Chapter 218: Raising a Child (1)
After filming "Legend of Concubine Yin", Jiang Yunyao was no longer so opposed to having children. Instead, Xie Yixing was afraid that she would suffer and was somewhat reluctant.
Finally, the two of them discussed it and unanimously decided not to take any precautions and give birth to the baby if they got pregnant, but only one.
Ms. Shi didn't say anything, and Ms. Ruan had no objection, leaving it to them. However, after hearing the news that Jiang Yunyao was pregnant, everyone was still looking forward to the child.
Ten months later, to everyone's anticipation, little Lizhi was born.
The little guy was wrinkled when he was born, but soon became white and tender.
In addition, her facial features are inherited from her parents, so everyone who sees her thinks she is a beautiful glutinous rice dumpling.
It was summer at the time, and Jiang Yunyao saw lychees in the fruit bowl beside the bed, so she gave her the nickname "Lychee".
The little lychee's full name is Xie Xingning, which was given by Taoist Priest Qiu Wu himself, and is taken from the phrase "bright as stars, lemon moon and clear breeze".
Little Lizhi is not afraid of strangers. Usually when Jiang Yunyao goes out to film, everyone rushes to take care of the little one, so there is no need to worry about no one to take care of her.
Four years passed in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Yunyao has been focusing on filming in recent years. Even when she was pregnant, she did not pause her career. Instead, she took on a costume drama with the main theme of selling wine.
TV series and movies were released one after another. She was first nominated for Best Actress and won the Best Actress award for "The Legend of Princess Zhen Huan" and "The Cage", and later won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as a villain in "The Immortal Journey".
Later, "The Tavern Qin Sanniang" was released and became almost a national hit. The heroine Qin Sanniang became a hot topic and Jiang Yunyao's title of Best Actress was well deserved.
Jiang Yunyao's script choices are wider. Instead of just playing the female lead, she prefers to play challenging roles and is not limited to the main or supporting roles.
This time she took on a period drama with a lot of action scenes. After returning home from the crew, she fell into a deep sleep.
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When Jiang Yunyao woke up and picked up her phone, she saw that it was already past five in the afternoon and there were still many unread messages.
After she replied to the message, she got out of bed, opened the curtains, washed up quickly, changed her clothes and went downstairs.
This villa is her and Xie Yixing's small home.
After the variety show ended, the two discussed moving out of the Xie family, so they bought a villa next to the Xie family.
In the living room, Xiao Lizhi, wearing two pigtails and an orange halter dress with floral patterns, was sitting on the sofa playing with a tablet.
Hearing the noise, the little girl looked up. The next second, she put down the tablet in her hand and ran towards Jiang Yunyao.
"Mom, Lizhi misses you so much!" The little fellow stretched out a little finger, "Lizhi will stay with you all day tomorrow!"
Jiang Yunyao saw through her little plan at a glance, and she gently tapped her daughter's head.
"Did you say that because you knew there was a dinner party tomorrow?"
This weekend, Yaoyao asked her and Wanwan to go out and play, and said she would take Xiaolizhi with her, but Xiaolizhi didn't know that she could go too.
Little Lizhi blinked her big eyes, "No! Little Lizhi is afraid that Mommy will be lonely, so she wants to accompany Mommy!"
Jiang Yunyao knew her daughter's temper very well. Seeing that she refused to admit it, she stopped asking and said,
"Okay, you go with me tomorrow!"
Little Lizhi nodded and said pretentiously, "With Little Lizhi accompanying Mom, Mom won't be lonely anymore!"
Jiang Yunyao: “…”
It was obvious that she wanted to go, but she insisted on saying it was for others. She was ungrateful and took advantage of others. I am talking about her!
Jiang Yunyao's eyes accidentally fell on her daughter's head. Seeing the shining diamond hairpin, she suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively,
"Is this the new hairpin you bought recently?"
Since Lizhi was born until now, she has received various gifts from her elders.
From small things like hairpins and bracelets to big things like luxury houses and shares, there was nothing they dared not give, only Jiang Yunyao could not think of it.
She didn't even know how many things like hairpins Xiao Lizhi had.
But considering Xiao Lizhi’s “criminal record”, the origin of this hairpin is probably not simple.
Just as Jiang Yunyao expected, Little Lizhi put her hands behind her back and said seriously, "No! This is a gift from Aunt Jinxuan to Little Lizhi!"
Jiang Yunyao: “…”
She just knew it!
Speaking of this meeting gift, it can be traced back to the last time Mr. Xie brought Xiao Lizhi to the company.
It is said that Mr. Xie happened to be meeting a client that day, and when the boss from the opposite side saw Xiao Lizhi, he just praised her a few words at first.
Unexpectedly, after the boss left Xie's, he bought a bunch of gifts and went back, insisting on giving them to Xiao Lizhi as a gift.
The boss also said that it represented his intention as an uncle and had nothing to do with the cooperation between the two companies.
From then on, little Lizhi especially liked going out with the elders, and always brought back a lot of things.
According to several elders, Xiao Lizhi is very smart. She won’t accept it unless someone tells her it’s a “greeting gift”!
After hearing this, Jiang Yunyao felt it was outrageous.
To be honest, Xiao Lizhi has been used to seeing treasures since she was a child, and she doesn’t really like those “greeting gifts”. She probably just enjoys the process of getting them for free.
When Jiang Yunyao came to this conclusion, she felt it was even more outrageous.
The victim, who was called "Auntie Jinxuan" this time, was someone Jiang Yunyao had never seen or even heard of.
It can be seen that the people who are teased by Xiao Lizhi have expanded from the circle of acquaintances to the entire upper class circle!
