Chapter 146: Miss Jiang, Please Stop Your Nosebleed!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
An answer that suddenly popped out in her head made Vera jump. Why did she subconsciously choose Jiang Yuning over Yin Qingyu?
Perhaps it was because she had already understood the entire situation but was unable to accept the truth?
Well, alright then. If Yin Qingyu really wanted to hurt Jiang Yuning, then she would not hesitate and she would definitely side with Jiang Yuning. After all, she was very clear that Jiang Yuning was an innocent party in this matter. Yin Qingyu was simply mad at her because she had no one else to blame!
…
At the same time, Mu Xian and her agent were pleading for mercy in Shen Yichen’s office at Guangying Media.
As soon as her agent heard that her sponsor had abandoned her, he quickly brought Mu Xian to Shen Yichen’s office. This time, Mu Xian was not smiling as she sat down on the sofa in Shen Yichen’s office.
“Director Shen, please be gracious and provide us another way out? How can our Mu Xian stop work or stop appearing in public for three months? If that is so, all her fans would have forgotten about her by the end of three months. Director Shen, you know how difficult it has been for Mu Xian to have finally make it to where she is today,” the agent kept pleading as he kept a smile on his face.
“If you want to, you have to talk to Chairman Gu about this matter because he was the one who had given the orders.” Shen Yichen did not even look at the agent or Mu Xian, but kept his focus on his computer screen instead.
“Director Shen, everyone in the company knows how close you are to Chairman Gu. The relationship that both of you have with one another is almost akin to father and son. As long as you are willing to speak up on our behalf, I believe that Chairman Gu will definitely give us another chance…”
“When you set Jiang Yuning up time and time again, have you ever thought about leaving her a way out?” Shen Yichen questioned both of them directly. “Mu Xian, when you auditioned for the role of the third female lead for Director Shen Guobang’s drama, Jiang Yuning did not rob you of the role. In fact, Director Shen Guobang had not been interested in you at all.”
“As such an experienced actress, you are unhappy just because you assume that someone less experienced than you are has successfully robbed you of your role. That is why you had repeatedly tried to set her up and harm her. Do you want to know how Jiang Yuning had reacted after finding out that you tried to set her up so many times? She did not have any reaction at all! In fact, she did not want to waste any of her precious time on something as insignificant as this. Therefore, I think that Chairman Gu was already being very gracious when he merely suspended you for three months.”
“Let’s go.” Mu Xian got up from the sofa immediately. Her face had already turned pale immediately after listening to Shen Yichen’s words.
“Sister Mu Xian…a bunch of people are waiting outside the office just to humiliate you…” the agent replied in desperation.
“That has nothing to do with Jiang Yuning.”
She knew that the reason why she had so many enemies in the company was solely due to her attitude and arrogance in the past.
She was already very grateful that the company did not dismiss her even though she had already hit rock bottom when she lost her gold sponsor.
“I will never provoke Jiang Yuning again in future.”
What else could she do to someone who did not even consider her a threat at all?
Oh, Jiang Yuning. What a strange person!
…
In the evening, the sky in Luo City was bright red as the sun set.
Jiang Yuning took advantage of this opportunity and quickly dragged the entire filming crew and Lu Jingzhi with her to the beach as soon as Lu Jingzhi got off work. As soon as the crew arrived, they quickly started a few bonfires and set up a very small dressing room on the beach.
As this was the most important video shoot to Jiang Yuning, she brought her makeup artist, her etiquette teacher, and a small crew of people along with her to take charge of the filming and lighting for the video shoot. There were about seven or eight of them in total and each and everyone of them had to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to the filming.
Everyone did not understand the need for the confidentiality agreement. Wasn’t this just a video shoot for the next issue of her short video?
Why the need for the formality?
However, as soon as Jiang Yuning arrived at the beach with Lu Jingzhi by her side, everyone was stunned and speechless.
Oh my god!
The guest actor today…he…he…he was actually Lu Jingzhi, the heir of the Lu family!
“Young paparazzo, hurry up and bring second brother to change into his outfit!” Jiang Yuning yelled excitedly as soon as they arrived at the scene.
However, the problem was that there was only one dressing room and it was a very simple and fragile one.
“I will just hide behind the rocks and change into my outfit.” After that, Jiang Yuning tried to leave with her red outfit but she was stopped by Lu Jingzhi.
“You can change first.”
Jiang Yuning frowned as she stared at Lu Jingzhi. In the end, she hurriedly entered the dressing room to change into her outfit. At this time, the sea breeze was extremely strong and the wind was blowing against the simple tent that had been set up as the dressing room. Lu Jingzhi quickly held onto the tent and ensured that the zipper was properly fastened.
A few minutes later, Jiang Yuning stepped out of the tent, dressed in a beautifully embroidered red dress. Her makeup artist quickly found a quiet spot that was sheltered from the wind so that she could apply the makeup for Jiang Yuning.
“Miss Jiang…the photographer has just told me that he would not know how to shoot the video later because his hands would definitely be shaking!” the makeup artist said as she sighed. “And I…I definitely would not be able to apply any makeup for him because I think I might even forget to breathe when I am facing him.”
