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Chapter 184: Becoming Rich Overnight
Beside them, Shen Jingxiu and Shen Jingchuan also turned their gazes toward Wen Yan in unison.
Shen Jingxiu was silent and reserved.
Shen Jingchuan was a different story altogether, he directly opened fire at Shen Jinghe.
"No, Shen Jinghe, how on earth are you looking after Wen Yan? You're in the same industry, yet you just watch with your eyes open while she gets bullied by others? Aren't you making quite a splash in the entertainment circle? How can you not even handle something like this?"
"..." It was rare that Shen Jinghe didn't refute Shen Jingchuan.
However, Wen Yan couldn't quite bear to watch this anymore, so she hurriedly spoke up to explain to everyone.
"Dad, Mom, Eldest Brother, Fourth Brother, actually the matter isn't as serious as you guys imagine. As for this role, it was indeed requested to be swapped by the other artist after just a few days of filming, but at the same time, this was also the result of a friendly consultation between me and the director. Besides, this script is rather special; it's a dual-female-lead setting, so I merely swapped from Role A to Role B. In essence, there isn't really any difference."
"That's still their fault! On what grounds can they just demand a swap whenever they want! What, do their family run the production crew?" Shen Jingchuan was still displeased.
"And what's the deal with her following you? Now she's even pulled off this kind of trending search—isn't this just smearing you! Which star whose career is on the rise would break news about coming out? In my view, this woman just can't stand to see you popular! Did you thoroughly outshine her actor when you were acting in the crew, so they want to mess with you?"
Wen Yan slowly shook her head: "It shouldn't be to that extent... If there really is any hatred, I think they might hate Wanwan more."
"Which Wanwan?"
"Jiang Wanwan. Because Wanwan got that role of hers later on, causing her to directly experience a downgrade in resources."
Shen Jingchuan frowned: "Is it that complicated!"
Wen Yan glanced at him: "It's fine, this isn't that complicated either."
"Then that's just right," Shen Jingchuan immediately picked up, "Since it's not complicated, then you might as well tell us everything that happened between you guys, including the following and falling into the water, so we can listen."
"Alright then."
Wen Yan then simply recounted the course of events from beginning to end, during which Shen Jingchuan asked her quite a few questions as well.
After she finished talking, the whole family felt even more strongly that this woman named Qin Yulong had issues.
Everyone unanimously agreed that she was harboring designs on Wen Yan, but as for what specifically, no one could be certain.
Shen Jingxiu even suspected that Qin Yulong was extremely likely to have found out about the relationship between Wen Yan and the Shen family, and wanted to resolve Fu Shen's matter through Wen Yan's channel.
However, Wen Yan felt this possibility was relatively small.
"I feel like it's not like that. Because yesterday I happened to overhear a conversation between her and her artist. Oh right, I forgot to tell you guys—that female actress is also surnamed Fu, named Fu Yiqing. Originally, I inadvertently overheard her telling Qin Yulong to handle her brother's matters.
"At that time, I had absolutely no idea who her brother was, until just now when Eldest Brother said Qin Yulong went crazy and forced your car to a stop—only then did I link these two people together. It turns out they are actually brother and sister.
"However, looking at Qin Yulong's attitude back then, she probably didn't really want to care about Fu Yiqing's brother's matters anymore. Because she knew in her own heart as well that this kind of thing couldn't possibly be settled privately. So whatever she said about wanting to know more about me and get closer to me probably isn't for Fu Yiqing's brother."
"Who cares what her reasons are! But clearly, this person has already affected your life and work!"
Shen Jingchuan had no heart to analyze this and that; he directly proposed:
"Just have her go back to wherever she came from, so as to avoid causing trouble by staying here—this is equivalent to a ticking time bomb!
"I've seen plenty of homosexuals abroad; normally pursuing someone you like is completely fine, but what kind of capability is pulling stuff like stalking and smear-tying to rush onto the trending searches? She's up to no good! What do you say, Eldest Brother?"
Being asked by Shen Jingchuan, Shen Jingxiu, who had been silent and barely spoken, also declared his stance at this moment.
"If necessary, we indeed ought to strike first to gain the initiative and nip the trouble in the bud, avoiding an incident like Min Xiaxia's from happening again."
"Mm," Shen Yuan spoke up at this moment as well, "Last time, if it weren't for Yanyan being quick-witted and Jingchuan rushing over in time, the consequences would have been simply unimaginable. Since she isn't a national of this country, then it's even easier to handle. Leave this matter to Jingxiu to handle; whoever it is, anyone who wants to scheme against our Shen family members must pay a price."
