"Hello, Brother Zhou."
"Xiao Zhu, what are you doing standing here?"
Waiting outside the car was Wen Luo's assistant, Xiao Zhu. She had been with Wen Luo since he entered the industry. She was hardworking, but a bit dull. In Zhou Zhou's opinion, she was even more honest and straightforward than Xiao Zhao.
Wenluo treats everyone around her well. Recently, the weather has been hot, with temperatures reaching 20 to 30 degrees Celsius early in the morning. The air conditioning in the nanny van runs 24 hours a day, and when Wenluo rests, she lets Xiaozhu stay in the van with her.
In the early days, Zhou Zhou was used to being arrogant in the industry and threatened Wen Luo several times. Even Wen Luo's assistant was afraid of him. Even though Zhou Zhou is a good person now and has a close relationship with Wen Luo, Xiao Zhu still has some stereotypes about him.
Zhou Zhou found it strange that the nanny van doors were closed and only Xiao Zhu was waiting outside.
He asked, "Where's Lolo?"
Xiao Zhu: "..."
“?” Zhou Zhou squinted. Seeing that the other party did not answer him, he went straight to open the door of the nanny van, but was stopped by someone.
"Brother Zhou," Xiao Zhu pursed her lips, tentatively suggesting, "Why don't you come back later?"
If Wen Luo was taking a nap, Xiao Zhu wouldn't be waiting outside. Zhou Zhou looked out the window of the nanny van. Although there were blackout curtains, Zhou Zhou still saw a figure flash by through the gap.
"Damn it?" Ignoring Xiao Zhu's desperate attempts to stop him, Zhou Zhou rolled up his sleeves, opened the car door, and shouted angrily, "You son of a bitch, I advise you to pursue your wife legally..."
His voice trailed off as he saw Wen Luo and Ye Qisheng sitting in the two furthest seats from each other. When he opened the door, Ye Qisheng was tentatively trying to move one more seat towards Wen Luo.
The latter was holding up his phone to record evidence, fearing that the other party might do something excessive.
Zhou Zhou's sudden appearance caught both people in the car off guard.
"Brother Zhou?" Wen Luo blinked and patted the empty seat next to him, his meaning clear.
Zhou Zhou looked at Ye Qisheng suspiciously, then slowly sat down next to Wen Luo. Xiao Zhu closed the car door again, shutting out all the noise outside from inside.
"What are you two doing..." Zhou Zhou didn't react, her gaze lingering between the two of them, before she was interrupted before she could finish speaking.
"Why are you always trying to get close to Luo Luo?!" Ye Qisheng's face was ashen and he looked displeased, which confused Zhou Zhou. She retorted directly, "I'm happy whether I get close to Luo Luo or not. What are you, an ex, doing trying to get close to her?"
“Yes, I’d love for Brother Zhou to come to me.” Wen Luo grabbed Zhou Zhou’s sleeve, which was hanging out to dry, and raised her chin at Ye Qisheng across from her. She didn’t put down her phone and was still recording with the video function.
"..." The word 'ex' stung Ye Qisheng's heart, but even so, he still explained to Wen Luo in a gentle tone: "Luo Luo, that's not what I meant. It's just that he has a family, and you two need to avoid suspicion, right?"
"..." Wen Luo followed the other person's train of thought, nodded slightly, and let go of the hand that was holding the other person's sleeve.
Zhou Zhou didn't care. He didn't care what happened to Wen Luo, as long as he wasn't locked up in a dark room by Ye Qisheng. Wen Luo was such a soft-hearted kid, and the other party had called him "brother" over and over again, so he certainly couldn't let the other party call him that for nothing.
"Teacher Ye, what brings you to see Wen Luo? Are you trying to get back together with him?"
Seeing the other person's expression change, Zhou Zhou scoffed. He had actually guessed right. He thought to himself that he would play the villain if he wanted to. If he said a few more words now, Wen Luo would suffer less from the pain of love.
“Teacher Ye, feelings can’t be forced. If you don’t cherish them back then, you’ll regret it when you lose them. What’s the point?” Zhou Zhou laughed, but the meaning behind his laughter was unclear. He whispered, “Now you regret it. What were you doing before?”
A moment of silence fell over the car. Both parties involved suddenly fell silent. Zhou Zhou had wanted to make a few more sarcastic remarks, but he couldn't continue like this.
"Brother Zhou." Wen Luo gently tugged at Zhou Zhou's sleeve.
"What's wrong, Luo Zai? Tell me, your brother is listening," Zhou Zhou said with a gentle smile.
"I have something I want to say to him privately."
Good brother, you're really treating your brother like a villain. So, I shouldn't have been in the car, but under it?
Zhou Zhou still smiled on the surface, but nodded with a forced smile, "Alright, I'll leave the space to you, I'm getting off the car."
