What Do You Want Yuan Zizhen's Number For?

Wei Zisu was eating with his head down when Yin Zhengchuan suddenly took out his phone and asked, "Can I take a photo with you?"

As though afraid Wei Zisu would refuse, he hurriedly added, "Here's the thing. Didn't I mention that my sister is your fan? She's liked you for years. When I told her I married you, she didn't believe me. She keeps thinking I'm delusional."

Wei Zisu chuckled.

Yin Zhengchuan spread his hands. "So I want to take a picture with you and send it to her. Give her something to be happy about."

She would definitely be so "happy" she would shriek her head off.

Wei Zisu put down his chopsticks and said, "Is your sister free right now? Why don't we just video call her?"

Yin Zhengchuan froze in surprise. He didn't know why, but Wei Zisu had merely suggested a video call with his family, and he was already so excited his heart was racing.

"A video call... maybe not." He declined and explained honestly, "My sister has a disability. There's a problem with her brain's language center, and she's been unable to speak since she was little. If we video call her, she can only use sign language. Let's send her a photo first and give her some time to accept this."

After a moment of mild surprise, Wei Zisu said, "Sorry, I didn't know."

"It's all right," Yin Zhengchuan said. "She can't speak, but she can hear. Nobody in our family treats her as disabled. When you meet her, you don't have to make allowances for her either."

"All right."

Yin Zhengchuan opened the camera, and Wei Zisu moved a little closer to him, smiled, and gave the camera a thumbs-up.

With a click, their first photo together was taken.

Yin Zhengchuan happily sent it to Yin Baozhu and said, "That little girl is going to be so envious of me."

To convey the harmonious relationship between an affectionate older brother and a respectful younger sister, he had deliberately replaced "jealous" with "envious."

Wei Zisu went back to eating, only for Yin Zhengchuan's phone to keep chiming with notifications, as though it were being bombarded with messages.

Yin Zhengchuan explained, "She's just so happy and excited."

Wei Zisu said, "You can share my WeChat contact with your sister."

"No need!" Yin Zhengchuan hastily said. "She's... still in school. Her studies should come first. I'm afraid that if she has your WeChat, she'll go around showing it off and lose interest in studying."

Wei Zisu thought that made sense. He nodded and continued eating.

Yin Zhengchuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He certainly wasn't going to give that brat Yin Baozhu Wei Zisu's WeChat!

The brat had just messaged him on WeChat saying she wanted to steal her gorgeous sister-in-law and make him her wife!

After they had eaten their fill, Yin Zhengchuan eagerly cleared away the food containers.

Wei Zisu said, "Let Xiao Pan do it."

Speaking of Xiao Pan, Wei Zisu only then realized that he didn't seem to have seen him on set that afternoon.

Yin Zhengchuan said, "That Xiao Pan... had something come up at home and left. For the next couple of days, let Xiao Yin be at your service!"

Wei Zisu looked puzzled.

Xiao Pan left because something came up? Why didn't I know?

Even if Xiao Pan had left the production, surely he would have come to tell him, or asked the director to pass on the message. How could he have left without a word?

And Yin Zhengchuan had known about it before he did.

Something was definitely amiss. He looked at Yin Zhengchuan and asked, "Does the director know?"

"Yes," Yin Zhengchuan replied.

Wei Zisu grew even more suspicious.

The director hadn't mentioned Xiao Pan once that afternoon. There was only one possibility: the director thought he already knew. And the person who had given the director that impression was either Xiao Pan or the person who had just told him about it.

Wei Zisu stared at Yin Zhengchuan.

Under Wei Zisu's searching gaze, Yin Zhengchuan finally grew uneasy. He sighed in surrender and said, "Fine. I was the one who asked the director to let Xiao Pan go."

Wei Zisu had guessed as much. "Because you found out he was in contact with Yuan Zizhen?"

Yin Zhengchuan was a little surprised. "You knew?"

Before this, Wei Zisu had only suspected it. Yesterday, shortly after Yin Zhengchuan arrived in Hengdian, Yuan Zizhen had come looking for trouble, calling him a country bumpkin over and over.

Who had passed that information to him?

When he and Yin Zhengchuan were talking, Xiao Pan was the only one anywhere close to them. That was why he had begun to suspect Xiao Pan last night.

He hadn't expected Yin Zhengchuan to notice too, much less act decisively and get rid of Xiao Pan.

Wei Zisu asked, "How did you find out?"

Yin Zhengchuan answered honestly, "Everything about his behavior was off. Even the way he looked at us felt like he was spying. He was always secretly sending messages, shielding the screen with his hand as though terrified someone would see it. One look told me he was inexperienced. An undercover agent who acts like that is way too shifty."

Amused by his words again, Wei Zisu couldn't help admiring Yin Zhengchuan's meticulous eye for detail. He continued, "Could you be sure he was watching us based on a feeling alone?"

"Of course not," Yin Zhengchuan said. "I had to find evidence."

"What evidence?"

Yin Zhengchuan said, "While he was secretly sending a message, I suddenly bumped into him. His phone fell on the floor, and then I 'accidentally' saw his chat history with Yuan Zizhen. The evidence was conclusive. He couldn't deny it, so he had to admit it."

Wei Zisu laced his fingers together, rested his elbows on the table, and propped his chin on the backs of his hands.

"After you found out the truth, all you did was send him away?"

Yin Zhengchuan blinked. After a long moment, he finally stammered, "I also... got Yuan Zizhen's number from him."

"What do you want Yuan Zizhen's number for?" Wei Zisu asked curiously.

Yin Zhengchuan hurriedly explained, "I don't have any other intentions, Zisu. Believe me!"

Wei Zisu smiled and nodded.

He didn't know why either. In the past, if Sun Liang had asked for Yuan Zizhen's number, he would certainly have suspected something improper between them. Yet now that Yin Zhengchuan had also obtained Yuan Zizhen's number behind his back, his first reaction was simply curiosity. Perhaps it was because, deep down, he felt Yin Zhengchuan wouldn't do anything to betray him, and had only wanted Yuan Zizhen's number because he had some unusual idea.

Only after seeing that Wei Zisu wasn't angry did Yin Zhengchuan relax. "Yuan Zizhen sent someone to watch us and said such nasty things. I just thought he had too much time on his hands and decided to give him something to do."

Wei Zisu asked, "So what did you do?"

Yin Zhengchuan said, "I just... signed him up for our Shandong Television's Happy Forward Rush, and gave his number to a dozen or so infertility hospitals."

By now, Yuan Zizhen's phone was probably ringing off the hook with calls from the obstacle-course show and infertility hospitals!

After saying that, Yin Zhengchuan cautiously studied Wei Zisu's expression, afraid he would think his actions were too petty and had gone too far.

But after hearing him out and freezing for two seconds, Wei Zisu gave him a thumbs-up and said, "Well done!"