Early in the morning, Sheng Xing Ze routinely opened Weibo. His Weibo hot search of "getting out of the showbiz" was changed to #Sheng Xing Ze Su Jin Mu#. He believed with such a huge change, obviously someone had bought out the hot search.\n
Sheng Xing Ze did not delve into it. With Yu Bai's Weibo post speaking up for him and the official Weibo's poster post from yesterday, his two digit followers number had now increased a lot, most of them were here for his face and they pleaded with him to post more.
However, Weibo hot search was now changed to #Yuan Xiu Male Lover#[1] floating with red letters, quite eye-catching.
The Weibo account named "I Eat Big Melon"[2] showed the firm evidence of Yuan Xiu meeting up with a rich man late at night.
If another Weibo account made such a post, other people might question its validation. In this case, "I Eat Big Melon" rarely made any post on Weibo, but whenever he did, it would always be big news. He would always show hard evidence in the post, which made people believe the news without batting an eye.
"I Eat Big Melon" was the only Weibo in the entertainment industry who dared to write gossip news about Yu Bai. This was enough for him to become the only boss on the Weibo gossip account throne. People in the circle honored him with the name "Mr. Melon", many celebrities were looking for ways to test whether Mr. Melon had their gossip news in his hands.
In terms of seniority and time in the industry, as the company's number one, Yuan Xiu was far more popular than Sheng Xing Ze. As soon as the news came out, the bloody storm on Weibo could not be compared with yesterday's news, a huge number of his fans turned anti fans; the more love they gave him before the more hate they threw at him now.
Yuan Xiu was now too busy to find a way to protect himself, he did not have the time to hire small accounts to slander Sheng Xing Ze, he had been shrinking in the hotel room and indulged himself in smoking one smoke after another.
Sheng Xing Ze smiled as he finished reading all Yuan Xiu's gossip news. If his current status were allowed, he would like to give Mr. Melon a compliment on the Internet.
He sent a thank-you WeChat message to Yu Bai, and Yu Bai replied back within a second with: "?"
Sheng Xing Ze dialed his number.
"Regarding Yuan Xiu's matter, thank you."
"Did I do anything?" Yu Bai did not want to admit that he helped Sheng Xing Ze because of the bunny.
"Isn't that Mr. Melon your other Weibo account?" Sheng Xing Ze asked back.
Yu Bai said quietly, "How do you know?"
"Isn't it obvious? Over the years, his Weibo wrote so much news about you yet his account is still active, unfazed. Every time he writes gossip about other celebrities, they are all about their dirty little secrets, but news about you is not that big of a deal at all."
"How you plan on thanking me." Yu Bai learned a trick from the other yesterday, saying these words with a straight face.
"You will know soon," Sheng Xing Ze smiled slyly like a little fox, but Yu Bai could not see it and thought the other would pay gratitude to him; his mood got boosted instantly.
Sheng Xing Ze drove alone to the suburbs--his own home.
When their family of three first moved in, Father Sheng specifically hired a feng shui master to look over the setup of this house. The feng shui master assured them that living here would guarantee them prosperity. Although none of them were superstitious people, such good saying would make anyone happy.
Sheng Xing Ze did not tell his parents he was coming home today; so he was standing at the door carrying large bags, then he found out that he did not have a key. He was about to ring the door when he thought of something. He paused his hand's movement and then took out his phone in the pocket.
"Mom, I want to go home," Sheng Xing Ze dialed his home phone number and said in a depressed tone to his mother.
Mother Sheng had always been Sheng Xing Ze's loyal fan; since her son insisted on entering the entertainment circle, she had no choice but to comply. She obviously knew all the unwritten rules of this industry, even more than the insiders themselves.
Knowing that there might be gossip going around about Sheng Xing Ze's reputation when they let him bring the capital into the filming crew; yet when facing her son's puppy eyes, she really could not say no. Therefore, after hearing his dejected tone, she assured him everything will be over and told him to focus on performing well; and promised to come to visit him with delicious food in two days.
However, Father Sheng was not that calm after hearing his son's voice. Sheng Xing Ze could hear his dad yelling loudly from behind the door: "My son wants to go home, then let him go home, it's not a big deal."
It seemed that his wife beating him, Father Sheng made an exaggerated sound, and then Sheng Xing Ze could only hear his dad humming something like I was wrong from the receiver.
Sheng Xing Ze rang the doorbell with a smile and unexpectedly heard that Mother Sheng asked Father Sheng to open the door so she could continue talking to her son.
Father Sheng reluctantly walked to the door little by little, as soon as he saw his son's smiling face through the intercom, his little disappointment immediately disappeared as he opened the door in surprise, rushing upstairs and shouted to his wife who was still on the phone: "Our son is back."
After Sheng Xing Ze carried all the big bags into the house, Father Sheng hugged his son's shoulders happily, then turned his son around to look up and down as if he had not seen his son for a long time, he only let out "so skinny" after having a good look at his son.
"I'll make good food for you," Father Sheng rubbed Sheng Xing Ze's head, even if his son was a little taller than him, Sheng Xing Ze was still a child in his heart.
