Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 106: Keeping One’s Word

Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Keeping One’s Word

On the other side, Han Jiangxue felt frustrated thinking about having to continue cooking for her mother-in-law at Madam Shen’s place tomorrow, especially after feeling snubbed there this morning.

After returning home in the afternoon, she went straight to bed and fell asleep.

By the time she woke up, it was already 6 p.m., and she hurried out of bed. She had promised Yibo when she dropped him off at school this morning that she would pick him up after class.

She hadn’t thought that she would oversleep.

By the time she reached the living room, Yibo and Shen Zhaonan were both engrossed in building Lego, the tall and the small.

Han Jiangxue smiled sheepishly and asked Shen Zhaonan, "Husband, how come you got off work so early today?"

Shen Zhaonan’s attention was fixed on the Lego structure Yibo was about to complete; he didn’t look up and responded softly, "Mhm."

Han Jiangxue then asked Yibo, "Yibo, did Dad pick you up from school?"

Yibo pouted, "An auntie picked me up. Dad didn’t say he would come to get me after school this morning, but you, Mom, you said you would come, and you didn’t."

Yibo’s kindergarten ends at four thirty in the afternoon. Earlier, the housemaid had tried to wake Han Jiangxue, calling her twice, but there was no response from the bedroom. Knowing Han Jiangxue was asleep and fearing she would be scolded if she disturbed and woke her,

the maid decided to pick Yibo up from school herself, as she had done before when Shen Zhaonan and Han Jiangxue were busy with work.

"Oh I see, I’m sorry, son, Mom didn’t do it on purpose." Han Jiangxue gave a wry smile before casting a sidelong glance at the maid who had picked up Yibo.

Then, turning back, she continued to smile at Shen Zhaonan, "Husband, I went to Mom’s place this morning and even cooked for her, so I was a bit exhausted. I took a nap when I got back this afternoon and accidentally overslept..."

Aside from wanting to appear productive and make her presence felt in front of Shen Zhaonan, she was also trying to find an excuse for not picking up Yibo.

In the past, there were times she hadn’t picked up Yibo from school, but Shen Zhaonan never knew.

Yet, she didn’t expect Shen Zhaonan to come home so early today; to make matters worse, Yibo, the foolish child, didn’t know how to watch what he said!

"Yay! It’s done! Dad, you’re awesome!"

What answered her was Yibo’s voice praising his father.

Shen Zhaonan stood up, patted Yibo’s head, "Keep playing by yourself, Yibo. Dad’s going to change clothes."

Walking away from the Lego table, Shen Zhaonan strode forward, his right hand adjusting the tie around his neck, and glanced at Han Jiangxue, responding indifferently, "Yeah, I know, Mom called me this afternoon. Xiao Xue, if you can’t make it to pick up Yibo next time, don’t make promises carelessly."

With those words, Shen Zhaonan went into the bedroom.

Han Jiangxue stood there, stunned for a long time. She felt Shen Zhaonan was acting strangely today; he had never talked to her like this before.

In the past, he would definitely come over, hold her hand, and ask if she was tired, whether she had hurt her hand, or something along those lines...

And besides, does it really matter who picks up the child? Does Yibo need her, Han Jiangxue, to pick him up so that he can put on an extra piece of flesh?

He’s already so chubby as it is!

Han Jiangxue felt the frustration from her time at her in-laws’ earlier that day hadn’t subsided, and now she was further irritated by the father-son duo. She sat on the sofa with her cell phone, asked the maid to pour her a glass of water, and began browsing Weibo.

As she scrolled through Weibo, she felt her frustrations melt away all of a sudden.

There was a slew of scandalous news about Ye Zhenzhen on the trending topics, which made Han Jiangxue’s heart leap with malicious joy.

Apart from the scandals this morning, who would have thought that Ye Zhenzhen would create new topics for herself in the afternoon, like beating a kindergarten teacher and even making Xiao Chen beat up a classmate?

Han Jiangxue couldn’t help but laugh out loud; Ye Zhenzhen was truly clueless, unable to even put on a full show. Beating a teacher was one thing, but to actually incite Song Yuchen to hit a classmate?

Ha!

So what if she found a backer in the circle and snatched a role from her hands?

With all this commotion now, the role of the second female lead in "Ren Pingsheng" would sooner or later be hers again.

Even if Ye Zhenzhen doesn’t leave the circle herself, with this negative trending search, it will be tough for her to get by in the industry from now on.

Han Jiangxue scrolled gleefully through various negative comments about Ye Zhenzhen; soon enough, a real-time trending search about Ye Zhenzhen and Xiao Yi popped up:

#YeZhenzhenKeepsHerWord#

The smirk on Han Jiangxue’s face froze instantly; this trending topic was skyrocketing, standing out amid the flood of negative comments about Ye Zhenzhen.

She clicked to follow, and the Weibo post was from an ordinary account, newly registered at that.

But the person tagged and the content of the Weibo post were very attractive:

#YeZhenzhenKeepsHerWord#@YeZhenzhen @XiaoYi I’m very thankful to Sister Zhenzhen for sending me Brother Yi’s autographed photo. I am Zhan Nan, Sister Zhenzhen and brother Yuchen visited my home for a variety show, and they are both very cute and kind people. Please don’t hurt them.

Attachment: photo of Xiao Yi’s autograph

Zhan Nan is a high school freshman. He didn’t go to school today because of health issues, and he was extremely excited to receive the photo Ye Zhenzhen had sent him. He never really expected Ye Zhenzhen to send him Xiao Yi’s autographed photo.

Though he had been hopeful at heart, he always consoled himself by thinking that after all, she was a celebrity, and her promise might have been just for the show, never to be realized.

Yet, it actually came true.

This was the first time Zhan Nan truly felt how joyous it is to keep one’s word.

Seeing everyone bashing Ye Zhenzhen and Song Yuchen on Weibo, he immediately registered an account with his mobile phone and posted this message.

Now this Weibo post, drawing connections with two recently hyped names, gathered over a million shares and comments in just minutes:

[Oh my god! Oh my god! It’s really my Brother Yi’s autograph, aaaah, so envious!]

[Zhan Nan, right? Could you contact Ye Jianjian again and ask for an autographed photo for me?]

[Shameless on the post above? Calling her Ye Jianjian on one hand while asking for an autographed photo on the other?]

[Wait, case solved! Guys, you remember how they said this morning that Ye Zhenzhen was having a private meeting with Xiao Yi with her stepson? Did you all forget? She promised Xiao Chen and Zhan Nan to get Xiao Yi’s autographed photos, didn’t she?]

[Holy shit! Now that you mention it, I really remember! Ye Zhenzhen was taking Xiao Chen to meet his idol Xiao Yi and even got the autograph!]

[Oh my god, how can someone be so good! She truly did what she said she would!]

[I’m a black fan who turned around for Ye Zhenzhen today after seeing Zhan Nan’s Weibo post, am I being led by someone’s tune?]

Some netizens who always believed in Ye Zhenzhen directly tweeted @YeZhenzhen, Ye Zhenzhen, don’t just hold back, come out and clarify! The internet is full of your scandals right now, don’t you have anything to explain to us?

As a bystander, I’m dying of anxiety for you!