Don't let your wife's slender waist be wrapped around your arm, showing her endless tenderness.
"I still have a few futures contracts, which are probably worth seventy or eighty million after settlement and redemption. Why don't you take them all? You're someone else's daughter-in-law, after all. We can forgive you for lacking anything, but how can you be short of money?"
"I don't lack money, I lack 'cash'." Su Yanxi rarely acted coquettishly, and she whispered to Bie Yunzong in a soft voice, "I still have a check for 200 million that I haven't cashed yet... I'm afraid the amount is too large, and it will take a long time to cash it. What if the money doesn't arrive in my account and my wallet is empty? Wouldn't that be very embarrassing?"
Chapter 174
“You call me,” Bie Yunzong volunteered. “Just one call from my wife and I, the human ATM, will be here in no time!”
"Are you crazy?" Su Yanxi was amused by Bie Yunzong's teasing and poked the dog's forehead. "How could anyone willingly call themselves a human ATM?"
"Is it not okay?" Bie Yunzong thought it was fine. He hugged his wife's soft body and rubbed his face against her neck like a lovesick fool. "I'm willing! Being my wife's human ATM and long-term meal ticket is not shameful at all!"
This wasn't the first time Bie Yunzong had made such irrational remarks, and Su Yanxi was used to it, rubbing her infatuated husband's face. Zhou Tong and Chen Yongyan, having seen it all before, weren't surprised either, each drifting into a daze, adhering to the principle of not looking at or listening to anything improper.
Only Song Yanqi, who lacked experience, watched Zong hope and Song Yanqi's interaction very carefully and listened very attentively to their conversation.
The more he listened, the more stunned and disoriented he became. These two kept talking about "eight million," "seventy or eighty million," and "two hundred million checks," which made him very confused. He pondered for a long time: what exactly did these amounts mean? Did they mean money?
The more he pondered it, the less he understood, and when he finally had to admit that it was money, the intimate way the two of them addressed each other dealt him the final blow.
"that……"
Unable to contain his curiosity, Song Yanqi raised his right hand in a daze, pointed at Su Yanxi, and then at the man next to Su Yanxi.
"Could we interrupt your interaction for a moment?"
If I remember correctly and I haven't mistaken him, isn't this man Su Yanxi's "sugar daddy"—the legendary super-rich young master, Bie Yunzong?
Then why did he hear Su Yanxi call out "Young Master Bie" just now...?
"Brother Yanxi, I can't believe my ears, right? I think I heard this young master call you—wife?"
"He called you 'wife'?!"
"Hmm." Bie Yunzong nodded without hesitation, picked up the beauty in his arms and weighed her in his arms, then looked at Song Yanqi with a matter-of-fact air, "Is there a problem?"
Su Yanxi didn't hold back, wrapping her arms around Bie Yunzong's neck and blinking, letting the stinky dog pick her up and weigh her: "He calls me wife, I call him husband—we've been married for almost a year, isn't this way of addressing each other correct?"
Su Yanxi knew Song Yanqi would be shocked, but he couldn't resist his mischievous nature and innate acting talent, so he pretended to be innocent and naive, and deliberately asked a question.
Song Yanqi's brain went blank again. After about seven or eight seconds of processing and buffering, he finally came to his senses and showed everyone present a look of sudden realization and shock!
"Holy crap?" Song Yanqi was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth, his jaw agape as if it might dislocate at any moment. "Holy crap—! You two weren't some sugar daddy and kept woman, but—you were a married couple?!"
Zhou Tong was pleased to see Song Yanqi's overly surprised expression, as it made her feel gratified. She stepped forward and patted Song Yanqi's shoulder, half-comforting and half-teasing, "Little guy, your expression now is much more exaggerated than mine was back then. Thank you for comforting your older sister."
"I..." Song Yanzhan was speechless for a moment, and hurriedly turned to look at Chen Yongyan, who was expressionless. "Xiaoyan also knows that Brother Yanxi is married?"
“Of course.” Chen Yongyan shrugged speechlessly. “I have always emphasized to you that my relationship with Yanxi is purely platonic, limited to senior and junior colleagues and good friends. You are the one who is suspicious and does not believe me.”
"If Xi-ge is already married, why would you sneak into his room in the middle of the night?" Song Yanqi couldn't understand.
"It's all because he's trying to avoid you," Su Yanxi answered for Chen Yongyan, sitting down on the sofa where Song Yanqi was sitting. "If you hadn't been following him, would he have bothered hiding here in the middle of the night?"
In fact, it was Chen Yongyan's hasty and reckless escape that led to a series of misunderstandings and incidents.
