Chapter 40
When Gu Shi returned from the company, he only saw his son watching Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf on the sofa, while Nanny Wang was picking vegetables next to him. Luo Zhengzheng was nowhere in sight.
He asked his son, "Where's Mom?"
Little Chengjia pointed upstairs: "Mom is sleeping upstairs."
Nanny Wang said from the side, "She's been sleeping all afternoon, and is still sleeping. Could it be that she is unwell?"
Gu Shi frowned and went upstairs. When he got upstairs, he saw that the room door was closed. He pushed the door open and found that it was pitch black inside. He turned on the light and saw Luo Zhengzheng sleeping soundly with the blanket in her arms.
He went over and touched her forehead. She didn't have a fever. Why hadn't she woken up after sleeping all afternoon?
Hearing the noise, Luo Zhengzheng woke up groggily. Seeing it was him, she asked in a hoarse voice, "You're back?"
Gu Shi looked at her: "Your voice is hoarse?"
Luo Zhengzheng coughed: "My throat hurts, I might have caught a cold. My head also hurt for a long time this afternoon."
Gu Shi asked her, "Did you take your medicine?"
Luo Zhengzheng shook her head: "I don't want to take medicine."
Gu Shi glanced at her quietly and said slowly, "If your throat hurts, you should take medicine, or go get an injection."
Luo Zhengzheng: "......"
Why give her a shot? She was not a child. It was just a sore throat. Fine, take some medicine. She was not afraid of taking medicine. It was just that in her past life, when she had a cold, no one cared whether she took medicine or not, and she usually got through it on her own. But now he was forcing her to take medicine, or he would threaten her with a shot.
Luo Zhengzheng caught a cold and was afraid of infecting her son, so she didn't dare to get close to him. She didn't go to the main house for dinner. Nanny Wang cooked red bean porridge and stir-fried a few light home-style dishes. The family had a simple dinner at home. Afterwards, they went upstairs to wash up and then lay down to rest. However, she slept all afternoon and couldn't fall asleep at all that night.
Gu Shi went to the study to work. With nothing to do, she took out her phone, intending to play on it for a while before going to sleep.
Thinking about today's trending topics, she was about to check them out again when she discovered numerous missed calls on her phone, all from Liu Hanyue. She had silenced her phone that afternoon and hadn't accepted any calls from her. She wondered why Liu Hanyue called.
She dialed the number without thinking. Liu Hanyue, who had been playing on her phone, answered immediately when she saw the caller ID: "I heard from mother-in-law that you have a cold? You were fine this morning."
Luo Zhengzheng smilingly said, "I already had mild symptoms this morning. Why did you call?"
Liu Hanyue immediately became excited: "Go check out VB, all those netizens are having a blast right now."
Luo Zhengzheng's interest was piqued by her words: "What, having a blast?"
Liu Hanyue remained mysterious: "You'll see when you go and see for yourself."
Luo Zhengzheng chuckled: "How mysterious! I'll go check it out right away."
After hanging up the phone, Luo Zhengzheng opened VB and checked her own account. She found that she had gained numerous followers and comments under each VB post.
This generation of netizens was obviously very clever. They not only found her VB account, but also followed her and left a comment under each of her VB posts.
She didn't post that many VB videos, only occasionally sharing scenery or food photos of outings with her son. She had been quite busy for the past year or so and hadn't posted any VB videos in a long time. Her most recent VB video was from Jiajia's second birthday. Of course, only Jiajia's little hands appeared in the photo. He wasn't actually in the picture. The comments below were all wishing the little guy a happy birthday.
She couldn't resist grinning. This was a belated birthday wish, but it was too late. Jiajia would be turning three soon.
Below the birthday video was a video of Gu Shi and her dad killing a goose. When she posted it, she deliberately found a not-so-clear photo. Both of them were in profile. That day, Gu Shi was wearing a black tracksuit and looked like a big boy. He didn't look like the Gu Shi people had in mind at all. If one didn't look closely, one might not recognize him.
The comments under this VB post were quite witty.
