98 Finale

Qiao Moyu didn't finish looking through the comments when the host arrived on stage. They announced the start of the banquet.

Firstly, the head of the committee spoke first. He spoke frankly with assurance, with a sense of humor. The atmosphere became carefree right then.

Qiao Moyu ignored the comments and listened to his speech seriously.

At this time, her phone vibrated.

She looked down to see a message sent by Ye Peicheng. There was only a short sentence. Moyu, don't worry. I will handle this.

She finished looking at it and smiled. She replied, "Ok."

Tonight was the awards ceremony. Because of this, once the speech was over, the host revealed the different major awards.

The awards were from least significant to most significance. They would reveal the best male and female lead at the end, or those who obtained the title as Film Emperor and Empress.

Today's "Dawn's Break of Light" and "Pomegranate tree" and another stream of consciousness movie were clearly the winners of the awards. The three movies took over about 80% of the awards. The best director award was given to Director Feng Xuan who directed "Dawn's Break of Light".

"Now, we are going to announce the best male lead!" The host exclaimed happily. "But before we give the award out, Mr. Ye Peicheng notified us earlier on that he would not participate in the entertainment circle anymore and withdrew from the voting."

The camera didn't go to Ye Peicheng. Therefore, besides the surrounding people who knew he was here, many believed that he was absent.

"The potential candidates for the best male lead award are —" The host began to call out the list of names who made it in.

On the screen, the camera changed constantly. But when the host announced the result, everyone was shocked.

This is because it was the male lead of "Daoist Mountain of Immortals"who was just an ordinary actor!

He was the most unexpected winner this year. Because this movie had an eye-opening ceremony done by Qiao Moyu, when people looked at the male actor, they also looked at her.

There were some who tried to be friendly with her while there were others who took joy in her misfortune for what happened on Weibo. But the majority were shocked by Qiao Moyu's "daoist skills" and shivered.

That male actor went on stage. Because of his excitement, his voice trembled and he almost sobbed.

He had been in the entertainment circle for a long time but he was never famous. Yet, because of this movie, it completely changed his life.

He was sincere with his sentiments and in the end, he mentioned Qiao Moyu. He was grateful for her help and bowed at her.

Qiao Moyu secretly rubbed her hands against each other. She was a frequent visitor of the hot search on Weibo. Couldn't he help to keep her low-profiled?

The male actor received the Star Shadow Trophy and walked down with teary eyes. The host stood in front of the microphone and said, "Now, let's announce our last award — Best Female Lead Award. Let's see who would obtain this in the end! Let's welcome our special guest of the committee, Mr. Huang to give the award!"

When Qiao Moyu saw Huang Chu on stage, she was completely shocked.

Speaking of him, just who was him? Why would he be invited to give out the last award? She had been originally nervous but curiosity took over her emotions now.

Huang Chu who was on stage was even more nervous than Qiao Moyu, however.

He held the name of the winner but he wasn't sure of the result. Though he wished that it would be Qiao Moyu.

He opened the first envelope and said with a steady and firm voice, "I now announce that the candidates for the Best Female Lead Award are: "Qing"by Zhang Xiao, "Night Temple" by Chen Yilan, "Pomegranate Tree"by Qiao Moyu, and "Chen Courtyard"by Wang Lin!"

Whenever the host mentioned an actress, the screen would reveal basic introduction of them. In the end, the screen was divided into four corners. Qiao Moyu was on the bottom left. The camera constantly changed and the four actresses were clearly shown on the screen.

Huang Chu opened the next envelope. He said, "The Best Female Award goes to —"

But before he could finish his words, the screens suddenly changed. When everyone saw the images, they were stunned. They all looked at Qiao Moyu!

There were two pictures on the screen. One was when Qiao Moyu had brought Luo Luo to kindergarten and the other was when she and Ye Peicheng took a romantic walk and held hands.

Because the screen was huge, the image had a lot of impact on the people. The words on the pictures made everyone shocked.

