Jian Yang said calmly, "Don't worry, Mr. Lu. I promised to treat you to a meal, but I didn't say it would just be you and me. Could it be that you have some other expectations for this dinner?"
Lu Mancheng pursed his lips.
Did she really think she just wanted a meal? How could Mr. Lu, a great man, be short of a meal?
Didn’t you see he even brought flowers!
I helped her solve the problem, so it’s okay if Jian Yang doesn’t treat me seriously, but isn’t it too much to bring the person he hates the most when inviting him to dinner?
"Do you think I have no temper?" Lu Mancheng said.
Hearing this, Mo Cishu laughed, "Do you think the role you play in this matter is suitable for having a temper?"
He didn't feel it was appropriate.
Lu Mancheng narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"
Jian Yang raised his hand and said, "Alright! Say less and give me a chance to speak."
When will their quarrel end?
The two men glanced at her in unison and fell silent at the same time.
Jian Yang cleared his throat and said to Lu Mancheng, "Mo Cishu called me yesterday. He said he had something he wanted to clarify about the last scandal, and it would be best to talk in person."
Lu Mancheng: "You can talk anytime, why do you have to do it on the day we meet?"
Mo Cishu just wanted to ruin his hard-earned alone time!
Jian Yang: "He meant to talk to you face to face."
Lu Mancheng was stunned, and Mo Cishu waved at him again.
In other words, today's dinner was not hosted by Jian Yang but by Mo Cishu.
This was a scheme that Mo Cishu forced through Jian Yang's mouth.
Lu Mancheng: "..."
Damn it!
Got cheated!
Lu Mancheng buttoned his suit and said, "Except for the time I have dinner with Jian Yang alone, I'm very busy. If you have anything to say, please speak quickly!"
Mo Cishu said, "It's nothing complicated. I just want to ask Mr. Lu if he knows Reporter Chen."
Lu Mancheng was stunned. That entertainment reporter?
He glanced at Mo Cishu, wondering how he knew about Reporter Chen. He was also worried that under Mo Cishu's questioning, he would reveal something he shouldn't have. It would be better to just pretend he had no contact with this person!
“I don’t know him!”
Mo Cishu: "I haven't even mentioned which reporter Chen it was, why are you so eager to deny it?"
Lu Mancheng frowned and said, "I don't know any reporter Chen. There's no reporter named Chen that I know. Does Mr. Mo need me to act as a matchmaker if he wants to meet someone?"
He deliberately shifted the topic to Mo Cishu, but Mo Cishu didn't buy it at all and said directly, "That's not the response from reporter Chen."
Mo Cishu took out his cell phone from his pocket and unlocked it, then slid the phone across the table in front of Lu Mancheng.
Lu Mancheng took the phone suspiciously, clicked on the picture on the page and took a few glances.
Just these few simple pictures made Lu Mancheng's face darken visibly. His attitude also changed from being aggressive at the beginning to being guilty.
What could have caused Lu Manchester City's attitude to change so drastically in such a short period of time?
Jian Yang took the phone curiously and took a look at it, then saw that Lu Mancheng's expression had changed.
The pictures Mo Cishu had saved were exactly the content of Lu Mancheng's conversation with the entertainment reporter. Although it was unknown where he had found the evidence, with this kind of evidence in front of him, anyone could guess who was behind the previous rumor.
Mo Cishu: "Mr. Lu, do you have any explanation?"
"I have a few alternatives. First, I fabricated this picture to slander you. You can come forward and expose my tricks."
"Second, you can admit that the pictures are real, but deny that you said the words. For example, you can say that your phone was lost at the time and that this incident had nothing to do with you."
Mo Cishu folded his hands, resting his chin on them, and asked jokingly, "Which statement would you like to choose, Mr. Lu?"
Mo Cishu had clearly exposed Lu Mancheng's tricks. No matter which explanation Lu Mancheng chose, Jian Yang would no longer believe it. Yet, he still gave Lu Mancheng a choice, clearly playing a trick on him.
Lu Mancheng: "Is teasing people fun?"
Even though he already knew the truth, he still called him over to arrange this dinner. He was deliberately trying to expose his mask in front of Jian Yang.
Mo Cishu laughed and said, "When it comes to teasing, how can I compare to Mr. Lu? First he laid the groundwork on the show, then had someone help stir up the scandal, and finally he even used the excuse of currying favor to ask Jian Yang out for dinner. Your acting range is much wider than mine."
"Mr. Lu is worthy of running an agency. I really admire his ability to direct and act in his own films. If you weren't the president, being a director would also be great, right?"
It would be fine if Lu Mancheng had nothing to do with this matter, but he also tacitly agreed to have a meal with Jian Yang.
But it just so happened that this matter was not only related to Lu Mancheng, but also led by him. How could Mo Cishu let it go so easily?
He had to expose Lu Mancheng's hypocrisy in front of Jian Yang and make Lu Mancheng lose face.
"A relationship won't last long if it's calculated. Jian Yang is already taken. I hope Mr. Lu can control himself in the future and stop coveting other people's girlfriends. If I can find out these things, I can naturally find out other things too. Mr. Lu, quit while you're ahead."
Lu Mancheng's eyelids twitched, and he pushed the seat under him away and walked out in anger.
Mo Cishu: "You forgot your flowers."
Lu Mancheng turned back, took the bouquet and walked out of the private room.
As soon as he left the private room, he was so angry that he threw the flowers in his hand into the trash can!
Another missed move.
After Lu Mancheng left, Jian Yang asked, "When did you guess that there was something fishy about this matter?"
Mo Cishu said: "The day the scandal appeared."
From the moment Lu Mancheng asked her to treat him to a meal, his radar was activated.
"Your scandal hit the headlines so early in the morning, and the popularity is rising so quickly. Judging from the timing, this is very unreasonable."
It was just past seven when they had breakfast that day, and it was impossible for so many people on Weibo to be watching the show during this time.
If the gossip broke at noon or in the afternoon, he might have believed it. But with the way young people work and sleep these days, they wouldn't wake up that early on weekends just to check Weibo.
"Also, although your fame is higher now than before, you're not a top-tier rising star. Lu Mancheng has fans, but he can't compare to top-tier celebrities. Hou Wenjun and Ouyang Xue also had scandals that day. Their scandals didn't even make the top ten, but yours can make the top eight?"
Jian Yang: "...That's indeed not possible."
It's just that this sounds a bit awkward.
Mo Cishu: "So I thought something was fishy and wanted to see if someone was behind it, so I asked someone to investigate."
Of course, this was the result he came to after reading the scandal over and over again after entering the kitchen.
But he deliberately hid all these and didn't tell Jian Yang.
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