Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 305: Pick Her Up for Dinner Outside?

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: Pick Her Up for Dinner Outside?

Sometimes people are like this, the more submissive you act, the more others tend to push you around; but stand up straight and speak your mind, and they may actually feel indebted to you.

This truth was verified in Ye Zhenzhen’s case.

After Qi Tao hung up the phone with Ye Zhenzhen, he felt regretful yet unwilling to let it go. He wasn’t angry at being rejected by Ye Zhenzhen; on the contrary, his respect for her grew.

As he left his office, he ran into Yang Ping.

"How did it go?" Yang Ping asked.

He had heard that Qi Tao called Ye Zhenzhen personally, and he came over especially to inquire about it.

"Scheduling conflicts!" Qi Tao used the exact words that Director Yang had previously proposed as a solution and returned them to Yang Ping.

Yang Ping narrowed his eyes and scoffed dismissively, "Now she’s acting like a big shot, huh? Just you wait—I’ll speak with the station immediately, and see to it that this little actress gets axed when that ’what’s-its-name’ third season of the reality show airs."

Qi Tao patted Yang Ping’s shoulder and said, "Director Yang, good actors are hard to find these days. Offend one and you’ll have one less to work with in the future. You should be careful."

Yang Ping was unfazed, "She’s just a nobody who got famous through a variety show. You think I care about her?"

This industry was full of little stars who rose to fame through variety shows, only to reveal their true mediocre talents when it came to acting in TV dramas or movies. In the end, those who were destined to fade away would do so, as would those meant to leave the scene altogether.

Ye Zhenzhen’s audition went without a hitch, but who’s to say she wouldn’t fall apart on the actual set?

Yang Ping had always favored Han Jiangxue; it was just unfortunate that she had too many scandals recently...

Qi Tao changed the subject, "Director Yang, we need to recast the second female lead. Do you have someone in mind?"

"Let’s go, let’s finalize the second female lead first and then we’ll talk."

Business was pressing; as for Ye Zhenzhen, he’d deal with this little blur later.

...

Early Sunday morning.

When Ye Zhenzhen left the house, she still hadn’t seen Song Jinze. He hadn’t been home all day Saturday, and she had fallen asleep at night without knowing if he had returned.

As she changed her shoes at the door, she casually asked Aunt Li, "Has Song Jinze left the house?"

Aunt Li smiled and shook her head, "No, the master came back late last night. He probably didn’t want to disturb your rest, so he’s sleeping in the study room."

Oh~

Ye Zhenzhen nodded without adding anything more. She didn’t even know what to think; the feeling was just a bit uneasy.

In the past, if she had heard that this man chose to sleep in a separate room voluntarily, she probably would have been very happy.

But now, hearing this, she didn’t know whether to be happy or unhappy.

Thinking back to the other night at the hot spring villa, when he had advanced toward her step by step, she had already struggled internally—if he really forced himself on her...

In this short period of time, she believed that this man was one of the top-quality men she had encountered, be it his sense of responsibility or the care he took of her, his wife whom he had married due to elders’ pressure.

Since it has come to this, she thought, accepting her fate in this world as his lawful wife. Regarding such a top-tier husband, if he really were to initiate something that adults do, she wouldn’t have a reason to reject him.

Aunt Li saw the smile on Ye Zhenzhen’s face and asked, "Madam, if you’re missing the master, why not return early for dinner tonight? It’s Sunday, and the master should have time too. I’ll prepare something you both like. How about everyone eats at home tonight?"

"As long as the wife makes an appointment with her husband, the husband will make time even if he doesn’t have any."

Ye Zhenzhen was startled, remembering that Xiao Yi had added her on WeChat last night before she went to sleep, telling her to invite him to dinner after the script reading today, and she was even planning to pick up Xiao Chen to join them later.

"I’m not sure how late I’ll be working tonight, let’s talk about it another time."

"Oh~" Aunt Li responded.

But inside she was thinking, these young people are so busy, Old Master Song is still waiting to hold his grandchild, when will that happen~!

As the old housemaid of the family, the only thing she could do was to make sure that all aspects of the dietary needs of the mistress and master were well prepared at home and to do the logistics work well.

Always ready to welcome the arrival of new life~

Not long after Ye Zhenzhen left the house, Song Jinze came down from upstairs.

The man was wearing a smoke-grey knitted shirt on the upper body, black casual pants below, and slippers on his feet, with a leisurely pace, but his cold and handsome face was still expressionless, emanating an air of abstinence and frostiness that said ’keep out’ to strangers.

The family’s domestics were already accustomed to such a demeanor from the master and all kept their heads down, busily doing their own work.

Aunt Li greeted him with a smile, "Master, breakfast is ready. The mistress just left not too long ago, said that she doesn’t know how busy she’ll be tonight, so she probably won’t be back for dinner.

With the mistress being so busy, I’m worried she won’t eat regularly and it’ll take a toll on her body..."

Sitting down at the dining table, Song Jinze picked up his coffee cup with his long and pale hands, took a sip, and replied indifferently, "Hmm, I understand."

Aunt Li felt that her words were clear enough, and the master should grasp the implication.

It had been a while since the master had been traveling for work, and now that he was finally at home more often, it would be better for him to show more concern for the mistress.

Such as delivering a meal, or picking up the mistress to go out for dinner.

Having a baby sooner would also make it easier for her to report back to Old Master Song.

Thinking it over, Aunt Li felt it was still better to make it explicit, "Master, how about I prepare some of the mistress’s favorite dishes this afternoon, and you deliver them to her?"

"No need, I’ll pick her up for dinner outside after I finish my work this afternoon." He hadn’t been sleeping in the main bedroom these past days, not because he didn’t want to see her but because he feared he couldn’t restrain himself...

In fact, even without Aunt Li’s prompting, he had already been planning to ask her out tonight. It was good for them to see more of each other now that they both had the time.

...

Ye Zhenzhen drove to Baisheng Media by herself today; she hadn’t asked Yu Lili to come along. According to Liu Rui, Yu Lili had been doing rather well learning the ropes at the company lately. The young girl was hardworking and sweet-talking; both the artists and the senior staff in the company rather liked her.

Except for Shao Qiqi—occasionally, the two of them would squabble over some minor issues, but nothing too serious.

It was only when Ye Zhenzhen was nearly at Baisheng Media that she remembered to bring persimmons for Xiao Yi.

Just as she spotted a fruit shop on the right side of the road, she pulled over to buy a box of persimmons. She had promised to bring them for Xiao Yi and couldn’t go back on her word—after all, he had helped her.

If she couldn’t bring the persimmons from Yangping Village, trying the local persimmons from Jiangcheng was a decent alternative.

Since today was Sunday, there weren’t many people at the fruit store that morning, so her persimmon purchasing went smoothly.

Next door to the fruit shop in a breakfast diner, Feige was having breakfast and just happened to see Ye Zhenzhen lifting a box of persimmons into her car to leave. His heart sank—could the persimmons Ye Zhenzhen bought be for that man in their family?

Last time he called asking for persimmons, could he have thought that she’d just casually pick up a box from a fruit shop and give them to him?