"Oh my god, so that's how it is?" Song Yanqi finally understood the several "why" questions that he couldn't figure out before. "No wonder you dared to be so 'unscrupulous' and 'do whatever you wanted' on set."
Su Yanxi was both amused and exasperated by Song Yanqi's regretful reaction. He gently patted Song Yanqi's shoulder and asked in return.
"You find my recklessness strange, and I find it strange that you insist on thinking the worst of me. In your heart, I am a bad man who climbed the social ladder by clinging to powerful figures and then preying on my junior brother. I'm sorry?"
"But why don't you change your perspective and think about this sugar daddy—"
Su Yanxi waved to the Alaskan Malamute.
The Alaskan Malamute immediately ran to its beautiful owner's side, leaning against her like a spoiled little husband: "Yes, I am this 'sugar daddy'."
"Is it possible that this sugar daddy is my husband?"
Song Yanqi was so embarrassed by the question that he stammered and couldn't give an explanation: "I... I don't know why I'm so stubborn... Maybe it's because I was influenced by those rumors and news before, and I got prejudiced?"
Su Yanxi's constant stream of gossip and scandals was one of the reasons why Song Yanqi initially viewed Su Yanxi negatively; Song Yanqi's preconceived prejudice against Su Yanxi was another reason.
As for the third reason... it's the "gossip" he heard from a friend outside the industry.
Families like Song Yanqi's, which are well-off but not quite at the level of the super-rich, mostly associate with families of similar living standards. They share a common trait: a mutual admiration and gossip about those in higher social classes.
They would talk about and spread the gossip about wealthy families that they had heard from various places. It was precisely because of the news that "the second young master of another family has married the daughter of a prominent family" that Song Yanqi completely ruled out the possibility that Su Yanxi would marry the young master of another family, and resolutely regarded Su Yanxi as a bad man who had climbed the social ladder by marrying a sugar daddy.
Now it seems that gossip was indeed a rumor?
Chapter 175
"It's okay, you don't need to be too sad or blame yourself." Bie Yunzong leaned on his beautiful wife and commented on Song Yanqi with the air of an old man, "Although you were young and ignorant and did a lot of wrong things to your wife, I still like the fact that you hired paparazzi to take pictures of you."
"After your complaint email was blocked, I looked at the materials inside—the photos are really good!"
Bie Yunzong got more and more excited as he talked, pressing Song Yanqi for more information.
"Are they still filming? Where are all the pictures?" Bie Yunzong rubbed his hands impatiently. "Have they submitted them to the magazine? When are you going to expose me and my wife? I've been wanting to go public for a long time!"
Su Yanxi rolled her eyes speechlessly, then punched Bie Yunzong on the head with a thud, telling Song Yanqi, "Don't pay any attention to him, he often has mental breakdowns and talks nonsense."
"You haven't been taking pictures of me secretly anymore, have you? What have you done with the pictures?"
"I..." Song Yanqi looked at Bie Yunzong, then at Su Yanxi, puzzled. One of them was begging him to take the photos and release them quickly, while the other seemed reluctant.
The couple's differing attitudes put Song Yanqi in a difficult position.
"I got the paparazzi and entertainment reporters to delete it," Song Yan said truthfully. "When you guys went to the hot springs in the suburbs for your vacation, I was still thinking of going against you. But after you and my uncle argued last night, I started to waver, so I told the paparazzi that I would never—"
"Holy crap?"
This time, it was Bie Yunzong who exclaimed in surprise. He suddenly moved closer to Song Yanqi in disbelief and checked again and again.
"What did you ask me to do with the photos?"
"I...I asked them to delete it," Song Yanqi repeated in a low voice, fearing for his life, "because I no longer want to target Yanxi, so..."
"Holy crap!"
Bie Yunzong grabbed Song Yanqi by the collar, feigning a breakdown while relentlessly pressing him for answers.
"You just deleted my and my wife's stunning high-definition photos like that?"
"Are you stupid or just plain dumb? You can use your uselessness to threaten me, I'd gladly buy it for 50,000 yuan!"
"Alright." Chen Yongyan couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to stop Bie Yunzong. For the first time, he tried to think from Song Yanqi's perspective and spoke up for Song Yanqi. "Mr. Bie, Song Yanqi asked for it to be deleted out of kindness. Please don't force him."
“Exactly.” Su Yanxi pulled the dog along, glaring at him with disdain. “Why are you taking your anger out on Xiao Song? Xiao Song knows his mistakes and can correct them; he should be praised. You, on the other hand, do nothing but think about making things public all the time!”
"Waaah..." The dog, feeling wronged, leaned against his wife's shoulder and tried to squeeze out tears. "I can't wait for the whole world to know, I want them all to know that you are my wife!"
