Chapter 81

The public relations skills of Tzu-Heng are really powerful. The hot searches that were making a lot of noise that day were removed on the same day, and everything was calm the next day.

It was so calm that Wen Zhenni didn't even think about paying attention to the follow-up. She would occasionally hear Chengzi mention it casually, but the rest of the time she was busy filming.

"Celebrity" not only boasts a stellar cast but also takes a long time to produce, with an estimated four months of filming time, so every day is packed. Wen Zhenni practically spends her entire day filming and her entire night sleeping, often unaware when the variety show has finished airing.

It was Tang Yu who told her that Gao Chengsi's case was closed. Because he persecuted too many people, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and had to bear the medical expenses and mental damages of the victims.

Then, the episode they participated in broke the record for the highest number of views in history.

The program deleted all of Gao Chengsi's shots, but because Gao Chengsi had participated, netizens, with a spectator's mentality, analyzed her and Tang Yu's shots frame by frame, and their analysis was accurate to the millimeter.

Chengzi felt that these netizens had very sharp eyes and was worried about Wen Zhenni: "With your analytical ability, if they dig up your background, it won't take a minute."

Wen Zhenni remained calm. Now that the time was right, it wasn't impossible to go public...

As the weather grew colder day by day, the crew's work pace became increasingly intense, and Ciheng's visits to the set became less frequent.

On New Year's Day, the crew had a rare day off, and Wen Zhenni returned home.

Then the movie "Wild Geese Flying South" was scheduled to be released on Chinese New Year's Eve. The crew needed the actors to cooperate with the roadshow for promotion. Wen Zhenni was unable to go due to schedule reasons and took a day off to attend the premiere.

At the end of January, the film she starred in, "Wild Geese Flying South," was officially released on Chinese New Year's Eve. The production team wanted the lead actors to participate in the promotional roadshow and premiere, but Wen Zhenni was unable to attend due to a filming conflict.

But the good news is, the New Year is finally here!

After toiling away at the film studio for over a hundred days, the Spring Festival holiday finally arrived. On New Year's Eve, Wen Zhenni and her crew rushed back to Tianhai as soon as they finished their dinner together.

This was the first time the newly appointed housekeeper met her.

The housekeeper smiled, her slightly plump face looking friendly and warm. She said, "Director Ci and his wife have been back for a week now. They've been staying with the old lady in Zhangyuan these days and only come over in the evenings. Yesterday, the master sent a car to Qingping Town to pick them up. Madam Wen and the others should be here this afternoon, and Director Jin will be here too. Also, the master is currently holding a video conference with an overseas company in his study."

Before Wen Zhenni could even open her mouth, the housekeeper had already explained everything she wanted to ask. She didn't know what else to ask, so after a moment's thought, she said, "Then I'll go to the study first. If they arrive, please call me."

Butler: "Okay."

Wen Zhenni went upstairs and quietly pushed open the study door. She saw Ciheng sitting behind the desk, chatting about work with the person on the other end of the video.

Seeing her peeking at the door, Ciheng raised his hand to signal her.

Wen Zhenni didn't rush in. She turned around to take a hot bath and changed into home clothes.

When I returned to the study, the video conference had ended. Ciheng was sitting on the sofa with a laptop on his lap.

Wen Zhenni kicked off her slippers and curled up on the sofa like a cat. Seeing that he was still replying to emails, she called out softly in a long tone: "Husband!"

Ciheng raised his gaze from the screen, and the eyes behind the lenses looked at her with a questioning look.

"Still working during the New Year..." Wen Zhenni wrinkled her nose, her voice filled with dissatisfaction, "Just leave your work!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her foot, put her cool toes under the hem of his clothes, curled up her toes and twisted them around his waist.

The force was quite strong, and Ci Heng let out a hiss. He closed the computer with one hand and put it aside, then grabbed her ankle and said, "It's not okay to hit people during festivals."

Wen Zhenni twitched her toes in his palm, looking at him with bright eyes: "Do you miss me?"

