"You think I'm afraid of her? But she's had a tough time too, having been a runner-up for over a decade. This year, she really had a higher chance of winning, but I ended up snatching the prize from her."
"Ling'er, Fourth Sister, do you think it's possible that the judges' sudden award to you is related to Mr. John?"
"What does this have to do with me? The two ladies truly deserved their awards; it has nothing to do with me," Mr. John explained with a smile.
"Mr. John, you didn't tell the organizers in advance and then switch the prize to us, did you?"
“Miss Su, I’m just an old man, how could I have such a big reputation? Besides, I don’t come to China often, so they don’t know me.”
"That's right, Ling'er, Xinghe, let's not overthink it and just enjoy this moment. Tonight is our night. Our goal for next year is to win the Best Album Award. Xinghe, are you confident?"
"Fourth sister, don't you have any confidence in yourself?"
"I am quite confident in myself, but I am still a little worried about you."
"Fourth sister, you look down on me!"
"I didn't, I still believe in you, my dear brother."
"Ke'er, it's my treat tonight. How about we go out for dinner after this?"
"Alright, then I'll make you bleed a good amount of money. You're a little rich girl now!"
"No problem! I'm happy today, so I'll let you rip me off this once. So, where do you want to eat?"
"The Kyoto Grand Hotel, of course!"
"You're really willing to spend money on me!"
"Of course! Didn't you say you're happy today? If you're happy, I'm happy too, Mr. John. Would you like to join us?"
"You young people can have fun, I'm not going. My flight is tomorrow morning, so I need to get a good rest tonight, otherwise my old bones can't take it."
"Mr. John, are you leaving already?"
"Yes, there's still a lot of things to finish over there, but we'll still meet up."
"Of course, Mr. John, we have plenty of time for the future."
After the party ended, Su Ke'er and Zhao Ling'er made their arrangements and then got into their respective vans to head to the Kyoto Grand Hotel.
"Sister Hong, am I amazing!"
Hongjie had been waiting in the van. Su Ke'er took out the trophy and showed it off to Hongjie.
"Amazing! Amazing! Tell me quickly what happened inside? I actually nurtured the youngest female singer in China." Ever since Sister Hong learned that Su Ke'er won the female singer award, she has been so excited that she hasn't calmed down and is in a state of high excitement.
"Of course! It's all thanks to my sister Hong. You're amazing!"
"Okay, tell me about it now."
So Su Ke'er told Sister Hong everything that had happened inside.
"It's true what they say, what goes around comes around. Zou Qian bullied people on set, and now she's going to be bullied in the same way. You have no idea, in just one hour, all the endorsement deals associated with Zou Qian have announced their contract terminations, and some are even going to sue her."
"Moreover, their dark history has also been dug up, including bullying young actors, being a mistress, and engaging in power-for-sex transactions."
"She deserved it!"
"Yes, yes, little auntie, whatever you say goes today. Where are you planning to celebrate?"
"I made an appointment with Ling'er. Ling'er said she'd treat us to a big meal. Sister Hong, would you like to come along?"
"Since Ling'er invited you to dinner, you guys go ahead, I won't go, I'm going home to sleep."
"Sister Hong, it's still early, why are you going back to sleep?"
“The elderly can’t stay up any longer. I’ll take a taxi back. You guys go eat.”
"Okay then, Sister Hong, send me a message when you get home."
"Don't worry, you can go now."
The driver drove to the Kyoto Grand Hotel, where Su Ke'er sat with her legs crossed, humming a song and scrolling through her phone.
"Hey, who's this? It's my Mengmeng! Mengmeng messaged me!"
"Did Mengmeng message you? What did she say?"
"This was sent to me by Mengmeng, you're not allowed to look at it!" Su Ke'er said, covering her phone.
"I know without even looking that Mengmeng will definitely wish you well."
"Oh no! I'm doomed! I'm doomed, Xinghe, I didn't mean to, please forgive me?" Su Ke'er was embarrassed, her eyes showing three parts shyness, three parts fear, and three parts shock.
"What exactly happened? Fourth Sister, tell me!"
"I told you, please don't hit me."
"Then say it!"
"Then you must promise that no matter what happens, you won't touch me."
"Fourth Sister, what are you saying? When have I ever laid a hand on you?"
"You may not have touched me before, but if you find out about this, I can't guarantee it, so you have to swear first."
"Okay, I swear, now tell me."
"I gave Mengmeng a New Year's gift just two days ago."
"Then what?"
"Then it arrived today. Mengmeng just picked up the package and opened it, and her mother happened to see it."
"So what if you see it? Isn't it a New Year's gift? Fourth Sister, what did you buy?"
Wang Xinghe suddenly had a bad feeling.
"I told you, please don't be angry."
"Go ahead and say it, I'm not angry."
"BYT".
What is BYT?
"Oh dear, Xinghe, you really don't know anything, it's just condoms."
"What did you say? Condoms? Condoms? You bought Mengmeng something like that?"
"Xinghe, don't blame me. I bought it for you thinking you'd use it eventually. I thought it was a pretty special gift, but who knew that Mengmeng's mom would see it when she opened the package."
Wang Xinghe now understands what it means to be sitting at home when trouble comes knocking from the sky; he'll probably get blamed for this mess.
"Fourth Sister, you've really gone too far. What's going on now?"
"I... I don't know either. You should ask Mengmeng yourself. I'm too ashamed to ask."
Wang Xinghe hurriedly checked his phone and found that Liu Qingmeng had not sent him a message about this matter.
"Mengmeng didn't message me, she didn't tell me."
"It's normal that she didn't say anything; she probably didn't know how to bring it up with you."
"Then how should I ask?"
"I don't know, don't ask me, it's none of my business."
"Fourth Sister, you're the one who orchestrated all of this. Let me think about it."
After a moment of contemplation, Wang Xinghe picked up his phone.
"Mengmeng?"
Liu Qingmeng had locked herself in her room, and the condom gift pack was placed next to her. She had no idea what she was feeling when she brought it into the room.
Upon seeing the message suddenly sent by Wang Xinghe, Liu Qingmeng was startled and dropped her phone to the ground.
Liu Qingmeng quickly picked it up and checked it, finding that there was nothing seriously wrong.
"W-what happened? You're done?"
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