After Rebirth, I Decided To Inherit the Family Property

Chapter 26 This is love that runs both ways!

As Song Yunran clicked on the link, his aunt informed him that it was time to eat.

In fact, according to the rules of the Song family, it is not allowed to play with mobile phones during meals.
But today, his curiosity overcame the authority of his parents who were not present, and he directly took his mobile phone and looked at it while eating.

[Candy 1: Qin Ke saves Song Yunran from an army of fans.]

The first one made Song Yunran’s brow furrow.

What’s more, the first one was a very good example of how many fans Chu Xiao Chen had sent to block his army that day?

He didn’t want to watch the video of him running for his life, nor did he want to see his silly expression being studied frame by frame.

[Candy 2: Birthday date.
Qin Ke’s birthday is August 21, Song Yunran’s birthday is March 1.]

Song Yunran’s chopsticks snapped.
Qin Ke is just fine, but how could his birthday be revealed?

He hurriedly looked closer and found that it was on his birthday last year, when He Ziyou posted a video of Song Yunran’s birthday party.

Although He Ziyou only said “Today is Fatty’s birthday”, anyone who had watched Song Yunran’s live stream would have recognized that he was the one sitting in front of the cake and making a wish.

When he saw this, Song Yunran was already in awe.

He Ziyou’s Weibo account only had a few tens of thousands of followers, of which half were estimated to be zombie fans.

You guys are really good to find this out.

But what could these two ordinary days be?

Song Yunran did not understand, so he continued to scroll through the screen.

[821-301=520, which means I love you, even the date of birth is confessing, what else can it be if it’s not a match made in heaven?]

Song Yunran: “……”

He was right in his earlier judgement, these people are probably drunk on air.

[Candy 3: ‘Hongbai Xixi’.
Watch out, here comes the big one.]

Oh? How impressive is it?

Song Yunran held a spoonful of fish soup that had been boiled to a milky white, and continued to watch with an uneasy feeling.

[This is the material given by people in the industry.
The boyfriend of my classmate’s sister works on the set of Hongbai Xixi, and according to him, Song Yunran visited the set and stayed on the set late into the night just for Qin Ke, and refused to leave even though he was so sleepy.

He fell asleep in the studio, but everyone was busy and didn’t notice, but Qin Ke was the only one! He was worried about Song Yunran catching a cold, so he asked someone to find a thin blanket and send it to him to cover him up!

[Ah stunned, I am destined to be stunned, this is love that runs both ways!]

At the end, Song Yunran’s hand shook and spilled all the fish soup from his spoon onto the table.

Auntie was quick to take out some paper towels to clean up the mess.
Meanwhile, he stood frozen next to her, reminiscing about what happened a few months ago.

Song Yunran remembered very clearly that when he woke up in the studio, he did have a thin blanket over his body.

At the time, he thought it was the attentive crew taking care of him.

It turned out that it was Qin Ke who found out that he was cold when he fell asleep?

In the past, Song Yunran would have been complacent, believing that Qin Ke had recognized the aura of a father in his unconventional demeanor when they first met, and therefore treated him with filial respect.

But now Song Yunran has grown up.

He saw through Qin Ke’s wolfish ambition and knew that Qin Ke was thinking of him in a different way.

In his eyes, Qin Ke’s actions developed another layer of implication altogether.

Who doesn’t know what it’s like on set when it’s busy.

Everyone’s attention was focused on the shooting, and Qin Ke, as the main actor with a major role that day, how could he be paying attention to his every move for no reason at all?

Could it be that Qin Ke had fallen in love with him at first sight?

Song Yunran was so shocked that he carefully reminisced about what he had done that day to cause Qin Ke to go astray.

After thinking about it, he found that the most notable thing he did was to kneel in front of a coffin in the prop room in fear.

Song Yunran’s pupils quake.

This preference ……

It’s too bizarre!

Song Yunran’s heart was filled with shock at this conclusion.

For the next few days, he could not understand why Qin Ke, who seemed to be a normal person, had such bizarre preferences.

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With his head full of questions, time passed through the warm and dry spring in the city of Yan.

In the blink of an eye, it was early summer.

