Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Yun Xiuxiu’s Choice
Yun Xiuxiu sat on the small stool handling the fish.
She really didn’t know how, but she was very serious about it because these were the fish caught by her daughter.
Lin Ci washed the vegetables clean, secretly glanced at her mother, and carefully walked over to hug Yun Xiuxiu from behind.
"What’s the matter?"
"I just want to hug Mom, Mom, you’ve worked hard."
Yun Xiuxiu’s eyes instantly turned red.
The braised fish didn’t turn out well, but Lin Ci ate a lot of it, "This is the best fish I’ve ever eaten."
Her daughter used to be so quiet, hardly ever taking the initiative to speak.
Yun Xiuxiu wasn’t foolish, she could see this change was due to her interacting with friends.
She felt both gratified and guilty.
Wei Chuan didn’t touch the fish.
After dinner, he smiled and asked Lin Ci, "Didn’t you say before that you wanted to hear Brother sing? I especially brought the guitar for you."
Before the show, Yun Xiuxiu and her daughter were instructed by Wei Cai to cooperate with Wei Chuan.
But today, Wei Chuan waited and waited without the chance, so he had to take the initiative. Of course, the pretext was still that Lin Ci requested it, not that he intentionally wanted the publicity.
Unaware, his desire for publicity while pretending others demanded it can be quite off-putting.
[Same old story, it’s normal to promote on shows, but him acting like he’s being forced into it is just disgusting]
[Yeah, why not just be straightforward and open]
[Why are you all blaming Chuan Chuan, wasn’t it Lin Ci who asked for it?]
[Yeah, blame Lin Ci for it]
If it weren’t for that conversation, if a fire of resistance hadn’t ignited in her heart, Lin Ci indeed would have acquiesced.
But she wanted to resist.
She tried to resist, maybe she could move her mother.
"No," she shook her head wronged, "I didn’t ask you to bring the guitar, nor do I want so much to hear your songs, I like operas."
Wei Chuan: "!"
Directly slapped in the face.
Wei Chuan could already imagine how everyone would laugh at him.
He stood up, "So young and lying, Auntie, you better discipline her more."
He turned around and went out, but in reality, he went to find his assistant, getting the PR team to quickly handle the issue, putting the blame on Lin Ci.
Yun Xiuxiu was a bit surprised.
She took her daughter to the room, asking the cameraman to leave.
"Little Ci, why did you suddenly..."
"Mom," the little girl looked up with determined eyes, "you should divorce him."
Yun Xiuxiu was stunned.
The girl rolled up her sleeves, "Last week when I came home, he hit me again when you weren’t there, it hurt a lot."
Yun Xiuxiu was both angry and self-blaming.
"I had once thought so, but Mom..."
She slightly closed her eyes, tears welling up, "But... he has something against Mom."
Lin Ci widened her eyes, "Mom, did you break the law?"
Yun Xiuxiu shook her head, "Of course not, it’s something related to Mom’s reputation."
Lin Ci stopped speaking, lowering her head.
She couldn’t bear for her mom to make a choice, not arguing or causing a fuss made Yun Xiuxiu feel even more guilty.
Calming down, she realized her daughter changed too fast, as if someone taught her to say this.
"Little Ci, who taught you to say these things? Is there someone..."
Room No. 3.
Tuanzi accidentally ate too much, and could only go out for a walk to digest.
Gu Peihai was still praising his brother’s cooking skills, Gu Wangchao couldn’t take it anymore and came out, accompanying his sister on a walk.
Tuanzi looked up and stole a glance, noticing this cousin’s ears were red, and giggled.
Gu Wangchao felt even more embarrassed.
"I didn’t expect he would..." recognize his cooking skills so much.
Those words of praise came from the heart.
Gu Wangchao always avoided contact with his brother, thinking he might have missed some things.
"Because Brother Wangchao is really excellent, he can cook, and can sing."
She looked left and right, not seeing Gu Peihai, and secretly tattled, "Before, Brother Pei Hai sang your song, like, it was quite..."
Tuanzi thought for a bit, "Like a crow cawing? Caw caw caw?"
