THE FAKE DAUGHTER BECAME THE FAVORITE

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Chapter 170: Look at Him, Save Me!

Su Yang felt a tiny pang of disappointment, but she completely understood. Boys were just like that once they grew up, they wouldn't cuddle and hug their mothers like they used to when they were little.

Glancing at Jiang Wanwan standing nearby, Su Yang was suddenly overcome with emotion:

"May Auntie give you a hug? You really are so incredible. Thanks to you taking care of our Yanyan over these past 30 days, Auntie truly wants to thank you. When watching the livestream, a lot of viewers around my age called you two their daughters. I like you just as much as they do. Speaking of which, I guess you could say I successfully met my idol today!"

Su Yang was so gentle, warmth radiating from every corner of her eyes and brows, that even Jiang Wanwan felt a trace of envy toward Wen Yan. As if possessed by a phantom impulse, she actually stepped forward and hugged the strange, beautiful auntie in front of her.

Wen Yan was thoroughly stunned by this action.

Is this still the aloof, cold female lead described in the novel?!

She actually walked over on her own initiative to hug her!

Then again, this only proved from another angle just how popular her mother was!

Besides, Jiang Wanwan was the center of this novel's world no matter how one looked at it, building a good relationship with her definitely wouldn't hurt.

Only... Wen Yan stealthily glanced at Shen Jinghe beside her.

She thought in her heart: ‘Now that Jiang Wanwan and I have become friends, if our families start interacting more in the future, could Shen Jinghe still hopelessly fall in love with her?’

‘Well, falling in love would actually be normal—she's so outstanding, after all. But what if Shen Jinghe stubbornly insists on a one-sided crush and relentlessly tries to steal her or plot against her? What do I do then?’

Just as Wen Yan was secretly peeking at Shen Jinghe, Shen Jinghe happened to be looking at her as well.

Shen Jinghe wasn't looking at her for any other reason than the few words Jiang Wanwan had said earlier.

Jiang Wanwan had actually claimed earlier that Wen Yan liked him, and even speculated whether they were secretly married...

He was genuinely curious about what this girl had told Jiang Wanwan to make her jump all the way to the topic of marriage.

Could she have...

Hearing Wen Yan's inner voice out of nowhere now, however, Shen Jinghe rolled his eyes at her in total frustration.

He had already guaranteed to her that he would never like Jiang Wanwan, why was she acting as if she had selective deafness?

And what was all this about "relentlessly stealing and plotting"? How could that ever happen?!

Unless he got mushroom poisoning and turned into a rainbow toad monster like the guy lying on the hospital bed.

Unhappy after being glared at by Shen Jinghe, Wen Yan turned around on the spot to tattle to Su Yang.

"Mom, Second Brother rolled his eyes at me."

"..." Shen Jinghe: "Childish much!"

Wen Yan: "Bleeeeh."

Su Yang chuckled softly: "Jinghe, you're the older brother, you should pamper your younger sister. How can you roll your eyes at her?"

Shen Jinghe shot a glance at Wen Yan, completely helpless against this girl.

"I didn't roll my eyes at her. My eyes just feel a bit uncomfortable."

Wen Yan took no small amount of pleasure in his misfortune: "If your eyes feel uncomfortable, you should really go see a doctor."

Shen Jinghe suppressed the urge to roll his eyes at her again: "I'm not sick. My eyes just feel a bit uncomfortable because I'm sleepy."

At the mention of being sleepy, Su Yang hurriedly said: "It's already very late. I'm here with Jingchuan, so you guys should hurry back and rest. Oh right, have you booked your hotel rooms?"

"They're booked already."

"Then go quickly! You've worked so hard over these past many days without getting a good night's sleep. Hurry to the hotel."

"Then when Fourth Brother wakes up tomorrow, Mom, remember to let us know."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely tell you. I reckon once he wakes up, he'll be eager to see you two as well."

"Not necessarily," Shen Jinghe glanced at his younger brother on the hospital bed and raised an eyebrow slightly. "After all, he's lost all the face he had."

The three of them had booked the same hotel. Not long after getting into the car, Wen Yan fell sound asleep.

It wasn't until the car reached its destination that Jiang Wanwan, sitting beside Wen Yan, called out to her twice.

"Wen Yan, wake up, we're here."

The air conditioning inside the car was blasting high, and Wen Yan was sleeping like a log, completely failing to hear Jiang Wanwan's voice.

Just as Jiang Wanwan was about to try again, Shen Jinghe in the front passenger seat suddenly interrupted her.

"Let me."

Jiang Wanwan glanced at Shen Jinghe.

Originally, she had assumed Shen Jinghe was going to call out loudly or use some other method to wake Wen Yan up.

Unexpectedly, he stepped straight out of the car, walked over to Wen Yan's side, and pulled the door open.

Seeing him bend down to reach inside, he was actually planning to carry the sleeping Wen Yan out.

