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Chapter 324 Naming
Vivian Chow limped out of the bedroom, her disheveled appearance clearly showing she hadn't taken care of herself, and she didn't have the glamorous demeanor she usually displayed when going out.

She didn't care about eating anymore; she was starving, and even though she was having trouble moving around, she had to overcome the difficulties and eat.

She finally managed to get to the dining table, and the moment her bottom touched the chair, she hissed as she stood up. The movement was so sudden that her hip joint throbbed with pain, making her look like she was wearing a mask of agony, her whole face scrunched up.

It took her a while to recover before she carefully sat down again, took the seafood soup that the maid had served, and sipped it slowly.

The two little ones looked at their mother with a blank expression not far away. Usually, whenever Vivian Chow came out of the bedroom, she would always kiss her two little ones on the cheek first, but today was different.

Seeing Zhou Huimin's listless appearance, the two children thought she was sick, and hurriedly came over on their little legs, looking up at Zhou Huimin with worried expressions.

"Mom, are you feeling unwell?"

"Mom, Grandma said it's okay to fall down, just blow on it and it'll be fine. If you fall down, I'll blow on it for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Huimin gave a forced smile, reached out and rubbed the two little ones' heads, comforting them, "Mommy is fine, I just fell and will be alright after a rest. But I have to break my promise to take you to the amusement park today. How about we go tomorrow?"

"Good mother."

"It's okay, Mom, your health is the most important thing."

Looking at the two sensible little ones, Zhou Huimin's heart melted. If it weren't for her mobility issues, she would have loved to hold the two children in her arms and kiss each of their little faces.

The bedroom door opened again, and despite it being the middle of summer, He Daqi came out wearing a scarf, long sleeves, and trousers. He walked without any apparent abnormality, but his attire was rather puzzling.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

While sipping her soup, Zhou Huimin stared intently at He Daqi, as if she were drinking soup made from He Daqi's bones. She chewed the shrimp with extra force, as if she were gnawing on He Daqi's flesh.

He Daqi was no less impressive. He raised his head and glared back with disdain, like a victorious rooster. He walked over arrogantly, and when he pulled out the chair, he paused for a moment, glancing at Zhou Huimin out of the corner of his eye before sitting down at the dining table.

When he was about to take the seafood soup, he hissed as he raised his arm. Presumably because the child was in front of him, he suppressed his discomfort as if nothing was wrong and calmly moved the bowl over.

After drinking a couple of sips of soup, feeling a bit better, He Daqi lowered his head and gently asked the two children:

"Huanhuan and Lele, we just brought the kitten home last night. It's not familiar with the place yet and it meowed in the living room all night. I hope it didn't disturb your sleep?"

The two little ones shook their heads together.

"No, we went upstairs to sleep after feeding the kitten yesterday, and we didn't hear it meowing."

"Dad, is the kitten meowing because it misses its mom? Would it be bad if we brought it here and separated it from its mom? If it doesn't respond well, should we give it back to its mom?"

Hearing his son's words, He Daqi patted his head with satisfaction and said with a smile:

"It's okay, it's old enough to be an independent little kitten. You should help it more from now on, take it out to play often, and let it gradually get used to it. But don't touch it too hard, because its bones are brittle and can't withstand much force. Today, because Mom isn't feeling well, we won't go to the playground. Later, Dad will teach you how to cook for the kitten, okay?"

"Okay!" X2
After He Daqi's reminder, the two children stopped crowding around Zhou Huimin and finally remembered their beloved kitten. They happily ran to the cardboard box and squatted down.

Zhou Huimin turned her gaze away from the two children, glared at He Daqi who was leisurely drinking soup, and said in a low voice, "He Daqi! If you dare to tie me up again, I'll divorce you!"

He Daqi rolled his eyes dismissively: "How novel! Let's go back and sign the divorce papers. Whoever doesn't sign is a coward!"

Zhou Huimin was so angry that she trembled and pointed at He Daqi, saying, "You...I...I'll take the two children with me when I get back, so you'll never see them again."

"You can't take the child away. The child's household registration is in Beijing, and it will definitely be awarded to me. Even if you want to secretly take the child away, I will get there first. I guarantee you won't be able to find me. If you're so capable, go and complain to my grandparents."

"You just know how to annoy me!" Vivian Chow pouted.

