Chapter 354 Carefully Calculated
Fang Yue had never agreed with Hu Jinglan's outdated theory of "Three Obediences and Four Virtues", but at this moment, her words were like a fine needle, accurately piercing the deepest part of her heart.
She looked up and saw her husband standing opposite her with an indifferent expression, who had no intention of speaking up for her. She felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
It's not just Tong Fei. Why aren't she and Tong Zhechen drifting further and further apart?
Could it be that she really took the wrong path?
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Let Aunt Xu cook some food and let's eat."
After dinner, Hu Jinglan went upstairs to see Tong Fei. Fang Yue had just gotten up when she received a call from Director Wu.
Hu Jinglan and Tong Zhechen exchanged glances.
Tong Zhechen: "You call, we'll go see Feifei first."
Fang Yue picked up the phone, and Director Wu's voice came over: "Teacher Fang, I sent you the script, but I haven't received a reply. Is there any problem?"
Back when Director Wu was still a small director, his project was on the verge of disbanding after being stood up. Fang Yue was filming in the crew next door. When he heard about this, he squeezed out a few days of time to come and help him save the situation.
Director Wu has always remembered this favor, and the heroine of the new drama can be said to be tailor-made for Fang Yue.
The two of them also agreed to work together, but Director Wu sent the script, and now it is almost time for the audition, but there is still no reply from Fang Yue.
Although this role was originally prepared for Fang Yue and the audition was just a formality, Director Wu began to feel uneasy after not receiving any response.
Could the rumors be true?
"The script has been sent? How come I didn't know about it..." Fang Yue frowned slightly: "Sorry, I've been a little busy recently..."
"I'm having dinner with screenwriter Liu. Do you have time to come over so we can discuss this?"
Fang Yue paused.
Normally, she would have agreed without hesitation.
But now...
"Mom," a soft voice sounded.
"Mom, are you going out again? Feifei is feeling unwell. Can you accompany her to sleep? The children in the kindergarten all say that their mothers accompany them to sleep every day..."
Tong Fei carefully pulled the corner of her clothes, raised her head, and looked at her eagerly with red eyes.
Fang Yue's heart suddenly tightened, and a sour feeling of guilt surged up.
She reached out and picked up her daughter, "Director Wu, I'm sorry, Feifei has a fever."
Director Wu was silent for a moment, then sighed in understanding: "Alright, take good care of the child."
"What's wrong?" asked screenwriter Liu.
Director Wu shook his head: "The child has a fever."
The screenwriter paused and said regretfully, "Could it be that the rumor that Fang Yue is going to quit the entertainment industry to take care of her children is true?"
"It's not easy for Fang Yue to get to this point. She finally gained recognition from both inside and outside the industry. It's a shame to retire at this time."
Director Wu also felt it was a pity.
But this is someone else's family affair, and it is not convenient for outsiders like them to say more.
After a while, the door of the box was pushed open.
Fang Yue's agent Wang Lan walked in with a young woman.
"Director Wu, I'm sorry, my Fang Yue is busy taking care of the children and couldn't spare the time, so she asked me to bring her junior sister Lin Nuannuan with her."
Lin Nuannuan bowed obediently to the director, and her agent smiled widely, "Although Nuannuan has just debuted, her image and acting skills are impeccable. Fang Yue personally recommended her, so she's absolutely reliable!"
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The other side.
Fang Yue received the script sent by Director Wu and coaxed her daughter to sleep. She read the script, her heart in turmoil.
She has always loved filming, but now, is she really going to give up?
As if possessed by a ghost, she took out Jiang Xu's business card from her pocket.
This was what Jiang Xu gave her when she asked for a peace amulet in the morning.
She stared at the number on the business card in a daze for a long time, and finally made up her mind to dial the number.
But when the call went through, she didn't know how to start.
"You want to ask, which should I choose between career and family?" Jiang Xu seemed to have known what she was going to ask, his voice calm but firm.
“My answer is career.”
"But..." Fang Yue frowned and almost blurted out, "These past few years, I've been so busy with my career, desperately trying to prove myself, that I've neglected my growing daughter."
"I've worked so hard to earn applause and success, but if even my dearest husband and daughter are unwilling to share this pride with me, what's the point of it all?"
Jiang Xu: “…”
Jiang Yue and Li Xinyi on the side: "..."
Jiang Xu knew that Fang Yue was weak-willed and no match for Tong Zhechen, but he didn't expect that she had been poisoned so deeply.
"Hasn't your husband already shared it with you?"
"Was it you who chose your career in the first place?"
"Tong Zhechen runs an entertainment company, and you're the only artist under his name. Before you even finished your confinement, your agent has been secretly signing you up for scripted variety shows one after another. The exorbitant liquidated damages are forcing you to make a comeback, and you're constantly being filmed."
Jiang Xu said sarcastically, "Do you think that as the boss's wife, without the boss's tacit approval, she, an agent, would dare to do this to you?"
"Over the past few years, the company has relied on you to gradually build its reputation and make one artist after another famous. Now that Tong Zhechen has achieved success, he accuses you of neglecting the family?
She spoke each word carefully: "Is he worthy?"
Fang Yue was stunned.
She had never calculated her own efforts over the years, but Jiang Xu's words suddenly made her feel a little ironic.
Why did Tong Zhechen put all the responsibility of taking care of the child on her alone?
"But, for Feifei...we really owe her a lot." Fang Yue paused, her tone complicated and filled with guilt.
Jiang Xu sneered and said something shocking: "Miss Fang is really soft-hearted, but you only care about other people's children. Who will care about the career you ruined?"
What, what!
Fang Yue raised his head suddenly, and his face turned pale.
What is Master Jiang talking about? Someone else's child!
How is this possible!
Back then, she suffered heavy bleeding when giving birth to Feifei. Feifei was the treasure she risked her life for.
How could it be someone else's child!
Jiang Xu: "Back then, you narrowly escaped death and were in a coma for a long time after giving birth. Tong Zhechen took advantage of this opportunity and switched his illegitimate daughter with your biological child."
So, Tong Fei is Tong Zhechen’s illegitimate daughter!
Fang Yue was stunned, with deep shock in his eyes.
Six years ago, Tong Zhechen pursued her, and they fell in love, got married and had children.
Although their relationship became dull after marriage, Tong Zhechen and she were in the same circle and there had never been any gossip about them over the years.
Fang Yue never thought that he would betray her.
Moreover, it had already started six years ago.
Then, didn't she act like a fool for six whole years in this carefully woven lie!
Jiang Xu: "The child is five years old now. They suddenly wanted you to return to the family because they remembered the importance of maternal love. No, it's simply because Tong Zhechen wants to divorce you."
"But they're afraid you'll take away resources and affect the company, so they're hypocritically asking you to return home in the name of our children."
"Under the pretext of 'maternal love,' he's asking you to retire from the entertainment industry. By the time you've become a shrew, he and your agent have already followed their plan and have Lin Nuannuan take over your resources and replace you."
"By then, how can you, a washed-up housewife, compete with the successful Mr. Tong? You'll just be at their mercy."
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