Rebirth and Conquest

Soon, Chen Yan arranged for Tang Sijie to meet Di Wenjin. Tang Sijie was already prepared for this, but Di Wenjin was greatly surprised when she saw Tang Sijie.

When Di Wenjin was expelled from the Yan family, it was inseparable from Tang Sijie. Moreover, at that time, Di Wenjin was heavily smeared, which was done by Tang Sijie on the orders of Chen Lirong. Unexpectedly, now they are going to join forces again.

"Mr. Di, there's something I've never told you," Chen Yan said as soon as the two met. "Actually, Chen Lirong is my mother."

"You are Chen Lirong's son." Upon hearing this, Di Wenjin found it hard to accept. Back then, he was driven to the brink by Chen Lirong, and it was Chen Yan who helped him. But now, Chen Yan was telling him that he was Chen Lirong's son. "I had heard that Chen Lirong had a son, but I never thought it would be you."

"I'm sorry for keeping this from Mr. Di all this time. But Mr. Di should know that my mother is my mother and I am me. I hope Mr. Di can understand."

Di Wenjin gave a wry smile, "Young Master Chen has been kind to me, so naturally I won't complain to you. However, I still have to tell Young Master Chen that I will no longer work in the same company as Chen Lirong. If she comes here one day in the future, that will be the time for me to resign and leave."

"Fine, I won't let you meet either."

After discussing these matters, the three began to talk about company affairs. With Tang Sijie's help, defeating the Yan family this time would not be a difficult task.

As they parted, Di Wenjin couldn't help but sigh and said to Tang Sijie, "I never thought that you and she would conspire to scheme against me back then, but now we're conspiring to scheme against her. Haha, life is truly unpredictable."

Tang Sijie simply replied, "Actually, there's no difference. Back then, it was to help President Chen, and now it's to help President Chen's son. In the end, it's their family that wins."

After leaving Di Wenjin's place, Chen Yan went to the entertainment company. Li Yilang's advertisement had started filming, and they asked him to come and take a look. Li Yilang himself called Chen Yan to invite her, saying he wanted Chen Yan to see his performance.

In fact, Chen Yan knew that Li Yilang had been holding a grudge because he had made Li Yilang finish his studies first before developing his career in the entertainment industry. Moreover, during this period of time, he had watched other artists in the company develop their careers successfully while he was left to languish in school and not given any opportunities to do anything. Li Yilang must have felt even worse.

Chen Yan figured that Li Yilang had just started filming the advertisement and immediately asked him to come over, probably wanting to take this opportunity to show off. Chen Yan understood his little scheme, so when he received Li Yilang's call, Chen Yan didn't say much, just smiled and said "okay."

This advertisement is very important to Li Yilang to some extent, as it marks his first step into the entertainment industry. The company attaches great importance to it, and of course, Li Yilang values ​​it as well, having arranged for the advertising agency to be a very well-known company in the industry.

After Chen Yan arrived at the filming location, she sat on a rest chair outside and watched Li Yilang filming not far away. It has to be said that Li Yilang is a natural actor. Under the lights, he is dazzling and attractive. He has a strong sense of the camera and is very good at controlling the lighting. The assistant who came with Chen Yan couldn't help but say that the filming was going surprisingly smoothly.

During a break in filming, when the director arranged a rest, Li Yilang left the filming location and walked over to Chen Yan. He was clearly very happy, with a hint of pride on his face. He sat down next to Chen Yan and asked with a smile, "How do you feel? Are you satisfied?" His tone carried an undisguised smugness.

“Very good,” Chen Yan replied with a smile.

Li Yilang's excitement became even more apparent. Indeed, he had brought Chen Yan here to prove to her that he was capable and no less capable than anyone else in the company. At that moment, his assistant handed him a hot drink to warm his hands, which Li Yilang accepted. He then added, "I will work even harder in the future. After graduating in a few months, I will definitely do even better."

"Yes, you're already very good."

Chen Yan's words, which could be considered an affirmation, made Li Yilang feel excited. In fact, Chen Yan's arrangements had kept him in a depressed mood. Although Feng Tong had told him that Chen Yan valued him and would make him famous, he couldn't see any regard for him from Chen Yan, or even any attention from her. This made Li Yilang lack confidence, not only in Chen Yan, but also in himself.

Now, Chen Yan's words completely dispelled Li Yilang's gloomy emotions. Li Yilang didn't know when it started, but he had become so eager to gain Chen Yan's approval, to have Chen Yan see him and notice him. Chen Yan's indifference towards him would make him feel disheartened, and Chen Yan's rejection of him would make him even more nervous and uneasy.

