"Brother Jiang, would you like some?" Lin Zeran handed him a skewer of grilled rice cakes. "I bought these especially for you."
"…" Seriously, bro, how can you eat in this condition?
Xiao Wanjun and I broke up, and I was the one who initiated it. As his pursuer (even though you're just a cannon fodder top), are you sure you don't want to go and comfort him?
Shi Xi inwardly grumbled, but still reached out and took the skewers offered by the other person: "Thank you."
"Oh, right, Brother Jiang." Lin Zeran looked up at Shi Xi.
The two sat under the lamplight, Lin Zeran's handsome face, with its high angles, half hidden in shadow. He smiled at Shi Xi before asking, "Why did you suddenly break up with Xiao Wanjun?"
Haha, you still have the nerve to ask me that?
Shi Xi thought to herself, "If you hadn't spread the rumors about Qin Huaixi to Xiao Wanjun, I would be the one who got dumped now, not Xiao Wanjun."
Spreading rumors can really kill people!
"It's nothing." He gave a bitter laugh, biting off a piece of rice cake. "I just don't want to be with him anymore."
This statement was extremely unreasonable and sounded like that of a scumbag, but he was too lazy to make up any reasons.
Shi Xi had expected Lin Zeran to criticize her after hearing this, but instead, he nodded with a normal expression.
"As long as Brother Jiang is happy."
"Isn't that what dating is all about?" Lin Zeran said, her heart practically swayed by the Pacific Ocean. "If you get along, then keep dating; if not, move on. If this one isn't right, move on. Maybe the next one will be your soulmate, Brother Jiang."
What kind of damn chosen one is he? He's not a princess.
Shi Xi chewed on the rice cake in her mouth, "...Yes."
"And I heard that the Jin family doesn't want to acknowledge him."
Recently, the Jin family has been prioritizing Jiang Sheng Construction for all kinds of profitable projects, and Lin Zeran naturally found out why.
Incidentally, I also learned some insider information about the Jin family.
Shi Xi was confused.
He looked at Lin Zheran, "Why is that?"
Lin Zeran beckoned to him with her finger.
Shi Xi leaned forward slightly, her brown eyes filled with curiosity as she looked at Lin Zeran, while simultaneously pricking up her ears to listen to gossip about the wealthy family.
Lin Zeran pressed his fist to his lips, and seeing that Shi Xi was getting impatient and repeatedly urged him with her eyes, he coughed lightly, "I heard that Xiao Wanjun's mother eloped with someone after a business marriage."
Shi Xi was puzzled.
Even if they eloped, Xiao Wanjun is still a blood relative of the Jin family, so it's not like she would disown him.
Shi Xi urged Lin Zeran to continue speaking with a look in her eyes.
Lin Zeran glanced at Shi Xi, paused deliberately for two seconds, and then said, "It's said that the man she eloped with is the unloved illegitimate son of the Xiao family patriarch, nominally her husband's half-brother."
"The Xiao family initially refused to let this illegitimate child into their household. The other party intended to use her to gain access to the Jin family and thus gain Xiao family recognition and formal entry into the family. However, the Jin family directly betrothed her to the Xiao family's legitimate son. The other party staged this whole charade as revenge."
"Huh?!" Shi Xi looked at Lin Zeran in shock.
Holy crap, this is just too outrageous!
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law eloped!
He had been wondering about it before.
Even if things were different, Xiao Wanjun's adoptive father wouldn't go so far as to kill her.
However, if that's the case, it would explain why Xiao Wanjun's adoptive father was so obsessed with destroying him.
They raised the child for so long for the person they wanted to replace.
No wonder he later infiltrated the "Awakening of Insects" crew in an attempt to kill Xiao Wanjun, who was about to be recognized as a member of the family.
At this point, Lin Zeran took a sip of water slowly before continuing.
"The Jin family patriarch wants to take him home, but the current head of the Jin family, Jin Dongyi, is too ashamed to publicly acknowledge Xiao Wanjun as his nephew. The Jin family is currently embroiled in a major controversy over this matter."
Actually, Lin Zeran's words were a bit of an exaggeration.
The person in charge of the Jin family on the surface is Jin Dongyi, but in reality, it is still the patriarch of the Jin family.
With the Jin family patriarch as their pillar of strength, Xiao Wanjun's return to the Jin family is a foregone conclusion.
"Brother Jiang, do you think the Jin family should acknowledge him?" Lin Zeran suddenly asked.
"This is a matter for the Jin family." Shi Xi sat up straight, trying to remain calm. "It has nothing to do with me."
Seeing this, Lin Zeran stopped talking and simply focused on eating the barbecue.
...
After seeing Lin Ze off, Shi Xi's gaze inadvertently swept over the brooches on the shoe cabinet.
