Chapter 43: Dad, You’re Finally Back!

As the sun set, Yuan Jin finally started a fire to prepare dinner.

Yue Su assisted him on the side, her emotions appearing normal, though she seemed somewhat irritable, likely due to the earlier scolding.

Yuan Jin wisely avoided bringing up Fu Xijin and instead talked about Zhang Youlun’s matter.

“If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask,” he offered.

Yue Su smiled faintly, “Thanks, Brother Yuan, my friend has already contacted a lawyer, she’ll handle it.”

“Friend?” Yuan Jin raised an eyebrow.

“Gu Nan, you should know her too.”

Yuan Jin suddenly remembered, “Mo Fang’s manager?”

Mo Fang had been in the entertainment industry for over ten years, with a face that was both handsome and suitable for the idol industry, and talent that matched his looks.

He had won multiple awards, and people joked that he was the “Emperor’s trophy collector” in the industry.

Yue Su’s first role was a lead opposite Mo Fang.

At first, Gu Nan wasn’t his manager, but after Mo Fang’s previous manager ran into trouble, Gu Nan ended up with him.

Yuan Jin nodded, recognizing that being able to manage Mo Fang on her own meant Gu Nan had exceptional skills.

“Are you planning to settle this privately, or are you going to file a lawsuit?”

Yue Su had yet to decide. “Let’s see what Zhang Youlun can spill.”

If he could implicate Shen Junzai, it wouldn’t be impossible to let him off the hook.

However, on the third day of the show, Zhang Youlun posted an apology on Weibo, admitting that his hatred toward Yue Su had led him to slander her.

But everything he did was out of personal resentment, and there was no one behind him pulling strings.

Shen Junzai, who had been suspected before, was now exonerated thanks to Zhang’s statement.

Afterwards, Lu Ying quickly posted in support of Shen Junzai.

Lu Ying (Mrs. Shen):
“Always believe in you, in my heart, you will always be a good husband and a good father!”

“Why is everything recently aimed at President Shen?”

“Always believe in President Shen [rose emoji]”

“President Shen is just lying there, taking the fall.”

Once Lu Ying intervened, Shen Junzai’s reputation began to turn around, and the Starshine PR team was working non-stop to fix his image.

Looking at it closely, Shen Junzai, apart from his remarks about Yue Su on the show that caused some embarrassment, hadn’t really done anything that could be considered too much.

Was it a big deal targeting Yue Su? Of course not, everyone has likes and dislikes.

Embarrassment? What was so serious? After all, it was just a variety show, and many people wouldn’t even dare go on it.

It was nothing serious, not worth such a backlash.

The person who made the mistake was Zhang Youlun, and he was the one who should be condemned.

Yue Su put down her phone and prepared to get up to wash up.

At that moment, the broadcast started, and Jiang Wanti didn’t hide her excitement.

“Yue Su, did you see Weibo?”

“I saw.”

Jiang Wanti smirked. “Disappointed, huh?”

She had failed to drag Shen Junzai into the mud.

Yue Su complimented her, “You guessed it right, your reward is to go to Africa to tame monkeys!”

After finishing her wash, Yue Su grabbed Yaoyao’s hand and headed out.

They ran into Fu Xijin on the way.

Yue Su didn’t look at him, but Yaoyao obediently greeted him. “Good morning, Uncle Fu.”

“Good morning, did you sleep well?” Fu Xijin lightly tugged on Yaoyao’s little pigtail.

Yaoyao raised her porcelain white little face. “Not really.”

“Oh?”

Yaoyao waved her hand. “Come here.”

Fu Xijin was taller than her, but he still squatted down.

Yaoyao secretly leaned close to his ear, her warm breath brushing against it.

“My mommy scolded a dog all night, and I had nightmares, I dreamed the dog bit me.”

Fu Xijin: “…” He shouldn’t have asked.

Yaoyao muttered, “It must have been an evil dog, that’s why it left such a deep impression on my mommy.”

She raised her little fist. “If I catch that dog, I’ll definitely castrate it!”

Fu Xijin: “No need to be so vicious.”

Yaoyao patted his shoulder, speaking in a comforting voice, “Uncle Fu, don’t be scared, I wasn’t talking about you.”

“Heh.”

Yaoyao, who had shared her little secret with Fu Xijin, skipped along, holding her mother’s hand, heading to the supermarket.

“Mom, what are we having for breakfast?”

Yue Su answered, “Let’s buy some flour. Uncle Yuan is going to make noodles for us.”

Yuan Jin had fried the mushrooms he picked yesterday, made mushroom sauce, and served it with noodles, looking really appetizing.

After leaving the supermarket, Yue Su returned with flour in hand.

Yi Xia was calling out to Jiang Wanti, “Why don’t you call President Shen over to have some noodles with us?”