In order to avoid Qin Ke, Song Yunran left early and returned late every day, living like a boss with his fingers on the trigger of the industry.

But with other investments in Xinghe on the agenda, he does have some things to take care of.

Today, for example, there is a conference3 on Zhong Xiaofeng’s TV series at the company.

Some time ago, the screenwriting team, on behalf of Zhong Xiaofeng, was packed up by Assistant Tang and shoved into a scenic resort in the countryside.
Under the double pressure of delicious food and drinks, and the constant reminders from the supervisors, they finally delivered the final version of the script.
After several revisions, they could officially enter the preparation for filming.

When Song Yunran arrived at the conference room, he took the initiative to shake hands with Zhong Xiaofeng: “Finally, I’ve met you.”

My favorite gold-medal screenwriter from my previous life.

Zhong Xiaofeng said, “I hope you won’t be disappointed with the finished product.”

In this life, Zhong Xiaofeng has not yet experienced the stage of “bursting with creative zeal amidst an unproductive life”, and is still a salted fish in a standard lying position.
The first time he was involved in a formal project development, he encountered Assistant Tang who demanded progress in a fierce manner, which made him feel awe for the screenwriting industry.

Song Yunran smiled and said, “Definitely not, I believe in your strength.”

Zhong Xiaofeng was slightly stunned, wondering why on earth this handsome young president in front of him had such trust in it.

Just like Qin Ke, who recommended him to sell his script to Xinghe, it was as if these two people had opened their eyes to the sky, one saying “you have great potential” and the other saying “I believe in your strength”.

The compliment was so direct that he didn’t dare to take it seriously.

When Song Yunran saw his skepticism, he didn’t rush to explain.

Anyway, he had already read the revised final script, which was eventually titled ‘After Meeting You’, and like Zhong Xiaofeng’s debut film in his previous life, it was also a workplace romance.
The plot structure and scene switching in it were quite unique, and one look at it showed that it must have come from Zhong Xiaofeng’s own hand.

Although it was shot much earlier than the previous one, the quality did not deteriorate, thanks to the frighteningly powerful face of Assistant Tang, which inspired the fighting spirit hidden deep in Zhong Xiaofeng’s soul.

Song Yunran was pleased with the result.

Moreover, the team of directors Xinghe found on his side were also very good at controlling urban themes, and everything was in line with his requirements.

Today’s meeting was mainly for the production team and the director to elaborate on their predetermined shooting needs.
If Xinghe’s budget could not meet these needs, then it might be necessary for the screenwriting team to make further adjustments again.

So when the meeting started, Zhong Xiaofeng was on pins and needles.

Whenever he heard someone say things like, “We need to use a Steadicam for these scenes,” “We need more power trucks,” or “It would be better if we could borrow a high-end hotel for the interior,” his heart would go over the edge.

He had done some work as a student and knew from the first moment he heard it that the deeper meaning of each sentence pointed to an additional cost.

Who knows that Song Yunran didn’t even frown after hearing this: “That’s fine.”

The crowd turned their heads to look at him, and although none of them said anything, their eyes clearly conveyed one thing: Mr Xiao Song, are you sure? This is a lot of money.

Song Yunran said with a straight face, “What are you looking at me for, does anyone here not know that our company has money?”

Assistant Tang shielded his face with the information and reminded him in a whisper, “It’s true that the company is rich, but there is also the issue of return on investment to consider.”

Song Yunran said, “I’ve thought about it.”

He had the PPT turned over to the filming schedule page, “You see, to make a good drama, all this equipment is essential.
Although it’s possible to use it sparingly, I guess, I still want to ensure the quality of the finished product.”

After all, it’s a script he likes and he doesn’t want to see it end up as a shoddy product.

“And with Xinghe’s own new actors being used for the main roles, the big part of the cost of the film is saved.
Wouldn’t it be just right to use it just where it should be used?”

Someone in the production department asked, “What about the rental costs for places like hotels, shopping malls and office buildings? I think it’s better to control that, and try to shoot it in studio if you can.”

“That’s not necessary.” Song Yunran shook his head, “Our Ning Dong Group has no need to find someone else to rent any venue?”

