Chapter 99: Gotta Butter Up Nan Yuanman
After patiently comforting the crying Jiang Xinxin, Jiang Chuyun hung up the telephone and immediately arranged for someone to pick her up and bring her to the film crew, instructing his assistant Xiao Lin: “In a bit, clean out the side bedroom in the suite, buy some things for the child, my niece is coming to stay.”
He was currently out with the crew filming, and the accommodations were crude, so he could only wrong his little niece for now.
Xiao Lin nodded: “Got it, Yun Bro.”
After sending the assistant away, Jiang Chuyun called Jiang Yueyao, but the line prompted that the mobile phone was turned off, so his expression darkened slightly, and he called Jiang Junsheng instead.
Jiang Junsheng had just said “hello” when Jiang Chuyun couldn’t help but blame him: “Big brother, what’s going on with you all? With so many people at home, how could you let Xin Xin get bullied by an outsider?”
Jiang Junsheng had just finished a treatment session and was sitting in his wheelchair resting, drenched in sweat. Hearing Jiang Chuyun’s words, he furrowed his brows tightly: “Did Xin Xin call you?”
“No, I called her. She was crying so hard! Big brother, Xin Xin is our niece, you can’t let an outsider bully her! You have to properly teach Nan Yuanman a lesson, let her know who’s the boss in this family!”
Jiang Chuyun said, then couldn’t help asking: “And why is Yao Yao’s mobile phone turned off? What is she doing now?”
Jiang Junsheng, fatigued and irritated, pinched the bridge of his nose and scolded in a low voice: “What outsider! Jiang Chuyun, you need to be clear—Perfection is the Jiang family’s one and only niece!”
Jiang Chuyun was stunned for a moment, incredulously pulling his mobile phone away to look at the screen. He had definitely called big brother’s number!
“Big brother, are you possessed?” Jiang Chuyun was full of confusion: “You haven’t forgotten what Bai Wenyin did to Yao Yao, have you? A child born from such a vicious woman, treat her as my niece? Is she worthy?”
Jiang Junsheng certainly hadn’t forgotten, but now Nan Yuanman’s status was different. Her birth father was the patriarch of the Feng family in Shangjing. If they wanted to attach themselves to the Feng family and allow the Jiang family to successfully leap classes and squeeze into Shangjing, they had to treat Nan Yuanman well.
Not only that, they also had to clear Bai Wenyin’s name, otherwise, if the Feng family pursued it…
The current Jiang family couldn’t withstand it.
Jiang Junsheng took a deep breath and spoke with slight impatience: “What Bai Wenyin did to Yao Yao happened so long ago. We should let go of our prejudice against her and accept her. After all, she is our own sister no matter what.”
Not to mention, Bai Wenyin was already dead now. Once a person dies, it’s like a lamp going out—past rights and wrongs no longer matter.
“Moreover…” Jiang Junsheng pursed his lips and said: “Are you sure Bai Wenyin really bullied Yao Yao?”
Jiang Chuyun’s face instantly turned cold: “Big brother, what do you mean by that? Are you trying to forgive Bai Wenyin?”
“I’m telling you, I’ll never forgive her, and I won’t acknowledge having such a vicious sister! If you won’t help Xin Xin get justice, I will!”
With that, Jiang Chuyun didn’t give Jiang Junsheng a chance to explain, directly hanging up the telephone, and immediately called his friend, asking him to go to the Jiang family, kidnap Nan Yuanman, and scare her a bit.
The friend agreed, but after arriving at the Jiang family, he came up empty: “Yun Bro, your family’s servant said that the child named Nan Yuanman was picked up by someone a long time ago. She’s not at the Jiang family now!”
“Picked up?” Jiang Chuyun frowned, thinking Jiang Junsheng had taken Nan Yuanman away in advance, and felt even more disgust toward her.
Unfortunately, the director was urging him urgently, so he could only hastily thank his friend, set the matter aside for now, and go film first.
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Three days passed in a flash.