"Mind giving me a hand? Thanks." The space inside the car cabin was somewhat cramped, making it tricky for Shen Jinghe to manage alone.

With Jiang Wanwan's help, Shen Jinghe easily and gently carried Wen Yan out.

Once Jiang Wanwan stepped out of the car as well, Shen Jinghe's manager drove the vehicle away.

Seeing Shen Jinghe carrying Wen Yan, the hotel greeting staff assumed something had happened and immediately came forward to ask if they needed assistance.

Afraid of waking Wen Yan, Shen Jinghe deliberately kept his voice very low when he spoke.

"Thank you, but no need. She's just too exhausted and fell asleep."

Jiang Wanwan couldn't help taking another glance at Shen Jinghe.

"You really spoil your younger sister."

Shen Jinghe's gaze subconsciously landed on the face of the girl in his arms, the corners of his lips curving up almost imperceptibly.

"She's worth it."

The three quickly entered the elevator.

Because it was inconvenient for Shen Jinghe, he couldn't press the elevator buttons.

Jiang Wanwan asked, "Do you know which room Wen Yan is staying in? I don't know which floor to press."

"I don't know, but she can stay in my room first. Like you, I'm staying on the 4th floor."

Jiang Wanwan nodded. Until the elevator doors opened, there was no further chatter between them.

Stepping out of the elevator, Jiang Wanwan finally spoke: "It's inconvenient for you to open the door while carrying Wen Yan. If you don't mind, I can do it for you."

Shen Jinghe had already asked his manager for the room card while in the car, and it was currently in his pants pocket.

However, he didn't wish to have close physical contact with the opposite sex—not even through layers of fabric.

So he declined Jiang Wanwan: "Thank you for the offer, but I can manage."

Jiang Wanwan wasn't a overly pushy person by nature either; after nodding, she headed toward the other end of the hallway.

Only when he reached the door of his room did Shen Jinghe set Wen Yan down.

He let Wen Yan lean against his chest before pulling the room card out of his pants pocket to unlock the door.

Even as he placed Wen Yan onto the bed, took off her shoes, and removed her coat, Wen Yan showed no signs of waking up.

"Like a pig." Standing by the bedside and looking down from above at Wen Yan, who was drooling, Shen Jinghe silently pulled out his phone and snapped a photo of her sleeping face.

Finally, after adjusting the room temperature and contacting Wen Yan's assistant to get the room card for her actual room, Shen Jinghe was at last able to get a proper rest.

The next morning, the moment Wen Yan woke up, she saw a magnified face right in front of her.

Startled, she hurriedly sat up straight.

It took her several seconds to realize this was her assistant, He Xing.

"Scared the life out of me! I thought I was still on the snow mountain and wondered where a strange big face had popped up from. Having not seen you for a month, I almost forgot what you looked like. What time is it now? How long did I sleep? Is the sun burning my butt already?"

He Xing, however, merely giggled like a fool.

Puzzled, Wen Yan reached out a hand and waved it in front of He Xing's eyes: "What's wrong with you, darling? Did you hit the jackpot or win the lottery? Why are you so happy?"

"Hehehe," He Xing shook her head, "neither!"

"Neither? Then what else could possibly be worth making you this happy, giggling like a fool first thing in the morning? Could it be that I'm about to hit the jackpot? Am I super famous now, with all kinds of brand collaborations flooding in?"

"Mhm mhm mhm!" He Xing nodded. "That's definitely true. Once we head back to the country, we're going to be super busy! We might not even have time to rest then. But that's not what I'm giggling about, I've already received tons and tons of collaboration calls, so that excitement wore off long ago."

"Then what on earth are you excited about right now?"

"Hee-hee, try guessing whose room this is!"

"..." What kind of question is that?

Wen Yan looked around at her surroundings; there didn't seem to be anything particularly special about this room.

Since He Xing asked like that, however, this definitely wasn't her own room.

"Oh right!" Wen Yan suddenly remembered. "How did I get back to the room? I remember getting into Shen Jinghe's manager's car after returning from the hospital last night, and then I seemed to have fallen asleep. I have zero impression of what happened after that!"

"Right right right! You fell asleep, and at the time, Teacher Shen didn't know which room you were in, nor could he bring himself to wake you up. So he simply brought you straight to his room! Yanyan, Yanyan, speaking of which, I used to ship you and Teacher Shen as a CP back in the day! He's so good to you! What do you think of Teacher Shen? Are you two..."

"..." Shipping CPs recklessly! As my work assistant, shouldn't you wish for me to be a career-focused boss instead?! Let me tell you, the reason Teacher Shen didn't wake me up definitely wasn't because he 'couldn't bring himself to,' but because I simply CANNOT be woken up.

"As for my sleeping habits, my mom's evaluation of me since childhood was: unshakeable by thunder, impossible to call awake, sleeping like a pig, someone could carry me away and sell me without me knowing. You also know what kind of sleep conditions I had on that snow mountain over the past 30 days. It's not strange at all that I slept like the dead last night."

