Chapter 5 Was she being bullied...?

Damn, so what if you have long legs?

Finally realizing what had just happened, Li Youliang stood up angrily, wondering what had gotten into his artist this time.

Xin Qi didn't know what had gotten into him. Ten years had passed, but hearing that name still triggered his reaction, and without thinking, he rushed out to see it.

Knowing full well that it wasn't that person, and that it was probably just a homonym, he regretted it the moment he rushed out to open the door.

Even though the door was already open, he still instinctively glanced out into the corridor.

He hadn't expected that a mere casual glance would freeze him completely, leaving him stunned.

In front of the elevator, a thin, small figure stood there, constantly rubbing his lower back, looking quite uncomfortable.

Actually, Yu Yue isn't short; she's over 1.6 meters tall, which is average. But compared to someone who's 1.87 meters tall, she looks quite small.

She was waiting for the elevator. She had been bowing for too long and her back was aching. Her head was also feeling dizzy and throbbing, and she felt very uncomfortable.

It's all that bastard Xin Xiaoqi's fault. He didn't reply to a single word, leaving her standing there bowing like an idiot.

God knows that when she first got up, she was seeing stars, and it took her a long time to recover.

Yu Yue gritted her teeth, inwardly cursing the other party.

That guy's personality is still as awful as ever, unchanged from when he was a child.

Don't let me see him again... or I'll make him pay!

Yu Yue was making a harsh statement in her mind when she suddenly seemed to sense something. She subconsciously turned around and bumped into a pair of dark, inky eyes.

Yu Yue had always known that Xin Xiaoqi's pupils were darker and more intense than the average person's. Combined with his prominent brow bone and heroic eyebrows, his eyes appeared deep and calm. Especially when he looked at you silently like that, it gave you the feeling that a storm was brewing, making you inexplicably nervous.

Time seemed to freeze, then quickly rewind ten years. The golden marble floor of the hotel gradually faded, turning into gray cement and mottled white walls. Once, in the corridor of my junior high school, a boy stood quietly in the crowd, watching her.

Yu Yue's heart almost skipped a beat. She turned her head at lightning speed, pretending that she hadn't seen anything.

Her heart was pounding, and she felt stiff all over. She could even feel someone staring at the back of her head, practically igniting sparks.

Holy crap! Why is Xin Xiaoqi there?!

Holy crap, it really is Xin Xiaoqi! When did he come out?!

Please, please don't recognize her! You probably don't look very similar when you were a child, right?

How did he get out? Yu Yue couldn't believe it.

Could it be a coincidence? Did the other person just happen to be out for a walk?

Yes, it must be a coincidence; the other person definitely didn't recognize her.

But who the hell would take a walk in a hotel corridor for no reason?!

Could it be that he chased after her? I didn't give anything away just now.

Yu Yue was filled with regret. Why did she have to turn around at such a convenient time?

Otherwise, you wouldn't make eye contact with the other person, and if you don't make eye contact, you might not be able to recognize them.

She desperately wanted to run away, but unfortunately there were no stairs, only two elevators, and neither of them was coming for a long time.

Even when things were at their worst, she never uttered a single kind word. Now, the tables have turned, and ten years later, as a corporate slave, she's forced to go to his door to apologize—it's utterly humiliating.

Just then, Yu Yue suddenly felt a dark shadow appear above her head.

She subconsciously looked up...

His handsome face was gloomy and stern. The arrogant eyebrows and corners of his mouth that were raised in the red carpet photos were now heavy and droopy, as if the whole world owed him a million dollars.

'--bite'

The elevator doors finally opened slowly, and without thinking, she stepped inside.

Xin Qi snorted coldly, and skillfully reached out to grab her collar from behind, as if it were muscle memory.

"Wait." A deep voice sounded behind her, and Yu Yue froze, not daring to move.

So why did the elevator take so long to come up?

In an instant, Yu Yue felt her blood rush to her head, and her mind exploded.

At that moment, only two words were on her mind...

We're doomed.

The next second, Yu Yue felt her vision go black, her throat tighten, and she couldn't breathe. She fell straight backward as if she had suddenly lost power.

Before losing consciousness, she seemed to hear the other person's shocked voice calling her name.

"Yu Yue!!"

...

When Yu Yue woke up, she found herself lying in a luxurious single room in a private hospital.

A needle was inserted into the back of her hand, and drops of medicine dripped from the IV bag above her head, continuously being delivered into her veins.

She turned her head and saw a manager standing by the bed with a helpless expression.

"You're awake." The other person said upon seeing her wake up.

"Hmm..." Yu Yue hurriedly tried to get up by supporting herself on the edge of the bed, but he stopped her with his hand.

"Lie down, your fever hasn't completely gone down yet, don't faint again."

Yu Yue finally remembered that when she was waiting for the elevator, Xin Xiaoqi suddenly appeared and she fainted.

So I subconsciously looked behind the other person...

"Stop looking, he has an event tomorrow, he's leaving now." Li Youliang said, looking her up and down with a strange and complicated gaze. "Once you're free, I have to catch my late flight."

"Thank you..." Yu Yue's tense nerves relaxed instantly, and she thanked him, "Did you bring me to the hospital? I'm so sorry, I'm much better now and I can manage on my own."

