Jiang Fei listened to Yan Yunzhou's words and was briefly confused for a few seconds: "Hmm?"

Yan Yunzhou remained gentle, his eyes slightly lowered, making it impossible to discern his emotions. After a moment of silence, he said slowly, "Mr. Lin is already fifty-eight years old this year."

Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow: "So?"

Yan Yunzhou smiled calmly: "So, Miss Jiang also wants to recommend herself to Mr. Lin?"

Jiang Fei frowned, then immediately realized what was happening. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud, clearly delighted.

Yan Yunzhou probably thought she wanted to recommend herself to Lin Tao, just like she had done to him here last time.

Yan Yunzhou looked up and calmly gazed at her.

"It wasn't a matter of volunteering; I just wanted to discuss business with him," Jiang Fei said, rubbing the scar on his face.

Yan Yunzhou was silent for two seconds: "What if we can't reach an agreement?"

"No," Jiang Fei shook her head.

"So confident?"

“Not exactly,” Jiang Fei pondered for a moment, “I have my own methods.”

Yan Yunzhou quieted down again, turned to look at the night view outside the window. The tall buildings were brightly lit and bustling, but there was not a sound on the top floor.

“Miss Jiang,” Yan Yunzhou suddenly spoke up after a long silence, “I can help you make an appointment with Mr. Lin…”

"Really?" Jiang Fei exclaimed in surprise.

Yan Yunzhou turned his head and glanced at her lightly.

Jiang Fei composed herself and said, "Continue."

Yan Yunzhou withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "I am a businessman, so naturally I won't do business that loses money. What can Miss Jiang offer me?"

Jiang Fei thought about it seriously for a moment: "How about I stay with you for the night?"

Yan Yunzhou paused slightly, turned to look at her, and frowned slightly, a rare occurrence for him.

"What?" Jiang Fei asked, puzzled.

Yan Yunzhou stared at her for a few seconds before saying, "Miss Jiang, are you always so...bold?"

Jiang Fei paused, then laughed, took two steps forward, stood in front of Yan Yunzhou, glanced at the beauty mark under his left eye, and then looked up into his eyes: "I meant staying here with you for one night," she said, her voice becoming slightly ambiguous, "What did you think it was?"

Yan Yunzhou's brows slowly relaxed, and he met her gaze with a blank expression.

She had a faint fragrance mixed with the scent of medicine, and her eyes held a bright, mocking glint.

After a long silence, Yan Yunzhou took a half step back and said calmly, "Then stay here."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the rest area.

Jiang Fei watched his retreating figure, then glanced at Assistant Wang beside him.

The latter broke out in a cold sweat and silently gave her a thumbs up.

This is Mr. Yan, who can destroy a company without batting an eye.

Jiang Fei smiled and followed Yan Yunzhou.

The rest area was simple, with two sofas, a simple coffee table, and a few documents on the coffee table.

Yan Yunzhou was already sitting there, dressed in simple white casual clothes. Against the backdrop of the bustling night view outside, he looked gentle and noble, but unfortunately, it couldn't hide his sickly white complexion.

Jiang Fei sat down next to him, looked at the night view for a while, and then looked away listlessly.

No matter how beautiful something is, you'll get tired of looking at it after a while.

She leaned back lazily in her chair and looked at Yan Yunzhou, who was reading documents.

Yan Yunzhou didn't even frown, continuing to flip through the pages calmly.

A cool breeze slipped in through the half-closed doorway.

Yan Yunzhou paused, his hand holding the document churning with a dull ache in his chest. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and cough twice, feeling as if his throat had been cut by a knife.

An extra hand appeared beside him, holding a cup of warm water, which was handed to him.

Yan Yunzhou glanced at the glass of water with some surprise, then looked at the woman holding the water, who was raising her eyebrows and looking at him.

"Thank you." Yan Yunzhou nodded politely, took the water glass with his other hand, and took a few sips.

Jiang Fei looked at him and said slowly, "To be honest, it's a miracle that you've survived this long after all that."

Yan Yunzhou paused slightly while drinking water, but quickly regained his composure and turned to look at her: "Is Miss Jiang always this straightforward?"

Jiang Fei shrugged: "It depends on the person and the time." As she spoke, she stood up, walked behind him, took the documents from his hand, and placed them aside.

Yan Yunzhou turned his head and gazed at her. Jiang Fei smiled, took out a tissue from the side, lifted Yan Yunzhou's hand, and opened it. Sure enough, she saw bloodstains on his palm.

