Chapter 51
Xi family.
Xi Shu has been away for several days and hasn't come back. Wu Jie is a little worried. Why doesn't her husband seem to care about this?
After Xiao Fusheng's program is finished, he will go to school. If he still hasn't established good relationships with the Sheng family by then, what will happen if they return to China? Or what if they take Xiao Fusheng away?
Wu Jie couldn't help but find her husband in the study and asked with concern, "Why have you been so absent-minded these past two days? What's wrong?"
After asking, she realized that the other party's face looked very unhappy. This was the first time Wu Jie had seen Xi Yuankai like this in all these years. She thought to herself, "Is there something wrong with the company?"
"It's not the company." Xi Yuankai slowly raised his head, his gaze gradually settling on her. "Someone else knows about that."
"That..."
Wu Jie was halfway through her words when her expression gradually froze.
Both of them knew what it was, but the people involved had already been dealt with and would never be able to return to North City again in their lifetime, unless their families no longer wanted to take good care of them.
Wu Jie walked over and sat in front of him: "Who told you?"
She was Xi Yuankai's first love, but because of her poor background, her family did not agree. Xi Yuankai was forced to marry Xi Shu's mother, and he always had his cake and eat it too.
Wu Jie knew in her heart that if Xi Yuankai spent time with such an outstanding and beautiful woman like Xi Shu's mother, he would definitely fall in love with her.
Because when Xi Yuankai saw Xi Shu's mother come back to see her for the first time, his expression was obviously not right.
That's why she couldn't let go. Not only did she love Xi Yuankai, she couldn't let go of the power in his hands.
Fortunately, Xi Yuankai is a male chauvinist, and Xi Shu's mother is very strong. When the two stand together, most people see Xi Shu's mother, which makes Xi Yuankai feel unwilling.
She took advantage of Xi Yuankai's psychology and was considerate and docile every time they met. She found ways to give Xi Yuankai what he couldn't get from Xi Shu's mother.
And after Xi Shu's mother became pregnant, she also tried to get pregnant quickly.
However, she found out through her connections that it was a daughter, but she had always lied to Xi Yuankai that it was a son. The moment her daughter was born, she secretly replaced her with a boy through the doctor in the hospital who had already arranged with her.
Xi Yuankai received a lot of emotional comfort from her, and since he didn't like the child born by Xi Shu's mother, he always believed in her.
But this is not the end. After the two have a child, their bond will definitely become deeper, and Wu Jie can't wait.
So she added fuel to the fire every day, making Xi Yuankai more and more unbearable to Xi Shu's mother, until Xi Shu's mother had been in poor health since giving birth to a child, and later had too much work pressure, so she had to rest at home for a while.
During that time, Xi Yuankai was running between two companies, and he realized the importance of power even more, so she started to persuade him.
"She's already sick at home. What's the big deal if she gets even sicker? Others will just think it's her own fault. Right now, her mind is on Xi Shu, so she won't pay much attention to you."
Xi Yuankai's expression relaxed at that time.
Wu Jie added fuel to the fire, tears in her eyes. "Xi Shu is almost five now. He's so smart and lovable, you've seen it. He looks so much like his mother and is so close to her. He's definitely going to be raised like her. In a decade or so, you won't be old yet, and all your family's wealth will fall to him. You'll once again be suppressed by them. Are you really willing to be suppressed for the rest of your life? You've clearly worked so hard to earn a share of it."
These words completely made Xi Yuankai want to kill.
He had never wanted the arranged marriage in the first place, and Xi Shu's mother was not considerate at all. All she cared about was the company and her son. When she handed the company over to Xi Shu in the future, there would be no place for him.
He didn't want to endure humiliation and burden for so many years just to make wedding dresses for others.
If his wife were gone, he would be the only one who had the final say in the Xi family. As a spouse, he could also inherit her inheritance and support the family. He could then openly welcome Wu Jie and their youngest son into the family. Even though Xi Shu was a son, he wouldn't get much.
