The Film Emperor's Secretly Married Wife Ch. 13

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The young Best Actor seemed truly imprinted on the screen, and she couldn't recognize him from that time.

The man she knew now was someone over ten years older, mature and gentle.

Staying around Grandma meant a lot of time listening to her chatter. Qi Zhen kept her head down, casually scrolling through her phone, half-listening as Grandma rambled on—complaining about her bad luck at mahjong or how she and her old classmates were planning a trip to Europe next month.

By the time night rolled around, Qi Zhen was already getting sleepy. She opened Weibo to kill time—and immediately got hit with something wild.

A trending tag: #Yu Jingxing Dating Preferences

Qi Zhen blinked in confusion and tapped it open, only to realize it came from a recent award show in Hai City. Film Emperor Yu was being interviewed as one of the award presenters. But honestly, Qi Zhen hadn't been paying attention to any of that before.

After discussing film stuff, the entertainment reporter, smiling sweetly with her mic, asked, "A lot of fans are curious—what's your type when it comes to dating? There's talk that your rumored girlfriends in the past were all elegant, well-educated women with stunning figures."

Yu Jingxing brushed it off like it was nothing, giving the camera a faint, polite smile. "I don't have that many requirements."

But the reporter pressed on. "If you met someone you really liked... would you consider marriage?"

Total trap question—since Yu Jingxing had never married his rumored ex, a famous Hong Kong actress, and never even seemed to have plans to.

The tone of Yu Jingxing in the video was still gentle. "If it's suitable, I'll try my best to go for it."

The entertainment reporter asked, "Do you need to try your best though? It seems like, to most women out there, you're already the perfect guy."

Usually, Yu Jingxing would dodge that kind of question with a lighthearted brush-off, but today, he was answering them head-on. Clearly, that got the female reporter on the other side of the camera a little excited.

He smiled slightly and replied vaguely, "Thanks for the compliment."

Qi Zhen scrolled further down the top comments and found them kind of hilarious.

@Selina291: Waa I did the math—every woman he's had dating rumors with averages 175.82cm in height. I'm 160cm and currently buried in a pile of lemons. Guess us short girls are totally out.

@ILoveClamNoodles822: If you're not that picky, maybe consider me, hubby? I can cook, warm your bed, do laundry! And I super super love you, okay? Like the kind of love where I kiss your photo like eighty times a day. I'm great at everything except eating lotus roots. Just look at me, please?

@awslYingYingYing: I just get this weird gut feeling Yu Jingxing already has someone... He's probably gonna get married soon, right?

@Looking4FatFriends: Feels like my male idol's destined to die single. Seriously, by his age and at his level, it's gotta be tough to fall for anyone again... Such a shame things didn't work out with Jiang Qian back then. She was the total package—fair skin, killer legs, red lips, fancy degree—literally everything he likes! As a die-hard shipper, let me hang on to a thread of hope. Maybe the mirror will fix itself, you know?

@Abeilleroyale: Bump me to the top. Why are JQ shippers still trying to stay relevant everywhere? You guys showing off for what? It's been, what, four or five years since they broke up? Has Film Emperor Yu even mentioned her once? Do y'all have any self-awareness?

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Qi Zhen didn't really feel anything about it. Back when Jiang Qian and Yu Jingxing were dating, she was still in middle school. They broke up before she even turned eighteen—so yeah, it had absolutely nothing to do with her.

Well, that was... if you ignored the fact that right now, it kinda looked like she was dating Yu Jingxing.

Still, she hesitated and didn't say anything. She figured she didn't really have the right to ask, anyway. Maybe she was just... one of the many ships that had drifted through Yu Jingxing's life. No feeling could really last forever.

Qi Zhen only stayed at her grandma's place until the evening before she got a call from her mom, Luo Linzhen, telling her to come home.

Mrs. Luo had a strong need to control her daughter. Knowing that Qi Zhen was super close to her ex-mother-in-law made her even less willing to let her spend the night over there. Even though she said she trusted her daughter to make her own decisions, deep down she was uneasy, scared someone might swoop in and steal her only precious child away.

When Qi Zhen got back to her mom's place, she noticed her stepdad was home too, and even Fang Minyi was there.

Luo Linzhen often bragged in front of people about how well Fang Geng treated her daughter—handing out thousands in pocket money like it was nothing, letting her live in a huge house, and already making plans for her to study abroad after college, which would cost a ton more. Her mom's side of the family always said she had great taste in second husbands, and her daughter had hit the jackpot too, now living like a rich girl.

On that front, Qi Zhen figured her mom really did love her. She tried to give her daughter what she thought was best—even if she got it wrong, you couldn't say it came from a bad place.

But the truth was, her mom also knew she couldn't really control Qi Zhen. The reason was simple: Qi Zhen didn't really spend much of the Fang family's money in the first place.

Since she started middle school, a huge sum of pocket money had been transferred to her account every month. Her grandma said it came from the hospital's dividend shares, and that it was going to be hers eventually anyway, so she might as well start using it.

Qi Zhen still wanted to refuse, but Grandma got mad, "What, the Fang family's money isn't real money? All my money's gonna be yours in the end anyway—it's already yours. I like whoever I want to like, no one gets a say in it. You buy whatever you want! Don't you dare hold yourself back in front of anyone. If someone dares look down on you, then spend big and let them see. You're Grandma's little princess, you're not beneath anyone!"

Qi Zhen had known since she was little that Grandma played favorites, but it wasn't until this particular event back in middle school that she fully realized just how deeply biased Grandma could be.

Still, she never told anyone about it. Qi Zhen always preferred to keep things low-key, and she didn't want to cause any unnecessary drama.

They had dinner together, and right after the meal, they started on dessert. As expected, her mom stirred up something again.

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