241 Date 2 in 1 (1/2)

The very clever Luo Mingxin chose neither of the paths. He gave a call to Boss Mo and explained the situation before asking if he could bring another guest. If that was not possible, Luo Mingxin wondered if Boss Mo could bring Ye Shuang as his plus one. If that was not even possible, then… Luo Mingxin would have no choice but to cancel on his date.

Naturally, Boss Mo was one of the invited guests. However, he had already decided to bring one of his signed people to brush up on her popularity. At the same time, Boss Mo actually wanted to use Luo Mingxin to set up a barricade for Ye Shuang, silently telling her that she should stay away from Xia Cheng so that she would not ruin the good relationship between them.

To his disappointment, Luo Mingxin was so useless, and he could not resist the girl's firepower at all. In fact, he was beaten with just one hit. To prevent Luo Mingxin from offending the up and coming star, Boss Mo had no choice but to sigh and change his date.

”Xiao Shuang sure looks pretty today, but I wonder, how do you plan to introduce yourself?” Boss Mo put his arm around Ye Shuang's arm. He maintained a friendly smile as he looked ahead, but upon closer inspection, one could see the slight twitch on the edge of his lips.

”Haven't we gone over this?” Ye Shuang replied directly. Her lips curled upward in a polite and quiet smile as she answered without moving her lips. ”I am your relative from extended family.”

Boss Mo silently gave a thumbs up to Ye Shuang's skill and sighed. ”For some reason, I feel like today's party is going to have an unpredictable ending.”

Originally, Boss Mo had seen Ye Shuang as a normal youth with some level of capability. Even though he had thought that the girl was remarkable, that level of remarkability was within the range that he could consider as being cute. However, after more in depth interaction, Boss Mo had started to realize that he had no idea where Ye Shuang's bottom line was.

First, it was already quite anomalous that she was able to make Luo Mingxin so afraid of her. Then, she did not have the nerves of a normal girl when she attended a function like this. Finally, it was the ventriloquism. If this was just hobby… No, Boss Mo found that hard to believe. Who would train such a simple hobby to this level of expertise? Furthermore, he had not seen the girl perform this skill before, so the chance of this being a personal hobby was very low.

”Don't worry, Uncle Mo. I promise to not drag you down.” Ye Shuang consoled the man in a confident voice. Due to the fact that she had latched upon a high-quality male partner this time, Ye Shuang managed to save the money that would have been spent on attire. Tian Mo Media had a changing room that was ready for its employees. It was complete with dresses, hats, shoes, pants, and various accessories. To select an outfit that was suitable for a party was easy as ABC.

Saving this expense, Ye Shuang was naturally very happy. Since she planned to work together with Tian Mo Media for a long time and she did not have the plan to make things difficult for Boss Mo, Ye Shuang naturally would not do anything too out of line at the party. In fact, if Boss Mo had any additional request like he wished to know about a certain party guest, Ye Shuang was willing to do everything within her power to help.

It was such a steal, was it not‽ How was a normal celebrity going to be as useful as she was‽

Ye Shuang was feeling touched by her kindness as she followed Boss Mo into the hall. However, what happened next quickly shattered her desire to pay her debt of gratitude.

”Boss Mo! Long time no see, that time…”

”Boss Mo, I heard you just started a new movie, you look at my…”

”Boss Mo…”

Like a bunch of bees spotting the singular flower, the guests swamped Boss Mo when he stepped into the room. The crowd almost shoved Ye Shuang away.

Ye Shuang suddenly realized that there was no reason for her to exist there. This was because the group of male and female celebrities could not wait to expose the color of their underwear. It was one thing for them to give updates on their current situation, but they also could not wait to introduce to Boss Mo their relatives and friends whom they had brought along with them.

What happened to the friendly little spy that she was going to play? The mutual help and friendly interaction? If it was like this, then there was no situation for her to show that she had her reason to be there!

Boss Mo smiled politely with the group of people. He then patted the back of Ye Shuang's hands as he made the introduction to the crowd, saying that she was his distant relative. Then with the aura of a big boss, he turned to tell Ye Shuang, ”I have to talk business with some people, so why don't you go play on your own? You'll be fine. If there's any trouble, just come back to find your Uncle Mo.”

Suddenly, Ye Shuang felt like such a vase. Ye Shuang, who felt a certain way, left while maintaining a polite smile on her face. She did not take long to locate Luo Mingxin, who was around the bar with the actress.

”This is such a coincidence.” Ye Shuang had an expression that appeared like they were old friends having a chance meeting. ”I'm surprised Celebrity Luo showed up to an event like this.”

Coincidence your head! We just talked on the phone yesterday! Luo Mingxin smiled patiently and then turned to apologize to the actress next to him. ”I'm so sorry, but I need to spend some time here. Do you mind…”

”Of course not. I'll see Celebrity Luo later.” The actress was a clever person as well. She smiled kindly and bade farewell to the both of them before leaving. She waltzed away gracefully to another group of people who were at the other end of the room and soon joined their conversation.

