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Chapter 158 Do you understand Chi Yuan's family background?

As soon as Li Rui's matter was settled, Jiang Haochen drove to the film set.

First, filming for "Eternal Life" is about to wrap up, and he has work to attend to there; second, he misses Chi Yuan.

Actually, they hadn't been apart for long, only two days, but during those two days, he kept seeing Chi Yuan's anxious and haggard appearance. Now that he had resolved the matter, Chi Yuan should be relieved.

Just as he was thinking this, Chi Yuan sent him a message asking if he would go to the film set when filming wrapped up.

This was the first time in a long time that Chi Yuan had taken the initiative to message him and express her desire to see him.

Jiang Haochen even felt a little flattered.

But soon, Cui Dong's earlier words rang in his ears again.

Cui Dong: "You've put in so much effort, but what's your cat's attitude? Is he clinging to you like glue, afraid you'll abandon him?"

Jiang Haochen didn't answer the question at the time. Chi Yuan hadn't been clinging to him during this period, nor had he even contacted him proactively. He knew that if he answered, Cui Dong would definitely feel sorry for him, which would affect Cui Dong's attitude towards Chi Yuan.

Regardless of whether he could ultimately win over Chi Yuan, he didn't want Cui Dong to have a negative opinion of Chi Yuan. Chi Yuan was different from Xie Lingzhou; Chi Yuan's contract was with Tianyu, and he still had three years left.

But just because he didn't say it doesn't mean he wasn't disappointed.

Jiang Haochen stared at the dark road ahead, the road leading to where Chi Yuan was, and also the road of his love. He rushed there with all his might, unaware of what awaited him at the end of the darkness.

But the only thing he was sure of was that he wanted to go there.

With fewer cars on the road at night, Jiang Haochen arrived at the film set twenty minutes early.

He knew that the crew had been going through some turmoil and the atmosphere wasn't good, so he ordered a food truck to deliver food to the crew before he came. The food truck had arrived and was distributing food inside.

As soon as he entered, the crew members greeted him and expressed their gratitude. He also took a snack from the food cart and ran towards the filming location.

He walked quickly. When someone greeted him on the street, he would just give a hurried reply and walk past without even seeing who the person was.

He soon saw Chi Yuan, who was preparing to film the next scene. Jiang Haochen didn't want to disturb him, so he remained silent, simply watching him quietly. Just then, Chi Yuan glanced up and saw Jiang Haochen.

Mr. Jiang!

Chi Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, but unfortunately he was wearing a prop for filming, and his hands were tied so he couldn't move. He could only let out a big laugh to express his joy.

Jiang Haochen's fatigue from the journey was instantly cured by this smile. He waved the food in his hand, indicating that he had specially brought it for him.

"Ready, ready!" The script supervisor prepared to strike the clapperboard.

Chi Yuan quickly got into character, eager to finish filming tonight's scenes so he could go talk to Mr. Jiang.

Jiang Haochen was holding the food and was about to go over to greet Director Yang when his phone suddenly vibrated.

It's Cui Dong.

Jiang Haochen, afraid of disturbing the filming, took his phone a little way away before answering. As soon as he called out "Feeding," he heard Cui Dong's somewhat anxious voice on the other end.

Cui Dong: "Did you see what I just sent you?"

Jiang Haochen: "What is it?"

Cui Dong: "There's dirt on Chi Yuan, saying he even disowned his own mother after becoming famous. Are you even aware of his family background?"

Jiang Haochen was taken aback. Instead of answering immediately, he quickly opened WeChat to check the message that Cui Dong had sent him a few minutes earlier.

Among the things Cui Dong sent were several photos of a haggard-looking middle-aged woman who bore a resemblance to Chi Yuan; a video of an interview with a middle-aged man who claimed to be Chi Yuan's father, in which he berated Chi Yuan for forgetting his roots and disowning even his own mother and brother; and a pre-edited smear campaign.

Jiang Haochen didn't read it all; he only glanced at it before his face darkened.

If Li Rui's revelations lacked concrete evidence, then this matter is certainly supported by solid evidence. Furthermore, Chi Yuan has already been in the spotlight these past few days; once this information is released, Chi Yuan's career will be completely ruined.

