The Wife Is A Superstar 3

Chapter 506 - There's Still A Chance

On their way to their seats, Jennie and Lisa stopped to receive the congratulations from Chaerin, Grandpa and Jiyong.

Chaerin was now openly crying, casting aside her image as a graceful and classy viscountess. But it still didn't detract from her beauty which she passed down to her one and only daughter, Jennie. Her new friends didn't mind that she was freely expressing her emotions, unlike a composed a viscountess. In fact, they thought more highly of her now because she was acting like such a proud mother. It made her more relatable.

Jennie was touched by Chaerin's emotional congratulations. The woman hugged her tightly. This was the first time that they had a real hug, not just the superficial ones they usually had before.

Even from the memories of the original Jennie, Chaerin had perhaps only given her daughter this kind of heartfelt hug maybe once or twice, and that was when the original Jennie was just a small child. The memories were hazy that it was difficult for the Jennie now to ascertain whether they really happened or not, especially since she wasn't actually the one who experienced them.

Nevertheless, Jennie returned the hug and patted Chaerin's back. She could feel the woman's sincerity in making up to her as a mother. Although she wasn't the real Jennie, she still couldn't help but feel warm inside.

A mother figure was someone that she lacked in her past life as Maria. Yet she had a few of them now. Mei, Jia, Chitthip and Grandma Manoban. They treated her like their own daughter or granddaughter, so she was very thankful to them.

As for Chaerin, Jennie had only treated the woman as an acquaintance or a distant friend who called or messaged her at random times. But ever since Chaerin returned to the country and moved into her penthouse, they grew closer. This was especially true after Jennie witnessed Chaerin taking Hoyeon under her wings and helped her gain more self-confidence. Hoyeon was one of her best friends, so Jennie began treating Chaerin more favourably afterwards.

Despite this, Jennie still felt some sort of instinctive emotional distance towards Chaerin. She couldn't fully explain it. She had no idea if the feeling originated from the remnant inside her body or from her.

(She still didn't know that the remnant had now almost completely fused with her, so technically there wasn't any active remnant inside her anymore.)

Although Jennie was feeling this way, she didn't want to push Chaerin away. As long as the woman was treating her with sincerity, Jennie had no problem in accepting her goodwill. Perhaps she might even begin to treat Chaerin like a real mother, despite the woman's shortcomings to the original Jennie. After all, Jennie believed that people could change.

For now, however, she could only treat Chaerin as an older friend. She felt much closer to Mei, Jia, Chitthip and Grandma because she spent a longer time getting to know them in person as the new Jennie. On the other hand, she was only beginning to bond with Chaerin. Perhaps their relationship would evolve into something better in the future.

After hugging Chaerin, Jennie hugged Grandpa next. The old man's proud voice boomed, but it was still drowned by the even louder applause and cheers of the other people around them. Jennie actually treated Grandpa as the best father figure in this new life of hers, even more so than Jihoon. Grandpa was very loving, nurturing, and yet still allowed her to spread her own wings, to explore the world on her own, and to learn from her own mistakes. He was also very open in expressing his affections to the people he cared about. Jennie admired him greatly.

Finally, she received congratulations from her big brother. Jiyong enveloped her in his warm and strong embrace.

"I'm so proud of you," he whispered to her ear in Russian. "You've blossomed into an amazing, brilliant, incredible and confident woman. I wish you a lifetime filled with happiness."

Her face broke into a bright, emotional smile. Coming from her real big brother's mouth, these words were extra special to her.

"Thank you, Big Brother," she whispered back in Russian as well. "I also wish you a lifetime filled with happiness. Let's spend these new lives of ours pursuing only happiness and the freedom to chase our dreams."

His eyes dimmed a bit after hearing what she said, but his expression quickly recovered. Jennie didn't notice the change at all. This was her big brother, after all. He was an expert in concealing his emotions if he really wanted to, even to the people close to him.

Lisa also joined in hugging everyone. He felt like the proudest husband ever. His wife was just too awesome!

Afterwards, the couple finally returned to their seats where they were welcomed by the cast and crew of "Strong Yet Broken", including the President of JL Productions and Guan Jintao and his wife. They looked absolutely ecstatic about her win, as if they had won it for themselves. And in a sense, they also won it because they were all part of the same film. They were one team.

Jennie wasn't stingy. She handed them the beautiful trophy in its open velvet box, so that they could examine it for themselves. The producer was crying tears of joy, while the director was teary-eyed.

"We have one win. I'm so happy! We can go home with heads held up high in pride. We didn't shame our country at all here in the Sommet International Film Festival," he said.

Jennie tilted her head to the side before replying, "We still have two more nominations remaining."

The hidden implication of her words was clear to everyone.

'We still have two more nominations remaining. There's still a chance that we can win more.'

The others chuckled, agreeing with her out loud. Inside, however, they didn't believe that they would continue to be lucky tonight.Now that their film had won an award through Jennie, they already felt satisfied.