Chapter 1310: Chapter 1310: My Husband Is 007 [4]
"Qin Yansheng?"
"Yeah, that’s him."
Yu Sui said, curling her lip, "Wu Xuehan’s filming in Man City. When she went out to sea, she ran into that Young Master from the Qin Family again. He said Qin’s has a project in Man City and he’s the general manager, so he’s staying there for more than half a year."
"Two days after they met this time, he asked Wu Xuehan out for dinner."
Tang Li asked, "Did Xuehan go?"
Yu Sui nodded. "At first, Wu Xuehan was hesitating, but then he said the place was nearby and he could come to the set to pick her up."
Once it’s said to that extent, turning him down again would just look low EQ.
Besides—
"When Wu Xuehan first started filming, she really did get help from this Young Master Qin."
Tang Li herself had started out as a rookie too.
So she knew very well what kind of treatment rookies got on set.
Not every newbie with zero background can run into a mentor who appreciates them as soon as they enter the industry.
Back then, if it hadn’t been for Gao Wenlan, with Lai Yuaner’s connections in the circle, once she decided to target Tang Li, the role of Ying Xuaner in the drama adaptation of Original Sin would never have fallen to her.
"When Wu Xuehan was in the Legend of the Koi crew, there was an assistant director who kept trying to sleep with her. Later, Qin Yansheng told the chief director that Wu Xuehan was his friend. After that, that assistant director never made things hard for her again. He was all polite and even started calling her Teacher Wu."
Legend of the Koi was the second film Wu Xuehan took on.
At that time, Tang Li and the others were still living on campus.
Yet Wu Xuehan had never mentioned being harassed on set.
Yu Sui went on, "The reason I got hired so smoothly when I went to her company to apply as an agent was because Wu Xuehan went to talk to the higher-ups herself. After I became her agent, she told me that all those higher-ups thought Qin Yansheng was her sugar daddy, that’s why they were willing to make all kinds of things easy for her."
"Later she ran into Qin Yansheng at a dinner, brought up this misunderstanding, and asked if he needed her to issue a statement to clarify it. Qin Yansheng said it was fine, and then turned around and sent a bouquet of flowers to the set for her."
The existence of Qin Yansheng had blocked a lot of unnecessary social engagements for Wu Xuehan.
It also made some people too wary to set their sights on her.
Sure, she might have missed out on some opportunities because of this, but it also meant that, to this day, Wu Xuehan’s career was still squeaky clean.
Tang Li didn’t really follow the Qin Family’s affairs, but last year she had seen Qin Yansheng at the Tan Palace press conference. He was already pushing forty and still unmarried, and he’d come to the banquet without a female companion.
Lai Shengxia was the only girlfriend Qin Yansheng had ever gone public with.
Thinking of how, in her previous life, Lai Shengxia and Qin Yansheng ended in divorce, and in this lifetime they’d broken off the engagement early, Tang Li couldn’t help forming some guesses in her heart.
There were some things she couldn’t tell Wu Xuehan outright.
She could only ask Yu Sui to pass it on: "If Xuehan’s thinking of taking it further with Qin Yansheng, tell her to have him do a premarital check-up first."
Yu Sui understood in seconds. "You suspect this Young Master Qin—"
"Yeah." They were all adults; Tang Li didn’t beat around the bush. "According to data released by a certain pharmaceutical company, there are about 150 million men in Country S with dysfunction in that area. That means, roughly one out of every five men doesn’t work. No one can guarantee they won’t be the one who gets duped."
"And doing a check-up also lets you see if the other person’s private life is clean."
You should know, most promiscuous men are carrying HPV.
Once a woman gets infected, the damage is huge.
After Tang Li finished saying all this, she noticed the complicated look on Yu Sui’s face. "What’s wrong?"
"Nothing." Yu Sui muttered gloomily, "...Nothing."
She couldn’t exactly tell Tang Li that she’d just figured out the reason why Yuan Qin didn’t want to get married.
That realization had left her feeling chilled all the way home from Tan Palace.
Who says a big guy can’t be a teapot spout.
When she got home, she searched it up on Douban and sure enough, found tons of posts from women who’d been tricked!
Tang Li had no idea her little lecture had opened the door to a whole new world for some people.
A few days later, she was having a little barbecue with her twins in the garden. When she went to the kitchen to get some pudding, she happened to run into Yuan Qin, who was just back from patrol.
Seeing Yuan Qin look like he wanted to say something to her but was holding back, Tang Li took the initiative to ask, "Something up?"
"Actually... not really." Yuan Qin rubbed the back of his neck, looking a bit embarrassed. Under Tang Li’s gaze, he finally spoke up. "I just wanted to ask... how’s Yu Sui been lately?"
Tang Li: "...?"
That night, Song Baiyan sensed something was off with his wife.
After asking, he learned that Yuan Qin and Yu Sui seemed to be dating, and she was the last one to know.
Song Baiyan couldn’t help laughing, then added, "Then your ranking can move up now."
"It’s still second from last." Tang Li puffed out her cheeks like a blowfish. Rather than blaming others for keeping it from her, she was more annoyed at herself for being so slow on the uptake.
Song Baiyan asked, "What about counting from the front?"
Tang Li: "..."
"Anyway, you’re not first."
If she wasn’t first, then she was second or third.
Song Baiyan sat down on the edge of the bed while undoing his tie. "It’s not hard to improve your ranking. I’ve got an idea, but I’m afraid you won’t agree once I say it."
"What idea?" Tang Li looked up for guidance.
Song Baiyan said, "The day after tomorrow is Tan Palace’s regular press conference."
Tang Li: (*￣︿￣)
If she really revealed her friends’ relationship news at a press conference, that would be seriously lacking in morals.
"If they break up in the future, over a billion people in the country will know they’re each other’s ex. How are they supposed to find new partners after that?"
As Tang Li finished speaking, she also noticed the faint smile on Song Baiyan’s face.
"..." Realizing that he was teasing her, Tang Li stopped paying attention to George Song in the crib, and as she stood up, she leaned straight into Song Baiyan.
After so many years—
When it came to this kind of "sneak attack," Song Baiyan was already a seasoned pro.
Just as she swung a leg over him, he steadied that slender waist. "Yuan Qin’s already in his early thirties. It’s about time he thought about his personal life."
The sudden change of topic left Tang Li halfway up the ladder.
She could neither climb higher nor get back down.
In the end, she decided to stick with the plan.
As she lowered her head, she also opened her mouth.
When she bit down on the spot over his right carotid artery, Song Baiyan didn’t push her away. On the contrary, he pulled her in tighter. That little sting from her bite counted as a bit of marital spice.
His large, warm, dry hand slid under Tang Li’s loungewear.
But in the next second, Tang Li released his neck. "You have zero sense of danger."
Despite her words, she didn’t get off of him.
After being married a few years, their tacit understanding was more than enough.
All of Song Baiyan’s little moves had their meaning to Tang Li. For example, right now, Song Baiyan clearly wanted to get intimate with her.
Of course Tang Li wasn’t going to ruin the mood.
Between husband and wife, regular emotional communication was very necessary.
As for George Song in the room—
He was only two months old and could be completely left out of the equation.
Tang Li did not hide the news that Yu Sui had been knocked down by a bad cold from Yuan Qin.
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Side note:
There’ll be a few Chapters interspersed about the side characters’ stories.
All the extras will wrap up at the beginning of next month.
As for the new book, I’ve opened a pre-collection on QQ Reading, Deeply Cherished. If nothing goes wrong, it’ll start updating in May, mwah!
