Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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A few days after the award ceremony, the New Year arrived.
Yu parents moved back half a year ago because Ling Qing was pregnant, so this year, everyone spent the year together in X City.
It was the first time for the four siblings, Huan Le, Xin Yue and others, to see little Ling Yuning. They were surprised and kept looking at him.
“He is so small.”
Le Le shook Ling Yuning’s hand, and when the baby held one of his fingers, he dared not even move for a moment.
“The hand is so soft, and the hand is also small.”
Huan Huan hurriedly shook his other hand and compared it with his. “It’s much smaller than mine, so cute.”
Ling Yuning was obviously not afraid of strangers. His eyes rolled around, looking at them, and he grinned from time to time.
It was the first time for Huan Huan to play with such a small child. She was full of novelty and teased him for a long time. Finally, she took off the jade on her neck.
“This is what I bought. Give it to the baby.”
She said to Ling Qing.
Ling Qing smiled and said, “No, the baby already has one. And this one looks good on you, keep it for yourself.”
There were four elderly people in the family plus a housekeeper Wang. Before the baby was born, they bought a lot of longevity locks, gold ingots, jade pendants, silver bracelets, and gold bracelets. Now even if they changed one every day, it would be enough for him to wear for a long time.
Seeing that he didn’t want to take it, Huan Huan had to put it back on her neck and continue to play with the baby.
Seeing that they had a child so soon, the uncles and aunts of Yu Chen’s family didn’t ask much, just thought they adopted one from somewhere. People of their age liked children. In addition, Ling Yuning didn’t cry or make a fuss and just giggled from time to time. Soon he won the favor of the uncles and aunts and received a lot of red envelopes.
When Ling Qing sorted out Ling Yuning’s little treasury before going to bed, he exclaimed: “You are simply a little golden boy, so rich.”
Ling Yuning ate his hands and smiled sweetly at him, without the slightest attitude of a rich man.
The two stayed at Yu’s house for a few days and returned to Ling’s house on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Father and Mother Ling had been waiting for them for a long time. When they saw them coming back, they chatted with them for a long time, and they also had to tease their grandson while chatting.
Seeing that they were reluctant to leave the baby, Ling Qing was not in a hurry to go back, thinking of staying for two days before leaving.
As a result, in the afternoon, he saw Ling Bai also come back.
Ling Bai looked at him in shock, as if he didn’t expect that he would be here too.
“Brother, why are you back?”
“Can’t I come back?”
“Of course you can.” Ling Bai said happily,
“We really have the same mind!”
Yu Chen: “Ha.”
Ling Bai smiled, “I was bored at home, so I wanted to come back to see my parents. I didn’t expect you to be here too. It’s really fate!”
Yu Chen: “Ha, bad fate.”
Ling Bai glared at him, “Why are you talking so much today.”
After he finished speaking, he noticed that Yu Chen was holding a child in his arms. Ling Bai looked at him in confusion and said in surprise, “This, this, this…”
He looked at Ling Qing and said in disbelief, “Mom gave birth again?”
Ling Qing almost spat out a mouthful of water and was almost choked by laughter.
“What are you imagining?” he said with a smile.
“Whose child is this?”
“I gave birth to it.” Ling Qing said.
Ling Bai: !!!
Ling Bai snorted angrily, “You teased me again! Why do you always tease me? Is it fun to tease me? You are so annoying!”
Ling Qing: It is quite fun.
He smiled, “I told you but you didn’t listen, and you still asked.”
“I’m not stupid.”
Then you are really not stupid this time, Ling Qing thought.
“Whose child is it?” Ling Bai asked curiously.
“Mine.” Ling Qing answered him, “Xiao Yu and I had him, and he’s called Ling Yuning.”
Ling Bai was shocked, “You two adopted a child so early?”
“I said I gave birth to it, why don’t you believe it?”
“Am I an idiot? If I believe this, you will think I am really stupid.”
Ling Bai looked at him dissatisfiedly and walked to Yu Chen to see the baby.
Yu Chen said disdainfully, “Stay away, don’t make my son as stupid as you.”
“You are stupid.” Ling Bai retorted. He looked down at the blinking Ling Yuning and thought that this baby was quite cute. No wonder his brother liked him.
Shu Tong saw Ling Bai as soon as he came downstairs and asked in surprise, “Why are you here?”
“I had nothing to do, so I came back to see my parents. But you, why didn’t you tell me my brother was here in advance?”
Shu Tong said proudly, “Why should I tell you? I won’t tell you. He is my brother, not your brother. There are many things you don’t know.”
Ling Bai was so angry that he rushed over and wanted to hit him.
Ling Qing saw that Shu Tong did not fight back and just hid while continuing to anger Ling Bai. He thought that their way of getting along was quite interesting. Ling Yuning probably thought so too. Looking at his two uncles circling around the living room, he laughed unconsciously and almost clapped his hands.
Yu Chen noticed his smile and poked his son’s face, “Aren’t they stupid? You can’t be as stupid as them in the future.”
The baby responded with “Yeah” and “Yeah”, as if saying “Okay”.
After the Spring Festival, Yu Chen went back to work, and Ling Qing and housekeeper Wang stayed at home to take care of the baby. However, Ling Qing couldn’t take care of the baby for long. “Dreams” was scheduled to be released on April 10, so the crew started roadshows and promotions in March.
Ling Qing was the male lead of this play, so he naturally couldn’t be absent. He looked at the little one in his arms and felt a little reluctant, but no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn’t be absent from work when the rest time was up.
