In the office, there was a moment of awkwardness.
Xu Hao’s hand holding the phone shook slightly, and he turned his expressionless gaze to Shen Wenqian.
“Give me an explanation that will save you from being strangled by me.”
Shen Wenqian: “…”
Shen Wenqian was still a bit confused.
What interview?
What innocent victim?
He snatched the phone from Xu Hao’s hand, browsed through the news quickly, and then clicked on the interview video.
In the video, the ‘mysterious woman’ wore a mask, showing only a pair of attractive peach blossom eyes.
Shen Wenqian turned his head and silently looked at Ruan Qi.
“Why are you looking at her?
Look at me!” Xu Hao said sternly with furrowed brows at him, “Do you have any idea of your current situation?
Why are you running around outside?
It’s bad enough that you’re out there, but not even in disguise!
You’re asking for trouble with Jinhua’s—”
“Let me explain.”
“You explain?
What right do you have to speak for him?
You—” Xu Hao reflexively snapped back, but before he could finish, Ruan Qi reached up and took off her mask.
Xu Hao was instantly speechless.
Being in the entertainment industry, he was always particularly sensitive to beauty.
He stared at Ruan Qi’s face, mesmerized, his heart pounding ‘thump thump thump’ for a few beats.
Manager Tang from the Public Relations Department beside them showed an expression as if he was about to die.
“Hello, Mr.
Xu.
My name is Ruan Qi.”
Ruan Qi extended her hand.
Xu Hao looked down blankly, his eyes falling on her hand.
White, delicate, soft—so tempting to hold.
As if bewitched, Xu Hao reached out cautiously to touch the tips of her fingers.
The soft, delicate feeling made his heart tremble, and he was momentarily dazed.
“Hello, you…” Xu Hao stuttered.
Shen Wenqian couldn’t bear to watch and painfully turned his head away.
Ruan Qi’s peach blossom eyes curved into a soft and fluffy smile.
“Mr.
Xu, I am about to sign as an artist under Brother Shen’s management.”
Xu Hao: “Oh…
an artist…”
He was confused for two seconds.
Then, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed in a high-pitched voice. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
“What did you say?!
About to sign under whose management?!!!”
Ruan Qi, feeling the buzzing in her ears from the scream, slowly pointed at Shen Wenqian with a slow tone, “Under Brother Shen’s management~”
Xu Hao: “…”
He rubbed his face, had Manager Tang leave, and then closed the door behind him with the back of his hand.
“What exactly is going on?”
Xu Hao asked, looking at the both Ruan Qi and Shen Wenqian, “What signing?
What’s the relationship between you two?
And what about that interview online?”
“I took the liberty of doing that interview,” Ruan Qi said.
“It has nothing to do with Brother Shen.”
“Miss Ruan, do you realize that because of that interview, the attention on Old Shen, which had finally started to die down a bit, is now all over the place again?
He’s on the razor’s edge right now, and with you doing this, aren’t you harming him?”
Possibly out of concern for Shen Wenqian, Xu Hao’s tone was a bit harsh.
Shen Wenqian was scared to death.
This ancestor in front of him was someone who could make the Head of the Qin Family bow and apologize.
Xu Hao speaking to her like this—was he tired of living?
Shen Wenqian frantically made eye signals to Xu Hao, but Xu Hao was so infuriated by Ruan Qi’s actions that he glared at her like lightbulbs, completely ignoring Shen Wenqian.
“I understand Mr.
Xu’s concerns, but Brother Shen is indeed innocent,” Ruan Qi said.
Xu Hao: “Of course I know he’s innocent!
But it’s not something that can be dealt with just by saying so!”
“The video released by Yao Xue has become ironclad evidence to netizens.
Now if you say Old Shen is innocent, it will only make people angrier and will plunge Old Shen into an even more difficult situation.”
“In this industry, there are truths you just can’t speak aloud.
Once you do, you’ll only hurt the other person.”