July 8
Today is Du Yuanwen's birthday. Chen Rongsan had already called Du Yuanzhe and asked him to go home to celebrate Du Yuanwen's birthday.
Du Yuanzhe will stay at home today. Before leaving, he reminded: "Qiqi, remember to go to bed early. I will call you to remind you. There are desserts I bought for you in the refrigerator. Remember to take them out and eat them..."
Xia Ningmi listened to him quietly.
After telling her everything he thought of, Du Yuanzhe turned around and left, not forgetting to kiss Xia Ningmi on the lips.
"I'm leaving."
Xia Ningmi closed the door only after he took the elevator downstairs.
Du Family Old House
Like Du Yuanzhe, Du Yuanwen didn't want to hold a big birthday party. He even went to get off work and left on time today. According to him, the birthday party was in the evening anyway, so he wouldn't be delayed if he went to work during the day.
Du Yuanzhe felt that his elder brother was also a bit of a workaholic, but because he had to accompany his wife and family, his work and commuting hours were generally more fixed, and he did not compress his time as much as Xia Ningmi.
When Du Yuanzhe drove back to the old house, Du Yuanwen and his wife had already returned from get off work.
The nanny prepared a sumptuous dinner, and a five-layer cake was placed in the middle of the dining table.
Chen Rongshan said: "We didn't have cake on Yuanzhe's birthday before, so we made up for it today."
Du Yuanzhe's mouth twitched: "Then there's no need to make it so big."
There are only five of them, and it is really difficult for them to make such a big cake.
Chen Rongshan waved her hands and said, "If we can't finish it, we can share it with Sister Wang and the others."
The thing that a family has the most is people, so nothing will be wasted anyway.
Du Yuanzhe looked at Zhao Zhimeng and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you have to eat more. You have to eat enough for two people."
Chen Rongshan glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Zhimeng can't eat too much cake now."
"Then my eldest brother will have to do it for me."
Du Yuanwen looked at him and said, "My child doesn't need a piece of cake."
Chen Rongshan boasted: "When the baby is born, he can eat whatever he wants. Whether it is flying in the sky or swimming in the water, I can get it for him."
Du Yuanzhe reminded: "A baby should only be able to drink milk when it is born, right?"
"Shut up!"
This spoilsport brat.
Afterwards, several people celebrated Du Yuanwen's birthday together. Several people gave him birthday gifts one after another. Du Yuanzhe gave him a men's business watch as a birthday gift: "Brother, I carefully selected this for you."
He racked his brain for a long time about what to give Du Yuanwen, and thinking that Du Yuanwen never let go of his watch, he chose this business watch.
Du Yuanwen took off his watch on the spot, put on the one Du Yuanzhe gave him, and said with a smile: "Yuanzhe's vision is much better than mine."
The smile in his eyes showed that he liked the gift very much.
My younger brother has really grown up and he is not as perfunctory when giving gifts as before.
Du Yuanzhe smiled proudly, then took out a card from his pocket and said, "This is my second gift to you, brother."
Du Yuanwen took the card and asked, "What is this?"
"I heard that there are services that allow men to experience the entire process of a pregnant woman from pregnancy to childbirth, so I ordered a full set of process experience cards for my brother. This is what a younger brother should do, so you don't have to thank me too much, big brother."
Chen Rongshan and Zhao Zhimeng tried hard to hold back their laughter.
Du Yongliang's expression also looked a little strange.
Du Yuanwen's smile had become stiff. Looking at the smug Du Yuanzhe, he thought to himself that his younger brother still needed to be disciplined. If he was not punished for a day, he would dare to climb up the roof and tear down the tiles.
Du Yuanwen gritted his teeth and said, "I have to thank you very much."
Du Yuanzhe pretended not to notice Du Yuanwen's tone and said with a smile, "We brothers don't need to be so polite."
"Hahahaha~"
Zhao Zhimeng couldn't help laughing out loud.
Du Yuanwen looked at her helplessly.
Chen Rongshan said, "Okay, okay, the gifts have been delivered, let's eat."
Du Yongliang also said, "Let's eat."
......
After dinner, the family sat in the living room and talked. Chen Rongshan looked at the time, turned on the TV and said, "There's Yuanzhe's variety show today. We can watch it together."
Du Yuanwen smiled and said, "Mom, you really have become a fan of Yuanzhe. You can remember his variety show requests so clearly."
Chen Rongshan said: "I also know that his new drama will be aired on July 10, which is the day after tomorrow. We can watch the drama together then."
