Chapter 269 You Keep On Pretending, Little Girl (2/2)
”Boss Song, surely you must know who it is that has the final say regarding Xin Enterprises' choice of endorser?”
”I... Well, it was just a pa.s.sing comment,” said President Song, wiping the cold sweat off his brows. Even if n.o.body here knew the background of the young man standing before him right now, he was aware of it.
The owner and boss of Stars Entertainment, Wan Qingsi. He was the future son-in-law of President Ying himself. The guy used to be called Wan Laoda, though somehow he had changed his name.
Wan Qingsi ignored President Song and turned to Zhou Na instead. ”Are you her agent?”
”Yes, I am, boss,” Zhou Na answered carefully.
”She hasn't even been a.s.signed yet, who gave you the permission to take commercial roles on her behalf?” Wan Qingsi said, his cold gaze sweeping across everyone in the group. Then, his eyes paused briefly on Tang Yue. ”And such third-rate commercial, no less.”
A tremor a.s.saulted Tang Yue's heart. For the life of her, she could not understand why this man would be saying such things. He seemed angry.
”Ah, looks like we've blundered.” Tang Yue gave a small smile. ”My apologies, Mei Jing!”
Ah Sha had stayed silent the whole time. She had long since noticed Xunxun's eyes on her. ”Sh*t, don't tell me my cover's blown already?” She thought. ”Nah. That's impossible. My mother-in-law's gadgets are super reliable.”
”It's okay,” Ah Sha said, deciding to ignore the man standing beside her for the time being. She looked at Tang Yue and said, ”I know you're just looking out for me!”
Ah Sha sneaked away from the side door as soon as the dinner party ended. This party did not benefit Ah Sha at all, unless she counted the men's subtle offers to become her sugar daddy as a form of benefit.
Then again, Ah Sha was the only one who thought that way...
Xunxun returned to his own apartment, the same one that he had bought years ago. The entire floor had been cleared out to form an open plan apartment. At first, he had intended to stay at Ying's residence after he returned to China. But then he had been chased out of the house when Ying Qingcang brought Xin Qing back home.
”When are you going to stop living off your mother-in-law?” That had been Ying Qingcang's excuse to kick him out.
Not that Xunxun minded being kicked out. Now, as he studied the interior design of the apartment, which was mostly pink in color, warmth slowly seeped into his cold eyes. Ah Sha would move in the moment she returned at the end of this year. ”Speaking of...” A frown formed in Xunxun's brows. That Mei Jing from the dinner party tonight resembled Ah Sha so much; in terms of her figure, and the way she moved, she was exactly like Ah Sha.
Other than that face…
Glancing out the window to look at the city lights, Xunxun smirked. There was no way in h.e.l.l he would fail to recognize the love of his life.
He pressed the ring on his finger. Boss Wan's head appeared in the air.
The father and son stared at each other for a long time before Boss Wan broke the silence. ”You've already recognized her, haven't you?”
”Will you not recognize your own wife?” Xunxun said coldly. ”What did you and mother do behind my back!”
”Any wish of our daughter-in-law is our command,” Boss Wan said without even a hint of remorse.
”Aunt Qing knew as well?”
”Both your mother-in-law and father-in-law knew.”
Xunxun nodded. ”That will be all. I'm hanging up.”
”Ah Sha didn't want you to know. Just let her do what she wants. Don't ruin her fun,” Boss Wan hurled back those words before ending the communication.
Poor Ah Sha still had no idea that her game was up. She had taken a bath when she got home and was now lying in bed, waiting for Xunxun's routine phone call to check up on her. She picked up her phone the moment it rang.
A tender, warm voice was the first thing she heard through the phone. ”Ah Sha, are you asleep yet?”
”I'm already in bed. I'll go to sleep once we finish our call!” Ah Sha patted the blanket to show him that she was telling the truth.
On the other end of the line, Xunxun laughed. ”Ah Sha,” he said, ”I miss you. Hurry up and graduate so you can come back.”
”I miss you too!” Ah Sha said. Well, at least this part was not a lie. But anything after that...
”I'll be back at the end of this year. You must give me a movie role by then. I want to be the female lead!”
The first part of her statement had caused Xunxun's heart to flutter. But the second part made him laugh in incredulity.
”This girl is still pretending!”
”Fine. There'll most definitely be a leading role waiting for you when you return!”
When Ah Sha arrived at the company the next day, Zhou Na told her something with a look of disbelief on her face: the company had decided to let Ah Sha star as the second female lead in the movie.
”Isn't Tian Yiyi supposed to be the second lead?” Ah Sha looked puzzled as well. The first thought was that her cover was blown and that Xunxun had recognized her. Then she dismissed the idea after giving it more thought. From what she knew of Xunxun's personality, he would have called her out the moment he had found out.
Zhou Na waved off Ah Sha's question. ”I'm pretty sure that's just based on her own words! Humph. Anyway, just ignore her. She'll most likely be cast as the third, or fourth lead.” Zhou Na handed the script to Ah Sha. ”Go through it carefully. We'll enter the movie set in half a month.”
Ah Sha enjoyed the process of film-making; for half a month, she stayed at home obediently to memorize her lines. On the day they were supposed to appear on set, the car that the company had sent to pick her up arrived at her place on time. When she arrived, she saw that Tang Yue was there with her make-up already done.
Beside Tang Yue, however, was the expressionless Wan Qingsi.