Even After My Death
Chapter 551 - 456 Jiang Ning’s Origin

Chapter 551: Chapter 456 Jiang Ning’s Origin

Shen Zha was very efficient. He returned to Capital City that afternoon to sign the contract with Jiang Ning.

The place they agreed to meet was still the Orange Building.

Jiang Ning parked her car in a parking space in front of the building and from distance, she saw Shen Zha and Chen Yan.

As Jiang Ning spotted them, Shen Zha also saw Jiang Ning.

Shen Zha hadn’t changed over time; he visibly gained some weight and his laugh resembled that of Maitreya Buddha, making him appear to be in good spirits recently, although he seemed to have gotten a bit tanned. In contrast, the person standing next to him, Chen Yan, was tall and distinguished, with a carefree demeanor and a handsome face that made him look no different from a big star, not at all like a behind-the-scenes staff member.

Shen Zha approached with a smile, "Jiang Ning, you’ve finally arrived! Come on, let’s go inside together."

Seeing Jiang Ning, Shen Zha seemed as eager as if he had seen his own God of Wealth.

Jiang Ning greeted them with a smile, and the three of them entered the Orange Entertainment Building side by side.

Jiang Ning didn’t bother to disguise herself too much today, and as soon as the company’s receptionist saw them, she instantly recognized Jiang Ning.

After watching the three enter the elevator, she couldn’t contain her excitement and took out her phone to send a message in a company group chat.

Our boss is SB(169)

Xiao Meimei: Ahhhh! Guess who I just saw!

Her message was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up the quiet chat.

Always thinking of selling the boss out: Who?

Light Boat: Who else could it be but your favorite, Best Actor Sheng?

Ye: Ha ha ha, Xiao Meimei’s usual fangirl antics.

It seemed as though everyone was used to it by now. The receptionist was dumbfounded by everyone’s response.

Xiao Meimei: No, no!

Xiao Meimei: Jiang Ning! I just saw Jiang Ning!

This caused a huge stir.

Jiang Ning had recently become incredibly popular online, even more so than the hottest celebrities.

Light Boat: !!!

Little Bok Choy: Where, where?

Orange Guagua Guagua: Xiao Meimei, are you sure you didn’t see wrong?!

Emo every day: Nice, Xiao Meimei, sneaking off to see Jiang Jiang and not bringing us along!

One Well-Behaved Cub: Ah ah ah, take a photo! I want to see Jiang Jiang unedited!

Xiao Meimei: No, no, I’m at the company, I just saw her with Director Shen Zha and Producer Chen Yan.

Xiao Meimei: Didn’t dare to take a photo, they’ve already left...

Emo every day: Director Shen! Producer Chen! Aren’t they working on the New Variety Show?

Work for a Hundred Years: Ahhh! Could it be that Jiang Ning is going on a variety show again?!

Don’t wanna do spreadsheets: Possibly! The last variety show Jiang Ning was on was with Director Shen and Producer Chen!

The group chat was instantly buzzing with this news.

Soon, other staff members from the floors above joined the group chat, saying that they also saw Jiang Ning with Shen Zha and Chen Yan, and they saw the three of them entering Shen Zha’s office, as if they had some business to discuss.

As a well-known director, Shen Zha’s office was spacious and well-lit.

Jiang Ning sat on the sofa, looking down at the contract Shen Zha had just handed her.

Jiang Ning didn’t find any other issues and picked up a black pen to sign her name at the designated place.

Seeing this, Shen Zha finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yan, who had been quiet most of the time, couldn’t help but smile when he saw Jiang Ning signing her name.

Jiang Ning handed the signed contract back to Shen Zha, "Pleasure doing business with you."

Shen Zha: "Pleasure doing business with you."

This time, it was truly a done deal, a pleasant collaboration settled.

After the contract was signed, Jiang Ning didn’t rush to leave. The three of them sat in the office, sipping tea and munching on snacks.

Shen Zha and Chen Yan told Jiang Ning a lot about the filming mode and content of their new variety show.

In fact, even if Shen Zha and Chen Yan hadn’t mentioned it, Jiang Ning had already gained a general understanding.

That morning, when she decided to participate in the "New Variety Show," she had especially searched for many related videos online.

It seemed that having tasted the sweet success of the live broadcast of "Survive for 30 Days," Shen Zha and Chen Yan were once again adopting a live broadcasting operational mode, followed by editing.

Each episode of the show was broadcast live from a different location.

Up until now, "New Variety Show" had already aired four episodes, and Jiang Ning had just signed on for the fifth.

After having enough to eat in the office, under Shen Zha’s arrangement, Jiang Ning took promotional photos for the show in advance.

Just before leaving, Jiang Ning casually asked, "Director Shen, could I know where the fifth episode will be shot in Guan City?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zha smiled mysteriously, "When the time comes and you get there, you’ll know. Don’t worry, the mountains and rivers there are beautiful, you’ll definitely like it."

Jiang Ning: "...Alright."

Shen Zha thought he had lured Jiang Ning with a high salary, but what he didn’t know was that Jiang Ning had agreed largely because she heard the words "Guan City," which had changed her mind.

Because Jiang Ning had grown up in that city.

Since getting into college, she hadn’t gone back, and it had been a long time since she last heard those two words.

Today, suddenly hearing them from Shen Zha’s mouth made Jiang Ning suddenly recall something else.

Before the Huo family found Jiang Ning, she had never doubted her origins.

In her limited memory, she spent her childhood in a poor little mountain village, being bullied and scolded by adults every day.

Later, she fled into the mountains, spending her days in the company of wild beasts.

She herself didn’t know how many mountains she had crossed before she finally followed the alpha wolf to a village with human activity, which was another village of strangers.

The alpha wolf left her in the inhabited area, and then Jiang Ning began her wandering life.

During that time, she was taken in by kind-hearted people several times and then expelled for various reasons. Gradually she learned a lot, until at last, the old man adopted her.

Before the Huo family came looking, Jiang Ning always thought she was from that small mountain village.

Even though she had already escaped from there.

It was only after the Huo family members came looking for her that Jiang Ning felt something was off.

She grew up in Guan City, which is thousands of kilometers away from Capital City. Even now, with developed transportation, it would take half a day by plane or high-speed train, much less the inconvenient travel from over twenty years ago.

Jiang Ning immediately went to report to the police.

Afterward, the police uncovered that the baby switch with Huo Miao had been an accident.

Huo Miao’s biological parents were two migrant workers who took Jiang Ning back to their home after the mix-up. Disdaining that Jiang Ning was a girl, they sold her to human traffickers for six hundred yuan when she was just three months old.

At this point, things were quite clear.

Jiang Ning originally wanted to continue investigating, but the incident had happened over twenty years ago, and it was very difficult for the police to investigate. Moreover, the Huo family didn’t want to pursue the matter.

At the time, the Huo family members felt only shame about the baby switch.

They didn’t even dare to openly acknowledge Jiang Ning’s identity, let alone investigate these matters.

The Huo family wished nothing more than to keep the incident tightly covered up, hidden from everyone.

At the time, Jiang Ning was still young, and her memory of the mountain village was very vague. She didn’t know the specific location of the village, so the matter was left unresolved.

That was until this morning when she heard Shen Zha’s words, which suddenly stirred something in Jiang Ning.

Back then, she had unfinished studies and neither the time nor the energy to investigate the matter.

Now, she had the time, the energy, and the money to do so.

She could go to Guan City and find out the truth.

Of course, she didn’t believe it would be such a coincidence that the very place she was looking for would be the village where the crew was filming.

But since she was going to Guan City anyway, why not join the variety show and make a big profit while she was at it?