Chapter 700

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

This year's New Year comes early, in late January.

Therefore, when the time arrived at early January, Shen Yao packed her things, bid farewell to Liu Jing, and left Jing Shi to return to her hometown Yun Cheng.

Yun Cheng

A small city in the south; ever since Shen Yao had memory, their family had lived in this simple and leisurely town, and then as the era continuously developed, Yun Cheng slowly became a tourist city; every year, whether off-season or peak season, many tourists would come from afar to visit.

This is also the main reason their family can live off collecting rent.

The plane took off from Jing Shi Airport and landed at the airport outside Yun Cheng in just a few hours; taking a taxi home, the whole trip took only three or four hours, and Shen Yao had already arrived home safely.

Birth mother Yu Shuhua and birth father Shen Qingshan were not at home; the two had already finished playing in the Northeast and were now switching to Hainan to experience it; Shen Kang would rush back before the New Year; as for Shen Yao staying home alone, she's already such a big person, even if she can't cook she won't starve, and she can also help them collect last month's rent properly.

"This month is the New Year after all, those young renters aren't well-off either..." Yu Shuhua spoke while muttering about the big and small matters at home; originally they asked relatives to help look after things, but now there's ready-made free labor.

Shen Yao:...

Hanging up the contact call with her birth mother, Shen Yao looked at the clean room behind her that had professional cleaning every few days, thought of nothing, and showered and slept first.

After waking up from a sleep, Shen Yao used a mobile app to order a takeout meal.

After all, it's a tourist city that operates all year round; there's no shortage of people at any time, so the related service industry here is very developed; it's just that daily expenses are somewhat high, and locals also have quite a few complaints about this.

"Yao Yao, you're home."

"Yao Yao, when are your parents coming back?"

"Aiyo, Old Yu and Old Shen really, leaving their daughter at home unattended while they go out to play; what kind of parents are these?"

"..."

Shen Yao had lived here for over twenty years, always on harmonious terms with the surrounding neighbors; so, just stepping out the door, she was asked all the way to the doorway.

Most people living here are relocation households; at worst, each family has several houses being rented out; they don't lack money financially, but the temperament cultivated over decades — frugality and diligence — is the bottom color engraved in their bones; people like Yu Shuhua and Shen Qingshan who run around everywhere when they have nothing to do are the exception.

The household's daily necessities are relatively few, because Yu Shuhua and Shen Qingshan have never been people who endure hardship for no reason; it can also be said the two of them belong to the extremely lucky type: before marriage they mutually freeloaded off their parents at home, after marriage they relied on their parents' help, waited for the elders to pass away one after another, then got allocated so many buildings from relocation — hey, the main theme is not eating a bit of hardship the whole way and only enjoying blessings.

Originally Shen Yao was also such a person with a fate trajectory completely identical to her parents', but isn't it that young people have confidence and want to strive?

"Tsk tsk tsk, better stay in Yun Cheng; even if the Host muddles along eating and waiting to die, there's no worry our main mission won't be completed," because the massive property itself counts as a career, not to mention the Host is an only daughter.

"You're currently eating delicacies in mission worlds; suddenly switched to light congee and small dishes, can you bear it?"

What kind of career is being a landlady in Yun Cheng; even if the main mission is completed, the reward obtained is merely a drop in the bucket.

System: "..." Indeed can't bear it, but they can work hard in the next mission world, right?

Shen Yao:... Hm?

The system hemmed and hawed for a good long while before stating the reason it would ruthlessly give up the reward; it's afraid the Host will have an accident, and then it would have to re-coax — no, re-find a new Host to sign a contract; leaving aside work ability and such, it mainly worries this time would be very long.

Not everyone has the chance to sign with a system, and not everyone can withstand such transmigration; being able to select Shen Yao was the result of the system's repeated efforts; the system expresses it completely doesn't want to go through it again, so appropriately giving up high returns and only keeping the bottom line is to obtain more rewards in the future, absolutely not some slacking off and giving up.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao suddenly laughed out loud; the empty street had only Shen Yao laughing; fortunately the sound was too soft to carry far, otherwise it would easily scare people.

"Mm, don't worry, I won't collapse that easily," besides, if she really collapsed she would just unhesitatingly self-destruct her soul and disappear between heaven and earth; the system wouldn't even have a chance to react.

Strolled to the supermarket near home, bought many daily necessities and carried them back.

Shen Yao took care of herself unhurriedly, occasionally going out to eat a few good meals, until the festival approached, and Yu Shuhua and Shen Qingshan returned from Hainan by plane.

