“Pei Yun?” Qin Shen’s eyes froze as he asked, “Since when?”
“They should have met at a dinner party just over two months ago,” the assistant explained. “Pei Yun has asked Qiao Mo out for dinner alone a few times, and it appears that he has that kind of meaning for Qiao Mo.”
“Moreover,” the assistant paused, “I also found out that Qiao Mo and the previous assistant of Master Fang Miao were high school alumni and had always been in contact. He was also in contact with the agent of the artist who deliberately made a video to frame Jiang Yu before.”
Qin Shen frowned. He thought that video was a bit strange at the time. Looking at it now, it is very likely that Qiao Mo wanted to frame Jiang Yu, but he failed and let the artist take the blame.
“This Qiao Mo is an artist from our company?” He asked in a bad tone. He would never allow such a person who wished to harm Jiang Yu to remain in his company.
“Yes, Mr. Qin has seen him a few times. He once got sick, and you sent him to the hospital,” the assistant explained.
Qin Shen paused for a moment before recalling that it had been one or two years ago, when Fang Miao was filming on the set, and he had gone to see him. The weather was bitterly cold, and the scene was set outside. Many members of the crew became ill. While he was about to send Fang Miao to the hospital, he noticed an artist in the film crew taking a taxi to the hospital by himself. Getting a taxi there was difficult. He also noticed that the artist was roughly the same age as Fang Miao, was seriously ill, and was still alone. So he let him hitch a ride to the hospital because he was going there anyway.
Later, he met the artist several times at some event receptions. The artist took the initiative to approach him, but he didn’t take it to heart.
He is rarely interested in the company’s signing of artists, only those who have piqued his interest, such as Fang Miao and Zhuo Rui, are the ones to whom he gives his attention. Every year, there are so many artists at the company’s annual meeting that he pays no mind to them, and simply sits for a few minutes before leaving. As a result, he was unaware that the artist’s name was Qiao Mo and that he had joined his company.
“Can you remove him from the show with Jiang Yu?” Qin Shen asked on the phone. It’s simple to handle because he’s a company artist. The number one priority right now is to keep him from appearing on the show with Jiang Yu.
“Withdraw him now?” The assistant said embarrassedly, “The first episode of the show has been filmed, and both the official blog of the show and the Weibo of the participating guests have been promoted all over. As it’s about to be broadcast, if someone is suddenly withdrawn for no reason, it will be difficult to explain to the program team, the TV station, the audience and the fans. Qiao Mo is now very popular, if his fans make trouble, it will not be easy to clean up.”
Qin Shen frowned as the glass door behind him slid open, revealing Jiang Yu, who poked his head out from inside.
Qin Shen clenched the phone and returned to the room. Jiang Yu noticed he was in a bad mood and asked curiously, “Who were you talking to on the phone?”
He’d just washed his hair, and the ends were still wet. “I asked someone to check on Qiao Mo, he has been in contact with Pei Yun before,” Qin Shen said, pulling him to sit on his lap to dry his hair.
Jiang Yu was startled, looked up at him, and nervously grabbed his arm, “Did he learn it from Pei Yun?”
“I don’t know yet, but I can’t let you record the show with him anymore,” Qin Shen said, stretching out his hand and rubbing his fluffy hair after blowing it dry. He held his fingers soothingly with his palm.
Jiang Yu pursed his lips, if Qiao Mo really knows and intends to expose him, then he really can’t record the show with Qiao Mo anymore. This time he can get away from his schemes, but who knows what he will do next time in front of the camera?
“Do I have to quit halfway?” This is the first show he has appeared in after being silent for several months. Will the company agree to let him leave without a proper reason?
Furthermore, Jiang Yu was still a little bit reluctant, except for Qiao Mo, he got along quite well with the others.
Qin Shen pulled him into his arms, rubbed his fingertips and knuckles, then intertwined their fingers together. He lowered his head, kissed the base of his ear, and said in a low voice, “If you don’t want to quit, don’t. I’ll figure out a way.”
Jiang Yu leaned on his chest and nodded reassuringly.
The show will be recorded in a few days, and since Qin Shen stated that he will find a way, he has stopped worrying about it. However, just in case, he still told Lin Cheng about Qiao Mo, so that he could also be on guard.
During these two weekends, Qin Shen didn’t have to go to work. After breakfast, the two carried Jiang Naonao to the garden to bask in the sun. A silver-gray sports car pulled up and stopped at the door. Fang Miao came out wearing sunglasses and smiled as he waved to them.
“Did the baby miss me?” When he came in, he picked up Jiang Naonao and gave him a big kiss. Jiang Naonao yelled, reaching out to grab his sunglasses. He took off his sunglasses and gave them to Jiang Naonao to play with. Jiang Yu returned with a bottle of orange juice and poured him a glass.
“Why are you here?” Qin Shen asked as he sat on a chair, his arms full of sunglasses.
“It’s been a rare rest for the past two days,” Fang Miao said as he sipped his orange juice, “and I heard from mom that you and Xiao Yu’er moved to a new house so I came to have a look.”
“Your new home is nice.” He looked around and took Jiang Yu’s hand. “How about you show me around?”
Jiang Yu took him in. They first went around the first floor, then went up to the second floor. When he saw the swimming pool, his eyes widened in shock and said, “Oh my god, is this a swimming pool or a fish tank? Isn’t it too exaggerated to raise these fish?”
Jiang Yu coughed lightly and hurriedly said, “Your brother did it.”
“When did my brother like raising fish?” Fang Miao tsked.
Jiang Yu touched his forehead guiltily, and when Fang Miao had seen enough, he led him downstairs.
On the lawn outside, Qin Shen stood a few steps away from Jiang Naonao with his hands open to let Jiang Naonao crawl towards him with his buttocks scooting.
Fang Miao grabbed a toy and ran over. He stood a few steps away from Qin Shen, then clapped his hands and said in a coaxing tone, “Come here, baby, I have toys here.”
The little boy looked up at the two of them, his gaze falling on the dinosaur toy in Fang Miao’s hand. He changed direction decisively and crawled towards Fang Miao.
Fang Miao was so happy that he smiled from ear to ear, then bent down and clapped his hands towards the little boy, saying, “Baby is so good; come quickly.”
Qin Shen was upset. He, the father, actually lost to a toy. He didn’t want to lose his cool with his son, so he said sullenly to Fang Miao, “You think my son is a puppy? Calling him like that?”
Fang Miao saw through his jealousy, picked up the little boy who crawled up in front of him, and gloated, “It appears that you’re not as attractive as a toy in the baby’s eyes.”
Qin Shen’s tooth ached in anger as he looked at the foolish boy holding a dinosaur toy; it was pointless for him to love him so much.
The next chapter will be posted tomorrow. Thank you so much for your understanding!