That's how they hit it off.
When his wife returned home to recuperate, Xi Yuankai spent a lot of money to hire a family doctor and threatened the doctor with his family to make him do something wrong.
So my wife's health became thinner and thinner, and her condition worsened. Even if she went to the hospital for a check-up, the people there, who had already settled the matter, would not say anything.
Just when she wanted to go abroad for treatment, Xi Yuankai asked the doctor to increase the dosage of the medicine. It was at that time that she left this world completely.
The child was still young and didn't understand anything. He only knew that his mother was sick and never suspected him.
A year later, he welcomed Wu Jie and the child into the family. Even if others had objections, the power of the Xi family was in his hands at that time. These wealthy families all had dirty deeds, so he turned a blind eye.
He had sent those people out one by one. Those who kept their mouths shut were allowed to stay, but those who didn't were sent abroad. I don't know if they are still alive now.
Xi Yuankai had originally let the matter go, but he never expected that one day someone would find him and say that they knew the whole story of what happened back then and invite him to talk.
People like this are just after money, but Xi Yuankai has no idea what kind of person he is, so he has to go in person.
"I don't know." Xi Yuankai shook his head. "It sounds like you should be very clear about those things. Do you have any idea?"
Wu Jie curled her lips and said, "Are you doubting me? You were the one who orchestrated what happened back then. You were worried that I wouldn't be able to do it well. I didn't interfere at all."
It is because of this that Xi Yuankai doesn’t know what the other party’s purpose is?
"Wife." He smiled. "Why don't you go there on my behalf? You're my wife, so it's as if I go."
Hearing this, Wu Jie's heart sank: "Me? But what can I know?"
She knew that Xi Yuankai was a heartless person, but she didn't expect that when encountering such a thing, he would want to push her out first.
"It's better if you don't know. He won't be able to get anything out of you." Xi Yuankai was not without ulterior motives. "If he wants money, we'll give him the money. Then we can find out his background and send him away."
"What if they don't want the money?" Wu Jie pressed. "If they want your life, or something else, will you let me go?"
Noticing that she was in a bad mood, Xi Yuankai said gently, "I didn't mean that."
"What do you mean?" Wu Jie stood up. "Xi Yuankai, you did this for power and money. Now that something's happened, you want to push me out the first time. Have you ever thought about what would happen to our child if something really happened to me?"
"I didn't push you out!" Xi Yuankai was also angry. "What do you mean I have the right to do this? If you hadn't kept whispering in my ear about her shortcomings, would I have done it? Now you want to clear yourself of this?"
The two of them started arguing in the study, neither of them giving in.
"I'm not going anyway. If you want to go, go by yourself."
"Wu Jie, if anything goes wrong, we're both finished!"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Their voices stopped abruptly. Xi Yuankai took two deep breaths and said, "Who is it?"
"Father."
It was Xi Shu's voice.
"He's been out for the past few days. His whereabouts are more mysterious than your boss." Wu Jie sneered, "Forget waiting until he's an adult. Even now, you can't control him. You can only get angry at me."
"Could you please stop talking?"
At this moment, they still had hope in Xi Shu, so Xi Yuankai quickly calmed down and walked over to open the door: "Where have you been these past two days?"
"I went back to the Sheng family to get something." Xi Shu's eyes slowly swept over the two people and asked, "I seemed to hear my father arguing with my aunt. What happened?"
Wu Jie looked at him in surprise. When did this little bastard start to call her auntie so obediently?
"Something happened at the company." Xi Yuankai sighed, brought the person in, and deliberately asked, "Our company is in a bit of trouble right now. Dad asked you to get along well with Fusheng for a reason. If something really happens in the future and you have no place to live and no money to spend, what will you do? Xiaoshu, you have to think about Dad too."
Xi Shu stood beside the bookshelf with his eyes lowered.
