Chapter 30: Collapse in Advance
Xi Jingyue managed to calm his expression, as if he suddenly thought of something, and smiled faintly, "Is Miss Du now a full-time assistant to Mr. Du?"
"No, no, my second brother just took me out to see the world because he saw that I didn't know what to do at home. After this matter is over, I will no longer be his assistant."
"If you just want to see the world, why don't you go to my cousin's company?"
"Huh?" Duan Rao was stunned for a while before he realized what Xi Jingyue said. He widened his eyes in surprise, "Are you talking about that Xisheng Entertainment?"
“Yes, that’s the company.”
Duan Rao became more suspicious: "Why did Mr. Xi suddenly invite me to your cousin's company?"
[Something is wrong. No matter how much you love me, you shouldn't be so warm to a little-known assistant like me. Could it be that...]
Xi Jingyue's heart suddenly tightened, thinking that he had accidentally exposed himself by acting too hastily.
[Mr. Xi is really interested in my brother? Since he didn't get the upper hand from my brother, he is trying to save the situation by getting close to me to get close to my brother?]
Xi Jingyue: “…” Stop, stop. I swear on my character that I really have no interest in your brother, not at all!
"Ahem, actually, I was there when you were helping Mr. Yang with fortune telling on the set that day."
"Huh?" Duan Rao suddenly raised his head and looked at Xi Jingyue, "You were on the set so early that day?"
"……Um."
Realizing that the reason why Xi Jingyue invited him might be somewhat different from what he had imagined, Duanrao touched his nose awkwardly.
"So you heard everything that day?"
"Yes, I heard it all from beginning to end. My cousin's company has been having problems recently, and I didn't think it was a big deal before. But the other day I saw you doing fortune telling for Mr. Yang on the set, and your explanation was very logical and well-reasoned, and I thought it made a lot of sense."
Xi Jingyue paused for a moment and said, "I was wondering if you could take some time to go over there and help my cousin see if there's something wrong with his company, and if he needs to change the Feng Shui or get a Buddha statue to calm it down."
Duan Rao laughed dryly twice and asked tentatively: "Did he ask anyone to go and see it before?"
"Yes, I asked someone to perform a ritual, but it seemed to be of no use."
[People who specialize in this can't see the problem, and I, who's only half-baked, can't see it either. But if I refuse like this, I don't know how long I have to wait for another chance...]
Du Anrao began to struggle internally, wondering whether to politely decline the invitation from the person in front of him so as not to be exposed, or to bite the bullet and go to Xisheng Entertainment to meet his fourth sister's real relatives.
But she didn't hesitate for too long and soon compromised.
"Okay, I'll go with you as a token of my gratitude for your help. But..."
"but?"
"But I'm not very skilled, so I may not be able to figure it out. You and your cousin should not hold out too much hope."
Xi Jingyue's real purpose was not this, so naturally he would not blame him too much.
"Just try your best. If you really can't see anything, it's just his luck. You can't blame him."
Duan Rao finally breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it, and asked again: "Can I bring one more person with me then?"
"Who? Your second brother?"
"No, no, it's someone else. I promise to take her with me the whole time and not let her run around. After she gets out, she will definitely not tell anyone about what she saw in your company. Is that okay?"
Xi Jingyue's eyes flickered slightly, and he had guessed the identity of the person Duanrao wanted to bring, but he still said calmly: "Of course, it's not something shameful. You can bring as many people as you want."
"It's settled then. When are you free?"
"I'm available anytime, depending on your arrangement."
Du Anrao blinked her eyes. Although she was puzzled by the person's accommodation towards her, she had not yet had the time to discuss this matter with her fourth sister. After thinking about it, she decided to accept the other party's kindness.
"Then let me go back and ask first, and then contact you when the time is confirmed?"
"good."
Just like that, Xi Jingyue relied on his superb disguise skills to trick... ahem, Du Anrao's contact information when the two met for the third time.
Because of her chance encounter with Xi Jingyue, Du Anrao was delayed for a while. She thought she would be questioned when she came out, but when she found Du Hexuan and others, they looked serious and had a lot on their minds. They didn't even bother to ask why she came back late.
Duan Rao thought about it, then quietly approached his second brother and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? What happened?"
Only then did Du Hexuan realize that his sister had returned without him noticing, and he looked at her with a complicated look.
"Someone just called the director and told him that something went wrong on the set again."
"Something happened again?" Du Anrao was also speechless.
It's only been a few days since the crew encountered accidents one after another. No wonder the director has such a dark cloud over his head. If they continue to be so unlucky, the crew might as well change its name to "And Then There Were None".
"Who got into trouble this time?"
"Pei Yiyuan." The person who answered her was the assistant director. At this moment, he had a bitter face and looked pitiful as if "the sky has fallen".
Isn’t it like the sky is falling? For a drama with a male lead, the male lead is about to die, which can be said to be a fatal blow to the crew.
Duanrao couldn't help but gasp when he heard the name.
[Pei Yiyuan has fallen from grace? Aren’t his explosive revelations going to be exposed in a few months? Why did he fall from grace so early? ]
Before Duan Rao could ask more, Zhou Shunzhe at the side sneered and told the truth: "He deserves it. He Xuan took this drama because of Director Gao's face to help a newcomer like him to improve his status. But he is not grateful at all, and he even hates He Xuan. He is really an ungrateful person!"
"Just because he was praised by the company and given some good resources, he became so proud that he forgot who he is. He doesn't even look at himself. If He Xuan wasn't in this drama, who would know who this crappy idol from a talent show is?"
Although Zhou Shunzhe loved to chatter, he was not a person who would speak harshly. It was obvious that he was very angry when he said such words.
Du Anrao listened patiently for a long time before he found out that the cause of the incident was actually the hacking of Du Hexuan a few days ago.
At that time, in addition to those people arranged by Jiang Huaiying, there were many people who took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, hoping to pull Du Hexuan down from the altar.
Pei Yiyuan is one of them. Not only did he hire some internet trolls to stand on the side of the so-called victims, he also made up a lot of information himself to slander Du Hexuan in a specious way.
Unexpectedly, just two days later, Du Hexuan's so-called black material was reversed, and the culprit Jiang Huaiying was quickly arrested.
These fence-sitters were so scared that they retreated back and dared not show their heads again.
Pei Yiyuan also wanted to pretend nothing happened, but his luck was not good, and Du Hexuan's big fan traced back and found out his small account.
(End of this chapter)
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