[Is the new flower, Qiao Moyu, an innocent woman or a mother? Mr. Ye, do you know?]

Seeing this scene, everyone started to discuss this after being momentarily shocked. There was a bustle of conversation.

On stage, the host's expression changed. He hurriedly said to everyone, "Sorry, there must be something wrong. I will immediately go handle this!"

After that, he quickly went backstage.

Huang Chu who had seen this looked at her, interested.

Heh. Others may not know the inside story but he knew! He would see how Ye Peicheng decided to handle this matter and the person behind it!

Two minutes later, the screen went back to its original image. The host continuously apologized and said, "Mr. Huang, please announce the actress who obtained the Best Female Lead Award!"

Huang Chu's face remained unmoved and calm. He stood on stage and announced, "This year's Best Female Lead Award goes to "Pomengerate Tree"'s Miss. Qiao Moyu. Let us congratulate her!"

The light shone on Qiao Moyu and the screen exposed her expression.

She wore a champagne color diamond cheongsam. Her hair was pulled into a ponytail. She was fresh and pure but revealing a tint of nobleness. She displayed her sexy figure to its utmost wearing a long dress. Compared to her normal fresh look, she attracted everyone's attention today.

Outside the banquet, by a certain mall's LED screen, Qiao Rouhuan stared at Qiao Moyu and her eyes were filled with jealousy.

She always knew how beautiful Qiao Moyu was. She could handle any style and still manage to look beautiful.

But she never knew how shaking to the core Qiao Moyu was when she purposefully dressed herself up.

Qiao Rouhuan's nails dug deeply into her skin. The pain took away her sorrow and made her happy again.

So what if Qiao Moyu was beautiful? So what if she was the Film Empress? Her reputation had gone down the drains!

She had a child but still seduced Ye Peicheng. Just based on this, it was enough for her reputation to hit rock bottom and for Ye Peicheng's fans to bury her alive with their spit!

Because of this, she found it worth her money to hire internet water armies and a spot on the hot search. She even bribed the staff of the committee to put Qiao Moyu's pictures on the screen. She ruthlessly threw shade at Qiao Moyu!

The early spring evening was still very cold. Qiao Rouhuan stood on street and continued to watch this.

Right now, Qiao Moyu was under the limelight and she elegantly walked to the stage.

Huang Chu placed the crystal trophy in Qiao Moyu's hands and excitedly reached over to hug her. Then, he left the stage even though he wished to stay longer.

In Ye Residence, when Father Ye saw this scene, he called Huang Chu an old bastard. But momentarily later, he placed his attention on the screen again.

He didn't know what his son had planned. Why hasn't he done anything yet? But since Ye Peicheng told him not to worry, he would patiently wait.

Qiao Moyu stood in front of the microphone and faintly smiled. "To speak the truth, I have been looking forward to this award but I didn't dare to think about it…"

She had a calm expression as though she wasn't influenced by what just happened. In the end, she smiled and humorously said, "Does everyone believe that I am able to stand here because I conducted an eye-opening ceremony for myself? I actually thought of this before but I didn't have enough powers. Just like how doctors don't save themselves. I really can't do that for myself…"

""Pomengerate Tree"will be in the theaters in about a week. Hopefully, we can talk about the plot and acting after everyone watches the drama. Can we do that?"

"In the end, I want to thank everyone who has helped me since I entered the entertainment circle! A special thanks to Director Zhang, Director Cheng, and Mr. Ye Peicheng. They helped me improve my acting skills! Thank you everyone!"

She bowed towards the audience.

When everyone heard her mention Ye Peicheng, they had different expressions. In such an awkward moment like this, she didn't avoid his name. What did this mean?

Was it possible that Ye Peicheng knew that she had a child and even accepted the kid?!

While everyone was guessing, by the side of the stage, there was a man wearing a black suit holding a bouquet of red roses. He slowly walked over.

The light shone on him. When everyone saw the man's handsome face, they all gasped.

Ye Peicheng!