Jiang Yuning could not help but laugh out loud. “Is he really that scary?”
“Yes!” The makeup artist nodded her head three times. “I am afraid that it would not only be my hands that are shaking, but my legs might be wobbly too!”
“You do not have to worry. He does not need any makeup because he will not be revealing his face. The young paparazzo will give him a helmet later.”
The makeup artist was finally relieved.
“But Miss Jiang…how did you manage to get Mr. Lu to be your guest actor?”
“We were childhood friends and we grew up together. Is it really that strange?” Jiang Yuning asked the makeup artist. “Anyway, there is nothing to gossip about!”
As they were speaking, Lu Jingzhi had already put on a full silver body armour with the help of the young paparazzo.
Jiang Yuning turned around to look at Lu Jingzhi. Oh my god…
The full body armorr enhanced Lu Jingzhi’s muscular and perfect physique, making him seem even more perfect than he already was. The full body armor brought out his perfectly symmetrical facial features and made him looked even sharper. Lu Jingzhi was holding onto a sword and the strong wind made his hair fly above the helmet. Combined with his intense glare, Lu Jingzhi was really the perfect portrayal of the god of war. He was the god of war.
Jiang Yuning felt that she would definitely not be able to dance well later because she could already feel her legs getting soft just from looking at this man.
“Miss Jiang, please stop your nosebleed!” the makeup artist quickly reminded Jiang Yuning.
Jiang Yuning quickly raised her chin and tilted her head backwards as soon as she heard the reminder. “Is it okay now?”
“Brother-in-law, it seems as though Sister Yuning had a nosebleed as soon as she saw you,” the young paparazzo could not help but snicker.
Lu Jingzhi walked slowly in his heavy outfit and armor and he could not help but smile when he saw the commotion that was going on around Jiang Yuning. He really did not know what to do about her.
On the other hand, the photographer had already set up the perfect lighting to begin shooting the short video. In fact, the entire scene simply comprised of a few bonfires accompanied by the evening sunset. Jiang Yuning and Lu Jingzhi quickly got into their positions to begin the shoot.
The god of war sat on a pile of rocks as he held the sword in his hand. He was looking into the horizons not too far away and he had a sad expression on his face as he said, “I have to go to the battlefield again.”
Everyone was amazed when they heard Lu Jingzhi’s perfect pronunciation.
They could not help but to get goose bumps all over. Was his voice really that deep and perfect?
Ye Ji stood behind Chong Hua and although her heart was aching, she did not dare to reach out her hand and touch him to comfort him. She could only say, “General, please let me dedicate a dance to you.”
“Isn’t your ankle still hurting from your recent injury? You don’t need to…”
“I can do it.” After that, Ye Ji danced gracefully as she used a ribbon as a prop, under the beautiful sunset and among the many bonfires.
General, did you know that she did not feel any pain in her ankles, but only in her heart?
Chapter 147: Silly Boy, I Want to Take More Photos of Your Brother-in-law
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Chong Hua was fully focused and engrossed in Ye Ji’s beautiful and graceful dance, but he could not bring himself to watch her finish the entire dance. Therefore, he held his sword in his hand as he got up and left.
Ye Ji could only sit down on the beach and start tearing as soon as she saw Chong Hua leaving.
“Take care, general.”
This scene was so emotional, beautiful, and earth-shattering.
…
After the shooting of the short video was complete, it was already nine o’clock at night. Most of the crew were still engrossed in the beautiful image of Ye Ji that they had successfully captured earlier. They were certain that this video would definitely generate a huge response from her fans.
This short video was simply amazing!
“Thank you everyone for the hard work. Supper is on me. Please go and enjoy a good meal,” Jiang Yuning said as she thanked everyone after the shoot.
“Sister Yuning, will brother-in-law be joining everyone for supper too?” the young paparazzo asked all of a sudden. “I want to prepare a spot for him.”
“Silly boy. I want to take more photos of your brother-in-law. You can bring the other members of the crew with you and have a good supper together. I will return your brother-in-law’s outfit to you tomorrow,” Jiang Yuning replied as she patted the young paparazzo gently on his head.
“Alright, got it.”
A short while later, the group had already packed up everything and left the beach to head for supper. Everyone was still amazed when they thought about the fact that they had just worked with Lu Jingzhi. If they had not signed the confidentiality agreement, they would have been able to rave about it for the entire year.
In just a few minutes, Lu Jingzhi and Jiang Yuning were the only ones left at the beach as they sat down and watched the beautiful sparkling water. Jiang Yuning immediately threw herself at Lu Jingzhi before saying, “General, please let me help you change out of your outfit.”
Lu Jingzhi pulled Jiang Yuning closer to him and he looked at her in her ancient style makeup before he whispered in her ears, “If we were really in the ancient times, this god of war would definitely fight for you.”
“Wouldn’t that be disastrous for the country then?”
