"The first thing, and the most important thing: go back and ask your buddies again, find out who was at the party the night you got drunk."
"If we can get any other useful details, that would be even better."
"Is this not over yet?"
"This isn't over yet." Su Yanxi's expression was serious. "You clearly didn't drink much, yet you inexplicably got drunk. Based on your description of your drunkenness that night, I suspect you—"
Su Yanxi drew out her words and deliberately pinched Bie Yunzong's waist to scare the big, smelly dog.
"I've been drugged!"
Bie Yunzong reflexively leaned back, frowning as he said, "No way? What good would it do you to drug me?"
“There are so many benefits. You may think of yourself as someone else’s young master, but in the eyes of those with ulterior motives, you’re a walking, long-term meal ticket.” Su Yanxi poked her nemesis’s face. “If I can get involved with you, I won’t have to worry about the rest of my life.”
"Hehe, what you said, wife." Bie Yunzong wrapped his arms around his wife's waist shyly.
After making up after their argument, Bie Yunzong perfectly accepted the title of "long-term meal ticket"; when Su Yanxi called him that, he even felt a bit proud and honored!
Look, I'm my wife's long-term meal ticket! Only a super-rich family like mine could afford to support such a beautiful and elegant wife!
"Don't worry, my wife, I'll only be your meal ticket! I wouldn't even look at those vulgar girls!"
"What a disgrace." Su Yanxi rolled her eyes.
Despite his aching back and legs, he no longer stubbornly pushed Bie Yunzong away. Instead, he leaned comfortably against his tall husband and continued to explain the remaining matters.
“Besides pressing for details about the graduation party, don’t forget to investigate Qi Xiang’an as well.” Su Yanxi then felt a bit awkward and added, “You don’t need to investigate in depth, just keep an eye on his movements. I’ll find someone else to clarify the specifics, so don’t get involved.”
"Okay, sure." Bie Yunzong nodded, then asked his wife smugly, "Does this mean you're worried I'll be seduced?"
That stubborn look infuriated Su Yanxi. Su Yanxi poked the man's nose hard, making it look like a pig's nose, then pouted and let go.
"I guess so. My sixth sense tells me that person definitely didn't have good intentions." Su Yanxi shivered inexplicably and crossed her arms to her chest, feeling cold. "The noon we had that argument—didn't we eat together? When I was going back to the hotel alone, I ran into him in the elevator."
“My first impression of him was very bad; I also sensed that he was unfriendly to me.”
Bie Yunzong quickly hugged his wife, giving her a sense of security: "Don't worry, I won't be seduced by anyone. Su Yanxi is the only person I like and love the most, and that will never change even if the King of Heaven himself comes to me."
"Hmph, you've got a sweet tongue." Su Yanxi chuckled and rubbed her dog's face.
After this conflict, Su Yanxi confirmed Bie Yunzong's feelings and knew that the stinky dog had always been loyal and had never had any romantic relationship with anyone else.
The numerous, varying depths of hickeys on his back were proof of his reconciliation with Bie Yunzong. After Bie Yunzong's frenzied demands and possessiveness last night, Su Yanxi wondered if he had successfully overcome the seven-year itch?
"Honey, we... we've made up, right?"
"Of course." Bie Yunzong took the opportunity to kiss his wife. "Wife, you are so good, so outstanding and so beautiful, how could I bear not to make up with you?"
All I wanted was to hear you say you love me, that you still love me. But last night—
Bie Yunzong leaned close to Su Yanxi's ear.
"I've heard enough!"
"Have you heard enough? Then I won't say it again next time." Su Yanxi deliberately acted petulantly, picking at the barbs in Bie Yunzong's words, "In your heart, is 'pretty' the same as 'good' and 'excellent'—words that can be ranked together?"
"Why not?" Bie Yunzong answered without hesitation, "I like all the qualities my wife has!"
What he said wasn't logically wrong—because his wife is good, excellent, and beautiful! Since his wife has all these wonderful qualities, why can't they be mentioned together?
However, to the sensitive and observant Su Yanxi, Bie Yunzong's words seemed to imply, "I value your beauty more than anything else; I don't care about your other admirable qualities."
He was somewhat displeased, thinking to himself that this fellow was indeed driven by lust, having placed "beautiful" after "excellent" and made it the key word in the entire passage.
He didn't show his displeasure, but instead deliberately covered it up by giving his nemesis husband a kiss in return.
"Honey, don't forget what I told you."
