Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son-Chapter 574 - 571 Apologize to You

Xiao Yi teased Song Yuchen, and the little guy was quick to respond. Faced with such a tricky question, he simply laughed without answering and changed the subject, "Uncle Xiao Yi, have you had breakfast yet? Are you here to go back to Jiangcheng with us?"

Xiao Yi pinched the little guy’s chubby cheeks, "I’m not going back to Jiangcheng; I came to pick something up."

He was already prepared to head to the film set when Song Jinze sent him a message, telling him he wanted to compensate him and asking him to come over.

"What is it?" the little one asked curiously.

Xiao Yi’s gaze shifted to Song Jinze, who had just come out of the room, "You should ask your dad about that."

Song Yuchen also looked at his dad following Xiao Yi’s gaze, "Dad, what are you giving Uncle Xiao Yi?"

With a slight smile on his lips, Song Jinze handed a document to Xiao Yi and said quietly, "Sign here."

He couldn’t give Xiao Yi Nanfeng Island, but there was still a lot he could give him, for example, a manor in Ancheng.

After reading the document, Xiao Yi’s casual smile faded a lot, and he asked seriously, "Are you sure you want to give this to me?"

The manor was built by Huanya when they were establishing a branch in Ancheng years ago. It’s been quite a while now. Located in the East Suburb of Ancheng, by the mountains and water, it’s not only expansive, but the environment and traffic are also unparalleled.

He still remembered that as a child, he and Zhou Ziyi went to play there. Behind the manor’s fruit garden, there were many persimmon trees. That winter, he even said that when he got home, he wanted to plant a lot of persimmon trees in the backyard.

When he grew up, he was going to buy a piece of land and build a garden like that...

But later on, although he bought the land, it seemed that the persimmon trees were never planted,

Seeing Xiao Yi suddenly so serious, Song Jinze thought he didn’t like it, "You don’t like it? Then don’t sign."

He would find something else more suitable.

If it were not for wanting to compensate Xiao Yi, he would not have even remembered that the Song family had this garden in Ancheng, considering that since he returned from abroad, he had never been there again.

Even though the manor was looked after by someone, it was still some distance from the urban area. Hence, every time he came to Ancheng for convenience, he would just stay at a hotel.

"No sincerity at all!" Xiao Yi looked at him with disdain and then quickly signed his name in the designated spot on the document. "Only I wouldn’t hold this against you. If it were someone else..."

"Hey~ By the way, have all the persimmons on the back hill been picked?"

Song Jinze raised his eyebrows ever so slightly, "Apparently not yet, the steward said they planted strawberries this year..."

While talking, his gaze shifted to Ye Zhenzhen, "Do you want to pick some strawberries to take home?"

Song Yuchen immediately jumped up and down with his little legs, "Yes, yes, yes! I want to pick strawberries!"

Ye Zhenzhen smiled, "Okay."

Xiao Yi raised the document in his hand towards Song Yuchen and teased the little guy, "Son, now I’m the master of the manor. How about becoming my son if you want to pick strawberries?"

Song Yuchen immediately stopped smiling, "No thanks. I’d rather go buy strawberries myself. I can even buy delicious strawberry cakes. If you want some, I can give you a little bit. I won’t be as stingy as you!"

"Hey~ you little rascal!"

In the hotel parking lot, as Xiao Yi was about to get in the car with Xiao Chen, they ran into Bai Lingshan and her assistant.

When Bai Lingshan saw Xiao Yi, she didn’t greet him with her usual open smile but strode off in another direction.

Xiao Yi’s brows twitched slightly, and the words that were about to come out suddenly got stuck in his throat.

"Sister Shanshan! Sister Shanshan!"

Song Yuchen yelled out to Bai Lingshan twice, his little legs trying to catch up with her.

Yesterday on the set, he and Sister Shanshan had already become good friends, and Sister Shanshan had even promised him that she would keep an eye on Shen Yibo, making absolutely sure that Shen Yibo wouldn’t cling to his mom during his off time from filming.

Though Shen Yibo was his friend, Ye Zhenzhen was his most beloved mom, and he would never let Shen Yibo take his mom away!

Bai Lingshan had no choice but to stop in her tracks and turn around, pretending she had just seen them, "Oh, Xiao Chen, you’re going back to Jiangcheng today, aren’t you?"

"Yeah, Sister Shanshan, we’re going to pick strawberries now. You should come with us. There are also big persimmons that Uncle Xiao Yi loves to eat!"

Bai Lingshan deliberately avoided looking at Xiao Yi, "I still have to go to the set to film this morning, I might not have time."

She had thought that she could carry on chasing after Xiao Yi with laughter like before, but ever since yesterday, ever since Xiao Yi left her room, the more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she felt, the more she felt like she was worthless.

All she could think of was that Xiao Yi must see her as frivolous, and he would definitely look down on her.

After all, in such a situation, any woman would have immediately pushed away a drunk man, not actively moved toward him...

Xiao Yi’s long eyes were smiling as he directly pierced her facade, "Your scenes start in the afternoon. All the scenes today are with me as your counterpart. What are you going to shoot at the set?"

"I..."

Ye Zhenzhen saw that the two still hadn’t gotten into the car, so she got out of the car and walked over, "Shanshan, come with us."

How could Ye Zhenzhen not notice the strange atmosphere between Bai Lingshan and Xiao Yi?

Although she had only interacted with Bai Lingshan for a few days, Ye Zhenzhen was certain that this girl was more innocent than what she appeared to be.

Song Yuchen followed up with a nod, "Yes, yes, Sister Shanshan, let’s go together!"

"Let’s go, this is a new venture I acquired today..." Xiao Yi paused for a few seconds in the middle of speaking, and then took a couple of steps forward.

He leaned in close to Bai Lingshan’s ear and said in an extremely serious tone, "Speaking of which, this is also half your contribution..."

Bai Lingshan: ...

What did it have to do with her?

"Let’s go check it out."

With that, he took Xiao Chen by the hand and got into a sedan, while Ye Zhenzhen pulled Bai Lingshan into the same car Xiao Yi and Xiao Chen were in, "Let’s go, think of it as a day off to relax."

Bai Lingshan nodded with some embarrassment, "Okay."

In her heart, she really wanted to go with them. She just felt a bit awkward, inwardly, she was somewhat at a loss, the same as since yesterday.

That feeling was like suddenly remembering the silly things she did when she was a teenager, leaving her in a state of self-inflicted awkwardness.

It was something she could have avoided, but still, uncontrollably, it happened...

*

No sooner had the group arrived at the estate than Lu Wen arrived with Lu Sangning hot on their heels.

Ye Zhenzhen met Lu Sangning’s resentful gaze and her lips twitched, on the way there, Song Jinze had received a call from Lu Wen saying they wanted to come and apologize for their wrongdoing.

She hadn’t expected them to arrive so quickly.

Song Jinze had the butler take Bai Lingshan and Xiao Chen to the back mountain first, while he, Ye Zhenzhen, and Xiao Yi, stood directly outside the estate’s main gate, clearly with no intention of allowing the siblings to enter.

Lu Wen took the lead in apologizing to Xiao Yi, "Brother, I’m sorry, what happened the night before last was our fault, and I apologize to you..."