Cen Qiaoqiao was just about to take an afternoon nap. She had already changed into her pajamas, put her phone on the bedside table, lay down, closed her eyes, and started brewing up some sleepiness.
Suddenly, a burst of ding-ding-dong-dong message notification sounds rang out.
She had no choice but to sit back up again and grab her phone.
Group messages 99+
She thought something big must have happened and hurriedly tapped in, and then…
“Gasp! This photo! Oh my god!”
As the only CP fan in the group who knew the truth about Sister Yue and her own little uncle’s relationship, Cen Qiaoqiao had always been savoring the sugar everyone else brain-supplemented, then inserting the real people into it and indulging her imagination,
That feeling was simply amazing beyond words!
She thought this exclusive joy would last for quite a long time. Who would have thought the two of them would be exposed so quickly?
And in such a novel way too, using a war theme to shoot an official announcement photo?
Not gonna lie, this scene of raging flames of war and billowing smoke was done pretty realistically…
Forgive yet another little muddlehead who didn’t scroll Weibo. Not only that, Cen Qiaoqiao didn’t even finish reading the group messages. She just stared at that photo and then sent out a soul-searching question,
YuanYue’s Little Bridge: 【Ahhh! Have they finally made it official?!】
The group instantly fell silent.
Cen Qiaoqiao continued typing: 【Sister Yue and my little uncle (delete) Professor Xie are just the perfect match!】
【Throwing flowers! Blessings! May you have children early! Aooo!】
YuanYue’s Little Button: 【@YuanYue’s Little Bridge dear, are you not awake yet?】
YuanYue’s Little Heart: 【Or is this… some new CP-shipping method? Self-deception method? Or imagining it into reality method?】
YuanYue’s Little Belly: 【When the fake is treated as real, the real also becomes fake; when the real is treated as fake, the fake also becomes real, brilliant! I suddenly get it!】
YuanYue’s Big BoBo: 【Then I’ll try too! En… YueYue and YuanYuan’s little gosling is so cute! Chubby and soft, inheriting all their parents’ advantages.】
YuanYue’s Little Button: 【Uh! BoBo, that’s a bit too ruthless [wipe sweat]】
YuanYue’s Big BoBo: 【Is it? Little Bridge pretends they officially announced their relationship, so I pretend they already have a son, isn’t that how you ship it? Did I misunderstand?】
Cen Qiaoqiao looked at the screen full of messages and screams and suddenly felt a bit dazed.
So… it wasn’t an official relationship announcement?
She belatedly realized she might have messed up. She hurriedly scrolled back and obediently read through all the messages.
Phew……
So the photo was real!
The two of them hadn’t officially announced anything; they were just photographed by a reporter in F Continent, that was all.
Cen Qiaoqiao immediately logged onto Weibo. Good lord, every one of the top three trending searches was related to this photo.
Click into any one at random, and it was either excited screaming or tearful emotion.
In comparison, those netizens who secretly wanted to ship the CP had quietly fallen silent, shrinking into their shells one by one like snails, afraid of being discovered.
Cen Qiaoqiao sighed: “Sigh, just wanting to eat a bit of sugar, why is it so hard!”
Being a CP fan is too hard!
……
At the same time, the Xie family.
All seven sisters were present, with the old master and old madam seated upright.
Fu Wan had her reading glasses perched on the bridge of her nose, holding a tablet in her hands. On it was the enlarged photo, clear beyond clarity.
“So, Little Nine hugged that young lady. Look at this arm, hugging her so tightly! Old man, take a look too…”
Xie Zhendong didn’t take the tablet she handed over. He just squinted his old eyes and glanced at it: “Mm, it’s our youngest.”
Xie Yunlan was anxious: “Whether he hugged her or not isn’t the point. The point is that Little Nine was actually placed in such a dangerous situation! He does research, not frontline combat!”
As soon as these words fell, the room went silent.
Who didn’t know how dangerous it looked in the photo? And that was only what was captured, what wasn’t photographed was probably even more…
But no one mentioned it. It wasn’t a matter of turning a blind eye; rather, the wound was already there, why rub salt into it?
“Third Sister…” Xie Yunxuan shook her head at her.
Xie Yunlan clearly realized that her unguarded words had poked at the family’s sore spot. A trace of regret flashed in her eyes: “What I mean is… he gained a lot from this trip, and he doesn’t seem to reject contact with girls anymore.”
Xie Yunxiang wasn’t very convinced: “The situation was so urgent at the time. In an emergency, expedient measures are taken, hugging her isn’t strange. Our Little Nine has always been someone who puts the greater good first.”
“Second Sister, don’t pour cold water on Mom. It wasn’t easy to finally have a bit of hope.”
“That’s right,” the old madam nodded emphatically, her glasses almost slipping off. “Fourth Sister is right. Can’t you let me hold onto some hope and fantasize a bit?”
