Starlight Has No Past - Chapter 45 Part 2

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.



Starlight Has No Past
Chapter 45 Part 2

When Zhou Tingsheng came out with a bag in hand, he saw Ye Qiao staring blankly into space: “What’s wrong?”
“.......It’s nothing.” Ye Qiao recovered and held his hand: “I suddenly don’t want to eat seafood porridge for breakfast now. Let’s go back and have some dumplings, alright?”
“I only have frozen ones. Think you can handle it?”
“En.”

On the way back, Zhou Tingsheng noticed that the knuckles on Ye Qiao’s hand holding the dog leash had turned slightly red from the cold. He wrapped his palm around her hand. Her hand was so cold that it made him shiver. Ye Qiao looked up at him and smiled. The snow that was reflected in her eyes seemed to glimmer.

After they were back in his apartment, Zhou Tingsheng busied himself cooking dumplings. Ye
Qiao took the opportunity to check the news.
As Ye Qiao had suspected, that Zhao something actress turned out to be Zhao Mo. There were four or five other minor actresses whom she had met once or twice that were also involved. Xu Yinshan was the most famous actress among them; her pictures were the most revealing as well. The Weibo sites for both Xu Yinshan and her agent were unusually quiet.

Ye Qiao had a clear conscience and was not afraid of getting involved in the scandal. Yet, somehow, without knowing why, it seemed to be an ill omen of things to come.

Her cell phone started to ring, startling her. When she answered, she heard a man’s voice which she didn’t recognize at the other end of the phone: “Is this Ms. Ye?”
“And you are?”
“I’m Yang Zhisong, the director of Yang City Art Museum. You’ve met me when you were little.”
Ye Qiao searched her memory and quite easily recalled that the director was a classmate of her father when they were young. They were good friends for many years. Ye Qiao replied politely: “Uncle Yang.”

“It’s nice of you to still remember me.” Yang Zhisong laughed, then asked how she was doing with a cordial tone of voice. After chatting a little, he continued: “Your father hasn’t been feeling well lately, he’s been in the hospital under observation for some time now. Our museum is going to have an exhibit of his works in the first half of the new year. He told me that he’s unable to come to the opening ceremony and recommended that you come in his stead as his immediate family member.”
Ye Qiao was taken by surprise: “My father recommended me?”

Even during the days when she was hospitalized from the accident, she hadn’t heard anything from him. The only thing she heard was through Qianxi that Cheng Su was pregnant. Ye Qiao had thought that the kinship between her father and her was already as thin as the fleeting water.

Yang Zhisong gently said: “Yes, your father has only one daughter. It’s only natural that he asks you to be the special guest at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.”
Only she was his offspring..
Ye Qiao suddenly felt saddened. Her eyes welled up and asked lightly: “Could you give me a few days to think over it?”
Yang Zhisong was a bit surprised to hear her reply, as if he hadn’t expected that she would hesitate to do this for her father. But he promptly replied: “Sure…...sure. Take your time to think it over. I understand that you’re a movie star now and compensation for your attendance is negotiable.”
Ye Qiao thought it was a bit of absurd to talk about money and laughed at herself: “It’s not about an appearance fee. It’s just lately…...It’s not convenient for me.”
“Oh? Is that so? If you can’t come, could you introduce me to some of your father’s students to me?”
“Students?” Ye Qiao thought about it then regretfully said: “My father doesn’t seem to have any students.”

Yang Zhisong sounded quite confused: “How could that be. I even know one. Your father’s last student, the only son of the Zhou family.”
Ye Qiao’s facial expression suddenly changed.
“Oh really. It was a long time ago and I don’t have his contact information.”
She sounded very aloof.

Yang Zhisong didn’t seem to notice it: “It’s alright, that would be our last resort anyway. It would be best if you could attend. Promise me that you’ll seriously consider it!”
“En.” Ye Qiao gave him her assistant’s number and told him she would keep in touch.
Her voice sounded rather indifferent now.

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.