”Boss Mo doesn't have the time for me, so I came to find you to help me.” Ye Shuang waited until the actress had left and shrugged without waiting for Luo Mingxin to ask. She sighed and said, ”Can you help introduce me to Xia Cheng? I only need to chat with him for some time. It should not be too difficult for someone like you, right?”

”It is indeed not difficult, but if you want do anything bad or illegal, please leave me out of it.” Despite his complaint, Luo Mingxin still opened his arms to Ye Shuang.

Ye Shuang took the man's offered hand and then followed the man's meandering steps toward Xia Cheng. Why would they be called meandering steps? Because they did not move toward their target directly—they stopped along the way to share conversation with other people. Therefore, when Xia Cheng suddenly realized that Celebrity Luo was walking past him, he did not realize that this was done on purpose.

”Mr. Luo!” Xia Cheng called after him in greeting. Just as the couple turned around with surprise, he lifted his glass of wine and then moved forward to joke kindly. ”I still have not had the chance to chat with Celebrity Luo today. This is… When did you change his date?”

”Mr. Xia? I'm so sorry. I didn't even see you there earlier.” Luo Mingxin laughed apologetically like he was really embarrassed about this. Then he turned to Ye Shuang and made the introduction between them. ”This is Boss Mo's niece. Her name is Ye Shuang. We just ran into each other at the party, and since Boss Mo is busy with other things, I help to look after her. Xiao Shuang, this is Mr. Xia Cheng, the largest investor for Oligarchy of Nobility.”

Xia Cheng laughed happily. ”You flatter me. It's not that big an investment. I only brought in 8,000,000. The bigger part is still provided by Tian Mo Media. I tried to give more, but Boss Mo has rejected me.”

”I also wish to bring in 8,000,000, but they did not even want a cent from me. Boss Mo is only trying the adaptation for the first time, and he's just worried that you might lose the money,” Luo Mingxin explained with a smile.

Everyone understood but did not point it out. Boss Mo was not afraid of losses. To be frank, it was due to the issue of profit. The script that was adapted was good, the cast was famous, the budget was full, and the director was Director Zhou again. If the film still failed with so many conditions, then both Boss Mo and Luo Mingxin did not want to believe in true love anymore.

Xia Cheng smiled and did not say anything. He led the two to the buffet table. With interest, he took care of Ye Shuang and tried to drag her into the conversation. ”I've not seen Miss Ye before. I'm surprised such a socialite is hiding at Boss Mo's home. I wonder if Miss Ye is interested in movies as well?”

”I was once a star chaser.” Ye Shuang decided to use the naïve and cute persona that day. She blinked and continued in a happy tone. ”I heard there would be many celebrities coming today, and I had to annoy my uncle for such a long time before he agreed to bring me as his date. Unfortunately, after we arrived, my uncle was swamped by other guests, and he has no time to play with me anymore. Therefore, I had to rely on Brother Luo to bring me around.”

Brother Luo could not help but shiver when he heard this crisp, sweet voice. His eyes that looked at Ye Shuang were filled with terror and shock. Please, don't do this! The change of style is too fast—I can't handle it!

Before Xia Meng turned his gaze to him, Luo Mingxin quickly arranged his expression and said in a gentlemanly way, ”To accompany Xiao Shuang is an honor for me as well.”

”At the end of the day, I'm the host. Even if Boss Mo is not free, I could not have you two be bored,” Xia Cheng replied with a soft expression, but his impression of Ye Shuang had improved by a lot. Ye Shuang purposely made it sound like she was close to the Mo family for this big fish to get hooked on his own, so naturally, she played along. Therefore, the two went back and forth. They continued to play dumb, and soon, they abandoned Luo Mingxin and moved away to converse on their own.

…

Boss Mo had finally greeted everyone at the party. He got time to look for Ye Shuang and follow her movement. He looked around the hall and did not find her, so he moved outside. Holding the glass of wine, he wandered around the garden but still failed to find Ye Shuang. However, he did spot Luo Mingxin.

Boss Mo saw Luo Mingxin was stranded, so he walked over to ask in surprise, ”Xiao Luo, why are you all alone? Where is your date?”

”She was tricked away by Xiao Shuang.” Luo Mingxin chuckled before sighing. Then he asked with interest, ”By the way, Boss Mo, do you know why Xiao Shuang wanted to come to this party today?”

”How would an old man like me know what young people nowadays are thinking?” Boss Mo played dumb. ”I did not see Xiao Shuang inside, do you know where she is?”

Luo Mingxin revealed a mysterious smile and played dumb as well. ”Young people will not stick at one place, so how would I know where she has wondered off to.”