Wen Ran can't speak H language, so Qi Xingchen specially hired a nanny who immigrated from China to H country so that there will be no obstacles for everyone to communicate.
The nanny is fifty years old this year. She is very efficient and can cook very well.
There are many rooms in the villa, so Wen Ran let the nanny live in the guest room. The guest room is larger than the nanny's room, so she can get a good rest at night.
After dinner, Wen Ran returned to his room, washed up, lay on the bed, took out his cell phone, and dialed Mo Feifei's number.
As soon as the call was connected, I heard the voice on the other end shouting, "Where have you been, Wen Ran? Mr. Shang is going crazy looking for you!"
Wen Ran was lying face up, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, his phone on speakerphone on the pillow.
He said calmly, "I'm overseas now. I called just to let you know I'm safe."
"Abroad!" Mo Feifei's scream was extremely piercing in the night. "Why are you going abroad for no reason?"
Wen Ran pushed the phone aside, moving it further away from his ear. "Have you seen the negative information about me on Weibo?"
"Weibo? I don't know! What kind of black material?" Mo Feifei started to scroll through Weibo.
The short drama she invested in recently was very popular after it was broadcast. She has been busy investing in and shooting new short dramas these days and has no time to pay attention to Weibo.
Mo Feifei flipped through the pages for a while and said, "No! There's nothing on Weibo."
Wen Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The fewer people who knew about that kind of thing, the better.
"Wen Ran, is something wrong with you?" Mo Feifei always felt that something was wrong with Wen Ran.
"No." Wen Ran smiled, making his tone more relaxed, "International long-distance calls are too expensive, so let's leave it at that for today. We'll contact each other at another time.
By the way, if Shang Jingchi asks you about my whereabouts, just say you don’t know and don’t tell him we talked on the phone.”
Mo Feifei didn't know what happened between the two of them, but after hearing Wen Ran's words, she nodded seriously.
"Don't worry, I won't say anything nonsense. If you have time, please contact me more often. I'll wait for you to come back."
"Yes, of course." Wen Ran hung up the phone.
She turned sideways to look at the floor-to-ceiling window. The curtains in the room had not been drawn yet. It was now past nine o'clock in the evening. It was pitch black outside and she could not see anything. She could only hear gusts of wind.
Two days later, Wen Ran learned a piece of news from Qi Xingchen.
Lin Xinya was banned!
Although Wen Ran didn't like Lin Xinya, he didn't feel happy when he heard the news.
"She's a movie queen, why is she suddenly banned?"
Qi Xingchen sat on the beach facing the sea and replied, "I think it should be Shang Jingchi."
After Lin Xinya's contract expired, she signed herself to Tianrui.
Tianrui now belongs to the Shang Group, and Lin Xinya got a lot of good resources after joining.
Lin Xinya is Lin Shurong's goddaughter, and her family is not a small family, so ordinary people can't shake her at all.
Only Shang Jingchi wanted to ban her, and only he could do it easily.
With Lin Xinya's influence, she can bring huge commercial value to Tianrui.
Wen Ran couldn't understand why Shang Jingchi did this.
After thinking about it carefully, Wen Ran sighed, "We celebrities may look glamorous on the surface, but in reality, we are just pawns in the hands of capitalists.
If the capitalists are displeased one day, they will throw it away in anger."
Wen Ran raised his chin and looked at the sky. His heart was as gloomy as the day itself.
"What are your plans for the future? If you like this place, we can live here forever." Qi Xingchen tried to change the subject to ease the depressing mood between them. "Anyway, I'm not short of money, so supporting you is no problem at all."
Wen Ran smiled and said, "You should save your money for your future wife and children! I'm still so young and want to go to many places. I don't want to stay here forever."
Qi Xingchen lowered his head sadly, his eyes full of loss.
His voice was hoarse and trembling, "Can't you really try to like me?"
Wen Ran opened his mouth, but finally said, "I'm sorry."
"Don't say sorry to me, you haven't done anything sorry to me." Qi Xingchen sighed.
The two of them sat quietly for a while, and suddenly he stood up, supporting himself with his hands. "It's windy outside, I'll go get a coat."
Then he turned around and went back to the villa.
Wen Ran continued to sit there, letting the sea breeze blow her hair into a mess.
What she feared most these days was Qi Xingchen saying these to her.
She knew how Qi Xingchen had always felt about her, and she also knew why Qi Xingchen came to Country H.
But she couldn't go against her own feelings and pretend to like Qi Xingchen.
"I'm so sorry." Wen Ran murmured.
She owed Qi Xingchen too much. If it weren't for her, Qi Xingchen's career wouldn't have been ruined like this.
After this day, Wen Ran could no longer communicate with Qi Xingchen as freely as before.
Qi Xingchen also clearly felt that Wen Ran spoke much less.
The atmosphere between the two became strange.
Another week passed, and Qi Xingchen came up to Wen Ran with a stuffed doll and handed it to her.
Her eyes curved with a smile, "Xiaoran, if you don't mind, you can be my sister from now on!"
Wen Ran, who was drinking tea, was frightened and choked and started coughing violently.
Qi Xingchen quickly put the plush doll down and stepped forward to pat Wen Ran on the back.
Wen Ran paused for a moment, "Are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious, there's more than just love in this world, there's also family and friendship.
I won't think about making you like me anymore. I just want to be by your side and protect you like a brother. That's enough." Qi Xingchen's face was serious and his tone was firm.
Wen Ran sighed in his heart. After all, Qi Xingchen still hadn't let it go.
"You, you don't want to?" Qi Xingchen asked cautiously.
"No." Wen Ran raised the corner of his lips, "Then from now on I will be your sister and you will be my brother."
"Okay!" Qi Xingchen's dark eyes lit up again.
Wen Ran took the plush doll. The doll was neither too big nor too small, and it looked like a delicate little baby in his arms.
At this time, the nanny ran in hurriedly from outside, her face pale.
She pointed in the direction of the door and said, "Oh no, sir, oh no."
Qi Xingchen frowned, his expression becoming serious. He held onto the arm of the nanny who came running over. "Auntie Liu, slow down. What happened?"
"A lot of people have come, it looks like..." Before Aunt Liu could finish her words, the light coming in through the gate was blocked by a group of bodyguards.
The entire living room darkened in an instant.
Wen Ran stood up, his five fingers involuntarily clenching the plush doll.
Qi Xingchen saw that the situation was not right and quickly ordered Liu Ma, "Liu Ma, take Xiaoran upstairs."
Before Aunt Liu could respond, a cold, low and intimidating voice came from the door.
"Still want to escape!"
After entering the door, the bodyguards consciously retreated to both sides, leaving a path in the middle.
Shang Jingchi came in a black suit with the light behind him.
His eyes were as deep as a pool of water and as sharp as a knife blade, locking onto Wen Ran and Qi Xingchen directly.
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