“We’re talking about reason. You said you’d use any means necessary and would never yield, but now you’re denying it?” He Daqi shrugged.

"But I didn't ask you to treat me like that..."

"I let go of you from behind, and look what happened! You bit me like this, the teeth marks are still here, don't deny it!"

"You deserve it!" Zhou Huimin angrily turned her head away, not wanting to pay any more attention to this bastard.

"Hey! You're really pushing yourself, do you dare to...?"

"Shut up!" Zhou Huimin snapped before He Daqi could finish speaking.

She suddenly realized that marrying a man from Beijing wasn't such a good thing after all; if he got really sharp-tongued, he could drive a man half to death.

Just then, the phone rang in the bedroom. Both the couple heard it, but neither of them wanted to move, so they just let the phone keep ringing.

He Daqi's beloved son also heard it. Seeing that his parents didn't react, he immediately abandoned his sister and the kitten and rushed over to remind them, "Mom and Dad, your phones are ringing."

"Really? Oh dear, Mommy didn't hear you. Huanhuan, be a good girl and go get Mommy's phone, okay?"

"Ok!"

The little guy seemed to have received some glorious mission. With a serious and earnest expression, he darted into the bedroom with his short legs and came running back a moment later with his constantly ringing phone.

"Huanhuan is such a good boy!" Zhou Huimin praised, pinching her son's cheek.

The little guy was overjoyed to have gained his mother's approval. He returned to the cardboard box with a smug look on his face, as if he were more sensible and obedient than his sister at that moment.

The couple smiled as they looked at their son's cheerful little face. When they turned around, they happened to look at each other, but then, as if they had seen something trash, they immediately snorted in disdain.

The phone, which had just stopped ringing, rang again. Zhou Huimin answered calmly, "Xiao Liu, I was in the kitchen just now and saw you making a call. What's up?"

“Vivian, our people have been withdrawn, and the specific release date for Thousands of Miles Alone in China has been confirmed for December 22nd. Then something interesting happened: The Promise has been postponed again to December 15th, just one week after Thousands of Miles Alone.”

Zhou Huimin burst out laughing upon hearing this. She looked up at He Daqi and found that He Daqi was also looking at her. Both of them saw schadenfreude in each other's eyes.

"Would China Film Group be happy if Chen Kaige collided with Zhang Yimou?" Zhou Huimin asked Liu Ying on the other end of the phone. "They probably wouldn't be too willing. Manager Li from China Film Group told me this news. He also asked us to reconsider the release schedule of Crazy Stone, saying it would be best not to put it at the end of December. What do you think, Vivian?"

"That's it..."

Zhou Huimin frowned slightly and began to think. To be honest, Wuji's current momentum is really intimidating. Nobody wants to run into it. Originally, running into Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles" was just for revenge. But if they run into Wuji as well, things will be a bit hard to say.

“It will remain unchanged. Either it will still be released on December 29th, or it will be released on the 22nd, just like the original ‘Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles’,” He Daqi said.

"How to say?"

"The Promise is just so-so. It's only heavily promoted. Don't count on it. It definitely won't crush Zhang Yimou."

Zhou Huimin thought for a moment, then put down the microphone and said to Liu Ying, "Daqi said it can either be the same as before, or it can be moved up to the same day as 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles'. You talk to China Film Group about it. If they are unwilling, we can do the publicity ourselves. Anyway, my requirement is that we can lose money, but we can't make money on the new film."

“I know, Vivian. Oh, right, don’t hang up yet. There’s something else. Wang Jinghua has completely fallen out with Huayi. She left Huayi with a whole bunch of people. She came to Yonghui Qiming early this morning saying she wanted to talk about cooperation. I told her that you and Daqi weren’t there, so I just brushed her off.”

“We won’t get involved in their affairs. We don’t expect to make a big impact in artist management anyway. Besides, we’ve already done some research, and it won’t be long before most big-name artists open their own studios. Their model is no longer suitable, so there’s no need to pay too much attention to it,” Zhou Huimin said nonchalantly.

"Understood. When will you and Daqi be back?"

"Around the end of the month, or earlier."

"That's all for now, bye."

"Ah."

Putting her phone on the table, Zhou Huimin found it increasingly interesting and, forgetting her petty tantrum with He Daqi, asked with great interest:
"Do you think Chen Kaige deliberately bumped into Zhang Yimou? After such a long delay, he just happened to wait until Zhang Yimou released the official release date, and then he chose to release it a week earlier."

