It's hard to be a stepmother

I opened my eyes and saw Huo Hanchuan sitting by the bed, it seemed that he also knew about Huo Baize's fight.

He didn't know how long he'd been here, but when he saw me wake up, he seemed to come back to his senses, reached out and touched my forehead, watched me get up, and he helped me up: "Don't sleep anymore? "

I hummed, watching him look at Huo Baize, I tucked the quilt for him and got out of bed.

When I got out of Huo Baize's bedroom, I briefly explained the reason to him. Huo Hanchuan was only silent for a while, then nodded slightly: "I see." He smiled at me: "It's okay, he woke up It'll be fine later."

I can't say anything, the dead cannot be resurrected.Huo Baize has no other choice but to know the truth and think about it when he grows up.

After all, no one can replace his mother.I thought so too at first, but then there really was a candidate comparable to his mother, his aunt, who danced with Huo Baize that night and promised to see him again in the future, Qi Lan, who came back from studying abroad.

The Qi family feels very sorry for the child left behind by the death of the eldest daughter. This is a feeling. On the other hand, in terms of benefits, it is better for the Huo family to marry the Qi family. Qi Xian's original brand of bird's nest can grow more openly and honestly. .

So the Qi family wanted their younger sister to marry in.

No matter how you look at it, my younger sister will be better than me, not to mention that the Huo family and the Xiao family are now on par. Xiao Junhe and Cheng Mingxi are officially married, and the arms of the Xiao family are stronger. My marriage pawn is useless.

This is after I started filming "Closed in Dust". This TV series has been filmed for more than 3 months. Although it was filmed in this city, it is also late at night when I go home every day.

Qi Lan often comes to see Huo Baize these days, and it's almost dusk when Huo Baize finishes school, so Qi Lan also eats at Huo's house, and I often run into her.

I don't have a bad impression of Qilan, she is very beautiful and has an easy-going personality, but I haven't had much contact with her, she is a woman, even though I am gay, men and women don't know each other, so except when eating Just say hello, and we seldom spend time together at other times.

Every time Qi Lan comes, she spends most of her time playing with Huo Baize. Sometimes when Huo Yunlan comes over on weekends, she and Huo Yunlan take Huo Baize to play. They are girls who are easy to talk to.

This Saturday, I went back a little late, and I was filming the evening scene. When I went back, Huo Yunlan hadn't left yet. I greeted her, and Huo Yunlan looked at me and said, "Brother Chen, are you busy filming now? Huh? Do you come back so late every day?"

I smiled: "It's okay, I'm just busy these days, what's the matter?"

Huo Yunlan glanced upstairs, then whispered to me: "I have something to ask you."

I sat across from her: "Okay, you can ask."

Huo Yunlan seems to be having a hard time talking about it at the moment, and she clasped her fingers. The movie I filmed was for the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and it talked about a lot of micro-expressions. I also learned some superficial expressions. Huo Yunlan is very embarrassed now, I don’t know why So I spoke first: "Is it about me? Is something wrong?"

I thought about the recent events. There was nothing special about it. Although Huo Hanchuan was very busy with work, he would go home on time every day. Even if he continued to work in the study after returning, Huo Baize was fine. The summer vacation was over and school started again. , every morning except for yelling that I don't want to go to class, everything else is fine.

They're all fine, so it's me?

Huo Yunlan looked at me and gritted his teeth: "Brother Chen, I'll just say it directly, don't you think it's strange that sister Qi Lan comes to your house all day long?"

Is it strange?Qi Lan spends most of her time playing with Huo Baize, who is the child left by her sister.

I picked up the tea on the table and said to her, "Didn't she come to see Ozawa?"

The corner of Huo Yunlan's mouth twitched a few times, and he said helplessly: "Then I also want to see Ozawa, but I can only come twice a month, and my elder brother even restricts me from coming."

"Because your elder brother likes her to come?" I asked Huo Yunlan, is that what Huo Yunlan meant?

Although I don't know if Huo Hanchuan meant that, I didn't see it, I didn't get in touch with Qi Lan too much, and Huo Hanchuan didn't get in touch with him, he was almost always in the study, Huo Baize was happy to be coaxed by his aunt Don't bother him anymore.

