PPS Chapter 80

Chapter 80: All This Was Your Plot

Chapter 80: All This Was Your Plot

After the Xie family art exhibition ended, Mrs. Xie took Xie Haoran home. The woman sat on the sofa, facing a happy Xie Haoran.

She had only returned from abroad yesterday, and Xie Haoran had been pestering her to attend this so-called art exhibition. She had been developing her career and pursuing her dreams abroad for many years.

As a result, in recent years, she had not paid enough attention to her child, which she felt guilty about.

That’s why she agreed to this matter.

But she didn’t expect the various things her assistant sent her to leave her physically and mentally exhausted.

She had known for a long time that Xie Haoran’s temperament was not good. When he was a child, he would frame other children out of jealousy and then pretend to be good in front of his parents.

At first, she believed him, but as time went on, a child’s actions would always reveal flaws due to their inexperience.

She wanted to teach him, but she couldn’t correct him no matter what she did.

Instead, the relationship between mother and son deteriorated.

Especially in recent years, she had been abroad for a long time, and sometimes the two of them didn’t communicate much throughout the year.

Xie Haoran was still like this after he grew up.

In order to maintain his image as a favored son in front of outsiders, he did not hesitate to step on his classmates and even roommates.

Making the matter bigger and bigger.

“What have you been doing lately?” Mrs. Xie’s voice turned cold as her gaze fell on Xie Haoran, her eyes full of disappointment.

Mrs. Xie is a famous dancer, renowned internationally. He specifically asked Mrs. Xie to attend the art exhibition today in order to gain prestige.

Sure enough, the online reviews about him were getting better and better, and his fans were growing at an extremely fast rate.

Rich young master, favored son of heaven, a talented painter, and other terms were attached to him.

He enjoyed it.

He was immersed in it.

And he wasn’t happy to see Mrs. Xie’s expression.

“Of course, I’m going to school, busy with student union affairs, and became Professor Li’s student through my own abilities.” Xie Haoran’s face was full of pride.

“Ranran, I never deny your excellence, but what are you doing now?”

“Hurting classmates? Stepping on roommates to create your own perfect image?”

Xie Haoran’s face stiffened. He didn’t understand why his mother had always thought he was a bad child since he was a child. It was clearly those people who stepped on him first, and he was just trying to kick them down.

Was he wrong?

But his mother kept bringing this up.

However, this was his ability, and what was wrong with the things he obtained through his own ability?

And now, she ignored him for nearly three years, and now that she’s appeared, she’s scolding him.

“Mom, why do you have to say that about me! Chu Zhaoyi’s matter is his own fault! He got into A University through the Gu family and became Professor Qin’s student through the Gu family, and now he has to participate in the same competition as me.” Xie Haoran couldn’t hold back his expression, his face full of ferocity, completely different from the gentle appearance he showed at school.

“I’m asking you, are you sure these things are true?” Mrs. Xie seemed to be used to Xie Haoran’s face, and her expression didn’t change at all.

“Of course! Everyone says so!”

The disappointment in Mrs. Xie’s eyes became more obvious. She shook her head helplessly.

When mothers face their children who have gone astray, they always struggle internally, and even more emotions are of hatred, hating themselves, wondering if there was something wrong with their education, why a good child would become like this.

“You posted the posts on the forum, including the so-called online voting for this competition that you used hired online posters to boost, including a series of reversals later, then clarification, completely reversing your reputation, all of this was planned by you.”

“Or rather, all of this was planned by the professional public relations team you hired.”

“Why don’t you believe me! You’re my mother! You should be on my side! Why!” Xie Haoran obviously couldn’t accept Mrs. Xie’s statement, and his voice was sharp.

“Ranran, you don’t have to lie to me. I’m your mother, so I know, I know what you want to do, I know what you’re doing, I know what you want to get.” Mrs. Xie seemed particularly calm compared to Xie Haoran. She slowly took out a few pieces of paper from her bag and placed them on the table.

They were clearly Xie Haoran’s recent actions.

Xie Haoran grabbed the documents and eagerly flipped through the pages, his eyes jumping over each page. After finishing the last page, he suddenly raised his head, his face filled with shock and disbelief, his eyes wide open, his voice trembling slightly with excitement: “You’re monitoring me?”

“I’m your mother, isn’t it normal for me to know these things?” Mrs. Xie’s family is a typical scholarly family. They may not have much money, but going back three generations, they were all highly educated intellectuals and famous artists.

Perhaps it was the genes engraved in their bones, since birth, the people in their family have had extremely high talents in some aspect of art.

She was no exception, and so was Xie Haoran.