Fortunately, she had warned Xiao Lizhi before not to accept everything, even if it was in the name of a "greeting gift".
Jiang Yunyao saw that this small hairpin was far less valuable than the precious red jade bracelet she had bought last time.
She knew that Xiao Lizhi had taken her advice to heart, and she felt a little relieved.
Apart from the servants, there were only Jiang Yunyao and Xiao Lizhi at home today. Xie Yixing had gone out of town to give a concert.
Originally, Jiang Yunyao was supposed to finish filming the day after tomorrow, and Xie Yixing's concert was to end tomorrow. He said he would go pick her up, but she finished filming early.
After dinner, the mother and daughter prepared their outfits for the next day and went to bed early.
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"With him being like that, he doesn't even look in the mirror. Does he deserve it?!"
Jiang Yunyao brought Xiao Lizhi and just opened the door of the box when she heard Ji Shuyao's angry voice.
She asked half in concern, half in jest, "What's wrong? Who made our eldest daughter angry?"
The more Ji Shuyao thought about it, the angrier she became. "It's still that Cheng Simin! He obviously has a wife and a daughter, yet he still comes to pester me. It's so disgusting!"
"Cheng Simin?" Jiang Yunyao exchanged glances with Wanwan beside her, then suddenly remembered, "Isn't he your new assistant? No background check?"
Background check, also known as background investigation, is required when recruiting for a position like assistant.
"He's a relative from my side branch. My dad said there was no problem with him, so he was assigned to live with me. Who knew he'd falsified his resume?"
Lin Wanwan was curious, "Can side branches also interfere in the company's affairs?"
It's no wonder Lin Wanwan asked this. It can be said that the Lu family's side branch has almost nothing to do with the Lu family except for blood relationship and the surname "Lu".
"My dad and his family didn't split up the family business in the early years, and those people also have shares in the Ji family."
Ji Shuyao was a little angry and distressed when she mentioned this. "My dad wanted to take the shares back, but they wouldn't budge!"
Jiang Yunyao sat down and poured herself a cup of tea.
"With shares comes dividends. They won't give up. To put it bluntly, there are no benefits they think are more tempting than these dividends!"
Ji Shuyao is now the general manager of Ji's company. Although she is emotional in private, her mind works very quickly.
Her anger gradually subsided and she became thoughtful.
"Xiao Lizhi, come here to Aunt Wanwan." Lin Wanwan noticed that Xiao Lizhi was still standing there and waved to her.
When Jiang Yunyao heard Xiao Lizhi's name, she immediately turned around to look over.
I saw Xiao Lizhi standing beside her, her round eyes shining, as if she was listening to them talking with great interest.
she:"……"
When Ji Shuyao saw Xiao Lizhi, all her worries were thrown away.
She took out a purple gem necklace from her bag and put it around Xiao Lizhi's neck without saying a word.
"Little Lizhi is dressed too plainly! She looks better this way!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yunyao took a closer look at her daughter's outfit.
A high bun, a star-shaped diamond hairpin, a blue gauze dress with a sky full of stars, a sparkling diamond bracelet...
This outfit has nothing to do with being plain!
Not to mention adding a jeweled necklace!
Xiao Lizhi took out the small mirror she carried with her and carefully admired the gem on her neck.
Two seconds later, she raised her head and said sweetly, "What a beautiful necklace! Thank you, Aunt Yaoyao!"
Her series of actions gave people the illusion that she liked him very much, which could be said to have given the other person enough emotional value.
As the one giving the gift, Ji Shuyao was so pleased by her coaxing that she agreed immediately.
"Hmph! You have good taste! Next time you come, I'll give you another exclusive limited edition set!"
I don’t know if it was in front of Jiang Yunyao or because he had other thoughts, but Xiao Lizhi shook his head and spoke righteously.
"Aunt Yaoyao, good things can't just be given to Xiao Lizhi, Aunt Yaoyao needs some too! That exclusive limited edition set is for Aunt Yaoyao!"
Seeing that her little girl was so well-behaved and considerate, Ji Shuyao wanted to give her all the good things in the world.
She rubbed Lizhi's face and said, "It's not in vain that I love you so much!"
Jiang Yunyao witnessed the whole process and finally understood how her daughter was getting something for free and cheating others.
A few minutes later, little Lizhi sat on a chair, eating the biscuits brought by Aunt Wanwan, and continued to listen to the three adults chatting next to her.
Jiang Yunyao: "Wanwan, why didn't you bring Yanxi here?" Lin Wanwan: "Acheng took him on a business trip."
Ji Shuyao: "Yan Xi is only five years old, isn't it too early?"
Lin Wanwan: "He thinks it's interesting, and Ah Cheng wants him to learn as much as he can."
Hearing this, Little Lizhi bit her biscuit and thought about a deal she had made with Lu Yanxi. She felt that it was time to raise the price.
While Xiao Lizhi was considering the price, Jiang Yunyao and the others had already changed the topic.
Lin Wanwan: "Ayao, have you finished filming?"
Jiang Yunyao: "It's finished filming. If it's to be released, it will probably take a year after the higher-ups have reviewed it."
Ji Lin and the others knew that she was filming a period drama with a special subject matter, so they could understand why the review was slow.
Jiang Yunyao: "Is 'The Village' coming out soon?"
Lin Wanwan: "Yes, next Friday."
Ji Shuyao: "Wanwan gave me two tickets last time. My friend can't go because of something. If you are free, I will give you the tickets."
Jiang Yunyao: "Okay, I'll come to see you next Friday!"
The four of them had lunch, walked around the streets for the whole afternoon, made an appointment to meet again, and then went home.
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