“Only an incapable man would push the blame to the women. For me, I would consider it an expansion of territory,” Lu Jingzhi replied as he ran his fingers through Jiang Yuning’s long black hair.
If they were really in the ancient times, Lu Jingzhi would no longer have been the god of war. He would have been the emperor.
However, Jiang Yuning was instantly jealous when she thought about the three thousand other concubines that he would have as an emperor.
“I do not want us to be in the ancient times…”
“Huh?” Lu Jingzhi replied, somewhat puzzled in her change of attitude.
“I do not want to share you with anyone else. If anyone tries to steal you from me, I will definitely teach them a lesson!”
Lu Jingzhi chuckled before he leaned in and kissed Jiang Yuning gently on her lips.
“I have always belonged to you. You do not have to worry about having to compete with anyone else for my love and attention. You should know that wherever you go, I will always take the initiative to look for you.”
“Second brother…”
The both of them hugged one another tightly as they enjoyed their private moment on the beach. Jiang Yuning also took the opportunity to take many photographs of both of them spending time together at the beach.
After they got home, Jiang Yuning compiled all the pictures that was taken earlier and sorted them out because she wanted to post some pictures on her public social media as a teaser for her fans. However, she suddenly remembered that she had promised to send Vera the pictures for review before she posted the pictures on her social media. Therefore, she sent the pictures to Vera and said, “I want to upload these pictures online.”
Vera frowned as soon as she saw the pictures. “When did you take these?”
“I didn’t delay any official work and I did this in my own free time anyway! Let me post the pictures!”
Vera knew that she would not be able to stop Jiang Yuning. Furthermore, since the pictures were so beautiful and of such high quality, she should allow Jiang Yuning to upload it on her social media. “Okay, go ahead and post the pictures, but you should stop wasting time by shooting these videos.”
“If I have a good storyline, I will continue shooting these short videos,” Jiang Yuning replied, refusing to compromise.
At this moment, Vera suddenly thought about Yin Qingyu who would be arriving in China the next day. The expression on her face changed immediately and she placed the cup of coffee that she had in her hands down before informing Jiang Yuning, “I have to take some time off tomorrow to settle some private matters.”
“Okay, I have got it,” Jiang Yuning replied without asking any further questions.
However, Jiang Yuning could sense that Vera was not completely on her side yet.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yuning quickly uploaded the pictures on her social media account with the caption, “Handing in my homework today! The next issue of my short video is titled <Ye Ji>. Who is excited? As usual, the video will be uploaded next Monday!”
The fans were immediately thrilled and excited when they saw Jiang Yuning had posted something.
[This is really unexpected, Sister Yuning! The pictures are so beautiful!]
[Wow! Who is that handsome brother in the picture? His back view is already so alluring!]
[I am so excited! Can’t wait to watch the new issue of the short video!]
[Jiang Yuning, what kind of superpowers do you have? I used to hate you so much but now, I have already become one of your loyal fans!]
Jiang Yuning was extremely satisfied as she looked at the reaction of her fans. This was because she had never expected that she would be able to open a new window of opportunity for herself through her short videos.
…
Early the next morning, Shen Yichen asked Vera and Jiang Yuning to come to the company for a short meeting because Jiang Yuning was about to join the cast of <Mysteries of Heaven>.
However, at this time, Vera was on her way to the airport as she had already informed Jiang Yuning that she would be taking the day off.
Therefore, Jiang Yuning went to Guangying Media all by herself. However, this time, the employees at Guangying Media knew better than to insult or speak ill of Jiang Yuning.
Even if they had their own views and comments, they would either keep it to themselves or talk about it privately. They had already learned their lesson when one of the employees was fired the last time.
They knew that they could not afford to offend Jiang Yuning now.
As Jiang Yuning was making her way to Shen Yichen’s office, she heard a loud noise and a huge commotion coming from the physical training room.
Jiang Yuning walked over to the physical training room and peered in through the translucent glass to find several new, young artistes crowding around Mu Xian as they humiliated her.
“Old woman, you are already so old. Why are you still coming to the physical training room to fight with us? Your gold sponsor has already abandoned you, so why are you still training and keeping fit?”
“Yes, Mu Xian. What other status do you have in this company now? Haven’t you been suspended from working?”
“In the past, you used to walk with such arrogance, I thought your head was about to reach the sky. Well…why don’t you beg us then? Maybe if you begged hard enough, we might allow you to use the training room together with us.”
Mu Xian was sitting on the ground. The loud sound earlier was the sound of the three young artistes pushing Mu Xian against the glass before she fell directly to the ground.
After hearing what the other artistes had just said, Jiang Yuning walked into the physical training room immediately as she stared directly at the new artistes. “Haven’t you thought that Mu Xian might actually make a comeback one day?”
The three of the new artistes were stunned as they had not expected anyone to come to Mu Xian’s defence. Furthermore, they would not have expected Jiang Yuning to be the one defending Mu Xian.
“I would advise you guys not to take this too far because one day when you hit rock bottom, you will understand that whatever you are doing now is only digging your own grave!”
