Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son-Chapter 74 - Who Scratched It

Song Jinze, with a slight lift of his eyes, watched the subtle expressions on the woman’s face, his lips curling lightly, “Yes, I have Grandpa to thank for finding me such a good ‘wife’.”

Ye Zhenzhen: …

Between the lines, she vaguely sensed some gritted teeth…

Old Master Song had a different take than Ye Zhenzhen. He felt that his grandson had shown a sign of concession. When he looked at Song Jinze again, the anger on his face eased a bit.

All of a sudden, Old Master Song furrowed his brows and pointed at the red mark on Song Jinze’s forehead, partially hidden by a lock of hair, “You, what’s that on your forehead?”

Song Jinze’s eyebrows lifted slightly, having almost forgotten about the injury on his forehead.

After the meeting that afternoon, he’d noticed Secretary Zhang’s strange glances at him, as well as the subtle changes among the company executives. It was then he realized he’d forgotten to remove the Band-Aid he had put on his forehead.

Knowing that the cute Band-Aid on his forehead had been the talk among the company staff, and considering he had to bring Ye Zhenzhen and Xiao Chen home for dinner, he tore off the Band-Aid as he left the office at the end of his workday.

He wanted to avoid another barrage of questions from Madam Song.

The strands of hair covering his forehead made the red mark barely visible unless one looked closely.

But now, being close to Old Master Song, who was looking up at him, the red mark under his hair was naturally not well-concealed.

Song Jinze lowered his tongue to his jaw, his narrow eyes holding a meaningful gaze as he looked at Ye Zhenzhen and then back at his grandfather, nonchalantly saying, “What could it be? It’s from the gentle and considerate woman you just mentioned scratching me.”

Ye Zhenzhen’s expression stiffened, she blinked her bright eyes, astounded at how easily this man could slander her with lies!

Did he even realize what he was saying?

“When did I scratch you? You injured yourself!”

Trying to frame her, defame her, in an attempt to turn the tables?

No way!

Song Jinze’s lips twitched, “Last night…”

Last night?

Ye Zhenzhen stood up in a huff, tilting her head to meet the man’s deep, dark eyes. She was curious to see what else he could fabricate next!

She had slept in the hospital bed all night. How could she have scratched him?

Old Master Song was startled, “Wasn’t Zhenzhen still recording the show with Xiao Chen last night? What nonsense are you talking!”

Having said that, Old Master Song even tilted his head a bit, scrutinizing the ‘injury’ on his grandson’s forehead.

It indeed didn’t look like it was caused by a bump.

It looked like a scratch.

It was scratched by fingernails.

This…

Song Jinze candidly admitted, “The place where she was recording the program was in Ancheng, and I happened to be on a business trip there.”

The injury was indeed inflicted by Ye Zhenzhen. Thinking about how Ye Zhenzhen had downplayed the severity of the injury in front of Old Master Song, he didn’t elaborate further.

Just stick to the facts.

A touch of gratification spread across Old Master Song’s stern face, “Hmm… Zhenzhen did well!”

It takes some skill to scratch this rascal.

Maybe in a while, he could be holding a newborn baby in his arms!

Ye Zhenzhen was completely bewildered.

Grandfather wasn’t angry but instead praised her?

But, wasn’t this praise indirectly confirming that she was responsible for the injury?

Wait a minute, was that meaningful smile on the old man’s face implying…

Being an adult, Ye Zhenzhen felt like she understood again – the old man must have misunderstood!

No wonder she had felt the atmosphere in the room change abruptly…

But she couldn’t say much more; after all, she had just told the elders that her injury wasn’t serious. If she now recounted the details from yesterday at the hospital, not only would she lose face, but it could also cause unnecessary worry for the elderly.

Meanwhile, Old Master Song’s irritation had vanished; he feigned a serious demeanor and instructed Song Jinze, “Alright, hurry up and take Zhenzhen back home, and don’t you dare mistreat her again!”

He had some free time; it was time to get back to serious matters at home!

He was looking forward to holding a grandchild.

Song Jinze glanced indifferently at Ye Zhenzhen, “Let’s go home.”

…

On the way back home.

Xiao Chen hadn’t seen Grandma for several days, and since tomorrow was Saturday and he didn’t have kindergarten, the little guy stayed over at Grandma’s house that night.

Now, only Ye Zhenzhen and Song Jinze were in the car.

Without the little one around, Ye Zhenzhen suddenly felt the atmosphere become a bit awkward, and even a bit cold!

On the way there, the man had been busy with his tablet, but now he sat opposite her, legs crossed, his narrow eyes slightly squinting as he stared at her.

Ye Zhenzhen, unwilling to show weakness, raised an eyebrow defiantly, her gaze disdainfully sweeping toward the man opposite her…

Eyes locked, the man spoke first, “Ye Zhenzhen, I really didn’t expect that aside from being ungrateful and bearing grudges, you could actually be such a drama queen.”

Ye Zhenzhen: !!!

See, the jerk holds grudges and then blames others for it.

She retorted without backing down, “I’m flattered by President Song’s compliments. Acting is my profession, and you should feel honored to see my performance up close! As for being ungrateful, I don’t think so. On the contrary, I find President Song’s ability to slander and frame others quite first-rate, not to mention stealing the shrimp from my bowl!”

And it was even peeled!

As she came to the last sentence, a hint of regret involuntarily surfaced on Ye Zhenzhen’s face; she hadn’t managed to eat even one spicy shrimp during the meal.

Song Jinze inhaled sharply, “Ye Zhenzhen, have you forgotten what the doctor said this morning? You can’t eat spicy food; it will affect the healing of your wound. Also, didn’t you agree that for better or worse, we’re married, and that my actions to care for you would be wrong?”

Ye Zhenzhen’s mind raced. She couldn’t afford to lose ground at a time like this.

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