Chapter 719: Chapter 716: Serial Scandal (4)
He didn’t know that Bo Yan and Xia Siyu had completely made up, and he still thought the two were in a standoffish, cold war. And Han Yifan, he knew, the second son of the Han Family, was also considered quite a catch and well-matched with Xia Siyu.
It was precisely because he knew that he felt it was dangerous. After all, on the surface, Xia Siyu and Bo Yan were always in a state of mutual rejection. Only the Xia and Bo Families knew that the two were officially married. However, that changed nothing—no matter how many filters he used to look at their relationship, he knew that they were neither affectionate nor had any understanding, not resembling a normal married couple.
Previously, the rumors about Xia Siyu were fierce, but he had investigated them privately, and they were all fake. Some rumor-mongers shamelessly boasted about their relationship with Xia Siyu, and Xia Youbiao just thought to himself, with your wild boar looks, you want to court my little cabbage. If anyone is to court her, it should be someone like Bo Yan, not some nobody like you.
But Han Yifan was different. Although his abilities were slightly inferior to Bo Yan’s, they weren’t bad either. Moreover, the Han Family only had two sons, and both he and his brother were of the same mother, and their father was quite fond of him. Just by listening, he sounded somewhat reliable.
If Xia Siyu and Bo Yan were just dating, it wouldn’t matter so much if she wanted to find someone else, but she was already married, and although the form far exceeded the substance, she was still a married woman.
Moreover, Han Yifan and Bo Yan were said to be good friends, which didn’t seem quite appropriate, did it?
At this moment, Xia Youbiao couldn’t restrain himself anymore and made a voice call to Xia Siyu. When Siyu picked up her father’s call, she was doing her makeup, preparing for the next scene. Xia Youbiao didn’t usually call her, so a call from him surely meant something big. She hesitated for a moment, then answered, “Hello?”
It had been several months since Xia Youbiao last heard his daughter’s voice, and he felt quite sentimental. But very quickly, he got to the point, “I saw the news about you today.”
“Mhm,” Xia Siyu usually spoke quickly and to the point. It was only when facing Xia Youbiao that she seemed to become silent. There was a time when she loved clinging to Xia Youbiao, calling him ‘Daddy’ incessantly, and chattering about her latest experiences. But now, the father-daughter affection was so indifferent it was truly lamentable.
“Are you busy?” Xia Youbiao heard the noisy background on her end.
“How have you been feeling lately?”
“Pretty good. And you?”
The two exchanged dry, curt sentences, probably less engaging than mere acquaintances.
Xia Youbiao didn’t want to beat around the bush and got straight to the point, “So your relationship with that son from the Han Family…”
“He’s here too,” Xia Siyu glanced at Han someone who had just gotten out of the car, full and content, and was craning his neck trying to peek at the neighboring film crew.
In fact, the more involved the crews of the two productions were, the more baffling they found the rumors. Clearly, Han Yifan was pursuing Shang Feifei, but Shang Feifei already had a boyfriend and ignored him. Xia Siyu, considering that he was a senior colleague, helped him out in a roundabout way by getting him a staff pass to freely visit and observe the neighboring set.
Two scandals in one week, both nonsensical, made one wonder a bit about conspiracy theories—was someone targeting her?
Yet, Xia Siyu’s sentence seriously scared Xia Youbiao.
His daughter actually allowed him to visit the set! Even someone with a bit of knowledge about the entertainment industry knew that such set visits were meant to declare one’s claim, weren’t they?