After getting off the bus, Xiao Zhu, who was keeping watch outside, saw him looking back every few steps, sometimes with his hands behind his back, sometimes sighing, and sometimes shaking his head, looking just like an old man.
Well, anyway, with the mysterious force of the plot pulling them together, it's only a matter of time before these two get together. The system also said that the final ending will stay true to the original story. If these two don't end up together, the system will have to intervene.
The sunlight shone down from a 45-degree angle above. Zhou Zhou looked up at the dazzling sunlight and shook his head in dismay.
"Alas, it's going to rain, and my daughter is going to get married; I can't stop her, I can't stop her."
Xiao Zhu, who could be heard from a short distance away, thought: "???"
It was almost noon, and the crew started distributing boxed lunches to the staff who had arrived early. Zhou Zhou had eaten breakfast, so she naturally declined the offer and sat alone in a corner waiting for the day's scenes to begin filming.
My phone vibrated in my pocket.
Ye Qisheng: I have something to tell you.
- Ye Qisheng: The silver Rolls-Royce in the second car in the third row on the left in the public parking lot outside.
"..." Hehe, you tell me to go and I'll go, why am I so obedient?
Zhou Zhou turned off his phone expressionlessly, stood up, looked around, thinking that people probably couldn't gather for the time being, and walked a few hundred meters to the silver Rolls-Royce in the parking lot.
"Get to the point, I'm very busy." Zhou Zhou opened the passenger door and got in.
"If Sisi causes trouble for Luo Luo these next few days, please help Luo Luo out."
"Oh?" Zhou Zhou raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you want to get back together? Go and handle it yourself."
"...Now is not the time, we have to wait a little longer." Ye Qisheng frowned, looking at the other party's contemptuous expression, and said in a deep voice, "I know what you're thinking. I admit that what I did at the beginning was wrong, but I never intended to break up. It was Luo Luo who left without a word!"
◎Author's Note:
I almost missed the update by sending it in the last two seconds! I've been so busy lately (~￣△￣)~ If you have any requests for extra chapters, just leave a comment. I'll try my best to fulfill any requests that can be posted (cough cough). I'll do my best to satisfy all my darlings who have supported me all this time! (*?????*)???
Chapter 110 Preparing to Go Public
"Oh, so you're the one who got dumped." Although this story differs from the original plot, Zhou Zhou is no longer surprised.
Don't ask, the answer is the butterfly effect.
"Stop talking nonsense." Ye Qisheng couldn't stand anyone being sarcastic towards him. When Xia Sixi first came back to the country to visit his parents at the Ye family, Ye Misheng reminded him to handle this complicated relationship well. He didn't take it seriously at the time, but Wen Luo somehow found out about Xia Sixi and also learned that the two of them got together because he looked very much like this young master of the Xia family. He left that very day, and he didn't even have time to react.
"Please help me, consider it a favor I owe you, please," Ye Qisheng said in a deep voice.
“I’ll help Wen Luo even if you don’t tell me.” Zhou Zhou waved his hand. “Is there anything else? If not, I’ll be going now. Filming is about to start on set.”
"It's gone."
"Alright, see you later." Zhou Zhou opened the car door, stepped out with one foot, then suddenly stopped and sat back down.
"What are you doing?" Ye Qisheng frowned and asked when he saw the ambiguous smile on the other person's face.
Did Mi Sheng come to see you last night?
"They're here."
"Has Mi Sheng been busy lately?" Zhou Zhou just wanted to be an ordinary gossipmonger. Asking the person involved would be awkward. After all, they were brothers, and Ye Qisheng probably knew more than him.
"No, I don't think so." Ye Qisheng looked up, scrutinizing him with a complicated expression. "You're a married man, so be mindful of your image."
"Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand." The other party didn't seem to know much, so Zhou Zhou didn't ask any more questions, opened the door and got out of the car. "I'm leaving, I'm leaving. I hope you, Teacher Ye, will abide by the law and pursue your wife legally."
Zhou Zhou left behind her most sincere expectations, only to leave Ye Yingdi completely bewildered, and the exhaust fumes of the Rolls-Royce driving away.
Three days have passed since the start of filming for this 24-episode drama. The popular young actors and actresses are working hard and with great attitude. Since it's a web series, the director didn't scrutinize every single frame. So, the progress has been quite fast over the past few days. If things continue at this pace and all the objective conditions are favorable, it should be finished in less than three months.
Xia Sixi came to the set several times but failed to catch Wen Luo alone. Zhou Zhou would start arguing with Wen Luo at the drop of a hat, and Xia Sixi wanted to turn against him several times.
Zhou Zhou pretended not to see Xia Sixi's sour face and chatted happily with Wen Luo while holding his lunchbox.