A thought popped into my head.
It's too late.
If Xiao Wanjun had come earlier, he would have simply handed her over to Qin Huaixi.
"Never mind, I'll keep it." Shi Xi thought for a moment and casually put the lotus ruby brooch into the cabinet.
The next day when Shi Xi entered the company, she found that the office door was open.
Qin Huaixi was wearing a black suit with a matching dark-colored overcoat that reached his calves.
This makes him seem as if his entire being is composed of only this one extreme and pure color.
Qin Huaixi simply stood quietly in front of the French windows, a striking sight in himself. Hearing footsteps, he turned to look at Shi Xi and nodded to her.
"I've come to discuss cooperation with you."
"……?" Haven't we already finished talking? What else is there to talk about?
"Sit down." Shi Xi closed the office door and gestured for the other person to sit opposite her.
Shi Xi looked at Qin Huaixi with a puzzled expression, just about to ask him what he was up to.
Suddenly, the secretary, who had been silently serving as a background figure standing behind Qin Huaixi, took out a document and respectfully and quickly placed it on the desk.
He said to Shi Xi, "President Jiang, please take a look."
Shi Xi glanced at it briefly.
It is a letter of intent for cooperation between Qin's Group and Jiangsheng Construction.
"I think Jiangsheng Construction has good potential, and I'd like to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with them," Qin Huaixi said. "Here are the specific details of the cooperation. Take a look, and if there's anything you're not satisfied with, please let me know."
Shi Xi picked up the document and looked at it carefully for a while. The conditions offered by the Qin family were quite generous. Correspondingly, the Qin family also had high requirements and strict standards for Jiang Sheng Construction, but they were not overly demanding.
Half an hour later, after confirming that the agreement was entirely beneficial to Jiang Sheng Construction, Shi Xi finally picked up his pen and signed the letter of intent for cooperation.
"It's a pleasure working with you," Qin Huaixi said to Shi Xi.
Just as Shi Xi thought the cooperation agreement with Qin Huaixi was over and he was about to leave, the other party looked up from the agreement and said to him—
"Next is my personal matter, which is also related to the cooperation between the Qin Group and Jiangsheng Construction."
"Now that you and Xiao Wanjun have broken up, I hope Jiang Sheng Construction won't get involved in the Jin family's affairs," Qin Huaixi said seriously. "Considering the long-term cooperation between the Qin family and Jiang Sheng Construction, I need to know your true thoughts in advance."
"So I wanted to ask you..."
"Are you ready for an arranged marriage or to start a new relationship?"
...
No! Absolutely not!
Shi Xi dared to swear to heaven that he had absolutely no intention of rekindling his old feelings with Xiao Wanjun, and given the current progress of the mission, he was indeed only focused on the plot that was about to be completed.
So he immediately began to feign professionalism towards his business partner and rival—
"Don't worry, Mr. Qin, I absolutely did not prepare for that!"
Shi Xi, without batting an eye, said to Qin Huaixi, "Right now, I'm only focused on my work; Jiang Sheng Construction is my everything."
After all, putting aside Xiao Wanjun's affairs, he is an absolute career-obsessed person. Apart from following the plot, he spends almost all his time working at Jiang Sheng Construction. At least that's how it appears on the surface.
Upon hearing this, Qin Huaixi stared at him with her deep, dark eyes for a long while.
Finally, he stood up, his expression revealing displeasure and disappointment as he glanced at Shi Xi, whose face was full of sincerity.
Qin Huaixi sighed, "Okay, I understand."
After saying that, he left Shi Xi's office.
Shi Xi frowned slightly as she watched the man's departing figure.
Shi Xi wasn't stupid, so she naturally noticed Qin Huaixi's mood, but she just couldn't understand what was making him unhappy.
Shi Xi pondered for a moment.
The only conclusion is that his mental illness has relapsed.
...
After the scene ended, Xiao Wanjun's face was so pale it was almost transparent.
"Brother Xiao, is your stomach starting to hurt again?"
He Luoluo helped the person into the car, then hurriedly ran to get hot water.
Qin Huaixi calmly took out the medicine bottle he always carried with him from his pocket, poured out the last two pills, and swallowed them without even looking at them.
The medicine bottle was empty, but he didn't care.
Intense pain swept through his body. He pressed hard on his stomach, closed his eyes, and quietly waited for the medicine to take effect.
"Brother Xiao, have some water." He Luoluo handed the water to Xiao Wanjun, her brows furrowed, and advised, "Brother Xiao, you need to rest. You can't keep working like this, or something bad will happen!"
Xiao Wanjun took a sip of hot water, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, but she did not answer.
He knew this, but he could only numb himself by keeping busy so he wouldn't think about Shi Xi.
