Chapter 103: Fake Daughter in the Entertainment Industry
"Don't say that. Yanyan is a very nice person."
Wang Rui was dragged back by Zhang Qingqing, and she did not forget to defend Zhou Yan. Zhang Qingqing rolled her eyes without disguising:
"Are you a naive person? Can't you see that she did that on purpose? Who knows what she is planning?"
Someone nearby suddenly spoke up:
"I just thought I saw a flash of light."
"Ah? Was that taken secretly by a paparazzi?"
Zhang Qingqing knocked Wang Rui on the forehead unceremoniously:
"Did you hear that? I'm much smarter than you. Don't be so stupid as to consider everyone as your friend!"
Wang Rui still doesn't believe it:
"Yanyan has only been in this circle for a few days, how can she understand all this?"
"I don't know if you understand or not, but the place she lives in is not cheap." Zhang Qingqing said meaningfully, "We can't afford it with our salary. Anyway, it's right to listen to me. Think about her performance on the set today. Isn't that stealing the spotlight?"
Another person sneered and continued:
"It's a pity that I tried to show off my skills in front of the queen of the screen, but I failed to gain anything. Instead, I was scolded by the director in public. It was so embarrassing! And then this happened in the evening. I was trying to take advantage of our leading actor!"
"But he has been in the industry for so many years, doesn't he know more than her? He has met so many people with ulterior motives, like Zhou Yan... There is no hope!"
"Alas, how many people who can make it in this circle are simple? The simple ones have long been devoured without leaving any residue! I don't know where she got the courage and confidence to choose such a difficult task right away."
"Who said there is no more? Isn't our little movie queen supposed to live a peaceful life forever? Who dares to mess with her?"
"He has a good father, capital, and ability. You can't compare to him, you can't compare to him!"
"Hey, what do you think is the relationship between those men who came today and the little movie queen?"
"It's not simple anyway. Didn't you see how attentive they were when they came downstairs..."
The topic gradually went off topic. Wang Rui listened to others gossiping one after another and couldn't help but look back again. Is this Zhou Yan really who they said she was?
"Yanyan, come home with mom!"
Zhao Yingyue waited for several hours before Zhou Yan finally came back. She was so anxious from waiting that she couldn't control her temper anymore. She grabbed Zhou Yan's arm and tried to take her to the car.
Zhou Yan was startled. She had to be dragged forward while trying to pull her arm out of Zhao Yingyue's hand:
"Mom? Mom! Let go, let go, let me go first! You're hurting me!"
Zhao Yingyue turned a deaf ear to him. She was so furious that if she hadn't accidentally heard Zhou Jiahao calling to ask how Zhou Yan was doing on the crew, she would have had no idea that her so-called summer job turned out to be a supporting role!
Although Zhou Jiahao didn't know which crew Zhou Yan was in, he knew where she lived, so they could only wait here. Who knew they would have to wait for an entire afternoon and half a night!
How could Zhao Yingyue not be angry? She was almost going crazy!
"Look at what time it is now? You just came back so late, what have you been doing?"
Zhou Yan half-bent her waist to resist Zhao Yingyue's pulling. She could no longer suppress her anger after all the misfortunes she had experienced throughout the day, and she spoke in a particularly aggressive tone:
"What can I do? It's just a dinner party with colleagues. What on earth are you thinking about?!"
She used her other hand to bend Zhao Yingyue's fingers:
"Let me go! Mom, why did you suddenly come over and get angry at me?!"
Zhou Yan was so angry that she pushed Zhao Yingyue's arm, but Zhao Yingyue was in pain and couldn't help but let go. After being pushed again, she took two steps back.
Zhao Yingyue looked up in disbelief:
"Yan Yan!"
Zhou Yan didn't expect to be pushed by such a coincidence. She couldn't help feeling guilty and blaming herself. Just as she was about to apologize, she saw Zhou Jiahao, who was standing aside and not wanting to interfere in the matter between mother and daughter, running over. The first thing he said was to rebuke her:
"Yan Yan, how could you do this to your mother?!"
He carefully supported Zhao Yingyue:
"Are you okay?"
Zhao Yingyue suppressed her tears and shook her head, straightened her back, and looked sternly at Zhou Yan who was standing there motionless:
"Go back with mom! Our family is not short of money, and we don't need you to work during the summer vacation. Go back and stay well, and wait for school to start!"
Zhou Yan was already full of grievances. Her filming and interpersonal relationships were not going well, and her dreams were not supported by her biological mother. She had to work hard on her own. Do you know how tired she has been these two days?
He started by scolding and blaming her with such a tough attitude. It would be strange if she would listen to him!
She yelled at Zhao Yingyue:
"No! I won't go back! I want to film, I want to be famous, I will be famous! Can you please stop caring about me! Isn't it better to take care of your own son? Why do you care about me? I am just an outsider anyway!"
It was silent.
The summer weather was very hot, but Zhao Yingyue and Zhou Jiahao felt as if their hearts were immersed in an ice bucket, feeling very cool.
