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Chapter 66:
Jian Shiwu was at a loss for words.
He hadn't thought about why this old lady could be so kind to him, how she could even say such things, and if he remembered correctly... they obviously didn't know each other well!
As the saying goes, "If you're not interested in something, you're a thief", so Jian Shiwu was a bit frightened: "Grandma..."
Old lady: "Hmm?"
"Your kindness I appreciate it." Jian Shiwu spoke to the old woman with his head bowed respectfully, "But I think it's only fair to try to get what you want through your own efforts, life may be a long road and I'm grateful that you're willing to give me a lift, but I always have to learn how to walk on my own, after all, you can't walk for me forever."
He spoke softly, comfortably, and even his refusal seemed gentle.
The room was quiet, the old lady looking quietly at Jian. She had a way of judging people, the boy was not deliberately ingratiating or flattering to her, he was assertive, and he could carry things.
The old lady then asked him, "If you were really unsuccessful, wouldn't you be upset?"
Jian thought seriously, "Of course, I think I might."
"Oh?"
"But it was the best I could do." Jian winked at her, smiling, and said, "We'll fight again next time."
The old lady was stunned, and then, with a smile, she laughed out loud. Sitting beside her, Jian Shiwu looked at her and added in a soft voice: "But ......"
The old lady was intrigued, "But what?"
"But thank you for your kindness, I can see that you are actually a good person, Grandma, and I am happy that you are willing to notice to me, but compared to these, I hope that you can stay with Shen Cheng more."
The old lady was taken aback.
Jian Shiwu’s voice was clear and soft when he is gentle: "Because you are the only family member left in China, and although there have been some misunderstandings between you, people have to look ahead, and I know that the Ji family may not lack anything, but the company and love of family members cannot be exchanged for money. "
"Although, there may be times when Shen Cheng is not very good with words..." Jian said with a smile after a pause, "but I assure you, he is really a very good person, you will know if you get in touch with him more!"
Jian sat beside the old lady obediently, his dark eyes dry and bright, she could see no other intention in them.
The old lady was silent for a long time and smiled softly, "Are these your true words?"
"Of course."
"Did Shen Cheng ask you to say them?"
"No, I thought of it myself."
"Oh?" The old lady was actually particularly approving in her heart, but her face still raised an eyebrow, "You love him so much, why?"
......
Jian Shiwu, however, did not have any ambiguity, straight and full of justice: "It's because we're best friends, of course!"
The old lady froze.
The old woman suddenly slowly realized that her arrogant, strong grandson had not been issued a good guy card!
......
Evening
Public opinion on Weibo was fermenting.
The internet is full of all kinds of comments, and the words are very exasperating, all kinds of speculation about Jian Shiwu good and bad have appeared, but when Zhen Meili came over to pick him up, Jian Shiwu was still with his friends buzzing and playing games.
Zhen Meili grabbed the boy, "Come on, let's go home."
Jian Shiwu said goodbye to his pals and walked up to Zhen Meili exclaiming, "Mum, you look so pretty today!"
She was dressed beautifully today, or rather she hadn't dressed this stunningly for a long time before, her delicate make-up set off her originally tall and erect features to perfection, her figure was perfectly accentuated by the flattering cheongsam, and she was draped in a mink coat outside, elegant and luxurious.
Zhen Meili: "Brat, what day am I not beautiful?"
Jian Shiwu laughed softly.
She was quietly relieved to find that her son didn't seem to have a particular look on his face, she had been contacting her previous PR contacts all day today and had known that Wang Lina would definitely stir trouble, so she had done enough to prepare.
Everything was in place, all that was left was the final step.
Coming our of Ji’s old house, outside is a garden that was designed by Shen Youting himself, and it was still lush and leafy, and one could smell the flowers, making them feel comfortable physically and mentally.
Jian Shiwu shook his head.