Seeing this, He Luoluo shook her head, picked up the empty bottle, and went to the pharmacy to buy medicine.
Xiao Wanjun sat for a while, then saw Jin Chen—
Jin Chen's expression wasn't good; he seemed to have just reprimanded an actor who hadn't performed well.
Xiao Wanjun glanced at him, but made no attempt to greet him. She closed her eyes, simply sitting in the car, planning to continue filming once she felt better.
He didn't want to have too much contact with Jin Chen, but he didn't expect the other party to walk straight towards him.
Xiao Wanjun's eyes darkened slightly.
As Jin Chen approached, he said to him, "My father has agreed to let you return to the Jin family."
"Tonight, after filming wraps up, you'll come back with me."
Xiao Wanjun gave a dismissive "hmm".
Jin Chen looked at Xiao Wanjun's indifferent profile, but instead of turning away, he pursed his lips and looked at her, saying, "The Jin family won't interfere with your relationship with Jiang Feng."
"He can go back with us."
"Ha." Xiao Wanjun chuckled briefly, glanced at Jin Chen, and said indifferently—
"I remember you advised me to give him up back then."
Jin Chen's expression changed.
Xiao Wanjun leaned against the window, watching Jin Chen walk away. The car window was not rolled down, and his face paled a little more as the cold wind blew through.
"He's not coming back with me," he said.
Xiao Wanjun was unaware that a pair of malicious eyes were staring at him from the shadows.
...
[The mission is 95% complete!]
"...?" Shi Xi's hand trembled slightly, and she asked the cold medicine with some concern, "Why did the plot suddenly move forward?"
Could something strange have happened?
Heartbreak can motivate people to strive harder.
The filming of "Awakening of Insects" is wrapping up tonight, and Xiao Wanjun is going back to the Jin family!
Yay! This mission is finally coming to an end.
Thinking of this, Shi Xi looked down at the gray screen of her phone.
"Hey, why do I keep losing? Let me see what's going on."
He then started another game with great enthusiasm.
Three minutes later, Shi Xi stared at her phone screen and fell silent.
"The case is solved," Shi Xi said. "Because I was playing a game."
Shi Xi smiled, then exited the game with a single click, "As long as I don't play, I won't lose."
999 […?] It felt it was time to upgrade.
At its current level of zero, it's really hard for it to understand Shi Xi's spiritual world.
...
Turning off her phone, Shi Xi left work on time for the first time ever and drove to the film set.
I bought a cup of milk tea while passing by a milk tea shop. Since it was too hot, I put it on the passenger seat and planned to drink it later.
According to the plot, Xiao Wanjun's adoptive father made the move around eight o'clock.
Shi Xi glanced at the time; it was only 6:30.
I'll scroll through my phone for a bit first.
I only remembered halfway through the game that I hadn't told Qin Huaixi about the brooch, so I sent him a message—
The brooch you requested will arrive in a while.
Qin Huaixi: Hmm.
Upon receiving the reply, Shi Xi tossed aside her phone and got out of the car.
It's almost time.
...
The man followed Xiao Wanjun to the back mountain of the film crew's location.
As darkness fell, the man looked at Xiao Wanjun walking ahead, a cold glint flashing in his hand, his eyes filled with hatred.
"Xiao Wanjun, go to hell."
Just as the man was about to act, everything suddenly went black.
By the time he pulled off the white ribbon covering his eyes, Xiao Wanjun was nowhere to be seen.
"Snap—"
A sudden noise rang out in the silent, dark forest, startling the man.
The man mustered his courage and raised his head.
He saw a handsome man standing on the trunk of a large tree behind him, holding a flashlight in one hand to shine on his face and a pebble in the other, looking down at him.
The visual effects are extremely impactful.
"..." The man froze for a few seconds in shock before blurting out, "It's you!"
Shi Xi tilted her head to look at him, put her index finger to her lips, and gently shushed him.
"Friendly reminder: Murder is illegal."
999 [Friendly reminder: You may be at risk of being out of character (OOC)]
Shi Xi frowned slightly. "Tsk, but being killed by such scum would make me seem very low-class."
"Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well kill him first and then kill myself."
[I can only block the main system for a maximum of five minutes.]
"That's enough." Shi Xi's lips curled into a playful smile. "Thanks, my cold medicine."
999【(〃?〃)】
Shi Xi threw away the pebble in her hand, jumped down from the tree, clapped her hands, and looked up to meet the man's fierce eyes.
The man threatened, "Dare to meddle, or I'll kill you along with your brainless fan."
"Idiot." Shi Xi scoffed, beckoning him with her hand. "If you have the guts, you can try."
The man looked at Shi Xi, his expression instantly turning fierce, and he swung the knife at her.
"Since you want to die, then I'll grant your wish!"
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