Upon hearing this, Mingqian's face turned deathly pale.
Hao Lin sneered twice: "I didn't expect you to dare to violate President Chang's taboo by having other men outside."
"I didn't, I didn't, I..."
Hao Lin said, "What's even more interesting is that the person in question is actually Yin Chengjue's half-brother, Feng Changheng."
Upon hearing Feng Changheng's name, Mingqian's expression instantly turned even more unpleasant. He never expected that Feng Changheng, who should still be in school at the moment, would come looking for Haolin.
"Do you want to know why he came to find me?" Hao Lin stared sharply into the rearview mirror, looking at Ming Qian sitting in the back.
Mingqian opened her mouth, but knew she could no longer deny it, so she resigned herself to her fate and asked, "Why?"
"Because he's really desperate and wants to borrow money from you." Hao Lin's voice was laced with sarcasm as he said this: "Guess again, why doesn't he come directly to you when he wants to borrow money, but instead comes all the way through to me?"
A fleeting hint of annoyance crossed Mingqian's seemingly innocent and harmless face.
Although it was only for a moment, Haolin, who had been watching him closely, still saw it. Before Mingqian could answer, he continued, "Because, he got some news from somewhere that all your money is in my hands, and you're like a pitiful wage earner... No, even wage earners can control their own money, but you can't. You're so pitiful, so pitiful."
Haolin: "Why don't you guess again, who told him these words, or rather, who tricked him?"
Mingqian clenched her fists tightly, her lower lip already tasting of blood from his teeth.
Mingqian then remembered that Feng Changheng had borrowed money from him not long ago.
It wasn't really a loan; it was just that Mingqian was asked to return a portion of the money she had spent on Mingqian—the money used to buy online trolls to vote and boost her ranking—so that he could use it for other purposes.
However, in Mingqian's view, what reason is there to vomit up what's already in your stomach? Besides, when Feng Changheng was showering him with money, he never said he would have to pay it back later.
When Feng Changheng suddenly told her that she had to repay part of the money first, how could Mingqian possibly agree to it?
However, in front of Feng Changheng, he always presented himself as a gentle and lovely innocent girl, a polite young man. Therefore, in order not to ruin his image, Mingqian had no choice but to lie to Feng Changheng and say that all his money was being held by his manager.
As she spoke, tears began to fall. She sobbed as she expressed that she felt like a puppet, controlled by her agency and manager, with no freedom whatsoever, and could only desperately try to make money for them.
Feng Changheng is still a junior high school student. Although Ming Qian is only two years older than him, she has been in the entertainment industry for a while. She may not have developed any other skills, but she has learned a thing or two about how to handle things smoothly. She may not be able to deal with others, but she is more than capable of dealing with a teenager like Feng Changheng who is still living in an ivory tower.
Under Mingqian's tears, Feng Changheng naively chose to believe her, and as expected, he stopped bothering Mingqian and simply greeted her with good morning and good night every day.
Mingqian secretly went to investigate why Feng Changheng had asked her for money. It turned out that Feng Chengda's hospital expenses were too high, and with his discharge imminent, he still needed to buy a large amount of maintenance products.
Yin Chengjue decisively refused to pay Feng Chengda's medical expenses, which made Feng Chengda, who had already divorced Yin He and lost the support of the Yin family, even worse off in terms of cash flow.
Su Zi tried countless times to put pressure on Yin Chengjue through public opinion, but Yin Chengjue always managed to refute her by mentioning the large medical expenses he had previously paid for Fengchengda.
Su Zi threatened Yin Chengjue with legal action, so Yin Chengjue simply brought up the direct cause of Feng Chengda's admission to the ICU—Feng Changheng personally smashed Feng Chengda's head, and Su Zi delayed calling an ambulance.
Su Zi initially suppressed these matters by spending money, but later Yin Chengjue learned of this and decisively used it to threaten Su Zi.
Feng Chengda was unaware that Su Zi's delay in calling an ambulance nearly caused him to miss the crucial emergency response.
Su Zi knew very well that once this matter was exposed, he would be completely abandoned by Feng Chengda and suffer severe retaliation—he knew all too well what kind of person Feng Chengda was.
Helpless, Su Zi could only swallow her anger and dared not cause any more trouble for Yin Chengjue, for fear that Yin Chengjue might take a bad mood and post the whole thing online.
She is now even afraid to see any news online that smears Yin Chengjue, because she is afraid that Yin Chengjue will suspect that she did it, or take his anger out on her if he is in a bad mood.
She avoids any news about Yin Chengjue. That perfectly describes Su Zi's current state.
Su Zi didn't take the initiative to ask Yin Chengjue for money, so Feng Changheng was even less likely to go. Feng Changheng truly inherited Feng Chengda's pride perfectly. Although he wasn't exactly arrogant, his determination to never submit to anyone was even greater than Feng Chengda's.
Asking Yin Chengjue for money is tantamount to asking him to take his head off and throw it on the ground to stomp on. How could Yin Chengjue tolerate that?