"Yes, I'll definitely remember!" After the argument, Bie Yunzong lowered his guard, completely unaware of his wife's subtle emotional unease. He boldly pulled her into his arms, saying, "Once I've dealt with my brother's matter, I'll come to the film set to find you right away!"
In the evening, Su Yanxi returned to the Guangcheng Garden Hotel where the film crew was located.
Upon hearing the news that Su Yanxi had returned to the film set, Zhou Tong went downstairs to check on her artist. Seeing Su Yanxi, her first reaction was to inquire about her relationship troubles: "What's wrong? Has your marital crisis been resolved?"
One second after asking the question, the next second I saw two deep red hickeys overlapping on the back of Su Yanxi's neck.
Zhou Tong quickly took back the question: "It's alright, forget I said anything. Look at the bite marks on your neck, I guess it's perfectly resolved."
"yes."
Su Yanxi awkwardly adjusted her collar to cover the back of her neck.
"That guy is an Alaskan reincarnation; his bites are really painful. When that bastard takes advantage of me, I don't expect to have an easy time."
"There's nothing he can do, what can you do when you're his wife? Look at how clingy he is to you, who else would he cling to if not you?" Zhou Tong shrugged and spread her hands as if gossiping. "That's right, what problem can't an old married couple solve? If they can't agree in the living room, they settle it in the bedroom! Why do they have to go through with divorce?"
Chapter 69
Lin Xiaohai was brewing the throat-soothing tea that his wife had brought back when he timidly looked up and asked, "Young Madam, have you cleared up the rumors about your affair with the young master?"
Zhou Tong, unaware that Zong hope's conflict stemmed from suspicions of infidelity, asked in a daze, "W-what mystery?"
"Well, that's more or less explained." Su Yanxi didn't bother to explain further and just answered Lin Xiaohai's question, "But... it's not completely clear yet."
"What do you mean?" Lin Xiaohai and Zhou Tong asked in unison.
“My previous line of thinking was probably wrong. Rather than saying that I suspected Yun Zong of cheating, it would be more accurate to say that... there was someone hiding in the shadows who was trying to scheme and do everything possible to make me suspect Yun Zong of cheating.”
Su Yanxi poured herself a cup of throat-soothing tea, sat down on the sofa, blew on the steam rising from the tea, and cast a cold, ruthless light in her eyes.
"In short, someone is trying to break me up with Yunzong."
Author's Note:
Su Su: So this counts as overcoming the seven-year itch, right?
Su Su: This lecherous man really values my face more!
Hehehe, the seven-year itch hasn't gotten to me yet!
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It's almost the end of the year, and the author wants to climb the rankings, so starting today, I'll try my best to update six times a day!
Because I also need to fix bugs and such, I might often miss updating by 6 PM qwq
I'll definitely update before midnight~ (as long as the timer doesn't malfunction, sob sob). If there's a delay, please forgive me!
Did #33 get back to cheating on him again?
On the high-speed train back to Guangcheng from Nanxiang, Su Yanxi reorganized her thoughts.
He recalled the whole incident and realized that what he couldn't understand the most was: why did the mastermind expose that "long-term meal ticket" video?
"Sister Tong, please put yourself in the shoes of the instigator. If you were in that situation, would you still expose the 'meal ticket video' even after having so much evidence?" Su Yanxi poured Zhou Tong some tea to soothe her throat and asked.
Zhou Tong thought for a moment and shook his head: "I won't. The receipts and hotel room videos are very convincing. With these two pieces of evidence, it's enough to smear you and flatter you. Adding the secretly filmed video when picking up the car would seem redundant."
"Will you release the meal ticket video?"
"No, not at all." Zhou Tong's thoughts were clear. "That video was really superfluous. Think about it from another angle: you've been using another young master as your 'meal ticket' since college, which means it's been at least six or seven years. Six or seven years have passed, and your 'meal ticket' is still the same?"
"Rather than making negative speculations like being kept by a sugar daddy or being scheming to find a powerful patron, I'm more inclined to believe that your relationship with the Second Young Master Bie is stable—it may have already developed into a normal romantic relationship. From this perspective, I won't release that video."
The same applies to the video of picking up the car. Although the video was shaky and Bie Yunzong's face was not clearly visible, the two figures, clinging to each other and reluctant to part, were clearly visible; if you watched the video clips carefully, it was easy to taste the sweetness of their relationship.
