"If I had known you were coming back, I would have asked your older brother to come back for dinner too. He might still be working overtime at this hour."
Su Yang loves a lively atmosphere at home, and as she spoke, she had already taken out her phone.
Wen Yan hadn't contacted Shen Jingxiu for several days, and upon hearing Su Yang's words, she couldn't help but ask:
"Has my older brother returned from abroad?"
"Yes, he just got back this afternoon. He went to the company before he even adjusted to the time difference. He eats airplane food twice a day, so I don't know what he's planning to eat tonight. I'll call him now and ask him to come back."
Before Su Yang could even dial, Shen Yuan stopped her:
"I think we should call it a day. He just got back from a business trip and has a lot of important things to take care of in China. Let's invite the other kids back for dinner next time. What do you think?"
Su Yang frowned slightly: "Is it something very important?"
"Yes, there are a few relatively large projects."
"Sigh, alright then." Su Yang sighed. "When we were young, I hoped you would spend more time with me and the kids, but you always had to work overtime. Now that you've delegated some authority, I want our son to spend more time with me, but he has to work overtime again."
"Let's wait a couple of days, then call the children back."
"It's not that easy. Everyone is extremely busy."
It wasn't that Su Yang was complaining, but that was simply the truth.
Shen Yuan could only hold Su Yang's hand and say a few words of comfort: "Young people all have their own ambitions, which is a good thing."
Su Yang snorted and flung Shen Yuan's hand away.
"Now you know it's a good thing to be ambitious. I asked you to support Jingchuan a long time ago, but you were unwilling. Now you're willing, but your son doesn't need it anymore."
Wen Yan, who was watching the drama unfold, asked, "What's wrong, Mom? Has Dad decided to invest in Fourth Brother? But as far as I know, Fourth Brother has already secured enough funding."
"Yes, your dad called your fourth brother a couple of days ago, hoping to take this opportunity to ease the tension, but your fourth brother said he didn't need it and hung up."
Wen Yan forced a consolation: "...It must be because Fourth Brother has been busy lately. I sent him a message during the day and he didn't reply until late at night."
"Forget it, you don't need to say nice things anymore. Your dad deserved it. Let's eat, the food is getting cold."
As was their custom, even in the cold winter, Su Yang and Shen Yuan would take a walk in the garden after dinner.
However, Su Yang harbored resentment towards Shen Yuan today, so she simply canceled the event and pulled Wen Yan to watch TV instead.
That was a foreign wilderness survival show.
Su Yang wasn't interested in these kinds of variety shows before, and she had no idea that wilderness survival could be made into a variety show, but she fell in love with it after watching her own child's show.
Unfortunately, that program didn't air tonight.
Not wanting to spoil her fun, Wen Yan offered another suggestion.
"Oh, right, Mom, there's an awards ceremony tonight, and my second brother will be attending. How about we watch that? I'll use my phone to project the screen."
"That's fine. I haven't seen your second brother since we parted ways at the hospital."
Wen Yan immediately took out her phone and started operating it.
However, since it's a live stream, there's no way to choose what you want to watch.
When Wen Yan projected the award onto the screen, it wasn't Shen Jinghe's turn to go on stage to present the award yet.
As Su Yang looked at the jewelry, she shared her thoughts on the jewelry worn by female celebrities, since she worked in that industry.
After looking at a few, Su Yang couldn't help but sigh, "When will you be able to go on stage to receive an award, Yan Yan? Then you can choose any of the jewelry that Mom has treasured. I have a lot of good things in my collection, but some of them are too gorgeous and I haven't had a suitable occasion to wear them. It would be nice if you could wear them."
"You'll definitely have a chance! Mom, just wait and see. Oh! The camera's on Wanwan; she's been nominated for Best Actress."
“It really is. Look, isn’t that your second brother sitting behind her? I think I saw Jinghe when the camera panned over just now.”
"I wasn't paying attention, but I can't see it anymore." Because the camera has switched to the stage.
However, when the camera switched back to the guest seats, Wen Yan did see Shen Jinghe.
This inevitably triggered some memories of the original book's plot for Wen Yan.
In the original book, Shen Jinghe and Jiang Wanwan first met at an awards ceremony.
At that time, one of them was the Best Actress, and the other was the guest who presented the award on behalf of the Best Actress.
However, this time, it was clearly not Shen Jinghe who presented the award to Jiang Wanwan. In fact, the opportunity for their first meeting had long since changed and become the program "Jungle Diary".
After going through a series of events, Wen Yan suddenly remembered something.
That is, in the original book, Shen Jinghe fell in love with Jiang Wanwan at first sight during the awards ceremony.
After that, he secretly started challenging the male protagonist of the original book.
As the fight progressed, the financial resources of both sides came into play. In order to defeat Shen Jinghe, the male protagonist not only attacked Shen Jinghe himself, but also gave the entire Shen family a hard time.
Wen Yan couldn't remember exactly what methods were used, because she wasn't interested in business battles at all when reading novels. She usually skipped those kinds of plots and only enjoyed watching the female lead and the supporting characters fight and get their faces slapped.
But she remembered very clearly that this matter involved Shen Jingxiu. That was also one of the few times that Shen Jingxiu, this cannon fodder, appeared in the original owner's life.
Unfortunately, Wen Yan racked her brains but couldn't recall any of the relevant plot points from the book.
So much so that when she saw Shen Jinghe go on stage to present the award for Most Popular Actress of the Year, she frowned seriously.
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