerong took Yiyi back to Beijing. Only half of summer vacation was left, and one couldn’t be on vacation every day.
While Yan Yureong returned first, Ye Junyuan stayed behind for a little while. He wanted to get the full picture on the Chang family’s affairs from his daughter and then head over to Shanghai to check on the company’s situation.
After touring Hengdian, the father and daughter pair met for dinner at a nearby restaurant where Ye Mingxin gave a general account of the recent events.
The engagement between her cousin, Ye MingAn, and Chang Siyan had, of course, collapsed. When Chang Siyan had just been released from the detention center and was forced to enter a drug rehabilitation center. The police actually found a small amount of drugs in his home as well and he would have gone to prison if not for the Chang family who used a lot of money to conceal this.
Thus, the heir of the Chang family was finished. Although this left some negative influence on the Chang companies’ dealings, it did not shake their foundation. Ye Mingxin’s little ploy caused them to lose nearly 70 billion dollars in an instant, but to the Chang family this amount was nothing. They had many companies spread across industries and as long as they are given some time, they will recover.
If Ye Mingxin was a business executive, she would naturally strike while the iron is hot and continue to pluck their hairs one by one. But she is not in the business, and meddling in business affairs just this once was enough for her. If she continues to meddle, unflattering rumors will start up again.
Ye Jinyuan sighed, “This conflict will be difficult to resolve.”
Ye Mingxin hummed non-committedly, “It’s not like you don’t know what the morality and conduct of the Chang family is like. In the past, our relationship with them may have seemed peaceful on the surface, however, we have simply removed the blindfold. All unfinished projects with them have been terminated, leaving only some already completed projects that he can not withdraw from. They will be busy restoring their reputation, so they will have no time to retaliate against us. There is no need for you to worry.”
“Who says I’m worried? I’m not afraid of tearing my cooperation with Chang Hao to shreds, that hypocritical old pervert!”
Ye Mingxin frowned, “Then what unresolvable conflict are you talking about?”
“I meant the conflict with your Second Uncle!” Ye Junyuan sighed again, “We have to see each other again after we return to Beijing. What should we do then? His daughter’s engagement banquet and engagement itself essentially turned into a mess because of us and you know how your Second Aunt’s is like. She’s like a cannonball on fire.”
Ye Mingxin’s face turned cold at the mention of her aunt, “You shouldn’t talk to her at all, she holds herself too highly. What status and qualifications does she have to dare to reprimand Little Xu and I? She should take care of her own children’s messes before thinking about sticking her nose in other people’s business.”
Ye Junyuan may be a tough executive in the business world, but when it comes to women, he is like the majority of his male compatriots. Which can be summed up into one word: hopeless. Even in front of a little girl like Yiyi, he is unable to say no to any of her requests.
Thus, he has always kept shrews like Cheng Xiaoli at an arm’s length. But now he couldn’t do that, as both his wife and granddaughter are currently living in the old family residence. So of course he couldn’t move out.
However, the second son, his brother, Ye Junqian, has lived in the old family residence all of his life. So it would be unrealistic to ask his family to move out, thus everyone would have to coexist together. Although they may be separated by a few hundred meters, naturally they will see each other everytime one of them looks up. He felt depressed just thinking about how he’ll have to see his brother and his sister-in-law’s faces that looked so much like the ugly Squash plant in Plants vs Zombies.
He wanted to receive some comfort from his precious daughter, but said daughter simply glanced at her phone and said, “It’s eight o’clock. I’ll be leaving first. The filming crew has an event later tonight, you can pay for the meal.”
Ye Junyuan: “……Ok.”
When Ye Junyuan was taking out his wallet and paying the bill, he came to a silent realization. No wonder he thought Yiyi’s actions the other day were so familiar. Sure enough, the daughter takes after the mother.
The following few weeks were the same as the previous few weeks. About 70% of Ye Mingxin and Han Feixu’s time was taken up with filming, 20% on sleeping, and the last 10% was spent attending various endorsement or promotions events.
By the time September arrived, Yiyi had started school and Han Feixu’s character was finally abandoned by the emperor. However, while her character was able to take a break from the camera, she was not as lucky.
Around mid-September she had to film the last two episodes of 《I am the Protagonist》. In the second to last episode the judges become mentors as they instruct contestants on how to play their different roles. As for the last episodes, it would be completed in the form of a live broadcast. Jiang Lingyan bought a book full of different scenarios and each contestant will randomly draw lots and play out an impromptu performance. There will be 200 different questions, each a different scenario, and some will be difficult, some hard. It will depend on the luck of the draw.
Of course, the contestants no longer believed in Jiang Lingyan’s so-called “Luck of the draw”, but this time she reassured the contestants by saying there would be no rigging behind the scenes this time.