Under a sun umbrella provided for artists to rest in a certain film crew in An City sat a soft and cute little girl wearing a white T-shirt printed with sunflowers, lemon-yellow overalls, and two sheep horn braids.
The little girl held a green frog cup in her hand, obediently sipping water through the straw, her chubby cheeks puffing in and out.
Sitting beside her, Luo Wei’s gaze kept drifting toward her, his eyes full of intense curiosity and gossip.
This was Qing Bro’s biological little sister?
If he remembered correctly, Qing Bro was already in his twenties, right? His father must be in his forties, yet he had such a young daughter?
She was so cute, with chubby cheeks—he really wanted to pinch them…
Luo Wei’s hand itched to move. He quickly glanced at Feng Langqing, who was seriously filming, and thought: if he gave a light pinch, Qing Bro probably wouldn’t notice, right?
The staff in the film crew also curiously sized up Nan Yuanman, their gossiping hearts stirring.
Nan Yuanman calmly accepted their gazes, gulping down water as her clear, moist black-and-white big eyes curiously watched Feng Langqing, dressed in ancient costume, filming an interactive scene with the female lead.
So this was how the TV series that appeared square and upright on television were filmed.
She had previously thought the dramas played on TV were real! She had been sad for a long time when someone died, but it turned out those people hadn’t actually died.
Third brother looked so handsome dressed like this!
A simple opposing scene ended quickly. As soon as the director called cut, Feng Langqing ran toward Nan Yuanman with a grin, his eyes sparkling like a joyful sheepdog: “Perfection! Did brother film well?”
“Great! Brother is awesome!” Nan Yuanman gave plenty of emotional value, lavishly praising Feng Langqing several times and even mimicking grandpa by giving him a thumbs up.
Feng Langqing smiled even happier. No wonder his friend had always wanted a little sister—having a sister felt so good!
He was no longer a wild man without a sister!
“Qing Bro~ Want some milk tea? Oh! This little sister is so cute!” A coquettish voice came. Nan Yuanman looked up and saw the girl who had just played the female lead walking over.
Her name was Sheng Xi, a slightly famous little flower who had recently entered the entertainment industry, with an online persona of a koi lucky girl.
Her luck was indeed very good. Right upon debuting, she got to act opposite a top male star and received an invitation from a big director.
Even for this xianxia drama, she hadn’t auditioned. She was just shopping in the mall when the director, who was out shopping with his wife, spotted her at a glance and selected her as the female lead for this xianxia drama.
Sheng Xi crouched in front of Nan Yuanman with a smile, reaching out to touch her head: “Are you Qing Bro’s sister? Want some milk tea? Sister’s treat~”
Feng Langqing’s brows furrowed slightly in displeasure as he picked up Nan Yuanman and said coldly: “No need, thank you.”
Nan Yuanman looked at Sheng Xi and refused: “Thank you sister, but children can’t drink milk tea. It’ll cause cavities.”
Sheng Xi’s expression stiffened slightly, completely not expecting the siblings to refuse so straightforwardly, leaving her a bit embarrassed.
Luo Wei on the side grinned and helped out: “Miss Sheng, Qing Bro watches his figure. He never drinks this stuff. Treat me instead~”
Sheng Xi’s expression eased a bit as she took the out: “Oh, like that? Sorry, I didn’t know. Agent Luo, what do you want to drink…”
After Sheng Xi left, Feng Langqing muttered softly, praising Nan Yuanman: “Well done, Perfection. You can’t drink things from strangers in the future, or you’ll run into kidnappers!”
Nan Yuanman: “Mm-hmm!”
Sheng Xi’s overture to Feng Langqing fell flat. As soon as she returned to the sun umbrella to rest, the female second lead Qiao Jin sitting nearby rolled her eyes and spoke in a sarcastic tone:
“Some people just have no self-awareness at all. They’ve only been in the industry for a short time and already want to climb the branches to become a phoenix, without even checking if they deserve it.”