“This is monitoring! Are you still my mom?!” Xie Haoran’s emotions became more and more agitated, and he even had the urge to rush towards Mrs. Xie.

But a pair of big hands grabbed his collar and threw him onto the sofa.

The voice of the person who came was deep and powerful, and every word revealed an unquestionable sense of dignity: “Xie Haoran, what do you want to do to your mother.”

The man walked to Mrs. Xie and sat down next to her. He was tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, wearing a well-tailored dark suit, which made him look even more tall and imposing. His face was handsome, with distinct features, and his deep eyes carried a hint of displeasure.

“Xie Tingyun, your good son!” Mrs. Xie rubbed her throbbing brow in headache, and the dense pain coming from her heart made her feel suffocated.

That’s what she said, scolding Xie Tingyun, the head of the family, but she leaned wearily against the man.

The little bit of calmness she maintained in front of Xie Haoran just now disappeared.

Replaced by deep exhaustion.

Most of the Xie family’s industries are abroad, and they have only slowly been transferring them to China in recent years, so Xie Tingyun has been busy with this matter in recent years. In fact, he himself didn’t pay enough attention to his son.

He has an older daughter, who has shown talent in business since she was a child, so he focused on training his older daughter as his successor, which took a lot of energy.

On the contrary, he paid less attention to his second son. When he realized it later, Xie Haoran had slowly grown up, and he didn’t know how to get along with him.

But Mrs. Xie, Zhang Anru, spent a lot of energy on him.

Xie Yuyin, his 23-year-old older daughter, also came with Xie Tingyun. She had a strong aura at a young age, and her every move revealed calmness and confidence.

She helped Xie Haoran, who was slumped on the side and refused to raise his head.

Although she didn’t like this stupid younger brother very much, they were still family after all.

“Ranran, don’t make Mom angry, she hasn’t been feeling well recently.” Xie Yuyin is not talkative, and she didn’t know what to say at this moment, so she could only say this dryly.

Zhang Anru has a heart disease and has been taking good care of herself every day. In the past, she didn’t care about her body in order to pursue the dreams she wanted, and she hurt her body a bit. Now that she is older, she can’t stand the hard work.

She herself also plans to gradually fade out of her work and accompany her children and take care of her health in peace and stability.

But she didn’t expect to see such an unbearable side of her son as soon as she came back.

“So, do you still treat me as family?! If you treat me as family, then leave me alone!!!” Xie Haoran pushed away Xie Yuyin’s outstretched hand, his reddened eyes full of hatred.

He threw down these words viciously and rushed out the door.

Zhang Anru didn’t move, quietly watching Xie Haoran’s back. Strangely, she didn’t find it strange at all that these words came out of Xie Haoran’s mouth.

Xie Yuyin frowned and made a phone call to ask someone to watch Xie Haoran.

Xie Haoran’s emotions are relatively agitated now and he is not suitable for talking. It’s good for him to leave and calm down.

“Tingyun, do you think I’m a failed mother?” Zhang Anru had actually been thinking about this matter. Was she too much of a failure? She had clearly spent a lot of energy on her second son, accompanying him since he was a child.

How could she have raised him into such a selfish and unscrupulous child?

“Anru, this is not your problem. If you say that, then I, as a father, am even more derelict in my duty.” Xie Tingyun patted his wife’s shoulder. As he said, he had not participated too much in the education of his son, Xie Haoran, since he was born.

At that time, the Xie family was in a difficult period, and he devoted almost all of his energy to the family business, and he paid very little attention to his son.

If there was a mistake, then it was his mistake.

What’s more, Xie Yuyin, who grew up in the same environment, is now so independent, self-reliant, and respectful to her elders.

“Mom, I’ll go down and talk to Ranran again. As for the online matter… it mainly depends on what status Chu Zhaoyi has in the Gu family. What I’m wondering is why Gu Yusen hasn’t taken action on this matter, but instead has let it develop.”

“If the Gu family’s help to Chu Zhaoyi is only out of morality, they may not take action, but now this matter has completely affected Gu Yusen’s reputation.”

“It doesn’t make sense not to care.”

Xie Yuyin has been exposed to family businesses since she was a child, and she has seen a lot of the infighting in business. Through this matter, she has noticed Gu Yusen’s abnormal behavior even more.

To put it bluntly, the battle behind this matter is not a simple dispute between Xie Haoran and Chu Zhaoyi.

Any action will evolve into a struggle between the Gu family and the Xie family.

Why is Gu Yusen allowing himself to be misunderstood?

She doesn’t believe that Gu Yusen doesn’t care about this.

“From the school forum to the current trending searches on Weibo, Gu Yusen has never interfered, and the Gu family has not expressed their position.”

“There is one possibility.”

