CHAPTER 250: CHAPTER 247: JI HAN, MOMMY SAYS WE’RE MOVING

Shi Su’s mind was operating a bit slowly at this moment, and it took her a while to recover from the voice on the phone.

Before she could speak, Mianmian suddenly felt uncomfortable in her sleep and called out "Mommy..."

Hearing Mianmian’s voice, Shi Su abruptly hung up the phone, as if she didn’t hear the voice coming from the other end before it disconnected: "Is something wrong with Mianmian?"

The phone was hung up and thrown to the side of the bed, and she silenced it in passing. Then, she leaned over and picked up Mianmian, feeling her temperature and gently coaxing her in her arms.

She continued like this for quite a while, and it was already the latter half of the night when Mianmian’s fever finally subsided, remaining below thirty-seven degrees.

Exhausted, Shi Su leaned against the bed and fell asleep. She woke up shortly after four in the morning, measured Mianmian’s temperature again, which, although not as high as last night, was evidently a recurring fever.

She applied physical cooling methods on Mianmian for a while until daybreak, cooked some easily digestible porridge for Mianmian, and after watching her eat a small bowl, quickly drove the kid to the hospital.

The results indeed confirmed that it was the Type B influenza that had been recently prevalent in Jiang City, which adults and children catch easily, often causing repeated high fevers, dizziness, and coughing. Many children in kindergartens were infected, and the hospital was overcrowded with both adults and children. After getting a fever-reducing injection, they were advised by the doctor to go home and rest, as hospitalization wasn’t necessary due to the sheer crowding at the hospital.

Shi Su, who was busy at the hospital all morning and had only slept two to three hours leaning against the bed the previous night, was so preoccupied with her child that she forgot today was the premiere of "Jiang Jing Ru Hua".

After returning home, while she was busy cutting fruit for Mianmian, Mianmian, coughing, said, "Mommy, your phone lit up several times~"

Shi Su only then remembered that her phone was on silent, and quickly brought the fruit out to place in front of Mianmian for her to eat, picked up the phone, and saw that it was the production team of "Jiang Jing Ru Hua" calling.

After answering the call, she saw the missed calls from last night.

The unfamiliar number Jing Jihan used had called her twice later on.

She stared at that series of numbers, a moment later, her fingers, which had instinctively intended to call back, directly clicked to block the number.

Turning back to boil hot water for Mianmian to drink, she set the water in front of Mianmian and said, "Eat more fruit, drink more water, and we will move after the illness is cured."

Mianmian watched Mommy’s resolute expression, and with a face of innocence, said, "Oh."

It wasn’t until Shi Su picked up the script and turned to go about her work that Mianmian cautiously took out her children’s watch from under the sofa cushion and softly said, "Uncle Ji Han, Mommy has already taken me to see the doctor, we are back now, but Mommy said we are going to move."

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They say Weibo was particularly lively today; an hour before the premiere of "Jiang Jing Ru Hua", due to Tian Yuli’s impressive action scenes in the film clips, Shi Su attracted a lot of onlookers and road fans, with everyone eagerly anticipating this drama while Xia Yilin’s fans persistently emphasized Xia Yilin’s leading position and the fact that Shi Su being just the fourth female lead had no right to carry the series.

Shi Su didn’t have the heart to look at those at all; she hadn’t been feeling well these past two days, and last night she stayed up the whole time taking care of Mianmian, then hustled to the hospital, and now the words on the script in front of her were a bit blurry, forcing herself to look but couldn’t focus.

Wen Ke called asking what was going on these days?

Shi Su didn’t want to say much, nor did she have a word of complaint, she just silently sent her a picture.

Given Wen Ke’s personality, after seeing the photo, she naturally understood her meaning, so she didn’t ask any further.

Indeed, Wen Ke didn’t inquire further; she’s not into gossip anyway. If Shi Su thought she was incompatible with Mr. Jing, then there was no need to persuade her otherwise.

The girl in the photo indeed seemed to have an unusual relationship with Mr. Jing, and given Mr. Jing’s usual cold and indifferent demeanor, it was rare to see him so warm.

But in her impression, Mr. Jing was definitely not such an unreliable person.

Someone recognized and admired as a friend by the likes of Qin Zhifeng shouldn’t be like this.

She’s long recognized Mr. Jing’s sense of responsibility.

What if there’s a misunderstanding in between...

Wen Ke had previously contacted Mr. Jing via phone and SMS. She didn’t have Mr. Jing’s WeChat and didn’t blindly call to ask; she just sent the photo to an email she once used to exchange documents with Mr. Jing while in the United States.

Although she wasn’t sure if Mr. Jing still used that email.

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That night, the first eight episodes of "Jiang Jing Ru Hua" premiered online, with two episodes airing daily on television.

The online buzz kept soaring, especially for Shi Su. Despite being the fourth female lead, her superb acting and amazing action scenes shot her to the top three of hot searches.

Shi Su’s Weibo followers skyrocketed by over a million within hours and kept climbing, making it hard to tally quickly.

The show’s pace was quick, with a highly professional writing team keeping the plot tight, captivating the audience to continue watching, while more and more people mocked the naive character played by Xia Yilin’s female lead in the danmu, speculating that she only had a kind heart but always relied on the male lead, mentor, and other side characters to protect her, attracting male companions purely by looks. Such a white lotus setup was too old-fashioned.

Tian Yuli’s character, who started as innocent and vivacious but was later misunderstood by the male and female leads, hadn’t completely darkened in the first eight episodes. Yet Tian Yuli’s tragic background and experiences demanded it, making her pre-darkening action scenes especially captivating with everyone on the danmu eagerly begging for her to turn evil, feeling that not doing so would wrong her tragic fate, with endless pleas for Tian Yuli to darken.

Some even dug up Shi Su’s leaked action scene shots, including her post-darkening styling, which amassed over thirty thousand reshares and kept growing, with endless anticipation for the storyline following Tian Yuli’s dark turn.

Shi Su’s official fan group also saw increasing numbers, buzzing with excitement.

Shi Su’s popularity was rising in tandem with the show’s, while the male lead’s popularity maintained momentum thanks to a solid base of existing fans.

Xia Yilin’s studio bought a hot search for the female lead but soon got overshadowed unless they spent big money to secure the top spot, making it hard to surpass Shi Su’s popularity.

Xia Yilin’s company had already put her in the cold due to past events, making it impossible to spend such funds, causing Xia Yilin’s name to disappear from the top thirty trending topics.

The original novel fans and the drama fans of "Jiang Jing Ru Hua" were as excited as if celebrating a holiday, with the production team congratulating each other in group chats, planning a celebratory banquet the following night. Major investors expressed satisfaction, with Jiang City Pictures and Four Seas Entertainment both partaking in the drama’s investment, generously liking Shi Su’s promotional Weibo for the show that she posted this afternoon.

Yet Shi Su was at home, taking a cold pill for her headache, nearly falling asleep over her script.