"Many, many, many years ago today, I walked out of the company building on a night like this." Zhen Meili looked at the moon in the sky, and there seemed to be sadness on her pretty face, "The moon was much brighter than this that night.”
Jian Shiwu suddenly realised that this was probably the day his mother had quit the entertainment industry, in fact, there was a question he had wanted to ask since he was a child, but had never dared to ask, and was afraid to know the answer, now this opportunity seemed just right to say it. After a moment of silence, Jian said softly, "Mom, did you quit show business because you were pregnant with me?"
Under the moonlight, the flowers swayed gently and a cool breeze blew in.
"What nonsense, I wasn't pregnant with you then."
"Ah...oh."
"But it does have a bit to do with getting married, I guess, after all, with a busy career in show business you have to run from place to place and can't take care of your family."
"Is that so..."
"Yeah." Zhen Meilie looked down at him, the pair of eyes similar to Jian’s were light and gentle, she said, "So you have to think about it really hard if you’re going into acting, it's a very difficult path, it's not something you can go down just because you're interested and have fun."
Of course Jian Shiwu knew that. And he was very conscious of it, and understands that it must be a difficult path to follow.
But he wasn't the kind of boy who was very uninitiated in the world anymore, in his last life he had really looked for a lot of jobs and ended up with nothing, nothing he could do well, and although he didn't understand it, he should be able to make a bit of money if he became a star, he wasn't afraid of suffering in this life.
What kind of pain could be more painful than that rainy night?
What kind of pain could be heavier than the phone call he received of his mother’s death in a car accident, and learning that his father had jumped to his death?
Nothing.
Suffering was nothing at all, being able to do what you could for your family and protecting them was the number one priority.
Thinking about this, Jian tilted his face up with a certain determination: "I've thought about it! Mum, can you stop treating me like a child?"
Zhen Meilie froze slightly, then laughed softly, "Brat."
The fragrance of the flowers blew gently, with the refreshing coolness of an autumn day, and Jian raised his face to look at the moon and said softly, "Was the moon really that bright and beautiful that day?"
Zhen Meili said, "Yes, it was."
Jian pursed his lips and asked in a soft voice, "Did mum regret it then?"
Regret?
Zhen Meili looked down at the child, the boy in front of her that had a face similar to her own, the moon fell on the person's body, ferrying a layer of silvery-white light, the clear wind and bright moon-like young boy stood clean and sharp, he hadn't been tainted by those filthy and dirty things.
"Mama doesn't regret it."
Zhen Meilie's eyes were full of loving tenderness as she curled her lips into a smile and whispered, “Because I have a little moon of my own."
And she, for sure, would protect her moon.
......
It was bound to be not a peaceful night in City A.
Just when the online public opinion was being misled and manipulated, and many netizens were following the black trend, many fans took the opportunity to come out to hail one and tread on the other, strongly promoting Wang Jianan:
"Our little brother has excellent grades.
"Our little brother has excellent grades and is number one in his grade."
"And he is very kind, donating over 1 million for poor mountainous areas."
"Little brother is multi-talented and versatile, and he is a very good folk dancer."
Borrowing the hype from Jian Shiwu, Wang Jian'an's wave has completely rubbed off on him, and his vote count has been rising rapidly since the evening.
Wang Jian'an admired his mother: "Mum, you're awesome."
Wang Lina gave a soft grunt: "Your mother hasn’t been in the entertainment industry for so many years for nothing."
......
Wang Jian'an didn't dare to retort.
But he was always unsure: "Mom, do you think Jian Shiwu will have any more big tricks up his sleeve, didn't you say his mother had also worked in the entertainment industry?"
Wang Lina said, "That’s a lot of nonsense, how many can people remember her, besides, this is that teenagers past, what use will it be for her to come out again , I'm afraid she has long been old and decrepit. She retired in the heyday, didn’t she want to leave a beautiful image like a white moonlight for the fans, I have seen these kind of people more than…. "
She was still talking while Wang Jian'an started staring at the screen in disbelief.
