Chapter 525: The Person I Care About
Catherine had cooked lunch at home and was waiting for her husband to come back. She had gotten used to this over the years. Actually, she had originally been a girl who had grown up in the United States, but after leaving the entertainment industry these past few years, she had become more and more like an Eastern girl. If it had been in the past, she would absolutely not have cooked a meal at home and waited for her husband to come back.
Catherine’s work was not as busy as before. Although that was the case, she would still often go to the company to show her face, to deal with some miscellaneous matters. Although she did not appear in public as an actress, she had also gotten used to it over these years. Actually, if she could, she had a chance to run for governor or a low-level official, but she had no intention of entering politics.
Catherine’s husband’s English name was Kevin Mason Yu. Some people also called her husband Kevin Yu, but her husband preferred his Chinese name, Yu Jiayang.
This noon, her husband had returned. He had taken off his suit jacket and was sitting on the sofa. His wife was still busy in the kitchen. He was a little bored, so he had turned on the TV.
“Honey, you’re back quite early.”
Catherine untied her apron and went to the living room to greet her husband. Yu Jiayang stood up, opened his arms, and hugged his wife, patting her on the back.
“Because I missed you. It’s always a little uncomfortable to be outside. I wanted to come back early.”
“You’re at it again. I’ve been taking care of the branch office. What’s there for you to be uncomfortable about? Or are you just trying to be lazy?”
“You’ve found me out again.”
Yu Jiayang kissed his wife’s forehead and smiled.
Yu Jiayang looked like just a handsome mixed-race man, but his identity was not ordinary. He was the world’s number one jewelry designer. His works had been selected for famous magazines many times, as well as the Hall of Fame many times. At the same time, his age was not very old, and he also enjoyed a reputation in the world. Not only that, Yu Jiayang also had a company in his hands. His company was a Fortune 500 company, with branches all over the world, and even in his own home country.
His net worth had also reached tens of billions, and at the same time, he had also had a lot of dealings with political officials in the United States. Some people had even advised him to run for office, but he had no intention of entering politics at all.
His wrist was strong, and he never gave in in a business war. Every time there was a big battle, he would always make his opponents uncomfortable. But he was very good to his wife and daughter. For so many years, he had not cheated. He had always loved his own wife.
“Dinner’s ready. Want to eat?”
“Eat, of course I’ll eat. Of course I’ll eat what my wife has made. It smells so good. Is it Chinese food?”
“Yes, you always talk about wanting to eat Chinese food when you come home after a long time. Today I specially made your favorite. I know what you want to say. I’m telling you, Jiayang, now only I can cook Chinese food at home.”
“OK, OK. We won’t talk about that. We’ll eat.”
Yu Jiayang chuckled and pulled his wife into the dining room to eat. To have Chinese food after a long time was a rare experience. The last time the family had had Chinese food seemed to be at his parents’ home in China during the New Year. His parents were also getting old and had also retired. If he could, he really wanted to bring them over to live, but unfortunately, they did not want to come so far away.
“I hear Yueyue is doing quite well in China.”
Yu Jiayang talked about his daughter. Ever since his daughter had said she was going back to her home country to work, he had tried to persuade her many times, saying that she would encounter many bad problems in the country, but his daughter had still insisted on going. Now, his daughter was also doing quite well, and was even in the American newspapers. Her decision back then was the right one.
“Yueyue has always been very amazing, and also very hardworking. You’re always using the excuse of being busy with work and not understanding your daughter’s situation. This is not a good father.”
“Ahem, I can’t help it. I’m busy with work… but for Yueyue to be able to do so well, I’m also very happy. Seeing her, it’s as if I’m seeing you back then. Do you still remember when you were in Hollywood? The dream lover of men, how many people wanted to pursue you? I never would have dreamed that you would choose me.”
“You’re at it again, always saying these shameless things. Come on, I’ll serve you some rice.”
Catherine said with a laugh, and then she added rice for her husband.
The couple had been living together for many years, and there had never been any disharmony. This was really rare. Catherine had been retired from Hollywood for many years. Although there had always been people who wanted to ask her to come out of retirement, she herself had no such intention. She still preferred to be a noble lady at home, and then to be a leader at the company, mingling in the business world. In short, she was getting farther and farther away from the former Hollywood queen. Many of the audience from that era had also grown old.
After eating, after washing the dishes, Catherine turned on the TV and watched the recent news. She took some time to tidy up Yu Xiayue’s room. Although there wasn’t much to tidy up, since she was idle, she might as well do something. Yu Jiayang waited for his wife to finish her work, called her over, and then hugged her and watched TV together.
“Don’t be like this. We’re already so old. It’s so embarrassing…”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s not embarrassing. It’s just the two of us. What’s there to be afraid of?”
“Really…”
The two of them were intimate again. And then they watched TV, and as they were chatting, they still ended up talking about their own daughter. Catherine said that her daughter might be preparing to return to Hollywood after she had finished filming in China.
“She’s coming back? That’s really good news.”
“It’s not confirmed yet. Yueyue called me last night and said she wanted to ask you for help, but then she thought about it and decided against it.”
“Why did she decide against it? It’s fine to ask me.”
