??Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Crew Notice
Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Crew Notice
Halfway there, Qiao Kexin tried several tis to strike up a conversation with Wenyan.
But each attempt was blocked with a cheerful response from Wenyan, “I can’t be distracted while driving.”
As they arrived at the doorstep of Qiao Kexin’s stepfather’s villa, Qiao Kexin visibly tensed.
Seeing her like this, Wenyan couldn’t help but shake her head inwardly.
If she felt so uncomfortable in this house, why didn’t she leave after graduating from university? Instead, she spent her ti giving the original host bad advice, attempting to derive a sense of superiority from her.
What was the point of a sense of superiority achieved through scheming and pressing down on others? The path most suited for oneself should always be walked with one’s own feet.
Wenyan had no desire to go inside and deal with her family, so she took the initiative to say, “Kexin, I’ll wait here for you. I won’t go in with you. Just bring the things directly to .”
Qiao Kexin breathed a sigh of relief, “Okay, then wait here for . I’ll be right back.”
Wenyan nodded, and soon a light turned on in a room on the third floor of the villa across the street.
But it took Qiao Kexin quite so ti to return.
“Have you been waiting long, Yanyan? When I was coming down, my stepfather saw the bag in my hands. He asked
what it was, and I chatted with him for a bit, which delayed . Here’s your bag.”
“Hmm, let
check if everything is there,” Wenyan said as she took the bag from Qiao Kexin’s hands.
After finishing speaking, she also took out from the car the empty bag she had bought just today.
Seeing her ticulously transferring items while checking, Qiao Kexin’s expression imdiately soured.
“Yanyan, you’re really thorough in checking. When you bought the bag, you said it had a good capacity. You couldn’t have bought it specifically for these items, right? Don’t worry, the bag I used to carry the items can be given to you. You don’t have to go through all this trouble.”
Finally, Wenyan finished checking the last item. She quickly zipped up the bag, turned to face Qiao Kexin squarely, and was devoid of the previous na??vely sweet appearance.
“Qiao Kexin, you weren’t mocking
just now, were you?”
“What do you an, Wenyan? You were the one who didn’t trust
first.”
“Trust? You have the nerve to ntion that word. Qiao Kexin, just because I was once easy to deceive doesn’t an I’ll always be a fool. I have my monts of clarity. You know very well why you approached .
Today, I’ll make things clear with you. I don’t want to be friends with soone with malicious intentions, who eagerly awaits my misfortune. Now that I’ve taken back what I lent you, I won’t bother with the rest. We are through.
I will delete and block your phone number and WeChat, and I won’t contact you again. Please don’t try to contact
either.”
After speaking, Wenyan threw the empty bag at Qiao Kexin.
Qiao Kexin knew sothing was off with Wenyan today, but she had not expected her to break ties with her.
“No way!” Qiao Kexin grabbed Wenyan’s hand.
“I told my stepfather that you were waiting outside for . No matter what, you’re still the adopted daughter of the Shen family, and you bear the Shen surna to outsiders. He asked
to invite you in for tea and a chat. You can break off our friendship if you want, but you must first co in and greet my stepfather! You can’t leave
without face!”
“Are you crazy, Qiao Kexin!” Wenyan looked at her in disbelief, “I’m already breaking off ties with you; I don’t care about your face. Let go.”
“I won’t let go!”
“You won’t, huh? Fine.”
Wenyan pulled out her phone from her pocket and, holding it sideways, forcefully smacked it against Qiao Kexin’s hand.
To say it didn’t hurt would be a lie. Qiao Kexin could bear the first hit, but by the second and third, she couldn’t stand it anymore and reflexively let go of Wenyan.
She covered her hand, glaring fiercely at Wenyan through gritted teeth: “You’ll regret this!”
Wenyan frowned and glanced at her, “Take so dicine for it!”
Inside the villa.
A father and son with ill intentions were talking.
“Dad, Shen Wenyan is just the Shen family’s adopted daughter. Why did you invite her in? If I’m going to make contact, I should approach the Shen family’s real daughter.”
“As if the Shen family’s real daughter would even give you the ti of day! Put on a good show when the person arrives.”
“Fine, no need to show off anymore. Look outside; she’s already driven off. This Qiao Kexin is so useless, can’t even bring soone inside. Keeping her around is as pointless as keeping a dog.”
