After being dumped by the diva, I was picked up by her arch-enemy.

Jiang Yichen pushed open the wooden door to the backyard of the Qilin Opera Troupe.

The autumn wind in the capital swept a few fallen leaves across the bluestone slabs.

He pushed his suitcase to the corner of the wall.

As soon as I sat down at the stone table, my phone started vibrating incessantly in my pocket.

I took it out and looked at it.

A group chat invitation popped up on the WeChat interface.

The person who invited me was Xu Zhiyou.

Group name: Jiang Yichen Supervisory and Management Committee.

Jiang Yichen raised an eyebrow.

Open the group chat member list.

There were three people in total.

Besides him, there are Xu Zhiyou and Gu Ruanxing.

A long image quickly popped up in the group chat.

It was sent by Xu Zhiyou.

The title is "Family Rules (Trial Version)".

Article 1: Report your safety three times a day, morning, noon and evening, and do not lose contact.

Article 2: You are not allowed to treat work as a meal; you must take photos and clock in on time for each of your three meals.

Article 3: When traveling to other places, you must report your itinerary three days in advance and attach a list of accompanying persons.

Article 4: It is strictly forbidden to engage in extramarital affairs. Anyone who violates this rule will bear the consequences.

Jiang Yichen looked at these regulations.

This is hardly a family code of conduct.

It's practically a bail clause for prisoners.

Gu Ruanxing immediately followed up with a message.

"Yuzu, this group name is too childish."

He complained verbally.

However, Jiang Yichen's system notification showed that Gu Ruanxing had already changed her group nickname.

He became "Jiang Yichen, Deputy Director of the Supervisory and Management Committee".

Xu Zhiyou is the director.

Jiang Yichen sighed.

I replied with a message.

"Received. Thank you for your hard work, Director and Deputy Director."

Xu Zhiyou sent me a smug cat emoji.

"From now on, we're on the same side, so don't try anything funny."

Gu Ruanxing sent a cold emoji.

"I'm just making sure you don't bully Yuzu, don't flatter yourself."

Jiang Yichen was too lazy to expose President Gu's stubbornness.

After what happened that night in Shanghai.

The relationship between the two women did not break down; instead, they reached a strange tacit understanding.

The guns were all pointed outwards.

Jiang Yichen placed his phone on the table.

I picked up the teapot and poured a cup of water.

Hou Fei happened to stroll over from the front yard.

He had half a cucumber in his mouth.

"Third Brother, you're back?"

Hou Fei plopped down on the opposite side.

"How's things going in Shanghai?"

Jiang Yichen took a sip of tea.

"It's done."

Hou Fei leaned closer, wanting to take the teacup from the table.

I accidentally caught a glimpse of Jiang Yichen's lit-up phone screen.

The screen was currently showing the group chat interface.

The group name, "Jiang Yichen Supervision and Management Committee," is prominently displayed.

Hou Fei was stunned for a moment.

The cucumber in his mouth fell onto the stone table.

He pointed at the screen, clutched his stomach, and started laughing hysterically.

"Hahaha!"

"Third Brother, you've finally met your match!"

"Supervision and Management Committee?"

"You've brought back two ancestors to worship!"

Jiang Yichen put down his teacup.

I watched him smile quietly.

Hou Fei laughed so hard he almost fell over.

Tears welled up in my eyes.

"I can't take it anymore, I have to post this group name in my fellow disciples' group."

"Let everyone have some fun."

Jiang Yichen tapped on the table.

It makes a crisp sound.

Hou Fei's laughter stopped abruptly.

He glanced at Jiang Yichen's expression.

Suddenly I felt a chill down my back.

"Third Brother, I was just kidding."

Hou Fei quickly picked up the cucumber that had fallen on the table, wiped it on his clothes, and put it back into his mouth.

"Um, I have some things to take care of, I'll go now."

He stood up, ready to slip away.

Jiang Yichen called out to him.

"etc."

Hou Fei stood frozen in place.

"Third Brother, is there anything else you need?"