In addition, since the judges will be acting as mentors instead of judges, the final scores and winners will be determined by the audience watching the live broadcast and the 100-member jury of professionals in the entertainment circle.
There are 6 remaining contestants, Han Feixu, Han Yiren, Zhang Hao, Nie Kaiyuan, and Gu Zhigui.
The last contestant, Gu Zhigui is the last drop-in contestant that arrived in the last episode. However, he had won first place in the previous round just after his arrival. He was not well-known in China, but after netizens searched around a little bit, they found that he’s a musical actor who was on Broadway for 2 years.
The man can sing, dance, and most importantly, act. In addition, he looked like a handsome prince. In just one episode with him in it, his Weibo gained over 6 million followers overnight. Although that explosive rate did not continue, he was able to accumulate about 10 million followers in a few short days.
The other male contestants were feeling a sense of crisis, and the female contestants were not much better. Everyone wanted main roles in this movie, and this time the entire Internet would be watching them. This time, getting the roles may not be as important as proving their strength in front of the entire world.
After pondering over various plans and referring to many different factors, Jiang Lingyan decided to combine the last two episodes together into a special and have it broadcast over the span of two days. In this way, the program can be filmed continuously and the viewership will be high if they keep the suspense up by running ads in the middle.
Everyone’s schedule was free enough that they could handle the change, everyone except Ye Mingxin that is. As the main character in Director Tian’s drama, it was difficult for her to ask for consecutive days off.
So Jiang Lingyan had to personally find Tian Chengxian and ask him to help adjust the schedule a little. Tian Chengxian was of course no match against a young women’s pouting appearance and so the entire crew was forced to work overtime for two nights before they accepted the free coupons given by Jiang Lingyan to the Yuewan Royal Hot Spring hotel. There they will relieve their fatigue by soaking in the hot springs.
Sitting in a private plane Jiang Lingyan took off her classes and cleaned the lenses before sighing softly, “A stay in my hotel is 2,800 a night. In order to get you on my show, I had to give out weekend rooms for 80 people all at once. I’m really at a loss.”
Ye Mingxin didn’t look up from her magazine as she said, “It’s no use complaining, I’m not going to reimburse you.”
Sitting beside her, Han Feixu looked up at the ceiling with a longing look, “I want to go to the hot springs too. Jiang Lingyan, is the Yuewan hotel a fun place?”
With a ‘shuaaaa’ sound, Ye Mingxin flipped closed her magazine and said gently to her, “It’s not a fun place, only an ordinary holiday hotel. The expensive price is just an act, in reality it’s not that great of an experience at all. If you want to go soak in some hot springs, we can go to Iceland together and look up at the Aurora Borealis while soaking in the hot springs.”
Han Feixu hesitated, “But Iceland is so far away and it’ll take so long to fly there. Doesn’t our country have any hot springs?”
“Most domestic hot springs are man-made, unlike the hot springs made by natural geography. Man-made hot springs are not self-cleaning and although they look clean on the outside, they are actually really dirty. Jiang Lingyan’s place is like that.”
Jiang Lingyan: “…..”
Can you not praise one thing while criticizing another?
Ye Mingxin carefully studied her expression and gave one more push that was the final nail in the coffin, “Iceland has the Blue Lagoon hot springs which is a blue lake surrounded by dense fog and due to the open air nature of it, you’ll also be able to enjoy the view of snow-covered mountains while soaking in hot water. It’s a kind of scenery that can only be seen there. Forget domestic, it’s a place where you can’t find anywhere else in the world. A very beautiful place.”
After hearing her say so much, Han Feixu only remembered the last sentence about the hot spring being very beautiful.
“Okay, okay, then let’s go together when we have time. We can bring Yiyi with us too.”
Then, suddenly remembering that Jiang Lingyan was sitting next to them, she turned her head and invited her too, “Do you want to come with us?”
Jiang Lingyan gave her a look, “Can you bring Shen Sangluo with you too?”
Han Feixu blinked, “I don’t think so. If she goes, she’ll have to use up her annual vacation days and I think she only has 5 vacation days, which is way too short.”
“Oh, I won’t go then.”
Han Feixu: “…..”
The filming location for the final episode is in Beijing. Jiang Lingyan was able to borrow a theater her little sister owned. This theater was a failed investment of her little sister, Jiang LingYuan. The location wasn’t in a high traffic area and they were unable to attract any famous theater troupes despite the initial high investment. If the ticket prices were too low, they would lose money and if the ticket prices were high there would be no demand for it. Thus, this theater has been struggling to make ends meet for a while and so Jiang LingYuan had been thinking of selling it when she heard her big sister wanted to use it. So, she generously donated the theater for her to use.
