The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!
Chapter 1004: 995 Mother and Daughter (1)

Chapter 1004: Chapter 995 Mother and Daughter (1)

Wen Qunxiao has been incredibly low-key all these years, so much so that when gossip journalists search for news about her on internet forums, even on the most popular ones, there’s barely anything to be found. Only on the somewhat outdated forum from fifteen years ago, “Sky Edge Forum,” can you barely catch her name.

Over the years, the Xia Family has not only refused to acknowledge Wen Qunxiao and her daughter but has also been relentlessly covering up any news about her.

Wen Qunxiao won the Gold Oscar Best Actress award twice, basking in the glory for a time. But not long after, she became the victim of malicious rumors and exposés from her ex-boyfriend, who even published compromising photos of her.

Back then, people didn’t care whether a photo was clandestinely taken or not. Once those kinds of photos spread everywhere, society branded you as someone of loose morals. With the stigma of being labeled a “fallen woman,” it became acceptable to pour endless disdain upon you.

Wen Qunxiao was someone with rigorous standards for herself. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have switched from winning dance gold medals to acting, securing two Best Actress wins within three years. Of course, talent played a part in her success—but talent without hard work is often insufficient to win over critics and audiences. Even though she worked hard, the moment she tried to speak her truth, people would begin a new wave of verbal attacks, incessantly. Her explanations fell on deaf ears. Those photos were undeniably real, though they were taken without consent. But who believed her? And who cared?

Eventually, she withdrew from the entertainment circle—not only because of her affection for Xia Youbiao but also because she couldn’t face the baseless accusations anymore. Later, when the Xia Family sought to erase her existence and bury her past, she acquiesced. The allegations were too devastating; she truly couldn’t bear them.

In this regard, she was entirely different from Xia Siyu. Xia Siyu belonged to the other extreme. She didn’t care how people slandered her. She lived unapologetically as herself—and did so with bold brashness. What did their opinions matter? Would they stop her from enjoying her steak?

But regardless, in these past three decades, Wen Qunxiao has indeed been intentionally “erased.” The movies she starred in are rarely replayed. Her news has been suppressed as much as possible by the Xia Family. The outside world doesn’t even know whether she’s alive or dead. At most, there’s a vague notion of her having moved abroad.

Her only remaining presence might be found within the walls of the Film Academy or the Dance Academy, where her unparalleled acting and dance skills have kept her legacy alive for academic study. Because of this, Shang Feifei became one of her fans. Bo Yan, in his film research, also came to know of her.

So when the paparazzi dug up news about her this time, the impression she left was this: a dancer, a two-time Best Actress winner, compromising photos, and rumors about dating the young master of Shengxia Furniture—with the parenthetical addition of being labeled “the other woman.” This was because Xia Youbiao had allegedly been married with children at the time.

In short, her public image was that of an actress of questionable reputation but with decent acting skills, who had long retired from the industry. If you absolutely had to find something to praise her with, the older generation would recall how stunningly beautiful she was. Yet after scouring for hours, there wasn’t even a single photo to be found.

Since the paparazzi had gone to such lengths, naturally they also took the effort to hunt down her films. Back then, the Xia Family had been utterly ruthless, buying out the rights to her films. Apart from a few internal archive copies at film academies, her works were scarcely accessible. Still, exceptions always exist.

After some effort, they managed to acquire a copy of her old film reel—on VHS tape, no less. Finding a working VCR to play it was another challenge entirely.

But none of that was the point.

The point was, the moment Wen Qunxiao appeared onscreen, everyone gasped in shock: Isn’t this Xia Siyu?