Jiang Yichen pointed to the studio next door.

"Su Yao has taken the past few days off."

"The artist contracts that have been piling up in the studio for three months need to be archived."

"Go in and organize those contracts by category, then enter them into a spreadsheet."

Hou Fei's face turned green.

"Three months?"

"There must be several hundred portions, right?"

"I hate reading those densely packed words the most."

Jiang Yichen leaned back in his chair.

"If you don't finish cleaning today, you're skipping dinner."

Hou Fei looked miserable.

"Third Brother, I was wrong."

"I will never laugh at you again."

Jiang Yichen ignored him.

I picked up my phone and went inside.

Hou Fei could only walk dejectedly towards the studio.

Night falls.

After taking a shower, Jiang Yichen leaned against the headboard and read a book.

The phone screen lights up.

It was a video call invitation from the group.

Jiang Yichen pressed the answer button.

The screen is divided into three parts.

Xu Zhiyou was wearing pink pajamas and lying on the bed applying a face mask.

Gu Ruanxing sat in her office with the night view of Shanghai in the background, holding a document in her hand.

"Time for check-in."

Xu Zhiyou spoke indistinctly.

"Jiang, our great hero, did you eat on time today?"

Jiang Yichen pointed the camera at the empty lunchbox on the table.

"have eaten."

"Hou Fei went to buy it."

Gu Ruanxing didn't even look up.

"Didn't go out drinking?"

Jiang Yichen turned the camera back to himself.

"no."

"I've been staying at home the whole time."

Xu Zhiyou removed the face mask and patted her cheeks.

"That's more like it."

"Xingbao, do you think his performance was passable?"

Gu Ruanxing turned a page of the document.

"Barely passing."

Jiang Yichen looked at the two people on the screen.

"Finished checking up on everyone?"

"Can I hang up now?"

Xu Zhiyou immediately retorted.

"No!"

"Who said I was going to hang up?"

Gu Ruanxing also stopped writing.

Are you very busy?

Jiang Yichen was helpless.

"I'm not busy."

"Aren't you tired of holding your phones like that?"

Xu Zhiyou found a stand and fixed her phone in place.

"I'm not tired."

"Let's just leave it like this."

"You do your thing, we'll do ours."

Gu Ruanxing also placed her phone next to her desk.

"Youzi is right."

"What if you sneak out?"

Jiang Yichen placed his phone on the bedside table.

I picked up the book and continued reading.

The screen emitted the rustling sound of turning pages and the patting sound of Xu Zhiyou applying skincare products.

No one spoke.

But no one hung up on them.

The atmosphere was unusually quiet.

Yet it also exudes a wonderfully warm feeling.

After half an hour.

Even breathing could be heard from Xu Zhiyou's side.

She fell asleep on the pillow.

Jiang Yichen put down his book.

Looking at that serene face on the screen.

Gu Ruanxing's voice came from the phone.

It's very light.

"Is she asleep?"

Jiang Yichen responded.

"Um."

Gu Ruanxing stopped working.

Looking at Jiang Yichen on the screen.

"You should get some rest."

Jiang Yichen nodded.

"The same to you."

Don't stay up too late.

Gu Ruanxing did not hang up immediately.

A few seconds passed.

She spoke softly.

"Good night."

The screen went black.

Jiang Yichen turned off the bedside lamp.

The room was plunged into darkness.

He closed his eyes.

These days seem pretty good.

The next morning.

Su Yao returned to her studio after her vacation.

He was holding a gold-embossed envelope.

"President Jiang, good news."

Su Yao handed the envelope to Jiang Yichen.

"An invitation letter from the Asian Music Awards organizing committee."

Jiang Yichen took the envelope.

This thing is quite heavy.

Asian Music Awards.

Unlike the Golden Melody Awards.

The Golden Melody Awards are primarily an internal selection process within the Chinese music industry.

The Asian Music Awards, on the other hand, have a judging scope covering the entire Asian region.

China, South Korea, island nations, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Top musicians from all Asian countries will compete on this stage.