“How is that any of your business?” one of the girls asked in an irritated manner because she did not like Jiang Yuning’s interference.
“Hey. Don’t…don’t mess with her.” The other two girls quickly stepped up and stopped their teammate from going up against Jiang Yuning. “She is insane. She could even be heartless enough to sue her own mother.”
“That is very true. Let’s go…” The three girls eventually decided not to challenge Jiang Yuning or test her patience anymore. Instead, they chose to turn around and left the physical training room immediately.
At this time, Mu Xian, who was still sitting on the ground, stared at Jiang Yuning and said, “Don’t expect me to thank you for this.”
“Do you think I care for it?” After that, Jiang Yuning turned around and left the physical training room before closing the door behind her.
Jiang Yuning thought that Mu Xian must be having a very difficult time indeed. Even the newcomers did not hesitate to taunt and humiliate her at this point.
However, this had nothing to do with her. Mu Xian had to pay the price for her own wrongdoings.
Chapter 148: She Could Investigate Him but She Cannot Bully His Sister!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
On the other hand, Vera had just picked Yin Qingyu up from the airport and at this time, she was pulling her luggage for her as they walked towards her car.
“Vera, can I live with you? You know very well that I am afraid to live alone,” Yin Qingyu asked Vera as soon as they got into the car. Although it seemed as though Yin Qingyu was asking for Vera’s permission, there was a clear understanding that Yin Qingyu had already expected to stay at Vera’s place.
“Yes, of course. I have already prepared a room for you,” Vera replied immediately. She felt indebted to Yin Qingyu for saving her life a few years ago.
“Vera, can you show me what activities you have planned for Jiang Yuning in the next few weeks?”
Vera was stunned by the sudden question and remained silent for a short moment before she replied, “Jiang Yuning is already a blacklisted artiste. Therefore, I have not planned many activities for her.”
“I have a lot of intimate photographs of Jiang Muyang and myself. Do you think that Jiang Yuning would be implicated if I exposed those photographs to the public?” Yin Qingyu suddenly asked Vera with a smile on her face. “Or do you think I should not do that since Jiang Yuning is now under your management?”
Vera did not reply but at this moment, she felt that Yin Qingyu was acting very strange.
“You must be feeling exhausted from the long flight. We can go home, take a shower, and rest for a short while. I will then show you around the city and bring you out for lunch after that.” Vera tried to change the topic of the conversation.
“Vera, I hope you understand that I am very serious about this matter.”
After hearing what Yin Qingyu had just said, Vera hurriedly stopped the car before she parked by the side of the road. She then turned around to look at Yin Qingyu before replying, “Qingyu, this matter is clearly between you and Jiang Muyang. Could you not implicate my career in this matter?”
“Are you really just worried about your career?” Yin Qingyu asked, obviously not believing Vera. “I have already warned you that Jiang Yuning is very good at deception. It has only been a short while and you have already fallen for her tricks? What did she tell you?”
“Qingyu, I know that Jiang Muyang did not abandon you five years ago.” Vera went straight to the point. “I once saw a photo of you and an Englishman posted on the school’s website. Jiang Muyang was the one who posted that picture online. At first, I did not doubt you but I chose to give you a chance instead. I really trusted you until I heard Jiang Muyang’s side of the story.”
Yin Qingyu was stunned when she heard what Vera had just said,
She did not know what else to say.
“Five years ago, you were the one who cheated on Jiang Muyang. That was the reason why he broke up with you. He only returned to China a few months after the two of you had broken up. Therefore, he did not let you down at all. You were the one who had let him down and broken his heart in the first place. Moreover, Jiang Yuning is really an innocent victim in this whole situation, so I do not understand why you are targeting her. Why are you doing this?”
“Yes, I was deceived by you in the past and that is why I really hated both Jiang Muyang and Jiang Yuning. However, after spending some time with Jiang Yuning, I have finally understood that what is most important between two parties are trust, honesty, and mutual respect. Instead, all you care about is simply retaliation and revenge.”
“Vera, do not forget that I saved your life,” Yin Qingyu replied immediately. “I am our benefactor.”
“If you think that you can use that against me for the rest of your life, then you are very wrong,” Vera retaliated immediately.
“So, are you telling me that you want to go against me now? Well, then you had better not blame me for destroying your precious Jiang Yuning!” After that, Yin Qingyu got out of the car and grabbed her luggage from the trunk before she walked away.
Vera could only stare helplessly as Yin Qingyu hailed a taxi and left immediately. She did not know what else she could do.
Initially, Yin Qingyu thought that she would still be able to manipulate Vera and get her to destroy Jiang Yuning. However, she did not know that Vera would take Jiang Yuning’s side instead.
Vera then connected the Bluetooth headset on her cell phone before she made a phone call to Jiang Yuning. “Yuning, are you at home? I need to meet with you.”
“I am at Grandpa Tan’s house now,” Jiang Yuning replied. “You can come over here.”
Vera quickly turned her car around and headed straight to Grandpa Tan’s house.
