Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 321 What are you doing here?

Chapter 321: Chapter 321 What are you doing here?

Regarding Ye Zhenzhen’s remark, Jiang Lu didn’t say much. After bidding farewell in Liu Rui’s office, she grabbed her bag and prepared to head home.

Upon seeing Ye Zhenzhen, Shao Qiqi went out of her way to greet her with a smile, "Sister Zhenzhen, you’re here!"

Ye Zhenzhen merely nodded slightly without saying a word.

Jiang Lu glanced at Shao Qiqi with a dismissive look in her eyes. She intended to call out to Shao Qiqi, but upon seeing her demeanor, she no longer wanted to and instead turned and walked towards the elevator.

She had heard about Shao Qiqi’s desire to become Ye Zhenzhen’s assistant before, and she really didn’t want to bother with someone like her.

If it wasn’t for Liu Rui saying that the company hadn’t been able to hire any reliable people lately, she would never have considered Shao Qiqi as her lifestyle assistant.

Seeing this, Shao Qiqi hurriedly followed Jiang Lu, "Sister Lulu, wait for me!"

"You don’t need to follow me either; just stay at the company. I’m going to rest at home for these few days, so don’t bother me," Jiang Lu said without mincing words, loud enough for everyone around to hear.

Shao Qiqi was immediately embarrassed and bit her lower lip sullenly, managing to squeeze out a few words, "Okay, then Sister Lulu, have a good rest at home."

By the time she turned back, Ye Zhenzhen and Yu Lili had already entered Liu Rui’s office.

In the afternoon, Liu Rui introduced Ye Zhenzhen to several commercials she thought were decent. Having not done a background check last time, this time she was thoroughly prepared. All these were major brands with significant national influence, with Little Pink Elephant being the most reliable.

Following the turmoil on Weibo last time, the president of Little Pink Elephant, Ding Hongbiao, even personally reached out to Liu Rui. The terms and endorsement fees offered were quite sincere.

Ye Zhenzhen was pleased and asked Liu Rui, "Huahua, have you used their laundry detergent or other daily chemical products?"

"I’ve tried them; laundry detergent, body wash, hand soap, and shampoo—I’ve used all of these. I even let Lili and Xiao Ruan take some to try; you can ask them about it."

Yu Lili nodded, "I’ve tried it and even had my mom try it too. Everyone said it was pretty good."

After hearing that Aunt Li also found it good, Ye Zhenzhen nodded, "Well then, let’s sign this one for now, and we’ll observe the others. I don’t want to take on anything else for the time being."

Upon hearing Ye Zhenzhen’s words, Liu Rui nodded in agreement, "Okay, as you wish. It would be great to get some high-end endorsements, haha!"

In Liu Rui’s view, she believed that Ye Zhenzhen might think these ads were too pedestrian, which was why she looked down on them.

"High-end endorsements are still a bit early for me. I’ll work harder, and perhaps in the future, there will be some. But, I’m not very interested in ads. You should pay more attention to other directors or screenwriters in the industry to see if there are any good scripts," said Ye Zhenzhen.

Ye Zhenzhen was very clear about her current situation. The original owner of her identity had always been a minor celebrity, and she had just become a little more popular than before thanks to a children’s variety show, gaining some traffic.

As for landing high-end endorsements, she was still a long way off.

Her reluctance to take on many endorsements now was mainly because the more endorsements she agreed to, the more public appearances she would have to make later on. She wanted to focus on acting instead of wasting time traveling everywhere to fulfill appearances.

Moreover, these advertisers were only interested in the traffic she had garnered after being on the children’s variety show. This level of popularity would eventually decrease. To maintain high popularity and traffic in the industry, she needed real talent and signature works.

...

Han Jiangxue had stayed at home for three days. Having gone to bed late last night and hardly sleeping at all, she didn’t get up until 2 pm. Only after leaving her bedroom did she realize that all the household staff had gone, not a single one to be seen.

No one answered when she called the servants, so she tried calling Shen Zhaonan again, but still couldn’t get through - she remained on his blacklist.

Shen Zhaonan had been absent these past few days, as had Shen Yibo, whom she also hadn’t seen.

Han Jiangxue quickly changed her clothes and then went downstairs to drive to the Shen Family’s place only to find, upon reaching the garage, that her car was gone.

Now, she was truly panicking and went out to hail a taxi to the Shen family villa.

When Han Jiangxue arrived at the Shen Family’s residence, Madam Shen was sitting in the garden, enjoying the sunshine and tea with Dong Yan, while Shen Yibo was playing with a grey British Shorthair by their side.

From afar, she could hear her mother-in-law and Dong Yan laughing and talking cheerfully. With each step she took forward, her heart sank a little more.

She approached and called out, "Mom."

"Yibo!" Seeing Yibo, she also called out to him.

Shen Yibo ignored her. In recent days, his mother had warned him not to trust his stepmother, that everything she said was just to scare him, and that he should no longer listen to her.

So now, when he heard his stepmother calling him, he didn’t want to acknowledge her.

Madam Shen took a sip of her tea and continued to chat with Dong Yan as if she hadn’t heard anything, "Did you check with the doctor about that sugar substitute you mentioned earlier? It’s something Yibo can have, right?"

"Yes, it’s fine. I’ve already sent someone to buy it. If the little guy craves something sweet, give him a bit. We need to control his diet slowly, can’t rush it."

Han Jiangxue stood beside Madam Shen, and Dong Yan, facing her, glanced sharply at Jiangxue while speaking.

If it were not for being at the Shen residence, she would have really liked to slap Jiangxue a couple more times.

Han Jiangxue had been standing there all the while; Dong Yan had no intention of continuing her stay and stood up, smiling at Madam Shen, "Well, I’ll be going now. Tomorrow morning I’ll come to pick Yibo up for kindergarten, thank you for your efforts."

"You’ve had a tiring day taking Yibo to the hospital, stay for dinner. We haven’t seen each other in a long while, let’s chat some more."

Han Jiangxue watched Madam Shen’s warm and kind attitude towards Dong Yan with a sour feeling in her heart.

Ever since she got to know Shen Zhaonan, the old lady had never shown her a friendly face, yet here she was, so enthusiastic about a daughter-in-law who deserted her husband and child...

When Shen Yibo heard his mom was leaving, he quickly went to hug her legs, "Mom, don’t go, stay and have dinner, okay?"

Dong Yan lifted her chubby son, her smile indulgent and tender, "Mommy has to work this afternoon. How about I come pick you up to go to school tomorrow, and you stay here and play with grandma, okay?"

Shen Yibo smiled naively and nodded, "Okay, I’ll wait for Mom to pick me up tomorrow morning."

As Dong Yan was leaving, she passed by Han Jiangxue, deliberately leaned into her, and bumped hard against Jiangxue before striding away.

Han Jiangxue staggered from the impact, her stomach hitting the chair Madam Shen was seated on.

Perhaps due to not having eaten properly these past few days, she felt a pain in her stomach.

Madam Shen stood by, watching Han Jiangxue in her condition, and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"