Chapter 164: Silence is silent
Get off the bus, walk, and wait for the elevator, when Jiang Zhican realized that this was his first visit to Seo Hyun's house, he suddenly felt nervous, swallowed and foamed inexplicably, and he wanted to go to the toilet a little. Unfortunately, the elevator opened, and he followed Seo Hyun in, and soon after, stepped into the world where Seo Hyun had spent his longest years to date.
Xu's mother was preparing lunch in the kitchen, and Xu's father came to greet them. He greeted respectfully according to traditional etiquette, handed over the gifts he bought with both hands, and was serious and serious, like a contestant participating in the defense.
Xu Xian watched from the side, a little wanted to laugh, she knew what kind of character her father was, and she also told Jiang Zhichan on the way. But he undoubtedly ignored her words at this moment, although he understood that he was facing an easy-going and friendly elder, he still completed the initial greeting with a solemn face and meticulously, and even some ceremonies, because they were too formal and retro, made Father Xu feel panicked, held his hand, and said that it was enough.
Jiang Zhican finally got up, and Father Xu led him to the living room. Seo-hyun poured him a glass of water and went to the kitchen to give her mother a hand. Xu has seen it once, when Xu's mother came to the living room to greet him, Jiang Zhican finally didn't insist too much on the big salute, and after being pulled up by Xu's mother, he accompanied Xu's father to play Go in the living room.
He was not good at this mental project, but he soon found that Xu's father's level was not very high, so he settled down and didn't mind being put on the slogan "more radical, less cautious" by Xu's father, so that Xu's father rarely experienced the thrill of winning after a hearty battle. An old man and a young man sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
"It seems that your dad and this old man of yours get along well." Mother Xu glanced at the scene in the living room through the window and said to Xu Xian.
"Well, that's good, but oh Mom, how many times have I said it, Zhichan is not my own death, he is two years younger than me, and he is a younger brother!" Seo Hyun lowered her head to chop vegetables, and as she grew older, she kind of liked the feeling of being busy cooking and stir-frying in the kitchen, like planting seeds in a small world and seeing the flowers bloom with her own eyes.
"It doesn't look like it's two years younger." Xu Mu said, quietly changing the topic.
"Oh Mom!" Xu Xian was a little annoyed, and looked at her with a pouting and a wrinkled nose, "Zhican is a childish face, I'm not, do you blame me!" ”
"Blame me and your dad, the main family doesn't have this gene, maybe the next generation can make improvements in this regard." Mother Xu said something ambiguous that Xu Xian didn't quite understand.
"But compared to before, Zhican's temperament is more calm, and at a glance, it offsets a lot of the childishness of his face, do you think?" Mother Xu asked.
"Hey, is there?" Xu Xian frowned, and turned his head a little confused to look at Jiang Zhichan in the living room, who was looking down and thinking about the chess game.
"What does he do now? I know the actor, there is no need to say it. Mother Xu asked, picking out the pork cutlets from the pot.
"He was originally a PD, but now, in addition to being the producer of our show, he has also been working in an advertising company, and he used to tell me that he was on the list, but recently he seems to have been busy."
"yes, you're quite capable, and your income is good, isn't it?" Mother Xu lowered her head and tasted the taste of kelp pork rib soup.
"Well, it should be good, the company has allocated him a car and a personal assistant!" Xu Xian thought of Qian Ning, Jiang Zhican's beautiful assistant lady.
"Not bad." Mother Xu nodded and said, at this age, with a car and a house and a good income, the hard conditions seem to be okay.
"What's good, that assistant is a very beautiful young lady, and I always feel uneasy."
"I mean, the soup tastes good, it's almost ready for dinner." Mother Xu smiled absently, and the glance at Xu Xian made her feel uncomfortable.
"Then I'll go talk to them, lest I have another game." Xu Xian hurriedly walked out, his head hanging down, his hair fluttering.
Mother Xu chuckled silently, only hummed shallowly, little girl, no matter how deep your mind is, you can see it at a glance if you are a mother, no matter how far you run out, where can you hide?
At 11:45 p.m., the dinner officially began. Xu Xian's dining table is a square table, so Xu's father and Xu mother sit on one side, Xu Xian and Jiang Zhican sit on one side, from a distance, it probably looks like a family of four or some kind of charming feeling.
