"Please be quiet. We have a meeting in the conference room in ten minutes. We'll discuss it then. I need to take this call."
When Wen Yi spoke, he patted Lin Dongdong's shoulder, reminding him that this was not the time to argue.
She left the room and went to a corner to answer the phone with Master Gu.
"Hello?"
"You know why I called you," Master Gu said clearly.
Wen Yi countered, "For what reason? I don't know."
"Yeah?"
“Yes,” Wen Yi said firmly. “What could I possibly know?”
"Your mother called me and asked me to come home with you for dinner tonight."
"Isn't it supposed to be in a couple of days? Tonight is it?"
"So you know." Master Gu laughed.
Wen Yi said calmly, "I know she called me to come back for dinner, but I didn't know she would call you and ask you to come with me."
"What, is it unreasonable for a mother-in-law to call her son-in-law home for dinner?"
"I'm worried that this meal will take a lot out of Master Gu. I'm worried for Master Gu."
"I see."
"So Master Gu can choose not to go back."
"But I have to go back to dinner with my wife, which is something a husband cannot refuse."
Wen Yi listened to the other person's words with a very heavy heart.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "I'm just reminding Second Master Gu that the Wen family are all vampires, and this meal will be very unpleasant. If you don't go, you might only have a few words to say, but if you do go, everything might change."
"That's precisely why I can't let you go back alone."
Wen Yi originally wanted to persuade him, but was stopped by Gu Erye's words.
He suddenly touched a sore spot in my heart.
Master Gu said, "From the moment you married into the Imperial Garden and transferred your household registration here, you've been under my jurisdiction. So, I won't let you go back alone and suffer any injustice, understand?"
Wen Yi remained silent, unsure how to respond to those words.
"You can keep going, I'll pick you up later."
After saying this, Master Gu hung up the phone.
Wen Yi stood there alone, clutching her phone, her heart pounding intermittently, lost in a complex and inexplicable emotional state.
Until Wen Yi felt someone tap her shoulder, which snapped her back to reality and startled her.
"It's me," the talk show director confirmed.
Wen Yi tried to calm herself down and forced a smile, but she couldn't manage to.
The director joked, "I know I'm just a nobody, and I couldn't protect you in front of Madam Liang at Golden Deer Gate that day, but I did my best. You won't hold a grudge against me, will you?"
"Director, what are you saying? How could that be?" Wen Yi hurriedly explained, "Director, please don't think of me like that. I am really grateful that you stood up for me that day."
The man waved his hand, "I was just joking. I know you're not the type to hold grudges."
"But I will always remember the director's help to me," Wen Yi said sincerely.
The talker looked at Wen Yi, thought for a moment, and finally said, "In that case, may I ask you a question?"
"Please speak."
“Ever since that day at Golden Deer Gate, everyone on the crew has been saying that you have a sugar daddy behind you. Not only this time, but also your previous works were also helped by a sugar daddy behind the scenes, not done by you.” Director Tan Ke’s expression was serious. “Is that really true?”
"No." Wen Yi's response was also very firm. "I know some of what I said may not be very convincing, but I have never had any financial backers behind the scenes. It was only when I was making my previous works that I met friends like Director Tan Ke, who were both mentors and friends, that those works came to fruition."
I have never sold my body for advancement or for my work.
The rumors have already been spread, and Wen Yi's words are actually very weak and have very low credibility.
But she felt that, given the mentor-student/friend relationship, regardless of whether the other person believed her or not, if she didn't explain things properly, it would be a problem for her.
"I knew it when you said that." Director Tan Ke nodded. "He went in for a meeting. We must finalize the script today."
"OK."
Wen Yi followed the director into the conference room.
The meeting lasted for five hours and was extremely heated.
The most impressive ones were the siblings Lin Dongdong and Lin Xiaxia. Wen Yi was used to it, but the production team was stunned and clearly shocked.
Despite the arguments, the script was eventually finalized, with Lin Dongdong responsible for contacting a new screenwriter and Lin Xiaxia handling the details of the subsequent project setup.
After giving his instructions, Wen Yi left ahead of time.
Master Gu's car was already outside the door, and Wen Yi was afraid that the other party would have to wait too long.
It wasn't that she didn't want to keep the other party waiting, but she was afraid that if Master Gu waited too long, he might do something that Wen Yi couldn't control.
Rumors about her were already rampant in the film crew, and Wen Yi didn't want any more rumors to spread.
No sooner had Wen Yi left than Luo Yi knocked on the meeting room door.
"Director Wen said that everyone has worked hard and has reserved a table at Golden Deer Gate. Please come tonight."
Luo Yi conveyed his meaning expressionlessly, and at the same time arranged for people from Yutingyuan to bring two dessert and coffee trucks to the film crew on site.
They are all named Wen Yi.
"So extravagant! This brand is so popular you can't even buy it without waiting in line, and they just drove over in a whole car and even arranged for waiters?"
"This must have been given to Miss Wen by the mastermind behind it all."
"Ha, this director is ridiculous. I'll just wait and see what he can come up with in the movie version."
"Whatever the option, you're willing to go all out. With a powerful backer behind you, you could become a famous director too."
...
Wen Yi sat inside the car.
This time, it was Second Master Gu who was driving.
The man had been wearing a mask for a long time because his face was disfigured, and the two of them did not exchange a single word from the moment Wen got on the bus.
The car arrived at the Wen family's residence.
Gu Huaixu unbuckled his seatbelt and prepared to get out of the car, only to find Wen Yi still sitting in his seat with a serious expression.
Gu Huaixu raised an eyebrow, "You don't want me to go in?"
“If possible, I would like you to drive the car back to Royal Garden,” Wen Yi said calmly.
Master Gu laughed, "The car is already at the door. Do you think the Wen family doesn't know? If I drive it back like this, I'm afraid your mother won't let it go."
"At most, she'll call and yell at me."
But if she really brought Master Gu in for dinner, it wouldn't be as simple as her mother scolding her for being an ingrate.
Wen Yi was truly rejecting it, her mood heavy.
However, at that moment, the man beside her suddenly reached out and grabbed Wen Yi's hand, covering it with his large palm.
A man's palms are especially warm.
Wen looked up, slightly surprised, and met Gu Erye's deep eyes.
"Don't be afraid, you are mine, I have you behind me, no matter what, you will no longer be alone."
The man's expression was calm, and his words were steady.
But it was these words that calmed Wen Yi's troubled mind.
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