The wealthy tone of voice left the crowd speechless.

It is just that perhaps this is the Prince of Ning Dong.

What’s more, the Prince…Oh no, Xiao Song is not wrong.

What venues does his family’s Ning Dong Group not have? Even if Zhong Xiaofeng now suddenly proposes to add a private jet scene, I’m afraid that Xiao Song would ask him politely, ‘Do you want the Bombardier or the Gulfstream?” (T/N They are different airplane companies}

The meeting successfully came to an end with Song Yunran’s invisible flashy show of wealth.

A sour feeling was left in the air.

At the end of the meeting, Zhong Xiaofeng, who had escaped the hell of rewriting, came forward, “Xiao Song, thank you so much.”

He was really touched, he didn’t expect that his debut work as a new scriptwriter would receive such full support from Xinghe.

Song Yun Ran nodded, “You’re welcome, just hurry up and finish the other script, we’re still waiting to shoot it.”

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“……”

Zhong Xiaofeng’s emotion faded instantly and he returned to his listless state, “Okay.”

Song Yunran patted his shoulder as a sign of encouragement and was about to leave when he remembered something else important.

He avoided the others and called Zhong Xiaofeng to the corner of the conference room, “You and Qin Ke, you went to university together?”

Zhong Xiaofeng: “Yes, we were roommates.”

Song Yunran lowered his voice: “Do you think he had any unusual hobbies when he was at university?”

For example, he liked to watch people kowtow to coffins.

Zhong Xiaofeng: “?”

He didn’t understand the question and couldn’t answer such a profound question.
He had to ask, “What kind of hobby do you mean?”

Song Yunran said vaguely, “It is, for example, that whenever he sees someone doing something strange, it will trigger his switch and then he will fall in love with the other person uncontrollably.”

Zhong Xiaofeng became more and more confused.

He blinked and stared at Song Yunran for a long time, thinking to himself, ‘Are they talking about the same Qin Ke?’

Seeing that he didn’t understand, Song Yunran waved his hand and said, “It seems you don’t know him well enough.
Forget it, you can go.”

After Zhong Xiaofeng left in a daze, Assistant Tang came looking for him.

Assistant Tang nudged his frame: “Xiao Song, Chen Jing has told me about a situation that I think I need to report to you.”

Song Yunran: “Go ahead.”

Assistant Tang: “Over the past half month, Qin Ke has had several resources in the contract stage, and all of them have encountered the partners backing out of signing without giving any reason.
There was even a brand advertisement that was originally scheduled to be promoted tomorrow, but the other party informed her just now that they would rather pay for the breach of contract than continue working with Qin Ke.”

Song Yunran froze, sensing that something was wrong.

It was normal for the artist and the brand to have a disagreement that eventually led to the cancellation of the collaboration.

But from what Assistant Tang said, this was a case of Xinghe not being prepared and suddenly being let go.

And it had happened several times in a row over the past half month.

Assistant Tang deliberately said, “Did Qin Ke offend someone?”

“I don’t think so.”

Song Yunran subconsciously tried to recall the plot in the book, then thought that in the book Qin Ke hadn’t signed a contract with Xinghe, so he had no way to compare this matter.

But Qin Ke is now the male lead of Tan Ming’s next drama, even if it makes others jealous, who has that much power to spoil several of his resources one after another?

Could it be ……

Song Yun Ran’s face sank, was it because of Xinghe or even Ning Dong?

This would make sense, his parents have been fighting in the business for decades, and it’s not surprising that they’ve messed with a few powerful rival families.

But then, wouldn’t Qin Ke be dragged down by the Song family?

A feeling of guilt arose in Song Yunran’s heart.

He thought about it and said, “Tell Chen Jing to stay put, I’ll handle this.”

Assistant Tang’s eyes flashed and he secretly sighed.

As expected of Xiao Song, he couldn’t calm down when he heard about Qin Ke.

When he returned home, Song Yunran called his father first.

After listening, Song Jidong couldn’t figure it out: “This doesn’t make sense.
It’s true that your mother and I have rivals.
But there’s no need for them to target the artist you’re holding, it’s too petty and doesn’t fit their status.
You might as well ask that artist if he has made an enemy without the company’s knowledge or not.”