Jiang Zhican was a little apprehensive at first, and he didn't know when the kind father and mother Xu would ask him about last night's photo, but as the lunch was halfway through, in addition to taking care of him, Xu's father and mother were to mention some interesting stories about Xu Xian in previous years or where the family of three had traveled, and what kind of scenery Xu Xian liked, and the atmosphere at the table had been extremely harmonious and lively.
And probably only Xu Xian, the only daughter in the family, is unusual for Korean families to have several children under their knees, the love of Xu's father and Xu's mother's children, intentionally or unintentionally, overflowed and sprinkled on Jiang Zhican, making him feel more cordial and warm, and in a trance, he seemed to see the warm bright candlelight on his childhood birthday.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that his expression was different, Xu Xian leaned in and asked in a low voice, but he didn't know that in front of his parents, this action was tantamount to a typical performance of a daughter's elbow turning outward.
"It's so delicious, this, this, and this, it's all delicious." Jiang Zhican narrowed his eyes and smiled, holding back the tears that were about to fall.
"Yes, I think this is a little salty, and this meat, my mother's knife skills are not very good, don't you think it's too thick?" Xu Xian complained in a low voice, which caused a burst of anger from Xu's mother.
Xu Xian, who was taught a lesson, pursed his mouth and ate with his head bored. This is one of her usual methods, she will be rebellious when she grows up in a strict family, but it is not enough to support her to fight, so eating or hiding in her room to read is the best way to express her unhappiness.
Jiang Zhican didn't know about this, so he was a little nervous when he saw this scene for the first time, and felt that he was too reluctant to go because of himself causing the discord between Xu Xian's mother and daughter. He tried to say something to round the scene, but sadly, before he could find the topic, Xu Mu's question made him panic and only the instinct to answer.
"No, I have nothing to do with Zheng Xiujing xi! No, we're just colleagues in the same crew, which is ordinary! The scandal about me and her, of course, is fake, uh・・・・・・ that photo, it was an accident, aunt, really, pure accident! ”
Mother Xu nodded noncommittally, picked up chopsticks and knocked on Xu Xian's bowl, and the girl's face was about to be buried in the bowl. Xu Xian raised her head a little nervously, her bright eyes staring at Xu Mu, as if as long as Xu Mu mentioned her kiss photo with Jiang Zhican, she would immediately and quickly veto it without leaving any gap.
Mother Xu stretched out her hand and approached her cheek. Xu Xian frowned, bit his lip and lowered his eyes--should it be, are you going to be beaten? It's clear that the main culprit is not her, but the person next door to her!
"Nuna, it's sticking to the rice." Jiang Zhican gently pinched her nose, and Xu Mu stretched out her fingers to wipe the corners of her lips, shook her head helplessly, and asked her to take out her mobile phone and take a photo together.
"What do you do when you take pictures?" Xu Xian asked in a daze, and after asking, he reacted, and got up with a smile and hugged Xu's mother, "Thank you, Mom!" ”
"Okay, pay attention next time, even if the relationship is good, you have to grasp the proportion." Mother Xu sighed softly, Father Xu's face was a little weird, and Jiang Zhican felt a little cold inexplicably.
The four of them took a group photo at the dining table, and Seo Hyun pondered and typed a line of words, accompanied by a smiley face icon, and posted it on his SNS. Probably, the company said that it had to look at the explanation itself, and that's it?
Jiang Zhican stayed at Xu Xian's house for a while, and then said goodbye and left. Xu Xian is considered to be the unlucky fortune of Jiang Zhican, who is resting today, Jiang Zhican has not received contact from the crew for a long time, but Xinbo is urging him tightly, so when public opinion on the Internet is upset, he locked himself in the company office and became a complete office otaku.
During this period, SM Company, which has always given people a tough style, has remained silent and did not issue an official statement for the artist scandals that have broken out one after another, except for Seo Hyun who posted a clarification picture on his personal SNS, which attracted a lot of attention and relieved many fans, but the scandal between Krystal and Jiang Zhican, which has not been explained for a long time, has made many fans extremely troubled.
Some of them wanted to go to Jiang Zhican's performing arts company to ask for an explanation, but they were soon surprised to find that Jiang Zhican was actually an artist black household, and from a professional point of view, he was completely an idle marginal person in society, and there was no temporary worker of Sanbao. This made many people happy and worried, thinking that Jiang Zhican, the male protagonist of the scandal, was just a flash in the pan, but they were worried that the two would have more unknown interactions in private.
So many fans poured into the official page of the crew of "She Who is Lovely to Me", leaving messages asking the crew to give an explanation statement, at least announcing a change to a male number two, in order to comfort the fans who are surging in the crowd, it should always be needed, right?
