Chapter 156: I Control the Destiny of the Heavens, but Not My Own Destiny
It was fortunate that he was there. If it was anybody else, Song Mian would want to murder that guy when he thought about Yun Xiangxiang’s actions yesterday.
Yun Xiangxiang knew that she was in the wrong. She could only explain with a whisper, “I’ll be an adult soon. I can’t keep on with just juice, right?”
Nobody would pick a bone with her now if she replaced alcohol with tea or juice. She was a minor after all. On top of that, she had Huan Yu Century Entertainment and He Wei backing her up.
However, when she came of age, most people would think that she was disrespecting them and being insincere if she kept on replacing alcohol with tea or juice when she was not allergic to alcohol.
Alcohol was a staple on social occasions. It was inevitable for anyone trying to survive in society.
“I’ll give you some hangover pills. Take them half an hour before you go to any banquet,” Song Mian spoke after he gave it some thought.
“Boyfriend, you are so nice,” Yun Xiangxiang could not help but kiss Song Mian on the cheeks.
There were actually medicines to cure hangovers on the market. However, no matter how dazzling the ads for these medicines were, they still would harm the body to a degree.
Yun Xiangxiang trusted that the hangover pills Song Mian prescribed her had no side effects.
“No next time.” Inside Song Mian’s deep-set, violet eyes, it seemed like there were two balls of ghastly flames dancing.
Yun Xiangxiang could not pluck up the courage to look further. She lowered her head to heave her breakfast quietly. She knew what Song Mian truly meant when he said that.
She did not dare to have a ‘next time.’ It was too embarrassing.
Yun Xiangxiang was thinking about an excuse to scurry away post breakfast when her phone rang.
Wei Shanshan made that call, “Xiangxiang, give me your address, I have the time for a visit today.”
Yun Xiangxiang immediately sent Wei Shanshan her address. As if a boulder was taken off her shoulders, she said to Song Mian, “I have a friend who’s coming over. I’ll go down to get ready.”
Her uneasiness did not escape Song Mian either. He nodded, “I’ll be at home for these few days. Come up here if you need anything.”
“Got it. Mwah…” As Yun Xiangxiang trotted to the door, she did not forget to turn around and give Song Mian a flying kiss.
Wei Shanshan arrived after just half an hour. The first thing she did after she stepped into the house was to give Yun Xiangxiang a tight hug, “I miss you so much.”
“Have a seat, I got your favorite durian cake,” Wei Shanshan adored durian flavored cakes.
“Bliss,” Wei Shanshan helped herself to a slice. “This is great. I like it.”
Yun Xiangxiang gave her time to down a few slices before speaking, “You don’t have any films to film today?”
“I just happen to have wrapped up a film. There are only twenty days or so until your birthday. I don’t know if I can celebrate it with you, so I brought a present in advance.” Wei Shanshan gave Yun Xiangxiang the gift that she brought with her as she was speaking. “Take a look and see if you like it.”
Yun Xiangxiang took over the present. After she opened the present, big ginseng greeted her. It was complete ginseng with a body as thick as Yun Xiangxiang’s wrist.
“This must be expensive,” Yun Xiangxiang admonished as she looked at Wei Shanshan.
“My last film was done in the northeast region. It was in a village deep in the mountains. I bought this from a middle-aged farmer there,” Wei Shanshan smiled. “This ginseng root is said to be a hundred and eighty years old. You just happen to be eighteen years old. I bought this because I thought of you. Any rejection is rejected.”
“Thank you, Shanshan.” Yun Xiangxiang accepted it graciously. “Your last film had quite decent reviews. How are you doing now?”
When Yun Xiangxiang was still filming ‘The King’s Plan’, the ancient drama where Wei Shanshan was a supporting female role became a wildly popular drama last year.
Wei Shanshan played a pleasant character in the film. Her popularity shot up at once.
