Chapter 51: I'm in love, I don't mind being your girlfriend.
Perhaps because he didn't expect Zi Xi to say such a thing, Li Jin was completely stunned.
He did have some money, and he genuinely wanted to sleep with this aloof and beautiful young woman. But if he ruined his reputation and ended up in jail just to sleep with her, it really wasn't worth it!
"Grandma Zi... Zi Xi, I was wrong. Please forgive me, you are so magnanimous!"
Li Jin's true colors as a villain were fully revealed as he stood before Zi Xi, bowing and scraping and apologizing profusely.
"That's not what you just said!"
Zi Xi looked at Li Jin with arrogance on her face. Xiao Yan didn't know what to say, so he coughed.
Just as she was about to speak, a middle-aged man with a somewhat effeminate appearance rushed in, immediately draped a cloak over Zi Xi's shoulders, and glared fiercely at Li Jin.
"Oh dear, my little aunt, you absolutely mustn't report any rape! If word gets out, your reputation will be completely ruined, and all the hard work you've put into cultivating your pure and innocent image over the years will be wasted!"
"So you mean you want me to pretend nothing happened?"
Zi Xi wrapped her cloak tighter and looked seriously at her manager Lin Yi beside her. Her arm was still draped over Xiao Yan's arm. Gu Mingxia leaned against the door, watching everything that was happening in the room with amusement.
"My dear little miss, what else do you want? You need to know that rape, whether you're the victim or the rapist, leaves you with a stain on your reputation. Once you're involved, your image will be completely ruined! Zixi, we can't do this!"
As Lin Yi spoke, he winked at Li Jin, who was standing not far away. Sure enough, Li Jin, who received his wink, immediately nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes, Grandma Zixi, I'm just a lump of mud, while you're a beautiful jade. If you use a beautiful jade to smash a lump of mud, you'll only be the one who suffers! Don't worry, I definitely won't let you suffer for nothing. How about this, I'll invest in two more TV series and do my best to make you the leading lady, how about that?"
As he finished speaking, Li Jin lowered his voice and cautiously glanced at Zi Xi's expression.
"You think you're so great just because you're rich? I don't even care about your leading lady role!"
Zi Xi glanced at him disdainfully, a glance that filled Li Jin with worry. He then turned his gaze to Xiao Yan, and his eyes lit up immediately.
"Mr. Xiao... I never imagined you were Miss Zixi's boyfriend. I was so blind to your greatness, I've offended you so much, and Miss Zixi has been frightened. It's all my fault, Mr. Xiao... please help me persuade Miss Zixi, I... I was really wrong!"
"Ahem... Well, since Mr. Li knows he was wrong, then... let's just forget about it! However, you still need to do what you said about producing two TV series, after all, investing in TV series can be very profitable!"
Xiao Yan understood that Lin Yi was right. In the entertainment industry, regardless of whether it was actually rape or not, people would assume it was a case of unspoken rules. Moreover, for a girl like Zi Xi, who had no background and only relied on her fans' popularity, compared to a big boss like Li Jin, she would definitely be portrayed by those unscrupulous gossip reporters as someone who actively sought out Li Jin for unspoken rules in order to gain fame, and then, out of anger and embarrassment, filed a rape complaint because they couldn't agree on the terms!
Besides these, Xiao Yan still had some selfish motives. L'Oréal had specifically requested Zi Xi as the model for their advertisement. If she got involved in a rape scandal, their *** director would probably suggest replacing her with some difficult big-name celebrity.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Xiao, don't worry, I will definitely keep my promise! Um... um..."
Xiao Yan glanced at Zi Xi standing beside him, but when she met his gaze, she quickly looked away.
"You can leave! I'll pretend nothing happened today!"
Li Jin felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and his round body quickly dashed out. After he left, Zi Xi let go of Xiao Yan's arm, swayed her slender waist, and sat down on the recliner. Lin Yi immediately took a small towel and covered her with it.
"Thank you."
Zi Xi turned her head and said something indifferently. Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and casually sat down in a chair.
"Miss Zixi, I am Xiao Yan, the president of Maoguang Group. I came to the film and television city to see you mainly to talk about shooting a L'Oréal shampoo commercial. I just don't know if Miss Zixi is interested?"
"President Xiao, right? Our Zixi never accepts advertisements!"
Lin Yi glanced at Zi Xi, who was resting with her eyes closed, and answered the question for her.
"Miss Zixi, L'Oréal's advertisements are of very high quality, and the director in charge of this advertisement, Xu Ruixuan, has a very high reputation in the industry. His advertisements are always very popular. With Miss Zixi's current reputation, if you shoot this advertisement, believe me, it will only be icing on the cake for you, taking your acting career to the next level!"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao..."
"Okay, then have someone prepare the contract. Come to Mercury Entertainment Company tomorrow at noon to sign it."
Before Lin Yi could finish speaking, Zi Xi interrupted him, got up, wrapped herself in a small towel, and walked to the dressing room. But when she reached the door, she turned around and looked at Xiao Yan seriously.
"President Xiao, I heard you don't have a girlfriend yet. If you don't mind, I can be your girlfriend!"