Vera started tearing as soon as she saw Jiang Yuning. At this point in time, Jiang Yuning finally understood that her agent was already one hundred percent on her side.
“Walk slowly. You do not need to rush so much,” Jiang Yuning said as she placed the herbs aside and quickly poured a glass of water for Vera.
“Yin Qingyu is here in China. She is your brother’s ex-girlfriend. She looks very unstable, as though she is a ticking time bomb. She has said that she has many intimate photographs of her and your brother and she intends to leak it to the public so that she can ruin your reputation at the same time.”
“That was why you took the day off today? You went to pick her up from the airport?” Jiang Yuning asked immediately. “Do not worry so much. Just let her do whatever she wants to do.”
“But it was so difficult for you to finally rebuild your reputation and career. And you have finally gained some loyal fans…”
“So what?”
“Jiang Yuning! I have no time to joke around with you now.”
“My loyal fans have already gone through a hundred battles with me,” Jiang Yuning said as she laughed. “And well, I…I did not tell you something important. My brother is actually Ku Jie. If Yin Qingyu really intends to leak some information out to the public, I am certain that she would definitely reach out to X Society because they are the top and most reputable in China. When that happens, my brother would be the one dealing with her directly. There is nothing to be afraid of.”
“Jiang Muyang…is Ku Jie?” Vera asked. She was utterly shocked.
“Are you that surprised?”
It was only natural for her to be surprised! D Society was the number one tabloid site in Seoul, while X Society was the top tabloid site in China. It was enough to scare anyone working in the entertainment industry.
“My brother chose to become a paparazzo as he wanted to help me and protect me when I first entered the entertainment industry. However, he unexpectedly became a big shot in the industry,” Jiang Yuning replied as she continued fixing the herbs in her hand. “That is why you do not need to worry so much. You can be rest assured. However, I am really curious about why my brother would have such bad taste in women. How could he have dated such a horrible person? Would you like to tell me what she is threatening you with?”
Vera was silent for a moment.
“That is a very long story,” Vera replied with an inexplicable expression on her face.
“I will not force you to tell me the truth if you are reluctant to right now. I will wait until you feel ready to tell me the truth. As for my brother’s ex-girlfriend…do not worry about it. I will let him deal with her,” Jiang Yuning replied in a very calm manner.
Vera took a deep breath as she tried to ease the conflicting feelings in her heart.
She did not know if Yin Qingyu would really contact X Society as Jiang Yuning predicted. If that was the case, she could be at ease, but what if she decided to break the news to many different media at the same time?
“Do not worry so much. My brother will settle this matter. If X Society wants to intercept and stop any news, it definitely has the ability to do so. What I am more worried about is whether your friend is really mentally ill or if she has just been evil from the start. I just think that it is really pitiful and unlucky that my brother has gotten involved with such a terrible woman. Why must she keep trying to implicate him when he is clearly innocent?”
Vera was silent after Jiang Yuning asked the questions.
She thought about Yin Qingyu and she realized that besides having known her as her benefactor, she did not know anything else about Yin Qingyu. She could not even recall any good traits about her.
“This is all your brother’s fault for making such a bad decision!”
That was true indeed.
Jiang Yuning was also speechless at that moment.
…
After separating from Vera, Yin Qingyu quickly checked into a hotel nearby.
Her plan was to contact X Society and get them to expose all the blackmail material that she had on Jiang Muyang. She hoped that she would be able to implicate Jiang Yuning and then, that would definitely teach that traitor, Vera, a lesson.
However, although she had a very solid plan, she did not know that Ku Jie was now the boss of X Society.
The fact that Jiang Muyang was in fact Ku Jie could never be exposed because that would rob Jiang Yuning of the chance to ever make a comeback in the entertainment industry.
If the biggest paparazzi in China was controlled by Jiang Yuning’s brother, then Jiang Yuning and her brother must have planned all the previous news that X Society had released to the public. The public and netizens would definitely think that Jiang Yuning had the power to blow up any news that she wanted to. This was a very serious matter.
Therefore, even if Jiang Muyang knew that Yin Qingyu was trying to stir up trouble, he could never let her discover his true identity.
She could investigate him but she cannot bully his sister!
Thus, he could only use two identities to mess around with Yin Qingyu.
Chapter 149: Exploding! Oh My God!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was now less than a week before Jiang Yuning would officially join the cast of <Mysteries of Heaven>.
However, there had been no news at all about their marriage registration since the day of her proposal to Lu Jingzhi. What was happening?
Had he already changed his mind about getting married to her?
Or did perhaps no longer cherish her because she had proposed marriage to him?
Second brother really was such a pig! Even if he no longer wanted to marry her, he should have at least given her notice!
Jiang Yuning could not stop thinking about this matter, leading her to being absent minded for the past few days. While she would have usually run to greet Lu Jingzhi at the door as soon as he entered the villa after work, for the past two days, Jiang Yuning was always at the balcony memorizing her script when he came home.
“Sir, Miss Jiang seems to be having no appetite for the past two days,” Sister Liang suddenly said when she was taking Lu Jingzhi’s coat off him.