Du Yuanzhe took the opportunity to compliment her, saying, "It seems like Mom spends a lot of time online and even knows the term 'chasing dramas'."
"Those fans in your super topic keep posting messages every day telling people to watch the drama on July 10th. I should have remembered that even if I have a bad memory."
Zhao Zhimeng asked: "Mom also followed Yuanzhe's super topic? Did she sign in every day?"
Chen Rongshan nodded: "It's just a quick click, it's not a big deal."
Du Yuanzhe took out his phone and said, "Mom, what's your Weibo? I'll follow you."
Chen Rongshan refused without hesitation: "I am still lurking in your fan group. If you follow me, it will be exposed."
Upon hearing this, several people laughed.
Only Du Yongliang seemed a little out of place because he didn't understand what was said. He said with a straight face: "Just watch TV, why are you talking so much?"
Chen Rongshan curled her lips: "I won't bother with an old man like you who knows nothing."
Du Yongliang laughed angrily: "I don't know anything? I just learned a few useless words from some half-grown kids. Do you really think you are so great?"
Chen Rongshan: "I am supporting Yuanzhe's cause, how can it be useless? You say it is useless when you don't understand it yourself, you stubborn old man!"
Du Yuanwen hurriedly said, "Mom and Dad, the variety show has started, let's watch TV."
Du Yongliang snorted coldly and said nothing more.
Chen Rongshan said: "I know this host. I have been on a variety show with Yuanzhe before, and was killed by Yuanzhe."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "Mom has a really good memory. You were able to recognize Teacher Jin even when she was dressed like that last time."
Jin Hao plays the role of the county magistrate's wife in "Role Play", and her eye-catching blush is very charming.
Chen Rongshan: "That's why I remember him, and the cuckolded actor."
That's true. People always remember special people more easily.
Seeing Du Yuanzhe coming out singing, Zhao Zhimeng smiled and said, "I didn't know Yuanzhe could sing so well."
Du Yuanwen asked, "I heard that celebrities usually lip-sync when they sing on TV shows?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "It's true that there is a lot of lip-syncing, but we sang live this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people heard Zheng Xiao's voice breaking.
Du Yuanwen smiled: "I believe you are singing live."
Chen Rongshan snorted coldly: "This is the person who always targets Yuanzhe. I saw many people scolding him in the super chat."
Du Yuanzhe said: "I always meet some mentally ill people. They can't get any good from me, so I don't even bother to deal with them."
Du Yongliang frowned and said, "How come any nobody dares to bully you? Although my family is not involved in the entertainment industry, Xia's company and we occasionally cooperate. If you are really bullied, let your brother go to President Xia. She will always give your brother this face."
Du Yuanwen and Zhao Zhimeng looked at each other with strange expressions.
Du Yuanzhe: "I was not bullied. I am not the kind of person who would sit there and keep silent. If I were really bullied, I would definitely ask you for help."
Du Yongliang thought so too. Although his youngest son didn't care about anything, he was definitely not someone who would be bullied.
Watching Zheng Xiao being completely crushed by Du Yuanzhe in the cake-eating game, Chen Rongshan said with disdain: "This Zheng Xiao is not as good as those two girls just now."
"Yuanzhe, is that female celebrity named Yang Shiyao from your company?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "She is one of the most popular female artists in our company right now."
Chen Rongshan looked at him and smiled, "I think she treats you very well and always protects you. Do you have a good relationship?"
Du Yuanzhe's mind immediately went on alert, and he said cautiously, "Teacher Yang is just like that. He takes good care of artists from the same company. We have never contacted each other privately, and our relationship is just average."
Chen Rongshan's expression remained unchanged: "Is that so?"
Du Yuanzhe was a little confused about Chen Rongsan's purpose. Didn't she hate it most when he dated female celebrities in the entertainment industry?
After the cake, it was time to play bombing.
Du Yuanzhe's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly remembered something and said awkwardly, "Well, I have something to do and need to go back to my room first. You guys continue watching."
Du Yuanwen narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why do you look so guilty?"
Zhao Zhimeng asked with a smile, "Could Yuanzhe have done something shameful?"
"Absolutely not!"
Du Yuanzhe quickly denied it.
"Teacher Jin, my elder brother, my father"
As soon as Du Yuanzhe finished speaking, his voice was heard on TV.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were on him.
Du Yuanzhe's scalp was tingled, but he still couldn't dodge.
Du Yongliang said coldly: "I raised you up, but now you hate me. Forget about my pocket money from now on."
Du Yuanwen's face also looked unhappy: "When I think about the sports car I gave away, I feel like I was taken advantage of."