"It's possible... I must say, the possibility is quite high! I guess he was impressed by the success of 'A World Without Thieves' and 'Kung Fu Hustle' last year and thinks the Lunar New Year season can accommodate two big films, so he's deliberately trying his luck. Anyway, judging from Chen Kaige's attitude, he's very confident."

I originally wanted to sneakily sabotage someone, but before I could even make a move, someone else went first, and it was a head-on confrontation. How do I put it? It was actually kind of satisfying!
Thanks to the good news they heard early in the morning, the couple finally calmed down and started chatting and laughing, as if they had both lost their memories just now.

After dinner, Vivian Chow slowly moved to the sofa and beckoned her son and daughter to bring the kitten over.

After cuddling and petting the kitten for a while, seeing her son and daughter's impatient expressions, Zhou Huimin smiled and picked up the kitten, letting the two little ones reach out their little hands to pet it.

Seeing the child's cautious yet joyful expression, Zhou Huimin suddenly said to He Daqi, "I've decided, we'll name it Zhou Huibao. What do you think?"

(This name is real; she named her cat that. Don't criticize it; you can check it on Baidu.)
He Daqi curled his lip and said, "Not so great. Anyone who didn't know better would think this is your younger brother. What's wrong? Is he your peer?"

“No, that’s the name we’ll call him. He’ll be my son from now on. By the way, is he male or female?” Zhou Huimin picked up the kitten to look at it, then changed her mind and said, “He’ll be my daughter from now on!”

"From now on, will you call your daughter Leopard?"

Vivian Chow also thought it was a bit outrageous, so she said, "Then you come up with one."

"I think Huimin is a good name. In the future, I can call out at home, 'Xiaomin, come here,' and it will come running over. It sounds pretty interesting."

Hearing this bastard spout nonsense again, Zhou Huimin rolled her eyes in disgust. If she weren't physically disabled, she would have given He Daqi a black eye.

“I’m going to name it Daqi. From now on, every time I come home I’ll call out, ‘Daqi, come here!’ and it will run to my feet and roll over on its back, right, Daqi?” The last sentence was asked by Vivian Chow while holding the kitten.

"Call me Xiaomin!"

"Call him Daqi!"

The two of them started arguing back and forth, and kept calling the kitten's name. Luckily, the kitten didn't say anything, otherwise it would have protested a few times.

Jingle Bell.

He Daqi's phone rang.

"Son, go get Dad's phone."

"Ok!"

The little guy happily climbed off the sofa and ran into the bedroom.

Children's thoughts are easy to guess. Just by looking at their happy faces, you can tell that they must feel that they have become more obedient and sensible than before after helping their parents today.

The little girl was unhappy at this moment, pouting and saying, "I can help Daddy get the phone too."

"Okay, okay, you can come and get it next time." He Daqi chuckled and pinched his precious daughter's little cheek.

When his son ran out with his phone, He Daqi picked him up and put him on the sofa, praised him and patted his head before answering the call.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Daqi, this is Lao Li from the exchange group." The caller was the deputy head of the exchange group.

"Oh, Commander Li, what's the matter?"

He Daqi roughly guessed his purpose for coming, but he really didn't want to participate in the exchange group this year. If he really thought about it, he had been in South Korea for almost half a year this year. If he went back to rehearse for a while and then came back here, he felt that he would get quite tired of it.

"Registration for this year's exchange group has begun. Wang has been promoted, and I will be in charge of leading the group here for the exchange from now on. The higher-ups specifically asked about you, since you're a veteran member who has come before. Surely you won't stop coming when it's my turn to lead the group?"

"Hiss!" He Daqi gasped. One sentence, three meanings—how the hell was he supposed to refuse?

"Um... Li Tuan, congratulations on your promotion! As for me... I've been filming a movie in South Korea all year and haven't been back. I probably won't be able to get back for rehearsals until the end of this month, by which time you guys will probably be gone. It's not that I'm letting you down or being disrespectful, that's just the situation, you see..."

"That's perfect. We're leaving at the end of this month, so you don't need to come back. Just submit your performance program, and you can join the group directly in South Korea. You're a veteran member, so I trust you. Okay, remember to submit your program to me as soon as possible. I need to contact other people, so I'll hang up now."

(End of this chapter)