Chapter 429: Chapter 428 (Chapters 425, 426, 427, 428 Combined) _2
Li Weonian was afraid that Tan Biyang and Ning Qian would never contact him again. If that happened, he would truly lose the chance to sleep with top-quality women. Facing that slovenly wife of his at home, he couldn’t even muster any enthusiasm anymore.
"You say it, just tell me, and I’ll definitely get it done."
A sly triumphant smile flickered in Tan Biyang’s eyes as she whispered a few words into Li Weonian’s ear, then she seriously instructed, "You have to handle this well, or else don’t bother trying to stay in City B anymore."
"Yes, yes, it will definitely be taken care of."
Li Weonian put on his clothes and hurried out. Before he left, he glanced back at Ning Qian on the bed, but it was just a single glance.
Once Li Weonian left, Ning Qian stopped crying, because of a sentence Tan Biyang had whispered to her.
"Really?" Ning Qian’s eyes gleamed. If it were true...
"It’s true! I’m having Li Weonian call someone up now. Whatever happens later will have nothing to do with us two."
Hearing this, a bit of the resentment in Ning Qian’s heart finally subsided.
She had been with Li Weonian before, so it didn’t matter. On the contrary, for Actress Xiao, a scandal at this time could greatly damage her career in the Empire’s entertainment industry.
The thought of Actress Xiao falling into their trap excited Ning Qian immensely; even her own state of undress was forgotten.
Tan Biyang glanced over her, saying, "I’ll go downstairs and find you some clothes, but remember, no matter what happens outside, you cannot go out. If you expose yourself, I can’t help you anymore."
Ning Qian nodded gravely.
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In another room, the atmosphere had returned to calm.
"You... beast!" She ground her teeth in anger.
The man leisurely pulled her into his embrace, his large hand idly caressing her, "You still have the energy to insult people?"
Actress Xiao: "..."
Neither of them spoke.
Just when Actress Xiao thought Lu Jinyang had fallen asleep, he suddenly said, "Five years ago, when my mom heard the news of your death, she was preparing our wedding. She couldn’t accept the truth and fell ill."
Actress Xiao was incredibly surprised. Was it her, Mrs. Lu?
"But now..."
The man took over, "She’s only started to recover in the last two years." He suddenly looked down at her.
"Recently, when I was still blind, she found joy in picking up and bringing home Little Treasure... those days, she was truly happy..."
Actress Xiao listened quietly to him. She thought that being able to chat about family matters with such a high and mighty man was not an everyday occurrence.
Like the past few days, he was always doing something; he never said a word to her.
She didn’t know how long he talked, but he stopped, "Go take a shower, okay?"
She rolled her eyes, "I don’t have any clothes to change into."
Lu Jinyang chuckled, "Go shower, I’ll have someone bring clothes over."
Only then did Actress Xiao pick up his bathrobe, slip into it amidst the bedcovers, and walked towards the bathroom...
Lu Jinyang made a call to Gu Chen. Although Gu Chen didn’t know what had happened, he could roughly guess, so he had two sets of clothes sent up according to the sizes given.
It was he who personally delivered them upstairs.
When she heard the knock on the door, Actress Xiao had just come out of the bathroom and saw the man sitting shirtless on the bed, looking at her.
"Why don’t you go open the door?" she asked.
The man shot her a look, "Why don’t you first hand over the bathrobe?"
Xiao Qing certainly wouldn’t listen to him; it’s entirely possible that she could be pressed down on the bed by him again while taking her clothes off.
So, she walked slowly over to open the door.
Before opening the door, she thought that it must be the delivery of clothes, so she did not look through the peephole to see the situation outside.
As soon as she opened the door, various flashlights almost blinded her eyes.
Xiao Qing was greatly startled, cursing herself for being so engrossed in the allure of a man that she forgot about the pressing matter at hand.
She immediately tried to close the door, but how could the reporters outside let her succeed?
Seeing her tendency to close the door, one of them shouted loudly, "Don’t let her close the door!"
With that said, several big men leaned against the door to prevent her from closing it.
How could Xiao Qing stand a chance against several men? In just a few seconds, she was pushed back several steps by those people, and upon seeing this, they also moved forward several steps, pointing their microphones and cameras at her.
"Actress Xiao, may I ask why you are in this room?"
"Exactly! To my knowledge, this room is arranged for gentlemen."
"Actress Xiao, would you mind revealing whose room you are in now?"
"..."
No matter what they said, Xiao Qing looked at them expressionlessly and said nothing.
She didn’t know what the man was doing, only hoping that upon hearing the noise he would hide himself, otherwise it wouldn’t be just her reputation that would suffer, but his as well.
She lowered her head in silence, contemplating a strategy.
"Actress Xiao, why aren’t you speaking? Is it because you have nothing to say?"
"Could the information I’ve received be true?"
"What information? What information?"
"You don’t know, but as soon as Xiao Qing came back she bagged a pretty boy from the company, chances are that person is in the room right now. Look at her wearing a bathrobe..."
Hearing the last sentence, Xiao Qing lazily lifted her eyelids to sweep a glance at them, then lowered her gaze again. Although she appeared so calm on the surface, she was already laughing inside.
Is that divine being inside a pretty boy?
Then it’s probable there are only a handful of pretty boys in the world.
Thinking this, she slightly turned her face, catching sight from the corner of her eye that there was already no one on the bed, and instantly she breathed a sigh of relief.
After thinking it through, she lifted her head and with a slight curve of her lips, she told them, "I suggest you leave early before the situation develops to an uncontrollable level."
If that man was really provoked, she was certain that every newspaper present tonight would meet their doom.
Xiao Qing’s kind reminder sounded like a threat to them, what trouble could a little star from a company stir up?
Don’t joke; unless she continued to charm men and sell her favors to blow them sweet nothings, this matter would only be headlined in the entertainment circle at most.
So, they continued to argue, to make a scene, and even some people craned their necks trying to look inside.
At this time, Gu Chen arrived belatedly; he was held up by something just now, which caused him to come over quite some time later than planned.
When he saw that the entrance to the exclusive suite newly booked by Lu Jinyang was filled with reporters, Gu Chen’s entire heart was in suspense, wondering if something had happened inside?
He stood holding the clothes at the elevator entrance for quite a while before he slowly walked towards the crowd.
After observing for a bit, Gu Chen purposely sought out one of the more conscientious newspapers in the industry and asked that person, "What happened inside?"
"Hey, you’re from New City Entertainment, right? We heard that Actress Xiao got involved with a pretty boy and we’re here to verify the scoop," they said.
After expressing his thanks, Gu Chen looked at the clothes in his hands and then took a deep look at the room where nothing could be seen, silently turned around, and left.