"Besides, it's just asking you to be friends with her. That's not that difficult, right?" Xi Yuankai said. "It's a mutually beneficial thing."
After a long while, Xi Shu finally nodded: "But she's been very busy with the production team recently."
Xi Yuankai finally smiled: "It doesn't matter, it will be over soon, and didn't she say she would go to the same school as you when school starts?"
Xi Shu hummed.
"Okay." Xi Yuankai waved his hand. "Your aunt and I still have some things to discuss. You must be tired after coming back. Go ask the kitchen to make something you like to eat."
"Father." Xi Shu turned around and looked at his bookcase. "My room is too small, and my old books are gone. I have nothing to do now, so I want to find some books to read. Is that okay?"
Xi Yuankai: "Can you understand the book here?"
"You can ask Fusheng." Xi Shu faced the bookcase and placed the small camera he had prepared between the books. "She knows a lot, and I don't want to be at a loss for words with her. Besides, her fifth uncle will be coming over soon, and she won't be home. I can talk to her there."
Xiao Fusheng has a wide range of knowledge. Xi Yuankai has investigated her fifth uncle?
Isn't that the Sheng Hang from abroad?!
Thinking about how he had been suppressed abroad for so long, Xi Yuankai did not doubt it and was even very positive: "Take whatever you like. If you can't get it, I'll get it for you."
Xi Shu quickly pulled out a book on economics: "I can get it. I'll be leaving first."
After everyone left, Wu Jie frowned: "Why is he so obedient today?"
"He's still a child." Xi Yuankai put away his smile. "He's been spoiled for so many years. How can he bear it if he's told to be broke?"
"Don't you forget how he flipped the table while we were eating that day?" Wu Jie scoffed. "A ten-year-old can be sensible."
"Then why is Xiaozhi so ignorant?" Xi Yuankai asked, "They are both my children, why are there so many differences?"
A quiet person, but at first glance he is calm and has his own ideas.
The other one is a little dumber than the average child.
They look even more different. Xi Yuankai used to think that neither he nor Wu Jie were bad-looking people, so why did Xi Zhi look like no one? He even didn't want to be a child of the Xi family.
"You even doubt your own child?!" Wu Jie angrily said, "What? Do you regret it now? Do you dislike us? Xi Shu's mother was a good person, but didn't you kill her too?"
Xi Yuankai stepped forward and slapped her: "You're crazy! Talking so loudly!"
"You hit me?" Wu Jie covered her face in disbelief. "Xi Yuankai, you're going to destroy the bridge now. You even want to hit me, right?"
"Be reasonable."
"I can't think straight!" Wu Jie said viciously. "I'm telling you, it's impossible to drag me out and take the blame. And don't even think about threatening or hurting me. I know all your dirty deeds!"
Xi Yuankai said with a sullen face: "Wu Jie, we are on the same boat."
"Now that you know this, put away those thoughts of wanting to abandon me."
Thinking that his son had already relented, the Sheng family was not without a solution. Now they even took the initiative to let Xi Shu get close to Sheng Hang.
Xi Yuankai calmed down a bit. With his current status and the support of the Sheng family, it didn't matter if there were any monsters coming from the opposite side. However, they had become an old couple after so many years, so of course he knew what kind of person Wu Jie was.
"Let's go together," he said.
No one can protect themselves anyway.
Let's go together, Wu Jie thought that she had never seen Xi Yuankai's biological daughter until now, and they were fighting in this family all day long. If she didn't have a good life, Xi Yuankai would not have an easy life either.
On the other side, Xi Shu returned to his room and watched the video content quietly, without any expression on his face.
It was Qiao Ge who went to test it, that was Qiao Ge's business.
This is the trump card he kept for himself.
This was also the advice given to him by his future adoptive father who had not yet arrived in the country.
After passing this content to Sheng Hang, Sheng Hang did not hide it after receiving it, but sent it to a group of several younger people.
