How to capture the evil villain? I choose to be his mother!

Chapter 483 The Most Disliked Actress's Mother in the Entertainment Industry (95)
When Xie Ji heard that Zhai Ling was going to the Berlin Film Festival, he was the happiest person!
He immediately applied for a flight route and arranged for a private plane to facilitate travel for Zhu Wen, Zhai Ling, and the entire crew.

Even the hotel in Berlin was booked entirely by him using his financial power.

It's important to know that during film festivals, film fans from all over the world flock to Berlin, causing local accommodations to be fully booked. It's not easy to even book a room, let alone a whole hotel.

Xie Ji accomplished this with ease, and even arranged a week-long trip for the entire crew, with translators and tour guides accompanying them throughout, taking care of every aspect.

Zhu Wen asked him what he was so excited about.

Xie Ji subtly indicated:

"As a family member of someone in the same profession, I can't do much else, but I should at least contribute some money and effort."

That makes some sense.

However, Zhu Wen couldn't help but ask him:

"You want to come with me? Aren't you busy with work?"

Xie Ji quickly became alert:
"You don't want to take me with you?"

Zhu Wen helplessly:

"...Of course not. I just noticed you've been quite busy lately."

Xie Ji gave a soft hum:

"It's just a minor inconvenience."

Zhu Wen simply didn't want to speak.

Xie Ji never avoided working with her.

So she also knew that Xie Ji had recently run into some problems with a multi-billion dollar acquisition deal, which even interrupted his Spring Festival holiday, with endless meetings every day.

However, Zhu Wen knew better than anyone that Xie Ji wasn't the kind of person who would be so love-struck as to neglect his career. After all, even if he didn't care about his own wealth, he still had to worry about the livelihoods of his subordinates.

"As long as you handle it, of course I'd like to go with you."

Zhu Wen's coaxing skills weren't very effective, but Xie Ji fell for it.

He couldn't help but pull Zhu Wen into his arms and repeat:

"Don't worry, I give them a multi-million dollar annual salary, plus equity and dividends. If they can't even handle a merger and acquisition deal, then they're just not very capable."

Xie Ji accompanied Zhu Wen to Berlin to keep his men on their toes, lest they assume he was there to clean up their messes and become reckless.

It's time for them to experience what it's like when he doesn't have a backup plan.

Seeing that Xie Ji had his own plans, Zhu Wen said nothing more.

They set off for Berlin as scheduled.

The trip has been the subject of a flurry of reports online.

Netizens also learned that Xie Ji chartered a plane specifically for Zhu Wen's trip, and they started teasing Xie Ji.

Upon seeing the news, Xie Ji not only didn't think the netizens were being sarcastic, but actually thought they had great insight, as they could see that he was a good man who loved his wife deep down.

...Well, a future wife is still a wife.

Therefore, Xie Ji not only did not have the news removed, but also had the Xie family's public relations department buy trending topics for the news, making sure that the whole world knew about his excellent qualities.

This move was so bizarre that Xie's public relations department couldn't help but wonder if their boss had been possessed...

On the day they were to depart for Berlin, Zhu Wen and his group arrived at the airport ahead of time.

Xie Ji arranged for the production crew to use a large Airbus aircraft owned by his company.

His family traveled on a Gulfstream private jet.

The flight was departing from a separate business building, and they were the only passengers departing at that time, so the VIP lounge was exceptionally quiet.

When Zhu Wen returned from the restroom, he glanced at Zhai Ling's phone as he passed behind her.

Then her gaze froze.

But Zhu Wen didn't rush to say anything, and quickly started drinking his coffee as if nothing had happened.

It wasn't until Zhai Ling put away her phone a while later that she beckoned Zhai Ling to sit down next to her.

Zhai Ling didn't quite understand, but she did as instructed anyway.

She unconsciously clung to Zhu Wen, her every move showing her dependence on him.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Wen sighed softly:
"I saw your phone screen just now." Zhai Ling was puzzled at first, but soon she remembered what she had just done.

His face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Zhu Wen tenderly tucked her hair behind her ear:

"Just say what's on your mind, don't keep it to yourself, I won't blame you."

Zhai Ling repeatedly looked at Zhu Wen's expression, seemingly to confirm whether what she said was true.

Then, she hung her head in frustration:

"……sorry."

"You didn't do anything wrong, so why are you apologizing?"

Zhu Wen found it amusing and instead comforted her.

Zhai Ling pursed her lips:

"I'm not a good kid."

Zhu Wen laughed:

“I never thought you should be a good kid.”

Zhai Ling's eyes were a little red as she handed over her phone:

“I didn’t mean to go too far. I just wanted to punish him, but not physically.”

Well, it only hurts the wallet; it would be better to go completely bankrupt.

Zhu Wen's eyebrows arched upwards:

"Huh? You're not going back to an ex?"

Zhu Wen's words left Zhai Ling completely bewildered.

It took her a few seconds to realize what was happening.

"how come!"

Zhai Ling stood up, visibly agitated.
"I'm not that desperate, Mom!"

Her eyes were full of accusation, thinking that it was outrageous that Zhu Wen didn't believe her!
Zhu Wen was also somewhat embarrassed:
"I did not mean that……"

She genuinely believed that Zhai Ling had been deceived by Cheng You's sweet talk.

After all, Cheng You has really done a very good job during this period.

How exactly should I describe it...?

It's probably like those male protagonists in those "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" stories—it's physically and emotionally torturous.

Oh, and by the way, it also strained my wallet; I spent a lot of money on Zhai Ling.

Now, no one online mentions the fairytale romance between Le Yu and Cheng You anymore. They only say that Cheng You truly loves Zhai Ling, silently watching over her every day. Even when he sees Zhai Ling having scandals with male celebrities, he doesn't dare to say anything. It's as if he's always waiting for Zhai Ling to turn back to him.

Some naive young girls, after learning about the love and hate between the three of them, actually sympathized with Cheng You and even went to Zhai Ling's Weibo to post crying emojis, urging Zhai Ling to look back at Cheng You.

When Zhu Wen saw those comments, he fell silent for a while, wanting to tell these young girls what it means to be a leopard that its spots are hard to change.

She was afraid that Zhai Ling would also be moved by Cheng You, so she kept a close eye on her.

Fortunately, Zhai Ling maintained a cold attitude towards Cheng You throughout these months and never softened her stance.

Just now, Zhu Wen saw Zhai Ling sending a message to Cheng You, seemingly saying something like, "Drink more hot water."

Cheng You was overjoyed and quickly replied to a bunch of green bubble messages.

Zhai Ling then sent a reassuring smiley face.

Zhu Wen immediately had a bad feeling.

She hesitated for a long time before asking the question.

Upon hearing Zhu Wen's entire inner monologue, Zhai Ling was left speechless, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

“I never liked him before. Now that I’ve seen him perform a few times, how could I possibly like him? I’m just keeping him hanging on, trying to make him think that I can be moved.”

In reality, Zhai Ling only played around for a bit before decisively kicking Cheng You aside.