"Daughter, it's a pity you didn't go! Over there it's not only warm but there are also celebrity idols filming a show? Old Shen, it's filming a show, right? Anyway it's lively and bustling, all people."

Yu Shuhua carried the spoils bought back; just the packed suitcases numbered several.

Shen Qingshan huffed and puffed helping put the luggage away, occasionally nodding with an "hm."

"Daughter, that novel you wrote, when will it be made into a TV drama?"

Yu Shuhua hadn't forgotten her own daughter's ability; sure enough she takes after her; when she was young she was especially good at writing; the love letters in Old Shen's hand are proof.

"Should have to wait until next year, but from project initiation to project landing takes time; who knows what those production companies are thinking?"

Some novels have rights bought and left to expire without filming; some novels are bought and immediately require changes upon changes; but she has already drawn a bottom line for her works; as long as the responsible production company is normal, the TV drama becoming a huge hit isn't guaranteed, but reaching above standard definitely can be achieved.

In the current circle where being able to tell a story completely counts as success, Shen Yao genuinely feels the few requirements she put forward are really not that high.

Got in the car, fastened seatbelts, Shen Yao stepped on the gas and directly drove the two elders home.

Having not rested at home for several months, the first thing Yu Shuhua and Shen Qingshan did upon entering the door was complain that the air conditioner really isn't as convenient as heating, and can't compare to Hainan which is warm all year round.

The brought-back suitcases were opened in sequence; inside, quite a few things were bought by Yu Shuhua.

"Here, these are for you; a young girl must take good care of herself.

Is the living money in hand enough? If not, you must open your mouth; Mom and Dad will transfer you some more in a bit."

Yu Shuhua chattered on, then started cheerfully dialing the phone to other relatives at home, saying they brought quite a few gifts from this trip out, everyone has a share.

Shen Yao said a sentence about going back to the room to rest, then walked into the room wearing slippers. The things birth mother stuffed to her were all put into the dressing table and storage boxes properly; Shen Yao raised a hand to rub her temples, simply leaned back, lay down, and closed her eyes to rest.

Not to mention, with birth father and birth mother back, Shen Yao's daily life went up another level.

The family of three every day either went out to eat or went out to play; Yun Cheng's festival was quite lively; some streets as far as the eye could see were a piece of red-hot bustle, more interesting than staying at home.

"Aiyo, that celebrity, even gave me an autograph; didn't expect they'd also come to Yun Cheng to film a show?"

Yu Shuhua pointed at the large billboard not far away, speaking casually and freely.

Shen Yao followed the finger's direction and looked up, discovering that the person with thick eyebrows and big eyes, distinct and three-dimensional features, and a handsome and elegant bearing — that big handsome guy — was precisely this world's Male Lead Feng Chen.

Male and female leads always have something special; even the current Shi Wei who is a corporate drone at a company has maxed-out affinity making people unable to help but get close.

And this Male Lead Feng Chen in real life is not only the Young Master Two of the Feng Group, but also a Film Emperor who rose to fame young in the entertainment industry; every drama he acts in becomes popular, not to mention he has very good investment talent; some films lacking funds, once he fancies and invests in them, not only do they not lack funds, they can even make a big profit; participating stars follow and upgrade their status and explode in popularity.

Ye Jing's "Puppet Life" is a small production Feng Chen participated in investing; the result not only made Ye Jing more popular, but also let investors reap rich returns.

Even though Feng Chen's cheat was opened so wide, there was still a not-small-not-big problem: his body was in poor shape and couldn't eat too much.

After all, the male and female leads' lives were completely parallel lines; if they were to intersect, there had to be a reason they had to contact each other.

The spiritual field products sold by the female lead worked wonders on the male lead's body, even pushing forward the process of their meeting and recognizing each other—a textbook Yuelao Yubei.

Shen Yao's role in all this was just one of countless background boards; who let this world have so many NPCs?

"Hurry, daughter, hurry up and follow."

Yu Shuhua pulled Shen Yao and wanted to go inside; the celebrity recording show still had to wait a few days, but right now they should properly stroll around the surroundings.

Shen Yao:...

The heavy family affection from her parents weighed on Shen Yao until she could barely catch her breath.

Ms. Yu Shuhua was either strolling here today or strolling there tomorrow, and her biological father Shen Qingshan was still a slippery type who liked to slip through cracks, leaving Shen Yao alone to face her mother's windstorm and sudden rain.

Old Shen really wasn't loyal!