"Wait..." Su Yang frowned slightly, "I feel like it's still a bit hasty. Perhaps this trending search has nothing to do with her. I've already passively scrolled through that video of Yanyan falling into the water many times while checking the trending searches just now. Let alone being on the scene back then, even right at this moment as I look at it on my phone, my heart trembles in fear. For that girl to jump down without the slightest hesitation to save Yanyan back then makes me feel her character is fine; perhaps it's a misunderstanding caused by her personality. In short, let's investigate clearly first before talking."
Shen Jingchuan was somewhat puzzled: "How else to investigate? Are we going to wait until the next time something happens to catch her red-handed? But we aren't roundworms in her belly either, who knows when she'll pull off what kind of scheme."
Wen Yan also raised her hand silently at this moment: "I also feel we ought to at least get the trending search matter cleared up first, but no matter what, I am really very grateful to her for saving my life."
Shen Jingxiu nodded: "Rest assured, I will investigate first."
The matter came to a temporary close here; seeing that it was getting late, everyone returned to their own domains.
As a result, right when Wen Yan lay down on her bed, Su Yang came knocking on the door.
Wen Yan hurriedly invited her in: "Mom? Why aren't you sleeping yet? Come over and sit."
"I can't sleep." Su Yang sat down next to Wen Yan and asked with concern, "Is there really nothing wrong with you after falling down from such a high waterfall? Is there really no discomfort anywhere on your body?"
Wen Yan thought about it carefully: "I don't know whether it has to do with falling into the water or not, but anyway my waist and back ache a bit. However, I can feel this isn't any big deal, because after I took a hot bath just now, my body felt so much better."
"That's good. If you feel any physical discomfort, you must go to the hospital at the very first moment!!! You must have been terrified back then, right?"
"Mm... how should I put it? I forgot. At that moment, my mind went completely blank; whatever my hand grabbed onto, I desperately wanted to clutch, and I seemed to have forgotten to be afraid."
"Sigh!" Su Yang let out a sigh, "This job of acting is indeed quite interesting at times, but sometimes it's also very exhausting and dangerous. You must pay more attention in the future!"
"I know, Mom! This time was mainly an accident, and besides, I have a long life!"
"No matter how long your life is, you still have to pay attention to safety! Oh right, there's another matter I want to explain clearly to you. Just now your dad and brothers all intended to help vent your anger for you, but only I spoke good words for that Qin Yulong—will you blame Mom for being foolishly kind-hearted?"
"I won't! Mom, why would you think that way?"
Su Yang chuckled softly: "I just tend to overthink things a bit, but it's good that you didn't think that way. It's just that when I saw her, for some reason a very strange feeling suddenly surged in my heart. I can't explain clearly what was going on either, but I just wanted to investigate everything clearly first. After all, she risked danger to save you."
"Mom, you don't need to explain, I understand. Besides, I also know the reason why you said you felt a strange feeling upon seeing her."
"Oh?" Su Yang was somewhat surprised, "I can't even tell what the reason for that was myself, how would you know? Say it for me to hear."
Wen Yan giggled: "Mom, don't you think she looks like someone around you?"
"Someone around me? Who?" Su Yang became even more curious, "The person who filmed the video back then was probably quite far from you guys; I couldn't see the specific facial features very clearly."
"Too bad I don't have her photo! But Second Brother and I both verified it with our own eyes, we unanimously feel she looks very much like Second Uncle."
"Your Second Uncle?" Su Yang froze for a moment, "I didn't bring my phone; show me that video again."
"Then let me search directly to see if there are photos, maybe the netizens have already dug them up."
Sure enough, once Wen Yan searched online, she quickly flipped to Qin Yulong's ID photo, which was dug up by netizens from foreign websites.
When Su Yang took a look, she immediately nodded: "She really does look quite like him. Your Second Uncle has always wanted to have a daughter, but never had the chance. If he really had one, maybe she would look like this type of appearance, resembling him."
"Then..." Wen Yan, the atmosphere-creator, came online again, "Could she be Second Uncle's illegitimate daughter on the outside?"
"Nonsense!" Su Yang lightly tapped Wen Yan's head, "Your Second Uncle isn't that kind of person! Alright, go to sleep early; I won't disturb your rest anymore. Oh, and also, I received your one million. Since we were playing the game seriously, then I really accept it."
"Mm mm mm!" Wen Yan nodded repeatedly, "If we don't follow the rules, the game won't be fun anymore, so you must accept it."
"That's right. However, I actually have something else to give you."