Upstairs, Mother Sheng threw her phone aside and hurriedly put on her home slippers as running down, still holding a lipstick in her hand. Seeing that Sheng Xing Ze was really coming back, she quickly put on lipstick and immediately pressed a kiss on his cheek, a fresh lipstick mark was printed.
Sheng Xing Ze did not wipe off the lipstick print, and he felt all the emotions almost pouring out of his eyes.
Coming home this time, he was as excited as Mother Sheng and Father Sheng, who had not seen their son for a long time. This was what a home feels like.
"Why didn't you say anything about coming back, I didn't buy anything to make meals for you," Mother Sheng pulled him aside and said loudly.
Sheng Xing Ze took out the gifts and handed them over; even though Mother Sheng said no need to buy gifts for coming home, she took the bags and ran into the room to change each outfit one by one for the son and father to see in the living room.
Father Sheng's gift was a new style watch, when putting on the watch gifted by Sheng Xing Ze, he could not help but bragging about it. From time to time, he would pretend to look at the time on the watch in front of Mother Sheng, his movement was very boasting.
Mother Sheng was in a good mood, so she did not bother to correct him.
Due to Sheng Xing Ze's sudden coming home, the planned dinner for two people was obviously not enough. Father Sheng volunteered to go buy groceries. Sheng Xing Ze had wanted to follow him, but he was being rejected by Father Sheng with the excuse that he is now a public figure and it is inconvenient.
So Sheng Xing Ze followed his mother to take a walk outside, it was also to satisfy her wish of taking a walk with her son.
Today's weather was very good, with the rare sun in the winter, which was warm on the body.
The mother and son walked on the stone road in the gated community.
"Recently, are you getting tired from the filming?" Mother Sheng took Sheng Xing Ze's hand and squeezed it lightly, "quite skinny, you don't eat well from time to time."
Even though Sheng Xing Ze did not know whether the original owner had been eating well or not, at least his appetite in the past few days after he transmigrated was quite good. Moreover, he could use Yu Bai's small kitchen at night to make himself some snacks, which was much better than other actors on the set who were persecuted by the director.
"Everyday I went to the male lead's room to use his stove to make some food, no worry I won't let myself be hungry," Sheng Xing Ze told her about some interesting things on the set to make her laugh.
Mother Sheng heard that he got along well with the people on the set, she felt a big rock had been lifted off her chest.
As the two took their time walking, a chubby golden retriever with tongue sticking out ran out from the corner, it was being followed by a woman with anxious complexion. One could tell that the woman took really good care of herself, only the shallow lines of her eyes showed her age to be not so young; but the aura around her left a very elegant scent on her body, especially the temperament that makes one feel very comfortable.
"Eh, isn't this our Xiao Bai?" Mother Sheng recognized the golden retriever in one glance.
Xiao Bai happily stopped in front of Sheng Xing Ze, leaned to his side and sniffed carefully, shaking its tail and was about to pounce on him.
"Xiao Bai."
The woman yelled and Xiao Bai suddenly changed his trajectory. After making a circle around Sheng Xing Ze, it quickly wagged its tail and sat upright at Sheng Xing Ze's feet.
"Yu Xiao Bai, you're being naughty today," Mother Sheng obviously knew the woman very well, she touched Xiao Bai's head, "Xing Xing, meet my friend."
"Hello Auntie, I'm Sheng Xing Ze."
Mother Yu smiled at him, "Xing Xing, I've heard a lot about you from your mother, I finally get to see you today," Unlike the hot temper Mother Sheng, Mother Yu was a typical Jiangnan woman [3], gentle like flowing water under a small bridge.
The two mothers with different personalities were unexpectedly very well-matched with each other, they often hung out together. Knowing that Father Sheng was good at cooking, Mother Yu often took Father Yu to come to the Shengs to have meals. That was not the first time Father Yu drove over to the Shengs.
"It's still good to see Xing Xing, looking at my Da Bai, he doesn't even know to return home after three or five months," Mother Yu looked at Sheng Xing Ze standing beside Mother Sheng and heaved out a long sigh.
"We still have Xiao Bai, right."
"Da Bai doesn't come home, Xiao Bai is being naughty, these two really can make you worried sick," Mother Yu symbolically hit Xiao Bai's head, the majestic golden hair suddenly limped down. Then, he rubbed her feet apologetically, a pair of dark round eyes stared at Sheng Xing Ze.
Sheng Xing Ze suddenly thought of another Xiao Bai in the filming crew. He combined that Xiao Bai with the expression of Xiao Bai in front of him. He could not help laughing and touched Xiao Bai's back. Xiao Bai immediately glued to his feet and stopped moving.
The two mothers were being amused by its behavior. Mother Yu impatiently pointed at Xiao Bai's nose with a smile, "Whose house are you belonging to, Xiao Bai?"
"It's very cute."
Sheng Xing Ze listened to the two mothers make plans to have dinner at his home today, he reached out to touch Xiao Bai's fur, bent down and whispered, "Xiao Bai, be good."
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Notes:
[1] Male Lover - the same with mistress but male version
[2] Melon/Watermelon - Chinese Internet slang for gossip.
[3] Jiangnan woman - Jiangnan is well-known in literature to be a place giving birth to beautiful people from males to females. So when they said Jiangnan person, meaning they are very pretty, not bulky and very elegant.