“Okay, I have got it.” Lu Jingzhi nodded before he headed to the bedroom upstairs to change out of his work clothes. When he entered the bedroom, he saw Jiang Yuning’s laptop that was placed on top of the dressing table.
Lu Jingzhi bent over to look at her laptop and he could not help but laugh as he was dumbfounded when he scrolled through her browsing history.
<What Should I Do If There Is No News from My Boyfriend After I Have Proposed Marriage to Him?>
<If There is No News at All After Proposal, Does That Mean That My Boyfriend No Longer Wants to Get Married?>
<What Usually Goes on in a Man’s Mind After Someone Proposes to Them?>
He needed to made the necessary preparation to get married. He could not simply rush through it.
That was the reason why he had not said anything to Jiang Yuning. However, he did not know that this would have caused her to feel so insecure and uneasy.
After putting on a white casual shirt, Lu Jingzhi went downstairs and he walked to the balcony where Jiang Yuning was lying down as she memorized her script. He quickly pulled her up and said, “Is it so tiring to memorize your drama script? Is that why you are lazy to greet me after work nowadays?”
“It’s not because of that,” Jiang Yuning scorned as she leaned against Lu Jingzhi’s chest. “Think about why I am acting like this!”
“Is it because you think you have acted hastily as there has been no response from your boyfriend after your proposal?” Lu Jingzhi smirked as he rubbed his nose gently against Jiang Yuning’s ear.
“Why did you invade my privacy?!”
“You are out here in the balcony but your laptop is wide open on the dresser in the bedroom. The screensaver had not even showed up yet and the search history was left out in the open. I believe that you heard me coming home and you deliberately left the laptop there for me to see it for myself,” Lu Jingzhi said as he smiled and held onto her hands. “I know that if you really had not wanted me to see anything, you would not have left any evidence behind.”
Jiang Yuning smiled before she broke out of Lu Jingzhi’s arms and hit him lightly on his chest.
“Do you know how many days it has been already since I proposed to you? Did you think that I was just joking? Is that why you are not taking me seriously?”
Lu Jingzhi held onto Jiang Yuning’s hands as he replied, “You have to be more patient, Mrs. Lu…”
“Who…who is your wife now? We do not even have a marriage certificate now!” Jiang Yuning exclaimed immediately.
“We will get it done soon.” After that, Lu Jingzhi pulled Jiang Yuning up and sat her on his lap before staring directly into her eyes. “From the first day that I had brought you back to the Royal Dragon Villa, I had never intended to let you leave this place. In my heart, you are already Mrs. Lu, so there is nothing that you have to feel worried or insecure about. Go and put on a coat. We can go for a walk by the beach.”
“Alright then. My eyes are already hurting from looking at the drama script for the whole day anyway,” Jiang Yuning replied before she stood up and brought her script up to the bedroom. Jiang Yuning put on a white knitted jacket before she headed downstairs. She then held hands with Lu Jingzhi as they walked down to the beach.
She had never gotten the chance to explore and spent time on this beach by the sea ever since she moved here because of her identity.
While there would usually be many people hanging out at this beach on weekdays, the beach somehow seemed very quiet that day.
The two of them walked along the beach as they felt the gentle sea breeze blowing towards them. Suddenly, Jiang Yuning screamed, “Second brother, am I seeing things? Is that a glowing sea shell? How could the sea shells glow and illuminate like that? Is it possible?”
“No, it is impossible,” Lu Jingzhi replied as he shook his head.
“I am serious! If you do not believe me, I will pick it up to show you!” Jiang Yuning quickly let go of Lu Jingzhi’s hand as she ran forward to pick up the glowing sea shell. “Look! Isn’t this sea shell glowing brightly?”
Lu Jingzhi took the sea shell from her hands and he said, “Where would you be able to find any glowing sea shells in this world? You are so silly. I have only done this to attract your attention…”
After that, Lu Jingzhi opened up the sea shell. Hidden in the sea shell was a six-clawed white diamond ring. Was this the legendary pigeon egg diamond?
When Jiang Yuning saw the diamond ring, she was so shocked that she could only stare at Lu Jingzhi with her mouth wide open.
Lu Jingzhi then took out the diamond ring and got down on one knee in front of Jiang Yuning. “This heart has always belonged to you for the past twelve years. What about you? Are you ready to be mine forever?”
“Yes. Yes. Yes. I am ready. If you are willing, I would want to spend my next ten lifetimes with you too,” Jiang Yuning replied as tears flowed down her face. She reached out for the ring and said, “Hey! You did not tell me that you would be proposing to me tonight.”
Lu Jingzhi slipped the diamond ring onto her finger before he looked at her and said, “If I had told you, there would be no surprise anymore. You even believed…that there could be a glowing sea shell.”
“You are a liar!”
“It is my greatest joy to be able to trick you into marrying me,” Lu Jingzhi replied as he held Jiang Yuning tightly in his arms.
He had to tie down this little fox before she ran away from him.
“What if you had not succeeded in fooling me?”
