Chapter 543 - B-list! (1/2)
Chapter 543: B-list!
The next day.
Morning.
At his maternal grandma's house.
When the door was opened, Zhang Ye and his parents were coming into the house. All of a sudden, everyone in the house looked over. Other than his grandpa and grandma, two of his three uncles were here, while two of his aunts were busy preparing meals in the kitchen. There were also three of his cousins who mobbed him as soon as he arrived.
The eldest sister said laughingly, ”Brother!”
The second sister giggled and said, ”Congratulations on getting unbanned!”
”I heard that your new novel will be published soon?” the third sister said as she pull at his arms. She went on, ”I want to reserve 50 autographed copies to give out to my cla.s.smates and teachers!”
His first uncle beckoned him. ”Little Ye, come in quickly.”
His second aunt said, ”Little Ye, Tongtong will be taking her university admission exams soon. Why don't you tutor her in math? She's always been bad at it. If we knew you were so good at it, I wouldn't have invited a tutor for her, hur hur.”
”Let the kid come into the house first,” his maternal grandma uttered.
Zhang Ye didn't know whom he was supposed to talk to anymore. He could only manage a smile, and went around greeting the elders one by one, ”Grandma, grandpa, first uncle, first aunt, second uncle…”
The whole family started chatting.
Today's gathering was suggested by Zhang Ye. He wanted to make up for the time when he wasn't able to join them during the lunar new year. He had really been too busy at that time. First, he went to the venue where the Spring Festival Gala was held, then spent the night at the police station. Following, he was a.s.signed to the Internet Surveillance Bureau before finally getting banned. After that, he joined the crosstalk compet.i.tion and many other events followed after it. From the beginning of the lunar new year until now, he did not idle around at all and was always busy fighting for his career. Since he did not get to sit down for a meal with his family for the new year, with everything settled and ending on a good note, Zhang Ye decided that he wanted to have a gathering with them. He wanted to treat everyone to a restaurant, but his grandparents refused. Perhaps they'd gotten used to not spending frivolously, or it could also be because their legs weren't as strong as before. So they decided that this meal gathering would happen at home. Other than third uncle who had to work today, everyone else was here.
”Little Ye, you're really doing well!” his first uncle exclaimed.
First aunt also jokingly said to Zhang Ye's mother, ”Sis, your son has done you proud again this time.”
His mother grinned from ear to ear and demurred, ”Hai, it's not too bad, it's not too bad.” As she said that, her face reflected a much better mood than her answer.
His grandma held his hand happily as she sat on the sofa, not letting go as she patted on it without stop. She turned her head to Zhang Ye's mother and his uncles. ”When I raised you kids so many years ago, it really took a lot out of me. Some of you were so naughty and stole food from other houses or fought in school. I was always so worried and wondered how you'd all end up. But it seems like none of you turned out to be capable anyway. Only Little Ye, my grandson, is good!” Then with a pause, she added, ”He has never let me worry about him before.”
His second younger sister was almost speechless. ”Heh? My brother does not let us worry? Just recently, he picked on so many people on Weibo and scolded them. I still thought that our brother here even wanted to offend all of the other celebrities!”
When they heard that, his uncles and aunties all laughed joyfully.
His grandma stared hard at Tongtong and said, ”That's still less worrying than you are.”
His grandpa also added, ”Little Ye, you must have a few drinks with your grandpa today.”
Zhang Ye laughed and said, ”Sure, no problem.”
His first uncle asked curiously, ”Oh right, Little Ye is considered as an artist from which list now?”
His first aunt thought about it before saying, ”I remember he was just promoted into the C-list, right?”
”That was ages ago.” His third younger sister laughed. She obviously followed Zhang Ye's news very closely and knew about his celebrity ranking. ”When I checked this morning, our brother was close to becoming a B-list star! Although he's still a C-lister for now, he's fourth from the top, so he's not that far off now!”
Zhang Ye said happily, ”You know it that well? Even I did not pay attention to that.”
His first uncle said in surprise, ”Your fame grew so quickly?”
”Of course.” His eldest young sister said to her father, ”Just those three crosstalk performances and the mathematical conjecture incident was enough to push our brother from the bottom of the C-list to the top. That is one of the most difficult mathematical conjectures in the world. Do you think he wouldn't get famous from that?”
His third sister laughingly said, ”Right. When we started school a few days ago, a few math teachers, after finding out that Zhang Ye was my brother, all called me over to see them. The head of department for mathematics even wanted to know about more about him and asked me to introduce them. They were really impressed by our brother. My math teacher even said, in cla.s.s, that our brother really lifted the reputation of our country's mathematics world!”
His second aunt looked to the side. ”Sis, even you and brother-in-law got on TV this time.”
His mother said regretfully, ”We had just woken up from our nap that day and were in our pajamas. I didn't even comb my hair. If only I knew that the reporters were coming. I would have dressed up a little more.”
His father shook his head and said, ”You're already so old. Does it matter if you dress up or not?”
His mother angrily said, ”What did you say!?”