"Pretend." Su Yanxi flicked Bie Yunzong's forehead and scolded, "Don't sit next to me, it's disgusting. Sit up straight!"
The dog felt wronged, but it dared not disobey its beautiful owner's command, so it quickly straightened its back and sat up straight.
Song Yanqi was also embarrassed, and shyly reminded her dream man, "Thank you, Xiaoyan, for speaking up for me. But Xiaoyan, you still shouldn't be too rude to other young masters. He is of noble status and is not like us."
"Huh?" Chen Yongyan looked puzzled. "Distinguished? Is Mr. Bie very powerful?"
Chen Yongyan's question startled Song Yanqi again. Song Yanqi mustered her courage and leaned close to Chen Yongyan's ear, whispering, "Don't you think Young Master Bie's surname is special? He's the second young master of that super-rich Bie family!"
Song Yanqi realized after he finished speaking that this was probably the closest he had ever been to Chen Yongyan.
My conversation with Chen Yongyan went so smoothly tonight. So smoothly that... he's starting to have the illusion that "Xiaoyan doesn't really dislike me after all."
Chen Yongyan clearly didn't know what "super-rich family" meant. Even though Song Yanqi had explained it so clearly, he still didn't understand: "Which family is 'super-rich family'?"
"It's another company behind YUNSO Holdings Group!" Song Yanqi was almost in a rush, quickly coming up with a concise explanation, "It's also a corporate partner of CCTV—and should be one of the investors in your 'Red Flower' drama!"
"Holy crap?"
Chen Yongyan, who had a rather slow reaction time, finally realized the significance of the phrase "other people's young master" and finally understood why Senior Brother Su was so rich and confident.
"Mr. Bie... so you come from such a powerful and wealthy family?"
No wonder Zhou's manager and Senior Brother Su laughed so loudly when he was worried about whether Senior Brother Su could face Song Yanqi's uncle. Oh, so that's why.
Zhou Tong slapped her face and expressed her helplessness to the three "idiots" in the room with their incredibly slow reaction time: "Didn't I already explain and educate you about Young Master Bie's family? It's your own fault for not remembering people and things."
Based on the current situation, Zhou Tong believes that only she and Su Yanxi are intelligent people in the entire lounge. The remaining three are all idiots of varying degrees.
"Alright, alright, alright!" Seeing the scene getting more and more chaotic, Su Yanxi hurriedly waved her hand to maintain order and signal everyone to be quiet. "We haven't even said a few words about the important matters yet, so let's not steer the conversation away from the topic in just a few words."
Chen Yongyan and Song Yanqi quickly shut up and waited for Su Yanxi to speak. Only Bie Yunzong refused to give up, making a fuss and demanding "justice".
"My stunning photos are gone, when will my wife go public with them?" When gentle words failed, Bie Yunzong resorted to her old tricks, starting to cry and make a scene. "I know, my wife, you despise me, you don't love me anymore, so you're not in a hurry to go public at all!"
"If they don't want to make it public, they don't want to. I was hoping to get some beautiful photos of me and my wife together, but now—there aren't any! They've all been deleted!"
He didn't allow his wife to throw a tantrum. But it was precisely these unreasonable words that woke up the still confused Song Yanqi.
Chapter 176
Song Yanqi suddenly remembered what he had gone to see Song Jinlan for that afternoon. He had gone to explain the situation and try to persuade Song Jinlan not to contact the entertainment reporters.
Later, he witnessed Song Jinlan bullying the stylist, so he didn't say a word and went to Su Yanxi for help!
So that means...?
"Don't worry, young master, it might not be completely deleted!" Song Yanqi hurriedly pulled out his phone, trying to find the entertainment reporter's contact information. "First, entertainment reporters are all in it for the money; they might not obediently delete their hard-earned work. Second, those pictures I said I wanted deleted might very well—"
"It's already in my uncle's hands!"
Author's Note:
#A spark of hope rekindled in the dog's innocent yet harmfully unclear eyes#
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Thank you to digital angel 20777384 for the Long Island Iced Tea*! Going out clubbing on Saturday, will be back later to fix bugs, hehe.
#65 proves that we will be together no matter what.
The film and television awards ceremony was held as scheduled, and the interactive program of the "Red Flower" crew went smoothly throughout the entire event thanks to the perfect cooperation of Su Yanxi and Chen Yongyan.
After stepping off the stage, Su Yanxi happily gave her junior brother a high five: "That was so smooth! What did I tell you? It definitely won't go wrong during the live broadcast!"
"Yeah! It's so strange. I was really nervous during rehearsals, but when there were so many cameras and lights on during the live broadcast, I wasn't nervous at all?"