More than half a month had passed since their last meeting, but Ciheng feigned composure and replied, "It's actually not that bad."

Wen Zhenni retracted her foot, grabbed his tie, and raised her chin. "I'll give you another chance. Say it again."

"Yeah, I miss you." Ciheng smiled and held her in his arms, kissing her left cheek and then her right cheek.

Wen Zhenni was tickled by the new stubble on his chin. She reached out to press against his face as he tried to get closer, protesting loudly, "Ciheng, you've become sloppy! Haven't you shaved in days?"

Ci Heng's face was pushed aside by her, and she said with an innocent look in her eyes, "It's only one day that I haven't shaved, how can you say it's several days."

Seeing him deliberately chasing after her and trying to stab her, Wen Zhenni laughed and used both hands to block it. In the end, they were exhausted and laughed together, hugging each other and enjoying this rare moment of solitude.

In the evening, several brothers of the Ci family came with their own families to reunite. Together with Wen Han and her daughter who came from Qingping Town, a family of dozens of people had a lively New Year's Eve dinner together.

The children were at the age when they loved to play and make noise, and they were not very interested in the Spring Festival Gala programs. They just chased each other and ran on the huge lawn, playing until they were sweating, and then ran back and pulled their parents to watch the fireworks.

Tianhai always has a large-scale fireworks display on New Year's Eve, which can be clearly seen even from Zijin Bay. The children clamored to go out, and the adults in the living room followed them out.

"Let's go and take a look too."

Wen Zhenni dragged Ciheng outside. In the distance, large fireworks exploded one after another, their brilliant colors lighting up the city sky and scattering a shower of stars.

On the other side, Ci Yu was surrounded by children again, and he distributed the lit sparks to the children.

Wen Zhenni was jealous and wanted one too, so Ciheng lit one for her. She danced with the fairy wand and smiled with shining eyes.

She did not forget to ask Ciheng to take a photo for her, and then posted the first Weibo of the new year at the stroke of midnight.

As soon as she posted the post, fans poured in their blessings. She casually refreshed her browser and unexpectedly saw a comment from Tzu-Heng.

"Can't you be a little more creative?" He posts photos every time.

Wen Zhenni zoomed in on the photo with two fingers. The picture showed the whole family standing side by side under the night sky, watching the fireworks from behind. Judging from the angle of the photo, it was probably taken by the housekeeper.

"...You're not afraid of your fans digging you out and revealing your identity."

Wen Zhenni muttered, looking through the comments on the picture and finding them quite interesting. "Mr. Luanma, although your online sense is average, you do have a real physique that attracts fans. Now the Pearls are almost treating you like a professional fan."

Ciheng put his hand on her shoulder and said, "I'm so active, but I'm not considered your fan?"

"Yes, I'm a true fan." Wen Zhenni smiled and gave him a thumbs up for his comment. She turned around, put her arms around his waist, buried herself in his arms, looked up at the fireworks that were still blooming in the night sky, and her gaze gradually slid from the gorgeous sky to rest on his profile.

Ci Heng noticed her gaze and raised the corners of his lips silently: "Don't look at me, the elders are here, I dare not kiss you."

Wen Zhenni: “…” A straight man who doesn’t understand romance!

It was already past midnight, and the elderly in the family had returned to their rooms to rest. The children, tired from playing, were also taken to their bedrooms by their parents one after another.

In the second half of the night, only a few cousins ​​and their wives were still staying up to celebrate the New Year. Wen Zhenni couldn't hold on any longer and went to bed early.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, just as dawn was breaking, Wen Zhenni was sound asleep when a pile of red envelopes was suddenly stuffed into her hands. She groggily opened her eyes and saw Ciheng leaning over to pinch her cheeks, "Happy New Year!"

"Wow, so many red envelopes!" Wen Zhenni, who was awakened by the red envelopes, laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. She sat up suddenly and hugged him tightly, "You gave me all your red envelopes too?"