“Then…I would drag you to the Civil Bureau Affairs directly and force you to marry me there! Don’t you remember what uncle had said? If you refuse to marry me, he would break your legs!”
Jiang Yuning wanted to get closer to Lu Jingzhi. She wanted to kiss him but she was afraid.
In fact, Lu Jingzhi had already booked the entire beach tonight.
“Are you afraid?” Lu Jingzhi could immediately sense what was going through Jiang Yuning’s mind.
“Do you want to go home?”
Lu Jingzhi sneered before he hugged the little fox tightly in his arms. “You are not allowed to go home tonight…I want you to clearly remember what happened tonight.”
Oh my!
Exploding! Oh my god!
How they hope that this night could last longer. If only tonight could last forever.
…
Early the next morning, at the secret headquarter of X Society, one of the employees in charge of receiving phone calls from the public wishing to report any news hurried over to Ku Jie’s office and quickly knocked on his door.
“Brother Ku Jie, I have received an incoming phone call wishing to expose some secrets related to you…do you want to answer the phone call?”
Ku Jie frowned before he placed down the documents in his hand and went over to answer the phone call using a voice changing machine.
“Does X Society really need to be this secretive? Do you really need to use a voice changing machine when you receive a phone call?” the woman on the other side of the line asked immediately.
However, Ku Jie was instantly wide awake because he recognized the woman’s voice. He knew who she was immediately.
“What material do you have on Jiang Muyang that you wish to reveal to the public?” Ku Jie asked, trying to sound professional over the phone.
“I want to report information on Jiang Muyang’s extravagant personal life. He has an indecent relationship with his sister, Jiang Yuning, and I also have a lot of intimate photographs of him and his girlfriend who lives abroad…”
“Then, do you have any intimate photos of Jiang Muyang and Jiang Yuning?” Ku Jie asked with an impatient look on his face.
“If I already have intimate photos of Jiang Yuning and her brother, why would I need to pay such a high price to hire you? I want you to get those photographs of both of them, no matter what you have to do. I am willing to pay any price as long as both the brother and sister are ultimately defeated.”
Chapter 150: If Someone Wants to Give Me Money, Why Not?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
He did not expect that her character would still be so terrible even after so many years had passed. In fact, he felt that her bad character had actually intensified over the past few years.
Ku Jie suddenly remembered that Jiang Yuning had asked him about his past relationship just a few days ago. He suddenly realised that his sister had already found out about Yin Qingyu’s existence.
“What kind of hatred do you have for him that you need to act this way?”
Yin Qingyu would have never imagined that she was actually talking to Jiang Muyang right now.
“I don’t think that I have the obligation to explain everything to you, right? So, do you want to accept this job or not?”
“I would never say no to money, but I have to remind you that X Society only reports on things that is proven to be true. Therefore, if our people are unable to obtain the evidence or photographs that you want, I apologize but we would not be releasing any fake news just because we have received money from you. Furthermore, you need to know that your money would not be refunded even if we are unable to discover anything about Jiang Muyang to report about at the end of our investigation. We need to maintain the integrity of X Society. Can you accept that?” Ku Jie replied in a very professional manner.
“No problem,” Yin Qingyu replied immediately.
“You can also send us the photographs that you have of Jiang Muyang and his ex-girlfriend. However, I have a condition. As you are hiring us to investigate Jiang Muyang, we will need you to sign an exclusive agreement with us. Otherwise, you can seek help from another media if you refuse to do so.”
“Alright then, I can do that,” Yin Qingyu replied without any hesitation at all.
“I hope that we will have a pleasant cooperation then. I will ask one of our staff members to contact you later to sign the contract with us.” Ku Jie hung up the phone immediately after that before passing the phone over to the young paparazzo. “Accept the job.”
“That…that…Brother Ku Jie, this woman hates you so much. Why are you still accepting her job?” the young paparazzo asked because he could not understand why Ku Jie was reacting this way. Why accept her job offer when they could have turned her down immediately?
“Why would you say no to money?” Ku Jie replied immediately. “I will just find a perfect day to ask Xiao K to take pictures of me eating, showering, and going to the bathroom. Let’s see how much she is willing to spend to obtain these kind of useless pictures before she finally gives up and goes home.”
“Wow…Brother Ku Jie. You really are incredible.”
If he could just turn back time, he would not have gotten involved with Yin Qingyu at all.
“Go for your classes now,” Ku Jie said as he glared at the young paparazzo. After everyone had left his office to continue with their work, Ku Jie took out his cell phone and gave Jiang Yuning a call immediately.
“Ning Ning, has anyone strange contacted you recently?”
Jiang Yuning smiled as soon as she heard Ku Jie’s sudden question. “I see. You must have received a phone call from your ex-girlfriend.”
“You know all about it?”
“She wanted to use Vera to deal with me, but Vera has refused to do so. I assume that if she wants to expose me or leak any information related to me, she would definitely contact X Society. I did not expect her to act so quickly though,” Jiang Yuning explained. “I am curious though. How did you deal with it? She is a very difficult person to handle and she has something that she could use against Vera. I am just waiting for her to threaten Vera again before I take any action. How could you have fallen for someone like that in the past?”
