Chapter 268: Bullying Sister
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Tan Wenci, Xu Mingzhen, and Xiao Menghan’s seats were directly in front of Tan Mo, Wei Zhiqian, and Tan Jinqi.
Behind her were Tan Jinsheng and Tan Jinyi.
They were all directly in front and in back of each other.
“Eh? Where is Uncle?” Tan Mo asked, noticing that Wei Zhiqian was not around even though his name was on a label on the back of the seat beside hers.
Who knew…? Suddenly, she heard a desolate voice, “Could it be that it is not enough for your brothers to accompany you?”
Tan Mo turned toward the source of the voice and saw her third brother Tan Jinyi looking at her plaintively, as if there was a dark cloud above his head.
“I…I was just asking casually,” Tan Mo said.
“What were you casually asking about?”
Tan Mo froze. “……”
Wei Zhiqian hadn’t returned until just this minute.
He was just in time to hear Tan Mo’s remark.
Tan Mo was about to figure out a way to cover up the matter, but Tan Jinyi, acting like a saboteur, said before she could answer, “Mo Mo was just asking if you were around. It isn’t that she really cares about you!”
Tan Mo: “……”
Wei Zhiqian gave a short laugh: “Heh, heh, heh.”
“Uncle, I missed you so much!” Tan Mo quickly gripped Wei Zhiqian’s arm. “Just now when I arrived, the first person I asked about was you.”
“It just was a casual query,” Wei Zhiqian lazily said.
Xu Mingzhen was watching her little daughter having to deal with Wei Zhiqian and her brothers.
She spent some time pacifying one, then spent time pacifying the other.
Tan Mo was in a difficult position.
Xu Mingzhen was about to pass her coat to Tan Mo, but Tan Wenci was a step ahead of her and picked up the coat, passed it to Tan Mo, and said with a sympathetic expression, “Tan Mo, you must be freezing. Put this coat on.”
“This is great!” Tan Mo happily received the coat, quickly put it on, and felt warmer immediately.
At this moment, Tan Wenci had the look of a villain who had accomplished his goal. “Look at these brothers of yours, and your uncle, all of whom are only concentrating on your words, but do not know how to quickly give you your coat to warm you up!”
Xu Mingzhen: “……”
Tan Mo is already facing enough trouble. You don’t have to add to it.
…
Yu Yixian had just returned after completing her interviews outside.
At the red carpet wall of autographs, one of the events was being interviewed by the M.C.
After returning from the carpet, next to the inner event area, there is another spot to meet the media.
Many artistes would head over there to get interviewed again.
After Yu Yixian entered, she started to search for Wei Zhiqian.
Although she had quarreled with Tan Mo in the waiting area, she didn’t at all forget her main goal after entering the inner event area.
At this moment, the number of people in the area was increasing gradually.
Everyone found a person with whom they had a good relationship and started chatting.
There were also sponsors here who one could be introduced to.
Tonight, this is a location of fame and hopefully monetary returns.
This was the first time Tan Wenci and Xu Mingzhen have attended such an event.
Thus, not many people would recognize them and didn’t know that Tan Wenci was the largest sponsor of “Legend of Wei and Jin”.
However, there were some people who recognized Xiao Menghan and Wei Zhiqian.
There were many who wanted to approach them, but because there was no one to introduce them to the pair, they did not dare to make any rash moves and could only stare at them with desire.
While Yu Yixian was searching for Wei Zhiqian, she realized that many people were constantly turning to look in a certain spot.
She looked over there.
And found Wei Zhiqian…
But at the same time, she also saw Tan Mo.
Unexpectedly, Tan Mo was seated with Wei Zhiqian.
And they were currently chatting!
She had no idea how that Tan Mo had such great luck for her to be seated with Wei Zhiqian.
Yu Yixian found it rather odd. How had the organizers gone about the seating arrangements?
To think, Wei Zhiqian was seated in the third row.
She herself was seated in the second row, just in a different area than Wei Zhiqian and his party.
Wei Zhiqian and his party were seated in area A, while she was in area B.
As she was a candidate for this year’s best actress role, Yu Yixian’s seat had to be near the front and center area.
However, when speaking about Wei Zhiqian, he should be seated in the first row no matter what.
Yu Yixian had walked the red carpet earlier than the crew of “Legend of Wei and Jin”.
By the time Director Liu and the others were interviewed in front of the wall of autographs, Yu Yixian had already entered the media room of the indoor location to wait for her turn to be interviewed.
Therefore, what Director Liu had said about Tan Mo being their scriptwriter wasn’t known by Yu Yixian.
She saw Tan Mo seated in the third row, a seat that was not attainable by many artistes who were more famous than Tan Mo. In addition, it was beside Wei Zhiqian.
Attention was also supposed to be paid by the arranger to who was to be seated side by side.
The seat beside Wei Zhiqian, no matter how it was arranged, should never have fallen to Tan Mo.
However, since the organizers had placed Wei Zhiqian in the third row, committing a senseless act such as placing Tan Mo beside Wei Zhiqian no longer seemed so odd.
Yu Yixian looked at the seat beside her, which was currently unoccupied, and next to it was another female actress, Xu Feifei.
Pretending to be casual, Yu Yixian leaned toward Xu Feifei and asked, “The little lady seated next to Wei Zhiqian looks unfamiliar. I haven’t seen her before.”
When they’d been outside, it hadn’t been a good idea for Tan Mo to stick to Wei Zhiqian.
Plus, her brothers had also been around.
Afraid that her brothers would be jealous, Tan Mo sat upright.
By being right in the middle, no one would need to be jealous.
Yu Yixian had chosen the right person to speak to.
Xu Feifei happened to be one of the artistes who had unluckily been pushed around on the red carpet and had not been photographed by the reporters.
When she heard Yu Yixian’s statement, Xu Feifei’s expression instantly changed to an awkward one, as she explained, “She is the scriptwriter of ‘Legend of Wei and Jin’.”
“What?” Yu Yixian exclaimed. “She is so young!”
“Don’t you know?” Xu Feifei asked.
“What should I know?” Yu Yixian lifted her eyebrows.
Xu Feifei laughed. “Perhaps because you walked the red carpet earlier, you did not see what happened. I was walking behind Tan Mo and heard the whole thing.”
Yu Yixian wondered what Xu Feifei was talking about.
Is she making a jibe just because she’d walked the red carpet earlier?
Saying that she is more popular than her in a roundabout way…?
While Yu Yixian was attempting to figure out her meaning behind the words, she heard Xu Feifei say, “Her name is Tan Mo. Don’t pay attention to her young age, she is a genius.”
Anyway, there was no clash with her occupation, so Xu Feifei could openly express her admiration.
“She scored full marks on her high school leaving exams when she was 15 and was fought over by the top six universities. The principals of five universities personally went to her home to invite her to join their schools. She eventually entered Beijing University. Although she is majoring in finance, she became the mentee of Professor Zhao from the History Department and Professor Guo from the Chinese Language Department. She represented Beijing University when she was in her first year and single-handedly won the Ancient Text Competition even though her opponents were PhD students. She was assigned by Professor Zhao to be a consultant to ‘Legend of Wei and Jin’, found many errors in the original script, and then personally rewrote the script to help Director Liu out of a tight spot, and created ‘Legend of Wei and Jin’. She isn’t even 17 yet.”
“To say that she is a genius is not an exaggeration,” Xu Feifei praised her.
