Stepmother.

This word, which was extremely sensitive both in the past and now, made Su Tingbai's heart tense after hearing it.

The light on the makeup mirror hit Jiang Jie's side face, he lowered his head slightly, his drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, and he continued to speak in a hoarse voice.

"Remember when I told you two days ago that I lived in the mountains when I was a child, in fact, that is where I was born, a small town in the mountains. When Jiang Jie mentioned his homeland, a smile finally appeared on the corners of his tense mouth, "The medical conditions in the countryside are backward, my mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to me, my father has been working outside to make money, and I have been with my grandparents since I was a child." ”

"But when I was six years old, suddenly one day, my dad came back and said he was going to take me away... He was wearing a suit and tie that we had only seen on TV, and he said he had made money and was going to take me to study in the big city... As a result, it wasn't until I came to Nancheng that I gradually understood that his so-called making money was actually in love with my current stepmother. ”

Seeing the pain on his face, Su Tingbai couldn't bear to raise his hand and put it on his shoulder and caress him gently and comfortably.

Jiang Jie sniffed, his voice was unconsciously choked, and his fingertips trembled slightly, "My stepmother couldn't give birth to a child, so I asked my father to take me to raise me in her house, but I was already sensible at that time, and I knew that my biological mother had died as early as when I was born, so she never let me call her mother, I call her Mrs. at home, and I call her aunt in front of outsiders." Later, by chance, I started filming, and then signed with her agency, and I have been until now. ”

"Then does your agent and assistant have anything to do with her?"

Su Tingbai handed over a tissue, and his voice was deliberately low.

Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Jiang Jie bowed his head gently, "I was already not small when I came to that home, she felt that I was a child who grew up in the countryside, and I must have a wild temperament, and someone must always supervise and discipline her so as not to embarrass her or do anything out of the ordinary, so I was stared at by a personal trainer when I was at home, and I was also stared at by the agent she arranged when I was filming outside, and I didn't have the final say on what I could and couldn't do." ”

"She said she'd give me freedom when I became an adult, but more than a year had passed since my eighteenth birthday, and I was still under constant surveillance by her, and there was nothing she could do about it. ”

"I also wanted to be close to her, but as I grew older, her attitude towards me became more and more indifferent, maybe I used to be her stepson, but now... I may just be one of the many artists in her company, or even her money-making tool, I don't have freedom and don't deserve it. ”

He sighed at the end, and the whole person wilted like a deflated ball, as if it was about to collapse in the next second.

Su Tingbai really didn't expect Jiang Jie, who has always been extremely optimistic and smiling, to have such a sad past behind him, looking at the painful and confused look on his face, she couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows in distress.

"And what are your plans now?" she asked tentatively, "do you want to escape from this life, or do you want to ......?"

Jiang Jie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, the hand hanging in front of him clenched and let go, and looked up at Su Tingbai, his eyes flashed with determination.

"Yes. ”

"Listen to Sister Bai, you can sign me. ”

*

After returning to the hotel in the evening, Su Tingbai sat at the dining table, looking at the steaming meal in front of him but not showing the slightest interest, his mind was full of what Jiang Jie said to himself at the end.

The fact that she is going to set up an independent studio has not yet been officially announced, but people in the circle have heard some rumors, and it is not surprising that Jiang Jie can know the news.

The establishment of an independent studio means that she can be her own boss and sign an artist, but an artist like Jiang Jie, who now has a brokerage company and is in such a special situation, Su Tingbai is still the first time to see it, and even if there is no relationship between him and his stepmother, it is difficult for Jiang Jie to terminate the contract with the current brokerage company.

She covered her face with a little headache and wailed, her mind was a mess, she wanted to help Jiang Jie, but she understood that these things could not be easily solved by verbally saying this.

"If you don't directly use spells to manipulate his stepmother......" Su muttered when she heard Bai, and then this idea was dispelled by her again, "No, no, this is not a legitimate reason, it will definitely be stopped by the Special Investigation Bureau, and it is not a long-term solution......"

At this time, Feng Cheng sent her a video call request after the play.

After connecting, he suddenly saw Su Tingbai appear on his mobile phone screen with a sad face, Feng Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, "What's wrong, who bullied you?"

"Alas-" Su Tingbai put his hands on his cheeks and sighed, "No one bullied me, I'm here to worry alone." ”

"Worried, what are you worried about, let's hear it. Feng Cheng closed the RV door, took off his coat and sat on the sofa, putting on a deferential posture.

Su Tingbai thought about it, briefly described Jiang Jie's past to him, and focused on his current situation and plans.

Feng Cheng was also surprised for a while after hearing this, and after pondering, he asked, "Is he signing a contract with that side for a few years?"

"It's all a three-year short-term, but every time Jiang Jie's film is about to be filmed, the company will force him to renew the contract, and if he doesn't renew the contract, the film will not be able to continue filming, and he will even have to bear high liquidated damages. Speaking of this, Su Tingbai couldn't help but complain, "It's really black-hearted, on the surface, he signed a short-term contract and left if he wanted, but in fact, he didn't rely on this method to deceive him twice." ”

"Twice?" Feng Cheng grabbed the key information at once, "When is his contract going this time?"

"Think about it," Su Tingbai recalled the age when Jiang Jie signed the contract, "There is almost a year left, Jiang Jie has half a month's vacation after the filming of "Chaotianque", I think it will be either "Chaotianque"*