Chapter 474: Chapter 474 - 468: Miss Shi Has Middle-Aged Male Fans Too?

Lin Chen stayed behind to discuss the issue regarding the studio’s newcomers.

Shi Su went out to take a phone call, and when she returned, the negotiations were basically settled.

Lin Chen signed those newcomers for two episodes initially. Shi Su didn’t sign for the full season of twelve episodes right away either, because her schedule was too packed for such a long commitment. She decided to sign for six episodes, a half-season contract, for now.

This show primarily focuses on outdoor adventures. It is a reality show brought into the country by buying the rights from South Korea. It became hugely popular after its debut last year, and many fans and viewers are eagerly looking forward to and curious about the second season this year.

Just then, Mr. Xv also returned from a phone call. After sitting down, he glanced at Shi Su and said, "Lin Chen was just asking why the chief director wasn’t around. I didn’t get a chance to say that the chief director is at the hospital now, visiting Mr. Shi. If the rumors within the industry are accurate, you’re Mr. Shi’s biological granddaughter?"

Shi Su hadn’t expected to meet someone familiar with the Shi Family here.

But after all, the capital city is the capital city, and anyone who can establish themselves in this show’s production team generally has an extraordinary background.

Shi Su nodded, "Yes."

"What a coincidence, the chief director asked me to deliver some things to the hospital. Would you like to come with me, Miss Shi? You just returned to the capital today, right? Have you visited Mr. Shi at the hospital?"

"Not yet, I was actually waiting for a call from over there and planned to go tonight." Shi Su glanced at the time as she spoke. "If it’s convenient for you, Mr. Xv, I can go with you now."

"Sure, it works out. You can also meet the chief director now."

On the way to the hospital in Mr. Xv’s car, Shi Su asked, "How close is the chief director with the Shi Family?"

Mr. Xv replied, "They’ve always been quite close. Our chief director’s surname is He, and his family has always been a prestigious family in the capital. However, he was passionate about directing when he was young, so he pursued it despite not going into the family business. His family and the Shi Family have been very good friends for generations, and he was practically watched over by Mr. Shi as he grew up. Now that Mr. Shi is critically ill, Mr. He feels he must visit him."

Shi Su originally didn’t plan to meet many members of the Shi Family; otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken the opportunity to come with Mr. Xv just to take a look.

Before they reached the hospital, she sent a WeChat message to Jing Jihan: [I’m heading to the hospital with a friend on the way.]

Even though she intended to avoid meeting the Shi Family, it was inevitable that she’d run into a few of them at the hospital.

Especially Shi Lingkang, whom she hadn’t seen in over two years.

As Shi Su entered the first-floor reception hall of the hospital, there were many people coming and going. All hospitals in the capital pretty much had this scenario of being crowded, even with special passages. As she was with Mr. Xv, they had to take the regular corridors and elevators.

While Mr. Xv was inquiring about the location and floor of Mr. Shi’s ward at the reception desk, Shi Su looked back and saw Shi Lingkang talking with a few people in a relatively less crowded area with patients and their families.

Perhaps because Shi Su’s gaze wasn’t hidden at all and she directly looked in that direction, Shi Lingkang sensed it and turned to see her.

First, he saw a young woman wearing a hat, mask, and sunglasses, then took another good look and, after presumably saying a few more words to the people beside him and after they left, he turned and walked directly towards Shi Su.

"Why didn’t you give a heads-up before coming?" Shi Lingkang approached.

Clearly being father and daughter, there was never really any true father-daughter affection between them over these twenty-some years. Shi Lingkang being stuck in the capital for so long without being able to return to Jiang City is indeed thanks to Shi Su.

But Shi Su could clearly see that although he hadn’t fared well in the capital in these two years, he seemed to have been worn down by all the big and small issues of the Shi Family, becoming much more subdued than before. Even though he felt guilty facing his biological daughter whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, his face showed little emotion, as if they weren’t that unfamiliar.

The Shi Family and the business circles in the capital are indeed refining places.

What Mr. Shi said back then was indeed accurate.

Shi Su removed her sunglasses, cast a faint glance at her biological father, and then took a peek at Mr. Xv, who was still talking with the receptionist. "I came with a friend. I have other matters to attend to in the capital. I’ll just take a glance and leave, planning not to meet with any more Shi Family relatives."

"Even if you don’t intend to meet them, you will have to at some point. I’ve already heard about Shi Dongyang’s affairs in Jiang City; there are no secretive walls within the Shi Family. Some matters can’t be avoided just because you wish to." Shi Lingkang fixed his eyes on her: "Shi Su, you resemble your mother too much."

Shi Su looked at him in surprise.

It sounded like she heard an immense joke.

This scumbag suddenly mentioning her mother?

Back then, to threaten her to stay at the Shi Family in Jiang City, he could even use her mother’s few remaining artifacts as leverage, yet now he dares to mention her?

A heartless person suddenly playing the emotion card was utterly disgusting.

Shi Su smiled indifferently, treated his words as nonsense, put her sunglasses back on, then after exchanging a few words with Mr. Xv who walked over, acted as if she didn’t recognize Shi Lingkang beside her, and headed straight to the elevator with Mr. Xv.

Mr. Xv naturally didn’t know the Shi Family members and was just there to find Mr. He. Seeing a well-dressed gentleman in his fifties continuously eyeing Shi Su, he assumed some passerby recognized Shi Su as a big star and instinctively shielded her, leading her into the elevator.

"That elderly gentleman was staring at you; could it be that Miss Shi has middle-aged male fans?" Mr. Xv teased with a laugh as they exited the elevator.

In the hallway outside the elevator, Shi Su glanced around and blandly said, "My dad."

Mr. Xv: "????"

As Shi Su walked towards the ward, Mr. Xv followed her. "That was your father? I truly didn’t realize. The way you seemed so indifferent was as if you met a crazed fan. Yet, given the massive influence of the Shi Family, any internal disputes are beyond a minor player like me to understand, haha."

Shi Su: "I’m also a minor player."

"No way, just setting aside Miss Shi’s relationship with the Shi Family, you are still Mr. Jing’s wife. If Mrs. Jing is a minor player, those young masters in the capital who flaunt their status all day must be even lower, like dirt."

Hearing this, Shi Su picked up her phone again, checked the message Jing Jihan had sent her earlier on WeChat: [Send me the hospital location.]

She casually sent him the location, put away her phone, didn’t say much more to Mr. Xv, and entered the VIP ward corridor inside.

The corridor outside these wards was somewhat special, requiring security checks. Shi Su walked over and placed her ID card and bag.

Mr. Xv, intending to call Mr. He, suddenly paused when he noticed two oddly dressed individuals wearing baseball caps passing by from the side, their eyes just happening to sweep past where Shi Su was.