A Wealthy Family’s Married-In Alpha Redemption On A Parenting Variety Show - Chapter 16

Qin Shiyue could not sit up. Pillows had been placed behind her, barely propping up her upper body a little.

The breakfast Chu Siyun brought up was congee and steamed buns.

Seeing Chu Siyun pinch a bun and bring it toward her mouth, Qin Shiyue quickly reached out to stop her. “I can eat this myself.”

Chu Siyun did not believe her.

Qin Shiyue forcefully snatched the bun from her hand, took a bite, and said, “I really can eat by myself.”

Chu Siyun compromised and sat by the bed, holding the bowl of congee and blowing on it.

A false alarm.

If she had to be served and fed just because of this little injury, that would be mortifying.

Qin Shiyue, who was afraid of losing face, still ended up losing face after finishing the bun.

She could not drink like this on her own.

Chu Siyun fed her one spoonful at a time, even placing a piece of paper beneath her neck.

After swallowing a mouthful, Qin Shiyue closed her eyes.

Heavens, whose adult drank congee one tiny spoonful at a time? It was so slow.

Was there really no other way to eat that bowl of congee?

Qin Shiyue had a flash of inspiration and was just about to speak when a full spoonful of congee was delivered into her mouth.

She choked immediately and began coughing violently.

Chu Siyun dropped the bowl and hurriedly supported her as much as possible, patting her back.

After finally calming down, Qin Shiyue let out a long sigh.

Did this count as attempted murder?

Chu Siyun asked, “Are you okay?”

Qin Shiyue shook her head. “I’ll drink it myself.”

Chu Siyun: ?

Qin Shiyue slowly shifted herself into lying on her side, using one hand to keep her balance while the other reached for the congee bowl.

The congee had long since been cooled by Chu Siyun.

Qin Shiyue finished it in a few quick gulps.

This was the correct way to drink congee.

Qin Shiyue wiped her own mouth. “Sorry to trouble you with the dishes.”

Chu Siyun said, “It’s fine.”

They had played for a whole day yesterday and had done nothing, so Qin Shiyue said, “Help me bring the computer from the study.”

Chu Siyun nodded.

Once the computer was in her hands, Qin Shiyue placed it on her stomach. She could see the screen clearly, and it did not affect her much.

Qin Shiyue opened a certain software and began typing.

Yes, that was right. She wrote novels on a certain website, and she had quite a lot of readers.

For the past two weeks, she had been busy with the film adaptation of her work and the company under her. Her new novel’s stockpile of chapters was only enough to maintain daily updates until tomorrow. Since she would soon be joining the show, she had to build up more drafts.

After writing for a while, Qin Shiyue looked past the computer and saw Chu Siyun sitting on the bay window.

One of her knees was bent, while the other leg dangled down. She was still wearing pajamas and had not changed, and she was looking at her phone.

The window was open, and the hair tied behind her head had been loosened a little by the wind.

Chu Siyun reached up to tuck her hair behind her head and lifted her eyes, meeting Qin Shiyue’s gaze. “What’s wrong? Do you need something?”

Qin Shiyue withdrew her gaze. “Go play with the child. Having you here affects me a little.”

Chu Siyun said, “Okay.”

She agreed very quickly, as if no matter what Qin Shiyue said, she would agree.

Before leaving, Chu Siyun turned her head and asked, “Are you busy with work?”

This counted as work, right? Qin Shiyue nodded.

Chu Siyun turned her whole body around. “Can you tell me what you do?”

After Qin Shiyue graduated, she had been home taking care of Chu Xiao the whole time, so Chu Siyun had assumed she did not work.

Thinking about it now, though, she was a top student from S University’s enterprise management major. How could she possibly be willing to become a full-time housewife?

Chu Siyun suddenly realized that her own background lay entirely beneath Qin Shiyue’s eyes, while she did not understand Qin Shiyue at all.