Li Yilang lowered his eyes, and suddenly thought to himself whether he should invite Chen Yan to have a meal together today. In fact, he had wanted to do this for a long time, but he didn't have the opportunity or the confidence before. But now it's different.

Thinking of this, Li Yilang looked up at Chen Yan and asked, "Are you free today? We—" Li Yilang wanted to say, "How about we go out for a meal together?" But at that moment, a cell phone rang.

"Wait," Chen Yan raised her hand to stop him, "I need to take this call."

"Okay," Li Yilang nodded and stopped talking, watching Chen Yan get up and walk to the side to answer the phone.

When Chen Yan took out her phone, she still had a smile on her face, but after saying a few words to the person on the other end, her expression suddenly changed. She then hurriedly hung up the phone and walked towards Li Yilang.

Chen Yan took her coat from the chair and said to Li Yilang, "Take good care of the filming, I have to leave now."

"Hey, where are you going?" Li Yilang quickly stood up, but Chen Yan didn't reply at all and strode away.

Li Yilang stopped talking, somewhat disappointed.

At this moment, the director called him to continue filming, so Li Yilang composed himself and turned back to the filming location.

After leaving, Chen Yan went straight to a hospital. The call was from Wen Mu, who only said one sentence to Chen Yan: his mother had passed away.

Since Wen Mu's mother, Wen Qian, fell seriously ill, Wen Mu has hardly come to school. Chen Yan and Wen Mu haven't seen each other much either, and Chen Yan has been busy with the group's affairs and hasn't had time to visit him.

Wen Qian had always lived at home and received treatment from her family doctor. Now that she has passed away in the hospital, it is estimated that she had no other choice but to go to the hospital.

When Chen Yan arrived at the hospital, she easily found Wen Mu. He was standing outside a ward, surrounded by some people who were probably their relatives or something, but Chen Yan didn't recognize them.

However, everyone was craning their necks to look at the ward, and almost no one paid attention to Wen Mu. Wen Mu looked much thinner and was very listless. He stayed outside the crowd, squatting against the wall. From a distance, he looked lonely and helpless.

A wave of self-reproach and heartache washed over Chen Yan. He had always known that Wen Mu liked him very much, even loved him, but Wen Mu never asked anything of him or demanded anything from him. Wen Mu only gave to him. If Wen Qian hadn't passed away this time, Wen Mu probably still wouldn't have called him. Wen Mu was afraid that he would worry.

Chen Yan suddenly had an impulse, an impulse to hug Wen Mu tightly in her arms.

Chen Yan walked towards Wen Mu, but before he could reach Wen Mu's side, someone else came from the other side and arrived in front of Wen Mu first.

This person was Lu Mengli. Lu Mengli pulled Wen Mu up from the ground, then put one arm around Wen Mu's waist and the other hand on Wen Mu's face: "Xiao Mu, are you alright?"

Perhaps he had been squatting for too long and had lost his strength, or perhaps he just wanted to find someone to lean on, Wen Mu leaned against Lu Mengli and shook his head, "I'm fine, thank you."

Chen Yan's eyes flashed, and she walked a few steps to the two people. "Wen Mu, are you alright?"

Upon seeing Chen Yan, Wen Mu immediately stood up from Lu Mengli's embrace, seemingly unable to control herself any longer, and called out with red eyes, "Chen Yan."

Chen Yan then noticed that Wen Mu's face was somewhat pale, and there were dark shadows under his eyes.

Chen Yan reached out and put her arm around Wen Mu. "Yes, I'm here."

Wen Mu leaned into Chen Yan's arms and said in a low voice, "My mother is gone."

"Well, I know."

Lu Mengli, who had been completely ignored, looked at the two people embracing each other and a complicated expression flashed across his face. During this period of time, he had been the one accompanying Wen Mu. Chen Yan had never appeared. Wen Mu was somewhat dependent on him. But he did not expect that as soon as Chen Yan appeared, Wen Mu would leave him immediately.

Chen Yan practically carried Wen Mu away from there. He booked another ward for Wen Mu, who really needed to rest.

Wen Qian's death had a great impact on the Wen family. Whether at the company or at home, almost everyone was focused on Wen Qian's sickbed, and no one had the mind to care about Wen Mu. Wen Mu was in a tense and uneasy state until Chen Yan's arrival finally made him feel a little relaxed.

Chen Yan sat by Wen Mu's bedside, keeping him company as he slept. Despite not having a proper rest for many days, Wen Mu still couldn't sleep. He took Chen Yan's hand, opened his eyes, looked at her, and softly called out, "Chen Yan."

Chen Yan hummed in agreement and said, "Go to sleep. I'll stay here with you."

Wen Mu nodded and gradually fell asleep.

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