0p0 Chapter 866 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (32)
Chapter 866 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (32)
But this also made her even more lovable. Not only Xiao Yu, but also Xiao's parents loved her even more. Only Xiao Yun was treated equally. They were all born from her, so she could accept them no matter what.
If your son has high needs, so be it. Just pay more attention to him and spend more time with him. He'll be fine when he gets older.
She did not give the child the "enlightenment pill," because, whether from the perspective of the soul or simply in terms of physical fitness, given the intelligence level of the couple, it was certain that the child could not possibly be stupid.
Moreover, the family has excellent educational resources and environment, and there are no malicious competitors around who are always ready to seize the opportunity to harm them. Therefore, there is no need to force young children to show their strength too early in order to deter potential enemies or opponents.
There's absolutely no need to raise your child into a so-called "prodigy." As long as you can ensure that your little one can grow up healthy, carefree, and happy, that's enough.
The same goes for her daughter. She was born with the cultivation level of a demon king, and her future potential is limitless. She also has a long lifespan and may not even live to adulthood in this world. She might need to use a puppet then, so there's no need to sacrifice her childhood playtime.
The elderly couple in the Xiao family were completely content with having grandchildren. They wished they could each have one and hold them every day. Once the children were a little older, they would push them around to show them off.
Well, after all this time, they've made a few friends. Before, Xiao's mother often went to the central park of the community to chat with the retired old ladies. The people living here all consider themselves rich and cultured, so when they get together they don't do square dancing. At most they walk their kids or dogs and do Tai Chi or something.
The old men had more activities, such as playing cards, chess, practicing swordsmanship, and even walking their birds. Although Xiao's father was not actually that old, he looked old, and those who were ten years older than him called him "old brother".
Now the elderly couple has another source of income. Every day after lunch, they take a one-hour nap, and then go for a walk with their child. Whether they meet someone they know or a stranger, as long as they receive a compliment or ask a question, they can chat with them for an entire afternoon...
Time moved forward at a leisurely pace, and several months passed in the blink of an eye. One day, Xiao Yun was lying in bed playing with her son when her phone suddenly rang. She reached for the phone on the bedside table and answered it.
"Hey?"
"Boss, do you remember you own an entertainment company? It's almost the end of the year again. If I'm not mistaken, you haven't shown up at the company all year. I wonder if we'll have a chance to see your sage at the year-end party?"
Zhao Yaqi's voice came through the receiver, carrying a distinct sense of resentment.
Xiao Yun paused, her hand pressing on her chubby son's forehead. She blinked guiltily. Has time really passed so quickly? Another year has gone by.
"Hey, look at what you're saying. I've just been working on getting back in shape. We're in the entertainment industry, how can we show our bad side? Besides, I've always been hands-off with the company, I feel at ease with you here~"
She coughed lightly, made up a reason, and didn't forget to flatter the other person.
"Heh, come on, you haven't been to the company for almost a year, but I haven't missed you for a year. You recovered during your postpartum period, and your figure is not only not out of shape, but even more voluptuous than before."
So don't give me excuses. The baby's eight months old now, it's time for you to get back to work. Didn't you have your eye on that period drama script? I got it for you, so you should at least meet with the director and producer.
Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow. That's fast! She only mentioned it on the phone last month, and she didn't expect to win him over so quickly.
This film is the most awarded of the original, winning a total of five awards both domestically and internationally. It is somewhat similar to "In the Mood for Love," but it has a more compelling storyline and is more passionate because it is full of stories about sacrifice and dedication for the greater good of the nation.
Xiao Yun also liked the script quite a bit. She felt that she could take on the challenge and see if her acting skills could surpass the original character and win more awards.
As for the children, she weaned them last month, so she doesn't need to stay home with them every day.
Actually, both children stopped liking milk when they were five months old. They preferred to eat flavorful foods and started eating complementary foods as their main meals. They only drank milk because they wanted to be close to their mother.
Especially her chubby son, who would rather drink bitter medicine than drink tasteless milk. He would take a sip and then spit it out, often getting splattered all over her face. He would even use her to grind his teeth. Xiao Yun would slap his chubby bottom in anger, and he would laugh gleefully. So she simply weaned him off the milk.
"Ah~ Mom~" The chubby boy tried to break free from the big hand on his forehead that was blocking his exploration of new things, stretching his arms forward and calling out in a childish voice.