Someone asked Gu Shi if braised goose in an iron pot was delicious.
Some people even ask whether killing geese or being a CEO was more interesting.
Some even joked that a mother-in-law dotes on her son-in-law; couldn’t bear to eat the goose she painstakingly raises and only slaughtered it when her son-in-law arrives. Wouldn't such a goose taste even better?
Before she could read any further, Gu Shi finished his work and returned to the room.
He saw Luo Zhengzheng looking at her phone and said disapprovingly, "You have a cold and you're still looking at your phone?"
Luo Zhengzheng glanced at him: "I feel much better after taking the medicine." She had always been in good health and her colds healed quickly.
After saying that, she ignored him and continued scrolling on her phone.
Gu Shi sat down beside her and asked, "What are you looking at so intently?"
Luo Zhengzheng swiftly hid her phone from him, but he still caught a glimpse of the VB page on the screen out of the corner of his eye. He looked at her meaningfully and said, "Don't hide it, I've already seen it."
Luo Zhengzheng glanced at him guiltily: "Aren't you very busy? How do you have time to look at these things?"
Gu Shi sat down next to her with a relaxed expression and said, "It's just a picture of me and father-in-law killing a goose. It's fine."
Luo Zhengzheng glanced at him cautiously: "Are you really sure it’s fine?"
"It's fine," Gu Shi said magnanimously. Then he continued, "It's just that posting a few photos of myself going to my father-in-law's house and emptying his things. It's fine. It's just the truth."
Luo Zhengzheng hadn't seen the VB yet. She coughed and said, "If it's fine, it's fine. What could possibly be wrong? These VBs are just teasing, they don't mean anything else. Next time you go to my parents' place, just act the same as before."
"I didn't say anything, why are you feeling guilty?" Gu Shi patted her head helplessly. "Have you not seen the other trending topics yet? We've been teased by netizens all day. We've certainly added some color to their leisure time."
They were all well-meaning netizens. He didn't ask anyone to remove the trending topic. Besides, this was what he wanted to see, so that troublemakers wouldn't keep bouncing around in front of him and his wife.
Luo Zhengzheng was about to check the trending topics when Gu Shi grabbed her arm: "Ms. Luo, shouldn't you pay attention to your husband's VB?"
Luo Zhengzheng turned to him, wondering what he meant.
Gu Shi looked at her lazily: "Netizens went through all sorts of trouble to finally find Ms. Luo's VB, only to find that President Gu and Ms. Luo did not follow each other. They are all looking for the reason. Many netizens are speculating the reason why the two aren’t following each other. Is because President Gu did not know that Ms. Luo actually had a VB account, and even often posted some daily photos on it. In fact, they don’t know their guess is correct. President Gu really did not know."
Luo Zhengzheng hadn't looked at the trending topics, but just from what Gu Shi said, she could imagine how mischievous those words were. She said, "Isn't it because you posted that VB on the internet that it attracted everyone's attention?"
Gu Shi looked at her: "Then delete it?"
Luo Zhengzheng quickly said, "Never mind, it's already been posted."
Gu Shi looked at her and said, "You little white eye wolf."
Luo Zhengzheng immediately changed her tune: "I admit I was wrong, okay?"
Gu Shi added, "Actually, what netizens said was not wrong. Ms. Luo did not tell President Gu her VB account and posted on VB without his knowledge. In fact, she wanted to complain about President Gu. She is already dissatisfied with President Gu."
Luo Zhengzheng wasn't fooled. Looking at him, she said, "Actually, netizens don't know that President Gu likes to whine without reason."
Gu Shi ignored her accusations of whining without reason and instead held her fingers, saying, "Netizens say that since President Gu is so supportive of his wife, she'll definitely give him a big reward when he gets home. I wonder what Ms. Luo thinks about that?"
Luo Zhengzheng didn't believe it: "Which netizen said that? Let me see."
Gu Shi looked at her with a faint twinkle in his eyes: "I don't remember which netizen said it. I just randomly found it after lunch. There were too many comments now, so it's impossible to find it now."
