Chapter 277: Secretly Looking Forward To His Arrival
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Auntie, you’re the most beautiful bride I’ve ever seen. I was stunned.” Changqing walked over quietly and held her hand.
“I’m already so old; I’m not beautiful.” Although Shen Lu sighed, the happiness in her face was indescribable. “Changqing, will you hate me for taking your mom’s position?”
Changqing’s eyes became warm and moist but she still held her tears in and shook her head. “If it were anyone else, I would, but not if it’s Auntie Shen. As long as I could remember, Auntie Shen has been the best to me. I hope you will live to a ripe old age with my dad and I hope that Auntie Shen and my dad will no longer be lonely.”
Shen Lu patted the back of her hand. Tears moistened her eyes.
The wedding wasn’t flamboyant. There was just a simple meal in a nearby hotel with a few friends and relatives that took up around 10 tables.
The guests left at 2 pm. When Changqing and Changxin were organizing the wedding gifts at the Old Residence, Grandma Yan suddenly said, “Chuyi didn’t come in the end.”
Changqing was stunned. She looked down and an indescribable sense of disappointment swept past the depths of her heart.
Actually, she also thought he would come.
In any case, he was normally so thick-skinned and would always appear out of nowhere all of a sudden.
Changxin glanced at Changqing worriedly and said to Grandma Yan with a smile, “He’s busy.”
“Then when are the two of you going to hold your wedding?” Grandma Yan was still kept in the dark and was unaware of what happened to Changqing. “Grandma is just waiting to attend your wedding.”
Changqing bit her lips. She kept it from Grandma because she was getting old and Changqing was afraid she would be worried. “About that... we’ve been very busy recently, so we don’t have time to think about the wedding.”
“Right, Changqing’s drama serial will be airing soon,” Changxin said with a grin.
“No matter how busy you are, you can’t forget about your wedding. Grandma wouldn’t want to attend the wedding while taking care of children,” Grandma Yan nagged.
Changxin suddenly exclaimed. “This is a gift from Song Chuyi; when was it sent over?”
Changqing went over to take a look. Changxin opened the box. It was a tea set made of purple robe jade. There were pale green jade bands on both the tea set and the tea tray and the plum blossom carvings on the sides of the tray were also vivid. It seemed rather expensive.
“Maybe it was when we were busy.” Changqing caressed the tea tray. It felt fine and soft to the touch.
Grandma Yan waked over and chuckled. “This tea set looks great. Your dad will definitely like it.”
Changqing replied with an “Mm” thoughtfully. Her thoughts and feelings became increasingly complex.
When she returned to Northern City, Changqing was involved in the station’s upcoming celebratory event.
On the day of the event, Changqing was so busy that she didn’t have time for lunch until 3 pm. The group of them were sitting around together when Boss Feng came over to instruct them on the things to take note for the celebration that night. “Although tonight’s event won’t be broadcast live on TV and it won’t be aired, there are still going to be reporters and media present. The Deputy Mayor and Secretary-General from the government, the station’s Chief and the Provincial Head, as well as the bosses of some of our partnering advertisers will all be there. This event is very serious and you must definitely be careful not to make any mistakes.”
Zuo Qian said, “Boss, don’t worry. I’ll go through the script in detail with Changqing again later.”
“I can rest assured with you as the emcee and with you taking charge.” After Boss Feng said that, he turned to look at Changqing. “Come with me for a while.”
Changqing took a few huge mouthfuls of food before putting her bowl down and following Boss Feng to the side.
Boss Feng smiled amiably as he said, “Changqing, your dad will be here tonight as well.”
Changqing was stunned. My dad?
Wasn’t there no partnership between her dad and the station this year? She hadn’t heard about him coming.
“I mean Young Master Song’s dad,” Boss Feng reminded.
Changqing’s expression changed drastically.
Song Huaisheng is coming as well?
Will he make trouble for me?
“Song Chuyi will be here too, right?” Boss Feng asked again. “This is the very first time you’re emceeing for the station’s event. Moreover, he’s good friends with Chief Zhan. He should be here to watch you, right?”
“I’m... not certain,” Changqing answered with difficulty. But he should be coming, right?
She didn’t know what he had been busy with lately or whether he found a job already.
“It seems like he might want to surprise you. It’s okay; I was just casually asking,” Boss Feng said with a smile. “Remember to put in a few good words for the station in front of Director Song. Our station badly needs a huge sponsor like the Song Family. We can only put our hopes on you.”
Changqing stared at him wide-eyed. She finally understood why Boss Feng would want her as the emcee for such a large-scale station event. So that was what he was planning.
At 7 pm, the station’s VIPs entered successively and took their seats.
Expensive wine and food had long been served on the tables. Changqing and Zuo Qian came out together. All she did was sweep the audience and she could see Song Huaisheng was sitting at the third table from the left. The people sitting around him were a few strangers. Thank goodness Song Chulang hadn’t come.
Otherwise, the father-and-son combo would definitely make her legs go to jelly.
Zhan Mingwei, who was sitting in the first row, raised his wine glass slightly at her with a smile. A beautiful woman with short hair was sitting next to him. She looked pleasant and lovely. That must be his wife.
