The Film Emperor's Secretly Married Wife Ch. 50

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Qi Zhen flipped through a few more photos and suddenly realized that actually, he wasn't that much of an outcast as a teen. At most, he just wasn't the kind of model student for the new era, and nobody was that scared of him.

He was actually surprisingly popular.

The silver-haired teen wore a bright red captain's armband, representing the high school basketball team that took first place in the city. He held the gold trophy in one hand, surrounded by pretty cheerleaders taking photos with him.

The boy just showed little emotion, wearing his jersey, about 1.85 meters tall, with short, sharp hair, a long neck, broad shoulders, left hand casually in his pocket, and a lazy, indifferent look on his face.

It was like winning first place was as casual as eating or drinking water.

Not that it insulted the trophy.

After all, when he won his first Golden Statue award young, his expression was pretty much the same.

Qi Zhen figured all the competitors probably cried.

Mr. Qi brought her some milk, glanced at the photo, and said, "Right after taking the photo, Jingxing just dropped the trophy and left. He didn't even attend the celebration banquet."

Mr. Qi sighed, "There was a little girl, the school flower and cheer captain, who had been preparing to confess to him for a long time, but got totally rejected and cried all night."

Qi Zhen held the photo, looking carefully.

There was a girl who looked especially pretty, her raised chin showing confidence, legs straight and slender beneath a short skirt, like a little princess adored by everyone, gazing at the silver-haired boy with a strangely longing look.

Qi Zhen said seriously, "That lady is pretty cute."

Yu Jingxing looked a little helpless.

He put the photo away casually, "Don't know her."

She pouted, not quite believing him, then turned to look at Yu Jingxing, "You even played basketball?"

Yu Jingxing said, "I trained with the junior high school team in the U.S."

Qi Zhen asked, "What about racing cars? You didn't have a license back then, right?"

Yu Jingxing smiled, "My uncle owns a supercar club. I grew up around it, so no problem."

Qi Zhen silently lowered her head, eating fruit, realizing he might only not know how to have kids.

Suddenly, she thought of something and looked up, "Do you know how to do embroidery?"

Yu Jingxing replied flatly, "You're overestimating me."

Qi Zhen agreed — a silver-haired social big shot doing embroidery with a thimble was pretty scary.

She sighed softly, "So is it true you can do everything except embroidery and having kids?"

Yu Jingxing said, "There are a lot of things I can't do. Don't think I'm that amazing."

Qi Zhen looked at him with a mix of dependence and admiration, feeling shy to kiss him with so many people around.

But he really was amazing.

She just blinked and said, "But to me, you were already perfect."

Because her third uncle and third aunt couldn't make it back from overseas, they video-called together with Meimei.

Meimei was a boy, named Qi Cui, meaning mountain ridge.

Unfortunately, boys born later didn't have to follow the naming tradition, so Meimei was always unhappy.

Because of this, he secretly urged grandma, asking why she didn't use her favorite snack brand to name the upcoming boys.

Cuicui, Zhenzhen, Xiangxiang—pretty good and cute, right?

Then he got beaten up by the mixed-gender team of third aunt and third uncle.

Meimei studied in the U.S. He immigrated with third aunt and third uncle when he was very young, making him an ABC*. Due to cultural differences, he wasn't very familiar with China's trendy young stars.

(*American-Born Chinese)

Yu Jingxing, as an international movie king, had won many foreign awards and was even nominated for a very prestigious award, so his movies were shown in foreign cinemas.

Even during the off-season, some of Yu Jingxing's movies from over ten years ago still played on weekends.

Several famous theaters in the U.S. had large framed photos of him with his autograph.

So Meimei, as a Chinese-American, really admired Yu Jingxing.

Qi Cui even vowed to go to the same university as his idol.

When he found out his idol became his brother-in-law, he was even more surprised and excited. Third aunt said he spent a thousand dollars at the barber shop to get a hairstyle dyed dark green.

Third aunt asked about university stuff. Qi Meimei was about to apply soon. His exam results weren't finalized, but he dreamed of getting into a top school, which the family couldn't handle.

Yu Jingxing answered politely with a smile, "I applied to B University over ten years ago. I don't know what kind of grades they need now, but I can guarantee I had a wonderful time there."

Since college, Yu Jingxing's story hadn't been a secret.

Even among Chinese people, he was pretty famous at school back then.

The university Yu Jingxing went to was in a well-known scholarly city in the U.S., which had two of the world's top ten universities.

After enrolling, Yu Jingxing joined the basketball team, volunteered, was a teaching assistant for a professor for a while, even worked in the cafeteria, earned two degrees in four years, and made friends from many different races and countries.

Later, when he entered the entertainment industry, he relied on his own network, not on parents or family as rumors claimed.

He filmed his first drama during college, playing a small role.

Most of Yu Jingxing's fans probably watched that drama, but Qi Zhen hadn't.

Shanshan teased her, laughing, "That's the famous work where a big director discovered him. You don't really think my idol's debut was 'Asking the World with a Smile,' do you?"

Qi Zhen opened her eyes wide, silently surprised.

Wasn't it?

But she kept a calm face and seriously corrected Shanshan, "How could I not know? I'm Mrs. Yu, after all."

Shanshan felt like life had gone totally gray.

Things at grandma's place wrapped up nicely. Yu Jingxing had his own work to handle, and compared to his still-studying wife, he already had a relatively stable routine.

But with Qi Zhen around, his life changed.

Overall, instead of the noisy youth turning into a calm rhythm, it actually got way more interesting.

Stubborn fans still waited at the community gate. Thanks to social media being so huge, the number of fans trying to catch Yu Jingxing only kept growing. Luckily, the neighborhood security was tight and didn't let anyone in.

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