Xu Mengyu threw off the covers and got out of bed, wearing a white spaghetti strap nightgown that was just long enough to cover her thighs. She had only taken two steps when Zheng Tianming picked her up.
"Not wearing shoes?" Zheng Tianming asked in a deep voice.
Xu Mengyu was surprised. Why was she suddenly being so attentive? She never cared whether she wore shoes or not before: "If you don't leave, I will, okay?"
Zheng Tianming carried Xu Mengyu toward the bathroom: "My mother-in-law has had a long day, let her get some rest."
"Pooh--"
Xu Mengyu turned her head away and put her hand on Zheng Tianming's shoulder: "I've never seen anyone more shameless than you. Don't keep hugging me. Put me down."
After Zheng Tianming entered the bathroom, he immediately locked the door from the inside and told her to leave. In the blink of an eye, he was gone.
There's nothing you can do about that jerk; he hasn't logged off.
Xu Mengyu sat on the edge of the bathtub with her arms crossed, tapping her fingers absently: "Are you really not considering going back with my mom this time?"
“It’s right to be filial to parents, but it’s a bit early now.” Zheng Tianming threw the shirt into the laundry basket.
Xu Mengyu thought for a while, realizing that continuing wouldn't lead to anything, so she started talking about serious matters: "Xu Lu is eight years old. He's been taking online classes, and I'd like him to receive a traditional education. What do you think?"
Zheng Tianming turned on the shower and took a shower: "Then ask Xu Lu. You said he's eight years old and should have the right to choose."
“You’re always involving him in adult matters, which isn’t good for his development,” Xu Mengyu said, her gaze falling to the ground.
Zheng Tianming brushed his hair back, washed his face, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Okay, I'll discuss it with him tomorrow and ask for his opinion."
"You..." Xu Mengyu was surprised to find that Zheng Tianming would frequently change towels when he took a shower, using the one to dry his hair but not his face, and the one to dry his face but not his body.
The father and son are exactly the same in this respect, even though they had never met before.
Zheng Tianming changed the towel and wiped his body: "What's wrong?" After saying that, he walked over, his whole body radiating heat: "Want to touch?"
"Thank you, but I didn't intend to," Xu Mengyu said, standing up as if it were a rare treat.
Zheng Tianming threw the towel into the laundry basket and grabbed a clean one to wipe his head: "Then why are you staring at me like that?" After saying that, he bent down and picked the person up.
Xu Mengyu felt damp: "Don't ask anymore, I'm sleepy." To make it believable, she even yawned.
Zheng Tianming pulled a bath towel and draped it over Xu Mengyu. It would be a bit chilly going outside suddenly, and it's harder to recover from a cold in the summer.
"You didn't mean to hold in a fart, did you?" Xu Mengyu was scared; his attentiveness was making her uncomfortable, and her heart was pounding.
The latter did not answer.
He should have treated her better a long time ago.
Once in bed, Xu Mengyu lay down on the edge of the bed, tucking the blanket behind her, giving Zheng Tianming no chance whatsoever.
Zheng Tianming turned off the bedside lamp and pulled him, blanket and all, into his arms: "Don't you want to do anything else for me?"
"Shut up." Xu Mengyu buried her face in the blanket.
Their relationship isn't that good yet.
“But I want to.” Zheng Tianming finished speaking and sucked on Xu Mengyu’s earlobe.
Xu Mengyu blushed, threw off the covers, and directly covered Zheng Tianming inside: "I'll seduce you to death. You've got too many ideas. Don't you even know who you are now!"
Zheng Tianming reached out and put his arm around Xu Mengyu, who was sitting on the bed, afraid that she would fall off due to her emotional state: "Yeah, I'm sexy."
Without thinking, Xu Mengyu kicked him. If he hadn't admitted it, she would have been fine, but this left her speechless.
“I suspect there’s something dirty on you,” Xu Mengyu said, brushing the messy strands of hair from her face.
Zheng Tianming smiled knowingly: "In your heart, am I not the dirtiest thing?" He then threw back the covers: "Go to sleep. There's a meeting at eight tomorrow. Don't be unable to get up then."
As soon as the blanket was lifted, the refreshing scent of shower gel wafted out, accompanied by rising steam.
"No way, who would sleep in the same bed after breaking up? Are you cheap or am I worthless?" Xu Mengyu realized what was going on.
Zheng Tianming pulled her directly into his arms, his large hands gripping her waist to prevent her from moving: "Am I shameless? Are you satisfied now?"
Xu Mengyu rested her head on Zheng Tianming's arm. How absurd! Back in school, even though he always gave in to her, he never admitted defeat verbally.