Jiang Wanti, determined not to join them, smiled and refused, “We haven’t eaten the mushrooms we picked last night. We’ll just have some mushroom soup.”

Yue Su casually asked, “What kind of mushrooms did you pick?”

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Jiang Wanti replied, “Well, the ones that are edible.”

She didn’t want to elaborate, and Yue Su didn’t ask further.

Qian Manqing came out, informing everyone to get ready as the broadcast was about to start.

Yue Su held up her phone, filming the process of Yuan Jin making noodles.

Yuan Jin was skilled, his movements flowing smoothly. His rough actions were surprisingly graceful.

“I’m from the north, and my family mostly eats noodles. I learned how to pull noodles from my mom.”

After pulling the noodles and cooking them, he topped them with the fried mushroom sauce, making them look incredibly appetizing.

[Ahhh, why are they eating already as soon as the broadcast starts?]

[Yuan Jin’s cooking skills are amazing. The fried mushrooms look so delicious.]

[Why is it just them? Where’s Jiang Wanti?]

[How selfish! They start eating without everyone being there?]

[They’ve already served themselves. What will TiTi eat?]

While Yuan Jin ate, he placed more noodles in the pot.

“Don’t worry, everyone, dig in.”

Yi Xia noticed there was still plenty of noodles and, hearing Jiang Wanti’s voice, asked again, “Wanti, are you going to eat some noodles?”

Jiang Wanti appeared lost in thought, as if she hadn’t heard her. Upon seeing the bowl of noodles, she suddenly became twisted in her expression and hurled it to the ground.

“Ants! So many ants!”

Yi Xia was stunned. “Wanti, what’s wrong?”

Jiang Wanti suddenly lunged at Yue Su. Yuan Jin was about to stop her, but then he saw her unexpectedly hug Yue Su.

“Wuwuwu, Dad, you’re finally back!”

Yue Su: “?”

Jiang Wanti cried bitterly, as if confessing her sins to Yue Su.

But this sudden feeling of guilt was so inexplicable that even Yue Su felt bewildered.

“Are you out of your mind? Let go.”

“No!”

“Let go!”

“No!”

Yue Su desperately tilted her head back.

“Fu Xijin!”

Suddenly, Fu Xijin was called out and turned his gaze toward them.

His phoenix-like eyes lifted lazily. Was there a problem?

Yue Su glanced at Jiang Wanti, who was hugging her and calling her dad. Did he not feel responsible?

Fu Xijin looked away, uninterested. It had nothing to do with him.

Yue Su almost passed out from frustration and struggled desperately.

“If you don’t come over here, I’ll be rough with her!”

Fu Xijin scoffed, lazily stretching his long legs.

“The damn thing doesn’t seem to hear me.”

Yue Su fumed. “You remember this, dog!”

“You’re so vengeful,” Fu Xijin remarked.

“Jiang Wanti, let go!”

“Yingyingying, Daddy, you’re so fierce! You weren’t like this before.”

She clung to Yue Su like a little child, and anyone who saw this scene would surely praise their “father-daughter bond.”

Yi Xia finally snapped out of it, hurriedly saying, “I’ll go call the doctor.”

Jiang Wanti had always been unfriendly toward Yue Su, so seeing her suddenly hug her and call her “Dad” was certainly strange.

She must have lost her mind.

Yue Su yelled, “While you’re at it, check on Shen Junzai too. What mushrooms did they eat for lunch today?”

When Yi Xia and the team went to check on Shen Junzai, they found him sitting on the floor playing with little figures.

He wouldn’t let anyone approach, shouting for his mom.

The doctor shrugged, helpless. “What can we do? He won’t let me near him.”

Suddenly, Shen Junzai got up, scrambling to run out.

The group had no choice but to chase after him.

Shen Junzai seemed to recognize someone, and he ran straight toward Yue Su.

He opened his arms and yelled, “Mom! Mom, I’m here!”

Yue Su: “…”

Looks like there’s now a pair of dragon-and-phoenix twins.

However, Shen Junzai’s treatment was far from Jiang Wanti’s.

As he was about to reach Yue Su, Fu Xijin swiftly grabbed him by the arms and kicked him in the butt, sending him face-first into the ground.

[I’m going to pee myself laughing. Out of all the people here, how come only Yue Su gets to be the one dragged around?]

[After this, Shen Junzai and Jiang Wanti will probably wish they’d never remembered this moment.]

[I think the most miserable one is Yue Su, hahahaha. She’ll never be able to forget this.]

[Don’t you think President Fu is double-standard? Why didn’t he kick Jiang Wanti too? Clearly, he loves TiTi more!]

[I think he just doesn’t want other men to touch Yue Su.]