Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son-Chapter 308

Fu Shinuan clenched her fists, her back teeth grinding audibly in frustration...

In a nanny van not far across from her, Xiao Yi saw everything that had just happened between Ye Zhenzhen and Fu Shinuan with crystal clarity.

At first, he was about to get out of the car to mediate between the two women seeing how arrogantly Fu Shinuan was behaving.

But then he saw Ye Zhenzhen just get in her car and ram it quickly into the front of Fu Shinuan’s.

The impact wasn’t severe enough to cause serious damage, yet it seemed to strike directly at his heart, making it thump wildly in an instant.

That was quite interesting indeed...

...

When Ye Zhenzhen arrived at the meeting, the staff and some supporting actors were quite polite to her, and she greeted them politely in return.

Then, seeing there were a few minutes to go before the script reading, Liu Rui took Ye Zhenzhen outside the conference room, wanting to take the opportunity to talk to her in person before time ran out.

She was not sure what time the script reading would end today and was afraid they might not have the chance to talk later.

"Zhenzhen! Have you had breakfast? You left early this morning, how come you’ve only just arrived?"

Liu Rui and Ye Zhenzhen had exchanged messages when the latter was leaving home.

Liu Rui, who lived farther away than Ye Zhenzhen, had arrived earlier and was worried that something might have happened to her.

As an agent, Liu Rui didn’t need to attend today’s script reading, but she was somewhat worried about Ye Zhenzhen, as this was the first time Ye Zhenzhen was taking part in such a big production, and her co-stars were all famous people in the industry.

Being there would mean she could help Ye Zhenzhen if needed.

"I already ate. It took me some time to park downstairs," Ye Zhenzhen explained nonchalantly, not mentioning the incident that had occurred in the parking lot to Liu Rui.

Liu Rui leaned closer to Ye Zhenzhen and whispered, "Zhenzhen, about that invitation we discussed the day before yesterday, you never got back to me."

Liu Rui had wanted to ask about it yesterday but decided it would be better to wait and ask in person today.

Ye Zhenzhen was also startled, right, Song Jinze had said that President Lei from Chenguang would contact her by phone, but it seemed he hadn’t called her yet.

Could it be because of the weekend?

"I’ll sort it out for you in the next couple of days, don’t worry."

"Can we get a few extra tickets?"

Ye Zhenzhen didn’t sound worried, but she was anxious since the dinner party was starting next Friday.

"A few extra, how many exactly?"

Liu Rui giggled, "Director Chen wants to go, as well as Jiang Lu and me. We all want to attend. Four tickets in total for us plus you, can you do that?"

The charity gala hosted by Chenguang was different from other charity events in the industry; most of the attendees each year were prominent figures from the business world.

In addition to donations, the event also included a charity auction and a cocktail party.

Each year, only a few celebrities could attend the Chenguang charity gala since the invitations were hard to come by and not just anyone could get one.

In the past, they hadn’t realized that Ye Zhenzhen was the behind-the-scenes boss of Chenguang. Now that they knew, naturally, they couldn’t miss such a great opportunity.

"I can’t confirm how many I can get for you just yet; let me ask about it first."

Liu Rui had anticipated that Ye Zhenzhen might respond this way and reassured her in a pacifying tone, "Zhenzhen, Jiang Lu tends to be blunt, don’t overthink it. This time it was actually Director Chen’s idea. Don’t worry, we won’t donate any less than we should..."

As she spoke, Liu Rui found herself unable to continue; people were starting to pass by.

She was worried someone might overhear their conversation.

Jiang Lu and Ye Zhenzhen were both her clients. Before Ye Zhenzhen became famous through the children’s variety show, there had been some bad blood between her and Jiang Lu. Now that Ye Zhenzhen had achieved fame and it was known that she was the boss behind Chenguang, it was a pleasant surprise, and for them, it was excellent news.

What she was worried about now was whether Ye Zhenzhen would refuse to give Jiang Lu an invitation.

Ye Zhenzhen patted Liu Rui on the arm, "We’ll talk about it later..."

She couldn’t be sure if she could get an invitation, so she also couldn’t give a definite answer to Liu Rui.

However, Ye Zhenzhen’s thoughts were unknown to Liu Rui, whose heart felt as if it had been hammered, leaving her feeling stuffy and not very cheerful.

There was a sense that after Ye Zhenzhen became popular, she seemed harder to talk to.

"What are you guys chatting about?" Xia Zhi walked by with a very happy smile on her face.

Liu Rui smiled, "I was asking Zhenzhen if she had breakfast and if she needed me to prepare something for her."

Carrying two portions of fried buns and soy milk in her hands, Xia Zhi asked Ye Zhenzhen with a smile, "Zhenzhen, I have some fried buns here. If you haven’t eaten yet, let’s have them together!"

Today Xia Zhi was dressed in a white, short down jacket with light blue jeans underneath and had her hair in a bun. When she smiled at Ye Zhenzhen, her face looked sincere and very appealing.

Ye Zhenzhen laughed, "I’ve already eaten, but thanks~"

After hearing Ye Zhenzhen’s response, Xia Zhi leaned in and asked, "Is Xiao Yi here yet?"

Ye Zhenzhen shook her head, "Haven’t seen him~"

Xia Zhi nodded, "Oh~"

Understood.

"Then I’ll just stand outside with you guys and wait for a bit!"

She wanted to wait for Xiao Yi to come in.

The fried bun she held in her hand was bought for Xiao Yi, as he liked fried buns.

When Xiao Yi arrived, she could just hand one to him outside, to avoid others seeing and gossiping.

Even though everyone knew she was interested in Xiao Yi, she didn’t want to make it so obvious every time!

Liu Rui and Ye Zhenzhen exchanged a look and smiled slightly. Liu Rui started a conversation, "Talented Xia, that down jacket looks pretty good, where did you buy it?"

"This one? I bought it last week at the China World Trade Center, looks alright, doesn’t it?"

"Yes, very much so," Liu Rui nodded.

"Why are you all standing outside? Why not go in and sit?"

Producer Wang came over with a smile.

"Waiting for Producer Wang, so we can go in together!" Xia Zhi replied with a smile.

"Haha, then let’s go in!"

Following Producer Wang was Fu Shinuan.

Fu Shinuan saw the group chatting and laughing; she wrinkled her delicate nose and her face expressed disdain.

She was, after all, a rising star pushed by Baisheng Media and the girlfriend of Second Young Master Cheng of Jiangcheng, yet Ye Zhenzhen, a nobody, had snatched the lead female role from her, and she had had a setback that morning.

Now, seeing Ye Zhenzhen’s face, she felt really indignant.

Earlier, when she had called Cheng Shaoqing while in the car, she could tell he was somewhat impatient.

And she just didn’t know how to explain it. She couldn’t just say she had taken Ye Zhenzhen’s parking spot and ended up getting hit by Ye Zhenzhen, could she?

In the end, the excuse she thought of was that she ran into the crazy Ye Zhenzhen in the parking lot, who for some unknown reason, just rammed into her.

Only after inquiring did she learn that the other party was a novice driver and didn’t know how to drive, which caused the accident. Thinking that they were from the same crew, she decided not to pursue the matter.

She might not pursue it, but Cheng Shaoqing couldn’t just let it go.

It took a round of sweet talk and acting coquettishly for Fu Shinuan to finally persuade Cheng Shaoqing.

In front of Cheng Shaoqing, she had always presented herself as generous, gentle, and understanding. What worried her was that if this issue blew up and Ye Zhenzhen released the recording, wouldn’t her good image in front of Cheng Shaoqing be instantly destroyed?