Fortunately, there was housekeeper Wang at home, and Mother Yu who had volunteered to come after hearing the news.
“You go and get busy,” Mother Yu said, “Old Wang and I will help you watch him, it’s okay.”
Ling Qing looked at Mother Yu, whose face was full of doting, and then looked at housekeeper Wang, whose eyes were full of “buy buy buy” and felt that he could really not feel at ease at all.
“You really can’t buy anything for the baby.” He pointed to the second floor of his house. “The things are already piled up in two rooms. There’s really no room for it.”
Mother Yu told him not to worry.
Butler Wang nodded in understanding.
Ling Qing specifically instructed Yu Chen again, and then reluctantly left home while the baby was asleep.
Roadshows were more about the fatigue of traveling to many places than hard work.
Fortunately, Ling Qing had long been accustomed to it, so he didn’t feel too tired. It was just that Yu Chen looked at his dense roadshow schedule and said distressedly, “When will the roadshow end?”
“They will probably last until April.” Ling Qing said, “We have to go to more than a dozen cities across the country. It won’t end so early.”
“Then you should take care of your rest and don’t overwork yourself. If there is anything, try to let Xiao Liu and the others do it, and don’t do it yourself.”
“I’m fine. Didn’t I tell you before that I was an actor before I came to your place, so I’m used to this kind of thing.”
“I know, but I still can’t bear it.” Yu Chen said.
Ling Qing smiled, “Okay, then, I’ll try to make myself relax a little, and let Xiao Liu and Xiao Li do most of the work.”
“Okay.”
“How is the baby? Mom and Uncle Wang didn’t buy him anything else, right?”
“What do you think?” Yu Chen gave him a look that said, “Do you think it’s possible?”
Ling Qing: …
Ling Qing felt that he was not surprised at all, “I knew it.”
“The generations are close.” Yu Chen said, “It’s too difficult to expect people of their age not to buy things for their grandchildren.”
Yu Chen even talked to Butler Wang about this, and said earnestly, “Children of this age grow fast. What you buy this month may not be able to be worn next month, so don’t buy so much.”
Butler Wang was very respectful, “I know.”
Yu Chen was very satisfied and felt that his uncle Wang was still very reasonable.
As a result, an express delivery arrived again the next day.
Yu Chen: …
Butler Wang was still as respectful as ever, “But I just can’t help it.”
Yu Chen: …
“Then you can also control the quantity appropriately and buy less.”
Butler Wang was helpless, “But they are all beautiful.”
He then asked a soul-searching question, “I can afford it, why can’t I buy all of them?”
Yu Chen: …
Yu Chen felt that it also didn’t make sense.
Ling Qing sighed, “Okay, buy it. At worst, we can donate the unused ones in the future. Maybe it can help other people, which is also a good thing.”
“Yeah.” Yu Chen agreed.
The two chatted for a while, and Yu Chen finally showed Ling Qing the sleeping baby for a while before ending the video call.
Ling Qing’s roadshows were still going on. Although it was hard, the effect was very good. There were many people in each show, and the topic of “Dreams” was getting higher and higher.
At this time, the foreign Golden Phoenix Award announced the shortlist for this year, and “Dreams” was listed among them. Not only that, this drama was nominated for four awards.
Best Director Zhou Xiaochuan, Best Actor Ling Qing, Best Supporting Actress Yang Wenwen, and Best Screenwriter Wu Shan.
Netizens were surprised and asked, “Why is Ling Qing nominated for Best Actor again???”
“Golden Phoenix, this is a movie award. He Chaoyang won the TV drama award before. They are two different awards, so it’s normal.”
“Wasn’t it discussed when the drama was officially announced? They are all talented actors, and Zhou Xiaochuan is also a relatively powerful director among the new generation, so at that time I guessed that he might have taken this drama just to gild his reputation. Isn’t it normal for him to be nominated now?”
“No, with Ling Qing’s acting skills, he was actually nominated for Golden Phoenix?”
“Maybe Ling Qing’s acting is particularly good in this drama? Ling Qing himself is not without acting skills. If he meets a good director and a good script, it is not impossible for his acting skills to explode.”
“I still think it’s unlikely.”
“No matter whether it is possible or not, everyone is welcome to go to the cinema on April 10th to experience Ling Qing’s acting skills in person. Thank you.”
“I will go to see it. If Ling Qing really acts well, I will post a message to praise him, but if his acting is average, then you can’t blame me for scolding me.”
“I’m not optimistic about his performance anyway. This is just his second movie, and he didn’t graduate from a professional school before. How good can his acting be? He really thinks he’s a star sent from the sky.”
“Although, he is indeed a star now. He debuted for a year and is so popular. He’s been nominated for every movie he makes. He’s really amazing.”
“What’s the point of being nominated? It’s useless if he can’t win the award. I don’t believe that the Golden Phoenix will really give him the Best Actor award.”
“I don’t believe it either. If Ling Qing can win the Golden Phoenix, I will kowtow to him and apologize on the spot!”
“The movie hasn’t been released yet, and we haven’t seen anything yet. Some people are so confident. If they are slapped in the face, don’t cry.”
“That’s right. I see that the subject matter and stills of this play show that it’s obviously not a purely commercial film. The director also said in an interview that Ling Qing’s acting skills are particularly good and fit the character in the play. Why do some people insist that Ling Qing’s acting skills are not good enough?”
“Okay, since Ling Qing’s fans think he is so awesome, just wait for the result and see who will be embarrassed.”
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