Qin Nuo nervously fiddled with her fingers.
“It doesn’t really matter anymore. I have my plans, and he has his thoughts!”
Yu Yang stuffed all the words she wanted to say back into her heart.
“The future… sometimes you just can’t predict it!”
She lowered her head.
These words weren’t just for Qin Nuo—they were also for herself.
Yu Yang arrived at the scene ahead of schedule.
She felt the atmosphere around her was unusually intense.
Lin Shu appeared from nowhere and grabbed Yu Yang, dragging her toward the conference room.
Yu Yang was confused but obediently followed.
Just as she got a chance to catch her breath, Lin Shu pushed her inside.
Yu Yang looked at the people sitting next to the producer.
She felt an urge to curse.
These CEOs… do they have that much free time?!
Lin Shu pointed to the first person seated.
“This is our drama’s female lead, Yu Yang. Every project she’s participated in has been very successful!”
Pei Yuheng sat there, wearing a sharply tailored black suit. His eyes were dark and unreadable, his facial lines tense. He glanced at Yu Yang without much expression.
Yu Yang inwardly complained:
—All show, no substance!
—A wolf in sheep’s clothing!
Pei Yuheng cast a sidelong glance at Yu Yang.
“Miss Yu, hello.”
Yu Yang wanted to shout those three words back, but she thought better of it. Letting anyone know about their connection would actually hinder her own career development.
She didn’t understand all the business jargon and could only sit on the side, spacing out.
Her gaze suddenly landed on the young man next to Pei Yuheng.
He seemed to be a manager at DY Enterprises. Yu Yang had once seen others fawning over him before.
Now, seeing that young man standing respectfully behind Pei Yuheng, she was confused.
Eventually, Yu Yang was left alone.
Gu Xing looked puzzled but maintained professional composure.
He left politely.
Pei Yuheng tapped the table a few times.
“What’s your relationship with Xie Huaili?”
Pei Yuheng had to admit that his calm demeanor was only barely under control.
Looking at Yu Yang, he wasn’t sure if he could completely restrain himself if she said something.
Seeing Pei Yuheng’s hands on the table, Yu Yang smirked.
“So, Uncle is so free, he even wants to pry into my personal life?”
As she spoke, her fingers “walked” across the table, inching closer to Pei Yuheng.
Pei Yuheng tapped her hand with something.
“Since I’m your senior, I have the right to ask about your matters.”
He crossed his hands and stared at her, his heart churning with a strange pang as he looked at her stubborn face.
“I just have a good relationship with his wife. On the other hand, I don’t like seeing good actors being exploited by you capitalists. Besides, I went to my dad, not you. Uncle, why are you meddling so much?”
Suddenly, Pei Yuheng stood up, hands pressed on the table, eyes fixed on Yu Yang like a predator.
“You should understand—it’s not that I want to interfere. It’s your father who called me, asking me to help you!”
Yu Yang gritted her teeth at the sound of the door closing.
—Ahhhh, damn man!
Gu Xing glanced at his boss.
Why did he feel that his boss was in such a good mood?
Then he looked back and saw the glamorous actress from the drama looking wilted, like a flower about to wither.
Gu Xing caught the hint and asked,
“Boss, should we invite Miss Yu to dinner together?”
Pei Yuheng looked at Gu Xing.
“Stop fantasizing. Am I free and bored enough to have dinner with my niece?”
Gu Xing was shocked by Pei Yuheng’s words.
His eyes kept shifting between Pei Yuheng and Yu Yang.
He really doubted their relationship.
To him, these two seemed like characters in a novel, meeting after a messy breakup—hardly like a senior-junior family relation.
Xu Wang stared at Yu Yang.
“Sis, what’s wrong with you?”
“I feel like eating meat!”
Xu Wang and director Lin Shu exchanged wide-eyed glances, then watched Yu Yang leave in a rush.
Once she was out of sight, Xu Wang leaned toward Lin Shu.
“What happened?”
“Who knows!”
Yu Yang’s whole demeanor screamed, don’t mess with me.
The makeup artists glanced at the two assistants on the side and wisely stayed quiet.
All in all, Yu Yang’s face was sour all day.
Tianxing Entertainment.
Though it was part of the Pei family’s enterprises, Pei Yuheng rarely intervened.
This time he came only on someone’s request.
The Jiangcheng branch had always been managed by Pei Huan’s younger brother, Pei Jue.
Before Pei Yuheng returned to the Pei family, Pei Jue was undoubtedly the most outstanding heir.
After Pei Yuheng appeared, Pei Jue was essentially sidelined by the old master.
Pei Yuheng had planned to invite Pei Jue to Kyoto, but he refused.
At first, Pei Yuheng didn’t understand why. But now, watching his assistant shyly lower his head and walk quickly, he suddenly realized:
Heroes have always struggled with beauty.
No wonder Pei Jue was willing to leave the place he had lived for so long.
Pei Jue noticed Pei Yuheng watching him closely.
“What, jealous of me?”
Pei Yuheng neither answered nor denied.
If the old master had chosen another illegitimate son, Pei Jue might not have left so easily.
But it was Pei Yuheng—Pei Jue didn’t even try to compete.
He wasn’t a qualified leader.
All these years, being constantly watched had exhausted him.
“You said yesterday you planned to sign Xie Huaili. Do you know his breach-of-contract fee?”
“Only three hundred million!”
Hearing Pei Yuheng’s calm words, Pei Jue’s expression cracked slightly.
“You make it sound so easy!”
“It comes from my private account.”
Pei Jue frowned.
“You need to recognize your current status with her!”
“It’s not for her!”
“Yeah, right!”
Before Pei Yuheng returned to the Pei family, Pei Jue had already met him.
He knew Pei Yuheng and the so-called woman who had wronged him.
After learning that his elder brother had recognized his biological daughter, he had doubted it and even sent someone to investigate. In the end, the truth left him no choice but to admit fate’s irony.
Pei Jue lounged lazily in his chair.
“Pei Yu, you’re treading dangerous ground!”
He didn’t call him Pei Yuheng or address him as “uncle,” but said Pei Yu—a name Pei Yuheng didn’t know how to respond to.
“I know!”
Pei Jue irritably grabbed a cigarette and walked toward the liquor cabinet.
“If you can’t control yourself, the old master will eventually notice!”
Pei Yuheng took the glass Pei Jue handed him and stared at the liquid inside.
“He won’t know.”