A Wealthy Family’s Married-In Alpha Redemption On A Parenting Variety Show - Chapter 4

Chu Siyun’s brain was still frozen.

Bi Qiujun spoke more specifically. “No solid evidence has been released yet. Do we settle it directly, or…? In the past, we always used money to smooth these things over. Are we doing the same this time?”

For some reason, Bi Qiujun had a feeling that Chu Siyun was going to go public.

With Chu Siyun’s current status, making her family public would not have much effect on her career. She had a stable reputation, strong goodwill among the general public, and many movie fans. She had long since stopped relying on fan support to survive.

Besides, there were even quite a few fans in her super-topic urging her to get married, saying that their goddess had reached the age where she needed someone to take care of her.

The phone against her ear was suddenly pressed closer. Chu Siyun woke up a lot and reached out, preparing to take the phone herself.

When she stretched out her hand, she ended up holding someone else’s hand.

Qin Shiyue did not care much. She withdrew her hand, turned over, and continued sleeping.

Chu Siyun held the phone properly, looked at the daughter sleeping soundly in her arms, and said, “I’ll discuss it with her.”

Chu Siyun gently removed the little hand around her waist, and Chu Xiao turned over to the side.

After tucking the child in, Chu Siyun shifted a little toward Qin Shiyue and lightly poked her back with her index finger. “Qin Shiyue.”

“Mm.”

Chu Siyun moved a little closer and said softly, “I want to go public.”

Qin Shiyue did not make a sound for a long time. Chu Siyun was almost about to think she had fallen asleep.

When it came to work and family, Chu Siyun knew that she had not done well in either, especially when it came to having a child. It had been treated like child’s play.

At the time, the pregnancy had been an accident. Both families had advised them to keep the child, and so Chu Xiao had been born.

It seemed she had never cared about Qin Shiyue’s opinion.

Qin Shiyue was much younger than her, yet Qin Shiyue had accommodated her so much. Meanwhile, she had not even given Qin Shiyue an open and proper status. That was truly wrong of her.

Although Qin Shiyue might not care about these things, at this moment, her heart was filled with guilt.

And there was the child too. She owed the child even more.

Qin Shiyue let out a heavy breath, then crawled up from beneath the blanket and leaned against the headboard.

Chu Siyun lifted her eyes and met her gaze.

Qin Shiyue suddenly reached out and covered Chu Siyun’s eyes.

Chu Siyun asked, “What do you think?”

Qin Shiyue gave a light laugh. “What do I think? Does what I think matter?”

Every word of that sentence struck straight at the heart, landing heavily inside Chu Siyun.

The few times they had met before had mostly been during her heats, and their rare interactions had also been marking. It seemed they had never once sat down and talked properly.

Chu Siyun pulled away the hand covering her eyes and said in a breathy voice, “I’m sorry.”

Qin Shiyue turned her face away.

About two minutes later, Qin Shiyue finally shifted her gaze back to Chu Siyun’s face.

Her tone had already returned to calm. “Go public. After you do, spend more time with the child. She needs it.”

Chu Siyun’s deep gaze fell on Qin Shiyue’s face.

Qin Shiyue reminded her, “Go public. Tell your manager. You can’t afford to waste time.”

Chu Siyun was jolted awake by her reminder and called Bi Qiujun.

The other side seemed to have been waiting for her call and picked up quickly.

“How are we handling it?”

Chu Siyun’s tone was normal. “I want to go public.”

As expected, Bi Qiujun asked, “How do you want to do it?”

Chu Siyun only thought for a few seconds before answering, “I’ll post on Weibo myself. I’ll leave the rest to you.”

The two discussed a few more things before hanging up.

Qin Shiyue had already lain back down, the back of her head facing Chu Siyun.

Actually, just now, Chu Siyun had wanted to ask her: What about you? What do you need?

But thinking about it now, what right did she have to ask?

Before putting down her phone, Chu Siyun glanced at the time. It was a little past seven. They had stayed up quite late last night, so they should continue sleeping.

As for the things happening online, since she had already decided to go public, who cared how the rumors fermented?

It did not matter.

Chu Siyun had just lain down when the daughter beside her turned over and opened her eyes.

Seeing the little girl smiling at her as soon as she woke up, Chu Siyun softened her voice. “You’re awake?”

Chu Xiao rubbed herself into her arms like she was acting spoiled. “Mama.”

Chu Siyun held her daughter tightly and felt deeply satisfied inside.

Qin Shiyue was right. She had given the child far too little companionship.

Going public was the best choice right now.

After getting enough cuddles, Chu Xiao gradually realized that the person holding her was Mama, not Mommy. She shyly withdrew from Mama’s arms. “Mama, I’m hungry.”

Chu Siyun froze. Hungry? Food.

“Mama will have someone send food up, okay? Wait a moment.”