After weighing the options, Feng Changheng preferred to borrow money from his former cronies and have Mingqian repay it, rather than bow down to Yin Chengjue.
Although he didn't say it aloud, Feng Changheng had already begun to secretly compete with Yin Chengjue, vowing to surpass Yin Chengjue and crush him under his feet!
Mingqian was unwilling to repay the money, so she asked Haolin to be her scapegoat. She thought that would solve the problem, but she didn't expect that Feng Changheng was really desperate. He went directly to Haolin and even threatened him, saying that he would expose Haolin for withholding money from his artists.
"Guess again how I answered him?" Haolin asked Mingqian again.
At this moment, Mingqian was already restless, feeling a sense of shame as if she had been stripped naked and left to be judged by others.
He could almost picture Feng Changheng's angry and resentful expression after Hao Lin exposed his carefully constructed facade.
"Brother Hao..." Mingqian said almost pleadingly, "Brother Hao, you, you didn't tell him the truth, did you? You didn't, did you?" After all, they had been lovers since their student days. Even though she knew that he was no longer helpful to her career, Mingqian still had some lingering feelings for Feng Changheng.
Of course, it was just a lingering affection, and this affection couldn't even outweigh the money spent on hiring online trolls to promote him.
"Heh." Haolin chuckled softly.
Mingqian clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms, but he seemed oblivious to it.
"Mingqian, do you know? People like you are more likely to go far in the entertainment industry," Haolin said slowly.
Mingqian froze.
Haolin: "To tell you the truth, I didn't expose you. In fact, I even gave him the money."
Haolin's smile deepened. If one had to describe it, he truly resembled a snake—a venomous snake lurking in the grass, flicking its tongue, quietly waiting for its prey to walk into its trap.
Mingqian was stunned, and said in disbelief, "Really?"
“However, this comes at a price.” Haolin took out a voice recorder from his pocket.
Mingqian immediately noticed the flashing red dot on the recorder, realizing that it was recording. Her complexion, which had finally recovered somewhat, turned pale again.
While Mingqian was shrouded in gloom outside of online public opinion, Rongyu, who was deeply embroiled in the controversy, was surprisingly relaxed.
Or rather, he didn't care about this little bit of public opinion at all. He advised his fans in the fan group not to argue about right and wrong over such a trivial matter, but to focus on their real lives, do what they were supposed to do, and wait for his work to be released before making appointments. After that, Rong Yu went off to do his own thing.
This was the first time he had asked for leave to go out since he moved into the company dormitory.
He wasn't going to a film set, nor was he accepting any commercial performances, nor did he ask Yin Chengjue out for some alone time. Instead, he arrived at the agreed-upon location alone, sneaking around furtively.
The person I made the agreement with: my older brother.
There was nothing he could do. The things he had begged his older brother to buy for him had finally arrived, but his brother refused to send them to him. Instead, he told him to meet at the agreed-upon place to pick them up himself, or else it was off the table.
Despite Rong Yu's repeated pleas, her elder brother remained unmoved by either soft or hard approaches. Left with no other option, Rong Yu put on a baseball cap, a large mask, and a junior high school uniform before heading to the appointment.
Thumbs up for school uniforms as a camouflage marvel!
The agreed address is the coffee shop on the 38th floor of Tianhua Building.
Here, you can overlook the scenery of City A and enjoy the dazzling city night view.
Upon seeing Rong Yu in this state, Murong He did not recognize her at first glance.
Until the other party rubbed his hands together and said obsequiously, "Brother, I've come to keep the appointment. Look, the perfume I asked for, could you..." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.
Murong He's lips twitched: "You've become such a wretched person?"
Rong Yu: "It's alright, at least we can eat our fill."
Murong He: "You threw a bomb into your house and ran away. You've got it easy."
Rong Yu: "Big brother, look at what you're saying. I know I threw a bomb. If I don't run, am I supposed to just wait to get caught in the blast?"
Murong He nearly crushed the handle of the coffee cup in his hand.
Murong He tried his best to maintain the dignity of an elder brother: "As of today, our family's shooting range has been renovated fifty times."
Rong Yu was adding her fifth sugar to her coffee when she heard this and couldn't help but sigh, "The old man is really still vigorous in his old age. Mom is so lucky."
Murong He: "...Our sandbag has been smashed to pieces for the fiftieth time."
Rong Yu picked up a spoon, stirred elegantly, and continued to marvel, "Second Brother's fists are getting more and more mighty and powerful."
Murong He: "...Didn't you ever think that if you really brought some random man home one day, they might use him as a shooting range or a punching bag?"
Rong Yu's expression finally changed.
Murong He had been observing Rong Yu. Seeing that Rong Yu looked unwell, he thought his persuasion had worked and pressed on, saying, "As long as you are willing to change your preferred gender, none of this will exist."
Rong Yu: "No..." Rong Yu suddenly broke into a big smile, cracking his knuckles: "Thank you for the reminder, big brother. I suddenly realized that I should also buy some sandbags to practice with."
Otherwise, how can I protect my brother? ^V^
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