Chapter 85 Chapter 85 You, you, you, don’t have any idea in your mind...
It was a rare opportunity for Chen Zhuo to ask him for something, so Shao Chengzhang took it very seriously. The next day when he arrived at the company, he sent her WeChat to Chen Hang.
Chen Hang nodded, glanced at his phone, and asked, "Mr. Shao, who is this?"
Shao Chengzhang said calmly: "My wife."
Chen Hang remained calm and replied "yes," but inside, a storm was already raging. Huh? It was the boss's wife?! Why did the boss's wife add him on WeChat? Was she coming to the company? Was she making some preparations? Why did the boss demand his full cooperation...
He thought of the CEO's wife in the TV series who had her assistant report the boss's schedule in real time every day and kept calling to ask questions... Chen Hang couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart. He thought dejectedly that the daily workload was already very saturated, and he must not be asked to do these things.
But then again, what could Mrs. Shao have to worry about? She had been with him for five years and had never seen him interact with any women outside of work.
Chen Hang clicked Add Address Book.
"Buzz—" Chen Zhuo received a friend message. He had told her last night that Chen Hang had access to background checks, but they didn't usually check people randomly; most of the time they were looking for industry insider information or insider information.
After all, he was Shao Chengzhang's assistant, so Shen Zhuo didn't feel comfortable bothering him. After adding him, she took the initiative to send him a message.
Chen Zhuo: "Hello, Assistant Chen, I'm Chen Zhuo. Sorry to bother you, I need to do a background check."
Chen Hang was very surprised when he received the message. He was so polite.
Chen Hang: "Okay, ma'am. Just tell me the other person's name and phone number."
Chen Zhuo: "No need to bother you, you can send me the other party's contact information, thank you."
Chen Hang was stunned, replied with an "OK", and then pushed a business card over.
Chen Zhuo sent a thank you message again. After successfully adding the other party, Chen Zhuo asked the other party to investigate Mai Xu and the Guan family.
Just as she put her phone down, it vibrated again. This time, it was from Guan's house. Old Master Guan invited her to visit him.
Shen Zhuo agreed and drove over.
Grandpa Guan was once the commander of a certain military region and had made great military achievements. After retirement, he still served as a member of the CPPCC and honorary president. His son and daughter-in-law were businessmen in their early years, but died unexpectedly at a young age, leaving behind only Guan Siyu, his only grandson.
Chen Zhuo guessed what Grandpa Guan wanted her to talk about. The servant poured her some hot tea and asked her to wait. After a while, Grandpa Guan was pushed out in a wheelchair.
The last time we met was at Shao Chengke and Nora's wedding. The old man was in good spirits then, but now, in just a few months, he has lost a lot of weight and his spirits have dimmed a lot.
"Old man." Shen Zhuo stood up to greet him.
The old man nodded in the air, motioning her to sit down, "Chen Zhuo, I called you here today to tell you that Si Yu is going to quit the entertainment industry and he will no longer film in the future."
Chen Zhuo was slightly taken aback. She had thought that the other party would blame her for Guan Siyu's trending searches, but she didn't expect that the first thing he said was to ask him to quit the circle. She had just signed the contract with Guan Siyu.
Chen Zhuo smiled and said, "Old man, I know you are worried about the rumors about Si Yu and Director Mai Xu, but they are completely false. They were clarified last night. You can rest assured."
"Hmph." Guan Hai snorted coldly when he heard the name "Mai Xu". "He wanted to make a movie, and I let him do it. He's had enough of it for over two years. Someone has to take over his parents' company." He paused, a stern look between his brows. "Our Guan family has strict family traditions. How can we tolerate Si Yu messing around with a woman of questionable character?"
Chen Zhuo frowned. She didn't like what she heard. Why was Mai Xu being so inappropriate?
"Grandpa, if you want Si Yu to quit the entertainment industry, then let him come and tell me himself. I won't terminate his contract on my own initiative." Chen Zhuo paused, and suddenly wanted to test him, "Besides, Mai Xu is a very professional director, and she's not a shady person. She briefly told me about her own affairs before."