She only knew that Qin Shiyue’s family relationships were bad, but she did not understand them deeply. She only knew that Qin Shiyue had been very unhappy when they met, but she did not know why. She only knew that Qin Shiyue’s personality would never allow her to be mediocre, but she did not know what she was doing.

Qin Shiyue furrowed her brows. “This is… not easy to explain.”

She did not want to reveal her identity. Even Qiu Yayu and Shi Jialing did not know she had this layer of identity.

So embarrassing.

Chu Siyun nodded to show she understood. “All right, then get busy. Call me if you need anything.”

For some reason, Qin Shiyue felt as if Chu Siyun seemed a little down.

Never mind her. Qin Shiyue’s own debt was almost impossible to repay. How could she have any extra attention to spare for someone else?

Besides, that person was the culprit who had made it impossible for her to sit up.

If her waist were not like this, would she have to type on the laptop’s built-in keyboard?

The feel was not good at all. She was not used to it and kept making typos, greatly reducing her efficiency.

Qin Shiyue ate both lunch and dinner half-lying on her stomach by herself. Her table manners did not look good.

But she really could not accept being fed.

Being fed occasionally was understandable. That was proof of a good relationship. But being fed for an entire meal was just too embarrassing.

After Chu Xiao finished bathing, she ran to the bedside holding a storybook. “Mommy, I’ll tell you a story.”

Qin Shiyue had been typing all day, and her mind was full of someone else’s family. Listening to a different story would be pretty nice. “Sure.”

Chu Xiao sat on the floor cushion.

Today, Mama had said not to disturb Mommy. Aside from lunch and dinner, she had not dared come into this room.

Chu Xiao cleared her throat. “Ahem. Once upon a time, there was a prince. She wanted to find a princess to marry, but she had to be a real princess. So…[1]”

The story was very long, and Chu Xiao told it fairly smoothly.

After finishing, she let out a long breath. “The Princess and the Pea. Mommy, did I tell it well?”

“Mm, very well.” Qin Shiyue praised her first, then immediately focused on the wrong point and pointed at the storybook in Chu Xiao’s hands. “You know all the words in there?”

Chu Xiao shook her head. “No. When Mama tells stories, she always tells this one first every day, so I memorized it.”

Qin Shiyue was shocked. It could be done that way?

Continuing to miss the point, Qin Shiyue asked again, “Since you memorized it, why are you still holding the storybook?”

Chu Xiao looked at Mommy as if Mommy did not seem very smart. “How can I tell a story without holding a storybook? You and Mama always hold a book when you tell stories.”

That seemed… very reasonable.

Qin Shiyue reached out and patted her little head. “Go sleep. You still have school tomorrow.”

Chu Xiao nodded heavily.

Qin Shiyue asked, “Is Driver Grandpa taking you?”

Chu Xiao’s eyes were full of smiles. “No. Mama said she’s taking me.”

Chu Siyun was taking her. That was good too. Chu Xiao had cried over this before, so it could count as making it up to her.

Qin Shiyue instructed her daughter, “Then remember to check your backpack again. After you get out of the car tomorrow, let Driver Grandpa hold your hand and take you into school. Mama won’t be able to do that conveniently. Mama doesn’t have experience taking you to school, so on the way, you can tell Mama what you do at school, and you can also tell Mama the steps for picking up a child.”

Chu Xiao looked as if she had received an important mission. “I know, Mommy. I will.”

Qin Shiyue said, “Mm. Go sleep.”

Chu Xiao held the fairy tale book and turned around, seeing Mama standing by the door.

After the child left, Chu Siyun asked, “You don’t trust me?”

Qin Shiyue shook her head. “No.”

Chu Siyun brought over a basin of water. Since Qin Shiyue could not bathe, she wiped clean the place where the medicine had been applied yesterday and reapplied the medicine.

Qin Shiyue’s top was lifted up, and her pants were pulled down a little.

The warm towel moved across the small of her back. Qin Shiyue felt like a fish on the chopping board, completely at someone else’s mercy. This feeling was too strange.