Xiao Yun had already hung up the phone by then, tossed it to a spot out of her chubby son's reach, and then let go.
This kid is extremely curious about cell phones. As soon as it rings, he crawls over to check it, and he's incredibly fast. If it weren't for Xiao Yun's agility, he might not have been able to stop him.
"Come on, son, let's continue playing with these building blocks. That one isn't fun anymore, look, Mom threw it away."
The chubby boy looked at her with his big eyes, then at the phone on the bedside table, separated by a railing he couldn't get over. Somewhat reluctantly, he took the brightly colored soft building blocks from his mother's hand.
The chubby boy's name is Xiao Jingrui. At eight months old, he already weighs about 30 pounds. He is really chubby, with fleshy bumps everywhere you touch, especially his two cheeks, which are like big peaches and jiggle with every movement. But this does not affect his movements at all; he can climb up very quickly.
His daughter's name is Xiao Jingyan. She is ten pounds thinner than him, weighing only about twenty pounds. When the two of them are together, she looks a whole size smaller than this boy.
Actually, both children are quite healthy. They have never been sick since birth, have a good appetite, and are in excellent health.
She put her daughter into her spatial storage to cultivate, and felt at ease with Yun Sheng and the others watching over her.
It was nap time for the two children, who slept separately. So every day at this time, she would let her daughter go into the space to absorb spiritual energy.
This kid used to be able to sleep for two hours, but now he's getting more and more playful. Sometimes he wakes up on his own in less than an hour, so Xiao Yun has to play with him and give him some brightly colored toys to keep him quiet.
Xiao Yu has an endorsement shoot to do these past two days, so she's not home. Once she joins the crew, Xiao Yu will have to stay home and take care of the child. At that time, it's the same if her daughter goes to her space to cultivate.
Yun Sheng and Xin Ran adored their granddaughter, unlike their other granddaughter, Yao Yao, who was already an adult and they couldn't even kiss her.
When the child wasn't cultivating, they would take her to wander around the spatial world, visiting various planets. Sometimes the little girl would get so carried away that she didn't want to come out.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yun checked his watch. It was almost time. He probed his space with his divine sense, greeted his father and Aunt Xinran, and then brought the little girl out.
As soon as the child came out, Xiao's mother called from outside the door: "Xiaoyun, are the children awake? Come out and have some fruit!"
The house is very soundproof; you can't hear anything inside unless you shout loudly at the door.
The reason why Xiao's mother timed things so perfectly is because she has a very regular schedule. As long as she doesn't go out, she takes a nap for one or two hours every day without fail. Around three o'clock in the afternoon, she gets up to eat some fruit and then takes her child out for a walk in the neighborhood.
The neighborhood they live in not only has a park, but also a leisure square. Many elderly people stroll around or sit and chat with their grandchildren in these two places. Of course, most of them are accompanied by caregivers. The elderly just watch over the children while the caregivers take care of them.
It's not that people with money are unwilling to take care of their children themselves, but rather that people here marry late and have children even later. Many parents are over forty before their children can even walk, and grandparents are even older and unable to help.
As a result, Mr. and Mrs. Xiao actually looked younger than the rest of the group. If they hadn't taken better care of themselves for a few years, they would have looked even younger and might have been mistaken for their children's parents.
Xiao Yun and her husband rarely go with them. When they take their child out, they blur their faces so that even if someone accidentally takes a picture, it's not clear.
As public figures, the two did not want to overexpose their family members, causing their parents to live under constant disturbance in the future.
The public only knows that they have twins, a boy and a girl. Photos of the children have never been released to the public. Even when they post pictures on their own accounts, they only show a little bit of their hands and feet.
In recent years, every drama invested in and produced by Jiuxiao Entertainment has been a huge hit. While not all of its artists have become superstars, none of them have experienced any major scandals or scandals. They are all steadily rising in popularity, which alone puts them ahead of many other entertainment companies.
In contrast, Xiao Yun's net worth has also risen accordingly, and her assets have unknowingly exceeded 10 billion. This is without her secretly manipulating the market; it is all hard-earned money, which shows how capable the professional manager she hired is.
"Get up, I'm coming right away!" Xiao Yun called out to the door, then picked up the two children, one in each arm, and placed them in the stroller next to the bed. She pushed the stroller out of the room and took the elevator downstairs.
