Chapter 11.2

Chu Jiadong was taken care of by uncle Chu Qingfeng in the village before. He felt that the other party was honest and kind, and also had a good relationship with his mother, so he invited him to live in the capital.

Because he was raised by Grandma before, Chu Qingfeng now took care of his sister without any complaints.

It was a win-win decision. Grandma had someone to take care of her, considering that family members still care more about each other than outsiders. On the other hand, his uncle didn’t have to work outside to support the family, and he also didn’t have to suffer from discrimination at the construction site due to his age.

Chu Jiadong originally proposed that he would hire a nanny for the three elderly people, but was politely refused by his aunt. The elderly people don’t like outsiders in the house, and their health was still relatively good, so they didn’t need someone else to take care of them.

After the three elderly men left the Yurong Terrace, their large new home suddenly appeared empty, and the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival also gradually dissipated. Xiao Bi was preparing teaching plans in the study, while the other three watched TV, and used iPads and phones to surf through the Internet in the living room.

Chu Xiaoxiao wore headphones and was nestled on the sofa watching foreign language videos when she suddenly smelled an unfamiliar scent. She asked, “Dad, do you smell something burning?”

Chu Jiadong, who had been scrolling through his phone, jumped up at her words and exclaimed, “Oh no, I left something on the stove! Don’t tell your mom!”

Chu Jiadong rushed to the kitchen in a panic, hoping to destroy the evidence before Xiao Bi found out. He even dropped his phone in the process. Seeing his father’s phone lying pitifully on the ground, Chu Xiaoyi couldn’t help but pick it up and muttered, “You’re quite something else…”

Chu Xiaoyi intended to place the phone back on the table but accidentally discovered that the screen had not yet turned off.

To be fair, being that anxious and disoriented…It’s quite understandable?

He didn’t intend to pry into his father’s messages, but unfortunately, the content on his father’s Weibo caught his attention. To his shock, all the posts were about him!

If Chu Jiadong had only browsed through normal posts regarding him, Chu Xiaoyi wouldn’t have been so surprised. But the posts his father was reading contained hate and slander against him, and even included indirect threats!

As a rising young celebrity with a legion of haters, Chu Xiaoyi’s haters were not only vicious against him but also made vulgar and disrespectful comments about his relatives.

Lately, he had been subjected to numerous attacks from various internet trolls. Sometimes, even he couldn’t bear to read the comments and wondered why these people on the other end of the internet had such intense hatred towards him, as if they wanted him dead.

Chu Xiaoyi was stunned as he scrolled through the content on his father’s Weibo. The more he read, the more disturbing it became. When he came across a particular post, he felt a sharp pain in his heart and was overwhelmed with an indescribable feeling.

@Did the emperor of acting mess up today: I hope Chu Xiaoyi and his whole family will die as soon as possible to make way for other handsome guys [smiling emoji].

“Emperor of Acting*” was Chu Xiaoyi’s nickname given by his haters, stemming from their ridicule after he won the Best Actor award at a certain ceremony. If Chu Xiaoyi had seen this Weibo post on his own phone, he could have tried to calmly ignore it, but unfortunately he was using his father’s phone.

T/N: “影帝” is a Chinese slang term that refers to an actor who is often praised for his or her acting skills but has never won a major award, or to an actor who overacts and hogs the limelight excessively.

He didn’t want his father to see him in a bad light, especially when he remembered the scene at the Hengdian filming site. While recording a fight scene, he ended up getting injured, and when he turned his head, he saw the pained and worried look on Chu Jiadong’s face.

He hoped that his father would only see his good side and only see his shining moments on stage. He didn’t want him to be involved in anything behind the scenes.

So that time, he angrily shouted at his father to leave and not come to visit him anymore. If someone else showed concern, it wouldn’t affect him, but if that look came from his father, he would be easily influenced and become weak. Others couldn’t touch him, only his family could ever make him waver.

Chu Xiaoyi desperately wanted to conceal his suffering outside, but Chu Jiadong had long known everything and had even been affected by it.

He didn’t want to disturb his sister, so he silently turned off his phone and placed it gently on the table.

Before long, Chu Jiadong finished cleaning up the crime scene and rushed back to the living room, repeatedly reminding them, “Don’t tell your mother.”

Chu Xiaoxiao lazily glanced at him, as if she was used to her father’s meddling and didn’t say a word.

While Chu Xiaoyi had something going on through his mind, he saw the little cub with earphones on, seemingly not sensitive to the noise outside.

After a few seconds of contemplation, he asked Chu Jiadong, “Why do you want to watch those things?”

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