Zhao Zhimeng watched the show with a smile on his face.
Du Yuanzhe quickly explained: "Dad, big brother, I definitely didn't mean that. The host was deliberately making things difficult for me. I could only use you two to make up the numbers. I definitely don't hate you. I just think we are all family and won't care so much."
Du Yuanwen said quietly, "Isn't it because we two don't watch the show that you're saying that?"
Du Yuanzhe's face froze.
He forgot that he had already sold himself on the show.
Du Yuanzhe lowered his head, covered his face and said, "I was wrong, can you please stop slapping me in the face?"
Du Yongliang snorted coldly: "I am an old man, Yuan Wen will teach him a lesson for me."
Du Yuanwen nodded and said word by word: "Don't worry, Dad. I will make sure he will remember this day forever."
However, the time to teach Du Yuanzhe a lesson was scheduled after the show was over. The father and son really wanted to know if Du Yuanzhe had said anything outrageous afterwards, as if he had said anything, they could punish him for multiple crimes.
When they came back to their senses and watched TV, it was already the last game - Guess Who?
Watching Du Yuanzhe and Yang Shiyao take the stage, Chen Rongshan said, "It's hard not to be allowed to speak."
Zhao Zhimeng said: "I played this game when I was in college. We could speak and give hints while playing."
When we play in private, we can basically talk.
For example, if the person doing the gesticulation asks what the antonym of "up" is, the person guessing will know that the answer contains the word "down".
This is very simple. You can guess many answers in one minute. The pace is also fast and it's fun to play together.
However, in order to increase the difficulty of the game, the production team does not allow the guests to speak and can only use gestures. If the person guessing deviates from the right idea, it will be difficult to guess correctly.
"Xia Ning Mi"
When Chen Rongshan and the others saw Du Yuanzhe, they immediately guessed it was Xia Ningmi and their faces changed.
Chen Rongshan looked at him: "You guessed too quickly."
Du Yuanzhe said calmly, "Boss Xia is very famous both in the entertainment industry and in our small circle. I immediately thought of her after I guessed her last name."
Chen Rongshan thought there was some truth in his explanation and believed it: "She is indeed very capable, but she has a bad temper and doesn't know how to respect the elderly and love the young."
Chen Rongshan holds a grudge very much and still remembers the time Xia Ningmi scolded her at Far City Mall.
Du Yuanzhe couldn't help but speak up for Xia Ningmi: "Last time we met by chance and had dinner together, he left the main seat vacant. How can that not be respectful to the elderly?"
Chen Rongshan was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Even if she does know how to respect the elderly and love the young."
In front of Xia Ningmi, Chen Rongshan could not display the majesty of Mrs. Du, so she was more reluctant to meet Xia Ningmi.
Du Yuanwen and his wife watched Du Yuanzhe's performance quietly. For the two who had already guessed the relationship between Xia Ningmi and Du Yuanzhe, Du Yuanzhe blurting out Xia Ningmi's name was evidence to confirm their guess.
Now they are convinced of this.
As for Du Yongliang, his focus is a bit strange.
"The rules of the game only allow for gestures, but the little girl used something else to give you hints. This should be a violation of the rules, right?"
As soon as the words fell, the gaze that was originally on Du Yuanzhe instantly shifted to Du Yongliang, and the look in his eyes became very strange.
There was a moment of silence before Chen Rongshan said in disgust, "Old man, you should go read the newspaper."
Du Yongliang frowned: "What did I say wrong?"
Du Yuanwen smiled and said, "Dad, this is just an entertainment show, not a business contract. There's no need to be so strict."
In the previous bomb game, Zheng Xiao’s fans openly helped him cheat, and no one else said anything because they knew that this was essentially for the entertainment of the audience and there was no need to care too much. If one really cared too much, they might be accused of being petty.
After hearing this, Du Yongliang realized that he was more truthful and said nothing more.
Ten minutes later, the show was over.
Du Yuanwen patted Du Yuanzhe on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Let's go to the gym with brother."
Du Yuanzhe's face turned bitter and he turned to look at Chen Rongsan. Chen Rongsan looked helpless. He could only follow Du Yuanwen out in despair.
......
Just when Du Yuanzhe was "exchanging ideas" with Du Yuanwen in the gym, Zheng Xiao once again became a hot topic.
#Zheng Xiao#
A trending search with only a name often means that something big has happened. Fans will feel a little nervous when they see it, while passers-by will feel excited that they are about to get to know the gossip.