Chu Xiao was just about to remind Mama that she only wanted to drink milk when Qin Shiyue, on the other side of the bed, turned over and got out of bed.

Qin Shiyue had long arms and long legs. She directly stepped over the thing blocking her halfway and went to the sofa to rummage through the bag.

Her whole body was written full of sleepiness, but her hands were not careless at all.

In less than two minutes, she had prepared a cup of milk.

Yawning, Qin Shiyue circled over to Chu Xiao’s side and handed the cup to her.

Chu Xiao accepted the cup one second, then placed it on the bedside table the next. “Mommy, I need to go to the bathroom.”

Qin Shiyue directly fished Chu Xiao out from under the blanket and carried her to the bathroom.

Chu Siyun watched the entire process and could not help feeling shocked. A child a little over three still drank milk?

Fine. She had never taken care of a child before. She had no right to comment.

The sound of flushing came from the bathroom. Qin Shiyue carried the child with one hand and closed the door with the other.

Chu Xiao asked, “Mommy, are you still not awake?”

Qin Shiyue lifted her eyelids, which were about to close. “Mm.”

A few seconds later, Qin Shiyue sat down by the bed with Chu Xiao on her lap and stuffed the cup into her hands.

So this was what taking care of a slightly older child was like.

As Chu Xiao sucked milk through the straw, she said, “Then Mommy, you should sleep some more later.”

Qin Shiyue’s eyes were about to close. She nodded by instinct.

Drinking milk while talking, Chu Xiao immediately choked and began coughing violently.

Qin Shiyue quickly patted her back.

Chu Siyun pulled out a tissue and handed it over.

Qin Shiyue took the tissue, glanced at Chu Siyun, and started taking care of the child. “Don’t talk when you’re eating or drinking.”

Chu Xiao nodded.

After Qin Shiyue glanced at her, Chu Siyun felt an indescribable sensation in her heart.

There had been a trace of confusion in that look.

Now that Chu Xiao was properly drinking her milk, Qin Shiyue gently stroked her back every now and then.

The only word Chu Siyun could think of for this scene was “warm.”

She took out her phone, found an angle, and snapped a photo.

The shutter sound was not turned off. Qin Shiyue turned back in confusion.

Chu Siyun handed the phone over. “For Weibo. Is this okay?”

Qin Shiyue looked at the photo through Chu Siyun’s hand.

The background was a curtain with faint light filtering through. The lighting was very dim, and the photo showed only a side-back view. Her hair was loose, so her face was basically invisible, and the child was even more tightly blocked, with only a tiny bit showing.

“It’s fine.”

Perhaps Mommy’s patting was too comfortable, or perhaps after drinking milk and filling her stomach, she was too content. Chu Xiao fell asleep again.

After settling the child properly, Qin Shiyue said softly, “Move over there. The two of us will sleep a little more.”

Chu Siyun moved to the spot Qin Shiyue had slept in earlier and continued editing her Weibo post.

After checking it one final time, Chu Siyun tapped send.

She logged out of the account, looked at the two people who had long since fallen deeply asleep, and followed them into sleep too.

Bi Qiujun would definitely handle everything afterward very well. There was no need to worry.

At seven in the morning, famous entertainment reporter Liu Qiang broke the news: First scoop of November 2022: child. A certain well-known actress has long since secretly married and had a child. Let us wait and see.

No photo was posted.

Because Liu Qiang had exposed many real scandals before, this Weibo post stirred up quite a storm online.

For a famous entertainment reporter to get up at seven in the morning to break news, it definitely could not be an ordinary person.

Fans from various fandoms began arguing.

[It’s Li Xiaohua, right? She didn’t join any productions for several months in a row. Did she go have a child?]

[Please speak with evidence. Spreading rumors and slander is illegal, you know.]

[Hilarious. With her level of ability, does she even have productions to join?]

[Then who else could it be? Secretly married with a child long ago… He X?]

[Forget it. He X was in seclusion these past two years. After coming out of seclusion, she went straight for Best Actress in a TV drama.]

[My mind just opened up. Guess bigger. Best Actress Liu?]

[Please focus on an actor’s work and not their private life.]

……

Online, the arguing grew fierce, and quite a few suspicious candidates were listed.

The fans were busy presenting evidence, while passersby ate melon and watched the fun.

At seven thirty, Liu Qiang replied to the comment “My mind just opened up. Guess bigger. Best Actress Liu?” with: “You can open it up even more.”

The internet, which had already calmed down a little, began boiling again.

Holy shit, no way. How were they supposed to guess now?

That was Best Actress Liu. How could it be bigger than that?

……

At eight in the morning, two Weibo posts were sent out at the same time, and the internet’s boiling point reached its peak.

Liu Qiang: #ChuSiyunAlreadySecretlyMarriedAndHadAChild# Video link.

Chu Siyun: [Sun] [Photo]

Author’s Note:

Have a happy life!