CH 15

In the small interrogation room, Su Ruojing frowned and listened to the angry insults from the mother opposite towards Su Wantong. Her voice only stopped when the lawyer entered.

Lawyer Chen nodded to Su Ruojing and sat down next to her. “Mr. Su, sorry for being late. I just went to the hospital to learn about the situation.”

Su Ruojing didn’t pay much attention and responded with a “Hmm.”

Lawyer Chen then asked Su Fang some questions, but she tried her best to discredit Su Wantong and Zhongheng Entertainment, refusing to admit her attempt to defraud insurance.

“Mom, there are no outsiders here. You can confess honestly,” Su Ruojing’s voice became heavy.

He also wanted to protect her, but at this point, he could only try his best to have the lawyer reduce her sentence.

Seeing Su Ruojing’s serious expression, Su Fang’s expression changed slightly. At this moment, Lawyer Chen looked at Su Ruojing and meaningfully said, “Mr. Su, just now I also learned some unfavorable news for our side from the hospital.”

“Go ahead.”

“Miss Su has undergone a paternity test, and the result…”

“What?!” Su Fang’s face changed dramatically, and she stood up excitedly, interrupting Lawyer Chen’s words.

Su Ruojing was stunned for a moment, then turned his sharp gaze to Lawyer Chen and asked in a low voice, “What was the result?”

“Miss Su and Ms. Su Fang have no blood relationship,” Lawyer Chen said.

Su Fang’s face turned pale, and she fell onto the chair. She said, “Why wouldn’t that wretched girl come to see me? Why was she so cruel to me? It turns out she knew…”

Meanwhile, Su Ruojing, who was beside her, also froze for a moment. His questioning gaze fell on Su Fang’s face.

Half an hour later, Su Ruojing came out of the police station with a complex expression, and an extremely low air pressure emanated from him that made people afraid to approach.

After getting into the car, he hesitated to start the engine.

Lawyer Chen’s voice echoed in his ear.

Wantong has no blood relation to him or his mother.

His mother also admitted that Wan Tong was adopted and raised by them.

When he was a child, his mother treated his sister badly, and he thought it was because of the preference for boys over girls. He never thought that there would be such a reason.

He and Wantong have no blood relation.

This realization deeply imprinted in his mind, causing unprecedented panic and confusion.

Since he can remember, he has always liked his sister, bringing her everywhere and protecting her. Later, when his sister became famous, he watched her shine on stage day by day, and he was genuinely happy for her. But her circle grew bigger, and she became busier. He no longer had the obedient and well-behaved sister by his side.

Perhaps due to constant thoughts and restlessness in his heart, he dreamt of his sister during his restless adolescence. The next day, looking at his wet pants, he was shattered and felt ashamed of his behavior.

Since then, he instinctively distanced himself from his sister.

However, despite this, he still harbored feelings for her that made him panic. He could no longer escape it; he had fallen in love with his own sister.

He had always been decisive, so he promptly cut off his abnormal emotions. After studying abroad, he forced himself to stop paying attention to everything about her.

He learned about her death from a news article forwarded by a friend.

However, before he could return to the country, the news had changed its direction and clarified her death.

His mother’s ambiguous answers raised his suspicions, so he hesitated for a few days, but eventually he came back.

After all these years, he thought he had let go of his taboo emotions, but on the day he met her, his dead heart seemed to come alive again.

The longing in his heart tormented him, making him only able to watch her from afar and dare not to get close.

No one knew how overwhelmed he was when he heard the result just now.

Su Ruojing trembled as he dialed a number.

“Wantong?”

After Xiao Yu went out to get food, Wan Tong originally wanted Shen Bu to go back first, but he sat there and refused to move, staring at her with his dark eyes, as if he would speak in a spoiled manner in the next second.

Helpless, Wan Tong had no choice but to go along with him.

[This big shot acts like a baby who hasn’t been weaned, so childish.] Wan Tong often liked to talk to the Shishi about Shen Bu’s behavior.

After a while, when it seemed to be dormant, a mechanical voice sounded, [Tongtong, it’s not him who’s immature, it might be you.]

Tongtong: […Shishi, what do you mean?]

[Shen Bu is not as simple as you think.] Shishi’s words seemed like a reminder.

Wan Tong followed up and asked: [What did he do?]

Shishi seemed to be in self-doubt and didn’t speak for a long time.

But Wan Tong didn’t mind. This system is not omnipotent as long as it doesn’t involve the plot of the world. Many times, it is helpless.

As Wan Tong was eating with her head down, her phone screen lit up.

The word “Brother” caught the attention of Shen Bu, causing his warm and pure gaze to instantly darken.

Wan Tong put the phone to her ear, her voice muffled and sweet, “Brother?”

The phone was quiet for a moment before a voice came through, “Where are you, Wantong?”

Wan Tong was taken aback for a moment, “I’m recording a show, is there something you need, Brother?”

“When will you be free? I want to see you.” Perhaps having been in a high position for too long, Su Ruojing’s tone was always one that could not be resisted, but at this moment, there seemed to be a tremble in his voice.

Wan Tong originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she agreed in the end. “Then tomorrow night, I’ll contact you again.”

“Okay.”

