Chapter 784 Haoyue Extra (46)

"His agent called him and said he had a banquet to attend later and couldn't wait for you, so he went back early and asked me to let you know."

Wen Yue nodded: "Brother Huaiyuan really works very hard."

"What's wrong, feeling sorry for him?" Gao Yingying said with a mischievous smile. "Do you feel like other men aren't so bad after seeing them?"

Wen Yue said helplessly, "Don't talk nonsense. Huaiyuan and I are just ordinary friends."

"You really don't have that kind of interest?"

Wen Yue raised her hand and swore, "Absolutely not."

Gao Yingying looked at her for a while, then scoffed, "How boring. You were hoping to set them up as a couple, but once you and Huaiyuan are together, that Tang Minghao will regret it!"

Mentioning Tang Minghao, Wen Yue recalled their brief encounter just now, and unconsciously became somewhat lost in thought.

"Hey, are you sure you can handle this? We can't even mention it now!" Gao Yingying exclaimed dramatically, "It's all over, it's all over. I suspect that scoundrel Tang Minghao is using witchcraft on people. We're both victims, but you're much more poisoned than me."

Wen Yue snapped out of her daze, smiled, and gave her a push: "Don't talk nonsense. I don't want to think about these things right now. I'm about to join the crew, and all I want to do right now is focus on my career."

“That’s true,” Gao Yingying nodded. “All that lovey-dovey stuff is boring. As women, we should focus on our careers. Once we’ve made money, we can have any man we want. Come on! I’m going back to study the script too!”

...

After leaving the restaurant, Tang Minghao found himself with nowhere to go for a while.

This afternoon, he was unusually free of work. Normally, he would choose to go to a bar with his friends to relax at this time, but when Xu Hai mentioned it, he couldn't muster any energy. Instead, he felt that the environment there was murky and gave him a headache just thinking about it, so he simply let Xu Hai leave first.

Now that I'm all alone, I can finally go home.

But the thought of the empty, cold, and lifeless house made me even less inclined to have any desires.

Perhaps he could also choose to relax at the villas along the river, where the environment and air are better.

But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, he inexplicably thought of Wen Yue again, and of how resolutely she broke up with him that night.

In comparison, he found the cold, impersonal houses in the city center much more bearable.

He slowly exhaled, retrieved his car, and decided to return to his house in the city first.

Unexpectedly, just as he got into the car and before he could even start the engine, Anjing called.

"President An?" he answered the call smoothly.

"Where are you?" a quiet voice came from inside. "If you're still in Kyoto, come to the company."

"What's up? I don't have any work this afternoon, do I?"

"Just come when I tell you to. Stop with the nonsense." Anjing said and hung up the phone decisively.

Tang Minghao had no choice but to drive to Guangying.

Light and Shadow Entertainment Company, President's Office on the 23rd Floor.

As soon as Tang Minghao arrived and sat down, An Jing threw a set of data in front of him: "Tell me, what are you thinking?"

Tang Minghao picked it up and glanced at it, finding detailed statistics on his trending topics, frequency, popularity, and other data for the month. He coughed lightly and said, "What can I think? Isn't it a good thing to have trending topics?"

"Look at the reasons you're trending on social media. Ninety percent of them are related to your scandals. Do you think you need this kind of attention right now?" An Jing said angrily.

Tang Minghao sighed: "The media is making things up about me, what can I do?"

Seeing that he looked listless and like his bones had been pulled out, she quietly sat down opposite him: "I've been busy these past few days and haven't had time to ask you. Even if everything else is just media fabrication, what about you and Xu Zheng? Hanging out together in the middle of the night, can you really say that nothing's going on between you two?"

The mere mention of this made Tang Minghao's head throb even more, and his irritation rose again: "Don't others know? But you do. That day was my birthday, and Xu Hai brought his sister to celebrate with me. There were so many friends at the club, yet the paparazzi only chose to take photos of me and Xu Zheng alone. They're really something else."

Hearing this, An Jing felt somewhat relieved, but still asked, "Are you sure it was just to celebrate your birthday, and nothing else?"

"I didn't exchange more than three sentences with Xu Zheng in total, what else could I possibly do!"

An Jing understood Tang Minghao well. He seemed unreliable, but he never bothered to lie. If he did something, he did it; if he didn't, he wouldn't take the blame for something.

She nodded: "That's more like it. I thought you really had wronged Yueyue."

Upon hearing the name "Yueyue," Tang Minghao fell silent, then gave a bitter laugh: "Even if I'm sorry to her, what can I do? She doesn't care anyway."

"What do you mean by that?" Anjing glared at him. "What do you mean she doesn't care?"

Tang Minghao remained silent.

Quietly, she crossed her arms and scrutinized him: "Did you two have a fight?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Minghao's expression darkened, but he remained silent.

Anjing narrowed her eyes: "Very noisy?"

Tang Minghao's expression turned even uglier.

Seeing that he still didn't say anything, Anjing let out a long sigh: "Could it be... that you broke up?"

After saying this, Tang Minghao's face immediately darkened, and he simply stood up: "If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

Seeing this, Anjing quickly stopped him: "Wait, wait, we haven't explained ourselves yet, why are you leaving?"

She pressed him down to sit, and amidst Tang Minghao's constipated expression, she asked him, "You really broke up with Yueyue? Why? Because of what happened between you and Xu Zheng? But since you didn't do it, why didn't you explain it to her?"

Perhaps due to the prolonged suppression, Tang Minghao's tense emotions finally broke down after repeated questioning from Anjing. He rubbed his face and said, "It's not about whether I explain or not..."

He recounted what happened that night in a few words, and concluded by saying, "She doesn't like me at all. You can't force a relationship. Why should I make things difficult for her?"

She stared at him quietly for a while, then laughed: "Tang Minghao, can you honestly say that's really what you think?"

Tang Minghao wanted to say yes, but when the words reached his throat, he found that he couldn't utter this simple word.

He spoke so carefree, but did he really think that way?

He can't even stand Wen Yue having a meal with Song Huaiyuan today, what about in the future?

She will date, marry, and have children with other men...

Her smile and gentleness will be given to someone else she doesn't want to be with...

Will that person treat her well?

Could anything be better than him?

No, just thinking about it makes him go crazy.

Looking at him quietly, An Jing couldn't help but smile again: "I really didn't expect this. I thought that if you two were together, Yueyue would be the one who would suffer the most, but in the end, it's the other way around."

Tang Minghao said speechlessly, "I've said so much to you, and all you've done is offer sarcastic remarks, is that it?"

Anjing laughed happily and waved her hand: "No way, I'm just convinced. You've been through so many women, what kind of tricks haven't you seen? How come you can't see that Yueyue likes you?"