There is a part in the video where Xi Shu finds an excuse to put a camera on the bookcase. His tone and movements are orderly, which makes everyone in the group admire him very much.
Sheng Zhi: Putting aside other things, this kid is indeed a promising material.
Sheng Shi: Be careful or it may backfire on you in the future.
Sheng Hang: I'm not his unscrupulous father. If I had a little more common sense, I wouldn't just leave my own child alone.
Sheng Huaiyu: But I think what her father said is quite right. I have read the information and his youngest son does not look like his son, unless Wu Jie had plastic surgery.
It is obvious that Wu Jie has not had plastic surgery.
Sheng Hang: That makes sense. Then I will give my new son a gift to see what the situation is. If he is really not my biological son, then it will be very interesting to see them fighting each other.
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What made Xi Yuankai feel relieved was that the man who came to see him was just a nameless rogue with a very specific purpose, which was just to ask for money.
"I can give you the money," Xi Yuankai said, "but you have to tell me, who told you all this?"
So detailed.
"Of course I can't tell you that." The man smiled slightly, "But I'm a very honest person. As long as I receive the money, I will definitely not bother you."
"If you don't tell me, how can I know whether you will keep your promise in the future?" Xi Yuankai did not back down. "I paid the money, so I should at least leave some money for myself."
The man thought for a moment, and as if persuaded, he simply said, "I went to Tibet for a tour some time ago."
This hint was very obvious, and Xi Yuankai understood it.
Unexpectedly, it was the family doctor who asked, "Who else knows about this?"
"Who else could be in that godforsaken place?" the man said. "I think if he continues to stay there, he'll probably go crazy."
Xi Yuankai was silent for two seconds: "I'll find someone to give you the money in cash."
After saying that, he left with Wu Jie.
After getting in the car, he said gloomily: "I didn't expect it to be him."
Wu Jie frowned: "I heard that his mother died of a serious illness some time ago. Maybe he was shocked."
"That's good." Xi Yuankai said calmly, "He's mentally stimulated and talking nonsense. When he really goes crazy and ends up in a mental hospital, his words won't count."
No matter how rich he is, he cannot allow people to threaten him all the time, and naturally he will not kill people casually, otherwise he will do so again and again. He will not leave any handle for himself unless it is absolutely necessary.
Once the doctor goes crazy, the words of the man threatening him will have no effect.
Even so, he checked up on the man just in case.
Soon the secretary told him that this man was a prodigal son who had squandered all his family fortune. Now his wife and children had left him, which was just a little strange.
"This person has had contact with Fusheng?" Xi Yuankai felt something was wrong. "Then what?"
"It's not Fusheng, it's just that he caused a big scene at the amusement park before. It was all over the news. It was said that Xu Su, a mother who was a fan of Fusheng, had become extreme now that she had stopped being a fan."
A bit of a coincidence.
But Xi Yuankai doesn't believe in coincidences: "Is there someone behind this?"
"Yes," the secretary said, "there was an extra amount of money in his account at the end of that day. He also had contact with a celebrity assistant named Qiao some time ago."
"Joe what?"
"Qiao Ge," the secretary said, "There was a time when Qiao Ge almost got Fu Sheng and President Sheng Ning killed because he appeared on the same show as Fu Sheng. However, this was all speculation by netizens, and he was eventually released by the police without being convicted."
Hearing this, a smile gradually appeared on Xi Yuankai's face.
God really helps him.
"What's going on?" Wu Jie had already Baidud who this Qiao Ge was. "This person has a pretty big influence. I don't know if we can deal with him."
"Why is it bad?" Xi Yuankai hung up the phone, "He's just a small celebrity with a little background, and now he's offended Fusheng and Sheng Ning."
Wu Jie asked, "Do you want to join forces with the Sheng family?"
"Join forces?" Xi Yuankai snorted coldly, "If the Sheng family really cared, would they let him leave the police station safely? It's very likely that the Sheng family hasn't noticed yet, or they can't find any evidence. Besides, the Sheng family wouldn't take such a small figure seriously."