After opening the trending search, the first Weibo post was two pictures. The first picture was a screenshot of Zheng Xiao’s interview. He said very sincerely that he wanted to win an award. Those predecessors who had won awards were his role models. Whenever he had time, he would watch the works of those predecessors and felt that he benefited a lot.
The second picture is a screenshot of him in "Weekend Entertainment" where he couldn't even name the three most popular male actors.
Putting the two pictures together, it was as if a hand was slapping Zheng Xiao in the face, and the comments below were full of ridicule for Zheng Xiao's lies and lack of respect for his predecessors.
"I felt that he was not sincere at first. He just wanted to create a persona for himself as a humble and motivated person, and take advantage of the popularity of his predecessors. He has figured out the entertainment industry."
"Watching Zheng Xiao's fame grow over the past two years, I always have the feeling that his fans are picking up trash. How can a guy with such poor business ability, barely good looks, and a terribly weak body be qualified to pursue the first-tier? His current position is too high."
"Hahaha, Zheng Xiao's fans have been backstabbed by his real boss. They keep talking about those great male actors, as if their real boss will surpass them sooner or later. But they have memorized the list, but his real boss doesn't know."
Not only the bystanders who were watching the incident, but even Zheng Xiao's fans felt cheated. However, fans have their own fan filters after all, and they quickly found a reason for Zheng Xiao.
Zheng Xiao has been so busy in recent years that he has not even had time to sleep, so it is understandable that he has no time to watch the works of his predecessors. Moreover, he was most likely just speaking for show at the time. It was all the media's fault for making a big fuss and trying to take advantage of their own popularity to make this matter a big deal.
Anyway, no matter who is to blame, it's not my brother's fault.
The fans quickly convinced themselves and united to attack those who mocked Zheng Xiao, labeling them as fans of the real hero who were not doing well.
This also includes Du Yuanzhe fans.
Du Yuanzhe can be said to be the most hated person by Zheng Xiao's fans recently. Whenever the two fans meet, they will start a war of words. Zheng Xiao has been in the industry for a long time and has produced many works, so Zheng Xiao's fans especially like to throw out data to prove that their idol is better than Du Yuanzhe.
Du Yuanzhe's fans were not to be outdone. Knowing that they did not have an advantage in terms of productions, they picked on Zheng Xiao's sister-in-law incident and kidney deficiency to mock him.
No one is always convinced by anyone else.
Zheng Xiao has been mocked by the entire network during this period. His fans need to control comments everywhere, and there are not many people to deal with Du Yuanzhe's fans. In addition, Du Yuanzhe's fans have amazing fighting ability. The two sides have no winners and losers in the war of words, and no one can do anything to the other.
In addition to fans of rivals, some fans of seniors also mocked Zheng Xiao this time. Many of these seniors have high traffic. No matter how tenacious Zheng Xiao's fans were, they could not withstand the attack of so many people, and thus all their positions were lost.
Both the hot search comments and Zheng Xiao's personal square were conquered. Zheng Xiao's fans used many small accounts to take action and worked for more than an hour, but to no avail.
Entertainment
Zheng Xiao was so angry that he threw the coffee cup on the ground: "Who is behind this?"
The agent frowned irritably, "We can only confirm that it wasn't Du Yuanzhe's fault. Director Wang just called to question you. He hopes you can behave yourself and not affect the audience's impression of 'The Legend of Yun Lan'."
"Legend of Yun Lan" will be broadcast on TV, hoping that the audience will contribute to the ratings. Wang Ligang does not want Zheng Xiao to do anything weird to make the audience resist the show.
Zheng Xiao's eyes widened: "What does this mean?"
The agent said, "Focus on preparing for the concert and cancel all other schedules."
"I have a play contract..."
"It's been cancelled," the agent said expressionlessly, "They said you don't fit their character profile."
"asshole!"
Zheng Xiao kicked the chair hard: "They begged me to play that role at first, but now they say it's not suitable. Are they making fun of me?"
The agent said unhappily, "Who can you blame? Look at your performance on the show. I don't ask you to perform as brilliantly as Du Yuanzhe, but you can't even do the most basic thing of not making mistakes. You sing out of tune, you get stuck on idioms, you can't even remember the name of the male actor in the Grand Slam. You don't even know something that I know. Are you still an actor?"
Zheng Xiao looked sullen and said nothing.
"The company is very dissatisfied with you. If it weren't for the upcoming broadcast of "The Legend of Yun Lan", the company would not let you go so easily. You must be honest with me. If you make trouble again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Zheng Xiao nodded with a sullen face, and then said unwillingly: "Du Yuanzhe's side..."