“They are making things bigger.”

Xie Tingyun had no reason not to know when Xie Yuyin noticed it. He had also thought about this problem.

If Gu Yusen lets it go in order to make things bigger, then he must have a backup plan.

Or rather, he dug a hole waiting for Xie Haoran to jump into it.

They don’t have to do anything. Xie Haoran’s jealousy alone can prompt him to make this matter bigger.

And they themselves don’t have to do anything, they just need to wait for the event to develop and give them a fatal blow at the right time.

*

Chu Zhaoyi purposefully took Gu Yusen to see his paintings and then pulled him away, intending to leave. Before leaving, he also saw Xie Haoran taking Mrs. Xie to tour the art exhibition, and people kept gathering around to greet them.

It was really showing off.

Chu Zhaoyi didn’t care about these things. Gu Yusen looked at him, not caring about anything, and sighed. Since he said he would let Chu Zhaoyi handle this matter, he would naturally not ask too much.

He could actually vaguely feel what Chu Zhaoyi wanted to do. After all, the two of them went in and out together every day, and they were indeed the closest relationship in the world.

Gu Yusen pondered, was his relationship with Chu Zhaoyi too close?

But as long as he wanted to stay away, this teenager would make a lot of noise, and he couldn’t bear it, so he could only let it go on like this.

Never mind.

Gu Yusen felt that the most important thing now was this competition, to get rid of Xie Haoran quickly.

Until the results of the second round of the competition on Monday were still announced on the official website.

This time, the official gave the specific rankings. Among the two most watched people, Xie Haoran was first and Chu Zhaoyi was second.

After the second round of the competition, there were only 50 people left, and the deadline for submissions for the third round of the competition was on Wednesday, but the theme was only released on Monday afternoon.

In other words, contestants only have one and a half days to complete their work.

This time it tests the contestants’ level even more.

Chu Zhaoyi smoothly submitted his work and passed the third round of the competition, leaving only 20 people. The results were still Xie Haoran first and Chu Zhaoyi second.

After the fourth round of the competition is the final. The fourth round is still a theme competition, and the submission deadline is next Monday.

Chu Zhaoyi still went to the studio to paint after class this week. Zhang Haoyu occasionally joined him, but he was still a little embarrassed. He just went to the studio for a week and, with Chu Zhaoyi’s occasional guidance, painted a painting that he thought was perfect.

Chu Zhaoyi directly put this painting on Professor Qin’s desk. Professor Qin had previously agreed to help Zhang Haoyu send it to other teachers to take a look.

He didn’t break his promise and didn’t procrastinate, he directly took a photo of the painting and sent it to their group.

Unexpectedly, the first person to reply was Dean Liu. He said that he had a little impression of this person. The work he submitted for the school entrance exam was very good, only a few points worse than Xie Haoran and Chu Zhaoyi. Overall, it was still good.

The reason why he didn’t accept it wasn’t because of Zhang Haoyu’s family reasons, but because he was too busy managing the college affairs and didn’t have time to take care of it.

Now Zhang Haoyu’s painting was sent out from Professor Qin’s hand.

Dean Liu was faintly moved. He knew that Zhang Haoyu and Chu Zhaoyi had a good relationship. If he accepted Zhang Haoyu, he would definitely be able to learn a lot from Chu Zhaoyi.

Moreover, he could also discuss with him about using Lao Qin’s studio. In this way, when Lao Qin was guiding Chu Zhaoyi, he would definitely couldn’t help but guide Zhang Haoyu.

In this way, he wouldn’t have to worry much and could get a talented student.

A sure profit!

So on Monday morning, Chu Zhaoyi told Zhang Haoyu this good news, and turned around and ran away while the person was stunned.

Based on his understanding of Zhang Haoyu, he would be extremely excited after he reacted, and his emotional fluctuations would give him a headache.

He might as well leave first.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Professor Qin’s office, he saw a figure walking out of Professor Li’s office.

If he remembered correctly, Professor Qin was taking Professor Li to attend an art exhibition today, and both of them were not at school.

Professor Qin just said that he could put the fourth round of works on his desk in his office.

Xie Haoran’s expression was also a little stiff when he saw him. He had not returned home for many days since he had a fight with his family.

He got angry as soon as he thought that the reason why he quarreled with his family was Chu Zhaoyi.

The white lotus image at school could no longer be maintained.

For the first time, Chu Zhaoyi didn’t choose to leave, but looked at Xie Haoran for a few seconds, watching the countless emotions flashing across the man’s face finally turn into a strong disgust and disdain.

The corners of Chu Zhaoyi’s mouth curled up in an imperceptible arc, and he slowly said

“See you in the finals, Xie Haoran.”