However, she had one request, which was that she wanted to visit the set.
Jiang Lingyan had thought about it. Han Feixu and Ye Mingxin’s relationship was in a good place right now and was back to that lovey-dovey honeymoon phase like all those years ago. Perhaps seeing the two of them so close together, as if they were stuck together by glue, would make her little sister give up on Han Feixu completely.
The Jiang family has always followed the principle of being proactive when pursuing relationships, but have no habit of destroying other people’s families. If Jiang LingYuan sees that Han Feixu and Ye Mingxin have rekindled their love and happily reunited, then she will never pester them again. Then she’ll return to her previous self, that is staying in her own home in obscurity and trying her best to not bump into them like she did the last seven years.
Thinking on this point, Jiang Lingyan felt a little heartbroken for her little sister. Her little sister has done so well for herself and could have anyone else, but it was not up to her to decide who she likes or not.
As she walked into the theater she spotted her younger sister in the distance, looking around for someone. She had carefully dressed herself up today and would look up from time to time to see who has arrived. She looked both a little nervous and a little excited. Jiang Lingyan could only sigh in her heart and quickly walk forward a couple steps, overtaking Han Feixu and the others by walking in first.
Thus, the first thing Jiang LingYuan saw was her big sister and the second thing was Ye Mingxin and Han Feixu. The two of them walked closely next to each other, with smiles on both of their faces. People who may not know them very well may not be able to see it, but for Jiang Lingyan who sees them only 4-5 times a year could see the obvious changes between the two.
For example, she can tell that Ye Mingxin’s complexion has improved because her mood has drastically improved. And that could only mean one thing.
Immediately her eyes began to cloud over with mist, and she turned around quickly and walked further inside. Jiang Lingyan knew her little sister would react like this and quickly chased after her.
Jiang LingYuan ran into the manager’s office on the second floor, slamming the door behind her. A couple seconds later, Jiang Lingyan opened the door silently and walked over to her side.
She stood quietly beside her little sister, silently counting to three in her heart.
After those three seconds, Jiang LingYuan turned around and threw herself into her big sister’s arms. She began to cry and complain loudly: “Han Feixu’s vision is so bad! I will never like her again!”
Jiang Lingyan patted her little sister’s head, “Yes, yes, don’t like her anymore. I, your sister, will support you and I’ll even introduce you to some better people in the future.”
She had mentally prepared herself for such a scenario, but she couldn’t help crying when she actually saw them together. She was able to soon calm down, but she still hiccuped slightly as she opened her rabbit-like eyes and asked Jiang Lingyan, “Y-You, who will you introduce to me?”
Jiang Lingyan’s voice was kind and gentle, “I’ll introduce you to whoever you like. You’re such a good catch, I’m sure there is a whole battalion of people who want you.”
Jiang LingYuan sniffled, “I want someone beautiful.”
“Ok, someone beautiful.”
“Someone gentle and considerate.”
“En, no probably, only the most gentle and considerate person is worthy of my little sister.”
“They also can’t be too short, at least 168 centimeters tall.” (T/N: ~5’5 feet)
…..You’re asking others to be at least 168 centimeters tall, but are you even 168 centimeters yourself?
However, seeing her little sister’s fragile appearance, Jiang Lingyan could only soothingly agree, “Alright, 168 or taller.”
“And they must be older than me, have a mature temperament, and be proficient in at least one foreign language.”
Are you looking for a girlfriend or a secretary?
Jiang Lingyan’s expression slowly stiffened, “Is that so? Do you have any other requests?
Jiang LingYuan hadn’t noticed her change in tone as she lowered her head and thought about it for a while before saying, “It’ll be the best if she’s an actress and her acting can’t be bad either. Otherwise I won’t be able to stand it. Also, her family background can’t be too bad, it doesn’t have to be the same as our family but at least have a similar vision and experience as me so that we can have something in common to talk about. Oh, also, another important point is that she has to have long hair, I really like the feeling of long hair. Ai, actually forget that last one, long hair can be optional. Hair can always be grown in the future. Another thing, she has to like traveling-”
Bang!
Jiang Lingyan slammed the door as she left.
Jiang LingYuan: “….”
Didn’t you say you were going to introduce me to someone? You lied to me, again! QAQ
T/N:
Poor Jiang LingYuan……your standards are too high! Anyhow, I changed the formatting a bit to make it easier for peeps to differentiate between Jiang Lingyan (older sister, director) vs. Jiang LingYuan (younger sister, Han Feixu’s admirer). Really all I did was capitalize the Yuan part of Jiang LingYuan’s name.
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