Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn
Chapter 372: How should this pretentious act be properly carried out?

Chapter 372: How should this pretentious act be properly carried out?

"You don’t know shit!" Yan’s father coughed as he spoke. "How many good years do I have left? That’s precisely why Shi Xiu should be filial and fulfill my wishes. I’ve begged all my life just to become a chairman. I never expected Shi Xiu to be so selfish."

"All you’re doing is pushing him further away, Old Yan, can’t we just stop this?"

"I don’t have time to fight with him now, I can find an obedient daughter-in-law to help me control him."

"You won’t have that chance." At that moment, a cold voice emerged at the doorway of the hospital room. Shi Xiu, with a chilling expression, looked at Yan’s father on the bed. "I’ve told you before, don’t delude yourself."

Yan’s father turned his head away as if brewing his emotions, "Why are you even here? You might as well anger me to death."

"I’m here to tell you that if you continue your wrongdoing, however you torment me, I will torment Ziqing just the same. The more you love her, the more I’ll make her suffer."

This time, Shi Xiu seemed to have grasped his father’s lifeline, causing him to panic, "You wouldn’t dare!"

"You know very well there’s nothing I wouldn’t dare." Shi Xiu said, "If you still want to have your twilight years, you’d better... keep today’s words firmly in mind, because you’ve exhausted all my patience."

"Don’t use that tactic of not taking your medicine with me, I can find someone to pin you down on the bed and force-feed you three times a day."

"And don’t play any other tricks on me, or else, I’ll keep you locked in this hospital room forever, and let you learn what endless darkness feels like."

"Forget about everything else..."

After his last sentence, Shi Xiu walked out of the hospital room, then took Shi Lan’s hand who was hiding outside and left the hospital without looking back.

Over the years, Shi Xiu constantly wondered, was he not good enough as a son?

Why, after doing so much, did the Yan family always remain insatiable, never feeling like what he provided was enough?

Lately, after observing his parents’ attitude towards Yan Ziqing, Shi Xiu always had a suspicion, but never sought confirmation; however, just now, simply using Ziqing as bait was enough to catch his father’s ire immediately.

They held double standards for him and for Yan Ziqing.

He didn’t want to delve into the secrets behind it anymore; he just wanted to completely break free from the shackles of blood ties, not wanting to carry these burdens anymore, constantly affecting his life with Shi Lan.

The couple left the hospital hand in hand, and then, Shi Xiu suddenly said to Shi Lan, "I feel much better; the blunt knife that was on my neck has been moved away."

Shi Lan continued walking forward, ignoring him. When they reached the underground parking lot, Shi Lan suddenly pushed Shi Xiu against the driver’s seat, tilted his chin up and said, "But I think this method of treating a man works better."

"Surveillance," Shi Xiu reminded her hoarsely.

"The angle is off, they can’t see."

Nothing cannot be solved with one attempt; if so, then two, three, four, five times might do.

When the two emerged from the parking lot, Shi Lan was asleep on the passenger seat while Shi Xiu’s jacket lay over her.

Under the interweaving neon lights, Shi Xiu seemed to see half of Shi Lan’s wings.

They each only had a half; only when joined together, could they truly be complete.

...

The next morning, Xiao Yue went to Yan Ziqing’s office and proposed to leave.

After hearing this, Yan Ziqing held her head and scoffed, "Aren’t you being too realistic? Just yesterday Shi Xiu slapped me metaphorically, and today, you’re leaving?"

"My decision to leave wasn’t made just last night." Xiao Yue said, "Because you aren’t, and can’t become, a good entertainment company boss."

"Xiao Yue!"

"If you hadn’t started with a personal grudge against An Lan, you wouldn’t have faced the series of obstacles that followed, nor would you have been repeatedly humiliated. You knew An Lan was more competent than Binbin, but you just wouldn’t acknowledge it in your heart. You directed all your emotions towards your work. Do you think you could succeed, Miss Yan?"

"Having emotions is human, having none is inanimate, but controlling them is what makes a true character."

"So, sorry..."

"Get out!" Yan Ziqing pointed to the door of her office and said to Xiao Yue.

But after shouting, she realized why Xiao Yue had laughed at her.

Because she had lost her temper again.

Xiao Yue walked out of Yan Ziqing’s office and encountered Binbin outside, who had come for a meeting. As their eyes met, Binbin said, "Yue, honestly, I haven’t been sincere with you recently. I really don’t trust you, you know?"

Even at this time, she still came to provoke.

"You have your own personality, you’re great, Binbin. I believe that as long as you keep being yourself, sooner or later... you’ll achieve what you desire." Xiao Yue countered malice with virtue, patting Binbin’s shoulder.

Even in the end, as he left, Xiao Yue didn’t expose her selfishness and hypocrisy face to face; he just let her be.

Someday, society would teach her how to behave.

Binbin truly thought Xiao Yue was complimenting her, only hearing what she wanted to hear.

She knocked on the door of Yan Ziqing’s office, then heard Yan Ziqing tell her, "This Friday ’Senior Traveler’ will release the trailer for the episode you participated in. We’ll see the results this Friday."

"Miss Yan, don’t worry, I’ll never leave Peak. I will always follow you."

It must be said, declaring loyalty at this time indeed won her Yan Ziqing’s favor, but what use was it?

Without Huahai and Shuangshi’s support, Peak was nothing but a paper toy, and Yan Ziqing was merely struggling in her last throes.

Besides, what could possibly be expected from Binbin in that episode?

Was it her fluency in ten languages, or her violin playing, or her shooting skills?

Was there any highlight moment for Binbin in there?

It was all just posturing by the big shots!

After Yan Shixiu had dealt solely with the Yan family in the past, now it was Shi Lan’s turn, and Mister Shi would definitely continue to help Yan Ziqing effectively curb her internet addiction.

...

After Peak Entertainment was established, they held their first meeting to discuss ’Superstar Transformation Camp.’

Tang Ze, Xiao Yue, and the people from Huahai listed potential characters, among them was An Lan’s younger brother, An Yang, that little rascal.

This person had borrowed money at high interest rates, resorted to online loans, been in fights, and even attempted suicide. He was undoubtedly good for generating controversial traffic, and most importantly, he had reformed now.

"If we sign him, do we need to reveal An Lan’s identity to him?" asked someone from Huahai.

"Of course not, apart from a few of us here, no one should know about An Lan’s secret identity as a tycoon," Tang Ze said, then he raised his eyebrows, looking at Xiao Yue, "This guy, you want to sign him?"

Xiao Yue looked at An Yang’s resume for a long time before blurting out a few words: "I’m afraid I can’t help but beat him up."

"Even though he’s An Lan’s brother, she beats him up quite smoothly herself, so, you probably can too," Tang Ze gestured permissively.

"What if he suggests we sign An Lan together? How should we tackle that without blowing our cover?"