–
After returning to her apartnt, Wenyan imdiately blocked all of Qiao Kexin’s contact information, and was too lazy to sort through the items she had taken back for the ti being.
Right now, all she wanted to do was to take a hot shower and lie down comfortably in bed.
But no sooner had she applied her facial mask than her phone’s ringtone started to blare.
Picking up her phone, she saw it was Su Yang calling.
“Hello, Mom. Why are you calling
at this ti? Haven’t you done your washing up yet?”
“No, not yet. What were you doing Yanyan? Why didn’t you answer my calls earlier? I called several tis.”
“Oh, I was taking a bath and blow-drying my hair. It took almost over an hour, and the hairdryer was so loud I couldn’t hear anything. Is there sothing you needed from , Mom?”
“I was just wondering if you were coming ho tonight. It’s already dark and there was no sign of you, nor any calls or ssages.”
Wenyan couldn’t help but smile as she considered saying she had ntioned that morning that she probably wouldn’t be coming ho that evening.
However, after a mont’s thought, she decided not to say so. Her foster mother was showing concern for her, and she couldn’t bear to sadden her.
Besides, she was still spending the Shen Family’s money. She couldn’t act like an ungrateful wretch.
“It’s my fault. I know I was wrong, Mom. I’ll make sure to tell you in advance next ti if I’m not coming ho. I’m staying at the apartnt tonight, it’s very safe.”
“That’s good to hear. As a girl, you shouldn’t be wandering around alone at night, you know?”
“I know. Oh, by the way, Mom…” Wenyan paused for a mont before asking, “Did big brother co ho tonight?”
“No. Why, do you need sothing from him?”
Wenyan knew that saying ‘no’ would sound strange, so she simply made up a story: “Sort of. I chatted with an old classmate today and he wanted to see big brother for so business.”
“Oh, you should just contact your big brother directly then. You are siblings, there’s no need to be so distant. Actually, Shen Yuan is a good kid with a warm heart underneath his cold exterior. If you spend more ti with him, you’ll see. It’s just that you two seldom have the chance to communicate. You’re both young; you really should hang out more often when you have free ti.”
Listening to Su Yang’s voice on the phone, Wenyan could sense her mood becoming despondent due to the poor relationship among her children.
The whole family would have disbanded long ago if it weren’t for her, the mother, holding it together. Left to Shen Yuan and his sons alone, they would have scattered to the winds a hundred and eighty tis over.
It’s a universal truth: a parent’s love knows no bounds. Not wanting to add to Su Yang’s already low spirits, Wenyan agreed to her suggestion.
“Alright, Mom. I’ll find a chance.”
“Mm, you should rest early too. It’s getting late, and I should go to wash up as well.”
“Alright, Mom. Good night, Mom.”
Wenyan suddenly sweetly called out ‘Mom’ twice. At the other end of the line, Su Yang was instantly moved to tears.
Although ‘Mom’ and ‘Mommy’ an the sa thing, none of the children had called Su Yang ‘Mommy’ since they grew up.
The repetitive word ‘Mommy’ seed to be reserved for innocent young children, representing the most intimate years between a mother and her child. Hearing this term after more than a decade, Su Yang felt a mix of sadness and gratitude.
This left Shen Yuan, sitting beside her, utterly at a loss for what to do: “What’s wrong with you? Why are you crying?”
“Honey,” Su Yang sniffed, leaning on Shen Yuan’s shoulder, “Yanyan has really grown up; you did the right thing by bringing her ho back then.”
“Sigh,” Shen Yuan let out a sigh, “Speaking of children, Zhirou is really giving
a headache.”
“What’s wrong? Is it sothing at work?”
“Exactly. I ant for her to start from the ground up, but she seems reluctant to accept that, impatient. She showed attitude to her direct boss on her very first day of work.”
“Ah? Didn’t I talk to her before she went to the company? Well, we just have to teach her slowly; maybe she’ll get used to it after a while.”
–
anwhile, Wenyan had finally made it to bed.
She had little hope for a response from the production crew, considering the timing, but she checked her email anyway.
To her surprise, she had actually received a notification from the production crew — she passed the open audition!!
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