The Female Lead Made Her Moves
After visiting grandma Lai, Yongliang was urged to go to Ren Entertainment again by his parents. He could only reluctantly go but he was also curious about the female lead. It had been three days since he eavesdropped on her so he questioned if she had made any moves.
The moment he stepped inside the big hall of Ren Entertainment, there were many gazes fell upon him. It was definitely not those sucking-up gazes anymore but disgust and scrutiny flashed through those eyes. Yongliang smirked at those expressions.
It seemed like the female lead had spread rumors about him just like in the last life. He took out the phone in his pocket and quickly checked the employee's conversations mentioning him. Sure enough, it talked about how he used the male lead's reputation to harass female employees and it even attached a blurry picture of someone of his physics.
Tsk tsk tsk. The comments were flooding with hate.
[Overtime is gold: Because he doesn't have what our president has so he can only abuse power. *shakes head*]
[Employee 23: Because no one wants to approach such a person, that's why he does this kind of thing. How can this person be a close friend of our president?]
[I want to go home early: I heard that he usually went to the actress practice room to peek at them. So disgusting!!]
[Employee 39: Upstairs! Is that for real? If it is, that behavior should be condoned probably!]
[I want to go home early: You think it is that easy? He's the childhood friend of our president and also the only young master of the Lai family. It's not easy to mess with them.}
{Employee 39: AAAGHHH!!! SO UNFAIR!! PEOPLE IN POWER NEVER HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!!!]
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Yongliang looked at their stupidity with a sneer. With such a vague picture, people who wanted to kiss his ass and wipe his bum before turned into justice saints. However, this was not the first time he suffered from misunderstanding so whatever happened, he did not want to care.
However, considering his and Ren Jian's relationship, he did not want to trouble him if possible. He would quickly take care of this problem sooner or later. He needed to see how the plot would proceed in manual mode.
He got into the presidential elevator and went up straight to the presidential floor. The moment the elevator door opened, the secretary was already standing there waiting for Yongliang.
He narrowed his eyes looking at the silent secretary.
"The president told me to escort you to another room. He is busy with an important business case these days. He doesn't want to be disturbed at the moment, young master Lai."
Yongliang just hummed an answer and followed the secretary to a separate room. It was the opposite of the president's room so Yongliang looked at the opposite door with a complicated gaze before entering the room.
The room was neat and warm. It was full of sunlight. Inside, it was basically a hotel room with a bed, a bathroom with a walk-in closet. There were also plenty of technologies newly installed that Yongliang could play with. That iceberg was pretty considerate.
Yongliang was just hanging around in the room as he waited until lunch to eat with Ren Jian. Even though there were times when Ren Jian was incredibly busy, they always had lunch together.
The door was opened and Yongliang quickly looked with a smile. However, it soon dropped as it was just the secretary bringing lunch for him.
"Where's Jian-ge? Is he not eating lunch?"
Yongliang was afraid that Ren Jian would overwork himself and skip lunch. He was about to stand up to hear the secretary's response.
"The president is eating lunch by himself so you don't need to worry. Please enjoy your meal." The secretary quickly left.
"..."
Yongliang suddenly felt that he was stupid. Why did he suddenly care about that iceberg? Everything had been dictated by the plot. Ren Jian must have started avoiding him when this rumor started.
Nonetheless, anger rose inside him. Ren Jian could have just asked him to confirm whether or not it was true, rather than silently isolating him like this. Yongliang scoffed when he thought about the time they spent together. Even if he was not the original host, 19 years of friendship could be broken this easily.
After that day, Yongliang never met Ren Jian again.
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"What is he doing now?" A cold and low voice echoed in the office room.
"He seems to be studying in his room." The secretary did not dare to look at the president. Lately, his mood kept getting worse and worse after young master Lai stopped hanging out with him.
After the secretary left, Ren Jian pinched his nose bridge with a scrunched-up face. He was looking at the news that reported a young master abusing his power to harass girls. It seemed that someone in the company dared to leak this matter outside. Ren Jian could already deduce who that person was.
It was easy to wipe the news but he needed to assess the situation first. If he suddenly clear the news, it would definitely bring lash back from the public like they had something to hide. More importantly, the person of the rumor did not speak up.
"He is not as simple as he looks. There's no way he leaves it just like this."
After spending the past month with Yongliang. Even though his behavior was the same as before, cheeky, bubbly, and straightforward. There was always a curtain hidden in those starry eyes. It made him want to peek in to see what was actually going on and who Yongliang really was. Was he the person that he knew?
"President, Ms. Sun wants to discuss the contract revision." The secretary entered once again.
"Contract revision?... Tell her to come in."
Sun Xia wore a worried expression. When she looked at his distressed expression, she felt ecstatic.
'This is the first time I saw any other expression than that perpetual neutral face! He must have been stressed about that fattie!'
Sun Xia knew that it would not be easy for Ren Jian and Lai Yongliang's relationship to be destroyed that easily. 19 years were not a small amount of time. However, she also knew that Ren Jian cared about his career a lot. People caused harm to it did not have a good ending. Ironically, Sun Xia did not think that she was the person who caused this problem.
"Do you want to upgrade your contract?" Ren Jian still glued his eyes to the screen.
"Ah, yes-"
"I do acknowledge your ability and potential so I had already sent the upgraded contract yesterday. Do you have any dissatisfaction?" He finally lifted his eyes to reveal an icy glare.
"Huh? No, I didn't know it was sent yesterday. I will check it later when I get back! Thank you for your support!" Sun Xia immediately bowed her deep.
"If that's all, you can go now." Ren Jian headed back to work immediately making Sun Xia felling at a loss.
"President... I don't know if you have heard of the rumor... It is very unsettling for the wellbeing of the staff here as well as the company's image." The female lead could only bite the bullet.
She knew that she was still valuable to him by the fact that he upgraded the contract when she mentioned it briefly last month. She felt quite giddy to know that he cared about her a bit. After the young master Lai disappeared from Ren Jian's life, she would be able to accompany him once again. She needed to prove that she was a hard-working girl who cared about the company so she could earn Ren Jian's trust again.
Sun Xia still had her head down waiting for Ren Jian's response but it was only silence left in the room. She started feeling a little humiliated in this atmosphere.
"I will take care of the company's affair. You only need to act and bring profit back. Please return to work Ms. Sun." Ren Jian finally spoke up.
Nodding her head, Sun Xia walked out confidently thinking that she had successfully convinced Ren Jian. The president really cared about his company the most.
She reminisced the days when she was respected by everyone in the company as the only female artist to accompany Ren Jian. She used to receive gifts from others just to get her to put in a good word for them. Then she suddenly became the unfavored concubine in the 3000-beauty harem, no one paid her much attention anymore when they learned that Yongliang became the new favored person.
She gritted her teeth and looked at her reflection in the mirror. Thanks to the extensive care she spent after earning money, her beauty became distinctive with her milky white skin, peach blossom hazel eyes, and thin red lips. She was confident that she could grab any guy she wanted with this current look. The most desirable man was, of course, Ren Jian.