She slowly and deliberately wiped the blood from his palm.

Yan Yunzhou's smile faded, and he lowered his eyes to observe her movements.

Her palms were very soft and smooth. When she wiped his hand across the back of his hand, she did so with a deliberate force until it was clean. Without pausing, she released him immediately.

Yan Yunzhou frowned slightly.

Jiang Fei suddenly looked up: "I told you you needed a woman," she winked at him, "How about that, no deception."

Yan Yunzhou continued to gaze at her calmly.

The scar on her left cheek, as if veiled by the light, somehow... became more pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Fei waited a while without receiving a response, then shrugged and slumped back onto the sofa: "You're so boring."

Yan Yunzhou frowned, as if realizing something, his expression turned cold, and he withdrew his gaze.

That night, Jiang Fei slept quite comfortably on the sofa. As for when Yan Yunzhou rested or where he rested, she had no idea.

But when she woke up the next day, Yan Yunzhou was standing by the window looking at the city that had already awakened.

"Good morning, Mr. Yan," Jiang Fei said casually, standing up.

Yan Yunzhou turned around, looked at her somewhat disheveled clothes, and handed her a business card.

Jiang Fei took it; Lin Tao's name was written on it.

Yan Yunzhou smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Lin will be waiting for Miss Jiang at the Sky Restaurant at six o'clock this afternoon."

Jiang Fei's eyes brightened slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Yan." She then turned to walk towards the door.

Yan Yunzhou lowered his eyes: "There are still ten hours until six o'clock, Miss Jiang."

Jiang Fei didn't even turn her head: "I should go back and dress up properly, otherwise I might scare Mr. Lin."

As she reached the door, she happened to run into Assistant Wang, who was coming up. She gave him a smile, clearly in a good mood.

Assistant Wang nodded hurriedly in response and knocked on the door of the break room: "Mr. Yan, Ms. Jiang seems to be in a very good mood."

Yan Yunzhou remained silent, coldly surveying the somewhat gray sky.

"Mr. Yan?" Assistant Wang's voice was a little louder.

Yan Yunzhou snapped out of his reverie and responded softly, "Yes, I am indeed in a very good mood."

She even dressed up nicely when she got back.

...

Sky Restaurant.

Jiang Fei walked into the restaurant wearing a mask at exactly six o'clock.

Lin Tao was already waiting there. He looked to be in his fifties, in good shape, with a proper posture, and wearing a light gray suit. However, his right hand was curled up in front of him, and the muscles had already atrophied somewhat, twitching occasionally.

Jiang Fei sat down opposite him: "Mr. Lin."

Lin Tao was clearly not in a good mood, and he frowned as he looked at her: "To be honest, Miss Jiang, if Mr. Yan hadn't asked me to come, I definitely wouldn't have shown up."

“I know,” Jiang Fei nodded, his gaze sweeping over Lin’s right hand. “I’m here just to ask Mr. Lin about the issue of replacing the actor in the movie ‘After Dawn’.”

Lin Tao looked at her and said, "Ms. Jiang, I invest in a movie to make money, not to make enemies. Your affair with Mr. Qin has spread throughout the industry. Casting you as the female lead would be risky for the movie."

"Qin Mo personally said he wanted to blacklist me?" Jiang Fei asked rhetorically.

No, not at all.

"Hmm," Jiang Fei nodded, then casually changed the subject, "Mr. Lin's right hand, is it a sequela of a brain injury he suffered when he was young?"

Lin Tao glanced at his right hand, his expression unfriendly: "So what if it is?"

"Not so great." Jiang Fei smiled, reached out and grabbed his right hand, then rubbed it.

Lin Tao angrily said, "Jiang Xiao..."

He stopped after saying only two words.

He could feel blood flowing slowly in his right hand, the spasms gradually subsided, and his curled-up posture involuntarily relaxed.

Lin Tao stared at Jiang Fei in shock: "You, you are... a monster?"

Jiang Fei looked at him and said, "The elderly in my family also have this kind of illness. Massaging your acupoints will gradually relieve it." She withdrew her hand, and Lin Tao's hand stopped moving.

That was obviously a lie. The "Cure All Diseases" skill that the system gave her was more than enough to deal with this minor ailment.

"You can cure it?" Lin Tao's eyes lit up.

Jiang Fei nodded: "It's possible, but..."

Lin Tao realized, "The film will still use the original casting. Miss Jiang has already discussed the script with the director, so she's definitely more suitable."