As she spoke, she remembered something, found her phone by the bedside, and opened the payment app. "How much is the medical fee? I'll pay you."

"No need for that trouble, it's not much money." Li Youliang waved his hand. "Besides, Xiao Qi brought you here, so thank him if you want."

God knows how terrified he was when he opened the door and saw the girl lying unconscious in his artist's arms.

For a moment, he even considered how to destroy the evidence, how to face police questioning, and how to fight for his artist's right to bail pending trial.

He didn't realize what had happened until he saw the other person's dark face and anxiously calling for an ambulance.

However… he always felt that there was something between this young girl named Yu Yue and his artist. Before leaving, she specifically told him to wait until the other girl was alright before leaving. He had asked her out of curiosity, but that brat Xin Qi wouldn't say anything, making him feel uncomfortable.

Damn it, he's really worried himself sick.

He's only in his early thirties, but he's already become an exhausted old father, both physically and mentally.

"So, you two know each other?" Li Youliang asked tentatively.

Yu Yue fell silent upon hearing this, not wanting to lie to the other party, but also not wanting to speak.

Since Xin Xiaoqi hadn't told her agent, she figured he must have some concerns, so she wouldn't say anything more. After all, he was a big star now, living under the spotlight, so it was normal for him to have some things he didn't want people to know in the past.

Li Youliang: ...

One or two are like this.

Seeing that she lowered her head and remained silent, Li Youliang could only stand up helplessly. "Now that you're alright, I'm relieved."

He picked up his coat and said, "You should rest here for the night. Don't work too hard. The doctor said that you had a high fever and didn't rest well, and the emotional excitement caused you to faint."

"Okay, thank you." Yu Yue quickly expressed her gratitude, then after a moment's thought, she whispered, "Please thank him for me too..."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Li Youliang nodded, got up and left the ward.

After watching Xin Qi's agent leave, Yu Yue turned her head to look out the window and found that it was already dark outside.

It looked like she had slept for a while. When she turned on her phone, she found countless messages popping up.

Among them were the boss, Huang Jiayan, and friends in the group, all asking how she was doing, what Xin Qi and his agent's reaction was, and whether the matter had been resolved.

Yu Yue replied to each message, then put down her phone and lay there in a daze.

She was thinking about her next steps.

This matter has finally come to an end, but Yu Yue no longer wants to stay at the company.

After countless nights of working overtime, experiencing betrayal from colleagues, and being hospitalized, she now lies in her hospital bed, for the first time seriously considering her future.

Perhaps she should make some changes.

Anyway, at least I need to get away from this lousy company and give myself a short break.

Good health is more important than anything else. You can find another job, and you can earn more money, but you only have one life.

As she pondered, she remembered someone else.

The way he reached out and grabbed the back of her collar was still so practiced. Yu Yue gritted her teeth, never expecting that after so many years, she would be grabbed by the back of her collar again.

The thought of how, when she fainted, the other person grabbed her by the back of her collar and almost lifted her up made her feel so embarrassed that she wanted to find a carpet to crawl into.

Yu Yue turned on her phone's camera and looked at her neck, finding a faint red mark, clearly from when she fainted earlier and was strangled.

Sure enough, it wasn't a dream at all. The red mark mercilessly reminded her that everything that had happened before was real.

Yu Yue let out a soft "Aww" and buried her face in the pillow.

Help! Taishe is dead.

...

In the early hours of the morning, Li Youliang arrived at his hotel after getting off the plane.

Their artist is still awake and waiting for him to come home in the living room.

Li Youliang was moved to tears; this young master Xin had actually gone out of his way to wait for him.

Before he could even feel touched, the other person's first question was, "How is she?"

Li Youliang's tears instantly receded.

Perhaps feeling she was being too concerned, Xin Qi explained, "After all, she had an accident at our hotel, and it would be very troublesome if it wasn't handled properly."

Li Youliang believed it... no way.

"She's fine now; her temperature had gone down considerably when I left."

"Oh." Xin Qi nodded and turned to leave.

Li Youliang: ? ?

"You're just leaving like that?"

“Otherwise what…” Xin Qi glanced at her manager for a moment, then said coolly, “Do you expect me to sleep with you?”

Li Youliang: ...

"Oh right..." Xin Qi suddenly remembered something and stopped in her tracks.

"how?"

Li Youliang looked at the other person, thinking that his artist had a change of heart and was going to say something nice, but then he heard the other person say something else.

"Help me find out about that photography studio." In the dimly lit hotel room, Xin Qi's face was half-hidden in shadow, and her tone was somewhat indifferent.

"What do you want to do?" Li Youliang immediately became alert.

"I didn't intend to do anything." Xin Qi turned around and waved casually. "I just don't like companies that push newcomers out to take the blame."

He had sworn never to see her again. But the moment he saw her, he couldn't help but wonder if she was doing badly in this city, if she was being bullied.

The agent hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back, and finally uttered a single word:

"roll."

This increased his workload.

You think I'm not busy enough at work, or that I'm not balding enough?!

...

Meanwhile, on Yu Yue's phone, the "Five Salted Fish" group became lively again because of her.

[Sweet Fish: What? So you ended up fainting and ending up in that handsome guy's arms?!?!?!]

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