House Dad's Literary Life

Chapter 453: Some Details

The second day after his father-in-law’s arrival passed without incident. Although Xixi went to kindergarten, Mo Fei was still at home. Mo Henian didn’t give Yang Yi much of a friendly look, but he also didn’t make the same pointed remarks as he had yesterday.

Today, he mainly focused on getting familiar with the surrounding environment, especially showing an interest in the flower garden downstairs.

In the evening, Yang Yi went to pick Xixi up. At the kindergarten, Teacher Mu gave him a notice: “The kindergarten will be holding Chuntian Kindergarten’s most distinctive spring fun sports meet this Friday afternoon, which is tomorrow afternoon. Xixi’s dad, may I ask if you’re free to participate?”

This little girl was going to participate in a sports meet? Yang Yi was a little surprised. He turned to the still somewhat absent-minded girl and asked, “Xixi, what event did you sign up for?”

“Huh?” Xixi was still a little confused at first. After Teacher Mu explained it again, the little girl finally looked up and said with a bright smile, “I’m going to run with Xin’er.”

“Run with Xin’er? Are you racing Xin’er?” Yang Yi asked with amusement, knowing without even having to see them race who would win.

“No, our running competition requires two children to work together. When the time comes, there will be a rope tying the two children together.” Teacher Mu helped explain.

It was actually more or less like a three-legged race, except Teacher Mu gestured around their waists, perhaps because she was worried that the children might fall if they did a traditional three-legged race.

But this still left Yang Yi somewhat amused and speechless. What kind of judgment did his daughter have? What kind of teammate had she chosen?

“All right, then. Papa will definitely come to watch you and Xin’er’s competition. You have to encourage her to exercise and cheer each other on, okay?” Yang Yi said to Xixi, also nodding at Teacher Mu.

“Papa, I want Mama to come too.” Xixi asked her father to pick her up, then leaned close to his ear and whispered.

“Mama can’t. Mama has to go to work.”

……

Mo Fei did indeed have something to do. On the third day, a little after ten o’clock, she got into the car Mo Xiaojuan had come to pick her up in and went to the company for a meeting.

Before leaving, Mo Fei still looked worriedly toward the upstairs and asked Yang Yi softly, “Will you be okay? If I’m not at home.”

“Don’t worry. Your dad is gradually accepting me now. He just needs an opportunity. He may not really know how to express his feelings.” Yang Yi comforted her. “Besides, I think it’s good for you to let me spend some time alone with him. Maybe the opportunity will come.”

Mo Fei nodded lightly and whispered, “Just make sure you two don’t get into a fight!”

Yang Yi patted Mo Fei gently on the shoulder and nodded with a smile, letting her put her mind at ease.

Meanwhile, over on Mo Fei’s side, after arriving at the company, she went with Mo Xiaojuan to see Niu Meiling.

“Mo Fei, is your father still in good health? The last time I saw him should have been ten years ago.” Niu Meiling had learned from Mo Xiaojuan why Mo Fei had turned down her engagements these past few days. Not only was she not angry, she even showed the kind of concern one might expect from a close friend.

Perhaps because Mo Fei’s relationship with Yang Yi had been exposed, and although Niu Meiling hadn’t done it herself, she was still closely connected to the matter in one way or another. So Niu Meiling felt somewhat guilty and behaved very friendly toward Mo Fei.

“He’s doing all right. His blood pressure has been a little high these past two years, but overall, he’s doing pretty well.” Mo Fei replied calmly as usual, neither particularly close nor distant.

After all, Mo Fei was an artist who was about to leave Tianmei, so Niu Meiling still had some reservations toward her. After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two didn’t talk much, and Mo Fei soon left Niu Meiling’s office.

This time, Niu Meiling had called all the company’s artists and all the managers back for a meeting, not because she had investigated and found out who had leaked Mo Fei’s information, but because she wanted to use what had happened to Mo Fei this time as a broader lesson, warning all the artists, especially those whose contracts prohibited them from dating, to conduct themselves properly and focus on developing their careers in show business.

The managers also had to keep a close eye on their artists’ relationships. If anything happened, whether they started dating, went through a breakup, or suffered a setback in some other area, the managers had to follow up and report it to the company in a timely manner.

“This report is very important. The company has to understand your situation before it can take the right measures!” Niu Meiling said. “The way Mo Fei and the others handled this incident was very effective. They took the initiative as a way of retreating, used sincerity to gain the fans’ understanding, and maintained communication with the company’s public relations department so that the two sides wouldn’t end up saying different things!”

