Volume 1, Chapter 18: Some Bit into Sour Lemons, Others Caught a Case of Green-Eyed Envy
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While Shen Xiaokun was speaking, he kept glancing at Shen Qi, who was still standing by the door without leaving.
Shen Qi was not angry in the slightest. He simply spun the key ring around his right index finger.
Li Huan’ge watched the scene on the screen, amused and exasperated by the sight of the big and little figures.
“When Mom gets home, I’ll help you get it back!”
“Deal!”
After hanging up, Shen Xiaokun looked at Shen Qi with an air of smug satisfaction, as though he had won a round and reclaimed his dignity.
“Mom said that even if she comes back, it’ll be the middle of the night, so there’s no need to wait for her to eat.”
Shen Qi nodded and left.
Shen Xiaokun returned to the computer and opened Song Hunt Network.
The moment he looked at it, he was delighted.
There were more than two hundred trade requests. The account named “Huan’ge Entertainment Song Submissions” was prominently listed among them.
Shen Xiaokun sighed with emotion. “As expected, a good song really is a good song…”
But Li Huan’ge, watching the large screen, suddenly stood up in alarm.
“Don’t click it, Xiaokun!”
Everyone in the studio stared at Li Huan’ge in astonishment, while the comments were filled with confusion.
[What’s going on? Wasn’t he about to submit it to Huan’ge Entertainment?]
[Could it be that Huan’ge Entertainment isn’t solely controlled by Li Huan’ge? Are there conflicts among the higher-ups?]
[Stop talking nonsense. Look below the trade information list!]
Everyone took a closer look and immediately understood.
Zhu Yiyi shouted as well, “Don’t click it, Xiaokun! It’s fake!”
While Bai Qinghe and Lin Xiaolu watched gleefully, Li Huan’ge had even prepared to make a phone call.
Many people had already witnessed Shen Xiaokun’s intelligence. But he was still in kindergarten, not yet six years old. No matter how clever he was, there was no way he could understand the schemes and ugliness of the adult world.
Just as everyone was growing anxious, Shen Xiaokun suddenly frowned and leaned even closer to the computer screen.
“Huh?”
Only four or five lines beneath the account named “Huan’ge Entertainment Song Submissions,” another account called “Huan’ge Entertainment” appeared.
Scrolling farther down, there were even more accounts: “Li Huan’ge’s Personal Assistant,” “Huan’ge Entertainment Creative Department,” “Huan’ge Music,” “Huan’ge Submissions Department,” and a whole series of others.
Shen Xiaokun narrowed his eyes, looking as though he had seen through everything.
“Well, well…”
[He’s so clever. This is what someone else’s child is like.]
[Don’t remind me. My son is older than Xiaokun, and people fool him into giving away his lollipops every single day.]
[See that? Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes!]
[I hereby declare Xiaokun the smartest child on the entire internet.]
Li Huan’ge and Zhu Yiyi both let out a long sigh of relief.
But at that moment, Shen Xiaokun spoke again.
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“Mom’s company has so many accounts for collecting songs!”
Li Huan’ge: “…”
Zhu Yiyi: “…”
[…]
[…]
[Oh no! This is bad!]
[Children really are children.]
[The song is priced at fifty thousand, but that’s the price for Huan’ge Entertainment. The price for everyone else won’t be the same.]
[That’s a huge loss!]
Only then did Li Huan’ge remember that she could not get through to Shen Xiaokun’s phone, so she could only call Shen Qi.
But Shen Qi was riding a motorcycle and might not hear it.
At the moment when everyone was on edge, Shen Xiaokun smiled faintly in front of the computer.
“Mom said that all transactions made online by minors are invalid. Although there probably isn’t much chance of anything going wrong this time, we should still eliminate every possible risk so we don’t run into trouble.”
“So I won’t click it…”
“We’ll wait until that Shen Qi fellow comes back before doing anything.”
[Holy crap! Is he a child prodigy?]
[Thank goodness Xiaokun listens to his mother. I almost cried.]
