"I need some information about the Baiming project, and I hope you can provide it to me."

Gu Shaojin sat down, crossed her legs, and said matter-of-factly.

"President Gu, isn't it inappropriate to discuss these things with me here?" Bai Li glanced at Ming Jiayi, then said with a light smile.

“What’s inappropriate about it? Do you want me to discuss these things with you in front of your father?” Gu Shaojin retorted succinctly and bluntly.

"Why do you think I'll give it to you just because you want it?" Bai Li asked, his eyes narrowed.

His voice was neither too loud nor too soft; it sounded gentle, yet it also carried a hint of determination and ruthlessness.

“Because you’ll need my help in crucial moments,” Gu Shaojin said slowly, word by word.

Bai Li licked his chin with his tongue, looking at Gu Shaojin with some displeasure, but quickly and calmly agreed, "I'll give it to you tomorrow."

Ming Jiayi couldn't help but smile.

Waaaaah, the male lead's halo has appeared!

That's amazing! That's amazing!

"Jiayi, shall we go out for dinner together tonight?" Bai Li asked Ming Jiayi.

Ming Jiayi nodded with a bright smile, "Okay, okay, it's on me."

"Of course not, how can a girl pay for dinner?" Bai Li stood up, took a few steps past Gu Shaojin, and then reached out to pull Ming Jiayi out.

Gu Shaojin calmly crossed her legs and suddenly said, "I want one too."

Ming Jiayi tilted her head and looked at Gu Shaojin, asking in confusion, "What do you want too?"

"Let's eat," Gu Shaojin said, looking up at Ming Jiayi.

Su Heyi couldn't help but laugh out loud from behind. He teased, "You're just a kid, aren't you? You want some too!"

Gu Shaojin turned around and glared fiercely at Su Heyi, which startled Su Heyi into quickly shutting his mouth.

Ming Jiayi looked at Bai Li's hand, which had stopped in front of her, and then looked at Gu Shaojin.

She casually patted Bai Li's hand, then said nonchalantly, "It's no big deal. Let's eat together, it's on me. Consider it a celebration for getting another new drama role, okay?"

Gu Shaojin's face was as cold as a snow mountain. He looked at Ming Jiayi and asked matter-of-factly, "Aren't you going to treat me to a meal alone?"

The implication is that since he helped her obtain the information about the Baiming project, shouldn't she thank him separately?

But these words had a completely different meaning to Su Heyi and Bai Li.

They felt that Gu Shaojin simply wanted to have a meal alone with Ming Jiayi, away from them.

I don't want to be carrying two light bulbs.

Ming Jiayi: "..." Aren't they all the same, it's just eating?

Just as Ming Jiayi was about to retort to Gu Shaojin, she suddenly felt a surge of energy in her lower abdomen.

She glanced down at her light-colored pants...

This is bad...

Why did they have to come at this time of year?

Ming Jiayi stood up and said somewhat anxiously, "Um, I'll go out for a bit, and I'll invite you all to dinner when I get back."

"Jiayi, you go..."

Before he could even ask where she was, Ming Jiayi had already vanished without a trace.

Gu Shaojin turned to look at Su Heyi and said calmly, "Go sit in the reception room for a while. I have something to say to Bai Li."

"Okay, Xiao Gu."

Bai Li turned around and sat down, looking at Gu Shaojin with a leisurely air. "President Gu, please speak."

"You know that the Baiming Project was a project your father specifically created to divide and weaken the Gu and Ming families, right?"

“I know, but my father didn’t succeed, did he? Didn’t Young Master Gu strongly oppose your father taking on this project?”