Reborn a Scummy Alpha, Happily Ever After with the Movie Queen - Chapter 60

Wen Tang stood by the bed, watching the old madam lying there with her mouth open, unable to speak. Her expression remained calm. After a while, she said evenly,

“Grandmother, after Wen Xin made you this angry, she’s already run off and disappeared. Do you want me to bring her back so she can apologize to you?”

The old lady’s heart twisted with a mix of anger and affection. After a long silence, she shook her head.

“Alright,” Wen Tang said softly. “Since you’ve decided to forgive her, then I’ll pretend she doesn’t exist. I won’t go looking for trouble with her.”

After saying this, Wen Tang slipped her hands into her pockets and walked away without looking back.

The old madam watched her leave, tears clouding her dim eyes.

Had she misjudged her all along?

Could someone like Wen Tang truly be trusted with the family?

Yet now, she no longer had the power to object.

Ever since she publicly announced Wen Tang as the heir to the Wen family, everything had fallen into Wen Tang’s hands.

Now bedridden and gravely ill, the old madam could no longer command Wen Tang as she once did. She was little more than a useless old woman confined to her bed.

After some time, Meiru came in carrying a bowl of medicine.

She set it down gently, propped up the old lady’s pillow with practiced care, and said kindly, “Madam, the medicine’s cooled. Let me help you drink it.”

As she fed her spoonfuls, Meiru sighed and murmured,

“Madam, there’s something I’ve been keeping from you. I was afraid you’d get too upset, so I didn’t dare say it before.”

The old madam blinked and gestured weakly for her to continue.

Meiru hesitated, then lowered her voice.

“A few days ago, the Ning family sent word. They said they found out who let that man, Cheng Ye, into the engagement banquet. But because it was such a serious matter, I didn’t dare tell you until now.”

The old lady immediately sensed Meiru’s unease. Whoever it was, this was clearly someone she feared.

And in her mind, only one name surfaced—Wen Tang.

No wonder. No wonder Wen Tang, who had resisted the engagement at first, suddenly agreed to it later. No wonder she suffered such humiliation at the banquet yet insisted on sparing those involved.

So, it had been her doing all along.

She had orchestrated the whole thing!

She had shamed the Wen family before everyone!

The old lady tried to push herself upright, fury flashing in her eyes.

But then Meiru spoke again, her voice trembling with hesitation.

“Madam, it wasn’t the eldest miss. It was the second miss. The Ning family said that Cheng Ye had been in her hands the whole time. It was the second miss who released him at the banquet—on purpose—to ruin the engagement between the eldest miss and the Ning family.”

Wen Xin?

The old lady froze. She had never imagined that the one she loved most—her dear Xin Xin—would be the one to bring such disgrace upon their family.

“She, she, why?”

Her heart shattered. Trembling, she clutched Meiru’s hand, her eyes wide, her frail body straining to form the words.

Mei Ru had served her for many years. She understood what the old madam wanted to ask.

“The second miss has always looked down on the eldest miss—you know that better than anyone,” Meiru said carefully, watching the color drain from the old lady’s face. “She didn’t want the eldest miss to marry into the Ning family and gain their backing. She feared that once that happened, the eldest miss would truly become the heir. So, she did everything she could to sabotage the engagement.”

“She told me she just wanted to ‘toughen up’ the eldest miss, so she instructed the CEO of Xinghua to assign her as an assistant to that young actress. But in truth, the second miss secretly ordered those Omega actresses to seduce the eldest miss—to tempt her, to make you despise her, and eventually drive her out of the house.”

“And that’s not all. The servants reported that the second miss has been secretly building influence beyond her own department’s authority. That’s how she was able to find Cheng Ye and hold him captive—until she decided to let him loose at the engagement banquet.”

The more Meiru spoke, the darker the old madam’s expression grew.

“And a few days ago, after you collapsed, I saw the second miss running out of the house in a panic. I came to check on you first, and thank heavens I did—otherwise the doctor might not have made it in time.”

She paused, then sighed, her tone heavy with reproach.

“Madam, forgive me for speaking out of turn, but after all these years of you spoiling the second miss, when you fainted, she didn’t even have the courage to check on you. She just ran. It was truly heartbreaking to see.”

Hearing all this, the old lady’s hands trembled violently. Her lips quivered, but no sound came out.

Meiru understood her meaning and asked softly,

“Madam, are you asking me to inform the eldest miss—to have the second miss dealt with?”

The old madam’s eyes glistened with tears. After a long silence, she closed them and gave a slow, weary nod.

In the following days, news of the Wen family matriarch’s grave illness spread quietly. The eldest miss, Wen Tang, officially took over Wen Corporation. The power shift caused great unrest.

At first, many of the company’s executives were dissatisfied, openly suggesting that the second miss should take over instead.

But when word got out that the old madam herself had ordered the exile of the second miss, those dissenting voices fell silent.