She felt like she was hitting cotton; she was frustrated but helpless.
She thought he would be naughty, but he actually fell asleep. Xu Mengyu turned to her side, her mind racing with thoughts.
One moment it was about Xu Lu's schooling, the next it was about resources for other artists in the studio. Just when she was finally getting sleepy, she started thinking about whether her next move would affect her father's career.
She is braver than anyone else when she is alone.
She kept revising and restating a statement in her mind, wondering if her fans would feel uneasy about it, and how her rivals would respond.
She was physically exhausted, but her mind was unusually clear. Even though she was so sleepy that tears were streaming down her face, she couldn't fall asleep because she thought about all the things she hadn't dealt with yet.
Zheng Tianming gently patted Xu Mengyu's shoulder, his voice hoarse: "I'll help you solve it, you get some sleep."
“You don’t understand, what can you solve?” Xu Mengyu said, turning around. “I thought you were asleep.”
Zheng Tianming tightened his arms around her, holding her close. He believed he had the ability to protect people, but he had failed to protect her.
"Never mind, never mind, time to sleep." Xu Mengyu counted sheep in her mind, clearing her mind as soon as she thought of anything related to work. Half an hour later, she fell asleep as she wished.
Zheng Tianming slowly withdrew his arm, got up and went to the living room to smoke a cigarette and drink a glass of cold water. He returned to the bedroom when he was almost done.
In the morning, Xu Mengyu turned on her phone and was instantly horrified. She had hundreds of unread text messages and seventy or eighty missed calls.
The work group chat was about to explode. Not only that, but news kept popping up. She randomly clicked on one and was shocked.
Shen Mei's photos and recordings topped the trending searches on various platforms.
In the photo, Shen Mei is wearing a see-through nightgown, next to the chairman of a certain company; the recording is also not to be listened to.
No wonder she dared to take her artists on solo projects; it turns out she had someone backing her up. With her meager resources, how could she have dared to do that...?
Xu Mengyu felt like she was watching a drama unfold online. One photo was with a certain chairman, and the next one was with his brother. There was so much information to be had.
Shen Mei said, "You asked me to copy the files, what will you give me in return?" The man in the recording said, "I can give you a baby," and then the recording was cut off.
Xu Mengyu: "..."
How did such a private recording get discovered? Shen Mei must have kept it to threaten the other party.
The replies below were all "I can carry your baby" followed by a dog emoji.
Shen Mei has not yet responded, but her actions have severely offended her powerful backer, causing not only a falling out with her brother but also impacting her family.
A woman who can marry a chairman of the board can't be a good person. She'll suffer in the future. Forget about opening a studio and managing artists. Overnight, she's become a rat that everyone wants to kill.
Xu Mengyu felt incredibly relieved, even though she hadn't done it: "..."
However, the second trending topic is that Shen Mei betrayed Xu Mengyu when she was in the most difficult time. Not only did she poach the artist, but she also smeared her. The following is the evidence to prove that she smeared her.
First, let everyone know that this person is utterly wicked, then reveal information that is favorable to her, and her credibility will immediately increase.
Xu Mengyu held her phone. Shen Mei knew so many of her secrets; if things continued like this, it would definitely end badly for both of them. She had to prepare in advance.
She glanced at the work group chat, and her hair practically stood on end!
What!
Was this the order she gave?
ah?
How could she not know!
Zheng Tianming came in from outside: "You're awake just in time. Breakfast is ready. Mom took Xu Lu to see the school."
“...”
Their ability to take action is truly remarkable.
Xu Mengyu didn't bother with dressing up anymore. She got up, grabbed a short-sleeved shirt and put it on, then casually put on a pair of loose pants: "It's too late, I have to go back to the company for a meeting right away."
It all happened so suddenly; the PR team didn't even consult her beforehand. No wonder she was stunned.
Zheng Tianming went to the restaurant and packed up the breakfast he had prepared. Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance.
On the way, Xu Mengyu kept making phone calls. Her out-of-wedlock child and the photos in Shen Mei's possession posed a threat to her.
As soon as she arrived at the company, the trending topics changed again. In the video, Shen Mei was sobbing uncontrollably, saying that she did all this for Xu Mengyu, hoping to help her gain a foothold in the entertainment industry. After the incident, she felt that she could no longer help the wicked, so she took the artist and left the studio.
It's probably because she sold herself out in the early days to provide Xu Mengyu with stable resources.
Zheng Tianming's hands were trembling as he held the milk.
"Laugh if you want, what are you doing..." Xu Mengyu looked up at Zheng Tianming with a puzzled expression.
Zheng Tianming suppressed a laugh: "She said it was to secure resources for you in the entertainment industry..." He then burst out laughing.