After hanging up the phone, the more Song Yunran thought about it, the angrier he became.

Although Qin Ke had recently displeased him by having made moves that he shouldn’t have, however, it wasn’t anyone else’s turn to bully him like this.

He was like a father who knows that his child has been subjected to campus violence, and he wanted to find out who was hiding in the shadow and beat them up.

Thinking of this, Song Yunran’s sense of responsibility prompted him to take out his mobile phone and contact Qin Ke for the first time in a long time: [Are you home?]

A few minutes later, Qin Ke replied: [Yes.]

Song Yunran immediately went downstairs and rang the doorbell of Qin Ke’s house.

As soon as the door opened, he asked urgently, “Tell me the truth, exactly ……”

’

The last half of the sentence suddenly stuck.

Qin Ke seemed to have just finished taking a shower and hadn’t even had time to dry his hair yet.

A few drops of water slide through his wet black hair and drip down along his well-defined jaw, staining the collar of his white T-shirt with a circle of water.

It’s a normal picture, but when the main character in the picture is a handsome Qin Ke, it adds a bit of sensuality to it.

Song Yunran’s throat rolled a few times and he said angrily and dryly, “What are you doing!”

Are you trying to seduce me with your appearance?

He stared in horror, pained by the other man’s degradation.

Qin Ke said helplessly, “I didn’t expect you to come straight to the door.”

He pointed to the bathroom where the watery mist had not yet cleared, “I’ve just finished showering and haven’t had time to clean up.”

“What time is it, you’re still in the mood to take a shower!”

Song Yunran was furious, and the anguish of being seduced was thrown into the background, “Didn’t Chen Jing tell you that the resources you had in hand were gone?”

Qin Ke was even more calm than he had imagined.

He closed the door and took a towel out to wipe his hair, “I know, she informed me when I just arrived home.”

Song Yunran wondered, “There is an enemy hiding in the shadows, why aren’t you nervous at all?”

Qin Ke was quiet for a few seconds before he spoke slowly, “I just thought about it for a while and I probably know who did it.”

“Who?”

“My dad.”

Song Yunran subconsciously denied: “It wasn’t me!”

Qin Ke: “……”

Song Yunran: “……”

He rubbed his nose awkwardly, not daring to look at Qin Ke’s expression for a moment.

He could only look down and ask the floor, “You mean, your real father?”

Qin Ke laughed softly, “Well, a father in the physiological sense.”

It turned out that Qin Ke’s real father was still alive.

Song Yunran’s eyelashes fluttered as she asked in confusion, “Then why would he do such a thing, does he not want you to be an artist or…or does he not like you?”

Qin Ke threw the towel aside and did not speak for a long time.

For a moment, the only sound left in the living room was the staggered breathing of the two men.

Then slowly, the breathing became in tune and steady, like two hearts beating in the same rhythm.

The wind picked up outside at some point, lifting and dropping the curtains.

When the first thunder of the summer night sounded, Song Yunran lifted his eyes and saw Qin Ke’s figure dipped in the dim light.
For some reason, he looked a little lonely.

He panicked for no reason: “If you don’t want to talk about it, forget it.”

He then turned his head, “It doesn’t matter, I was just thinking about how to make it clear.”

“It’s okay,” Song Yunran returned in a rare and understanding manner, “Take your time, I don’t have anything else to do tonight anyway.”

Qin Ke smiled, “It won’t take all night.”

When he saw that Song Yunran was still standing, he pulled a chair over for the other man to sit down.
He then leaned against the basement cabinet and briefly told him about his father’s second marriage after his divorce.

“When I was still in Xinghe, I met you once on the street.
If you remember, you should have an impression of the man I was with at the time.”

Qin Ke continued in a calm tone, “His name is Xu Ping, he is the agent my father found.”

Song Yunran suddenly realized, no wonder he heard in his previous life that Qin Ke and Xu Ping had conflicts.

It turned out that the root cause was here.

He guessed, “So your dad asked Xu Ping to be your agent, he actually wanted to spy on you, right?”

Having figured this out, it was not difficult to understand what the other party had done this time.

