Jiang Ning, as usual, woke up early to prepare breakfast.
Su Meng also rose early.
When Jiang Ning brought the lovingly prepared breakfast to the dining table, he noticed Su Meng looked slightly tired, likely from a poor night's sleep.
"Good morning, wife," he said.
"Morning, husband," Su Meng replied with a soft chuckle, the response automatic.
"You didn't sleep well last night, did you?" Jiang Ning asked with concern.
Su Meng glanced at him, then lowered her head, avoiding his gaze. She nodded slightly. "Mm."
She was still feeling shy about their deep, first kiss the night before.
"Why don't you take the day off and rest at home?" Jiang Ning suggested tenderly.
"I can't," Su Meng replied. "I have a lot to handle at work today. I have to go in."
"Alright then, make sure you rest more during your lunch break."
Su Meng nodded obediently like a little girl. "Okay."
After breakfast, Su Meng, feeling a bit full, stood up. "Husband, I'm going to work now. Goodbye, Mengmeng."
Jiang Ning looked at Su Meng with tenderness. "Honey, if you're tired, come home early and rest."
Mengmeng gazed sweetly at Su Meng. "Bye, Mommy."
"Okay."
Su Meng nodded, grabbed her briefcase in a hurry, and quickly left the restaurant and the villa.
"Mengmeng, now it's just the two of us. What do you want to do first? Draw, math, English, Chinese, piano, or the Rubik's Cube?"
Jiang Ning deliberately offered options to let Mengmeng choose.
Mengmeng scratched her head, thought for a long time, and said, "Daddy, I like drawing the most, but I also really like math and English."
As expected, Mengmeng's answer matched Jiang Ning's initial prediction. It seemed her favorite subjects were drawing, math, and English.
As for piano, she might have only wanted to learn because of Su Meng and himself, nothing more.
She didn't seem very interested in Chinese or playing with the Rubik's Cube.
Jiang Ning smiled. "Alright, Mengmeng, how about we draw for an hour in the morning, then study math and English for an hour each? How does that sound?"
"Mengmeng, what if we only study Chinese and Rubik's Cube for half an hour each day from now on? What do you think?"
"Really? That's wonderful! I love you so much, Daddy!"
Mengmeng was overjoyed that the study time for subjects she didn't particularly enjoy had been halved.
"Of course it's true. We'll spend more time on the subjects you like and less on the ones you don't. But even though we're cutting the time in half, you still need to study diligently, okay?" Jiang Ning said, gently flicking Mengmeng's nose.
"Hehe, don't worry, Daddy! I'll always study hard no matter what I do!" Mengmeng chirped, bouncing with excitement.
"Alright then, let's start painting now. Mengmeng, draw whatever you want today. Daddy won't interfere." Jiang Ning watched his daughter's enthusiasm.
Previously, Jiang Ning would always draw a picture first, and Mengmeng would copy his work like a parrot.
Now that Mengmeng's drawing skills had reached the level of a sixth-grader, Jiang Ning wanted to let her freely imagine and unleash her creativity.
He couldn't let her keep following his lead, or Mengmeng's artistic style might end up reverting to its old ways.
"Okay, okay! I'm going to draw Daddy, Mommy, and Mengmeng boating and singing in the ocean.
Hmm, and a big whale, a loving dolphin, an old sea turtle, and lots and lots of shells and jellyfish!"
Mengmeng settled at her desk on the balcony and began to draw seriously.
Jiang Ning sat behind her, only pointing out shapes that were drawn poorly.
As for the technique itself, he left it entirely to Mengmeng's own style, offering no guidance.
*Ring-ring*
Just then, Jiang Ning's phone rang.
He hurried to the living room and saw it was Wu Lianqu calling.
"Hello, Chief Planner Wu. What's up so early?"
"Ha, ha! Hello, Master Jiang. I have both good and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Wu Lianqu hadn't slept all night and was yawning uncontrollably.