Ye Peicheng carried a bouquet of flowers and stood in front of Qiao Moyu. He gave her the flowers and said, "Moyu, congratulations!"

Qiao Moyu took it from him. In that moment, everyone saw Qiao Moyu and Ye Peicheng's rings on their ring fingers. They had the same style!

At this point, the host walked over and asked, "Mr. Ye, are you giving Moyu flowers as her male friend or her boyfriend?"

Ye Peicheng took the microphone over. Although he was answering the host's question, his gaze never left Qiao Moyu. There was a smile on his face and he looked deeply at her. "I am not her male friend or her boyfriend. Today, I am giving Moyu flowers as her husband!"

The assembly hall was silent after he said this. One could hear a needle dropping.

Outside, Qiao Rouhuan couldn't believe her ears. She was stunned and stared at Ye Peicheng through the screen. She wanted to see if he was fake or a substitute. But she failed!

In the hall, Ye Peicheng continued, "At the same time, being Moyu's child's father, I am giving flowers to my son's mother!"

The silent assembly hall exploded right then.

Everyone had been confused as to who the father of Qiao Moyu's child was. They wondered if the child even had to do with Qiao Moyu or that someone was purposefully slandering her.

But Ye Peicheng admitted that the child was his and Qiao Moyu's!

As a man, since he admitted, it must be true. After all, considering Ye Peicheng's status, there was no way he would've admitted to being a father to a child who wasn't his!

On stage, Ye Peicheng glanced at everyone and indicated for them to be quiet. He held Qiao Moyu's hands and said, "I had been with Moyu since three years ago. Because of some reasons, we separated later on. I am very thankful that she secretly raised our son regardless. I am also very lucky that I finally have her back now! We are married!"

The two screens on stage displayed his and Qiao Moyu's wedding pictures moments after his words.

The wedding pictures were displayed as a slideshow. The last two pictures were just family pictures of the three of them. However, it only showed a rear view of Luo Luo.

Right now, although everyone was flabbergasted, they all understood. Qiao Moyu was always with Ye Peicheng! The rumors attacking Qiao Moyu online were just fake!

Therefore, Weibo had sunk into explosions of comments again. How could the internet water armies that Qiao Rouhuan bought be a match against Ye Peicheng's fans?

The hot search immediately was taken over by "Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu were married", "Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu's son", and topics like such. The comments section of Qiao Moyu and Ye Peicheng's Weibo were completely out of control!

Although there were many of Ye Peicheng's fans who couldn't accept Qiao Moyu, when they saw Ye Peicheng revealing himself to the media for her, these fans switched sides.

"Wahh, it's so touching! Brother Peicheng, you have to come visit us often!"

"Idol, although you're someone else's husband, I will always love you!"

"Idol, from now on, we are loyal fans to Moyu! We will love and take care of her as well. You don't need to worry!"

"Sister Moyu, I want to see my idol's pictures and your wedding pictures. Can you send some?"

"Hahah, I am the ultimate fan of Chenyu couple! I love being fed dog food! Please continue, please continue! I am looking forward to a second child! Work hard, Brother Ye! I support you guys!"

…

Qiao Rouhuan scrolled through the Weibo. Her face was distorted due to anger.

"How is it possible?" She talked to herself, repeating this over and over. This time, her phone vibrated and it was a text.

When she read the content of the text, she was almost about to smash her phone!

After Qiao Company was in a catastrophe, she used almost all her money since she debuted to save the company but to no avail.

In the end, she spent the last of her money to buy internet water armies to slander Qiao Moyu. When she received the bank's prompt for money, she forgot how she spent money to buy an evening gown. Where would she get 2,000,000 from?!

The night wind blew and she held her clothes tightly. She scrolled through her list of contacts and stopped on Xing Yicheng's name at the end.

She called him.

Who knew that he answered!

"Brother Yichen —" Qiao Rouhuan just called him when she heard a deep voice, "Sorry, my hand slipped. I didn't mean to pick up."