Saying that, Su Yang pulled out a square jewelry box from her pocket: "This is an iced jade bracelet I found a few days ago; this kind of clear and translucent texture suits you young girls the best. Come try it on!"
"So translucent, really pretty! But this looks like it's worth a fortune at first glance—Mom, aren't you making a loss?"
"What loss is there to speak of when buying a bracelet for my own daughter? Even if we didn't play this game today to win your one million, I would still have brought this bracelet to give to you. The size is just right, very flattering on you."
"Thank you, Mom!!!"
And this bracelet was merely the beginning of Wen Yan becoming rich overnight tonight.
Probably because everyone happened to have finished washing up and were lying in bed playing with their phones at this time, the SMS notification chime on Wen Yan's phone rang three times in a row.
Furthermore, every single one was a bank balance change notification.
Two million from Shen Yuan, two million from Shen Jingxiu, and four million from Shen Jingchuan!
Wen Yan was both surprised and delighted; she hadn't expected that after crying while losing one million, she ended up regaining eight million on the exact same night.
She immediately expressed her gratitude to the moguls.
Shen Yuan told her to just speak up if she didn't have enough money to spend.
Shen Jingxiu told her to keep it to play with, so as not to cry her eyes out next time they placed a bet.
When it came to Shen Jingchuan, Wen Yan was puzzled.
“Strange, where did you get so much liquid capital? Hasn't your club already drained you dry?”
“Take a guess.”
Wen Yan actually guessed for a bit.
'Four million is no more and no less—could it be that Dad and Eldest Brother transferred it to you?'
“............You can even guess that. Looks like you received it too, and the amount is identical to mine.”
“Bingo!”
“The old man and the big boss are indeed masters at keeping the balance equal. How about it—betting on me to win had no downsides, right? Even though you lost one million, you gained eight million back!”
“Hahaha, thank you so much seriously, but I won't stand on ceremony with you!”
“Don't be polite; I told you long ago that following your brother, you'll only eat fine food and drink well. Even when in an adverse situation, I can definitely turn the tables.”
Shen Yuan and Shen Jingchuan: '............' What a neat trick to offer flowers to the Buddha using borrowed hands.
After chatting nonsense with Shen Jingchuan for a few more lines, an unfamiliar number suddenly called into Wen Yan's phone.
Seeing that it was local, she casually picked it up.
Only then did she find out that this phone number actually belonged to Qin Yulong.
Wen Yan subconsciously asked: "How did you know my phone number?"
The other party was fairly candid: "I asked around all over the place; as for who specifically gave it to me, I won't tell you. You have tomorrow night's scene, right? I'll also be going to the production crew by then; let's still have a talk. About today's trending search."
"......Why must we meet in person to talk?" Wen Yan was still somewhat resistant to this, "You went through all the trouble to get my phone number, so let's just talk over the phone."
Wen Yan still had some vigilance in her; while speaking, she turned on the recording function.
As it turned out, Qin Yulong didn't have time at all: "Sorry, I'm a bit busy right now; let's talk when we meet tomorrow."
As if to verify that what she said wasn't false, right as her words fell, the sound of throwing things and arguing came from the other end of the line.
And very quickly, this call was hung up.
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Wen Yan arrived at the production crew the next afternoon.
Just as dusk fell, it was her turn to go on set. After filming two takes, Fu Yiqing and Qin Yulong came together as well.
Fu Yiqing looked to be in a rather poor mood, completely out of state while filming—either stepping into the wrong position or reciting the wrong lines, making the director so angry he wanted to smash his megaphone.
After several takes, the director couldn't bear it any longer, directly calling a stop and summoning Fu Yiqing over to the side.
After painstakingly lecturing her for quite a while, Fu Yiqing finally went back onto the field, only for her performance to be even worse than before!
The director was completely speechless.
Helpless, Qin Yulong had no choice but to bring Fu Yiqing to the side, and then began conversing with Fu Yiqing in low voices.
The volume of their speech was not loud, so no one knew what they were discussing.
However, all of a sudden, Fu Yiqing lost her temper at Qin Yulong without any warning.
"What do you mean? Now you're coming to lecture me too, aren't you? It's not as if you don't know what happened to me over these past two days—you weren't like this before!
What, just because you made it onto the trending search once, you feel like you're even more popular than me now? Then don't take any acting gigs for me in the future either; just go on set all by yourself—who knows, maybe you can even become world-famous!"
Fu Yiqing spared no face for Qin Yulong at all; right in front of everyone, her voice grew louder and louder, causing the people around them to whisper among themselves in succession.
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