The auntie massaged Qin Shiyue and applied the medicine.

The first motion was a little too forceful, and Qin Shiyue let out a muffled groan into the pillow.

Chu Siyun, listening from the side, found her thoughts wandering restlessly.

After everything was done, the auntie stuck the medicated plaster on Qin Shiyue’s waist.

Chu Siyun helped Qin Shiyue straighten her clothes.

When she pulled Qin Shiyue’s shirt down, the fabric tugged, exposing the suppressant patch on the back of her neck.

Chu Siyun acted as if it were unintentional, her fingers lightly brushing Qin Shiyue’s gland through the suppressant patch.

Qin Shiyue’s whole body trembled. “What are you doing?”

Chu Siyun had a very proactive attitude. “I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Like hell.

How could she touch her neck while straightening the hem of her shirt?

Only a ghost would believe that.

After everything that needed to be done was done, Chu Siyun sat under the blanket and said, “We’re suing Liu Qiang.”

Qin Shiyue was confused. “Who’s Liu Qiang?”

Chu Siyun said, “The paparazzo.”

Qin Shiyue said indifferently, “Oh. Do as you like.”

Chu Siyun lay down. “The one who exposed yesterday that we’re joining the show was actually the production team trying to create heat.”

??!

Qin Shiyue said, “They used me as a shield just to stir up heat?”

Chu Siyun said, “We didn’t know about it beforehand. We’ve already communicated with the production team.”

She was still a little angry.

She was always being cursed for no reason.

Always being inexplicably scolded. So annoying.

Chu Siyun said, “Tomorrow is Monday. On Thursday night, we have to arrive in Lucheng. We’ll record on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.”

Qin Shiyue was speechless about the production team’s character, but the contract had already been signed long ago. They could not casually breach it. As for the recording schedule, they still had to listen to the production team.

“So soon?”

Chu Siyun nodded. “Mm. It’ll air even sooner. Recording is one location a week, every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Each location will be split into two episodes. It starts airing next Friday.”

Qin Shiyue said casually, “Next Friday?”

Chu Siyun thought she had not understood and explained again, “Mm. That means when we go to the second location, the first episode will start airing.”

Qin Shiyue could not help touching her waist.

Four days left. Would she recover by then?

She should. She was an S-rank alpha, had a habit of exercising, and was still so young. She would definitely recover.

Chu Siyun asked, “Did you read the information about the other guests that I sent you last time?”

Qin Shiyue answered, “I did. I even summarized it.”

Chu Siyun was curious. “How did you summarize it?”

Qin Shiyue went through each family in detail. “He Liansheng and Shan Rui are both veteran actors in their thirties, and neither of them likes talking. Their family definitely has a barrier around it, separated from the outside world.

“Liu Ming, university professor, almost forty, the serious type. Not my kind of person. Xiang Siyu, this person needs to be handled carefully. She’s a professional when it comes to gossip. We have to guard against her.

“Li Siyan, female alpha, rock singer, careless and informal. Dangerous person. Stay away. Di Zi’an, male omega.

“Zhou Mao, former national athlete, a big guy. Wang Chenmin, literary middle-aged man, has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Someone casual like me should stay far away from him.”

Chu Siyun did not know whether to laugh or cry. “Stay away from this one, stay away from that one. What are you going to do once we’re on the show? Hide off to the side like someone with social anxiety?”

Qin Shiyue said, “That’s not impossible. I’ll be responsible for holding the child and hiding behind you. You protect the two of us.”

Chu Siyun overturned her fantasy. “Forget it. The more you act like that, the easier it’ll be for Xiang Siyu to target you.”

“Ah?” Qin Shiyue had not even gone on the show yet, but she had already started worrying.

Chu Siyun comforted her. “Your summary is very accurate. They’re roughly just as you described. Once we go, just play. We’ll take things one step at a time.”

Qin Shiyue said, “Oh.”

There was no other way. She might as well trust Chu Siyun.