"Oh? Bad news too? Don't tell me my identity has been exposed!" Jiang Ning's tension instantly spiked.
"Um, um, Master Jiang, I wanted to ask first—who was that boy who danced as 'Dreaming Youth' in the livestream last night?"
Jiang Ning had used a disguise the previous night, which had been bothering Wu Lianqu ever since.
Now that he'd met Jiang Ning in person and learned that he was the only person behind both the "Dreaming Youth" and "Teenage Dad" accounts, the mystery was finally solved.
As for Assistant Planner Teacher Liu, he had been present during the contract signing, but he only knew about the "Teenage Dad" account and didn't realize it was the same person as "Dreaming Youth."
Only Wu Lianqu and Director Xiao Hongjie knew that both accounts belonged to the same person. Unfortunately, Xiao Hongjie had never seen the true face of "Teenage Dad."
"Chief Planner Wu, the person in the livestream last night was me. I just disguised my face. How was it?"
Jiang Ning recalled that he had disguise himself as a different face last night, which explained why Chief Planner Wu was asking.
"Ah, what is 'disguise'?" Wu Lianqu asked, puzzled.
Jiang Ning patiently explained, "Chief Planner Wu, it's a type of cultivation technique. By circulating your meridians, altering your bones, and so on, you can transform your original face into another one—similar to the art of disguise. Does that make sense?"
Wu Lianqu couldn't help but marvel, "Ha, ha! There's such a miraculous cultivation technique in the world? Master Jiang, you're truly amazing!"
Wu Lianqu yawned repeatedly. "Chief Planner Wu, just tell us the news quickly and go get some sleep. You're yawning so much, you didn't sleep at all last night, did you?"
"Yeah, you're right. Most of Huayin's employees were so excited last night, they barely slept.
Here's the thing: the good news is that after discussing it last night, Huayin's executives decided to continue the contract for your 'Dreaming Youth' series, with a signing bonus of one hundred million.
The terms remain unchanged: you, Master Jiang, can only stream on the Huayin platform and cannot open accounts for videos or live streams on other platforms.
You won't be required to endorse advertisements or sell products through live streams.
The bad news is, Master Jiang, you know Tsinghua and Peking Universities, right? The president of Tsinghua and Peking Universities contacted our Chief Zhu last night.
You know, Zheng Kailong, the president of Tsinghua and Peking Universities, is a vice-ministerial-level official, the same rank as our Chief Zhu. They used to be on good terms. This time, he asked our Chief Zhu for your personal information.
His stated reason was to strengthen the dance academy at Tsinghua and Peking Universities and cultivate more outstanding dancers for the Great Xia Kingdom.
Moreover, he promised Chief Zhu that he wouldn't leak your information..."
"Did your Chief Zhu give my personal information to President Zheng Kailong of Tsinghua and Peking Universities?" Jiang Ning interrupted to ask.
Wu Lianqu answered shamefacedly, "Yes, that's right."
A tense silence hung in the air for two minutes.
"Alright, I understand," Jiang Ning said after a moment's thought. "Chief Planner Wu, you're the only one who knows I have a phobia. I don't want anyone else to find out."
"Ah, oh, oh, I understand, I understand! Don't worry, Master Jiang, I'll keep this buried with me," Wu Lianqu promised, patting his chest.
"Good. Then I'll hang up now."
Jiang Ning was in a bad mood. He knew it would be easy for the authorities to obtain his personal information.
Fortunately, he hadn't shown his true face last night, so there was still a chance.
In other words, officials like President Zheng Kailong of Tsinghua and Peking Universities wouldn't risk leaking his information just to spite him.
Even if it leaked, the live-streaming netizens who came to harass him wouldn't recognize him—their faces would look different from his online persona.
"Master Jiang, um, what about the contract?" Wu Lianqu asked timidly.
"Same place as usual," Jiang Ning replied. He wouldn't refuse such easy money.
*Even if it means leaking my information to President Zheng Kailong of Tsinghua and Peking Universities for compensation,* he thought.
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