Chapter 139 - The One In The Morning Is A Reward, The One At Night Is Welfare
Chapter 139: The One In The Morning Is A Reward, The One At Night Is Welfare
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
On the way to the airport, Ruan Yang called Changqing a few times again to rush her and told her that she had already entered the airport through the VIP tunnel.
When they reached the airport, Song Chuyi saw her to the departure gate. When her ticket was being checked, Changqing looked for her passport for some time while flustered and when she finally entered, she was already running late. She bade Song Chuyi farewell in a rush before running in to meet up with Ruan Yang.
“Why are you always rushing till the last minute?” Ruan Yang pulled her towards the plane. “Did Song Chuyi bring you?”
“Mm.” Changqing looked out and felt a little annoyed. She wanted to give him a good hug when she was leaving like in television dramas, but in the end… things were a mess.
After settling down in their first-class seats, Changqing pulled out her phone immediately. There were two new messages from Song Chuyi: “Send me a message after you’ve reached Singapore.”
“Alright,” Changqing replied quickly, smiling sweetly as she looked at the message. Although Song Chuchu’s expression looked extremely bad at the departure gate, he was still very concerned about her.
“Smiling like an idiot,” Ruan Yang teased.
Changqing smiled sweetly. “This is the first time a man other than Dad sent me a message like this when I’m going abroad. Do you think it’s been easy for me? Ruan Yang, I think you should get married sooner; getting married is quite nice too.”
Ruan Yang showed a complex smile. “I’m not as fortunate as you.”
“Don’t give up on everything just because of a failed relationship.” Changqing looked at a few air stewardesses who were looking over. “Look, they’re looking at you excitedly. You’re Ruan Yang, the Ruan Yang everyone knows. Aiya, I’m so lucky to be able to sit with Goddess Ruan on her holiday. What good karma did I accumulate in my past life?”
She smiled craftily as she leaned on Ruan Yang’s shoulder.
Ruan Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but her melancholy dissipated inexplicably because of Changqing. Perhaps you would always lose some and win some in this world. “Right—have you changed your money to Singapore Dollars?”
Changqing was in a daze and shook her head. She had never even thought about it.
“I knew it. I’ll give you some first.” Ruan Yang took out a few notes from her wallet and passed them to Changqing. Changqing accepted them and took out her wallet from her handbag. She was puzzled for a while. “When did my wallet become so thick?”
She opened it and a thick stack of Singapore dollars of various values was lying inside. There were ten thousand, one thousand, one hundred and fifty dollar bills. Changqing was dumbstruck.
“F*ck, you have so much Singapore dollars, yet you still said you don’t.” Ruan Yang took her money back angrily.
“I really didn’t know.” Changqing was lost. “Why would I have so many Singapore dollars? My wallet is usually flat.”
Ruan Yang pondered and took a few looks at her. “Was it Song Chuyi who put them in there?”
Changqing blinked. It seemed that it could only be Song Chuchu. In the past, Yan Lei still took care of her and reminded her about some things, but this time, Yan Lei really hadn’t even gotten involved and there wasn’t even a call from him when she was about to leave. It looked like it really was Song Chuchu. He even helped her stuff things into her luggage last minute and while she was flustered at the airport, her handbag was also in his hands.
Aiya, that’s it, that’s it. Her little heart was bursting out.
Changqing was no longer in the mood to go to Singapore. She wanted to jump off the plane to look for Song Chuchu and give him a kiss and hug.
How’s the aloof Song Chuchu so nice? If he’s going to give me money, so be it. He could’ve just given it straight to me. Why does he always have to surprise me?
Does he not know that surprises are what really capture the hearts of women?
Especially women like me who have no dating experience.
Looking at Changqing who was smiling like a delicate flower, Ruan Yang heaved a long sigh and said, “I’m even a little envious of you. Didn’t you say you wanted to borrow some money from me? Looks like there’s no need for that now; you have so much money that I have to help you spend it. However, Song Chuyi is really meticulous. He even changed the currencies for you.”
“Yeah, I didn’t expect that either. I thought he only booked the flight and hotel.” Right now, Changqing had a sweet feeling as though she had just eaten honey. “Everything’s alright since I even have Singapore dollars. Let’s go all-out until we finish spending all this money.”
Ruan Yang watched as she looked like she had lofty aspirations and suddenly felt a little worried. According to Changqing’s extravagant ways, how much must Song Chuyi work in order to earn enough for her to spend?
The moment they touched down at Singapore’s airport, Changqing sent a text to Song Chuyi: “Chuchu, did you put the Singapore dollars in my wallet?”
When Song Chuyi, who was about to get off work, saw the two words “Chuchu” on his phone, his temples pulsed and he replied angrily: “Don’t give me nicknames. Otherwise, I’m not putting money in next time.”
When Changqing received the message, her lips curled up high. She knew it was him. Since he wasn’t around, she replied mischievously: “Chuchu, you’re the world’s most generous husband.”
She followed with a series of flying kisses and kissing emoticons.
Song Chuyi smiled as he saw it. Who kept saying he was a miser in the past?
However, he could roughly imagine how she would’ve looked when she saw that stack of money. Those amorous eyes must’ve almost popped out from surprise.
At eight in the evening, the two checked in to their hotel.
