The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 522 Showdown?

"In short, it was only after I truly held them, fed them, and established a real connection with them that I was able to understand what a mother should be like." Fan Bingbing finally stopped, staring intently at Xu Jiuyang. "No matter what, I gave birth to your children willingly."

"If we get divorced next year, won't I be a sinner?" Xu Jiuyang lowered his head and touched his nose to avoid arousing suspicion.

"So don't get a divorce." Fan Bingbing immediately seized the opportunity.

"Impossible, I promised Ranran," Xu Jiuyang refused righteously. "Besides, even if I refused Ranran, what about Yunxin?"

"Isn't it mainly because of the latter?" Fan Bingbing immediately hummed.

Xu Jiuyang coughed lightly and changed the subject to comfort her: "Alright, don't think too much about it. You already have capital, and with everyone's help, no one can force you to do things that are not far off, not to mention that you can foresee the future."

"Predict the future? What do you mean by predicting the future?" Fan Bingbing looked bewildered.

"You said you dreamed about something, and then you got the motivation to do things. Isn't that predicting the future?" Xu Jiuyang continued to probe.

"If I could foresee the future, I would have kept you by my side long ago and trained you to be completely obedient!" Fan Bingbing immediately spat at him.

"You talk as if you haven't done anything wrong," Xu Jiuyang immediately scoffed. "What's the difference between me and being kept by a sugar daddy?"

After thinking for a moment, he added, "To be precise, I was kept by all of you."

"Is there really no difference?" Fan Bingbing was furious and poked his arm. "Tell me yourself, what gigolo is like you, always giving your sugar daddy the cold shoulder, refusing this and that, and leaving if things don't go your way?"

“That’s called being a kept man,” Xu Jiuyang replied calmly.

"You're still living off a woman, Cao Dahua!" She immediately changed from poking to pinching.

"Alright, alright." Xu Jiuyang grabbed her hand and kissed her again. "What you need to do now is rest well. Whatever happens in the future, we'll talk about it after we're discharged from the hospital and go home, okay?"

After coaxing her a few more times and finally getting her to lie down and sleep, he left the room, wiped his forehead outside, and let out a long sigh.

What should we do now? Originally, we thought they were only affected when they were reborn, and thus saw some fragments of their future development in their dreams. But after Fan Bingbing said this, it seems that they have been having fragmented dreams of the future intermittently.

Although there is no evidence for this, and it may indeed be a case of what one thinks about during the day manifesting in one's dreams at night, it makes a reasonable explanation for why they are always able to make relatively correct choices and, in some ways, continue the characteristics of someone from their previous life.

For example, the name Ye Lanqiu sounds somewhat like a Mary Sue story—in fact, the original online novel of *Caught in the Web*, *Please Forgive Me*, is quite Mary Sue-ish, with all the men in it loving the female protagonist and willing to sacrifice for her. However, it was published relatively early, touched on the novel topic of cyberbullying, and the female protagonist died in the end, so there wasn't much emotional entanglement. Furthermore, the Writers' Association was trying to expand its influence, so it recommended this online novel for the Lu Xun Literary Prize, and ultimately, it was adapted into a film by Kai Zi Ge.

Based on Xu Jiuyang's understanding of Gao Yuanyuan in this life, the possibility of him giving the female protagonist such a name if he were to create a novel of a similar theme is extremely low.

But she still had the female lead named Ye Lanqiu. Although he reread the novel "Cyberbullying," which was very different from the "Search" he remembered, Shen Erli, who was the original Shen Liushu—a very Mary Sue-ish name—was a hypocrite, Chen Ruoxi and Tang Xiaohua were both people who would do anything to climb up the social ladder, and Mo Xiaoyu and Yang Jiaqi were both brainless.

Throughout the entire novel, Yang Shoucheng was the kindest to the female protagonist, but he was also constrained by his own identity and maintained a distant relationship with her. In a sense, he pushed Ye Lanqiu down the path of suicide.

In addition, the fates of the various characters are also different. Shen Erli covets Ye Lanqiu, but pretends to want her to throw herself into his arms. After Ye Lanqiu gets into trouble, he cuts ties with her at lightning speed. After the truth comes out, he tries to make amends, but is not accepted by public opinion. In the end, he loses a big order, and his company is in jeopardy.

Another point worth mentioning is that in Gao Yuanyuan's novel, Shen Erli is not a high-tech company that imitates Huawei, but rather an online financial company that likes to blow bubbles.

Chen Ruoxi didn't change much; she was eventually removed from her position at the TV station. However, her methods were more ruthless, and the novel vividly illustrates the extent to which those in power will go to cover up their mistakes.

Tang Xiaohua and Yang Jiaqi are relatively simple cases. The former was directly fired, while the latter, although she obtained a position at the TV station by betraying Chen Ruoxi, was also mentioned in the novel that someone was watching her.

As for Yang Shoucheng, he naturally lived in pain and regret.

In short, the novel has a smooth logical flow, all the foreshadowing is resolved in the end, and the bad guys get their due consequences, unlike the awkward or even frustrating movie. It also fits Gao Yuanyuan's writing style very well, and Xu Jiuyang watched her grow up reading this book.

So if it's not as she thinks, what else could explain her using Ye Lanqiu as the female lead's name? It's impossible that our Yuanyuan sister has some kind of writing system, right?
"Forget it, it's all just speculation. And even if it's true, what can I do? I can't just tell them, can I?" Xu Jiuyang finally said to himself. "Let it be. I'll tell them when I really can't hide it anymore."

Others are also struggling with the same dilemma.

"What's going on? How did he end up up there? His mind is too active!" Little Fan, lying on the bed, muttered to himself, clutching his chest.

When that scoundrel said she could foresee the future, her heart almost jumped out of her chest. Luckily, she had seen a lot and her acting skills were pretty good, so she managed to control her emotions and fool him.

Even so, her vest still felt cool, but thankfully the other person seemed to be just saying it casually and didn't notice anything unusual about her.

"Could this be what Gao Yuanyuan meant when she said that after having a child, he might not run away after the truth comes out?" Fan Bingbing's face scrunched up. She had asked Gao Yuanyuan this question many times, but the other party had never given a direct answer, only saying that she would know when the time came.

“Okay, so that means he’ll figure it out himself? Impossible, his thinking may be unconventional, but he shouldn’t be able to think of that… Wait, Gao Yuanyuan said it was a showdown, so it should be us who take the initiative… Ah, I get it, we won’t say we have that damn system, we’ll say we dreamed about the future!” Little Fan’s eyes lit up.

But then she rolled her eyes again. Honestly, at this point, is there any need to care about these things?

Now, even if she makes some harsh or unreasonable demands, without explaining why, wouldn't that scoundrel agree for the sake of the child?
Once Fan Bingbing understood this, she immediately deflated. She then realized that her feelings for that scoundrel were also driven by hormones—it had to be that way! It absolutely had to be that way!

So, what in this world truly belongs to us?
Of course, it's the children! She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and smiled lovingly. The feeling that had touched her when she held the two little ones earlier surged up again—that was true blood ties!

From now on, all my love will be for the children, and not for that scoundrel!
(End of this chapter)