Chapter 31 : Patron, Please Keep Me 11 (2/2)

Shi Sheng, “…”

‘Why is this person’s mouth so offensive?’

“I don’t care. If you don’t bring me over, I’ll tell Su Yixiu you slept with me and didn’t give me money.”

Lu Qingyun’s smile froze for a moment.

Shi Sheng raised her chin triumphantly. ‘To deal with people who make cheap shots, you have to make even cheaper shots!’

“Fine, I’ll do it.” Even though Lu Qingyun was all smiles, Shi Sheng couldn’t help but have a feeling of foreboding.

Well the good part was she’d get to leave Dongfang Entertainment. Xi Mo that bastard would definitely get back at her but Lu Qingyun’s Youjian Entertainment would be able to protect her. She’d be able to take care of everything else one at a time.

By the time Shi Sheng woke from her thoughts, Lu Qingyun had completely disappeared. She searched everywhere but didn’t find a single trace of him.

‘Fuck your dog, Lu Qingyun! With that base personality of his, Lu Qingyun probably won’t even admit to agreeing!’

……

When Shi Sheng returned to the party, she found Xi Mo drinking in a corner on his own while Xia Man was standing not too far off and casting occasional glances at Xi Mo. Xia Xuan, meanwhile, was nowhere to be seen. Shi Sheng’s eyes moved in their sockets as she pondered a bit before heading towards Xia Man.

Xia Man blanked out a bit when she saw Shi Sheng walking over as she couldn’t help but think of the scene of her asking that man to keep her.

“Ms Xia.” Shi Sheng stood in front of Xia Man, her face brimming with smiles but her eyes were calm and without a single ripple. This combination caused one to have a feeling of discordance.

“Ms Jiang.” Xia Man snapped out of it and gave a slight, polite smile. “I haven’t had the opportunity to thank you for last time yet.”

Had Jiang Wan not pushed her back then, she would have probably been shot by that bullet. Whether she would have been able to stand here or not would be much harder to say.

“I didn’t plan on saving you. It was only because you were falling towards Lu Qingyun that I pushed you.” Shi Sheng gave an evil grin. “It’s just that your luck was good otherwise we don’t know what would’ve happened.”

Xia Man stiffened. ‘Why is this person… so weird? I’m thanking you here okay?!’

“How about we make a deal?” Shi Sheng ignored Xia Man’s stiffened expression as she turned so that she was facing the same direction as Xia Man where Xi Mo could be seen.

“What deal?” Xia Man woke from her daze. This was only the third time they had met, what kind of deal could they make?

“Do you think this is the place to be discussing this?” Shi Sheng blinked, looking very innocent. Xia Man stared at Shi Sheng in suspicion but she couldn’t resist her curiosity to know what Shi Sheng was up to. By the time the two of them returned to the party, they both had smiles with indecipherable intentions behind them.

Shi Sheng looked at where Xi Mo had been idling and found him missing. ‘Very good, got rid of an opportunity for the leads to meet and entered a partnership with the female lead. I(bbb) didn’t come in vain tonight.’

Xia Man was feeling a bit lonely though, so she excused herself and left.

Shi Sheng was escorted by Tang Yin back to her apartment, having long since thrown any thoughts about Lu Qingyun somewhere in the clouds. After she had a shower, she lay down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. After a long while, she got up and pulled the notebook beside her over.

She recalled the storyline for a bit before finding the contact number for a studio online. Only after she had layered a few more layers of protection on her laptop did she send the studio an SMS.

The one who received the SMS was Hu Shuo. He was the boss of the studio, though the only one working there was him. He was a paparazzi who specialised in digging up dirt on celebrities. Those he had locked onto usually suffered quite a bit.

Hu Shuo wasn’t lacking any money. The only reason why he did what he did was out of interest. He just didn’t like how two-faced those celebrities could be. Those who hadn’t done anything immoral naturally wouldn’t be afraid of him. But those who had, feared him like the plague.

“Xia Xuan…” In the darkened room, Hu Shuo smoked a cigarette as he stared thoughtfully at the information from an anonymous sender. After a long while, he extinguished the cigarette before picking up the camera on the desk and leaving the room.

[1] Papayas allegedly help make your chest grow bigger. Not sure about the accuracy but… *goes off to eat papayas*

[2] I think this is an idiom. The meaning of it here is that he might not be able to find such an awesome person like her even if he searched the world or something.

[3] Another idiom. I think it means once you pass up this opportunity, you won’t get one like it ever again.

[4] (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) She’s saying he can’t do ‘it’… you know… in bed…

[5] Refers to someone who’s useless and is just there for decoration.