Wang Lina was talking when she saw that the child wasn’t listening to her and was a little displeased, "Are you listening to me?"
Wang Jian'an returned to his senses and he asked with some surprise and apprehension, "Mum, is Jian Shiwu's mother called Zhen Meilie?"
"Yes."
"Is she really nearly 40?"
"What do you mean?"
"Too...too young."
Wang Lina saw the expression on her son’s face and had a bad feeling in her heart. She padded over to the computer screen and instantly saw a picture on the front page of Weibo, the woman in the picture was wearing a black white plum between a snow cheongsam, such a dark colour set off her skin as white as snow, not only had the years not diminished her flamboyant features by half, they had added a few feminine touches.
At her side stood a boy who looked six points like her, two individuals standing in a sea of flowers with a bright moon behind them, taking a group photo with the camera.
Zhen Meili v: "Tonight the moon is bright and people are looking at it."
This is a newly certified orange v. This is the first microblog published. The front page of the microblog had only been hanging for ten minutes, but the traffic and conversation kept soaring, at first no one recognized who this woman was, they were just attracted by the pretty face, slowly some people recognized.
"Wow, it's sister."
"It's the pretty sister who did 'The Green Stone' back then."
"I don't think I was born then, but sister is so beautiful!"
"My God, she's still as beautiful after more than ten years, even more beautiful, Master Qing Hui."
"Seeing my sister, I suddenly feel that getting older isn't that hard to accept!"
"Please please please sister come back to film! Make a comeback!"
Jian Shiwu this person, is not unfamiliar to Weibo netizens who eat melons, after all, they have been swiping the screen for a day, and many people had read the black material on plastic surgery. They did not expect Zhen Meili to send a microblog, and he also stood beside Zhen Mei, just when everyone is curious about their relationship, Zhen Meili herself replied to netizens comments: "mother and son"
Just those short words, it was shocking.
The woman who had taken the film industry by storm over a decade ago released a new dynamic and made it clear that she had a child and that this child had been retweeted and advertised during the day by the major traffic starrs big and small today, and had been rumored to be black in the afternoon.
"This is actually a mother and son, no wonder they are both so good looking."
"But if you're going to say that Jian Shiwu had plastic surgery, then I don't believe it."
"This is absolutely purely natural, okay!"
Sometimes the black spots will break down before absolute strength, but of course, there will be people who will hold on to other points.
"So gang banging doesn't count?"
"Bullying female students."
"What is there to like about such talent less and immoral people?"
"Does being the son of a big star excuse him?"
The crowd was chattering, upholding different opinions.
And at this point, someone finally released the promo video during the First Sino-Chinese sports meeting, which included a clip of the opening ceremony performance, the piano clearing section by Jian Shiwu. The smooth piano tone coupled with the teenager's clear voice, was pleasant to listen to physically and mentally.
There were quite a few fans blowing off Wang Jian'an's folk dancing and singing before, but Wang Jian'an's performances always seemed to carry a lot of commercialism due to his long years of immersion in the entertainment industry, but Jian Shiwu was different, he had a clean, childish air, and just sitting there, he had a youthful, sunny feeling of a teenager.
"Nice to hear."
"Such a great boy compared to Wang Jianan, first place is first place."
"He's so handsome, worthy of being a goddess’ son."
"This is the school grass of No.1 secondary school, ah, you guys are kidding."
There were also people who had a keen eye to notice that late in the sporting meeting, Jian Shiwu had injuries on his face, and although it was only a few shots, it did make it clear, and combined with the rumors of a previous fight and brawl, it would make people feel a little suspicious.
Soon, however, at the end of this promo, is a clip of the parent-child sports meeting.
At the back is a shot of a group of people eating together inside the canteen with Annie sitting next to Zhen Meili, and they are harmonious and amicable, like a family.
The school had even given that group photo a separate magnifying lens because the picture was so beautiful.
"Isn't this little girl the girl who was rumored to be bullied inside the alleyway?"