"Brother Yichen, please!" Qiao Rouhuan was afraid that he might hang up so she hurriedly said, "Can you lend me some money? I will agree to any of your conditions!"

There was no sound on the other side. When Qiao Rouhuan thought he was considering this, he said, "Qiao Rouhuan, how lovely it would be if I never met you before?"

She was stunned but then understood him.

He continued, "If I never met you, would Moyu be with me right now?"

Qiao Rouhuan tightened her hands and her body was trembling.

"Heh." Xing Yichen chuckled softly. The screen on his computer revealed an image of Qiao Moyu and Ye Peicheng holding onto each other on the awards ceremony. He said coldly to Qiao Rouhuan, "Why should I lend money to you? You can perish on your own!"

He hung up.

At this time, his special assistant knocked on his door. "President Xing, it's quite late. You have to pay attention to yourself if you're going to work overtime…"

Seeing that Xing Yichen didn't move, he continued, "There are some problems with Xing Company's funds when trying to purchase Qiao Company. The bank wants to see you tomorrow."

"I know." Xing Yichen answered exhaustedly. He walked to the French Window.

Outside, the lights were splendid and gorgeous. He didn't know why but he suddenly recalled many years ago, when he was twelve and walked with Qiao Moyu on the streets. She wanted to eat sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick so he bought her one. It was during the winter and the tip of her nose was cold and red. Her hands as well. But her eyes were smiling.

However, they could never return to that time…

A week later, Qiao Moyu's "Pomegranate Tree"was in the theaters. The tickets were all sold out the day of.

Qiao Moyu received Director Chen's call and they said, "Moyu, next time I decide to film a new drama, you have to keep yourself free!"

Qiao Moyu agreed. She and Ye Peicheng went to pick up their son in public.

Today, they were going to eat at the Ye Residence. The drive there was successful. When they arrived at the Ye Residence, Father Ye and Luo Luo were playing hide and seek. The doorbell rang.

Ye Peicheng went to open the door and saw Huang Chu. "Hello Uncle Huang."

Huang Chu faintly nodded at Ye Peicheng. But when he saw Qiao Moyu in the room, he immediately revealed an enthusiastic smile. "Film Empress Qiao, nice to see you!"

Qiao Moyu smiled and said, "Uncle Huang, you don't need to be so polite."

At this time, Luo Luo who was playing hide and seek ran out. He looked up to see Uncle Huang and remained stunned for a few seconds.

The moment Huang Chu saw him, his eyes brightened.

This was the pure and fresh younger generation he had been looking for! Although he doesn't have a lucky attribute like Qiao Moyu, he seemed extremely intelligent.

He kneeled down and talked in the most gentle and warm voice he believed it was and said, "Honey, you're so cute. Can this grandfather hug you?"

Luo Luo backed up a few steps and looked at Huang Chu in alarm. "Mommy said that if a stranger is being nice to you, they must have a motive behind it!"

Qiao Moyu had taught Luo Luo in the past because she was scared that someone would stalk her child and abduct him.

But Luo Luo was very smart. Although he didn't know what each word meant, he understood the meaning. It meant that if strangers tried to please him or make him happy, they definitely wanted to kidnap him and not allow him to see his parents!

Seeing the child say this, Qiao Moyu felt a tint of awkwardness. She originally wanted to explain something but who knew Huang Chu said in admiration, "Kiddo is intelligent! You know everything! You are worthy of being Peicheng and Moyu's son!"

Father Ye who came out later on, heard this and his lips twitched.

It was still early so everyone played hide and seek with Luo Luo. While everyone wasn't paying attention, the kid ran from the kid's room to Father Ye's office.

He saw the laptop on the table and crawled over to take a look.

In kindergarten, the kid learned the alphabet. When Qiao Moyu was home, she would teach him how to write their names, so he had remembered this.

Right now, there were a few words that he recognize.d

Therefore, when Ye Peicheng came searching for his son, he heard the kid say, "Daddy, mommy's name is on grandfather's laptop! And the letters C and P!"