But I learned some questions from the criminal investigation department, and went straight to the point. Sure enough, Huo Yunlan was shocked by my straightforward words, and immediately vindicated her elder brother: "No! My elder brother is not that kind of person! Brother Chen, listen to me , my elder brother has never been alone with sister Qi Lan. I come here often these days. I have observed it. Really, my elder brother is at the table except for eating, and he is in the study when you are not at home. , and as long as I come, Sister Qi Lan will take me and Ozawa out to play, and they really won't have a chance to get along at all!"

I looked at her excited look and smiled: "Then why are you so nervous?"

I also think that Huo Hanchuan is not that kind of person, because if he really likes Qi Lan, he can tell me directly, and there is no need to hide and wrong Qi Lan, because he is also his wife's sister.

The most important thing is that Huo Hanchuan loves his wife so much, how could he marry his sister-in-law again?

Huo Yunlan is only looking at me now, her eyes are clear, not as deep as her elder brother's, so she can see through them at a glance, there is really worry in her eyes, and my heart sinks slowly when I look at her, I Knowing that Huo Yunlan is not a troublemaker or a person who sees the wind and rain, she must have her reasons for saying this.

That means that Qi Lan really came to Huo's house for other purposes, she really wanted to marry Huo Hanchuan.

In ancient times, aunts and nieces were married to the same person for the sake of marriage, let alone sisters.Although it is a modern society now, rich families still marry strong and strong, in order to consolidate their own financial resources and to keep their property from leaking out.

But Huo Hanchuan, how could he do this?Does he know?

He tacitly agreed that Qi Lan would come to see Huo Baize at their house so as to cultivate their relationship, and when she and Huo Baize got better, he would marry into their house, right?What a good idea he had.

I didn't want to think of Huo Hanchuan as scum just now, but at this moment I couldn't control it.

My inner thoughts are always darker than bright, so this gloomy thought makes me stiffen up.

It wasn't until Huo Yunlan shook her hands in front of me that I raised my eyes to look at her: "What's wrong?"

Huo Yunlan also looked at me with a bad expression, she asked worriedly: "Brother Chen, are you okay, don't think too much, I just guessed randomly, really, there is no basis at all!"

In the end, she said that she was in a hurry, so there was a basis for it.I looked at her deeply for a while, Huo Yunlan was still explaining nervously, and she was a little incoherent: "Brother Chen, don't think too much, you can ask my elder brother, really... and even if it is, Sister Qi Lan Nor would she be willing, she has someone she likes, she is..."

She was forced to, Huo Yunlan probably wanted to say this, but she didn't go on, because she also knew that since ancient times, marriage is not about whether you want to, but about benefits.

I looked at the anxious Huo Yunlan and smiled: "I'm fine, is she really going to marry your eldest brother? Your family, Mrs. Huo, they also agreed, right?"

Huo Yunlan was suddenly stuck.

I lowered my head and smiled. What I should have thought of earlier was that these days went so smoothly, I forgot.

I originally married for check and balance, as a proton. Now that the Xiao family has married the Cheng family, this balance has been broken, and I have no use for the Huo family.

Since I'm useless, the Qi family is naturally better. The Qi family is a well-known family, and there is a popular brand [Xianyan] among them.

Qi Lan is Huo Baize's aunt, and they are well matched in terms of feelings and interests.

Huo Yunlan shook her hand vigorously: "No, Brother Chen! My mother and the others haven't settled down yet! They haven't told my elder brother yet!"

It's not settled yet, it's not uncertain.It's just a matter of time.

I laughed hastily and was speechless. I could understand their actions. I was originally a pawn, and not many pawns could survive crossing the border.

But Huo Yunlan was still anxious: "Brother Chen, my elder brother will definitely not agree! You have to trust him!"

I looked at the teacup on the table and silently twitched the corner of my mouth.

What I think of now is what he said in the greenhouse that day, for Huo Hanchuan, interests are above all else, not to mention that I am just a bed warmer to him.I didn't forget it.

Huo Yunlan picked up the cup of tea and took a sip, and said to me: "Brother Chen, don't think too much, it's all my fault, I shouldn't guess randomly, and don't blame my elder brother, my elder brother really has nothing. I know, it was my mother who discussed it with Aunt Qi in private! They, they... "

She was so anxious that she couldn't speak, I took a deep breath and told her, "It's okay."

Huo Yunlan waved his hands: "No, really, Brother Chen, I'm on your side, don't worry, you are always me..."

I caught her words: "I will treat you as a friend at any time. You are a very good friend I met in the Huo family." I thought of a word at my discretion. I originally wanted to say that I regarded her as a relative My sister's, but I changed my words after thinking about it, but what I said is true, I regard her as a good friend these days.