Guan Hai straightened up slightly and stared at her with narrowed eyes, "What did she say to you?"
Chen Zhuo clasped one hand tightly with the other, pressing his thumb hard on the palm of his hand to control his tone. "Nothing. She just talked about her life abroad. A girl, all alone and helpless, living abroad for so many years. It was very hard. I'm really curious how her family could bear it."
Guan Hai's gaze stayed on her face for two seconds, then moved away.
Chen Zhuo continued, "Besides, Si Yu and Mai Xu are both single. Even if they are in love, there is nothing wrong with that."
"He dares! I will never let Guan—" Guan Hai's voice suddenly sank, and then he seemed to restrain his emotions and added in a cold voice, "I will personally choose Si Yu's marriage partner."
"You don't need to take what happened yesterday to heart. Someone was behind this intentionally."
Guan Hai's gaze suddenly returned to her face, his eyes sharp, but the moment their eyes met, he quickly moved away and fell on the teacup on the coffee table.
Chen Zhuo almost didn't need to judge anything anymore, she thought she had already got the answer she wanted.
She took a barely perceptible breath, controlled her expression, and smiled faintly at Guan Hai, "Grandpa, I understand what you mean. I will tell Si Yu that if he wants to quit the entertainment industry, I won't force him to stay. After Si Yu finishes filming this movie, I will give him a long vacation so that he can stay with you at home. Take care of yourself, I'll take my leave first."
Guan Hai didn't say anything else. Chen Zhuo drove out of the mansion and stopped by the roadside to calm down for a while.
Her phone suddenly vibrated; the background check had come through. The person told her that the Guan family couldn't find any information about Guan Xin, but Mai Xu had records from elementary school until she left the country. She had lived in an orphanage and, while in college, had received financial support from a kind-hearted individual to study abroad. The person's bank account information revealed that the kind-hearted individual had once worked for the Guan family and was now a retired servant.
She can now be 100% sure: Guan Xin is Mai Xu, and Mai Xu is Guan Xin.
This explains all of Guan Siyu's actions...
Yesterday's trending search was clearly directed at Mai Xu, trying to smear her, perhaps just to give Guan Siyu a reason to quit the entertainment industry. Who else but Guan Hai could be so familiar with Mai Xu?
"Damn it!" Shen Zhuo couldn't help but curse.
The grandfather and grandson of the Guan family are both crazy, and their madness is inherited from the same line.
*
Back at the studio, Shen Zhuo had calmed down. She suddenly remembered that Guan Siyu had approached her and wanted to be an actor, and she had asked him what he wanted.
At that time, Guan Siyu said, "I want to stand at a height that others cannot reach, to be seen." Later, Guan Siyu didn't care whether the salary was a million or tens of millions; he didn't care whether the box office was high or low; he didn't care about exposure, number of fans, or whether he won awards. He just wanted to make movies...
Now that I think about it, it was because of Mai Xu.
Shen Zhuo was thankful that Chen Shan didn't know about the relationship between Guan Siyu and Mai Xu, otherwise this would be a bombshell.
In fact, Guan Hai's words reminded him that if Guan Siyu wanted to be with Mai Xu, then quitting the entertainment industry was indeed the best option. Otherwise, their relationship would be like a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. Once it became known to the public, it would become a complete topic of conversation, and it would be difficult to reverse the situation.
Chen Zhuo's headache returned. She sighed and sent a message to Guan Siyu. With less than a month left, she urged him to finish filming diligently and not to do anything out of line. She left it at that. She wouldn't tell him about the photos for now; she'd discuss everything after filming wrapped.
Taking advantage of the time when Jiang Rui and Guan Siyu were both on the team, Chen Zhuo decided to discover more new talent. C University had a performance department, and if Chen Zhuo wasn't too busy, she would watch the final exams of her juniors and ask the teachers if there were any promising talents they could cultivate.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with the teacher and learning the exam date, she prepared to create a new itinerary on the calendar. As soon as she opened the software, she saw the mark she had made.
12.27, it’s Shao Chengzhang’s birthday soon.
In fact, Shen Zhuo had only seen his birthday on the day they got their marriage certificate, but she remembered it immediately. Shao Chengzhang's was 1227, hers was 0228.