When Ye Peicheng heard this, he looked over to see that his father had logged into a QQ account. There was a group chat window opened. The name was…

Qiao Moyu's official supporting team.

Ye Peicheng continued to read and shockingly discovered that his own father's name in the group chat was — Chen Yu CP!

Outside, when Father Ye heard Luo Luo's words, he shivered.

Oh no! He rushed to the study but what he worried most happened, as expected!

Luo Luo's clear voice continued to say, "Daddy, is Luo Luo right? This is mommy's name! This is CP! Luo Luo doesn't recognize the other words. Can daddy teach Luo Luo?"

Ye Peicheng opened his mouth and said, "This is support team and this is Chen, Yu, and fans!"

The moment Father Ye walked to the door, his legs trembled.

Damnit!

Ye Peicheng saw him and couldn't help but ask, "Father, isn't Uncle Huang Chen Yu CP?"

Huang Chu was also by the door and hurriedly explained, "That's not it, Peicheng. Chen Yu CP is your father's name in the live broadcast room! He wasn't willing to be a sockpuppet so he wanted me to do it."

Father Ye's face was flushed. With an attitude as if "even if my identity is revealed, you won't get away with it," he said, "Your Uncle Huang's name is "Brother Mo, please come live with me!"��

When he said this, besides Luo Luo who didn't understand, everyone's expressions became frozen.

Huang Chu stood by the door and received all their gazes. When he saw Qiao Moyu looking over, he dryly coughed and said, "I just wanted to join Ling Xu Sect!"

Father Ye exposed him again, "Brother Huang, when you created this name, Moyu hadn't announced that she was Ling Xu Sect's descendant yet."

Ye Peicheng scrutinized Huang Chu and glanced at him as if he was a "love rival". "Uncle Huang, Moyu is my wife."

As he said this, he stood in front of Qiao Moyu, preventing Huang Chu from seeing her. He reached over and pinched Qiao Moyu's face. He clenched his teeth and said, "You even attract Uncles!"

Huang Chu was speechless.

Qiao Moyu was speechless.

…

Lately, she had to be ambassador for many brands. Today, it was the only day where Qiao Moyu had finished work early.

She didn't take the van back, but decided to stroll.

When she walked to an intersection, a child passed by her and there was a speeding car driving towards them.

Qiao Moyu was shocked and almost immediately tugged the child back.

The moment the two rolled on the ground, maybe it was because Qiao Moyu was too nervous or because her bracelet's light was too bright, she felt an intense tugging around her surroundings. She felt like she was hit by the car but she didn't feel any pain.

After she felt her mind spinning for a while, she slowly opened her eyes and realized that she was at a desolate road.

For a split second, her heart shook. She almost immediately recognized this to be the road she was in her past life!

Many years ago, the original host, Qiao Moyu, had saved her who was almost kidnapped by human traffickers on this same road.

Qiao Moyu couldn't explain her feelings right now. There was excitement, happiness, and faint worry.

She wanted to see her family but was also afraid that what happened after she transmigrated was only a dream.

It seemed like she was walking on the clouds and she kept walking to the end of the road, seeing a familiar tall figure.

Qiao Moyu couldn't hold it in anymore. She raced towards the person.

That person heard movements and turned around to see a beautiful racing towards him as though in a marathon.

He moved his body slightly to the side to avoid bumping into her.

However, despite him moving out of the way, the girl still enthusiastically crashed into his arms. "Brother!"

Qiao Moyu touched the muscles on her brother's arms and tears rolled down her cheeks. "Brother! Brother!"

The man was slightly shocked then raised his hand. He claimed he had nothing to do with her and asked doubtfully, "Cough, hey beautiful. Did you happen to take me for the wrong person?"

Qiao Moyu didn't care. After wiping her tears on his body, she finally calmed down in the end. She looked up to see her biological brother who was 6 feet 2 inches. "I've known you for 18 years and this is the first time you called me beautiful."