Huo Yunlan looked at me with red eye circles.

I almost forgot that Huo Yunlan is not only my sister in name, she is also a fan of mine.I smiled at her: "It's not that we won't see each other in the future."

Huo Yunlan just shook her head, but she couldn't say anything, her arms couldn't twist her thighs, and she couldn't help herself even in a wealthy family. She and my Xiao family's second sister-in-law, sister-in-law, Qi Lan, and even that Xiao Junhe are all about the same wealth , will also marry in the future, and will never be free.I didn't get away with being a man, and it sounded like a joke.

I asked her, "It's getting late, are you staying here?"

Huo Yunlan shook his head.

"Then I'll take you back."

Huo Yunlan still shook her head, with a look of confusion, she was even more sad than me even though the person involved was me.

I sat with her for a while, and it happened so suddenly, even though I knew this day would come sooner or later, I needed some reaction time when I heard it all of a sudden.

And Huo Yunlan saw that I was silent and didn't know what to say, so he sat silently until Huo Hanchuan came down from the stairs, wondering: "Yunlan, why are you still here?"

Huo Yunlan stood up abruptly: "I'm leaving now!"

She didn't even look at Huo Hanchuan, and walked away, and Yu Bo followed to see her off.

Huo Hanchuan looked at her back without turning her head, wondering: "What's wrong with her?"

I shook my head and didn't say anything. Huo Hanchuan came down to see me: "Did you just come back? Why didn't you change your clothes? Did you eat?"

I looked at him for a while, then nodded: "I've eaten, I ate in the crew."

In all fairness, Huo Hanchuan was very kind to me during this time.

He laughed when he heard me say this: "Okay, go upstairs to change clothes, go to bed early, do you have to film tomorrow?"

I nodded, he had already walked over, I looked at him for a while, he was tall, his facial features became more and more profound under the night light, no matter how he looked at him, he was a handsome man, I take back what I just said about him as a scumbag .

Sometimes people just can't help themselves to think dirty things, slander others, and disgust themselves.

Huo Hanchuan saw that I kept looking at him, and was puzzled: "What's wrong? You don't look very well? Are you sick?"

As he spoke, he reached out to me, and I stepped back and said to him, "I'm fine, I'm just tired from filming today, so I'll go upstairs and change my clothes."

His expression is also worried, so in comparison, my thoughts are even more despicable.

He didn't see what I was thinking, and just told me as usual: "Okay, go to bed early after taking a bath, don't wait for me, I have to be busy for a while."

I nodded and went upstairs. I went to bed after taking a shower. When Huo Hanchuan went to bed, I closed my eyes and felt his hand on my forehead. I didn’t have a fever, so he quickly took it off. Then I covered me with a thin quilt, turned off the light, and fell asleep.

After waiting for a while, I heard his even breathing and opened my eyes again. He was facing me, with his head very close to me. After I got used to the light, I could see his eyebrows clearly. He was sleeping peacefully. , These days, I'm busy with filming, and it's usually late when I come back, and he is also busy with work, so he rarely does exercise before going to bed. Except for leaning together, everything is the same as the old couple on TV.

I listened to his even breathing, and closed my eyes again, thinking about it, I can't put things that haven't happened on him.

When I was filming the next day, Wen Jing came to visit me on set. I was filming in this city this time, and I would go back to the company once a week, so Wen Jing rarely came to my set to see me. My acting skills have not let me down. The director asked her to complain.

So I looked at her with a smile: "Why did you come to see me all of a sudden?"

Wen Jing glanced at me: "Why can't I come to care about you?"

She handed over the coffee and snacks she was carrying to the crew, and greeted Director He. Director He has worked with me on many dramas, so he was polite when he saw her: "Come, just come, you don't need to bring food." Just in time for us to rest, let's chat for a while."

After entering the lounge, Wen Jing pulled out a piece of news for me to read:

"Qi Lan joined [Xianyan] Biological Co., Ltd. as CEO, and the chairman of [Xianyan] personally issued a letter of appointment to him."

This is not entertainment news, how did Wen Jing notice it?

Wen Jing put the phone back: "Qingzhi also went today. [Xianyan] held a new product launch conference, and through the press conference, Qi Lan was promoted to the position of CEO."

It turned out that the senior sister told her. Seeing that I didn't respond, Wen Jing asked me directly: "This Qi Lan is from the Qi family, and that Qi Xian's younger sister?"

