Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 281 Blacklist!

Chapter 281: Chapter 281 Blacklist!

Han Jiangxue’s lips trembled slightly with nervousness, "Mrs.... Mrs. Cheng... I’m very sorry, it was my failure to recognize a great person. When we met briefly in Jiangcheng, it caused me not to recognize you when we met again. I apologize for my foolish behavior just now."

Su Xi: "There’s no need to apologize. As you said yourself, we simply had a brief encounter, so your foolishness has nothing to do with me. Besides, about the meeting tomorrow that we had arranged, I think it’s unnecessary now; let’s just leave it at that."

"Mrs. Cheng..." Just as Han Jiangxue was preparing to apologize again, Su Xi had already hung up the phone on the other end.

Her face turned ghostly pale. What originally seemed to her like the beautiful, picturesque snow outside the car window now only appeared unbearably glaring!

Shen Zhaonan had arrived at the resort’s reception center, and yet she had managed to offend Su Xi. The meeting that was supposed to happen tomorrow was now off, what was she going to do next...

Returning the phone to her assistant, Su Xi said, "Block the number. From now on, I don’t want to see her in the resort."

"Sure thing, President Su, I’ll take care of it right away."

...

In the reception hall of the resort.

"Ah Nan!" Han Jiangxue, leading Little Yibo, found Shen Zhaonan.

When Little Yibo saw his dad, he ran over with his little short legs and hugged Shen Zhaonan’s thigh, "Daddy, I missed you so much!"

Shen Zhaonan picked up his chubby son and laughed, "Yes, daddy missed Yibo too. Have you been having fun these past few days?"

Yibo nodded, "Mhm, very happy. Did you come to take us home, Daddy?"

Shen Zhaonan patted his son, "Be good, Yibo. Daddy still has some business to take care of here. Once I’m done with it tomorrow, Daddy will bring Yibo home, okay?"

"Okay, then Daddy, can we go have lunch now? I’m so hungry!"

Little Yibo, just back from the ski slopes, had been brought to the hotel by Han Jiangxue, who hadn’t mentioned lunch, so upon seeing his dad, the little guy naturally wanted to first fill his hungry belly.

"Alright, let’s go have lunch now," said Shen Zhaonan, and then turned to ask Han Jiangxue, "Did you contact Mrs. Cheng?"

Feeling a twinge of guilt, Han Jiangxue hurriedly smiled and said, "Little Yibo is hungry. Let’s go have lunch first, and I’ll explain slowly."

If Shen Zhaonan couldn’t get a membership card, then she wouldn’t let him try to get one. She’d go into the resort first and see what to do next. After all, she hadn’t checked out of the hotel room yet; they could just have lunch and then let Shen Zhaonan pay the extension fee, right?

Shen Zhaonan’s gaze lingered on Han Jiangxue’s face for two seconds, then he answered, "Fine."

Han Jiangxue was about to lead Shen Zhaonan through the reception hall toward the resort when a staff member stopped them, "Miss, please stop. Only members of this resort are permitted to enter."

Han Jiangxue was stunned and then laughed, "Brother, I’m Han Jiangxue. I’ve been here the past few days filming a show. I just came out from here!"

"I have received instructions from above that the filming of the show has ended. Since you have left the resort, you need to apply for membership to re-enter."

Shen Zhaonan frowned, "Didn’t you say that your resort is not accepting new members?"

"Yes, sir, our resort has temporarily suspended the issuance of membership cards. If you wish to enter the grounds, you’ll have to wait a couple of days. Once we resume normal processing of memberships, you may come to visit again. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause."

The staff member’s words sounded polite, but the tone carried an unmistakable firmness. The message was clear, once out of the resort, re-entry was not possible without showing a membership card, no discussion.

This series of rejections raised Shen Zhaonan’s temper, but since the resort belonged to the Cheng Zheng couple, there was nothing he could do but swallow his anger.

"Xiao Xue, did you just call Mrs. Cheng? You should make another call now."

The last sliver of hope in Shen Zhaonan’s heart lay with Han Jiangxue.

Han Jiangxue pulled out her phone, hesitated on the dial screen, and didn’t take the next step. The call she had just had with Su Xi had ended on a sour note. If she called again and the other party rebuffed her just like before—or even more directly—what should she do?

Especially since this was in front of Shen Zhaonan.

"Xiao Xue, don’t space out, hurry up and make the call. We still need to take Yibo to lunch."

Shen Yibo nodded, echoing Shen Zhaonan, "Yeah, yeah, Mommy, please make the call quick, my tummy is so hungry!"

Han Jiangxue steeled her heart and dialed out, but the call didn’t go through. She tried again, still no connection.

After several attempts, all she got was the same mechanical female voice on the phone.

Just as she was about to try for the Nth time, a call came in from Xiaowen, "Sister Xiao Xue, are you in your room? The person in charge of the resort just called our production team and said you need to check out and leave the resort now? What’s going on?"

Han Jiangxue: ...

When she couldn’t get through to Su Xi’s phone, she had felt it odd, but now, hearing Xiaowen say this, Han Jiangxue was on the verge of a breakdown.

"Sister Xiao Xue? Can you hear me? If you have something you need to deal with on your end, you can leave the production team early. If there’s any problem, you can talk to the director directly."

Xiaowen’s words were full of concern, but inside she was quite schadenfreude. Didn’t Han Jiangxue say she knew the boss here? Now why was she being forcefully evicted?

To put it nicely, it was a forceful eviction, but more bluntly, she had offended the resort owner and was being kicked out.

Han Jiangxue was in no mood to respond to Xiaowen; she just stood there, stunned.

Shen Zhaonan was standing right next to Han Jiangxue, and in this relatively quiet environment, he had basically heard everything Xiaowen had said to Han Jiangxue.

Claiming to know Mrs. Cheng, but the calls kept failing. Clearly, she had been blocked. Now, even in filming the program, she was being singled out for a forced eviction.

All of this was not as Han Jiangxue had described to him before. Shen Zhaonan’s last shred of hope was completely shattered.

Han Jiangxue, just like her mother said, had been deceiving him from beginning to end.

Shen Zhaonan’s face dark with anger, he picked up Yibo, "Son, Daddy will take you for some nice food."

He turned and walked directly towards the exit of the park.

Han Jiangxue quickly snapped out of it and followed him, "Husband, where are you going?"

Shen Zhaonan remained grim-faced and silent the whole time. Obviously, in a public place, he wouldn’t argue with a woman. The more Han Jiangxue called out to him, the faster his steps became.

After leaving the park, an assistant opened the car door for him, and he got into the car. Han Jiangxue followed immediately, sitting down in the car as well.

"Husband, where are you going? Didn’t we agree to meet Mrs. Cheng here tomorrow?"

Shen Zhaonan scoffed, his handsome face filled with scorn, "Han Jiangxue, even now, are you still lying to me? You can’t even get through to Mrs. Cheng’s phone, and you had me come to Jincheng. What, do you think I’m not troubled enough?"