Chapter 1665 - 1654: The Villain’s Foster Mother

Chapter 1665: Chapter 1654: The Villain’s Foster Mother

Zhou Linxia sat in the chair arranged by the organizers and watched Ye Mu and Chuqing slowly walk in, her eyes showing some frustration like expecting more from iron.

She was angry that her sister didn’t recognize her own fortunate situation and insisted on going out and suffering. Although she looked glamorous on the outside now, who knew about the inside? Ye Mu was just using Chuqing to show his amiable side. If he really cared about Chuqing, how could she attend such a grand awards ceremony without wearing any jewelry? Not even a haute couture dress, just an off-the-peg series from some brand.

Zhou Linxia believed that Chuqing was not actually living well, but she didn’t think about the fact that Chuqing hadn’t exposed that she was another daughter of the Zhou Family. With her current status, no brand would lend her a haute couture dress, and she was still young, so she didn’t need to wear complex jewelry. A bright yellow dress was enough to make her pure, elegant, lively, and charming.

It can only be said that once a person has prejudice, they will continue down that path further and further, and Zhou Linxia was like that now.

In this film festival, Chuqing didn’t have a project nominated, but both Ye Mu and Zhou Linxia did. Both were nominated for Best Newcomer, and Zhou Linxia was even nominated for Best Actress, so tonight her fans were particularly excited, thinking that whether it was the Newcomer award or the Best Actress award, she would definitely get one of them!

Generally, film festivals present the smaller awards first, and the big awards later, so the Best Newcomer award was first. Ye Mu and Zhou Linxia were both nominated for their roles in the youth campus drama "Shengxia," and the Director of "Shengxia" couldn’t keep the smile off his face today.

The award presenter was an older domestic middle-aged actress, Cai Min. Although she had never won Best Actress, she had received Best Supporting Actress countless times, and whenever it was award season, there was always a regret among the netizens wondering when the Best Actress award would finally go to her, as her acting wasn’t lacking.

After looking at the award list in her hand, Cai Min smiled ambiguously: "The winner of this year’s Best Newcomer award is..."

She paused appropriately, and the lighting and cameras accordingly stopped between the nominees, everyone managing their emotions well, proving worthy of being nominated.

"The winner of Best Newcomer is... Ye Mu, let’s congratulate him."

The camera lingered on Ye Mu’s face, showing his slightly surprised expression. After shaking hands with the Director next to him, he went up to the stage upon Cai Min’s invitation.

Watching everyone applaud for Ye Mu, Zhou Linxia felt slightly lost, but she quickly cheered herself up, saying it’s okay, isn’t there still the Best Actress trophy? Li Tangfeng had promised to make it happen for her.

However, when it came to presenting the Best Actress award, it still wasn’t hers. Fortunately, her quick reaction prevented her stunned and disappointed expression from being caught by the camera; instead, she smiled to applaud Cai Min.

Indeed, the one who received the Best Actress trophy was Cai Min, just awarded by Ye Mu, known as the Gold Medal Supporting Actress without a crown, but now everyone would have to call her the Best Actress.

Winning this award, Cai Min was truly deserving. When making her acceptance speech, she directly shed tears. After so many years, while her peers received their trophies, she kept acting, all to achieve this Best Actress trophy.

After working hard for so many years, her dream finally realized, she could say she had no regrets now, and she wouldn’t insist on only taking roles with potential for awards anymore.

"Thank you, thank you everyone." Cai Min bowed deeply again and then left the stage, with the applause lingering.

Almost everyone at the scene felt happy for her, perhaps only Zhou Linxia and her fans felt unwilling, clearly nominated for two important awards but didn’t win any at the end.

When leaving, Chuqing clearly felt Zhou Linxia’s low pressure, looking worriedly, but Zhou Linxia remained indifferent, still appearing polite as she greeted people around her.

Zhou Linxia was indeed unhappy, something that seemed within reach turned into someone else’s in the blink of an eye, for this, she was angry at Li Tangfeng for a long time.

Li Tangfeng patiently explained: "I indeed arranged things, but for your reputation’s sake, it couldn’t be too obvious, and moreover, Cai Min has been well-received this time. Linxia, if you had really won the award this time, you might have faced online criticism, saying you relied on family background to get this award, it’s better to let things develop and compete with a better work next year."

Zhou Linxia was momentarily upset, but after Li Tangfeng’s explanation, she felt relieved.

"Sorry, my mood hasn’t been good lately, so I didn’t think straight." Zhou Linxia sincerely apologized.

Li Tangfeng immediately asked in a caring tone: "Why is your mood bad again? Is the pressure in the entertainment industry too high?"

"It’s not that, it’s my sister Chuqing."

Li Tangfeng frowned: "What has she done now?"

"She hasn’t done anything, it’s just that it’s almost New Year’s and she doesn’t show any sign of wanting to come back home, so we’re worried as a family. My father said not to go looking for her first, afraid of indulging her temper, but a family should be together for New Year’s, right?"

"So what are you planning to do?"

"Why don’t you come with me to see her, Tang Feng? Maybe she’s just being obstinate out of pride with the family, I want to persuade her again." Zhou Linxia said worriedly.

Li Tangfeng said helplessly: "You are indeed too kind and considerate of others."

"There’s no choice, she’s my sister, lost for more than ten years, it’s still the family’s fault."

"It wasn’t intentional to lose her, hasn’t your family been through torment all these years? And after over a year back, your family has been so caring, her inability to integrate is her problem. I think your father is right, don’t indulge too much or the temperament gets skewed."

"Come on, after saying so much, are you accompanying me or not?"

"I’ll go, are we leaving now?"

"Yes, I’ve already found out where she’s living now."

At this time, Chuqing was taking a walk with Ye Qiu in the downstairs residential area. This area had few people, and the residents were quite wealthy, so seeing celebrities didn’t cause a stir, thus Chuqing didn’t take any protective measures.

The relationship between mother and daughter had eased considerably, Ye Qiu’s temper was no longer so irritable, and Chuqing wasn’t like a hedgehog anymore. They were taking Ye Mu’s cat for a walk, chatting and laughing all along the way.

When Zhou Linxia came in, this was the scene she saw. She had met Ye Qiu before, so she naturally recognized Ye Qiu at this moment, and her emotions were very excited.

"I wondered why you didn’t want to come back home, turns out you returned to this woman’s side again. Qingqing, have you forgotten how this woman bought you back then?"

Chuqing was startled: "Sis, why are you here?"