"Alright then, let's focus on the career!"

As a CP fan, He Xing felt a little disappointed, especially since there didn't seem to be any further moves from Teacher Shen's side either.

"Oh right, Teacher Jiang asked me to pass this to you."

"Wanwan?"

"Yeah. She said she had work arrangements scheduled long ago, so she flew back to the country first thing this morning. This is her contact info."

Wen Yan nodded: "We didn't even have time to add each other as contacts yesterday. Where's my phone?"

"It's charging, I'll fetch it for you."

Taking her phone to look, Wen Yan saw a message from Su Yang just arriving, saying that Shen Jingchuan had woken up.

Just as Wen Yan was about to ask Shen Jinghe to go together, Shen Jinghe's message came in first.

'Awake? Heading out?'

'Just woke up, wait for me! I haven't washed up yet. Give me half an hour, I'll be quick.'

'Mhm, I'll let Mom know.'

Forty minutes later, the two arrived together at Shen Jingchuan's hospital room.

Shen Jingchuan was originally scrolling through his phone with his brows knitted tightly in a deep scowl. Upon seeing Wen Yan and Shen Jinghe walk in, his entire face changed color.

Without even asking, Wen Yan knew what he was watching.

It had to be the clip of his mushroom poisoning.

In fact, she had already scrolled through it on the way here.

Even though poisoning itself was a very sad event, poisoned Shen Jingchuan was truly too hilarious, so much so that Wen Yan couldn't keep her mouth closed the moment she saw him.

How could Shen Jingchuan fail to notice the corners of Wen Yan's mouth that even an AK rifle couldn't suppress?

He shot a glare at Wen Yan and said crossly, "Whatever you're planning to say, don't say it. Hold it in."

"How could I do that? I came to show concern for you, dear big brother!! Hurry up and look at what gift I brought you! Ta-da~ A bouquet of fresh flowers, and they're rainbow-colored, too!"

Shen Jingchuan currently couldn't stand hearing the word "rainbow."

"You girl, I advise you to be kind, otherwise don't blame me for being unmerciful with you."

"Oh?" Seeing Shen Jingchuan like that, Wen Yan knew he wasn't genuinely angry, so she said with a grin: "How unmerciful can you be with me? I'd love to experience it right now."

"Come here," Shen Jingchuan set down his phone and raised an eyebrow at Wen Yan. "Come over if you have the guts."

"I'll come over then! Who's afraid of whom?"

"Mhm, come then."

"Here I come! Not only am I coming over, but I'm also sitting down!"

Wen Yan swaggered over and actually pulled up a chair to sit right in front of Shen Jingchuan.

Along the way, she even imitated Shen Jingchuan's manner of speaking: "How could I, the strongest rainbow toad on earth, quit?! If word gets out, wouldn't I become a total laughingstock?!"

"Wen! Yan!" Shen Jingchuan gritted his teeth, his handsome face almost twisting with rage. "You're dead! Give me your life!"

Shen Jingchuan reached out with both hands and grabbed Wen Yan's face.

Actually hitting her was out of the question, and truly scolding her harshly was impossible too. Having no other choice, Shen Jingchuan resorted to messing up Wen Yan's hair and rubbing her face frantically.

Wen Yan was speechless: "Childish! Stop right now, my brainstem is going to be shaken out by you!"

"Don't you dare move! I'm on an IV drip—if you thrash around, the needle might snap!"

"..." Ahhhhh, she was instantly held hostage by him.

Wen Yan didn't want to play along anymore, glancing pitifully toward Shen Jinghe on the side.

"Second Brother, look at him! Save me!"

"Didn't you bring this upon yourself?" Although saying so out loud, Shen Jinghe still reached out to pull up the hood of her down jacket over her head.

He then added a quiet remark to Shen Jingchuan: "Can't you yield to her a little?"

Shen Jingchuan glared at him: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

In the most tsundere tone imaginable, Shen Jinghe uttered words of compromise: "Or you could replace 'teaching' with 'requesting.'"

Su Yang happened to push the door open and enter at that moment. Seeing the three kids playing together in a heap, she hurriedly opened her phone and recorded this scene.

Besides, being able to see the two brothers' everyday banter outside of that show made her heart immeasurably happy.

She was going to share this video with her husband right away.

"Mom!" Seeing Su Yang walk into the room, Wen Yan called out to her immediately.

Shen Jingchuan stopped messing around with Wen Yan as well.

Though the hospital room suddenly quieted down, Su Yang's spirits remained soaring high.

She walked over to the children with a smile, her face overflowing with joy: "I could hear non-stop laughter coming from inside all the way down the hallway! Jinghe, Jingchuan, Mom feels like the relationship between you two brothers has softened so much. If there were any grudges in the past, why not take this opportunity to clear them all up once and for all, okay?"

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