A mouthful of water rushed into his throat, blocking Shang Yechu's skull, and he coughed, his nose and eyes stinging.

Su Ge rushed forward: "Ye Chu, what's wrong with you? Oh dear, why are you drinking so fast?!"

Coughing, Shang Yechu asked incredulously, "Why are you telling your dad all this?"

Su Ge said matter-of-factly, "I'm not in the entertainment industry anymore, so what's wrong with getting married? Teacher Qin won't agree to it, so I'm thinking of having my dad buy out his lousy company or ruin it, then he'll become one of our family's artists..."

Su Ge's voice grew softer and softer as she noticed Ye Chu's gaze becoming terrifying.

Shang Yechu felt a chill in her heart.

She used to think Su Ge was just innocent and naive, self-centered, but not difficult to get along with. Only today did she realize that hidden within this girl's innocence was a cruelty born of naivety.

"Ye Chu," Su Ge tugged at her sleeve, "Are you angry?"

Shang Yechu twitched her lips, knowing she shouldn't have said those words, but she couldn't suppress her anger. She slowly said, "How could I dare to be angry with you? I'm also afraid you'll ruin my company."

Su Ge chuckled: "What are you talking about, entertainment for the poor?"

Shang Yechu corrected, "It's Qingping Entertainment."

“It’s not a good time to get into Qingpin Entertainment now,” Su Ge said, twirling her hair as she racked her brains to remember. “My dad said Qingpin Entertainment is a lot of trouble, but it might be possible to get it done if the three of them teamed up.”

Shang Yechu felt a chill run down her spine, but she didn't bother to correct him. She said calmly, "Really? I feel like our company is so poor that we're living on fast food and dew. I even have to pay out of my own pocket to film."

Seeing that Ye Chu's expression had improved considerably, Su Ge was somewhat pleased: "Don't worry, Meta Pictures won't join forces with Guanjun Century. My dad was tricked by Xu Guanjun before, so he won't trust him. But I heard from Lin Hui that Guanjun Century seems to be going to cooperate with Tianding Entertainment, to support, support what again? Anyway, it's to deal with your company."

Shang Yechu's heart pounded like a drum, hoping Su Ge would say more. But Su Ge thought for a long time and couldn't remember: "Never mind, who cares about supporting anything? Where were we?"

Shang Yechu let out a deep breath, her heart pounding in her chest, she was practically dying of anxiety because of Su Ge.

As Su Ge bent down to pick up the teacup, she said, "I told my dad I wanted to marry Teacher Qin, and he was furious when he heard that. He locked me in the house and wouldn't let me go out. He even took away my phone. I'm not lying about that; my phone really was taken away." Su Ge held Shang Yechu's hand sincerely and said, "My dad was afraid that I would contact Teacher Qin, and he was also afraid that I would get into arguments with people on social media and harm the company—I really don't know how posting a few Weibo posts and arguing with netizens could harm the company."

Shang Yechu almost laughed at Su Ge's silliness. So she actually laughed, startling Su Ge.

"why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing," Shang Yechu wiped away the tears she had just coughed up, trying to hide her embarrassment. "Go on. And then? Your dad locked you up at home, so why did you run off to Haicheng?"

Su Ge coughed awkwardly.

"Well... I heard about the Xinghan Award. Professor Qin was nominated, so he'll definitely go to Haicheng. I was just thinking..."

Su Ge secretly glanced at Shang Yechu: "You're not angry, are you?"

Shang Yechu calmly said, "Nothing can move me anymore." Even if Su Ge said that she was actually a judge for the Xinghan Award, Shang Yechu believed that she would remain as calm as a meditating monk.

"Are you really not angry?"

"What's there to be angry about?" Shang Yechu looked at Su Ge with the same affectionate gaze one would give a simple-minded child. "You're still just a child."

Su Ge felt that Ye Chu's gaze was strange, but since she said she wasn't angry anymore, she probably wouldn't go back on her word, right?

Thinking of this, Su Ge bit her lower lip and slowly moved further away from Shang Yechu.

"I begged Lin Hui to help me hire a few extras..."