Jiang Haochen: "Where did these things come from?"

Cui Dong: "A reporter I know gave it to me. He said someone gave it to him and we agreed to release it at midnight tonight."

Twelve o'clock?

Jiang Haochen glanced at the time; it was already eleven o'clock, and these things would be exposed in an hour.

Jiang Haochen: "Can you stop them?"

Cui Dong: "We can't stop it. I reckon all the entertainment reporters and big V's in the industry have received this. It's obvious someone is targeting Chi Yuan. I took Chi Yuan to meet with a lot of directors and brands at the gala before. Starway and K Jewelry are both brands that people in the industry are envious of. I guess they've taken a bite out of someone's business."

In fact, these kinds of practices are very common in the industry, and almost every top star has gone through them. But as long as you are clean and have no stains on your record, these kinds of things are not difficult to resolve.

He miscalculated this time, not expecting that Chi Yuan's family of origin would have problems.

Jiang Haochen: "What are your plans on your end?"

Cui Dong: "What else can we do? I'll have the PR department draft an apology statement and have Chi Yuan apologize first after the news breaks. Then I'll have him contact his mother's family to come out and clarify that it was a quarrel between mother and son, a family conflict, to see if that can ease the tension. I probably won't be able to keep the endorsement, but if we handle it well, at least the broadcast of 'Chang Sheng' won't be affected."

Jiang Haochen frowned and remained silent.

Cui Dong: "What are you standing there for? Go on!"

Jiang Haochen: "Chi Yuan isn't that kind of person."

The Chi Yuan he knew wasn't the kind of person who would disown his biological mother, although Chi Yuan hadn't gone home for the Lunar New Year in the past two years.

Cui Dong: "Both sides are definitely at fault in this kind of thing, but Chi Yuan is the son and a public figure, so he is naturally in the wrong for those two reasons."

Jiang Haochen: "I understand."

As soon as Jiang Haochen hung up the phone, Li Weiran also received the news in the WeChat group and started frantically sending messages in the group chat with him and his assistant Chen.

Li Weiran: {President Jiang, that's not how it works. Chi Yuan's parents divorced when he was one year old; they had no feelings for each other whatsoever. Chi Yuan did see his mother later, but she personally told him she didn't want him to disturb her life and asked him not to contact her. That's why Chi Yuan deleted his mother's contact information, and that's why they haven't been in contact for so many years.}

Jiang Haochen stared at Li Weiran's message several times, feeling horrified. He couldn't believe such a mother existed in the world. What nonsense about severing ties after Chi Yuan became famous! It was clearly that she had discovered Chi Yuan's success and wanted to cling to him.

Assistant Chen: {Do you have any evidence?}

Li Weiran: {Where did you get the evidence for this? How could Chi Yuan have predicted what would happen back then?}

Assistant Chen: {Without evidence, this matter is difficult to clarify. After all, in the public's perception, no mother would dislike her child.}

Li Weiran knew this too, and in frustration, she sent a string of ellipses in the group chat. Everyone says not to fall into the self-proving trap, but now they had to prove themselves.

Otherwise, Chi Yuan would be ruined.

At this moment, Chi Yuan had just finished filming and, unaware of anything else, was happily walking towards Jiang Haochen.

Mr. Jiang.

Jiang Haochen stared into Chi Yuancheng's clear eyes, unable to imagine how heartbroken he must have been when he heard that he had been slandered by his own mother.

"Will you forgive your mother?" Jiang Haochen asked.

This abrupt question left Chi Yuan bewildered, but he still answered, "It's not a matter of forgiveness or not; she's a stranger to me."

He decided to leave her after he finally found her in the provincial capital after traveling hundreds of miles, only to be met with her coldly giving him ten yuan and telling him not to bother her new family.

He didn't want to hate, so he treated her like a stranger.

Jiang Haochen handed the disposable bowl he was holding to Chi Yuan: "I understand, focus on filming."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Chi Yuan instinctively took two steps after him: "Mr. Jiang, where are you going?"

Jiang Haochen was in a hurry and only hurriedly replied that he was going back to City B. He walked away without even turning his head, thus missing the deep sadness in Chi Yuan's eyes.