"Don't mention Du Yuanzhe again!"
Speaking of this, the agent became even angrier and said angrily, "If you hadn't insisted on dealing with Du Yuanzhe, there wouldn't be so many troubles today. Why did the "Country House" program team give up on you and choose Du Yuanzhe? Have you ever thought about the reason?"
Zheng Xiao said: "It must be Qianying Entertainment who took action."
"Then tell me why Qianying Entertainment stood up for Du Yuanzhe?"
Zheng Xiao shook his head.
"We all underestimated the Du family. The Du family has not been involved in the entertainment industry, but the Du family and the Xia family are both wealthy families in Yancheng. How could they not be connected? As long as President Du comes forward to find President Xia, Qianying Entertainment will always protect Du Yuanzhe. Do you think you can fight against this huge giant, Qianying Entertainment?"
Zheng Xiao was silent.
He didn't even dare to provoke Yang Shiyao, so how could he dare to provoke Qianying Entertainment.
Zheng Xiao had to face the reality and whispered, "I understand. I will concentrate on preparing for the concert."
The agent nodded in satisfaction: "Internet users are forgetful, just let it pass."
......
The next morning, Du Yuanzhe returned to Huahu Apartment.
Today was the weekend, and Xia Ningmi did not go to the company. Seeing that he was walking a little awkwardly, she said indifferently, "Did your brother teach you a lesson?"
Du Yuanzhe was surprised: "How do you know?"
"I watched the variety show yesterday."
Du Yuanzhe said with regret: "If I had known, I wouldn't have been so mean."
As long as Chen Rongshan is at home, Du Yongliang and others will not miss his variety shows. He really needs to be careful with what he says in the future. If he is not careful, he may hurt himself.
Du Yuanzhe lay on the sofa: "Qiqi, help me apply medicine, my back must be bruised a lot."
Xia Ningmi took out the medical kit from under the TV cabinet, took out the blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing ointment, lifted up Du Yuanzhe's shirt and applied the ointment on him.
"Did you do something else? This is much more serious than last time."
Du Yuanzhe sighed: "I gave my eldest brother a maternity experience card."
Xia Ningmi's eyes were complicated: "You brought this upon yourself, don't blame others."
She applied the medicine and put the medical kit back in the cupboard.
Du Yuanzhe heard this and said with a sad face: "Qiqi, even you don't feel sorry for me anymore?"
Xia Ning ignored him.
Du Yuanzhe felt wronged: "I didn't expect this program to be broadcast on my eldest brother's birthday, and I didn't expect my mother to bring everyone to watch it. Not only did my father let my eldest brother beat me, but he also stopped my pocket money. I'm so pitiful and you don't even comfort me?"
Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "I'll give you some pocket money?"
Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "That's not what I meant."
He is not the original owner and has achieved financial freedom long ago. Stopping his pocket money won't scare him.
Xia Ningmi reopened the file: "You can't ask me to beat Du Yuanwen up."
Du Yuanzhe had no choice but to remind her bluntly: "Qiqi, can't you think about the unique comfort between lovers?"
Xia Ning looked at him intently and deliberately misinterpreted, "Are you sure you can do it now?"
He was tortured by Du Yuanwen so much that his whole body was in pain. He had to be careful even when walking and definitely couldn't do any strenuous exercise.
Du Yuanzhe collapsed on the sofa, looking devastated: "It's so hard for me."
[I just want a kiss, why is it so difficult?]
Xia Ningmi withdrew her gaze, a smile flashing in her eyes.
......
Du Group
The assistant followed Du Yuanwen all the way. He noticed that Du Yuanwen adjusted his sleeves several times and adjusted the position of his watch every time, and his movements were very careful.
The assistant had been with Du Yuanwen for several years and immediately realized that Du Yuanwen attached great importance to this watch. He complimented him, "This watch is very nice, General Manager."
Du Yuan heard this and smiled, but said in disdain: "What's so good about it? Yuanzhe just bought it to please me."
Upon hearing that it was related to the Second Young Master, the assistant was even more certain that Du Yuanwen liked it, and said with a smile: "The Second Young Master respects the General Manager the most, how dare he be perfunctory to the General Manager, this watch must have been carefully selected by the Second Young Master."
Du Yuanzhe felt relieved after hearing this: "That brat also said so. Since you think so too, you can trust him for once."
He adjusted the dial once more.
The assistant complimented Du Yuanzhe again.
He has long known that his boss is a brother-con. Even though he has often punished his younger brother, he basically will not refuse the Second Young Master's request, and will not allow outsiders to say a bad word about him.
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