After all, Qin Mo didn't blacklist Miss Jiang. Besides, everything else is secondary; one's body is one's own.

Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow: "Mr. Lin, I still want to sign the contract first."

"Of course, of course." Lin Tao nodded repeatedly and made a phone call, instructing the other party to prepare the contract and send it over as soon as possible.

Outside the door.

As Xiao Li passed by the half-open door of the private room, he heard a familiar voice and couldn't help but peek inside, his eyes filled with surprise.

Having been President Qin's assistant for so long, he naturally knew Jiang Fei. But now, she was with a man in his fifties or sixties, and that man was even reaching out his hand to her...

Xiao Li sighed inwardly; Jiang Fei was pitiful too. He finally withdrew his gaze and quickly went to the luxurious private room nearby.

Qin Mo was discussing business with several major clients in a private room, waiting for Xiao Li's documents. When he saw Xiao Li walk in somewhat awkwardly, he frowned, took the documents, and flipped through a few pages.

Xiao Li looked at Qin Mo, hesitating whether or not to speak.

Qin Mo seemed to sense something and looked up at him: "What?"

Xiao Li paused for a moment, then said, "President Qin, I just saw Miss Jiang next door."

Qin Mo's hand, gripping the document, paused for a moment, his voice icy: "So what?"

"Miss Jiang and... Mr. Lin Tao were having dinner together, and their behavior was somewhat intimate..." Xiao Li's voice trailed off.

Qin Mo froze as he flipped through the documents; the dense text before his eyes seemed to wriggle, and he couldn't concentrate on anything.

On the other side.

Lin Tao brought the contract in just twenty minutes, signed it neatly, and then eagerly held out his right hand to Jiang Fei.

Jiang Fei put the contract away with satisfaction and gently massaged the area between his thumb and forefinger.

Only after watching her somewhat deformed, curled-up hand gradually return to normal did she speak, "Mr. Lin, please take good care of yourself..."

The sound stopped when the figure at the door was seen.

Qin Mo stood there expressionless, watching her stroke Lin Tao's hand with icy eyes.

Jiang Fei's face turned pale, and she stared at him blankly.

The next second, Qin Mo suddenly gave a sarcastic smile, turned around and left. Xiao Li hurriedly followed behind him, still feeling lingering fear as he recalled how President Qin had just thrown away the documents and walked out.

"Mr. Qin, what's wrong with the client..."

Qin Mo said coldly, "Let's talk another day."

Xiao Li nodded hurriedly, then suddenly remembered something: "Miss Ye invited you to dinner tonight..."

Qin Mo suddenly stopped in his tracks, and Xiao Li's words trailed off in fear.

Qin Mo turned to look at him: "Find out who the final female lead for Lin Tao's film is. I need to know as soon as possible."

“Okay,” Xiao Li replied hastily, “Mr. Qin, Miss Ye has invited you to a candlelight dinner.”

Qin Mo's expression froze.

"put off."

...

When Jiang Fei returned to the hotel, it was almost 10 p.m.

She shook the contract in her hand, and her steps became much lighter.

I took out my room key, stepped out of the elevator, and looked up to see the same cold figure I had just seen in the restaurant.

Qin Mo.

He was still wearing a black suit, and a strand of his meticulously combed black hair had fallen down. He looked at her coldly.

Jiang Fei stared at him blankly for a while before she came to her senses. Her face turned pale, and she bit her lip, lowered her head, and quickly walked past him.

"Starting to pretend you don't know me?" Qin Mo's icy voice rang out, tinged with a hint of sarcasm.

Jiang Fei paused, stood still for a while, and then said, "Mr. Qin." After saying that, she nodded slightly and was about to leave.

Qin Mo's body stiffened.

For the past five years, she never called him "Mr. Qin," saying it made him seem distant.

now……

"What? You've found a new sugar daddy, haven't you?" Qin Mo stopped her again, scoffing, "An old man in his fifties or sixties? Can he satisfy you?"

He checked and found that Lin Tao had ultimately signed a contract with her for the movie he invested in.

"Qin Mo!" Jiang Fei interrupted him abruptly. When she looked up again, her eyes were already full of tears. She was wearing a mask, leaving only her tearful eyes that should have been smiling charmingly. For some reason, it made people's hearts clench.

Qin Mo stared intently at her.

Jiang Fei strained to open her eyes wide: "I need this film, Qin Mo. I know I'm just a shadow in your heart. You don't want me anymore, my face is ruined, and everyone looks down on me, but I still have to live..." Her voice became increasingly choked with sobs as she spoke.