Gu Mingxia suddenly felt like she couldn't breathe. She walked over to Xiao Yan with a half-smile and nudged him with her elbow.
"Mr. Xiao, you're so lucky! What did I tell you? You and Zi Xi are a perfect match!"
Upon hearing Gu Mingxia's words, Lin Yi's womanly face revealed a somewhat embarrassed smile.
"Just kidding, just kidding! My Zixi just loves to joke, Mr. Xiao, please don't take it to heart!"
The aloof goddess Zi Xi likes to joke? What a joke!
Gu Mingxia sneered inwardly. She snorted and turned to put on her sunglasses before walking out.
"This is my business card. I will have someone come to your company to sign the contract tomorrow at noon."
After handing the business card to Lin Yi, Xiao Yan hurriedly chased after Gu Mingxia, who was walking quickly out.
"Hey, are you angry?"
He nudged Gu Mingxia's arm, and Xiao Yan appeared before her with a smile on his handsome face.
"What are you getting angry about? Do you think you're Chairman Mao?!"
Gu Mingxia casually fastened her seatbelt and glared fiercely at Xiao Yan.
Even a glare like that was full of charm in Xiao Yan's eyes as he fastened his seatbelt and spoke.
"I may not be Chairman Mao, but I can earn you lots and lots of Chairman Mao!"
"Do I look like someone who's short of money?" Gu Mingxia gave Xiao Yan a coquettish look, leaned back, and closed her eyes, refusing to look at him anymore. "Just drive properly, Zi Xi is still waiting to be your girlfriend!"
Xiao Yan curled his lips; those words sounded suspiciously like jealousy! As long as Gu Mingxia was jealous, things would be much easier! Xiao Yan started the car and drove back to the company, humming a song all the way.
In the office, Liang Yuhao looked Xiao Yan up and down, making clicking sounds as he spoke.
"The president is indeed the president; he won over the aloof goddess Zi Xi with just one move. Sigh, compared to you, the president, I, the vice president, am simply a pile of... dog shit!"
"Don't be so self-deprecating. Even dog poop isn't as capable as you!"
Xiao Yan was signing the document with a flourish when he heard Liang Yuhao say that. He looked up and gave him a disgusted look.
"By the way, Xiao Yan, how did you convince Zi Xi to take the L'Oréal ad? I heard she's never filmed an ad since her debut!"
"It's such a shame you didn't come with us! Zi Xi fell in love with our CEO Xiao at first sight and even said directly that she wouldn't mind being Xiao Yan's girlfriend!"
Gu Mingxia walked in with a cup of coffee, and when she sat down, her eyes were filled with intense sarcasm.
"Wow, Zi Xi is such a high-quality girl! She's never had a scandal since her debut. She's one of the few girls in the entertainment industry who is so clean and self-disciplined. Xiao Yan, how come you have such good luck with women?"
Liang Yuhao looked at Xiao Yan with envy. Comparison is truly infuriating!
He's handsome, has a great figure, and is rich, so why doesn't a high-quality girl like Zi Xi fall for him? Thinking about this, Liang Yuhao felt incredibly heartbroken.
"If you like her, you can go after her!"
Xiao Yan put down his pen and looked at Gu Mingxia, who had a sarcastic smile on her lips. His eyes immediately filled with tenderness and doting.
"Xiaxia, how about we go see a movie tonight?"
"Not interested!"
Gu Mingxia put down her coffee cup and looked at Xiao Yan with a smile. "What, can't wait to see Zi Xi's movie?"
"Xiaxia, you're so boring!"
Xiao Yan stood up, reached for his coat on the hanger, and strode out.
"Go home by yourself after get off work. I'm going to meet a client!"
"Sister-in-law, is President Xiao getting angry and about to cheat on me?"
Liang Yuhao, who seemed to thrive on chaos, lay sprawled on Gu Mingxia's desk, blinking his large eyelids with a look of schadenfreude.
"Let him do whatever he wants! Do you think I care about him?"
Gu Mingxia tidied up the documents on the table, didn't even glance at Liang Yuhao, and stood up to hand him a contract.
"Good girl, go to the Mercury Performing Arts Center this afternoon to sign a contract with Zi Xi."
"Okay, I promise I'll get it done!"
Liang Yuhao happily carried the contract out of the president's office, while Gu Mingxia watched his retreating figure and shook her head helplessly.
That evening, Gu Mingxia sat on the sofa in the living room with her laptop, looking at documents every now and then. She didn't see Xiao Yan return until nine o'clock.
"I wonder which beautiful girl he's off meeting up with this time! Humph, I hope he doesn't come back all night!"
As soon as Xiao Yan entered the door, he heard Gu Mingxia's indignant voice. He said this with a smile while changing his shoes.
"Xiaxia, you're really jealous!"
"Pfft, me being jealous of you? You think you're really handsome?!"
Gu Mingxia closed her notebook, got up and headed upstairs, but Xiao Yan quickly walked over.
He pulled Gu Mingxia into his arms, his breath, heavy with the smell of alcohol, brushing against her face. Gu Mingxia looked up, her eyes narrowed, her gaze as cunning as a little fox.
"Xiaxia, why are you hiding your feelings? You still like me, don't you?"
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