Her tone was affirmative, and she asked me just to see if I knew it too, so I nodded: "Yes."

Wen Jing was silent for a while before saying: "The [Xianyan] brand intends to ask Qi Lan to be the endorser, and I will be the endorser."

I exchanged glances with her, Qi Lan looks very much like her sister, [Xian Yan] was created for Qi Xian, if she speaks for it in person, it will increase the credibility of the brand.That week, senior sister's brand promotion will be reduced, which is what Wen Jing is worried about.

Wen Jing asked me: "The [Xianyan] brand has now been taken over by the Qi family. Is Mr. Huo going to give this brand to the Qi family?"

Huo Hanchuan never mentioned these things to me, and I never asked, so I could only shake my head: "I don't know about this, but," I thought about what Huo Yunlan told me yesterday, and said to Wen Jing: " 【Xianyan】This brand is currently being made by Qi Kai, and sooner or later it will be owned by the Qi family."

When I got married, it was written in the contract that [Xianyan] belonged to Huo Baize, but now the Qi family has almost all intervened, which means that Qi Lan will marry into the Huo family sooner or later, only one family can be so relieved.

After hearing what I said, Wen Jing took a deep breath and said, "I didn't expect the Qi family to be so deeply connected with the Huo family. The roots are intertwined."

It seems that she has also paid attention to the relationship between these two families. The Qi family and the Huo family were originally family friends, and later they had a marriage relationship that lasted for 8 years. The relationship between each other is deeply rooted in both emotional and economic interests. .This is different from the marriage with the Xiao family. The Xiao family and the Huo family are more like an imperial relationship, and my marriage tends to be more proton.So this is also my marriage for more than a year, and the relationship between the Xiao family and the Huo family is still on the surface.

So I told her: "They are a family, and the relationship has always been very good."

"You, you and Mr. Huo..." Wen Jing probably saw that my face was flat, and hesitated to speak. She probably didn't expect that Qi Xian would still have such a great influence after his death. Her position in Huo Hanchuan's heart was unshakable, but Wen Jing was concerned about me, so he held back his words.

I also didn't tell her that I might be getting divorced soon.

I think my agent will have another headache at that time. I married Huo Hanchuan and lost most of my fans and most of my country. But fortunately, with the support of Huo Hanchuan's background resources, I can maintain it until the day of divorce It's not so good, I'm already gay, and if I get divorced, or get divorced, it will be difficult to stand up again.

Now Senior Sister Zhou's endorsement is giving her a headache, so I'd better not tell her yet.

After Wen Jing left, I filmed the scene for another afternoon. It may be because the scenes were in full swing. I was not in a good state. There are also many action scenes in this film, such as chasing gangsters. In a hurry, I almost stepped on Qin Jue, and when I dodged to the side, I fell to the ground and twisted my foot.

Zhou Rui showed me that the sprain was not serious, and he didn't hurt his muscles, but Director He didn't dare to take a hard shot, so he asked me to rest. Qin Jue sat opposite me, not sure whether he cared about me or hated me: " I borrowed your light today, so I can rest early."

Probably thinking that I almost stepped on him just now, he patted his chest like he was afraid and said, "What's wrong with you? I remember you are very skilled? The last movie was like a triathlon?"

Zhou Rui was also watching me. In the last movie, he followed me for the entire audience. At that time, there were much more martial arts action scenes than now. I shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake.

I checked myself, I took the ice cubes from Zhou Rui's hands, put them on my ankles and said to Qin Jue, "I didn't feel too good last time, my legs kept cramping."

Qin Jue said loudly: "You pretended to be pretty good, you are a real person, I thought it was just my leg cramps, so I said how could I not be as good as you."

I made him so angry that his heart hurts. In this drama, I spent almost all day together with him in order to cultivate our partner relationship. Quarrels are common, but I am still a wounded person now, right?Fortunately Director He pulled him away, otherwise I would have put ice cubes on his head.

Zhou Rui squatted in front of me, looked at my ankle again, and frowned slightly: "Mr. Xiao, although the ankle is not seriously injured, it cannot be filmed for the past two days. It is already swollen. I will send it to you. You go home."

On the way, I told him, "Don't tell Mr. Huo."

Zhou Rui glanced at me in the rearview mirror, and I explained to him: "He's been very busy recently, I don't want him to worry too much."