"You're crazy." Xu Mengyu shifted her position to the side, and realizing what she meant, she couldn't help but burst into laughter as well.
This morning has been a mess, I almost forgot who my dad is.
When Xu Sichen saw the trending topic, he was surprised. He reposted Shen Mei's video and added a question mark. His daughter needed her to secure resources, and she was accused of having a child out of wedlock and having ambiguous relationships with men in private.
The key point is that in her previous recording, she said that she could easily Photoshop some pictures of Xu Mengyu and hire a group of online trolls to stir up trouble. Now she's crying and releasing videos, showing photos and screenshots. Who would believe that?
Zheng Tianming has completely blocked Shen Mei's path.
Those celebrities definitely disagreed at first, but Zheng Tianming had their evidence. Anyway, it would be difficult for them to turn things around no matter what they did. As long as they stood up and posted on Weibo, each of them could receive a reward of seven million for "telling the truth".
It wasn't a bribe, but a reward for their courage in standing up and telling the truth.
Shen Mei launched a frenzied, indiscriminate attack. The studio was already short of money, and now the two brothers had withdrawn their investment. Their wives were even suing her, claiming that she had taken their joint marital property.
The things on a phone are the most private. She kept these things to manipulate others, but she didn't expect to expose herself.
The assistant who lost her phone sent a text message to resign that same day. Anyway, she hadn't signed any formal employment contract. She had initially planned to sign one after the studio was established, thus avoiding a disaster.
Most of the things Shen Mei revealed were true, but netizens just thought she was going crazy. After all, who would believe that Xu Mengyu was short of money?
Now some people are starting to feel sorry for Xu Mengyu. The truth of her intentional murder of Shen Yunxi is still uncertain, and she has been stabbed in the back by her own manager.
If it were anyone else, they would have never had a chance to rise to prominence.
Regarding Shen Yunxi's video and recording, Zheng Tianming chose to release them later. He contacted a key witness, He Kai, whom Shen Yunxi's agent had been unable to locate.
The phone was found, and He Kai's contact information was obtained. He had been staying at the temple, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers, hoping that Shen Yunxi would recover soon.
He's really devoted, but what can you do? He stayed up all night working on this...
After Xu Mengyu joined the company, she called Hu Xiaohui to her office.
Hu Xiaohui was dumbfounded. She looked at Zheng Tianming: "..."
"He said he was your husband and told us to listen to him." After saying this, Hu Xiaohui's tears fell down her cheeks. She had been tricked. The boss had no idea. She was going to lose her job.
Xu Mengyu pinched Zheng Tianming's thigh hard: "Does what he says mean?"
Hu Xiaohui cried even harder: "That, that baby called you 'Mommy,' and looked like him, so I thought, I thought..."
"She could cry herself to death," Zheng Tianming whispered to him from the side.
Xu Mengyu waved her hand: "Let's have a meeting first, put this matter aside for now, and don't cry anymore. Let it go this time, but don't let it happen again." If anyone's to blame, it's the person next to her.
Hu Xiaohui wiped away her tears and snot and walked out.
During the meeting, the public relations manager felt like he had lost a few more hairs: "No, that's not what we said yesterday. Assistant Hu said it was with your approval."
"Waaah--"
Hu Xiaohui stood to the side, covering her face with documents, tears streaming down her face. Losing her job was like losing money; it was no different from losing her life.
Xu Mengyu rested her hand on her forehead: "The video of the hotel's diva behavior has been suppressed by Shen Mei's trending topic, but we can't let it go unchecked. We should be able to get all the hotel's surveillance videos by this afternoon at the latest."
If the hotel wants to continue operating, it has to obey. Otherwise, Xu Sichen will simply offer half-price discounts on its hotels for two years and see if the competitors can afford it.
The meeting lasted for more than four hours. After returning to his office, Zheng Tianming was pinned against the door by Xu Mengyu.
"Tell me, how did you get Shen Mei's phone?" Xu Mengyu pressed her knees against the ground, but her height was limited, so it didn't have much effect.
Zheng Tianming leaned against the door: "It was stolen."
Xu Mengyu's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. She thought she had misheard. How could someone like Zheng Tianming do such a thing for her?
Where did his professional ethics go? Oh, right, he resigned...
Even so! It's unbelievable. He would never have done something like that, even if you killed him, but now he's doing it for her.
Zheng Tianming looked down at Xu Mengyu: "How about giving me a kiss?"
"Not very good..." Xu Mengyu came back to her senses, turned around and walked towards the desk. How could he be like this, wanting a reward for doing a good deed?
Zheng Tianming raised an eyebrow; he was just being polite.
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