Mr. Xiao was sitting on the living room sofa scrolling through his phone. When he saw the mother and her two children come out, he put his phone in his pocket, got up and walked over, reaching out to pick up the chubby little boy, Xiao Jingrui, who was barking loudly at him.
He's calling for his maternal grandfather, but he can't pronounce those two sounds yet, so he can only yell "Awoooooo!" He's calling for his maternal grandmother in the same way, but the difference is that the last syllable is drawn out.
Actually, Xiao Yu wanted the child to call them grandpa and grandma. Anyway, he had no one left on his side, and the child would take Xiao Yun's surname. He didn't mind marrying into the family.
However, Xiao's parents did not agree. Although they had always wanted a son, they also wanted to give their daughter a sibling to rely on. Now that their daughter was so capable, they didn't need one at all. They were a little worried that Xue Wenxi would not treat their daughter well in the future.
After all, if relatives and friends hear the child calling the son-in-law "grandpa" and "grandma" when they go back to their hometown, their attitude towards the son-in-law might change. Rather than making a fuss about the way the child addresses his parents later, it's better to just call him whatever is appropriate.
Although Xiao Jingrui is only eight months old, he could already say "daddy" and "mommy" when he was six months old. At first, everyone thought he was doing it unconsciously, but when he called Xiao Yun "mommy" and Xiao Yu "daddy" several times, everyone realized that he was calling people, and he could distinguish who was who.
Xiao's mother also came over and picked up Jingyan, who was sitting quietly. She especially liked this granddaughter. This little girl was just a carbon copy of Xiao Yun when she was a child, which made her feel like she was a mother for the first time.
The two children don't look alike. Jingrui's appearance combines the best features of his parents. Even though he's chubby, he's still very handsome and you can tell at a glance that he's a boy.
Jing Yan, on the other hand, is a transformation of herself. Yes, her current appearance is not her true appearance. She looks exactly like Xiao Yun's original form, whether in the form of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox or in human form.
Unlike Yao Yao, whose Tianli form is the same as hers, her human form looks like a replica of Hu Xuan.
The family was sitting around in the living room eating fruit. Xiao Yun was feeding Jing Yan grapes when her phone rang again.
This time, Zhao Yaqi sent over detailed information about the Republican-era script and the filming schedule. Looking at the packed schedule, Xiao Yun sighed inwardly; she was really going to be busy again.
Then he told his parents about his work plans. While wiping the juice from his grandson's mouth, Xiao's father said, "Go to work with peace of mind. We'll take care of the child for you. You should work hard while you're young, but also take care of your health. Don't neglect your health. Rest when you need to."
Xiao's mother chimed in, "That's right, it doesn't matter how much money you make. Don't worry about things at home, just take good care of yourself."
Xiao Yun felt a warmth in her heart as she listened to her parents' words. "Don't worry, Mom and Dad, I'm not the kind of person who works myself to the bone. This movie has a limited filming location, so it shouldn't take too long before we come back."
Jingrui shifted restlessly in Xiao's father's arms, his little hands trying to grab Xiao Yun's phone.
Xiao Yun playfully pinched his nose and said with a smile, "You little rascal, all you care about is your phone. You probably won't even remember it when Mom isn't home."
Before she could finish speaking, her hand was grabbed by the chubby boy, who then stared at her with his big, watery eyes and said, "Mommy, I want to..."
Xiao Yun and the others were stunned. This child actually understood! His intelligence was even higher than they had expected! Xiao Yun's heart melted completely. She hugged the child and was about to kiss him when the little guy, after drawing out two more words, said, "Jiji~"
Xiao Yun: ...You're just being presumptuous.
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Xiao Yun had just returned to her room with her child after dinner when her phone rang again. It was a video call from Zhao Yaqi.
Xiao Yun put the two children on the bed before answering the call.
"Boss Xiao, have you seen the script and schedule? I've added Lao Zheng and the others to the group chat. Let's have a video conference. You won't have time once you join the crew."
The screen quickly changed to a grid pattern, and four video chat windows appeared, all from company executives.
Xiao Yun felt somewhat helpless, but still earnestly began to communicate with them.
Xiao Jingrui and Xiao Jingyan both climbed to the edge of the bed, stood up while holding onto the railing, and stared curiously at the phone screen in their mother's hand.