"These are all given by my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and grandma. They all belong to you." Ciheng took out a red envelope from the inner pocket of his suit and handed it to her, "This is for you."

Wen Zhenni happily counted the red envelopes and asked, "Is everyone up yet?"

"Wake up early," Ciheng reminded with a smile, "If you don't wake up soon, your red envelope will be divided up by others."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Wen Zhenni didn't even count the red envelopes and hurriedly got out of bed to wash and change clothes.

After changing my clothes and going downstairs, I found that the young people in the family had just gotten up. They were all sleepy and yawning when they greeted me, and they couldn't even open their eyes.

When the family sat together to eat Yuanxiao, Grandma Ci smiled and distributed red envelopes to everyone one by one, even to her grandmother who was about the same age.

My grandmother was used to living in the countryside and seldom went out. She felt embarrassed when she received the red envelope and pushed it shyly.

But Grandma Ci insisted that she accept it: "This is a blessing, you can't return it."

She smiled and looked around at the whole family, then added, "We don't care about so many empty formalities in our family. We should have fun when we should, and celebrate the New Year properly when we should. After the New Year is over, everyone can go back to their work and work hard."

Wen Zhenni was probably the first one to start work. Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, she and Zhuang Minghua went to the Zhuang family's home to pay New Year's greetings, and then returned to Central Park that evening to be with her family.

During the time my mother lived with my grandmother, she talked about her own ideas, hoping that my grandmother could understand her intentions and go with her to live abroad in her old age.

My grandmother was always worried about this and that. She couldn't bear to leave the old house she'd lived in for decades, and she worried that the land would be left untended, especially during the busy farming season, when the crops couldn't be harvested...

"Grandma, don't worry about it." Wen Zhenni persuaded, "I can come back to help. Even if I'm not around, there's still Jin Qi. He's on vacation in May and June, so it's just right for him to come back."

No matter how much the family tried to persuade her, the grandmother was still thinking about her small piece of land and refused to agree. The family was unable to persuade the old lady and were at a loss for what to do.

Wen Han couldn't help but feel anxious. Her work had been put on hold for several months, and she had to return home.

Wen Zhenni couldn't say much in front of the elders, but she couldn't help but complain to Ciheng in private: "Isn't this little old lady of ours a little too stubborn?"

"Don't think so," Ciheng comforted her, "Things will turn around eventually."

Wen Zhenni didn't know whether there would really be a turning point, but her mother had to leave first.

On the fourth day of the New Year, the family sent Wen Han to the airport, and then arranged a car to take her grandmother, who missed home so much, back to Qingping Town.

This year's New Year was spent between reunions and separations, and the movie "Wild Geese Flying South" in which she starred also came to a successful conclusion.

A box office of one billion is already a very impressive achievement for this subject matter.

The lead actors are all established movie stars with a solid script, and their acting is the icing on the cake. In the process of acting with these talented actors, Wen Zhenni's acting skills have also been greatly improved, which has really gilded her own luster.

After the New Year, Qin Qing was flooded with offers for collaborations, and she read through the scripts until her eyes got sore. Since the filming of "Celebrity" wrapped, it took a long time to finally decide on a new project.

Qin Qing had told her that she had a feeling that "Exclusive Heartbeat" would be more popular than expected. She hoped that Wen Zhenni would make further progress, so she had to carefully select the scripts for the future.

Wen Zhenni was sitting in her office flipping through a magazine, and she couldn't help but frown when she heard her talk about the new plans.

Chengzi pushed the door open with the milk tea she had bought. As she took off her woolen scarf, she cheered excitedly, "Sister Zhenni, it's snowing outside."

Wen Zhenni responded and looked out the window. Fine snow was falling and the river was covered with fog.

Before I knew it, it was already the end of February...

The snow seemed to be getting heavier, and the ferry on the river blew its whistle. She kept her eyes fixed on the outside, listening to Qin Qing's work arrangements.

"...The subject matter of this film is the most suitable choice at the moment, and the initial estimate is three months for filming."