“I don’t know. She just said that it’s fine for her to secretly protect that friend of hers. She feels that you probably wouldn’t bother with this kind of thing. This is something that happened in China. You are too far away.”
“I don’t understand… forget it. If he asks me again, I’ll take a look. Compared to that, Kate, the two of us haven’t been together in a long time. Let’s just go on a date.”
“We’re already so old, and you’re still going on a date?”
The couple was flirting, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and the Yu family’s day was also very beautiful.
…
At the same time.
After Yu Linna had left China and had flown to the United States, she had completely disappeared from the country. Her die-hard fans would find that their idol had disappeared from the human world and could not be found anywhere. Although there were still a large group of haters who were furiously flaming her online, as the central figure of the event, Yu Linna was not in the country, so naturally, these people could not get in her way.
And in October, Nangong Ying had unexpectedly been on the hot search.
The cause was because the movie Blood Whale, which Nangong Ying had filmed during her ban, had been released in the mainland. Because the lead actress was Nangong Ying, it had attracted a lot of attention when it was released. This film had broken through the siege of a group of blockbusters, had snatched six hundred million at the box office in its opening weekend, and its cumulative box office was thirteen hundred million. The final box office was expected to break fourteen hundred million. This box office figure seemed to have decreased a lot compared to the box office of the movies that Nangong Ying had starred in in the past, but the film she had filmed this time was originally R13, with a lot of bloody and violent scenes, and plus, the language was Cantonese. With all sorts of restrictions, for a Hong Kong film to break a billion at the box office was an extremely difficult thing in itself.
And Nangong Ying had done it.
Among the competitors in the same period, only Tang Yumeng’s Shadow had a box office of eight hundred million. The winner this time was undoubtedly Nangong Ying again.
Yes, Nangong Ying had made a comeback. Although it was in the capacity of a Hong Kong film.
Many people had not expected that besides being able to film such a beautiful action film, Nangong Ying’s Cantonese was also very good. Yes, in the film, she had not used a voice actor. She had used her own voice. Although her accent was still different from a genuine Hong Kong accent, her Cantonese was still very fluent. Her next Hong Kong film would also be released at the beginning of next year. As long as she wanted, she was still that box office queen.
Although the box office champion female lead in the country was An Xiayue, in terms of cumulative box office, it was definitely Nangong Ying.
But for Nangong Ying to have made such a high-profile comeback, some people had also raised questions. What had she done to be blacklisted?
A big and promising future, a proper and upright background, and a super popular A-list female star had actually been blacklisted, and had fallen to the point where she could only go to Hong Kong to film. It was originally thought to be an exile, but who would have thought that it was a prelude to a powerful comeback? This time, she had returned in a way that others could not have imagined.
“I feel a little strange. A super star like Nangong Ying, and also a box office guarantee, and she also has two movie contracts with Chenghe. Why was she blacklisted?”
“Yeah, she films Hong Kong films very well, and the action scenes are as beautiful as ever. I even thought she was a Hong Kong person while watching, and almost forgot she was a mainlander.”
“Is there something in this? It’s too strange. How did she just get banned for no reason?”
There were also many questioning voices online. Although there were also water armies leading the rhythm, saying that this was a groundless matter, this matter had after all let Nangong Ying return to the public’s view. A star who had disappeared for more than half a year, she had now actually come back with a Hong Kong film.
Nangong Ying was wearing sunglasses, looking at the evaluation of her in the newspaper, as well as the various gossip in the entertainment industry. She knew that this time she had succeeded. She had gambled right.
It was just that Chenghe might be very unhappy. Nangong Ying thought so.
She had also heard about Yu Linna’s matter recently. She had not expected that Chenghe had also made a move on her. She had originally wanted to find Yu Linna when she had returned to the mainland, but she had looked for a long time but had not found her. Plus, Yu Linna’s friends did not welcome her. She was now thinking, what way would be better to find Yu Linna?
Due to all sorts of restrictions, the number of people Nangong Ying could find was really too few. Out of helplessness, she had looked for Qin Qingyu. Qin Qingyu was not particularly close to her, but Qin Qingyu was after all being cultivated by Chenghe as Nangong Ying’s successor. The two of them had also met before and had known each other. It was just that they were not particularly close.
“Qingyu, I want to ask you for a favor.”
“If I can help, I will do my best. But senior, what do you want me to help you with?”
“I want you to help me find a person. Her name is Yu Linna. I don’t have to introduce her much. You just have to tell me where she has gone now.”
“Yu Linna… you mean Shion-sensei, right? I’m not very clear about her. She has offended Chenghe. You also know that. I don’t know where she has gone. She has probably run off somewhere.”
Hanging up the phone, Nangong Ying opened her computer and searched for news about Yu Linna. But no matter which piece of news, none of them told of Yu Linna’s whereabouts. On the contrary, most of the comments online were about Yu Linna cursing during a live stream, and also related reports of her incorrect remarks. Filtering out these brain-dead news, she had looked for a lot, and had found a piece of news that was suspected of Yu Linna going abroad. She had clicked on it and had seen that a related person had revealed that Yu Linna had gone abroad. Nangong Ying fell into deep thought.
Then she took out her phone, dialed a phone number, and asked about the relevant situation.