Gu Wangchao couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
The two walked toward the reservoir.
As they got near the edge of the reservoir, Tuanzi paused and perked up her ears.
"What’s wrong?"
Tuanzi put her finger on her small mouth, "Someone’s on the phone, swearing."
Gu Wangchao, remembering she knew martial arts, thought maybe she had sharp ears.
"Don’t listen, don’t learn."
He bent down and covered her ears.
Tuanzi stared dully at her cousin with a gentle expression.
She originally wanted to obey and not listen anymore, but then, a slightly familiar voice mentioned Lin Ci first, cursing very nastily, then mentioned Gu Wangchao, cursed even worse, and got furious.
"No way, Miaomiao is going to expose his true face!"
She fumed, "Cursing Sister Lin Ci and Brother Wangchao, Miaomiao can’t tolerate this!"
She rushed out directly.
The cameraman, experienced in tracking, quickly followed her, also moving fast.
The afternoon wind at the reservoir was strong, able to cover many sounds.
Tuanzi moved like the wind, making hardly a sound, and the cameraman, also experienced, hardly made any sound either. After all, the live audience surely didn’t want to hear the cameraman’s running sounds or breathing—they’d ruin the viewing experience.
Thus, Wei Chuan’s voice was clearly transmitted, heard by the audience in Gu Miaomiao’s live streaming room.
At the same time, Yun Xiuxiu summoned her courage, first meeting guest Liu Qin in Room No. 2, then asking Director Wang to, in his name, notify Gu Peihai and Su Hanjiang, hoping they can attend the parents’ exchange meeting.
Using Director Wang’s name avoided having it spread by someone maliciously, which could harm Gu Peihai and Su Hanjiang’s reputation. As for her reputation, her coming here meant she wasn’t afraid.
Her daughter gave her courage.
Gu Peihai and Su Hanjiang’s investigation wasn’t entirely secret, Director Wang had heard some rumors and was willing to do her a favor.
He cooperatively met with the three parents, even let the cameraman film a segment, only leaving after capturing it, leaving space for them.
Yun Xiuxiu stood far from the two of them, having taken several deep breaths before saying, "Thank you Miaomiao and Chaomu for enlightening my daughter."
In the circle, people don’t intervene in others’ family affairs lightly.
She also understood that for these two to act, it must be to protect the pure and kind nature of Gu Miaomiao and Su Chaomu.
"You two should already know I once applied for a divorce lawsuit, that was after he first hit me and Little Ci."
Later, she withdrew it.
"This matter is a bit hard to speak of, but," Yun Xiuxiu’s eyes reddened slightly, she was at her wit’s end—if she truly divorced, the two would inevitably find out about this, "Wei Cai has peculiar tastes, which I wasn’t aware of before. As a result, after applying for a divorce, he produced some photos and videos, all of which were of him and me..."
"He said if I dared to divorce, he would release those photos and videos, ruining my reputation."
Gu Peihai looked grave, "You don’t need to say more, Mrs. Yun, we understand your concerns."
The world is always harsher on women; such photos and videos going public would result in few people scolding Wei Cai, while many would point fingers at Yun Xiuxiu. They’d say she chose the wrong person herself, that she brought it on herself, that a fly doesn’t bite a seamless egg.
Clearly, it wasn’t her fault; once such photos and videos spread, she’s the one being scolded, losing her job, even her daughter, faced with pointed fingers.
Yet clearly, they did nothing wrong.
Yun Xiuxiu couldn’t help but cover her face.
"I know I’m very weak, and I’ve implicated Little Ci. But if I lose my job, how will I support Little Ci in the future? If everyone finds out, will Little Ci’s classmates say she has a... loose mother?"
She isn’t that kind of person, but she knows how the world would scold her, and how they’d point fingers at her daughter. Those parents, those students, how would they look at her daughter through colored lenses?
In the past, hadn’t such a female artist been scolded to the point of suicide with her daughter?
"I don’t know which choice is right."
Is it resistance, leaving with her daughter, letting Wei Cai release the photos and videos? Or endurance, day after day of endurance?