I can't be so shameless as to show weakness to keep him, no matter how reluctant the backstage is, it doesn't belong to me. I already know my own problems, so I should adjust myself.

Zhou Rui was silent before asking me: "Mr. Xiao, you still have to film tomorrow, right?"

It seems that he also heard the conversation I had with Director He just now, the filming will continue tomorrow, the action scenes can not be filmed, but there are many other scenes.Director He wants to release this movie during the winter vacation, and he needs to make a promotion later, so there is not much time left.

I hummed, and looked out of the car window, I was always indifferent, Zhou Rui didn't say anything, just drove silently all the way.

When he got home, Huo Hanchuan hadn't come back yet.

I came back early today, and Huo Baize asked me unexpectedly: "Uncle Xiao, why hasn't Dad come back today?"

Yu Bo told me: "Mr. Xiao, Mr. Huo said that he has an important banquet today, so you and Xiao Ze don't have to wait for him, and go to bed early."

I nodded: "Okay, I understand." Today is Qi Lan's day as CEO, Huo Hanchuan should be very busy.Yu Bo glanced at Huo Baize, then told me in a low voice: "Mr. Huo said he was going on a business trip tomorrow, and he said he would tell him when he came back."

I'm going on a business trip. I'm afraid that Huo Baize won't agree, so I nodded: "Okay, then Yu Bo, I'll clean up for him in a while."

Huo Baize didn't hear this, so he just said like a grown-up: "I see, Dad is eating with my aunt."

He was a little regretful, but he didn’t lose his temper. After eating with me, he played by himself. I spend most of my time reciting lines these days. My role is a psychological profiler, with a lot of reasoning and professional writing. There were too many, I couldn't accompany him, and he didn't make trouble, just sat on the ground and watched the big dragon on the computer.

When it was time to go to bed, Huo Hanchuan hadn't come back, so I led him to sleep.

Huo Hanchuan came back very late and smelled of alcohol. He went to the bedroom first, probably because he saw that I was asleep and then went to the bathroom outside.I don't know when he comes back again, and fell asleep.

The next morning, Huo Hanchuan woke up very early. Although the sound of getting up was quiet, I still woke up. He told me to let me sleep a little longer. He was catching an early flight because he was going to the Southeast Asian bird's nest production base.

I got up after being confused for a while, Huo Baize also woke up now, Huo Hanchuan explained to him that he was going on a business trip for a week, because he was not only going to Indonesia, but also to the bird’s nest processing factory in Shenzhen, two places to inspect, The itinerary is very full.

Although he explained it very clearly, Huo Baize was still not happy: "Why! You didn't travel on business before!"

Huo Hanchuan patted his head and said to him: "Your aunt is newly appointed, she needs to familiarize herself with the bird's nest production process."

Huo Baize heard that it was his aunt, so he had to reluctantly admit it: "Alright, then you should come back early."

Huo Hanchuan looked at me again: "I came back late last night, and I didn't have time to tell you the time. I won't be home for a few days. Please work hard, and I will come back as soon as possible."

He is indeed very busy these days, day and night. I glanced at him, but I didn't see anything from his face. This person has always shown no expression of emotion. I nodded: "Okay."

Since he was rushing to get on the plane, he ate breakfast in a hurry. Uncle Yu handed me his clothes, and I stood up to tie his tie.

He didn't say hello in advance, so my feet didn't land properly, and I couldn't help snorting.

"What's the matter? What's the matter? Sprained?"

"It's okay, I twisted it a bit, it's not serious."

He helped me to sit down, rolled up his trousers and looked at them, frowning slightly: "Does it hurt?"

I looked at his stern eyebrows for a while, and I thought he was really worried about me, wasn't he?

He didn't hear my reply, so he gently squeezed my ankle: "Uncle Yu, go and call Dr. Cheng."

Uncle Yu didn't know that I had sprained my foot. My foot was not seriously injured and there was no fracture. As long as I walked carefully, I would be fine. But I didn't expect that Huo Hanchuan would be able to hug me again. hugged by so many people.

Yu Bo became anxious: "How did you do this?"

Zhou Rui glanced at me and stated flatly: "I fell down on the set."

Who hasn't fallen yet? Huo Baize does not know how many times a day, I told him: "It's okay, Yu Bo, I've applied cold compresses on the set. Just take a rest and you'll be fine."

Huo Hanchuan only pinched my feet and said, "Go and call Dr. Cheng." Butler Yu agreed to call.

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