At this moment, the old madam was already thinking about what name to give her little grandson. Xie… Xie what?
She looked at the photo, her fingers gently brushing over it: “This girl may have a dirty face, but her features are top-notch. Our Little Nine really has good taste! The children they’ll have in the future will definitely be beautiful!” The old madam smiled blissfully.
Xie Yunshu: “This girl is called Jiang Fuyue, right? The granddaughter the old Han family just found. They dote on her like the apple of their eye.”
The old madam’s eyes lit up: “Han Qishan? I know him! I’ll go to his place tomorrow to talk about the two children’s marriage!”
“……” Better not, afraid you’ll be kicked out.
“Mom,” Xie Yunxiang looked helpless, “you’re not taking this seriously, are you? Joking around at home is one thing, but are you really going to put it into action and go propose marriage?”
The old madam blinked: “Why? Is it not allowed?”
Xie Yunxiang: “Of course not. Didn’t Little Nine say earlier that he already has a girlfriend? Don’t add chaos. If it stirs up gossip, wouldn’t that put Little Nine in a difficult position?”
The old madam pursed her lips, unconcerned: “He said he has a girlfriend, but it’s been more than half a year now. Look at Little Nine’s state, does he look like someone who’s in a relationship? Every day it’s either work or research, and he even went to F Continent and stayed there for so long. Then he went out early this morning again, saying it was to report on work. In short, that brat must have just made up a girlfriend to brush us off. You’re the only one who believed it.”
“On this point, I agree with Mom. With Little Nine’s personality, do you think he’s the type to secretly date a girlfriend?”
Eldest sister Xie Yunzao listened quietly from the side and never spoke, but in her heart she thought: How is he not?
He’s hiding it very deeply.
The confidentiality work is rock-solid.
Didn’t the photo get put right in front of you, and you still didn’t grow suspicious?
……
The Han family.
After finishing breakfast today, the old master’s eyelids kept twitching nonstop. He just felt that something was going to happen.
Sure enough…
In the morning, he scrolled upon that award-winning photo.
He knew F Continent was dangerous, but he hadn’t expected Yueyue to have even encountered helicopter bombing.
Instantly, his heart ached beyond measure.
“If I’d known, I shouldn’t have let her go. The children of our family don’t need to risk their lives to earn any merit or fame. Peace and safety, living off our fortune, would have been enough.”
Han Ke’s mouth twitched. He didn’t know who it was that had been laughing so hard watching the evening news that they couldn’t close their mouth, and even rewatched the broadcast late at night in the study with a tablet.
Han Heng snorted lightly: “Dad, you didn’t say that to me back then.”
His dad had said: The family has no money for you to squander. If you want to spend money, earn it yourself… If you don’t make something of yourself, you’re not my Han Qishan’s son… If you’re mediocre, muddling along and waiting to die, you might as well find a temple, become a monk, and end it all…
Those words were harsh enough, but his actions were even harsher,
That very day, he decisively cut off his credit card. Not only did he give him not a single cent, he also forbade his eldest and second brothers from giving him money.
That was how Han Heng embarked on his diligent acting career. After all, celebrities earn quite a lot.
Was it easy for him?
Yet when it came to Yueyue, it became, peace and safety, living off our fortune is enough?
Han Heng: “?” Was I picked up from a trash can?
Instantly, even his favorite sandwich no longer tasted good.
For the entire morning, the old master sat on the sofa, holding his phone and scrolling nonstop.
He scrolled and sighed at the same time.
At times, his expression was gratified; at times, proud; and at times, so heartbroken that his eyes reddened.
Han Heng exchanged looks with Han Ke: Bro, don’t you think Dad looks like he’s performing opera?
Han Ke: Shut up. Why are you telling such a blunt truth? You brat!
No one knew what Han Qishan scrolled to, but suddenly his face darkened.
Bang!
He slammed the tablet straight onto the coffee table.
“Dad? What’s going on?”
Han Qishan glared with raised brows: “I’m furious! These boring netizens are actually discussing Yueyue and Xie Dingyuan hugging together. Is that the point?! The point is that Yueyue discovered F active enzyme and saved countless lives! These people really don’t know how to read the room, utterly ridiculous!”
Shipping CPs, my foot?
Although in the end they were suppressed by righteous netizens speaking up, the old master still couldn’t accept it.
Han Heng raised an eyebrow and walked over to pick up the tablet: “Let me see…”
After reading it, his expression immediately soured too.
Yueyue and Xie Dingyuan even have CP fans? What the h*ll is this?
Han Qishan: “There are even a few people who have nothing better to do saying Yueyue and Xie Dingyuan are dating? Don’t be ridiculous, that kid from the Xie family could practically be our girl’s uncle!”
Han Shen, who hadn’t spoken the whole time, also nodded to express his stance: “Exactly! It’s simply outrageous.”
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