Su Chengzi sneered contemptuously: “What kind of person are you? If you want to help someone, you should know your own limitations. If you had your own car, you could send anyone you want—but is this car yours? How dare you drive it? Do you even have the qualifications?”
Ye Xiruo smiled gently: “Miss Su, I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood. Wang Xing is Li Wanbai’s personal driver, so he has the right to drive the company-issued car. In fact, although this car is nominally for Xiaobai, only Wang Xing is qualified to drive it.”
As she finished speaking, Wang Xing’s expression became momentarily unnatural. He raised his voice: “If I’m not qualified, then are you, an outsider, qualified? This is Canyang Entertainment—what does it have to do with you? If you’re not from here, get lost! Don’t stand there being an eyesore!”
“You said yourself that Wang Xing is qualified to drive, but that’s on the condition that he’s Li Wanbai’s personal driver. What qualifications does a fired driver have?” Su Chengzi nudged Li Wanbai with her elbow. “What are you standing there for? Join the argument already!”
Li Wanbai’s focus was clearly different from everyone else’s. Looking at Ye Xiruo with admiration, she exclaimed: “You actually have four personal drivers? That’s amazing.”
She only had one, and it was someone like Wang Xing.
Ye Xiruo choked on her words, clearly not expecting Li Wanbai to say such a thing. She smiled awkwardly, as if her skills had failed to land.
After her moment of amazement, Li Wanbai smiled and said: “Duo Duo is right. His qualifications come from being my driver. But now that I’ve fired him, he naturally no longer has that qualification.”
Wang Xing fumed with anger: “Li Wanbai, as a public figure, how can you be so petty and unreasonable! Who do you think you are, firing me just like that?”
Ye Xiruo nodded in agreement: “Xiaobai, I don’t mean to criticize you, but since you’re already a celebrity, you should pay more attention to your words and actions. You’re so popular now—how can you not understand such a simple principle? Wang Xing was assigned to you by the company. No matter what, you should endure it. How can you fire him so casually? What will the company think? It won’t reflect well on you if this gets out. Those who know might say Wang Xing accidentally misspoke and offended you, but those who don’t will think you’re willful, difficult, and hard to please. Think about it carefully.”
Hearing this, Wang Xing shot Ye Xiruo a grateful look, then turned to Li Wanbai with utter disgust: “Miss Ye is so understanding and clever. I really don’t know why the company would choose someone as useless as you to be the face of the company.”
“What else could it be? Of course because I’m more beautiful than the Miss Ye you mentioned,” Li Wanbai said with a beaming smile. “You agree with that, don’t you, Xiruo?”
Ye Xiruo’s expression stiffened when addressed. Not being as beautiful as Li Wanbai had always been her obsession. Her face could be described as having undergone countless procedures—no one knew how many surgeries she’d had. Suddenly having Li Wanbai point it out directly, a flash of resentment crossed her face, though it quickly vanished without a trace. She smiled and nodded: “That’s right. The reason Xiaobai became the face of our company is naturally because of her stunning, nation-toppling beauty.”
Su Chengzi glared at her: “What? Are you implying that Xiaobai is useless aside from her face?”
“I never said that, Miss Su. Don’t jump to conclusions—you’re being too sensitive.”
“If your personality is too difficult to handle, no man would dare to take you.” Ye Xiruo said with a beaming smile, “Xiaobai has already married Teacher Yu. Miss Su, you don’t even have a boyfriend, do you? Could it be that you also like the type like Teacher Yu? Let me say one more thing—there are hardly any men as outstanding as Teacher Yu in this world. If Miss Su also likes someone like Teacher Yu, I’m afraid you’ll end up alone for the rest of your life.”
“What does that have to do with you?” Before Su Chengzi could burst out cursing, Li Wanbai spoke first, “What does it matter to you whether Duo Duo likes someone like Yu Baichuan or not? What does it matter to you whether she finds a boyfriend or not? What does it matter to you if I fire my own driver? Xiruo, one shouldn’t be too meddlesome in life—be careful it doesn’t shorten your lifespan.”
Ye Xiruo was left speechless by her words, standing frozen in place. Li Wanbai had never spoken to her so harshly before.
Usually, if not ingratiating, she was at least polite, especially since she still held…
Thinking of this, Ye Xiruo curled her lips: “Xiaobai, when did you become so sharp-tongued? That’s a good thing. Mu Sang and I have been worrying every day that you’d be crushed by the online haters and wouldn’t know how to fight back. It seems now that we were worrying over nothing. If I tell Mu Sang about this, he’ll definitely be happy for you.”
Her words were laden with implication, every sentence a threat.
Li Wanbai looked completely baffled: “Tell him if you want.”
Mu Sang? Who’s that? Don’t know him.
Ye Xiruo stood utterly stunned, completely bewildered. What was going on? The situation had completely exceeded her expectations.
Before, whenever she brought up Mu Sang, Li Wanbai would always obediently comply. She had even mocked Li Wanbai before—mixing fish eyes with pearls, liking someone like Mu Sang while ignoring Yu Baichuan. Clearly, she could have had both, yet she insisted on making a choice. How utterly foolish.
What was happening now? Had she changed?
“Xiaobai, you’re not still angry with Mu Sang, are it? I heard about that incident. He really didn’t mean to make you have an allergic reaction to pollen. If you ask me, the main fault lies with you. Why didn’t you mention your pollen allergy earlier?”
Ye Xiruo looked at Li Wanbai with disappointment, “You have no idea how many florists Mu Sang visited just to pick the most vibrant, most fragrant bouquet of roses to make you happy. But then you had an allergic reaction and fainted right in front of him. Do you have any idea how heartbroken Mu Sang was during that time? And you didn’t even offer a single apology.”
Li Wanbai laughed in anger: “Are you saying that I should apologize to him for him causing my allergic reaction? Please, pretty girl, are you out of your mind?”
At this moment, she deeply hated her tendency to be swayed by appearances. Staring at Ye Xiruo’s beautiful, gentle face, she could only manage to say this much.
This was when having a reliable teammate really showed its value.
Su Chengzi started cursing: “Can you not understand human language? She already said she doesn’t know Mu Sang, doesn’t know Mu Sang! Take that effeminate man and get as far away from us as possible! Don’t come bothering our Xiaobai! Besides, are you brainless, heartless, deaf, or blind? Since you’ve already heard what happened, don’t you understand that it was Mu Sang who actively came to our Xiaobai with a bouquet of those tacky, common roses that you can find in any flower shop?”
I’ve already said that Xiaobai is allergic and told him not to come over, but he just charged straight ahead as if he couldn’t understand a word, which ended up sending Xiaobai to the hospital with pollen allergies. No matter how you look at it, the fault lies with him, right? You’re not making him apologize, but instead want our Xiaobai to apologize? That’s bullshit!