“Your dad is now rich and powerful, he must have put pressure on the brand, and wants to take this opportunity to let you know that you can either go back honestly and listen to Xu Ping’s instructions, or simply quit the entertainment industry and don’t cause him any trouble.”

’

Qin Ke nodded: “That’s pretty much what it means.”

Song Yunran, however, frowned.

Although he knew that this was also one of the villains that the author had purposely arranged, he couldn’t help but hate Qin Ke’s father.

It’s just a matter of not doing your duty as a father, but in the end, you have to use such underhanded tactics against your own child because you’re afraid that being exposed by Qin Ke will affect his current marriage.

“Then, then if you signed up with Xu Ping…”

Song Yunran tried, “Wouldn’t you be controlled by him in every way, with no freedom at all?”

Qin Ke replied warily, “It’s possible.”

In fact, it is not possible.

In his previous life, he had been like this, not to mention that the content of each interview had to be reviewed by Xu Ping in advance, and even the passwords to his social media accounts were never in his hands.

At first he thought it was because of Xu Ping’s personality, but then he finally found out Xu Ping’s connection with his dad and before he could do anything about it, he was somehow reborn.

Hearing his answer, Song Yunran felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and at the same time there was also something to be thankful for.

Fortunately, he signed Qin Ke into Xinghe.

Although Chen Jing might not be as capable as Xu Ping, but at least she was a normal person who didn’t do shady things ah.

“What about your mother, how is she now?” Song Yunran asked again.

Qin scrupulously said, “My mother was transferred to a foreign country a few years ago.
She was just promoted to regional manager last year and has a new boyfriend, so she’s doing well now.”

“That’s good.”

Song Yunran pondered for a moment and was suddenly enlightened, “I’ve got an idea!”

Qin Ke looked at him suspiciously, “What did you think of?”

Song Yunran was suddenly excited, “Your father can’t resist making a big move now, he must be desperate to strangle you in the cradle.
It means he has no say in the family at all, and when you become popular in the future, he will have even less control over the situation.”

“…… So?”

“That’s why I’m going to make you famous! I’m going to make him so mad that he can’t do anything to you!”

Song Yunran’s eyes were bright and excited like a child who was secretly planning to do something bad, “If those few resources are gone, so be it, they’re not particularly good brands anyway.
You can take my family’s endorsement!”

The more Song Yunran thought about it, the more he thought it was a good idea.

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was a good idea.
Ning Dong has so many products under its umbrella, so if he took one brand out and asked Qin Ke to endorse it, given Ning Dong’s influence, wouldn’t it make everyone remember Qin Ke’s existence in a minute?

If we wait for the release of “Hongbai Xixi” and ” Jianghu Lu”, by then, Qin Ke will be an artist whose popularity and reputation are both overwhelming!

By then ……

Song Yunran’s lips curled up in triumph, and Qin Ke would surely be so moved that he would hug his thighs and call out daddy.

Qin Ke did not know what little calculations he was playing in his mind, he just advised, “Xiao Song, you should calm down first.”

As far as he knew, Ning Dong never hired newcomers as endorsers.

The Ning Dong Group does not necessarily care about the opinions of Song Yunran, who can only dominate the world at Xinghe.

And he didn’t want Song Yunran to be reprimanded by his parents for what he had done.

Anyway, he had fallen from his high horse and been reborn once.

The amount of resources he could receive in the short term was not that urgent to him.

“I don’t.”

Song Yunran didn’t want to calm down at all, how could he just give up on the perfect path he had managed to come up with to claim the title of Dad.

His eyes shone with the light of longing for a brighter future, and even the Qin Ke in front of him looked more pleasant than ever.

“It’s a deal, don’t stop me.” Song Yunran stood up, and before his feet left, he suddenly paused.

He turned his head to look at Qin Ke, “Don’t be sad, although your real father isn’t anything,……”

Qin Ke’s eyelids jumped a little, instinctively realizing that Xiao Song was about to give another weird statement.

Song Yunran smiled and slowly raised his thumb, pointing to himself, “You know.”

Qin Ke: “……”

He didn’t really want to know.

T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors.
But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative.
If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.