"So what are you going to do?"
Xi Yuankai tapped the steering wheel. "He set his sights on me, probably not for money, or most likely, like us, for... Xiao Shu."
"Xiao Shu has a good relationship with Fusheng, and there are so many things he can gain through Fusheng."
"So, he might have used the danger of saving Fusheng on the show to gain favor with Sheng Ning, but failed," Xi Yuankai analyzed. "Then he got someone to cause trouble for Xu Su, which helped to foster a relationship between Fusheng and Xu Su, which further gained favor. Now it's our turn to solve Xiaoshu's problem. By using Xiaoshu's name, we might even be able to become someone Xiaoshu trusts and indirectly build connections with Fusheng."
Wu Jie was shocked when she heard this. This person was really playing a big game.
"Should we tell the Sheng family and those people?" Wu Jie said, "That way we can also win some favor."
Xi Yuankai once again thought his wife was truly foolish. "Even after we told them, do we still need to intervene? If push comes to shove, who will have any say, us or Qiao Ge?"
"What should we do then?"
Xi Yuankai smiled and said, "Since he can find a way to go to Tibet, maybe he will like it there. It doesn't matter if it's one madman or two madmen, just lock them up together."
Once the matter is resolved, no one will have any handle on him. Then he can go and tell the Sheng family that everything has been settled. What else is there to worry about?
"It's just that this matter needs to be put on the agenda." Xi Yuankai said, "Time waits for no one."
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The filming of the program "Actors" has officially come to an end. After the program team finishes editing, all the films will be released in the last episode, and then all the audience will select the most popular actor and the best actor.
Before that, Xiao Fusheng had one very important thing to do.
She is about to start school.
That day, everyone rushed back to North City.
Beicheng Elementary School had never seen such a spectacular scene before, and scores of reporters were drawn to the scene.—Have you heard? Teacher Xiao Fusheng, who tutors the high school seniors, has started first grade today.
Apart from the reporters and media who were stopped outside the playground, only Xiao Fusheng's parents were the most conspicuous, all dressed as if they were going to walk the red carpet.
After all, this is the first time that their child has entered elementary school and embraced a new life like an ordinary person.
The little Fusheng children in elementary school uniforms lined up in the classroom, and in the parent area at the back, the few parents who had finally managed to get together all wanted to stand in the most conspicuous position.
Luo Yao: "I bought the schoolbag."
Xu Su: "I bought the good pen and eraser."
Kan Qi: "I bought the draft."
Sheng Ning thought for a moment and said, "I did the hairstyle."
Sheng Dong, who hadn't left the country yet, chuckled and said, "I donated two buildings to this school."
"..." Sheng Hang, who had returned from abroad to wait for his son, watched this magical scene in silence.
Fake.
His father and his sister are both fake.
The child in the distance who is so beautiful that he steals the show also looks fake.
Huh? Where's his adopted son? Why was he nowhere to be seen from the beginning? He even prepared a big gift for him.
"Where is Xi Shu?" he asked Sheng Ning.
"School starts today," Sheng Ning said. "This elementary school is different from other elementary schools. On the first day of school, the older students will give the first graders red scarves. He should be preparing for that."
Sheng Hang grew up abroad, so naturally he has no such experience.
Looking at the children sitting obediently in their little chairs, he raised an eyebrow: "So he wants to put a red scarf on my niece?"
Sheng Ning remained silent.
During this period, Xi Shu lived in the Sheng family. Her children were still filming on the set, so he took the red scarf and practiced on various large and small pillars at home.
That day she asked Xi Shu to try it on her neck and asked him why he took such a simple thing so seriously. Wasn't he very smart?
Xiao Xishu carefully tied his red scarf with his eyes downcast, saying, "You taught me to learn how to say goodbye properly, especially the first time."
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