“Quite nice, really. Even though I am not moving crazily fast as you are, I am improving too,” Wei Shanshan was content. “Oh right, I came here today because I need your opinion on something. I have two scripts here…”
Wei Shanshan gave Yun Xiangxiang a once-over about both scripts that she was holding before asking for Yun Xiangxiang’s opinion.
“What do you think about them yourself?” Yun Xiangxiang opened with a question after she had listened to Wei Shanshan.
“I am quite optimistic about both dramas. If it’s just about the ending, I think that this ancient historical drama is slightly better,” Wei Shanshan said of her own bias.
“Princess Pingyang,” the ancient historical drama that Wei Shanshan was speaking of, was a drama that talked about the political life of Emperor Wu of Han from Princess Pingyang’s perspective.
Even though the drama was called “Princess Pingyang,” it was not a film where the female had a big leading role. It was a story of power plays in ancient history. It was just that the mainline of the story was talking about how Princess Pingyang was on par with everyone even though she was a woman, as well as the deep sibling bond between her and Emperor Wu of Han.
The story started when they were small and only had each other. It talked about how they climbed to the top and grasped power in the treacherous Dahan Palace.
It was quite a good drama. The director was also great at directing historical dramas.
“Why are you hesitating?” It was very possible that this drama could become wildly popular.
It was quite a novel drama. Aside from romance, it sculpted the familial bond between Liu Che and Princess Pingyang.
“Two reasons for it. First, Princess Pingyang is too dynamic of a character. I am very confident if it’s acting out her time of youth. But I am worried that I can’t play her very well when she is middle-aged.
Wei Shanshan sighed. Looking at Yun Xiangxiang, she continued, “Here’s the second reason. That whore, Qin Yao is also competing for this character.”
After Qin Yao backstabbed Yun Xiangxiang on Weibo back then, Wei Shanshan had called Qin Yao as ‘whore’ every time she mentioned her…
“You don’t want to compete with her?” Yun Xiangxiang could see that Wei Shanshan was giving Qin Yao a wide berth.
“I won’t win. We are a new company. She is the star of The Era of Stars right now. Chen Junjie went down to the ground to fight for her himself,” said Wei Shanshan disdainfully.
“Shanshan, my first choice actually isn’t “Pingyang Princess” after listening to both of the scripts.”
Yun Xiangxiang grabbed Wei Shanshan’s hand, “I actually prefer “Overseer of the Heavenly Destiny”.”
“Overseer of the Heavenly Destiny” was a TV drama. It talked about the story of a deity that oversaw the heavenly destinies. The old overseer was approaching its death. It was the cusp of the selection for the young overseer of the heavenly destinies. Everyone was waiting for the return of the old overseer.
The female protagonist was just a little fairy in the Palace of the Destinies’ Overseer. Her catchphrase was, “My life comes first.”
Under the unrelenting oppression of the Palace, she found opportunities time and time again with her savvy to keep herself safe.
She might seem passionate, but she was actually quite icy. She would just stand by and do nothing if it did not drag her in.
To keep herself alive, she was forced to trudge forward. From a little fairy, she became the management and was finally embroiled in the struggle for the position of young overseer.
The old overseer, who was the male protagonist, started paying attention to the female protagonist after she had resolved the conflict that he stirred on purpose.
Her calmness, perpetual rationality, and eternal steadfastness made her the perfect fit to oversee the heavenly destinies.
The male protagonist threw trials after trials at her from behind the scenes. All of that just to drag this hermit out of her shell.
He wished to whip the female protagonist into a suitable deity before he would pass on.
However, he did not expect to fall for the female protagonist while he was training her.
The female protagonist was prejudiced against the old overseer. She thought that these greater deities thought nothing about the lives of lesser deities such as them.
She only knew about how much the old overseer had done after he passed on.
In a single night, she changed from a fairy who drifted along aimlessly into a young overseer who gives and takes away lives at the snap of a finger.
She finally understood the tragedy and resignation behind the mantra, “Destiny’s overseer. We control the destiny of the heavens, but not my own destiny.”