The air around them seemed to freeze. The kiss lasted only a few seconds. By the time Li Jin reacted and was about to push Wen Ting away, she had already released him.
She then cast a provocative glance at Xu Man, who stood behind her, dumbfounded.
“Did you see that clearly? I don’t care about your precious Lu Jue.” Wen Ting looked sideways at Li Jin, enunciating every word: “The one I’ve set my eyes on is him!”
Xu Man’s gaze remained full of shock. She opened her mouth, about to say something, when Li Jin’s cold, low voice rang out.
“Scram!”
Xu Man had been dating Lu Jue for three months and had met Li Jin before, but she didn’t dare provoke this man in the slightest. She turned and hurried away without a second thought.
Wen Ting crossed her arms, a smile blooming on her face as she turned to look at Li Jin.
“Why did you make her leave? Want to continue?”
Li Jin: “I meant for you to scram too.”
Wen Ting: “…”
She didn’t move, and Li Jin didn’t say anything more. He simply turned and walked away.
Wen Ting quickly grabbed his arm. “Wait a second!”
Facing his unfriendly gaze, Wen Ting kept the smile on her face. “Add me on WeChat.”
“No.”
With that, Li Jin frowned, removed Wen Ting’s hand from his arm, and turned to leave directly.
“Hey, you—how can you be so ungrateful? I made the first move! Li Jin, you’re the first person I’ve ever voluntarily asked to add on WeChat.”
Wen Ting followed behind him, her mouth running nonstop.
Just then, Li Jin’s footsteps came to a halt.
At the corner, Fu Shichu was standing there, his gaze clearly somewhat stunned as he looked at the two of them.
Wen Ting paused, then called out obediently, “Hello, President Fu.”
Fu Shichu continued to size up the pair. “Mm, you two…”
“I want to get President Li’s contact info to pursue him. President Fu, our company’s artists are allowed to date, right?” Wen Ting asked bluntly.
Li Jin: “…”
Fu Shichu: “…”
“Of course, of course. If you can win him over, you can even get married.”
Li Jin was a major shareholder of Shi Xing—how could it not be allowed!
“Great, thank you, President Fu.”
Wen Ting was about to ask for the WeChat again when her phone rang. It was Gu Ye calling. She frowned slightly. “Well, you two chat. I’ll head off first.”
Fu Shichu watched Wen Ting’s retreating figure with a smile on his face.
“No wonder you said her appetite was big earlier! So Wen Ting’s target is you. If A-Jue finds out about this, he’ll definitely be furious!” Fu Shichu clicked his tongue, then continued, “What about you? Any feelings for her?”
Li Jin’s voice was cold and indifferent. “No feelings. Don’t overthink it.”
Fu Shichu stared at Li Jin’s face. “Really? Then why is there lipstick on your mouth? That shade looks like the one Wen Ting was wearing tonight. What were you two doing in the bathroom just now?”
Li Jin: “…”
He cursed inwardly, then turned and headed back toward the bathroom.
Wen Ting answered the call. Gu Ye was also attending a business dinner at this hotel, so she headed straight over.
When she arrived at the parking lot, she spotted Gu Ye from a distance, leaning against his Maybach. A woman was standing in front of him.
It was Xu Man.
The two of them seemed to be talking about something.
Wen Ting narrowed her eyes slightly. For all her talk about how much she cared about Lu Jue, here she was already looking for her next catch.
Trying to become my sister-in-law?
Go to hell.
Wen Ting strode over with fierce momentum, but by the time she got there, Xu Man had already left.
“Tingting, did you have fun at the gathering? No one bothered you, right?”
Wen Ting ignored his words and asked instead, “What did that woman say to you?”
Gu Ye looked puzzled. “Xu Man? She wanted my contact information.”
“You gave it to her?”
Gu Ye nodded. He knew Xu Man was the female lead in Wen Ting’s drama, so he’d given it. Seeing Wen Ting’s displeased expression, he immediately asked, “What’s wrong? Is she bullying you on set?”
Wen Ting wasn’t the type to bottle up her grievances. Since childhood, whenever something happened, she’d immediately go tattle to her eldest brother—and this was no exception.
“Yeah. She’s Lu Jue’s ex-girlfriend. She misunderstood my relationship with Lu Jue and spread rumors on set that I’m a homewrecker.”
The moment she finished speaking, Gu Ye’s expression changed. “I’ll delete her right now.”
“Good.”
After getting in the car, Gu Ye continued, “Want your big brother to give her a warning for you?”
Wen Ting pondered for two seconds. “No need. Did you see the slap mark on her face? I did that. If she doesn’t clear up those rumors by tomorrow, we’ll talk then.”
Gu Ye smiled, his expression full of doting affection. “Alright.”
The car drove along the bustling road, and Wen Ting remembered running into Gu Yuan in the elevator earlier. She looked at Gu Ye in the driver’s seat.
“Big brother, is Li Jin very close with Gu Yuan?”
“Not really. They just have some business dealings between their companies.”
Hearing this, Wen Ting nodded thoughtfully.
She and Gu Yuan were similar in age and had never gotten along since childhood. Back in middle school, Gu Yuan had formed a clique to ostracize her. Relying on her excellent grades, she’d also show off in front of their grandparents, mocking Wen Ting both openly and subtly.
In university, no one knew Wen Ting’s identity, but Gu Yuan’s was public knowledge.
Relying on her background, Gu Yuan had even stolen the first boyfriend Wen Ting ever had.
“What’s wrong, Tingting?”
“Nothing.” Wen Ting shook her head.
She thought to herself—if Gu Yuan liked Li Jin, that would be really interesting.
“Oh, right, big brother. Do you have Li Jin’s WeChat?”
“No.”
The Gu and Li families were sworn rivals—how could the two of them possibly have each other on WeChat?
“Are you really planning to pursue Li Jin? Tingting, I know he’s not your type. Don’t go provoking Li Jin.”
Gu Ye had always thought Wen Ting was just saying it casually before!
“Come on, big brother, don’t worry. I’ll definitely hide my identity well. I won’t drag you down at all—I can even help you snatch projects from the Li family. And once I win him over and deal with Gu Nanshen’s love rival for him, I’ll dump Li Jin.”
Wen Ting’s eyes sparkled. “Think about it—your sworn enemy got dumped by your little sister. Doesn’t that just sound satisfying?”
Gu Ye pressed his lips together. Li Jin had been one-upping him at every turn lately—it did sound pretty satisfying!
Wen Ting continued, “Big brother, no WeChat? You must at least have his contact info, right?”
That, he actually did have.
But Gu Ye didn’t want to give it. Unfortunately, Wen Ting kept acting cute the entire way there.
After arriving at the villa, Gu Ye finally gave Li Jin’s contact information to Wen Ting.
Back in her room, Wen Ting eagerly opened WeChat and searched for the phone number—but nothing came up.
She frowned slightly, then fiddled with her phone for a bit.
Li Jin had just finished two business dinners and returned to his villa when his phone rang.
[Feeling lonely late at night? Need a beautiful woman to chat with? More passionate services await…]
Li Jin pressed his lips together.
What trashy spam.
He was about to delete it when he accidentally tapped the link. Li Jin was about to go back, but his phone had already jumped to the page.
On the screen was a QR code business card.
In the center was a photo—a close-up of a face.
Even with only the facial features visible, Li Jin still recognized it.
It was Wen Ting.
Then he looked at the information on the card, and fell completely silent.
He was utterly speechless.