After finishing his sentence, Zhou Tong added another reason: "I think the mastermind behind this is really risky. He's quite daring! If it were me, and I knew you had a close relationship with the young master of another super-rich family, I would only feel fear and lingering apprehension. I would never think of exposing you and putting you in the center of public opinion."
The other family is no ordinary family; they are a super-rich family that even many prominent families would hesitate to approach! When Bie Yunzong frankly revealed his identity last time, Zhou Tong and Director He's reactions were just normal.
YUNSO Holdings, a subsidiary of another company, has penetrated into every aspect of various industries; if you pick up a bottle of shower gel from the supermarket shelf, it may very well come from a certain brand or production line of a certain branch of YUNSO Investment Holdings.
Within the entertainment industry, other companies also wield considerable influence. Not only do they continuously invest in television dramas and films, but they also have numerous influential figures operating behind the scenes.
What few people in the industry know is that Ms. Cheng Xiaohui, a specially appointed lecturer at Beicheng Drama Academy and former director of the CCTV editorial office, is actually the wife of Bie Xiangtian, the previous head of the Bie family.
That is, the current Madam Bie—Su Yanxi's dearest and most beloved mother-in-law.
The connection here was explained to Zhou Tong by Director He Yu. After remembering it, Zhou Tong couldn't help but nag Su Yanxi: "This backer from another family is practically your invincible shield! Once you use it, you're completely immune to everything!"
"Your brother and sister-in-law are Cai Yuyan, and your mother-in-law is Cheng Xiaohui. Your family is amazing!"
As they were talking, Zhou Tong suddenly woke up with a start: "Wait a minute, why is everyone on the right side of your family involved in the entertainment industry?"
Su Yanxi clicked her tongue: "Raising a child is like raising a child. Whatever type of person the father likes and where he likes to pick people, the son will follow suit."
Even in terms of their basic human instincts of eating and sex, the three fathers and sons in other families are exactly the same!
Leaving aside the fact that Su Yanxi was ranked number one in the school's beauty poll, and ignoring the fact that his brother and sister-in-law were wildly popular across the country before they retired from the entertainment industry, let's talk about his mother-in-law—
My mother-in-law was an unparalleled beauty back in the day! Although she's older now, her temperament and bone structure are still top-notch!
"Alright, alright, let's get back to the main topic." Su Yanxi steered the conversation back on track. "I share the same thought as you. I think the released videos were somewhat unnecessary, especially the part about the meal tickets."
"Judging from the fact that the mastermind behind the scenes instigated Xiang Mingyue to target me, the other party is obviously very smart—at least smarter than Xiang Mingyue. His purpose in sending the video to Xiang Mingyue was definitely not just to flatter me by saying I was being kept."
Zhou Tong was a smart man, and a flash of inspiration struck him. He snapped his fingers and said, "I understand. The accusation of you being kept as a mistress is just a pretext. The other party obviously knows about your relationship with Young Master Bie. He used Xiang Mingyue to sow discord between you and Young Master Bie."
Chapter 70
"That's right."
Su Yanxi raised an eyebrow, slammed the teacup down, and let out a cold snort.
"He collected evidence of my extravagant spending not to expose it to the public or to prove to others that I am a slut, but to show it to Yun Zong so that Yun Zong would know that I am a slut."
"As it turns out, he played the right move, and Yunzong was indeed provoked."
Without that phrase "long-term meal ticket," the last trending topic would have been nothing more than trivial after-dinner conversation for Su Yanxi. He and his nemesis husband would have watched the video as a joke, then calmly contacted PR to issue a clarification.
But that phrase, "long-term meal ticket," almost ruined Su Yanxi's life.
After reading it, Bie Yunzong's feelings for their seven-year relationship were shaken, and he even began to doubt whether Su Yanxi had ever loved him.
“If it weren’t for the deep affection and solid foundation between Yunzong and me, and the fact that Yunzong has always loved and cared for me, this ‘marital crisis’ would have been really difficult to resolve.”
"If we're not careful, our seven-year relationship could fall apart." Su Yanxi sighed softly, rubbing her sore shoulders.
Well... that darn dog, when he loves him, he really goes all out and loves him to death!
Filming will resume in a few days. Will the hickeys on his neck have faded by then?
"Thank goodness. This is what you call a loving couple, unbreakable through thick and thin!" Zhou Tong patted Su Yanxi's hand. "But according to what you said, this mastermind must have known your relationship with Young Master Bie, and also been in the same university or even the same major as you? Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to secretly take pictures of you in the monthly review backstage."