"What kind of relationship are they in anyway?"
"It's getting confusing."
"Am I the only one who thinks the boy across from them is so cool and handsome?"
Just as a group of people were getting confused, suddenly, someone noticed that a newly registered account, X, had anonymously posted a surveillance video of a mall, which was a bit far away, but still clearly captured what was happening that day inside the alleyway, the girl being forcibly dragged inside and a group of people trying to plot mischief.
Jian Shiwu bravely rushed in and suffered many injuries, but the first thing he did after the group was chased away was to calm the girl and send her home, a scene that was a powerful counter to the malicious speculation on the internet before.
The netizens were dumbfounded. Even Wang Jian'an and Wang Lina were dumbfounded.
Wang Jian'an said, "Mom, didn't you ask around and there is no surveillance in that alley? And didn't you also buy into the shop across the street so they won't provide surveillance?"
Wang Lina’s calculations were sound, as long as there was no surveillance, when the time came, even if the parties concerned came forward, they could say that they had been bribed by Jian Shiwu to give false testimony.
The whole thing had been calculated, but she never thought that the surveillance would be exposed!
Wang Lina had just spoken to the person in charge on the phone: "They said the surveillance was not provided by them."
Wang Jian'an was unconvinced: "They didn't provide it, so who could it be?"
......
There was silence in the room.
Mother and son looked at each other, both felt some cold chill behind them, perhaps Jian Shiwu was not scary, nor was Zhen Meilie, what was scary was the power behind them, a huge one, even if it didn't show its face from beginning to end, it was scary. He was like a powerful raptor guarding its young, the intimidating pressure made people look away.
......
Ji family
Qiao An and Lui Heng saw that the surveillance had been successfully released and gave a high five, the two individuals did not mince words in praise:
"Brother Shen is awesome."
"Forever the dropping God!”
"Fantastic!"
There are always people who will make you understand what it means to say that everything is possible, and if you don't think it's possible, it must be because you haven't met them yet.
Shen Cheng sat lazily in his sofa chair, moving his cervical vertebrae, his cool face looking more three-dimensional in the light of the computer, the code that looked so complicated to a normal person seemed just ordinary to his eyes.
Qiao An and Lui Heng started whispering behind his back.
Lui Heng said, "I didn't even know before that the class rep was so good, I thought he was just good at studying!"
Qiao An took the bread in his hand and shared half of it with him, "You call that good? You haven't seen the real thing yet... Shen, he's been attacking and solving..."
The monkey was curious, "Huh?"
"Ahem..."
Qiao An changed the subject after realizing that it couldn’t be said, he was still kind enough to remind Lui Heng and said, "Although I might not be able to finish talking about anything else, there’s one thing you must remember for sure."
Lui Heng: "What?"
"You said it sucks to meet someone like Wang Jianan, right?" Qiao An's face was a solemn one as he lowered his voice and said, "I'd rather take on a hundred Wang Jianan's than be targeted by Shen Cheng."
Lui Heng’s eyes widened.
Qiao An nodded his head fervently and whispered, "Remember this one."
......
There was a moment of silence in the room
After a long time, a voice asked behind him slowly: "Remember which one?"
Qiao An subconsciously wanted to say, "Of course..."
The words stopped abruptly, Qiao An sensed something and stiffly turned his head to see a long and shapely Shen Cheng standing behind him, the boy's cool face crooked up into a smile, a gentle and elegant look but one that sent a chill down the spine.
Qiao An shivered and crouched on the ground, with only one thought in mind:
“Where is Jian Shiwu to save me!”
......
With the clarification of the video, gradually a lot of clear-eyed people could see that this is someone deliberately blackening Jian Shiwu. More and more of the netizens are sensible, and now the netizens are not fools, naturally they can see that in the previous wave, Wang Jianan's fans were dancing the hardest, so there are also a lot of netizens who have started to spontaneously pick up the following.