Qin Mo looked into her eyes, and after a long while, slowly walked up to her, looking down at her intently: "Jiang Fei, has he ever seen what you look like when you take off your mask?"

Jiang Fei's face turned deathly pale.

"I didn't see it before," Qin Mo said, unable to describe his feelings. It was as if he had breathed a sigh of relief. Last time, she had taken off her mask in front of him, but she still couldn't control her anger. "Aren't you afraid of scaring your new sugar daddy when you take it off..."

"Mr. Qin, I beg you," Jiang Fei interrupted him, her face pale, "please let me go."

Qin Mo stopped speaking, his face turning terrifyingly cold. After a long while, he slowly reached out and removed her mask. Looking at the scar on her left cheek, his gaze darkened, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "What did you say?"

Jiang Fei pleaded, "Please, let me go..."

Before she could finish speaking, she felt a sudden darkness before her eyes. Qin Mo suddenly pressed down on her, his lips silencing her words, gently sucking her lips, his arms tightly gripping her waist, until he pressed her against the wall beside him.

Jiang Fei tried to struggle, but Qin Mo grabbed her wrists with his other hand and pressed them above her head. Only a broken voice came through: "Qin Mo, I am Jiang Fei, not Ye Qingqing..."

Qin Mo continued to move closer to her, silencing her. Their bodies pressed intimately together, his eyes darkened, and he could even feel the heat burning in his chest, desperately craving her breath.

Just like the past five years, she could always lean on him perfectly.

“Jiang Fei…” he called out to her almost through gritted teeth.

Jiang Fei's struggling movements froze. Looking at the man who was still kissing him, she opened her teeth and bit Qin Mo's lip hard. The strong smell of blood filled the kiss between the two.

Qin Mo finally released her, panting heavily. The wound on his lips was still bleeding bright red blood. His coldness had lessened somewhat, and he now exuded an air of malevolence.

Jiang Fei stared at him lifelessly: "Is that enough, Mr. Qin?"

Qin Mo was slightly taken aback.

"Aren't you bothered by the mess this time?" Jiang Fei chuckled self-deprecatingly. "I've touched other men in front of you, and you still dared to kiss me?"

Qin Mo's fingertips trembled, and he loosened his grip on her.

Jiang Fei quietly withdrew her hand, tears finally streaming down her cheeks: "Mr. Qin, please forgive me for the past five years I've been with you..."

Qin Mo stared at her blankly.

For the past five years, Jiang Fei has been by his side.

It seems like this is the first time I've realized this so clearly.

Yet, I felt a deep sense of dread.

Blood was still flowing from the wound on his lip. Qin Mo licked it, his mouth filled with the taste of rust.

“Mr. Qin…” Jiang Fei was about to say something.

But he turned and left.

Qin Mo's favorability rating: 50.

Jiang Fei watched his retreating figure, a slight smile playing on her lips, and opened the door to go inside.

Deep in the corridor, Assistant Wang silently watched the man beside him, not daring to breathe. After standing there for a while, he cautiously asked, "Mr. Yan?"

Yan Yunzhou glanced at the person beside him, his expression gentle and his eyes calm and undisturbed, and then walked into the elevator without saying a word.

...

Yan Wang saw the photos of Jiang Fei and Lin Tao being secretly taken at the restaurant entrance in the backstage dressing room of a TV program.

Media reports indicate that Jiang Fei, who has been out of the public eye for some time, secretly met with Lin Tao while heavily disguised. There have been persistent rumors that Lin Tao's production of "After Dawn" is likely to have a different actor.

The implication is that it refers to the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry.

Yan Wang frowned slightly as he looked at the woman in the photo.

Even with a mask on, he knew it was Jiang Fei, who was smiling at Lin Tao across from her with her eyes narrowed.

When she smiles, her eyes always curve into crescent moons; that's how she smiled at him back in the hospital.

Yan Wang's heart tightened.

Lin Tao is an opportunist who seeks profit and avoids harm; he would never take the initiative to meet Jiang Fei unless someone helps her.

Now, besides him, who else can help her?

As Yan Wang thought about it, he suddenly realized that his relationship with Jiang Fei was just because of that bet. He wanted Ye Qingqing, and his relationship with Jiang Fei was just a business partnership.

The phone suddenly rang, and Yan Wang came back to his senses. He looked at the words "Jiang Fei" on the screen, paused for a moment, and finally answered the call.