With her career going smoothly, Zhou Zhou also had the opportunity to celebrate Old Master Fu's 80th birthday. Fu Hengzhi had already prepared the gift; since they were all family, the sentiment was more important than the formality, so Zhou Zhou didn't need to put in too much effort.
"Let's go home together at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
My wife has been quite tired these past few days. I wanted to be intimate with her a little at night. After she took a shower, I could hear her even breathing on the bed. Whenever President Fu saw his wife's childlike sleeping face, his desire would cool down completely. He could only cover himself with the blanket and hold his wife as they slept peacefully.
“Okay, I’ll let the director know.” Zhou Zhou picked up the empty breakfast plate, but Fu Hengzhi stopped her.
"I'll take care of it. I'll take you to the set later." Fu Hengzhi carried the two empty plates to the kitchen sink. Zhou Zhou leaned against the glass door, watching his busy figure, a slight smile playing on her lips.
That's wonderful! A happy family, a promising career, and a fulfilling life.
Zhou Zhou's body was no longer as strained as it had been a few days ago, but Fu Hengzhi still insisted on picking her up and dropping her off at get off work, to which Zhou Zhou stubbornly refused.
The film set moved inside the film city, and as the car drove along the ring road, the melodious classical music was interrupted by a telephone ringing.
Zhou Zhou glanced at the caller ID on the car's screen.
He Qingqing.
"Take it."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou tapped the screen, and a mature female voice rang out in the car.
"President, some negative news about Madam has surfaced online. I'm already contacting various media outlets to suppress the hype."
"What negative news?"
He Qingqing was already in the secretary's office when she heard the voice. She paused slightly, her hand moving the mouse stopped, and she stared at the mocking and cursing voices filling the computer screen. For a moment, she didn't know how to speak.
"What negative news?" Seeing that Zhou Zhou's questioning yielded no results, Fu Hengzhi frowned and repeated it in a cold voice.
He Qingqing then realized what was happening and immediately switched into work mode, objectively describing the situation: "Someone claiming to be Madam's college roommate posted online, saying that Madam's identity as the daughter of a wealthy family is fake, and that the reason she has a powerful background is because..." He Qingqing paused, then forced herself to continue, "...because she was kept by a sugar daddy. They also said that Madam frequently went out partying during college, had an immoral private life, and even got drunk and assaulted people... President, I've already contacted various platforms to delete the posts, but there are too many people forwarding and screenshotting them, so it's impossible to clean it up completely in a short time..."
The car suddenly lurched and came to a quick, decisive stop on the side of the road. Even though Zhou Zhou was wearing a seatbelt, he was still jolted violently.
"Find the original poster and make him clarify the situation." Having arrived outside the film studio, Fu Hengzhi's hands, gripping the steering wheel tightly, showed bulging veins on the back, with blood vessels extending from his wrist to his forearm.
“Fu Hengzhi?” Zhou Zhou placed his hand on the back of the other’s hand, frowned and advised, “Doxxing the person who posted the message is illegal. Are there other ways?”
When Zhou Zhou spoke, Fu Hengzhi's buzzing mind finally cleared up. He adjusted his breathing and unbuckled the seatbelt for the other person.
"Baby, leave this to me. I'll handle it. Trust me."
"Okay." Zhou Zhou nodded, but just as he was about to get out of the car, the other person grabbed his wrist.
"How about... you don't go today, come back to the company with me." Fu Hengzhi had been driving this car to take her for the past few days. When the car appeared at the entrance of the film studio, people around pointed and commented on it. Through the car window, they could also see Zhou Zhou's face.
“Okay.” Zhou Zhou thought for a moment. Now that the topic has been blown up, people around him would definitely talk if he went to the set. Others might say what they want, but he was afraid it would affect their filming progress and cause unnecessary trouble for others. “Then I’ll go to the company with you.”
He took out his phone and briefly explained the situation to Director Sun, who agreed with him.
Fu Hengzhi drove to the company, and on the way, Zhou Zhou received another phone call from Liu Zong, who apologized as soon as he answered.
"Mr. Zhou, I heard from Director Sun that you didn't go to the set. I apologize in advance." Liu Zong spoke cautiously, as if afraid that Zhou Zhou's displeasure would cause the Fu family to take their anger out on him. "The online rumors are so strong. I'll immediately have Yuedong do public relations for you and send lawyer's letters to those who are slandering you!"
Zhou Zhou had her phone on speakerphone, and upon hearing this, she didn't object. Fu Hengzhi was driving, his brows furrowed since earlier, and when he heard Liu Zong mention public relations, his brows furrowed even more deeply.
After hanging up the phone, he said, "I'll have the company help you with public relations as well."
“Okay,” Zhou Zhou replied, and his subordinates began editing the text.
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