Niu Meiling also gave Mo Fei some praise. In fact, Ju Jie had wanted Niu Meiling and Jian Chuo to apologize to Mo Fei, but how could Niu Meiling bring herself to do that?

Speaking of Ju Jie, Niu Meiling’s expression turned serious as she asked, “By the way, Ju Jie, why didn’t your manager come to the meeting?”

Usually, it was Du Lun who came to the meetings. Ju Jie, this big lazybones, wouldn’t come at all. But now it was the other way around. Ju Jie was sitting in the meeting room, while there was no sign of Du Lun.

“I don’t know either. Du Lun’s phone has been turned off these past few days, and I can’t get hold of him.” Ju Jie scratched his head, looking depressed.

Not far away, Zhenzhen, who was sitting beside Jian Chuo, froze for a moment and frowned.

“Forget about him. You need to pay attention to yourself too. Tell Du Lun later that if anything happens, he needs to report it to the company promptly.” Niu Meiling said this to Ju Jie.

She was also quite worried about her nephew. He was too carefree, and on top of that, he was a playboy. Forget about dating, there were already who knew how many girls at the company who had had some ambiguous relationship with him!

After the meeting ended, Ju Jie saw Mo Fei and Mo Xiaojuan pack up and walk out of the office, and he hurriedly chased after them.

“Sister Mo Fei, Sister Mo Fei!” Ju Jie caught up with them at the stairway, greeting Mo Fei and Mo Xiaojuan with an apologetic smile.

“Ju Jie, what are you up to again?” Mo Xiaojuan guarded Mo Fei from behind as if facing a great enemy, while she kept looking around to see if there were any hidden cameras.

“Hey, I’m not trying to do anything! I’m here to apologize!” Ju Jie hurriedly explained.

“Apologize for what?” Mo Xiaojuan asked suspiciously.

“Because in the past, I was crazy about becoming famous, so my aunt and I wanted to create a scandal with Sister Mo Fei to promote myself. Now I know that was wrong, so I want to apologize to Sister Mo Fei. I’m really sorry for causing you trouble in the past,” Ju Jie said.

Mo Fei and Mo Xiaojuan’s expressions softened somewhat. Mo Fei gently nodded and said, “Forget it. That’s all in the past.”

Ju Jie smiled and said, “There’s one more thing. Sister Mo Fei, could you please tell Mu… Yang Yi that I haven’t given up on investigating the matter of your photos being leaked? I’ve been working hard to look into it. Please ask him to give me a little more time. I promise I’ll definitely give you a satisfactory answer.”

“Huh? You know Yang Yi?” Mo Xiaojuan asked in surprise. She almost couldn’t believe her ears.

“We got to know each other after fighting, cough, cough. Anyway, we’re on the same side now!” Ju Jie smiled awkwardly and said, ““Last time, I was the one who persuaded my aunt not to make an issue of you not renewing your contract.”

“So, it was you!” Mo Fei understood. Only now did she realize what Yang Yi had meant when he mentioned his connections.

However, since Ju Jie had a relationship with Yang Yi, then why had he still forced himself to spread dating rumors with her?

After Ju Jie left, Mo Xiaojuan answered her doubts. “Didn’t Ju Jie just say they got to know each other after fighting? He probably caused trouble before and made Brother-in-law unhappy, so Brother-in-law taught him a lesson. In the end, Ju Jie and Brother-in-law became friends. I was wondering why Ju Jie had been behaving himself so much these past two months!”

Mo Fei suddenly understood, but she didn’t think much about it. She felt that things were too complicated, and there was no need to think them through.

After returning to their office, Mo Xiaojuan felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach. She hurriedly rummaged through Mo Fei’s bag. “Sis, are there any sanitary pads left from the ones I bought for you last time? I think mine has started!”

“They’re inside. You put them there yourself. I haven’t used any of them.” Mo Fei was busy sending Yang Yi a text message, asking about the situation at home, and answered without looking up.

A while later, Mo Xiaojuan came out and asked with a smile, “Sis, why didn’t you use them? Don’t tell me you don’t like this brand anymore?”

“No, I just haven’t gotten my period yet, so I don’t need them.” Mo Fei said absentmindedly to Mo Xiaojuan while texting Yang Yi.

“Really? Counting the days, you should’ve gotten it at the beginning of the month.” Mo Xiaojuan muttered, but Mo Fei had no intention of continuing the conversation with her.