"Yan Wang?" Jiang Fei's voice, still nasal, came through the receiver.

Yan Wang frowned, sensing something was off about her voice: "What's wrong?"

"Did you go to see Miss Ye?" Jiang Fei asked softly.

Yan Wang's expression calmed down: "She has something to do..."

“You can go see Miss Ye tonight,” Jiang Fei paused, “Miss Ye will probably need some comfort.”

"Why?"

Jiang Fei forced a laugh: "Qin Mo came to see me tonight. He probably won't be going back to the Qin family today..."

Yan Wang tightened his grip on his phone, then curled his lips into a sarcastic laugh: "He left with you?"

“Of course not,” Jiang Fei said quickly, her voice gradually softening the next second, “His mouth is injured. I know him. He was afraid that Miss Ye would overthink things, so…” Her nasal tone became heavier as she spoke, and her voice choked slightly at the end.

Mouth injury?

Having experienced ups and downs in love, Yan Wang naturally knew what this meant: "He..." kissed you.

But he couldn't bring himself to ask the rest of the questions.

This is not a problem he should be concerned about.

"I understand," Yan Wang replied, and hung up the phone immediately.

No need to guess anymore, it's obvious who helped her meet Lin Tao.

Qin Mo.

But I always felt like I had a fire burning inside me.

Jiang Fei, Ye Qingqing.

He slammed his phone onto the table.

Meanwhile, Jiang Fei felt increasingly pleased as he heard the system notification that Yan Wang's favorability had increased to 40.

After applying the medicine, I fell into a deep sleep, and even my dreams were much more beautiful than usual.

However, the knocking on the door early in the morning ruined my mood.

Before six o'clock, there was a steady knocking at the door, not too loud or too soft, just loud enough for her to hear but not enough to disturb others.

Unable to bear it any longer, Jiang Fei finally opened the door with a look of impatience, but was taken aback when she saw the person outside.

Assistant Wang.

Upon seeing Jiang Fei's spaghetti strap nightgown and her partially exposed fair skin, Assistant Wang's face instantly flushed red, and he hurriedly lowered his head: "Miss Jiang, Mr. Yan requests your presence on the top floor."

Jiang Fei frowned: "So early?"

Assistant Wang nodded with a forced smile: "Yes."

Jiang Fei rubbed her temples and finally nodded: "I'll go wash up."

It was twenty minutes later when we got to the top floor.

Assistant Wang escorted her to the stairwell and then quietly left, leaving Jiang Fei to go to the rest room alone, familiar with the place.

Yan Yunzhou was standing with his back to her in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. The city outside the window was not yet fully awake and was still somewhat dim.

“Mr. Yan?” Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow, his voice hoarse from just waking up.

Yan Yunzhou shifted his back and turned around. He still had a smile on his lips, but his face was frighteningly pale, and he looked more tired than usual.

Jiang Fei frowned: "Mr. Yan, did you just wake up or are you still awake?"

Yan Yunzhou didn't respond, but took two steps toward her and pointed to the sofa: "Miss Jiang, please."

Jiang Fei didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly.

Yan Yunzhou looked at her calmly, his expression serene: "You got what you wanted?"

Jiang Fei was puzzled, but then immediately understood. It was probably about the movie resources. She nodded, "I also want to thank Mr. Yan."

Yan Yunzhou chuckled softly, his eyes lowered as if lost in thought.

Just as Jiang Fei was getting impatient, he looked up and gazed into her eyes, slowly saying, "Miss Jiang, do you still stand by what you said before?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow.

"Those words between the woman and the man," Yan Yunzhou said calmly.

Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow, stood up and moved closer to him: "Mr. Yan, does this mean you agree to my self-recommendation?"

Yan Yunzhou calmly met her gaze: "I just thought it was fun."

“It’s really fun,” Jiang Fei nodded, “a woman who doesn’t love you but can still stay with you, especially a woman like me…”

She laughed: "Mr. Yan, as I always say, I guarantee your satisfaction, and I will not cheat you, young or old."

Yan Yunzhou covered his mouth and coughed softly, saying calmly, "I hope so."

“Okay,” Jiang Fei was about to agree, but then she remembered something and looked at Yan Yunzhou with half-closed eyes, “Mr. Yan, we… this doesn’t count as dating, does it?”

Yan Yunzhou paused slightly, then casually lowered his hand, looking at her quietly: "Miss Jiang is still so narcissistic."