Luo Zhengzheng didn't believe it: "Seeing is believing. I didn't see it, so it doesn't count."
Gu Shi said, "It's absolutely true. When have I ever lied to you?"
Luo Zhengzheng acted shamelessly: "What netizens say doesn't count. only what Ms. Luo says counts."
Gu Shi looked at her: "I guessed it, I knew you would cheat out of it."
Luo Zhengzheng: "......"
If he already guessed it, why speak so much?
Gu Shi touched her forehead. She didn't have a fever. He took her phone away and said, "Now that you've satisfied your curiosity, stop looking at your phone and get some rest. You know how tiring it is to catch a cold."
Luo Zhengzheng was speechless: "You just told me all that just to stop me from looking at my phone?"
Gu Shi went to the closet, grabbed his pajamas, and prepared to wash up: "Can you sleep if I don't explain things to you clearly?"
Okay, he was right. Luo Zhengzheng agreed, and then added, "I haven't followed you yet, won't the netizens be anxious?"
Gu Shi raised an eyebrow: "Why would they be so anxious about our marital affairs? Go to sleep."
Luo Zhengzheng rolled her eyes. "Didn't you say you were going to add some color to netizens' leisure time?"
However, she looked at the phone that Gu Shi had taken away and didn't take it back. She had taken cold medicine and was already feeling drowsy.
Su Zhilan spent the whole day staring at the computer, watching the trending topics about Gu Shi and Luo Zhengzheng on VB. She was so furious that her face turned green and was close to exploding.
Ever since she learned that Luo Zhengzheng had invested in one TV series after another, she had been secretly waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
She knew about elder brother's suppression of the censorship review for Luo Zhengzheng's TV series, but it didn’t succeed.
Later, if Gu Shi hadn't intervened, that drama would still be shelved and it wouldn't have sold for 100 million yuan. Naturally, she was unhappy and said some things online.
She hadn't expected Gu Shi to speak online, and to cause such a stir. Now, the whole world knew that President Gu of the Ye Group was protective and loving towards his wife?
What angered her even more was that Hunan TV actually posted comments under every trending topic saying that Ms. Luo's invested TV series had premiered and everyone was welcome to watch it.
If it weren't for Hunan TV joining in the fun, would everyone have been so excited?
So how could anyone who enjoyed scrolling VB not know that Luo Zhengzheng's investment in the TV series "Home and Country" was bought by Hunan TV and would air on January 18th?
Instead of discouraging Luo Zhengzheng, she actually boosted her career, drawing more attention to the TV series "Home and Country".
The more she thought about it, the fire blazed and the more unbearable it became. She had actually lost so much face in front of that peasant girl, Luo Zhengzheng, and had even let her get such a big benefit. This was unacceptable.
She turned to her elder brother and said firmly, "If Luo Zhengzheng can invest in TV dramas, so can I. I want to invest and produce TV dramas too."
Now, the issue between her and Luo Zhengzheng was no longer about Gu Shi, but rather a battle between two women over their careers.
Su Chenyang frowned at her: "Are you crazy?"
Su Zhilan said, "I'm not crazy. I've been thinking about this for many days. I only made up my mind today."
It wasn't that Su Chenyang looked down on her, but rather: "The money? Where's the money coming from?"
Luo Zhengzheng invested nearly 100 million yuan to film the TV series, while Zhilan didn't have that much money.
Su Zhilan blushed and said, "I have 20 million here. At most, I can ask Dad and Mom to contribute some."
Su Chenyang said, "Our company is having cash flow problems lately, where are they going to get the money to help you out?"
As he spoke, he looked at Su Zhilan. If Gu Shi hadn't broken off the engagement with her, their family wouldn't be in such dire straits. It was also because Younger Sister was useless and couldn't win Gu Shi's heart. That peasant girl, on the other hand, had some skills. At least Gu Shi was willing to spend money on her.
Su Zhilan gritted her teeth: "At worst, I'll just sell my villa."
Su Chenyang shrugged: "Whatever. I don't have any money to invest in your TV series."
Even if he had money, he couldn't let her squander it.