"Ruoxi, was that your older brother on the phone just now?" Although your older brother tried his best to suppress his original voice, anyone familiar with him could still recognize it.

"Mmm." Jian Ruoxi nodded. She didn't know how to tell Lu Jin how she felt.

It is both complex and chaotic.

Su Ziyu, who had just turned off the live stream, was a little worried about Jian Ruoxi. He opened their chat window and was about to send her a message to say hello, but hesitated when he clicked send.

In the end, he still chose to ask Lu Jin, "Director Lu, how is Ruoxi? Before the live broadcast ended, I noticed that she didn't look very good."

Lu Jin looked at Ruoxi, who was leaning against his arm, and sighed helplessly.

Su Ziyu truly cares about Ruoxi.

But it seems that her older brother's position in Ruoxi's heart has not diminished much because of the separation.

It will probably be difficult for Su Ziyu to win Ruoxi's heart.

"Ruoxi is asleep. Can I ask her to reply tomorrow?"

Su Ziyu didn't say anything more, quietly leaning back in his chair, recalling today's live broadcast.

What puzzled him most was the mysterious phone call Ruoxi received today.

Although most people thought that phone call was normal, just a fan expressing their love for the artist.

But in his view, it seems to be more than that.

Men have a keen intuition about things or people that feel threatened.

"Could it be that the person who answered the phone today was Lu Shen?" The thought struck him as somewhat unbelievable.

How is that possible?

Considering Ruoxi's unusual behavior later on, he became even more certain that what he thought was probably true.

"Lu Shen, you already have Li Anran, why are you still bothering Ruoxi?"

Su Ziyu angrily slammed the cup on the table to the ground, but even that couldn't quell his anger.

Do you think that by pulling on Ruoxi like a kite string, she will still be yours?

"With me here, it's impossible. Sooner or later, I will make Ruoxi forget you completely."

Lu Jin was busy all day, so he stayed at Jian Ruoxi's house that night and fell asleep as soon as he got into bed.

"I really envy your carefree attitude," Jian Ruoxi murmured as she tucked Lu Jin in.

She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

What Lu Shen said today kept replaying in my mind.

"Lu Shen, what you said today, was it just an act, or were you speaking from the heart?"

If it were just a charade, she could have an easier time.

But if it's genuine, she doesn't know how to handle it.

"It's best if it's not true, so I can continue working without distractions."

Li Anran also couldn't sleep that night.

"I can't be mistaken, that's Ah Shen's voice."

"Ah Shen, you've already wronged me once, are you going to wrong me a second time?"

If it weren't for her boss reminding her, she probably would have really left, leaving Lu Shen and Jian Ruoxi to enjoy themselves alone.

That day, the boss found her and the first thing he asked her was, "Li Anran, are you willing to accept this?"

"You've sacrificed so much—your body, your pain, even the life of a child—and yet, Lu Shen hasn't even glanced back at you."

"child?"

Li Anran only realized then that she had lost her child, because Lu Shen persuaded her to have an abortion.

Even if this child was born after she had suffered countless humiliations, it was still a piece of her flesh.

Li Anran shed tears of regret.

"So, do you want revenge? For your dead child, for yourself, defeat Lu Shen?"

"When Lu Shenyi has nothing left, he will naturally be yours."

This condition really appealed to Li Anran, so she agreed to the bald man's suggestion to create an accident to lure Lu Shen to rescue her, and then gradually get closer to him.

She had approached Lu Shen with hatred in her heart, but whenever she saw his face, she couldn't help but soften her heart for the man she had once been attracted to.

She wished he could like her a little more; if he did, she would be completely on his side.

But the final result left her extremely disappointed.

Lu Shen's affections are now reserved solely for Jian Ruoxi.

"In that case, Ah Shen, don't blame me for teaming up with others to deal with you."

The next day, the first news to break online was about Han Mingyi being proposed to by a sasaeng fan during a live stream, which immediately made headlines.

Is a fan's public marriage proposal to a female celebrity a sign of true love?

"Have they had any private interactions?"

Netizens engaged in heated discussions online about Han Mingyi's incident yesterday, and even uncovered the identity of the middle-aged man involved.

"I heard he's the CEO of a real estate company."

"A wealthy man is proposing to Han Mingyi. Will Han Mingyi agree?"

Han Mingyi doesn't even dare to go out now, because there are already quite a few entertainment reporters waiting to interview her outside.

Having no other option, she called her agent and asked him to come up with a solution immediately.

"Could you please clear those people out the door quickly?"

The agent was also quite helpless. He hadn't really agreed with Han Mingyi's insistence on entering Jian Ruoxi's live stream room.

After all, we haven't negotiated with Jian Ruoxi's agent yet, so it wouldn't be good to just go in rashly.

But Han Mingyi insisted, and he couldn't say anything. Riding the wave of popularity would also benefit his artist. At worst, he would apologize to Ran Jie more afterward.

Who would have thought that something would still happen in the end, and it was on their side again.

"I just arrived at the entrance of Huarui Company, and I don't know if Ran Jie will see me."

He guessed that Huarui might be behind this, and that as long as Ran Jie was willing to help them this time, everything would be negotiable.

"If Ran Jie won't see you, can't you think of other solutions? You keep coming to me for advice, what's the point of hiring you?"

Han Mingyi angrily hung up the phone, went to the window, and just as she opened a crack in the curtains, she saw many cameras pointing in her direction, which startled her so much that she quickly closed the curtains tightly.

"An old man selling his broken house wants me to marry him? He's dreaming!"

"He's caused me so much trouble, I don't want to see him again."

When the receptionist saw Han Mingyi's agent enter, she asked with a standard smile, "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Ran Jie."

Do you have an appointment?

Han Mingyi's agent lowered his head in shame. "I didn't have an appointment." If he had, he wouldn't be so worried.

Upon hearing that he was Han Mingyi's agent, the receptionist immediately gestured for him to enter.

"Brother Ran Jie said that if you come, you can go directly up to him without making an appointment in advance."

The agent was startled; did Ran Jie know he was coming to see him?

With a belly full of questions, the agent took the elevator to Ran Jie's office.