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Ye Mo, who heard his exclamation, said, "..." It was true, but saying it out loud was a little hurtful, you know.

Shen Yan asked curiously, "Did the Ye family find you this teacher?" He really was terribly curious about this "teacher." If possible, he would love to meet this master and see who they were.

Ye Mo said, "This teacher has nothing to do with the Ye family. You can call him... Teacher 888."

[Teacher 888? Host, are you talking about me?!] 888's delighted voice rang out in Ye Mo's mind. [Can 888 be called a teacher now, too?]

Ye Mo: [Of course. It's all thanks to you that I could land the role of [Xia Mei], 888. Of course you're Teacher 888.]

888: [...]

888 was deeply touched, sobbing in Ye Mo's mind: [Host, you're such a good person. 888 likes you so much... Boohoo, 888 is a teacher now, too! Hooray!]

"Teacher 888?" Shen Yan thought the name was a little strange. "Why 888?"

Ye Mo brushed him off. "Why do you care why he's called 888..."

Shen Yan said, "True!"

Whatever this teacher was called, anyone who could improve Ye Mo's acting was a good teacher. Never mind 888-even if they were called 999 or 777, he, Shen Yan, would gladly call them that.

Ye Mo passing the audition for Chase was wonderful news.

When they returned to the Ye family's home, the family saw the delight on the three of their faces and more or less guessed the audition's outcome. They couldn't help feeling happy for Ye Mo, too.

-Because of Ye Mo, the Ye family had recently given themselves an intensive crash course in what auditions were.

"How did it go? Did you pass the audition?" Although Ye Zhipeng had his suspicions, he couldn't resist asking, wanting a definite answer.

Ruan Xianyue said nothing, but she also looked over expectantly. Even Ye Miao, who spent all day claiming she disliked Ye Mo, pricked up her ears to await her answer.

They had seen every bit of the effort Ye Mo had put into this audition lately, so they knew very clearly how important it was to her.

So how could they possibly not care about the result?

Looking at them, Ye Mo didn't keep them in suspense. She said directly, "The results aren't out yet. The director told me to come home and wait to hear back. But Director Ji seemed quite satisfied with me. Unless something unexpected happens, the role of [Xia Mei] should be mine!"

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" The superstitious Ye Zhipeng spat several times. "Don't be a crow's beak! What's this about unless something unexpected happens? You should say nothing unexpected will happen!"

Ruan Xianyue nodded in agreement, too.

What could Ye Mo do with such superstitious biological parents? She could only indulge them.

Ye Zhipeng said happily, "Momo passing her audition is fantastic news! We have to celebrate... Don't you agree, A-Yue?"

Ruan Xianyue nodded and stood up. "I'll tell the kitchen to make some extra tasty dishes tonight... Oh, Mr. Shen and Miss Zhou, please join us, too."

Shen Yan and Zhou Xiaoyu were overwhelmed by the favor. "Us?"

Ruan Xianyue smiled. "One of you is Momo's manager, and the other is her assistant. Your help contributed to her success at the audition, too, so stay and celebrate with us."

Hearing this, Shen Yan and Zhou Xiaoyu felt rather ashamed-in truth, neither of them had really done anything to help Ye Mo pass her audition. They felt unworthy of Madam Ye's praise.

"Ye Miao," Ye Zhipeng called to her, "call your eldest brother and tell him to come home early. Tell him Momo passed her audition and ask him to come home to celebrate."

Ye Miao pursed her lips. "...She just passed an audition. What's the big deal? Is something so trivial worth going to all this trouble to celebrate?"

Ye Zhipeng glared at her. "What are you muttering about?"

"Nothing, I wasn't muttering anything. I was just saying I'll call my brother right now," Ye Miao said, wisely bowing to circumstances.

Amid everyone's beaming faces, Ye Baozhu, who sat to one side, wore a rather strained expression. As she watched the visibly delighted Ye couple, traces of hurt and resentment surfaced in her eyes.

She lowered her head, hiding every emotion in her eyes.

Meanwhile, as Ye Mo and the others left the audition venue, news that she had passed the audition for Chase drifted out like snowflakes. In no time, everyone who ought to know had heard.

People reacted differently to the news. Those who liked Ye Mo were naturally happy for her, while those who disliked her hated her all the more.

But for most people, their first reaction upon hearing the news was disbelief.

"Are you sure? Ye Mo really passed the audition for Chase?"

"There's an eighty percent chance, I'd say. Right after her audition, Chase sent everyone still waiting to audition away... If that doesn't mean they settled on Ye Mo, what does?"

Similar conversations kept cropping up in every corner, while some people began entertaining other ideas upon hearing the news.

"If even Ye Mo can get into this movie, my acting is no worse than hers. I can do it, too!"

The young, beautiful woman's eyes shifted as she took her phone and called her sugar daddy. "Hello, President Zhao, it's Guo Jiayue... There's something I'd like to ask you for help with. I heard you're an investor in Chase, and there's a role I have my eye on..."

Ye Mo had no idea someone had set their sights on the role of [Xia Mei] and was planning to snatch it from her using less-than-normal means.

Under Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue's arrangements-and egging on-they had already begun celebrating her successful audition in advance.

After discussing it, everyone decided to have a barbecue on the lawn outside the house that evening. Naturally, the family's chefs would prepare all the necessary ingredients and seasonings. They only had to wait until evening to start barbecuing.

Meanwhile, Ye Lin, who was away at the company, had no choice under Ye Zhipeng's urging but to make a rare early departure and return home for that evening's celebration.

However, Secretary Huang came with him, which rather surprised Ye Mo.

"I thought you and Secretary Huang seemed to get along well," Ye Lin explained, "so I had her come along."

Secretary Huang was a little embarrassed. After all, she and Ye Mo weren't really that close, yet here she was, turning up for the celebration. She felt she had been rather presumptuous.

"I did try to decline President Ye..." she told Ye Mo.

But the helpless expression on her face made the outcome of that refusal clear.

Ye Mo wasn't surprised. Although Ye Lin seemed gentle and harmless, he was still forceful at heart. His word was final, and he wouldn't give Secretary Huang any chance to refuse.

Seeing Secretary Huang, however, reminded Ye Mo of the gossip she had heard from 888 earlier. She wondered how things had gone with Secretary Huang's blind date.

Secretary Huang said awkwardly, "I'd better head back!"

"Since you're already here, Secretary Huang, stay. The more people, the livelier it'll be." Ye Mo quickly took her arm and smiled. "I'm just worried you'll feel uncomfortable. You will be eating with your immediate superior, after all."

Ye Mo was joking.

But Ye Lin said, "I'm not some raging flood or savage beast..."

How would he make anyone uncomfortable?

Ye Mo smiled. "Big Brother, that's what you call a lack of self-awareness... No matter how good-tempered the boss is, no employee likes sharing a table with them."

After chatting casually with Ye Lin for a little while, she took Secretary Huang aside to talk.

"Secretary Huang, how did things go with your blind date?" As soon as they sat down, Ye Mo eagerly asked her about it. "Did you take my advice afterward and go to Fourth Hospital to confirm it?"