Shangguan Wu smiled and said, "Could you arrange for me to meet with Mu Liangzhou? I need to talk to him about something."
Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow, his deep voice tinged with a hint of grievance: "Wife, is there anything I can't help you with that you want to find some random man?"
"What are you saying?" Shangguan Wu rolled her eyes. Mu Liangzhou was her future brother-in-law, but before her second sister married him, she couldn't meet him as the younger sister, lest he give her the illusion that her second sister couldn't live without him.
She said, "You two are like brothers, why don't you get together? Take me with you, I need to talk to him about something."
"What do you want to talk about?" Gu Yunzhen took out her phone and called Mu Liangzhou.
Shangguan Wu briefly recounted the contents of the phone call and then shared his thoughts: he wanted to film a serious TV series about traditional Chinese medicine and wanted to invite Mu Liangzhou to play the male lead.
Mu Liangzhou is a top-tier actor, a talented performer, and a popular celebrity. However, he only makes movies now, so it's definitely impossible to reach an agreement with his agent. But for a TV series about traditional Chinese medicine to gain popularity, casting an influential actor is the best option.
As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Liangzhou's voice came through Gu Yunzhen's phone.
"Hey, what brings you here today? You actually called me?"
Gu Yunzhen asked with disdain, "In the capital?"
Mu Liangzhou: "If you miss me, I can fly back right away."
"Get lost." Gu Yunzhen rubbed his temples. "Want to have a drink at Zijing Pavilion tonight?"
Shangguan Wu looked up at him. Mu Liangzhou wasn't in the capital city. Wouldn't it be too rushed to meet him tonight?
Mu Liangzhou clicked his tongue: "Something's not right with you."
Gu Yunzhen asked directly, "Are you coming or not?"
However, perhaps out of boredom, Mu Liangzhou began to analyze, "Ever since you returned to the capital, you've been going home to be with your wife every day after work. Yet tonight you invited me for drinks. Could it be that you're experiencing a marital crisis?"
Gu Yunzhen's handsome face darkened, his thin lips curled slightly, and his words were piercing: "Every good family man goes straight home after get off work. You can't even do that? I'm really worried about my wife's second sister. After all, you have a lot of social engagements and many temptations. Instead of worrying about you not being a good husband all day, wouldn't it be more reassuring to find someone outside the entertainment industry?"
Mu Liangzhou on the other end of the phone stood up anxiously, thinking, "What the hell is this about, not upholding husbandly virtues?" He clarified, "Hey, hey, hey, I'm chaste, don't talk nonsense in front of Shuangshuang!"
Gu Yunzhen became even more nonchalant: "Who knows?"
Mu Liangzhou was even more certain that Gu Si was up to something, but after all, he wasn't the one with a wife, kids, and a warm bed; he still wanted to marry Shangguan Wu's second sister, so he could only back down: "Alright, alright, we'll talk about it when we meet tonight."
After the call ended, Shangguan Wu belatedly realized, "He's in the capital city?"
Gu Yunzhen hummed in agreement: "If he were working in another city, he wouldn't have said that."
Shangguan Wu was not surprised at all; he was just waiting to meet Mu Liangzhou that evening to persuade him to play the male lead.
That night, Shangguan Wu and Gu Yunzhen arrived at Zijing Pavilion at 8:30.
It was almost nine o'clock when Mu Liangzhou finally arrived.
"Sorry, I ran into paparazzi when I went out. I had to walk around four streets to shake them off." Mu Liangzhou sat down, loosened his tie, picked up the teacup on the coffee table, and drank half of it.
Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow: "You didn't even ask before you drank it?"
Mu Liangzhou's expression stiffened, then he retorted, "It's just you and your husband here. No matter whose drink I've taken, aren't you supposed to come out and stop me?"
He thought it was just Gu Si alone, but he didn't expect Shangguan Wu to be there too.
After drinking the slightly cool tea, Mu Liangzhou realized that the person who wanted to see him was not Gu Si, but Shangguan Wu.
If it were anyone else, Mu Liangzhou would have remained calm and indifferent, but since Shangguan Wu was his sister-in-law, he, as her future brother-in-law, took the initiative to ask, "You're contacting me because of a film or television series about traditional Chinese medicine, right?"
Shangguan Wu looked at him in surprise, then turned to look at Gu Yunzhen. Before she could speak, he said, "It wasn't me who said that."
Mu Liangzhou cleared his throat twice: "Ahem, having been in this industry for so long, it's not hard to find out some information." Especially since it's the company where his future wife works.
Although Shangguan Wu had handed the company over to Shuangshuang, he knew that Shuangshuang would not accept it. Even if it were under her name, the profits would eventually be given to her sister under other names.
"Yes, I'd like to invite you to act in a TV series..."
Before Shangguan Wu could finish speaking, Mu Liangzhou agreed, "Okay."
Shangguan Wu: "?"
Is it really that hasty?
"Anyway, they'll agree in the end, so why bother saying so much?" However, Mu Liangzhou still had a request: "Little sister, I trust you so much, so please don't ruin my reputation."
Shangguan Wu assured him that she would hire the best production team, and finally asked, "Did you agree to this because of my second sister?"
"Otherwise what?" Mu Liangzhou was about to speak when he received a look from Gu Si and casually said, "Gu Si and I are good brothers, and your second sister is my girlfriend. Of course, the main reason is that you have the ability to hire the best production team. Since it can be a win-win situation, I have no reason to refuse."
Shangguan Wu said seriously, "Alright, no matter whose sake I'm giving you, I won't tarnish your reputation as a movie star."
Gu Yunzhen poured a glass of wine and handed it to Mu Liangzhou. They clinked glasses. The two were brothers, so there was no need to say too much; everything was in the wine.
After finishing their drinks, Gu Yunzhen took Shangguan Wu's hand and stood up, saying to Mu Liangzhou, "It's getting late, so my husband and I will be leaving now. You should also go back to sleep early."
"They're leaving already?" Mu Liangzhou's lips twitched. They called him over from so far away, and they'd barely had two drinks before the party was over. What kind of people are they?
"There are children at home."
Gu Yunzhen's one sentence was the decisive blow.
Mu Liangzhou: "..."
Although he wanted to argue that having a child was no big deal, he had already planned to take his wife and child out after marrying Shuangshuang and having a beautiful little girl. Just imagining that scene made him sleepless all night.
As the three of them emerged from the Zijing Pavilion, a light drizzle began to fall.
Gu Yunzhen took off his suit jacket and draped it over Shangguan Wu's head to keep her from getting wet.
Mu Liangzhou felt a pang of sympathy as he looked at it.
Suddenly, Gu Yunzhen turned her head to look at a dark corner. Her sharp gaze through the lens startled the paparazzi who was taking pictures, almost causing them to drop their cameras.
"What's wrong?" Mu Liangzhou followed his gaze.
Gu Yunzhen said coldly, "Someone is taking pictures secretly."
Mu Liangzhou frowned: "They're paparazzi following me. You guys go first, I'll have them delete all the photos."
Despite the rain, Gu Yunzhen didn't stand on ceremony with him, simply said "okay," and then got into the car with Shangguan Wu and left.
Mu Liangzhou walked toward the paparazzi hiding in the shadows.
Before they even got close, a paparazzi rushed out and pleaded, "I've deleted all the photos. I guarantee there isn't a single one of Fourth Young Master. Please, Mr. Mu, plead with Fourth Young Master. Our studio absolutely had no intention of offending Fourth Young Master and his wife."
Mu Liangzhou's lips curled up slightly. Gu Si's 'fierce reputation' was well-known, so he didn't need to say anything more.
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