Under Wen Tang’s firm and decisive leadership, the remaining troublemakers in the company were swiftly subdued. From then on, not a single person dared to raise an objection.

With the matriarch bedridden and the second miss banished overseas with no hope of return, Wen Tang became the undisputed head of the Wen family in everyone’s eyes.

The new responsibilities weighed heavily on her. Her days filled with endless paperwork—contracts, reports, authorizations—all requiring her signature and decision.

After signing yet another stack of documents, Wen Tang leaned back in her chair, rubbing her temples to ease her fatigue.

“If you’re that tired,” her system chirped cheerfully in her mind, “why don’t you take a break? Go out and relax for once! You’re the head of the Wen family now—no one dares to tell you what to do!”

Wen Tang thought for a moment and realized that made sense.

There was always more work to be done, but once the body broke down, it was difficult to ever return to its former state.

She picked up the landline on her desk and called Wen Qi.

Wen Qi had been promoted under her recommendation, and now held a position in the Wen Corporation that was just one step below hers—essentially second-in-command.

“Miss Wen?”

Wen Tang cleared her throat lightly and asked, “When is Miss Ye’s new film being released?”

Hearing that, Wen Qi chuckled. “I think it’s in a little over ten days. Do you want me to book a private screening for you?”

“No need. Just get me a ticket for the premiere.”

After hanging up, Wen Tang sat there dazed for a moment. Then she shook her head, refocused, and buried herself back into the pile of documents waiting on her desk.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Xiao Ye, Sun Xiao! The premiere’s about to start!”

In the dressing room, Ye Youyi had just finished her makeup and hadn’t even changed into her gown before being rushed to the stage for interviews.

With the help of the stylist, she slipped into her dress, lifted her skirt slightly, and hurried over.

Thankfully, she made it just in time.

Joining the other leads on stage, she was immediately met with a sea of flashing cameras as the media began their interviews.

Director Li Zheng had already given her a heads-up about what kinds of questions might come up, so at first, everyone handled things smoothly—their answers flowed naturally and seamlessly.

But soon, one reporter raised a particularly pointed question:

“Miss Ye, may I ask what Director Li Zheng saw in you that made her cast you as the female lead? Everyone knows you’ve acted in several films before, but this is your first time as the main heroine. What qualities do you think caught the director’s attention?”

The question wasn’t exactly polite—it was even a little suggestive, implying that Ye Youyi might have used improper means to secure the role.

The room fell silent as everyone waited for her response.

Ye Youyi held the microphone, her smile calm and steady. “Actually, the character Guo Zi is someone dark yet resilient—pitiful but also hateful. She was sold off by her family as a child and grew up dependent on others. That kind of life experience, I’ve had a bit of that myself. My father passed away very early, and my mother was trapped in her grief, so I learned to take care of myself from a young age.”

“When I read the script, some of Guo Zi’s inner monologues moved me deeply. I could empathize with her. When acting, I felt like I was Guo Zi, and Guo Zi was me—her every joy, anger, sorrow, and pain were all so vivid to me.”

“I suppose that’s why Director Li chose me—because I fit the role.”

Then she added with a playful smile, “Of course, I’m not trying to sell a sob story—I just wanted to share how I understood Guo Zi’s character.”

The tense atmosphere eased instantly, and Director Li Zheng took the mic with a grin. “Ye played in my previous film The Moon Spirit Chronicles, and we worked closely then. I could tell she’s a hardworking and tough actress. Even back then, I already thought she’d be perfect for Release’s female lead.”

“And as it turns out, she didn’t let me down!”

The surrounding reporters nodded and echoed a few flattering remarks.

But the same sharp-tongued journalist spoke up again:

“Miss Ye, one more question. You must know that your on-screen pairing with Xu Zhao has been very popular online. In this film, however, you have some intimate scenes—like hugging—with Sun Xiao. Don’t you think Xu Zhao might get jealous?”

Everyone: “…”

Utter silence.

Especially the Release production team—many of whom had become close with Ye Youyi during filming. Hearing such an impolite question, several were already itching to fire back on her behalf.

But Ye Youyi simply paused for a moment, then lifted the mic and said evenly, “That doesn’t really count as a question.”

“Because there’s no so-called CP relationship between Miss Xu Zhao and me.”

Since the premiere was being live-streamed, the moment she said that, the comment feed exploded—

“MY CP IS ACTUALLY BROKEN UP?”

Then Ye Youyi continued, smiling gently, her tone soft:

“Love is only meaningful when it’s shared with the right person. So, whether it’s Miss Xu Zhao or Miss Sun Xiao, I don’t think either of them would want to be ‘tied’ to me. After all, we’ve never dated—we’re just normal colleagues.”

“Then, Miss Ye,” that same reporter pressed on, “have you ever liked someone?”

And with that, a bomb dropped onstage.