[It’s all right, it’s all right. Whatever the reason, at least he stopped in time.]
[I was so scared I nearly wet myself just now.]
Just then, an exceptionally magnetic male voice suddenly came through the studio.
“Hello?”
Everyone froze for a moment before remembering that Li Huan’ge had called Shen Qi.
Li Huan’ge was stunned as well.
“You… you’re not riding a motorcycle…”
“Hm?” Shen Qi sounded puzzled. “How did you know?”
“I…” Li Huan’ge glanced at Fang Qian and Li Lei, who were frantically signaling her. “I… I guessed! Didn’t Xiaokun just call me with your phone and ask whether I was coming home?”
“Huan’ge…” Shen Qi’s warm, teasing voice came through. “I have to say, you truly are the smartest woman in the world!”
Li Huan’ge’s face flushed, and Shen Qi continued jokingly, “I really am riding a motorcycle, and I usually can’t hear my phone ringing while I’m riding. But you’re different.”
“Rule Three of living off one’s wife: Under no circumstances can Shen Qi allow Li Huan’ge to call and fail to reach him!”
A tremendous sweetness welled up in Li Huan’ge’s heart.
Thinking back over the past three years, Shen Qi had never once failed to answer her calls. He always replied to her messages at the earliest possible moment.
Afraid that Shen Qi might say something about their contractual marriage, Li Huan’ge deliberately adopted an irritated tone.
“All right, go buy the groceries. Make sure Xiaokun gets a nutritious dinner tonight.”
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Shen Qi chuckled.
“Rule Two of living off one’s wife: Shen Qi must obey every request made by Li Huan’ge without question!”
“Just hang up!” Li Huan’ge snapped.
“Yes, ma’am!”
[I can’t believe it! I’ve just eaten five tons of public displays of affection!]
[Do I have a case of jealousy, or did I just swallow a whole bowl of sour lemons?]
[What a shameless production team. Why are you making me watch this?]
[I’d gladly give up fifty years of my life to find a husband like Shen Qi!]
The studio fell silent for a brief moment before erupting into thunderous applause.
Every woman looked at Li Huan’ge with envy.
Her heart felt warm. At that moment, she actually experienced a small, secret sense of feminine vanity.
Zhu Yiyi excitedly grabbed Li Huan’ge by the arm.
“Sister Huan’ge, Shen Qi is simply too good to you! He cares about you so much! I’m genuinely envious!”
“I hereby declare that Shen Qi is my standard for choosing a husband from now on!”
Fang Qian said enviously, “If this weren’t a live broadcast, we really wouldn’t get to witness such a sweet romance!”
Bai Qinghe and Lin Xiaolu felt bitterly jealous inside, but could only praise them with bright smiles.
“Oh, goodness… The Empress of Huan’ge really is blessed. Shen Qi is just like my husband—they’re both so good at saying sweet things.”
“My husband is the same. I thought mine was the only one like that, but now there’s Shen Qi too.”
Li Huan’ge’s feelings were complicated. Along with the sweetness, she became even more certain of one fact—Shen Qi loved her!
He loved her with all his heart!
If that were not the case, Shen Qi would only need to take care of the household. Why else would he act like such a shameless sycophant?
What Li Huan’ge did not know was that Shen Qi made her happy because she would occasionally send him a red envelope in return.
Or she might give him things that had been intended for clients but were left over.
Meanwhile, backstage, Chief Director Hong Tao watched as the number of viewers in the live-streaming room surged to thirteen million because of this little incident. He was grinning so broadly that his mouth seemed to stretch toward his ears.
“Thank you, Li Huan’ge… Thank you, Shen Qi and Shen Xiaokun…”
Associate Director Zhang Wei nodded as well.
Honestly, Chief Director, you should hurry up and get promoted. If I could invite Li Huan’ge’s family onto a show, I could be a chief director too.
This program has very little to do with you, Chief Director.
With Li Huan’ge’s family on it, you could tie a dog to the chief director’s chair and the show would still become a hit.
“Long live the chief director!”
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