But they were soon disappointed again, the crew of "To Me", like SM Company, maintained a strange silence, but AStory, the production company of the "To Me" TV series, quietly made a wave of updates on its official website about the information of its TV series "To Me" being produced, and several stills released in it were the interaction between Jiang Zhican and Krystal.
This undoubtedly represents that AStory, as a production company, has no intention of replacing the male number two at present! Although this move was low-key, it was quickly discovered and caused a new round of verbal criticism. But AStory is probably well versed in the silence skills of the first two, except for releasing a wave of stills, which is the same word not to post.
This brought the scandal to a boring impasse, and the pressure of public opinion gradually pressed SM and the crew of "To Me", and finally converged on Krystal. Fans were desperate for her to give an explanation, hold a press conference or even make an informal statement on SNS, as Seo Hyun did, but they were disappointed, and as time passed, the parties remained silent.
Should this be the default? Whenever someone puts forward this speculation, it will attract a burst of refutation, and then one day, the rumors that started out of nowhere made this scandal become a hype farce of a three-way TV series, and quickly occupied the first place on the real-time search list, swearing to be frank as true.
People think of the stills released by AStory on the official website, and think that this is using the scandal to promote the TV series and launch a fierce attack on AStory, but this time, AStory, who has been silent for a long time, suddenly stopped being silent, and sincerely expressed the hatefulness of network hackers with a thick professional document and a long article with deep feelings, which led to the leakage of the company's stills and caused absurd scandals, just for everyone to discover the truth.
Some people questioned why AStory didn't make a statement before, if this was the case. AStory's reply to this was that the hackers had not been caught at the time, and there was a lack of strong evidence to prove the facts. And now? That's right, now that the culprit has been successfully caught, everything is clear.
Just when people were disagreeing with AStory's rhetoric, SM Company, which was silent in the corner and was about to be forgotten, suddenly jumped out and sued AStory in court in the name of AStory's infringement of its artists' reputation rights without consent, demanding that AStory provide SM and artist Krystal with some financial compensation and an apology.
AStory's reaction after the sudden awakening was as fast as ever, simple and clear in one word, that is, NO. The two companies quickly fell into a verbal debate, insisting on each other's words and refusing to give in to each other, and even intentionally or unintentionally vaguely revealed the gap caused by the unpleasantness of the scandalous cooperation.
So people lost interest a little and roughly understood the so-called truth. No one wants to watch the dull and boring scolding war between the two companies, and no one believes the ridiculous scandal anymore, although the name Kang Zhichan has left a not-so-fast scar in the hearts of Krystal fans, but in any case, the anger is extinguished, the scolding war has stopped, and the sunshine after the rain is probably extraordinarily beautiful.
At least at this moment, the coastal scenery far away in the United States is bright and fresh after the rain, and someone is standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the slender back is as round and flawless as an ivory carving. She held a goblet glass, which was not filled with red wine, but with a hint of lemon juice, and sipped it slightly, frowning with a quiet pleasure.
"President, it has subsided, and in addition, the plane at seven o'clock tonight is ready." The man in the black suit pushed the door open and entered, speaking calmly.
"En・・・・・・" The woman turned around, looked at the man, and smiled, "Uncle Yang, you haven't been back to Korea for many years, Zhican, I'm afraid I don't recognize you." ”
"If only I knew him." The man known as Uncle Yang showed a smile, stiff as a rock, and seemed to be an unsmiling character.
The woman nodded, and walked slowly to a white blackboard hanging on the wall, on which hung two photographs—one in the LA sunlight and one by the garden light, showing the same boy but a different girl.
"Uncle Yang, do you remember Yezhen?" The woman looked at the two photos on the blackboard and asked.
"The girl that Nao-chan likes at the age of fifteen, I remember."
"Do you think this is familiar, this side face?" The woman held out her hand and pointed to the girl in one of the photos.
"It's very similar, straight eyes have always been good." Uncle Yang smiled.
"Wrong, Uncle Yang, he likes this one." The woman's fingers slid lightly and landed on the face of the girl in another photo, "I happened to be born in the same year as me." ”
Uncle Yang frowned and remained silent.
"How can this be, you say yes, Uncle Yang?" The woman muttered softly, with a hint of gloom in her eyes, a hint of decisiveness, and a hint of ruthless ruthlessness, "You can't blame me, Zhican." ”