“I was framed.” Ku Jie took a deep breathe before he started explaining himself. “During my university days, I rarely ever went out to the bar, so I was not very good at drinking at that time. However, I had gone out to the bar one day because we were having an association gathering there. I got drunk and I woke up right next to her the next day. I had no choice but to be responsible for what I had done. I had only realised much later that I had not touched her at all that night, but I thought that as long as she was really sincere and interested in me, I could try to get along with her and fall in love with her eventually. Little did I know that she had been treating me as a toy and using me all along.”
“Oh, I did not expect that a man’s virginity could also be stolen just like that,” Jiang Yuning replied as she snorted.
“Hey. I am still you elder brother after all. Watch how you speak! Anyway, do not worry too much about this matter. I know that she is trying to create trouble for you so if you need to retaliate, just go ahead and retaliate. You do not need to give her any face.”
“Alright, I understand,” Jiang Yuning replied before hanging up the phone.
She only thought that it was really very hilarious that Yin Qingyu had personally delivered herself up to X Society.
In the past, Jiang Muyang had always looked arrogant because he did not receive any love from his own biological parents. In fact, he was only pretending to be arrogant to hide his own inferiority complex.
When he moved abroad to continue his studies, people had thought that he wanted to flee from his own family. Deep down, the only reason why he had acted so was due to his own feelings of inferiority.
Jiang Muyang used to be a fragile and sensitive person who would escape easily to hide from anything that he felt uncomfortable with.
It was only after the Jiang family had gone bankrupt that Jiang Muyang subsequently stepped out of his own little bubble. He began to become more aware of what was going on around him and after all these years in the entertainment circle, Jiang Muyang had become a very mature and wise person who could no longer be deceived easily.
If someone wanted to give him money, why not?
He could take a lot of beautiful pictures.
…
Vera took the initiative to contact Yin Qingyu after their disagreement the other day. She did not contact Yin Qingyu to protect herself, but she only did so to ensure that Yin Qingyu would not hurt Jiang Yuning.
Although Vera already knew that Ku Jie was in fact Jiang Muyang, she knew that Yin Qingyu was emotionally unstable and did not know what else she was capable of doing.
Therefore, Vera went to the hotel that Yin Qingyu was staying at, which was located very close to Guangdong Media.
Vera obtained Yin Qingyu’s room number through the concierge and when she arrived at the hotel room, she found its door unlocked.
Vera entered the hotel room and she could hear Yin Qingyu talking on the phone in the bathroom.
“Vera does not have any self respect at all. When I lost my temper, she contacted me immediately in the afternoon because I am her benefactor after all. Don’t worry, even if she really chooses to betray me, I still have material on her that I can use to threaten her. Furthermore, Vera has always believed that I had depression. She really is a fool who can be easily manipulated.”
Vera faintly heard this sentence and she heard Yin Qingyu mentioning her name a couple of times. She did not expect that she was merely a pawn in Yin Qingyu’s heart.
Yin Qingyu did not know that Vera had already entered her hotel room and she was extremely shocked to see Vera after stepping out of the bathroom. She looked at Vera with a guilty conscience and said, “When did you come in? Why didn’t you say anything?”
“Yin Qingyu, you really are amazing. I have never imagined that you would pretend to be depressed just to deceive and manipulate me,” Vera replied as she glared coldly at Yin Qingyu. She pursed her lips tightly together, as though she was trying to suppress her own anger and emotions. “Is this really that fun for you? Do you really find joy in trying to harm and destroy others? Right now, I only feel that Jiang Muyang had been very unlucky to have met someone like you. How could he even endure being in a relationship with you?”
“You are sick.”
“Vera…”
Vera did not want to listen to anything else that she had to say. Therefore, she turned around to leave the hotel room. However, at this time, Yin Qingyu started to threaten her, “If you walk out of this hotel room today, then you can just wait for me to release the news that you used to work as a public escort in the nightclub. Once everyone finds out the truth about you, Jiang Yuning would also lose her reputation because of you. Aren’t you afraid that I will look for Jiang Yuning personally?”
Vera laughed out loud before she turned around to face Yin Qingyu. “I think that Jiang Muyang made the right choice when he chose to left you five years ago. That was the best decision he has ever made in his life. Therefore, I have to make the right choice for myself this time. If you want to look for Jiang Yuning, you can go ahead and look for her. However, you are no match for her. You will never be able deal with Jiang Yuning!”
After that, Vera turned around and left because she could no longer contain her overwhelming emotions. After getting into her car, Vera’s hands were still shaking uncontrollably.
She was merely selling liquor in the nightclub, not working as a public escort. She was only taking a part-time job because her family was short of money at that time.
However, she would never have expected that a drunk guest would drag her out the back alley of the nightclub and start beating her up. At that time, if Yin Qingyu had not called the police, she would have been beaten to death. She had already repaid this debt for so many years…