"Someone who said before that Jian Shiwu had poor grades, actually used their first year Junior grades to show off?
"That is not even inspirational, junior year- that grade, against all odds can’t get into the No.1 school hahaha!"
"The key is the donation, Wang Jian'an donated to that poor mountainous area, my family has a bit of that way, I just checked and found that the money supposed to be one million actually arrived as only 100,000?"
"Ah, isn’t the Jian family even better, they donated 500,000 ! For school desks and chairs for No.1 school.”
Originally, most of Jian Shiwu’s black material was fabricated and imaginary, who knew that down the road, it would turn into a large site of picking up Wang Jianan's black material, even those fans who originally defended Wang Jian'an frequently were also in a large number deflowered under various actual hammers.
Wang Jianan himself was also completely dumbfounded.
As of 00:00 o'clock on the weekend, when voting closed: first place Jian Shiwu had 178,700 votes, second place Wang Jian'an 81,000, a difference of two times more to win.
"Bang!"
The phone was smashed onto the expensive glass table and the screen was shattered in pieces.
Wang Lina's face was twisted with anger, she was not someone who was that easily moved to anger, this time she had met a woman who had been a thorn in her heart for over ten years, and the son she had been grooming for over ten years had been easily taken away from her chances by an amateur like Jian Shiwu who had come out of nowhere.
"Bitch!"
Wang Lina cursed angrily, "This bitch, I will definitely not let her go!"
Wang Jian'an looked at his mother with some fear: "Mom... forget it, it's just a resource for a public service film, don't get too angry, right?"
Wang Lina looked at him with hatred, "You know what, one loss means that in the future he will be on top of you every time, and in the future, you will always have to look up to him!”
......
Wang Jian'an did not expect to be scolded by his mother in such a splendid way.
He was already reluctant to participate in this audition, and now he was scolded and his heart became even more aggrieved. The boy let out a deep breath and his eyes were a little red, but Wang Lina, who was angry, was oblivious to it and still wanted to do what she wanted: "I have to call the director's team, at least to get you in, not to let the industry see the joke. "
Wang Jian'an pursed his lips.
"It's not because you, the loser, are not fighting for yourself, so that I now need to untangle my connections to find relationships again." Wang Lina huffed, "In the future you will know how much I have paid for you."
......
The next day
Because of the forwarding and recommendation of various traffic stars, plus the high traffic on the major online platforms, before the public service film had even been broadcast, Jian Shiwu had already become popular. And even had many students from other schools were running over to watch at the school entrance, for which the school had to strengthen security to prevent accidents.
Even then, it was only able to guard against people outside the school, not inside.
Only a lot of people still didn’t dare to find Jian Shiwu directly, they could only curve to find others.
When Shen Cheng came to school in the morning, Qiao An was still rambling into his ear endlessly, two individuals were walking when two girls were blocking the road in front of them, this scene was quite common, Qiao An remembered that when he was at school before, there would often be women who would come to Shen Cheng to confess their love.
However ......
The girl timidly held the small gift box: "That, hello guys, this thing please accept it."
Shen Cheng crossed straight over and didn't even look at it.
Who knew that the girl was insistent and ran two steps forward to Shen Cheng's face: "That, please do us a favour, can you give these to Jian Shiwu?"
...
Shen Cheng's footsteps paused.
The young girl thought there was a play and showed a smile as she caught up with the items in her hands, "Thank you."
Shen Cheng lifted his eyes and looked at her from above, his originally cool aura seemed to change silently, his voice was low: "What's this?"
The little girl blushed: "Just some presents, and my thoughts.”
Qiao An couldn't help but finally, "Hey, I'm really curious, how did you guys get to us?"
"Because I heard you guys are in the same class." The young girl hadn't noticed that something was wrong and coyly said, "And I think, you guys look good people."
The corners of Shen Cheng's mouth curled up in a cold smile.
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Girl did you pick the wrong person to walk up to. 😂😂
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