Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 516 - 513: Refusing to Acknowledge!

Chapter 516: Chapter 513: Refusing to Acknowledge!

After lunch, Xia Zhi and Qin Lang, holding the script, found Ye Zhenzhen.

Qin Lang glanced at Xia Zhi uncertainly, then looked at Ye Zhenzhen, "Zhenzhen, about the scene tomorrow, I just discussed it with Teacher Xia and wanted to ask for your opinion."

"What’s the matter?" Ye Zhenzhen replied.

Xia Zhi opened the script and smiled at Ye Zhenzhen, "Qin Lang just said that changing the kiss scene to one where the second male lead forces a kiss on the female lead might be better for pushing the plot forward, what do you think?"

If it hadn’t been for the trending topic at noon, Xia Zhi, as the screenwriter, actually could have directly rejected Qin Lang’s suggestion and stuck with the original script.

But now, she decided to go along with Qin Lang’s idea and change the person in the kiss scene.

She liked Xiao Yi, and her admiration for him was well known.

Even though she knew Xiao Yi and Ye Zhenzhen were friends with Song Jinze, seeing Xiao Yi and Ye Zhenzhen associated with dating rumors made her feel uncomfortable, both professionally and personally.

Therefore, the suggestion Qin Lang was making suited her just fine, especially since Xiao Yi was not present and didn’t need to agree.

Ye Zhenzhen’s lips curved slightly, her expression indifferent, "When we discussed the script before, this kiss was supposed to be light, or a misdirected kiss. If it’s changed to a forced kiss..."

’That would be inappropriate, right!’

Before she could speak these words, Qin Lang interjected.

"If it’s a forced kiss, of course it can’t be misdirected."

Ye Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows nonchalantly, "Teacher Qin, wait for me to finish. What I mean is, if it’s changed to a forced kiss, maybe we can try deleting it. The impact doesn’t seem too significant."

Xia Zhi felt that Ye Zhenzhen’s suggestion was also acceptable, "Deleting this part and changing it to a hug, I think, would also be suitable. I’ll confirm with Director Yang in a bit."

As long as there’s no kissing scene with Xiao Yi, it’s fine.

When she initially wrote this scene, Xia Zhi had actually spent quite some time deliberating. After much thought, she finally settled on the kissing scene.

Now, she regretted it.

Qin Lang frowned, "Wouldn’t a hug be lacking in effect?"

Ye Zhenzhen’s face still wore a faint smile, "Teacher Qin, we had already reviewed the script before you joined the production."

She said half the sentence, then paused for a few seconds before looking at Xia Zhi again, "Or are you questioning the abilities of Teacher Xia, the gold medal screenwriter?"

Qin Lang’s ulterior motives, she could now fully confirm.

As for Xia Zhi, the gold medal screenwriter, being able to overturn her own plot so easily, how could she not see the personal motives behind it?

Xia Zhi nodded, "I think it’s good to change it to a hug. This way, there’s no need for the second male lead to appear.

Alright, I’m going to confirm with Director Yang now. Let’s settle on this for now."

After saying this, Xia Zhi turned and left.

"But..."

Qin Lang wanted to say something else, but Ye Zhenzhen’s lips slightly downturned as she also turned and walked away.

At that moment, Qin Lang’s phone rang, signaling an exclusive ringtone that let him know who it was without looking at the caller ID.

"How’s it going?"

Qin Lang looked around, moved to a corner in front, and whispered, "There’s no substantial progress for now."

"You’re not seriously harboring any fantasies about Ye Zhenzhen, are you? Why didn’t you stick to the plan during the interview earlier?"

Qin Lang’s gaze cautiously swept across the surroundings once again before he lowered his voice, "An Ying, I don’t want to offend Song Jinze, so it’s best not to have too high hopes for me, I can only do my best."

"Your daughter is about to turn one year old, right? Do you want all those female fans of yours to meet her?"

At these words, Qin Lang’s face instantly turned pale. He bit his lower lip and clutched his phone tightly...

...

On Saturday evening at 7:30, the live broadcast of "Mom’s Companion" began.

The fathers were not participating, and not all the children arrived either.

Ye Zhenzhen and An Xi both didn’t bring their children, only Xu Wanjia and Qiu Wanshuang brought their daughters.

Since the live broadcast of the third episode of the kids’ variety show was interrupted, the program didn’t arrange any game segments but interacted with the netizens through the live broadcast instead.

The mothers only needed to sit in the lounge, watch the live stream comments, answer questions from fans, casually talk about their experiences participating in the show, details about living with their children at home, or just share about their happy daily lives.

Therefore, the main focus of this indoor variety show was to reduce regrets and answer questions for the fans.

However, Qiu Wanshuang had prepared well before coming on the show. The questions asked in the live comments were mostly for her, and the host also cooperated by directing questions specifically to her.

Questions like whether Ji Yunyun cried at home, why her character changed dramatically on the show compared to before, and how Qiu Wanshuang managed her time between shooting films and taking care of her child, and so on.

Throughout the live broadcast, it turned into a personal Q&A session for Qiu Wanshuang, while everyone else seemed to be her mere backdrop.

Ye Zhenzhen had seen through all of this long ago and was happy to have some leisure time. She leaned back on the couch, listening to the back and forth between Qiu Wanshuang and the host.

[Has Qiu Wanshuang been cursed recently? Why are all the live comments asking about her? Are there no questions from other people’s fans?]

[Of course, there are. It’s just that the host isn’t asking them, obviously. This is clearly a whitewashing effort for Qiu Wanshuang, and if you’re going to whitewash, just do it, why waste our time? I wanted to ask Sister Zhenzhen about how she and President Song interact at home.]

[Everyone, try to understand. I heard that because Qiu Wanshuang brought her daughter on the show, she lost several endorsements. After all, she’s a top star, she can’t just let it go!]

The host, realizing that he had neglected the other guests, interjected other topics occasionally and glanced at the rolling comments to ask the others.

As the live show was nearing the end, the host received a task from the production team to have the guests call their husbands to pick them up from the studio.

As the star of the evening, Qiu Wanshuang was the first to make the call, and as soon as it was dialed, it was immediately connected.

Ji Ziqian responded from the other end, saying he’d be there shortly.

This move made the netizens in the live room even more skeptical;

[It turns out this couple is just putting on a show, huh? How could he answer the phone so quickly? Wasn’t President Ji supposed to be busy tonight, which is why he didn’t come?]

[Just watch these people for fun. After all, no one expected that the reputations of Qiu Wanshuang and her husband would plummet so quickly just because of bringing their daughter on the variety show for a few days.]

As for Xu Wanjia, there was no need to say; Director Yang would naturally come to pick her up.

When it came to An Xi, Gu Liangjun didn’t pick up her phone at all, so she directly called Gu Family’s driver and pretended for a bit.

The phone call made by Ye Zhenzhen was the slowest to connect. She dialed once, and a mechanical female voice indicated that the phone was temporarily unavailable.

She then called a second number, which took several rings before it was answered;

"Wife, what’s up?"

[Ah! Is that President Song’s voice? So gentle, so nice to listen to!]

[That’s what I’m saying, in the past few days, those who spread rumors online saying Sister Zhenzhen and President Song are in a bad relationship should at least have some solid evidence, huh? Does this sound like a bad relationship?]