Zhou Jiahao was filled with disappointment and frustration. Over the years, he believed that he had been devoted and sincere to his stepdaughter. He had never said "no" to anything she wanted. Even without telling Zhao Yingyue, he tried his best to arrange everything for her. He had never paid so much attention to his own son.
It is said that being a stepmother is not easy, but is being a stepfather easy? He was afraid that Zhou Yan would have some ideas, so he did not have any more children after being married for many years.
The son he later conceived was an accident, and since he was already there, he definitely wouldn't want to give it up. But in order to not think too much about Zhou Yan, when Zhao Yingyue was too busy taking care of the younger one to take care of her, he did his best to comfort her, care for her, and give her more love than before.
I was just afraid that she would think they would no longer love her since they had a son.
Who knew it was still not enough? Did she still feel like an outsider in that family?
How could Zhao Yingyue feel good? She admitted that because her son was young and she was getting older, she had less energy and most of her energy was put into taking care of her son.
But she didn't forget that she had a daughter. She wanted to apply to the film academy, and although she didn't agree, she still enrolled her in an art tutoring class.
At the beginning of the class, she was still worried and accompanied her for a few classes. When Zhou Yan was studying in the classroom, she would wait outside and pick her up after class.
Later, Zhou Yan herself was disgusted with her classmates saying that she was like a child who had never grown up and still needed her mother to accompany her at such an age, and she refused to let Zhao Yingyue continue to accompany her. That's how it ended.
She did not do well in the college entrance examination and was sulking at home. No one said a word to her, and even when her son cried sometimes, Zhao Yingyue was afraid of disturbing Zhou Yan, so she just took him out.
Isn’t this... enough?
Zhao Yingyue suddenly seemed to have lost all her energy and spirit. She even bent her back and waved her hands weakly, saying to Zhou Jiahao:
"Let's go, let's go back."
Zhou Jiahao glanced at Zhou Yan, said nothing, held Zhao Yingyue's shoulders and turned around.
Zhou Yan subconsciously took a step forward and opened her mouth, wanting to call them to stop. She wanted to say: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that...
But in the end she chose to remain silent, standing still, watching them walk away with complicated eyes, getting in the car and leaving.
It’s okay, it’s okay, they won’t be really angry. If they are angry, it will only be for a while. After a while, when their anger subsides, she can go back and comfort them.
But this opportunity in the crew is hard-won and will never come again. What she needs to do now is to seize this opportunity and make it big!
By then, she will have gained fame and fortune. Wouldn't that be a good thing for that family?
She will hire a nanny to take care of her younger brother, and she will tell her parents that she doesn’t actually hate her younger brother... Her father is also doing a good job, he is her father!
As Zhou Yan thought this, she raised her head stubbornly to prevent the tears from falling.
She will be famous! She will definitely become a big star!
Zhao Yingyue sat in the passenger seat, watching Zhou Yan's figure in the rearview mirror getting smaller and smaller until she could no longer see him. She couldn't hold back her tears.
Zhou Jiahao held the steering wheel with one hand and pulled a tissue for her with the other, sighing:
"Yanyan doesn't mean what she says. Don't take her words to heart. You're all angry today. Wait until you calm down and I'll talk to her properly."
Zhao Yingyue pressed the tissue to her eyes, her voice sounding a little cold for some reason:
"If she doesn't want to go back, then she has to go back. I will go directly to the crew to find the person in charge tomorrow. She hasn't even started college yet, so how can she be independent? I don't believe that the crew is willing to keep her if her parents don't agree."
Zhou Jiahao looked at the traffic ahead, and something in his eyes was sinking little by little.
"After all these years...you still haven't forgotten him?"
While she was still collecting information about that person in private, she was also reacting so strongly to her daughter's entry into the entertainment industry...
Have you let it go, or have you never let it go?
If I don't let go, then what's the point of me being with you all these years?
The hand that Zhao Yingyue was pressing on her eyes froze, and silence instantly enveloped the two of them. Their bodies were so close that they could touch each other, but their hearts seemed to be separated by a chasm that no one wanted to cross.
Zhou Jiahao has been doing this for nearly 20 years, and now he is inexplicably tired. It turns out that there is really no reward for every effort. He has devoted 18 years to Zhou Yan, but she said she was an outsider.
He devoted more, longer and deeper to Zhao Yingyue, but she still had someone else in her heart.
At this moment, Zhou Jiahao was more confused than ever before. What should he do? Should he just give up? But how could he just end a relationship of twenty years?
Should he continue to live his life with his eyes and heart covered? It seemed that he couldn't do it.
So, let’s try it, stop, if he never approaches her again, will they...come over?
Zhou Jiahao didn't know it, he felt like he was taking a big gamble. If he won, he would still be the successful man with a successful career, a loving husband and wife, and two children.
Lost the bet...
What did it matter? At least he still had a son.
The author has something to say:
I changed the name of next week. When I first chose the name, I didn’t think of it and it has the same name as the real one. I’m sorry for the baby who likes him~
Oh my, the real daughter actually wrote a whole chapter (laughing and crying). Our Ranran and Xie's father's scenes will be until tomorrow~ And Zhao Yingyue and Xie Yan will meet. The increase in the real daughter's scenes means that Xie Yan will soon discover the truth. Hehe
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