“Miss, was the person just now Shen Wenqian?”
Ruan Qi glanced at him and nodded her head.
The man’s eyes lit up, and he pushed the camera further forward.
Ruan Qi stepped back and raised her hand to block it.
“Just ask whatever you want, but don’t shove the camera in my face,” she said softly and gently.
The man in his forties blushed under her peach blossom gaze, stopping the camera-pushing motion.
“So…
what’s your relationship with Shen Wenqian?
Are you aware of the recent events involving him?
Has Shen Wenqian expressed apologies or remorse to Yao Xue?”
Clearly, this man was a sly one.
No matter whether Ruan Qi answered yes or no to his last question, he would be led by the nose.
The man excitedly anticipated the young girl falling into the trap he had set.
“My relationship with Shen Wenqian is currently not something I can reveal,” Ruan Qi began with a bombshell statement.
You can’t say, huh!
A relationship that can’t be discussed is the most interesting of all!
The man’s pupils dilated with excitement, and he hastily asked, “Then, has Shen Wenqian expressed his apologies and remorse to you concerning Yao Xue?”
“Apologies?
Remorse?” Ruan Qi looked puzzled, “Why would Shen Wenqian need to apologize and show remorse to Yao Xue?”
The man was taken aback for a moment.
“You don’t know about the recent incident with Shen Wenqian?”
Ruan Qi nodded, matter-of-factly saying, “Well, of course I know.
You mean the harassing a female artist thing.”
Man: “Then you still…”
I definitely wouldn’t believe that he would harass a female artist, otherwise, I wouldn’t have chosen him.”
“He hasn’t harassed Yao Xue, nor does he need to apologize or show remorse towards her.
I have answered your questions, now please step back.”
Having said that, Ruan Qi waved her hand and retreated behind the glass door.
The man was dumbfounded, uttering ‘Oh’ as he held his camera and turned to leave.
Halfway out, he suddenly stopped.
Strange!
Why was he listening to her?
And ‘please step back’?
Who did this young lady think she was talking to?
——*——*——
When Shen Wenqian returned to his car, he saw that there were no reporters around Ruan Qi and heaved a sigh of relief.
He waved to Ruan Qi and then drove her away from Dynasty Hall.
Just as Shen Wenqian’s car had left, a line of people emerged from the hall.
The leader, a tall man, stopped and thoughtfully watched the car disappear.
“Master Xi?” the person behind him asked cautiously.
Xi Jiu looked away.
That person: “Master Xi, is there something wrong?”
“No,” Xi Jiu shook his head slightly, his cold eyes narrowing, “I just saw someone familiar.”
——*——*——
Ruan Qi followed Shen Wen up the elevator from the underground parking lot, all the way to the sixteenth floor.
The secretary responsible for reception saw Shen Wen and, without reporting, simply pointed to the chairman’s office and said, “The big boss is resting.”
Shen Wen nodded and pushed the door to the office open directly.
The office was a mess, with documents and papers strewn about on the table.
Shen Wen walked over and kicked the man on his body.
“Wake up.”
Ruan Qi watched this scene, her peach blossom eyes sparkling.
“They are friends of more than twenty years,” a familiar voice echoed in her mind.
Inside the System, Bai Li, dressed in a gray Gentleman’s suit, clicked on the virtual screen in front of him.
A stream of information flowed into Ruan Qi’s mind.
“Xu Hao, the chairman of Jinhua Entertainment, and Shen Wen have been childhood friends.
They are very close and later joined hands to establish Jinhua Entertainment, each holding a fifty percent share.”
Bai Li stroked his white beard, braided into a plait, and continued, “The reason why Jinhua has managed to stand its ground in the cut-throat entertainment industry over the past four years is because of their mutual trust and impeccable cooperation.”
“Girl, this is also the reason I had you choose Shen Wen.
Although he’s just an agent, his status in Jinhua is akin to that of a second boss.
Signing with him means you won’t have to worry about resources in the future.”
Ruan Qi flipped through Jinhua’s profile in her mind, while the sleeping Xu Hao was roused by Shen Wen’s kick.
He opened his eyes groggily and upon seeing Shen Wen, he sprang up from the couch in a snap.
“Why are you back already?
Didn’t I tell you to take a few days off?” Xu Hao squawked, “Right now, Jinhua is surrounded by reporters and paparazzi.
Showing up now, do you want to be beaten to death with their cameras?”
No sooner had he finished speaking, the office door was kicked open once again.
“Boss, we’ve got a big problem!
A huge one!!!”
Manager Tang from the Public Relations Department burst in with his phone, wailing as he rushed up to Xu Hao and shoved the phone screen into his face.
“Brother Shen was seen intimately entering and leaving Dynasty Hall with an unknown woman, who claimed in an interview that Brother Shen is an innocent victim!”
“The previously suppressed trending topics are rising again, and the whole internet is slandering us.”
“Boss, our Jinhua ‘house’ is about to be brought down by the cursing!”
Xu Hao removed the phone that was pushed into his face, glanced at the photo of the mysterious woman on Weibo, and then— slowly lifted his head, his gaze moving past Shen Wen and falling on Ruan Qi’s face.