With Zhan Mingwei around, Changqing wasn’t so nervous and began to focus on the welcome greeting with Zuo Qian. After that, there was a series of performances arranged by the station. There were skits, singing, and dancing.
The performers included popular hosts and artistes under the station who had some experience on stage. There were rarely any mistakes and the audience had a delightful time.
When the performance ended at 9 pm, the guests proceeded to the ballroom downstairs.
Changqing changed into a champagne-colored strapless fishtail dress. Her perfect, hour-glass figure stunned Zuo Qian, who was waiting for her outside, for a while.
It was his first time seeing her in a fishtail dress. Her features were gorgeous to begin with. Her pair of amorous eyes, even if she only had light makeup on, always looked especially alluring. At this very moment, she simply looked like an enchanting, living, breathing mermaid. The curves around her waist and hips were perfect.
“Teacher Zuo, do you think I’m especially beautiful today?” Changqing said mischievously.
“Yeah, you’re indeed beautiful.” Zuo Qian extended his arm towards her. “I wonder if la Bella would be willing to be my partner for tonight?”
Changqing smiled and held his arm as they walked downstairs together.
The two were the emcees just now, and on top of that, Zuo Qian’s status in the hosting realm attracted several pairs of eyes immediately.
Boss Feng was holding a wine glass and watched, almost drooling, as Changqing as walked down the stairs. Her nine-inch heels made her body sway with every step she took, which also caused ripples in his heart. He felt some remorse. If only he could get his hands on this little vixen, but she was blessedly fated that she got in with the Song Family.
“Director Song, you’re so fortunate to have such a beautiful daughter-in-law.” Boss Feng smiled at Song Huaisheng. “But why don’t I see Second Young Master Song here tonight?”
Song Huaisheng squinted and had a slight smile on his face. “He went overseas for something.”
“Oh, no wonder.” Boss Feng felt a little bewildered. Why did it seem like Changqing was unaware that Song Chuyi had gone overseas when he asked her about Song Chuyi in the afternoon? Could it be that the couple’s relationship had worsened?
“Director Song, do you want to see Changqing?” Boss Feng asked.
Song Huaisheng glanced at him and placed his wine glass on the small table by the side slowly. He walked over to Changqing and before he even reached her, she could already hear his laughter. “Changqing, you did a pretty good job tonight.”
Changqing’s little heart trembled from fright, especially after seeing Song Huaisheng’s face full of smiles. It simply felt as though she was looking at a smiling tiger.
In the past, she felt that Song Huaisheng was very amiable. Now that she thought about it, she was really too silly and naive then to actually think that this old fox was amiable. She was indeed young and ignorant.
However, Boss Feng and Zuo Qian were both beside her. She could tell that Song Huaisheng didn’t seem to want to make things look ugly so she also smiled and nodded. “Thank you... for your compliment.”
She really couldn’t bring herself to call him Dad. Who knows; if she did, Song Huaisheng might even reply with: “Who’s your Dad”? Then things would turn ugly.
“Director Song, hello.” Zuo Qian stretched his hand out for a handshake with Song Huaisheng.
Song Huaisheng smiled and said to him and Boss Feng, “Go ahead; there are many guests tonight. Changqing has been very busy recently and I haven’t even had the time to chat with her properly.”
“Then we’ll excuse ourselves.” Boss Feng understood what he meant and went off to socialize with the other guests.
Suddenly, it was just Song Huaisheng and Changqing. Changqing was so nervous her palms were sweating and her eyes darted around.
Song Huaisheng watched her and smiled calmly. “Don’t be so nervous. I won’t make things difficult for you. You’re Chuyi’s wife, after all. Actually, I kind of like you. I’ve always wanted a daughter like you, bubbly and cute...”
“You don’t have to exchange all these pleasantries with me,” Changqing interrupted him. There were some things that sounded disgusting even to her. “I understand very clearly how much you don’t like me.”
“Not at all. Dai Ai’s incident was all a misunderstanding,” Song Huaisheng said, “Chuyi explained it all to me. It had nothing to do with you.”
Changqing was stunned. “How did it have nothing to do with me?”
Song Huaisheng was stunned. Seeing that she was actually unaware, he seemed to understand something, so he changed the topic. “Do you know that Chuyi has already left the Song family and the hospital?”
Changqing frowned. “Director Song, I think there’s no need for you to say all this to me now. I’m already going to get divorced from him and I should probably be of no use to the Song family. As for the money that the Yan Corporation owes you, we will definitely return everything once the contract is up, with not a single cent missing. I hope you and your son will stop disturbing the Yan Family and also allow the Yan Corporation to have a way out. We’re just a small company. There’s no need to do us in.”
A hint of awkwardness flashed past Song Huaisheng’s old face. “We were indeed in the wrong with regards to the acquisition of the Yan Corporation. It was Chulang who set the Yan Corporation up without my consent. After that, I allowed him to continue because of my greed. I’m very sorry about that. Don’t worry; I won’t let Chulang do that again. I hope you can persuade Chuyi to return to the Song family and the hospital. It wouldn’t be advantageous to his future to drift around on the outside like this.”
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