She has her own abstract memory method. For example, the sum of her and Shao Chengzhang’s birthdays is twelve. 2 and 2 are the same, except that the difference is 1 before and after.
Fortunately, she remembered it, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing to ask about my birthday after we get together.
But what gift should she give? Shen Zhuo was a little confused. She and Jiang Jun didn't always give each other birthday gifts every year. Moreover, they would ask each other in advance what they wanted. If they didn't want it, they would not give it first. Or if they knew that the other party particularly needed something, they would give it as a gift. But she couldn't ask Shao Chengzhang what he needed.
It seems that he has everything.
Chen Zhuo fell into deep thought, and finally came up with an idea to prepare a gift for his first birthday. But she felt it was a bit too tacky, but she immediately affirmed herself. It took her twenty minutes to come up with it, and considering the time she spent preparing the gift, it was really thoughtful.
I am willing to spend time and effort on him, so I should be grateful to him.
When she thought about how Shao Chengzhang was already 32 years old and she had to prepare 32 gifts and 32 letters, she sighed and wondered why she didn't find someone who was 22 years old at that time.
*
As usual, Chen Hang reported his schedule for the week on Monday. The 27th was a Thursday, and an artist who was interested in collaborating with him came to City A to visit Dreamora. Normally, Shao Chengzhang should have dinner with him in the evening, but Chen Hang did not make any arrangements.
Shao Chengzhang raised his eyes and looked at him with raised eyebrows.
Chen Hang explained: "Mr. Shao, the 27th is your birthday. Aren't you going to celebrate it with your wife?"
Shao Chengzhang was stunned. Ever since he returned to the Shao family, he hadn't wanted to celebrate his birthday because it only made him miss Zhao Yun more. After leaving home for school, he stopped celebrating his birthday.
But did Shen Zhuo know his birthday? She had never asked him.
"Then there's no need to make any arrangements for now." Somehow, he felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart.
When he got home in the evening, Chen Zhuo had not come back yet. She had been coming back very late recently. Shao Chengzhang called her to ask if she was still busy.
"Yeah, I'm busy." At this time, Chen Zhuo was holding the mobile phone between her shoulders. She was cutting wrapping paper. She didn't dare let him find out that she was preparing gifts in advance. She sent all the gifts to the studio and prepared them every day these days.
"Do you need me to pick you up?"
"No, no," Shen Zhuo immediately refused, "I'll be home soon."
Shen Zhuo glanced at the time. It was already past nine o'clock. She finished what she was doing and put it aside where the other things had already been packaged. Victory was just around the corner.
After returning home, Shao Chengzhang sat on the sofa reading a book while waiting for her. Shen Zhuo sat beside him and lay down directly on his legs.
Shao Chengzhang put the book aside and brushed her bangs aside. "Have you been busy lately?"
Chen Zhuo nodded and thought, of course it’s a lot. After all, I have to work overtime to prepare gifts after work every day.
"By the way, today is Christmas Eve. Have you eaten the apple?" Shen Zhuo asked.
Shao Chengzhang looked down at her, his hand resting on her belly, and smiled meaningfully, "I'll eat later."
"You, you, you, don't you have anything else on your mind?" Shen Zhuo raised his hand, holding his chin with his tiger's mouth and shaking it.
"Not when I see you." Shao Chengzhang smiled. "Do you have any plans for Christmas tomorrow?"
“No, but Chinese people don’t celebrate foreign festivals.”
"So what festivals do you usually celebrate?" Shao Chengzhang asked.
"It's a statutory holiday."
"Aren't you going to celebrate Valentine's Day with me? And our anniversary, and Chinese Valentine's Day..."
"We'll celebrate when we have time, and we won't celebrate when we're busy."
"Anything else?"
"What?" Chen Zhuo blinked, pretending to be innocent. "What else?"
Shao Chengzhang's lips tightened, and he lowered his eyes slightly to avoid her gaze, hiding the slight disappointment that was revealed. "Nothing."
"Oh, then I'll go wash up first." Chen Zhuo stood up and walked towards the bedroom, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
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