The Secret of Second Marriage

"I……"

Before I could say anything, President Jiang said, "Man, anything is fine, just don't ignore me."

When I heard what President Jiang said, I was deeply moved. For two people to get married and live a long life together, one of them needs to be willing to back down. Otherwise, if both of them are in a cold war, they will not be able to stay together in the end.

I've always felt that when a woman looks for a man, she should look for one who cherishes her, loves her, and is willing to humble himself for her, rather than a cold, aloof man who always needs to be coaxed.

I said, "I'm not ignoring you, we're just having a cold war, and I don't know what to say... By the way, Mr. Jiang, where are you now?"

"I'm currently attending a business conference out of town, and I probably won't be back for another couple of days."

Mr. Jiang said, "Man, I'm not very good at playing the piano, but I'm quite good at playing the guitar. When I come back next time, I'll play the guitar and sing you a love song."

"Wait for me at home."

"You can play guitar? Great!"

I felt a renewed sense of anticipation for President Jiang.

I chatted with Mr. Jiang on and off for another half hour until his secretary came over to ask him to sign a contract, at which point I reluctantly hung up the phone.

After I hung up the phone, I glanced outside and saw that the snow was still falling. The weather forecast said it would snow for three days, after which it would turn sunny.

My agent messaged me saying, "Man, the TV series 'My Sister's Struggle' will be airing tonight on the drama channel."

Our film, released during the Spring Festival, is very realistic and tells the story of a strong female lead's struggle. It has a good chance of becoming a hit. Stay home and don't go out too much. If the film is popular, it will probably be featured on various variety shows and programs very soon.

"I understand, Sister Qiong, thank you."

I say.

I know that the company invested a lot of money to promote me, a newcomer, and gave me the lead role in this TV series.

Sister Qiong said, "You're welcome. You were born for the entertainment industry. Honestly, your acting is truly gifted. Happy New Year, Man!"

"Happy New Year!"

I say.

At 8 p.m., my TV series started on time. I saw that my sister's struggle story was being broadcast on CCTV. The TV series that I worked so hard to film was being edited and shown on the screen. I don't know why, but my eyes welled up with tears.

I know it wasn't easy for me to get to this point, but I cherish it and feel very grounded.

In the evening, my parents and Tangtang sat on the sofa with me to watch TV series. In the series, a little girl who was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in the city was kidnapped by human traffickers and taken to the countryside to beg with a group of thin younger brothers and sisters.

Those human traffickers were even more ruthless, breaking the legs and blinding the escaped children, forcing them to beg for money.

I was abducted and trafficked. Because I was somewhat attractive, the traffickers planned to sell me to a rural area to be someone's child bride.

The very first episode begins with me being abducted to a remote and dangerous mountain village. In order to go home, I found poisonous mushrooms in the mountains and secretly put them into the dinner of the traffickers, poisoning them all and sending them to the hospital.

I led my five younger siblings, begging along the road until we reached the county town. We stayed at the train station, scavenged for scraps, and when we were hungry or thirsty at night, we slept in the underpass next to the railway. We dared not go home for fear of being caught by human traffickers. We didn't know where to go, so we just wandered around this area.

My mother's eyes turned red when she saw it, and she cried and said, "Man, what you filmed is not a play at all, it is your life when you were a child. Kidnapped children are so miserable. They are beaten and scolded all the time, and they don't even have enough to eat."

"Mom's heart aches so much seeing this. Mom is determined to make Tian Hongxia, that human trafficker, pay the price!"

"Mom, this is just the first episode. The beginning is tragic, but later I led my younger siblings to the city and made a fortune."

I say.

I never expected that just when the TV series was doing so well, Xue Fan would suddenly contact President Jiang. He had nude photos of me and demanded that President Jiang buy them for 500 million yuan, or else he would sell them to a magazine.

Xue Fan said to President Jiang on the phone: "President Jiang, you should think this through carefully. Your girlfriend is now a superstar with unlimited fame. She filmed a realistic TV series during the Spring Festival, and now she is even more popular."

I told her that once these nude photos of her are released, she'll be a slut, nailed to the pillar of shame. I wonder who would want her to act in a TV series then? I bet your Jiang family has no shame left; would you even marry a woman like that?