From Villain to Cherished: Counter My Role by Pampering Kids

"Then you're really blind!" Su Xingwan said unceremoniously, "Not everything you see is real."

"I don't believe it, Su Xingwan. You should just admit it now. Save yourself the embarrassment when you get famous and this dark past gets exposed."

Su Xingwan rolled her eyes at her.

"Believe it if you want!"

Su Xingwan ignored her after that.

However, just as she was about to go in, Wu Qian called out to her from behind.

"Su Xingwan!"

Su Xingwan turned her head.

"Can you not tell anyone about this? Don't expose me?"

There was a hint of pity in Wu Qian's eyes.

She seemed really afraid of being exposed, making it hard for her to fit into the high-class circle.

"I don't have the time or interest to gossip about other people's business."

After saying this, Su Xingwan walked away.

**

"Auntie! You're finally back!" The two little ones ran over as soon as they saw their auntie appear at the door.

Su Xingwan patted their heads: "Have you finished all the filming today?"

"Yes, we're done!"

The two little ones looked up and then glanced at the box in their brother's arms: "Did brother already buy a new phone?"

Little Su Yan nodded.

"Brother, we want to see your new phone!" said the two little ones.

Su Xingwan: "Look later when we get back, no rush now."

The two little ones obediently said, "Alright then."

Then they turned around, waving to Meng Zhi: "Meng Zhi brother, we're going home!"

"Sister Xiao Xin, goodbye, see you tomorrow!"

After waving goodbye to their two friends, they held their auntie's fingers and left.

Meng Zhi watched the three little ones leave, showing an envious expression.

At this moment, Huang Yiliu appeared, and his expression changed.

"Why are you just standing there dumbly?"

Seeing he didn't move, Huang Yiliu went over and rudely dragged him away.

"Let's go!"

Then she dragged him away.

**

At Huang Yiliu's home.

She stared at Meng Zhi: "Today your director said, when I'm there you can't act well, but when I'm not there you can. Is that true?"

Meng Zhi looked at her eyes and started to feel scared. He quickly shook his head.

"...No."

"Did you do it on purpose? Trying to go against me like Su Yan?" She grabbed his ear.

Meng Zhi, in pain, quickly begged for mercy: "I didn't, mom."

Huang Yiliu snorted coldly.

She picked up the feather duster from the coffee table and hit his back hard once.

Meng Zhi flinched, trying to dodge back in pain.

"You still dare to run from me?"

Huang Yiliu yanked him back, and the boy's arm immediately turned red from her grip.

Today she went to Director Li's place, full of confidence to sign a contract, but didn't expect that just as she was about to succeed, the investors suddenly gave her role to a newcomer who had just debuted for half a year, and the role she was thrown was just a small supporting role not even ranking as the third female lead.

She held back a breath of anger and went to Meng Zhi's set, only to hear the director's words to her.

Ever since she and her husband adopted Meng Zhi, everything in their careers had been going wrong.

At this moment, she found him even more displeasing to the eye.

In the living room, there came the sound of a boy crying.

Aunt Fang, watching from the side, couldn't bear it.

"Madam, you should stop hitting him, Meng Zhi will be hurt badly!"

"Mind your own business! Just do your job well, don't meddle in other people's affairs!"

When Huang Yiliu was unhappy, she would even curse at Aunt Fang.

With a creak, Meng Shan came back and heard the crying of a child inside. He saw Meng Zhi with a face full of tears and snot, and frowned slightly.

"Huang Yiliu, stop your hand, I'm annoyed!"

Huang Yiliu stopped the feather duster in her hand, ignoring the crying Meng Zhi beside her, and asked her husband: "What's wrong with you today? Work not going well?"

"Yes, my endorsement was canceled, and Jiu Fei Entertainment doesn't plan to renew the contract with me anymore."

"Why?"

"What other reason could there be? They just think I'm outdated!"

Huang Yiliu fell silent.

In these past months, they had been receiving less and less resources, and if things continued like this, their only option would be to quit the industry.

Meng Zhi's crying annoyed her; she turned her head and glared fiercely over.

"You're still crying? Shut up!"

"Meng Zhi, you listen to me. This show of yours is crucial to whether you can debut as a child star in the future. If you mess up this role that I worked so hard to get you, you'll see what happens!"

Meng Zhi kept sobbing quietly, but after hearing his mother's words, he wanted to refuse.

"Did you hear me?"

Huang Yiliu yelled when she saw him not responding.

Meng Zhi shuddered at being yelled at.

At this moment, the words of the two little ones echoed in his mind.

"Brother Meng Zhi, be brave!"

"If you don't like something, learn to say no!"

"Are you deaf? I'm asking you to answer!" Huang Yiliu looked at his lifeless appearance, getting angrier.

Meng Zhi looked up and stammered.

"Mom, I...I don't like acting."

Huang Yiliu was stunned for a moment, seemingly unbelieving he would refuse.

Immediately, she burst into a fit of anger, swinging the feather duster at him again.

Meng Zhi was beaten and cried again.

"Do you not listen to me and dare to defy me? You've grown bold, haven't you?"

Meng Zhi cried out loud.

While crying, he wailed: "I don't like acting, I don't want to act anymore..."

Huang Yiliu got furious; she rolled up her sleeves and beat him more fiercely.

"You really are ungrateful! If you don't act, you just want to stay here and enjoy the fruits of our labor?"

"If you don't earn money for us, who will we rely on in the future?"

The living room echoed with the boy's heart-wrenching cries.

Meng Shan frowned, and in the end, without interfering, went into the master bedroom and locked the door, choosing not to see and not be troubled.

The next day, the three little ones noticed Meng Zhi didn't come today.

They asked Uncle Director, and he said Brother Meng Zhi was on leave.

Yet he was on leave for three days, and it wasn't until the fourth day that Little Meng Zhi finally showed up, albeit late.

His face didn't look good, and his eyes were swollen.

"Brother Meng Zhi, what happened to you?"

Meng Zhi looked at the concerned three little ones and Xiao Xin, recalling what Huang Yiliu instructed him not to say before he left home.

He shook his head: "Hua Bao, I was just sick for the past few days, but I'm fine now."

"Brother Meng Zhi, but you still don't look well. Do you want to continue resting?"

Meng Zhi shook his head: "I won't rest anymore."

Little Su Hua went up and touched his hand.

Suddenly, Meng Zhi gasped and quickly pulled back his hand.

Little Su Hua was puzzled: "Brother Meng Zhi, what's wrong? Does it hurt somewhere?"

"I don't." Meng Zhi quickly shook his head, taking a few steps back.

Suddenly, Little Su Yan came up, pulled his sleeve up.

Then they saw bruises on Meng Zhi's wrist.

He looked serious: "Did Huang Yiliu hit you?"

Meng Zhi shook his head in panic: "No, I just accidentally hit it myself."

"Brother Meng Zhi, you're lying!"

At this moment, Little Su Hua, who could hear thoughts, absorbed his inner words.

"It's that mean auntie who hit you, you're afraid of her, so you don't dare to say it!"

Facing the looks of the three little ones, Meng Zhi suddenly began to sob heavily.