The midday sun was scorching and intensely hot, almost scorching.

A taxi was parked on the road in front of the Bayview Club. A cool breeze was blowing inside the car, and Jiang Yu was sitting in the back seat.

The boy crossed his legs, a nonchalant air about him on his handsome, unruly face, his phone in his hand. "Where are we?"

"I'm sitting in the car." Liu Siyi gestured silently for her friends to come out of the house. "We're almost there."

They were having such a good time that she completely forgot she had arranged to meet Jiang Yuzhe at the KTV entrance at 12:30.

Jiang Yu was not very patient and was afraid that he would not wait for them or play with them, so Liu Siyi had to lie to him.

It was well past 12:30, and the group was crammed into the hallway. Fang Zhi was the last to leave, and he gently closed the door behind him.

The sound of the door closing came through the phone.

"Are you kidding me?" Jiang Yu raised an eyebrow. "Liu, did you just close the door of a taxi?"

His lazy voice carried a hint of impatience.

The phone was on speakerphone, so the other students present could hear it. Liu Siyi winked at Fang Zhi and silently said, "You should lie to him; he'll definitely believe you if you say it."

She's lying? Fang Zhi was stunned and at a loss when he received Liu Siyi's plea for help.

Liu Siyi held the phone a little further away. "Well... Jiang, my throat is a little sore. If you don't believe me, I'll have Zhizhi tell you."

Before Fang Zhi could react, the phone was already in her hand. Fang Zhi: "..."

The group of people stared at the girl holding the phone, as if they were looking at some kind of deity.

Fang Zhi, under the pressure of the twelve eyes of the other six people, cleared his throat and said softly, "Jiang, I'm sorry, there was some traffic on the way, but we'll be there soon."

The girl's soft and obedient voice instantly dispelled Jiang Yu's anger at not seeing anyone after waiting for so long.

The boy sat up straight and curled his lips into a smile. He knew she was lying to him, but he still felt happy.

A tickling sensation spread from his throat to the depths of his heart, and he felt sweeter than sugar water.

Jiang Yu's Adam's apple bobbed, his voice low and hoarse, his face serious. "It's okay, I understand the traffic jam. Don't worry, Fang, be careful on the road."

He had barely finished speaking when he realized the way the people around him were looking at her had become ambiguous. Everyone was in the throes of youth, a time of innocent, budding feelings, and yet the group singled out one of them to be careful.

What else could this be but liking someone? And recently there have been rumors at school that the school bully Jiang Yu is pursuing Fang Zhi from Class 1.

Fang Zhi felt his palms sweating from their stares. He wanted to explain, but everyone looked at him with an expression that said, "We understand without you having to say anything."

She lowered her eyes, softly hummed in agreement, and then hurriedly hung up the phone, returning it to Liu Siyi as if she were getting rid of a hot potato.

Fang Zhi wanted to explain to them, but Liu Siyi's friends knew how to be tactful.

From the moment she hung up the phone until they left the residential compound together, no one questioned her about her personal affairs like Cao Moru did.

Realizing he couldn't find an opportunity to explain, and not being good at explaining to people he didn't know well, he ultimately swallowed his words of clarification.

Seven people called two cars.

Fang Zhi had just left in his car when a minivan parked not far from the residential area followed closely behind.

......

President's Office, SQ Venture Capital Group

Qi Shen received two messages on his phone, about half an hour apart.

[Mr. Qi, Miss has gone out with a friend.]

They went to the Bayview Club, where a boy was waiting for them outside; he seemed to have been waiting for a while.

Qi Shen fiddled with his phone, his dark eyes behind his glasses as deep and unfathomable as the sea, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

A commotion arose in the hallway outside the office; it was Assistant Chen's voice, "Young Master Fu, what brings you here?"

Assistant Chen politely looked at the handsome, devilish man with an air of wickedness. The exquisite beauty of his face made even the beautiful woman behind him carrying several luxury shopping bags pale in comparison.

Fu Shaosi lazily raised his eyes. "Assistant Chen, don't bother with the announcement. I just happened to be passing by and wanted to see your CEO Qi."

Having said that, Assistant Chen couldn't stop him any longer.

Although President Qi specifically said that it was not advisable to enter the office unless there was something particularly important, Young Master Fu was President Qi's good friend since childhood, and Assistant Chen could not afford to offend him.

"I'm leaving." Fu Shaosi casually rubbed his neck, tossed a sentence to the beautiful woman he brought without turning his head, and walked past Assistant Chen straight into the president's office.

The beautiful woman smiled politely at Assistant Chen and followed closely behind Fu Shaosi in her ten-centimeter high heels.

The office door opened, and Qi Shen, who had heard Fu Shaosi's voice earlier, looked at him and asked in a calm voice, "Why are you here?"

Fu Shaosi smiled knowingly and sat down on the sofa as if to say, "Let me see if you've hung up."

"What do you want to say?" Qi Shen's deep-set eyes remained calm and composed as he quietly met his gaze.

An eerie atmosphere permeated the air.

The woman who came with Fu Shaosi stepped in, her breath caught in her throat upon seeing him, and she quietly sat down in the empty seat next to him.

"Why are you staring at me?" Fu Shaosi shrugged, glancing at Qi Shen without looking at him. "Your little girl came to my club, I don't believe you didn't know."

"So I was wondering if you were half-cold inside, and had the will but not the strength, so you just gave up."

At this point, Fu Shaosi paused deliberately and carefully observed the expression on the man's face behind the desk.

Qi Shen gracefully and elegantly took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a drag.

The Fu family's entertainment venues are located all over the country, and they almost monopolize 80% of the domestic entertainment industry. Every well-known venue is backed by the Fu family.

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