The call ended, and Shen Bu’s voice came from the side, “Bring Xiao Cen with you.”

Although the words were unclear, Wan Tong understood it instantly and smiled at him, “Okay.”

He was worried that she might be troubled by Su Ruojing, right?

Wan Tong didn’t have much appetite and just ate a little to fill her stomach.

Shen Bu was really bold. After having lunch with Wan Tong, he quietly left.

It wasn’t until the afternoon recording session that she saw him in the training room. But at this time, she pretended to be aloof and most of the time didn’t look at him.

Late at night, after finishing the recording and preparing to leave, Wan Tong passed by Class A and, by some strange coincidence, pushed the door open and took a glance inside.

It was almost dawn, and she didn’t expect to see someone still training.

She looked at the figure wearing a baseball cap and easily recognized it as Shen Bu.

Today, based on the straight beat video of the theme song, a level revision was made for all trainees, and Shen Bu was still in Class A.

But Wan Tong was worried that Shen Bu seemed to be somewhat unsociable and didn’t interact much with other trainees. He was reticent and lacked a bit of variety show sense. She didn’t know what kind of effect would be produced from editing him in this way.

At this moment, Shen Bu also saw Wan Tong and spoke to her, “Teacher Wantong.”

Wan Tong didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she felt that he paused for a moment after saying “Wantong”.1

She walked in and asked, “Why are you still here so late? Don’t you want to rest?”

The mission will only be released tomorrow, so everyone should be pretty relaxed today.

“I want to practice the high notes in the theme song a little more,” Shen Bu paused and asked, “Why are you still here, Teacher Wantong?”

“I’m about to go back. I just came in to take a look on the way out.” Actually, there is accommodation provided for mentors here, but Wan Tong is not used to it, so she would rather go through some trouble.

In the morning, she watched Shen Bu’s straight beat video and indeed found that his high notes were a bit unstable. Wan Tong thought for a moment and decided to spend some time giving him a class.

In the control room, several directors gathered together and stared at a certain camera image with a somewhat strange expression.

Although capable, Shen Bu, who had always been a little aloof, was sitting cross-legged on the ground, facing Su Wantong who was sitting in the same posture.

Su Wantong has a delicate and petite figure, and her natural look makes her look even more youthful. Shen Bu is a head taller than her, so he has to lean forward and lower his head to get closer to her, and the distance between them suddenly closes a lot.

The scene is somewhat beautiful, but also somewhat ambiguous.

Neither of them brought microphones, so their voices were a bit low when they spoke.

But you could hear clearly that Su Wantong was teaching Shen Bu some high-pitched singing techniques. Shen Bu, who had always been reticent and indifferent, seemed to have been coated with a warm color, and even his speech became soft and gentle.

“Su Wantong is really magnanimous, it seems she didn’t intend to deliberately make things difficult for the former trainees of her previous company,” the chief director with big belly said while puffing on his cigarette.

He originally thought he could ride the wave of popularity by targeting the grievances between Su Wantong and Zhongheng Entertainment.

“Not only is he not being difficult, he’s even teaching them separately now. Tsk tsk, Shen Bu’s face is great and his skills are not bad, but he’s too low-key. There’s not much to see in the camera, but this segment is not bad…”

“Watching these two interact, I thought they were a couple…” a female director sighed out loud.

“Actually, it’s quite heartwarming,” someone chimed in agreement.

In the training room, Su Wantong’s high-pitched voice had become a bit hoarse, and Shen Bu got up to get a bottle of water, whispering, “Go back and rest.”

Su Wantong tilted her head back and took a sip before saying, “Then you should rest early too.”

Shen Bu’s gaze moved away from her slender neck and he nodded subtly. “Hmm.”

Not long after Su Wantong left, Shen Bu also left the training room and returned to his dormitory. On the way, he was stopped by a director who asked for a brief interview about his solo interaction with Su Wantong earlier.

When asked about his impression of Su Wantong, he remained silent for a moment before replying, “She’s very good, and I really like her.”

The female director was stunned at the time, especially when she saw the brilliance in his deep eyes. She almost wanted to ask him, what kind of liking was it.

After the brief interview ended, and the camera was turned off, Shen Bu suddenly approached the female director and whispered, “Xiao Lin, can I borrow your phone? I want to contact my family.”

Since the trainees’ phones were collected, many people asked the staff to borrow phones, but if they didn’t have special connections or good relationships, they were usually refused.

The female director instinctively wanted to refuse, but when she met Shen Bu’s handsome and godlike face, she couldn’t help but nod and handed over her phone.

Ah, he even remembered her name was Xiao Lin!

“Thank you, Xiao Lin,” Shen Bu said and turned around, his lips curved into a calm smile.

However, after five minutes, Shen Bu walked back from the corner and returned the phone.

After he left, the female director’s heart finally returned to calm. The people in the room repeatedly watched the replay of the interview and completely fell for this silent, honest, and straightforward young man!

There is always a feeling that Shen Bu is going to become popular!

1 Originally, Shen Bu called her “宛童老师 (Wǎn tóng lǎoshī)” which is her name first before the title 老师 (lǎoshī)=teacher. Wan Tong’s sentence means that she felt Shen Bu hesitated to call her teacher.