Sighing helplessly once more, Shen Yao looked at her enthusiastic mother above and could only resign herself to burying her head in hard work.

Ms. Yu Shuhua was chatting with several good sisters; what they could talk about was naturally eating, drinking, and having fun, and occasionally they'd insert a few sentences about their children's marriages.

But Shen Yao had just graduated from university; at home she received treatment as an only daughter, so Ms. Yu Shuhua didn't worry at all that her daughter couldn't get married, and thus wasn't as anxious as the other old sisters, afraid that if they were late by a step, the person would be snatched away.

"... Hmph, over there is so interesting, it's just that there are too many dirt roads; it's not easy for us to go over there once."

"What's interesting about it? It's not at all as developed and comfortable as our Yun Cheng; you just haven't suffered enough hard days, and yet you're trying every way to drill into the countryside."

"This is called getting close to nature; it's been very popular in recent years, don't you know?"

"..."

Shen Yao held the shopping bags Ms. Yu Shuhua had brought back from shopping, and suddenly mentioned to the system, "Isn't Tao Yuan County the female lead's hometown?"

The female lead lived in Tao Yuan Village under Tao Yuan County; the whole village was famous for the peaches they grew.

Although this county city was less than a hundred li from Yun Cheng, the economies of the two places were worlds apart; Tao Yuan County was a famous impoverished county, and even though the peach industry below was famous nationwide, it still hadn't brought much revenue to the villagers.

This was also one of the female lead's career lines in the later period: through the internet and the output of the Ling Tian Space, she would further expand the entire county city's industry, and then feed back more revenue, making the entire county city become wealthy along with it.

"Yeah, the male and female leads met in Tao Yuan County; at that time the male lead was recording a show, and the female lead carried her vegetables to sell... Anyway, all sorts of coincidences, and in the end the two met, recognized each other, became close, and fell in love."

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao took quick steps to catch up with Ms. Yu Shuhua; by now the old sisters had already chatted about beauty and skincare and so on, and wealthy, idle middle-aged and elderly women naturally did whatever made them happy.

"Yao Yao, our Leader is just a big idiot, I really want to xxx, I want to be at home..."

On the other end of the phone was Liu Jing, still in Jing Shi; originally this girl should have returned to her post to keep working, earning that bit of pocket money that wasn't enough for anything.

But somehow, Liu Jing and her leader, whom she had always found displeasing, started arguing over a trivial matter; a subordinate arguing with a leader—no matter what, it was always the powerless, influence-less subordinate who suffered.

And so, Liu Jing was directly fired by the company on the grounds of her gender, and they also compensated her corresponding salary as a convenience.

Liu Jing was exhausted in body and mind from this ordeal, and planned to stay at her Laojia for a while before deciding anything else.

That was why she called ahead to tell Shen Yao; after all, the house in Jing Shi had nothing, and Shen Yao would have to buy everything herself if she went back.

Shen Yao said she wasn't in a hurry to return to Jing Shi for now, but she already knew Liu Jing's situation; quitting a job indeed required good rest and recuperation, and as for whether she would return to Jing Shi after recovering, Shen Yao didn't deliberately ask.

As mentioned before, both their family situations were decent; Shen Yao was a Landlady and Landlord combination, while Liu Jing came from a small business background.

They couldn't be called wealthy and noble, but the savings they had accumulated were enough for their expenses.

Crack—

Hanging up the call in her hand, Shen Yao stood up and went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes onto the table; today was a rare time for them to cook at home.

The time spent in Yun Cheng passed quickly; at the end of February, an editor far away in Jing Shi called her, simply informing her of the novel's current progress.

The related publication was progressing steadily, the manga adaptation was also proceeding in an orderly fashion, and the most important copyright issue already had clear intentions and choices for sale; even, this novel could be filed for filming as early as this summer or autumn.

Moving this fast?

"Not fast at all; the quality of the novel you wrote is good, and the circle lacks good scripts; rather than adapting those dramas from years ago that were full of traps everywhere, it's better to eat a hot meal; at least palace intrigue themes are currently scarce in the whole market, and well-written scripts are truly not many."

Shen Yao listened absentmindedly, thinking this call wouldn't bring her anything.

Unexpectedly, after another half month, she herself was directly urged by the editor to return to Jing Shi.

The reason was that the copyright progress was very fast; the website could help with agency for the contract, but regarding script adaptation and casting issues, the relevant production company wanted to consult the novel author; after all, no one wanted to ruin this novel, and everyone's interests were highly consistent.