Chapter 336: The Big Star Wang Bingbing

"Wait for me." Sheng Hanyu dragged his suitcase and chased after them.

The waiting lounge was different today than usual.

The VIP waiting lounge was filled with wide, soft chairs, and the chairs were high enough to serve as screens.

While ensuring passengers could wait for their flights in comfort, it also protected passenger privacy from being leaked.

But there seemed to be some big shot in the innermost row.

Eight bodyguards in black suits and sunglasses stood with their hands behind their backs, maintaining the same posture, facing outward.

There were also several assistants who would occasionally pass water, fruit, or even facial masks inside...

What kind of person was inside, he didn't know, but this display of airs was certainly grand enough.

"Mommy, why don't we bring bodyguards out?" Shi Ran was still young, but she had already developed a sense of rivalry.

Shi Youxuan felt this was a good time to educate her child, so she picked her daughter up onto her lap and asked her, "Is Ranran happy today?"

The little girl's train of thought was immediately led away, and she nodded heavily: "Happy."

Shi Youxuan: "Why are you happy?"

Shi Ran: "Because we're going out to play."

Shi Youxuan: "When we were in L Country before, you also went out to play often. Were you happy then, or are you happy now?"

Back in L Country, because the mother and daughter went out, they represented Zhu Yiwen's face.

So every time they were surrounded by people, the spectacle was much grander than that "big shot" inside.

When she asked this, the little one understood immediately: "Oh, Mommy, I understand. Not bringing bodyguards is freedom, and freedom makes one happy."

"So smart," Sheng Hanyu praised his daughter.

The assistant over there went to the beverage bar and ordered a glass of freshly squeezed juice.

Shi Ran tugged at her mother's collar: "Mommy, I want to drink juice too."

Sheng Hanyu stood up: "I'll go buy it for you."

In the gap while waiting for the juice, the "big shot's" assistant walked over: "Hello, may I ask if you are Mr. Sheng?"

"Who are you?" Sheng Hanyu said coldly.

The assistant smiled: "I am Miss Wang Bingbing's assistant. Our Miss invites you over for a brief chat!"

"No time, sorry."

Sheng Hanyu found the name a bit familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen it, nor was he willing to waste his brainpower thinking about it.

Whoever it was, it didn't matter; nothing was more important than his daughter's juice!

Wang Bingbing's assistant didn't leave, nor was she discouraged; she remained persistent: "You're waiting for juice, right? That beautiful woman and the little beauty in the first row opposite are with you, right? How about this: when the juice is squeezed, I'll have it delivered to them."

"No, that's not necessary." He didn't give her any face at all.

The assistant had no choice but to leave sheepishly.

The juice was squeezed.

He paid the money, then carried the two cups of juice and walked toward the mother and daughter.

He handed the orange juice to Shi Youxuan and the mixed juice to Shi Ran.

"Thank you." Shi Youxuan took the orange juice and took a sip.

She used to like drinking orange juice; she didn't expect that after so many years, Sheng Hanyu still remembered her preferences.

"It's so sweet! Uncle, you have a sip." Shi Ran held her cup out to him.

Sheng Hanyu didn't drink sweet things, and he rarely even ate fruit.

But he drank it this time; he couldn't refuse his daughter's kindness... he simply couldn't refuse it.

"Is it good?" The little girl's sweet, smiling face had a much higher sugar content than the juice.

"It's good."

As the father and daughter were interacting, another assistant of the "big shot" walked toward them and stood in front of Sheng Hanyu: "Hello, Mr. Sheng, our Miss invites you over to say a few words."

"Not going." Sheng Hanyu frowned.

Was this woman sick?

Sending someone to get him to "reminisce"—he didn't even know that woman, what "old times" were there to "reminisce" about?

The person sent this time wasn't as easy to dismiss as the last one.

She was soft yet firm, smiling without warmth: "Mr. Sheng, our Miss Wang Bingbing is a big star whom countless people want to invite but cannot. Her inviting you is a sign of respect for you. Besides, she has already invited you twice; if you don't even give her this face, it's really not justifiable." She was one step away from saying he didn't know what was good for him.

"Get lost!" Sheng Hanyu ended the conversation with one word.

For a person with such a petty face, he felt it was a waste of breath to say even one more word to her.

This person was only a woman; if she were a man, he would have kicked her back already.

"You, this is outrageous!" The person returned in defeat.

"Uncle, Wang Bingbing is a big star. I've seen the TV dramas she acted in. The signs those brothers and sisters outside were holding just now also had her name on them," Shi Ran said.

Shi Youxuan teased: "You're being quite heartless here. Such a big star has already invited you twice, why not agree... maybe she took a fancy to you and is planning to recruit you as a son-in-law."

"I've heard that this Wang Bingbing has very high standards. So many people chase her, and she doesn't even look at them. If she took a fancy to you, it's your honor. Anyway, a lone man and a lone woman, what are you afraid of? If a scandal gets out, it could even build momentum for you. It's such a cost-effective thing to get free advertising for your company without spending a cent; if it were me, I'd go..."

"Then you go." For the first time in many days, Sheng Hanyu gave Shi Youxuan the cold shoulder.

She wasn't angry, and she became even more spirited: "She didn't invite me. If she invited me, I'd go. I say, don't put on a hypocritical act of being indifferent to women for others to see; it's really unnecessary."

"Stars all want to marry into wealthy families, and you just happen to be a wealthy family, and she is a star. She must have taken a fancy to you, go on, go on. You won't find another shop like this after this village..."

Sheng Hanyu's face was so dark it could wring out ink.

"Hmph!"

He snorted from his nose to show his dissatisfaction.

Then he looked at the watch on his wrist; there was still half an hour until boarding time, so he simply walked out to browse the shops.

Although there wasn't really anything worth strolling around for, it was still better than sitting in her seat listening to her talk nonsense!

"Mommy, is Uncle angry?" Shi Ran noticed he was unhappy.

"Let him be angry; I have no obligation to spoil him." Shi Youxuan thought to herself, *I'm angry too, but I won't give you a long face to look at; I'll annoy you to death! *

……

Just as it was time to board, Sheng Hanyu returned.

He had probably wandered around outside and managed to calm himself down well enough; his complexion had returned to normal, and he even wore a slight smile.

When Sheng Hanyu caught a glimpse of the empty seats in that row out of the corner of his eye, the smile on his face became even more radiant. Like someone presenting a treasure, he took a bag from behind his back and handed it to Shi Youxuan: "For you!"

Shi Youxuan didn't take it: "Was this meant for me, or were you planning to give it to that person inside, but since she didn't wait for you, you're giving it to me instead?"

……

That was going too far.

Sheng Hanyu's face, which had just softened, collapsed again. He shoved the bag to Shi Ran: "Ranran, help me throw this in the trash." He sat to the side, sulking, having been angered once again.

"Can I open it to take a look before I throw it away?"

As she spoke, she had already opened it.

"Wow—"

"Mommy, look quickly, what a beautiful painting!"

Shi Ran held a silk scarf in her hands; the material of the scarf was impeccable, but what was most eye-catching was the pattern on it—a landscape painting filled with the atmosphere of Jiangnan.

It was much like the scenery of the small Jiangnan town they had visited back then.

Shi Youxuan hadn't looked at it intentionally, but catching a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye, she was immediately drawn in!

"Don't throw it away, let me see."

Shi Ran: "I'm not throwing it away. Mommy, if you don't like it, give it to me!"

Shi Youxuan glared at her: "You brat, you haven't even grown up yet and you're already starting to love beauty? Who said I don't like it? I like it."