The hotel staff brought them up and when Changqing saw the extravagant room that was booked, she clicked her tongue slightly. “Isn’t this room you’ve booked a little too big? It must’ve cost tens of thousands a night.”
Ruan Yang smiled and stayed silent. When the hotel staff left, she said, “Song Chuyi gave me a lot of money so I booked something expensive.”
Changqing was curious. “Exactly how much did he give you?”
“Not much. I just told him that the room would cost at least 20 thousand a night. Oh, right, I even booked a villa by the seaside tomorrow. Let’s go and enjoy ourselves.” Ruan Yang turned around to open her suitcase with a smile.
Changqing was in awe. “He didn’t say anything?”
“Nope,” Ruan Yang said with a smile. “You know I’m helping you test him? It’s useless if a man has money. What’s important is if he’s generous enough to his wife and it’s obvious that he’s quite generous. He even paid my share. I kind of like to go out with you. Someone else will pay for the travel and accommodations—how nice.”
Changqing clicked her tongue. “Song Chuchu is really rich.”
“I didn’t know how rich he was. Anyway, he’s definitely richer than you.” Ruan Yang looked disapprovingly at her.
“I’m poor, but I have a rich husband.” Changqing snorted proudly.
After resting for a while, the two went to the hotel’s restaurant for dinner. Changqing took the chance to scroll through Weibo. After the photos of her and Fu Yu when they were young were posted, it became a hot search but they were basically done with the scandal. Everyone had been saying that Zhao Zhu was trying to smear her name and there were even netizens who started a thread to kick Zhao Zhu out of the entertainment industry.
“The nasty comments have basically gone straight to Zhao Zhu now, and it seems like someone even hired paid posters.” Ruan Yang was also watching the spectacle on her phone. “Your production team was also attacked quite badly and filming has been halted completely.”
Changqing felt a little bad. “Actually, Director Su is quite good to me and Fu Yu had also been taking good care of me.”
“Silly, he wouldn’t have been so good to you out of nowhere. If it wasn’t for Fu Yu, would he have been so good to you?” Ruan Yang scoffed with mockery. “You better stay low-key for this incident and let Wen Tong handle it. Shang Wei hasn’t provided a reply on their side and there has to be a discussion on a plan to resolve this. However, you can give Fu Yu a call to question him.”
“Is that good?” Changqing was hesitant.
“Go ahead.” Ruan Yang nodded.
Changqing gave Fu Yu a call immediately. Actually, she had been wanting to contact him these past few days but she was afraid of Song Chuyi.
“Changqing, where are you now?” Fu Yu answered her call and sounded astonished. “I thought you would never call me again.”
Changqing choked up a little as she felt quite bad. “Of course not. It’s just that I felt it would be better if I didn’t take any calls these past few days. I’m very sorry about Zhao Zhu’s incident and possibly implicating the production team and Shang Wei, but I feel that Zhao Zhu deserves it and I don’t have any intention of backing down.”
“I know. I also didn’t think she would do something like that.” Fu Yu paused for a while and said with difficulty, “However, Changqing, Zhao Zhu’s background isn’t simple. Although the video has been published online, I’m afraid Zhao Zhu won’t be punished. I heard that her assistant already intends to turn herself in and Zhao Zhu will reveal this incident was fully planned by her assistant and had nothing to do with her.”
Changqing was in a daze. However, she wasn’t surprised. There were always cases of scapegoats in the entertainment industry.
“I see…”
On his side, Fu Yu was still talking on the phone when Zhao Zhu barged in from outside despite Longxin’s obstruction.
“I have something to do, so I’ll call you again later.” Fu Yu turned around and hung up, watching Longxin maliciously.
“CEO Fu, she insisted on coming in and I couldn’t stop her,” Longxin said with his scalp feeling numb.
Fu Yu’s cold gaze emitted an aura of disgust as he turned to look at Zhao Zhu. Zhao Zhu felt a shiver from his stare but she still braced herself to say, “CEO Fu, I heard you told Director Su that this show would be on hold and the date for continuing filming is uncertain. Not only that, but I heard all the activities I had at hand would be cancelled. Are you trying to shut me out? Don’t forget how much benefits my father has given you…”
“Shut up.” Fu Yu slammed the table. His handsome face became gloomy. “If it wasn’t for your father, I would’ve long terminated your contract. Who told you to plot against Yan Changqing? If you really disfigure her, even if people on the outside don’t kill you, I’ll kill you myself.”
He pointed to her nose and Zhao Zhu took a few steps back in shock as she gritted her teeth and said, “Fu Yu, I’m Zhao Zongtao’s daughter and also Xin Ziao’s fiance. There would be nothing in it for you to offend me.”
“What a pity Xin Ziao hasn’t even stepped out to defend you until now.” Fu Yu only felt that this woman before him was extremely disgusting. An illegitimate daughter would always be an illegitimate daughter—she could never be brought out into public. If it wasn’t for Zhao Zongtao’s wife’s death and being left with only this daughter, she wouldn’t be in any position to act haughty in front of him. “Let me tell you, in the near future, there will be no television activities for you. You stay back until this matter is over. If you can’t stand it, terminate your contract or go to other companies—it’s up to you. I’m not changing my mind even if your father came and talked to me.”