The man stopped breathing for a split second. For a second, he actually felt like she was his sister.

He suppressed this feeling and said, "Miss, you definitely got the wrong person. You're so beautiful. If I had seen you before, I would definitely recognize you."

Qiao Moyu continued, "You never said I was beautiful before. You always said that I look like Doraemon!"

The man froze and he stopped breathing for a split second.

"You would always fight for me and beat those who wanted to take advantage of me. Then you would say that whoever dared to touch my sister, I would let them leave horizontally."

"I will remember how you said I am beautiful this time!"

"I also remember a lot!" Qiao Moyu sucked her nose and said with teary eyes. "You even wetted your bed when you were five before because you dreamed that the pillow was the toilet so you peed there!"

"You stole the Director of Academic Studies' teacher's birdcage and freed the bird. He ended up talking about his misfortune to everyone he saw, saying that his parrot disappeared. He talked about this for a good half a year!"

"I accidentally smashed Master's wine jar and the wine flowed out of the jar and onto the ground. You laughed at me and said that my butt will suffer this time. But when he came back, you said that you had done it and ended up taking a beating. You slept on your stomach after that…"

When Qiao Moyu said this, the man suddenly reached over and hugged her tightly. "Moyu, you're Moyu!"

There were some things that only they would know. Despite the girl had an unfamiliar face, he still believed that his sister who had vanished for half a year was back!"

"Brother!" Qiao Moyu started crying again. "It's really me…"

Her bracelet kept on flickering. Qiao Moyu felt a message in her brain. It told her that when she saved the child, she unintentionally triggered the bracelet's hidden ability. Every month, she could travel to this world once and only for less than ten minutes.

Clearly, time was in countdown now.

She tugged the man's arms and couldn't explain that much. She said, "Brother, I will come visit you again next month!"

"Ok." The man agreed and patted Qiao Moyu's hair. He could feel her body slowly disappearing.

"I have been living well. Don't worry about me! Wait until next month for me…" Qiao Moyu's voice floated in the air.

As she said this, her body sunk into a huge power. Next thing she knew, she was already in another world after waking up.

It was green light now and everyone hastily walked by. No one seemed to notice Qiao Moyu who suddenly appeared.

She crossed the crossroad and looked at the intersection. She smiled.

Her smile grew bigger and bigger. Then she started to laugh.

Next time, she needed to print Luo Luo's picture and keep it on her, so she could show her brother. Hm. Bring Ye Peicheng's too! Qiao Moyu thought.

She came home and Ye Peicheng was already back.

She ran over and hugged him, burying her head in his chest. She smiled and said, "Brother Ye, your muscles are so small!"

Ye Peicheng was stunned and looked down at Qiao Moyu. He repeated again, "Moyu, you think my muscles are small?"

Qiao Moyu thought back to her brother who was 6 feet 2 inches and his body was full of muscles. Compared to Ye Peicheng, he was indeed much skinnier.

He nodded.

"Very good." Ye Peicheng squinted and carried Qiao Moyu on his shoulders, walking straight to the bedroom.

"Daddy, why are you carrying mommy like that?" Luo Luo was playing with his toys but anxiously said this when he saw them.

Ye Peicheng looked at his son and heartlessly rejected him outside the door. "Daddy is going to teach your mommy. Kiddo, play by yourself."

"Kiddo wants to learn too! Kiddo loves to learn!" Luo Luo said outside.

"Does kiddo want a little brother or sister?" Ye Peicheng asked.

Luo Luo thought about it and hurriedly nodded. "Yes!"

"Then stay outside and play your today. Once daddy teaches mommy a lesson, maybe you will have a little brother or sister!" Ye Peicheng said this while placing Qiao Moyu on the bed.

Outside, Luo Luo propped his chin up and his eyes were full of curiosity. How come mommy could have a baby after a lesson? How does daddy teach mommy to make a baby? He should ask grandfather tomorrow…