Xiao Qitang had released another new song.
It was titled “You Are That Ray of Light in My Destiny.”
His fans were thrilled.
“Big Brother has been so hardworking this year. Did someone install a songwriting system in him?”
“Oh my gosh, as a five-year veteran fan, I’m so excited I could cry.”
“But shouldn’t the real focus be that Brother Xiao got dumped again? Judging from the title, this one feels like it was written for a new ex-girlfriend…?”
“Exactly, exactly.”
But after listening to the song with eager anticipation, the fans were left speechless.
“There’s no moon in the title, but the lyrics are filled with moonlight.”
“This is Moon 3.0. I’m seriously curious—what kind of woman could make Brother Xiao miss her so relentlessly?”
“The key point is that she’s broken his record of writing only one song for each ex-girlfriend. She now has three songs dedicated to her—the record holder!”
“Our lovesick Brother Xiao… I guess you’ll be waiting for her for the rest of your life…”
Xiao Qitang was a singer, so most of his fans followed him for his music. His male and female fans were fairly evenly matched.
There weren’t that many girlfriend fans, which meant the comment section was always remarkably harmonious.
Quite a few people even teased him good-naturedly.
Meanwhile, the woman everyone said Brother Xiao couldn’t forget was at a murder-mystery game shop.
It had taken her a great deal of effort to finally get a weekend off. Zhu Liuyue had decided to relax a little, so she came to the shop. When the owner, Xiao Wai, saw her, he looked somewhat surprised.
“Sister Liuyue…” He still remembered the game they had played last time.
Zhu Liuyue said, “What? You don’t like me?”
Xiao Wai hurriedly waved his hands. “Hahaha, how could that be? Of course not.”
As he ushered her inside, he turned around and sent Ye Yunjin a message.
“Senior Ye, Sister Liuyue came to the shop to play a murder-mystery game.”
Ye Yunjin replied quickly. “It’s the weekend. She has an activity she enjoys, so that’s a good thing.”
Xiao Wai typed back, “The problem is, Brother Xiao suddenly showed up ten minutes ago, too.”
Ye Yunjin replied, “Wait for me. I’ll be there soon!”
Ye Yunjin set down his phone and immediately contacted his connections in the entertainment industry.
“Hello, President Wang.” He smiled warmly, but his amber eyes shimmered with a calculating light. In an unhurried voice, he said, “Yes, I’m Ye Yunjin of the Ye Group. That’s right, there’s a project I’m very interested in.”
“There’s an event for a music festival. Would it be convenient for you to contact the singers on this list?”
“Good. Then I’ll trouble you with it.”
Three minutes later.
At the murder-mystery game shop, Xiao Qitang had just greeted Zhu Liuyue, pretending to be delighted by their chance encounter.
Then he received a call from his manager.
“Qitang, where are you? Hurry back to the company. You’ve got a new job.”
Xiao Qitang walked over to a corner and lowered his voice. “Didn’t I say I’m taking today off? Don’t schedule any work for me. You—”
His manager cut him off. “No, listen. Do you know about the Blackberry Music Festival? It’s the biggest music festival in the country, held only once a year. Only the hottest singers are qualified to perform onstage.”
“Everyone in the industry takes pride in whether they can participate. You applied twice before and were rejected both times. Remember?”
Xiao Qitang nodded. “Of course I remember. So you’re saying I got accepted this time?”
His manager was practically giddy with excitement. “It’s as good as confirmed. Get to the company right now!”
Xiao Qitang glanced at Zhu Liuyue in the distance and drawled lazily, “I’m not going. I have something to do.”
His manager could guess what had happened almost instantly.
He brought out his ultimate weapon.
“Do you know what women hate most?”
“What?”
“Men with no ambition. The three songs you posted on the platform might only attract the attention of your own fans, but if you perform them at the Blackberry Music Festival, even more people will hear them. Isn’t that romantic?”
Xiao Qitang hesitated. “That does sound somewhat reasonable.”
His manager continued, “Hurry over. It’s not guaranteed that you’ll get onstage. There’s still one other person…”
Then he said a name.
That singer happened to be Xiao Qitang’s greatest rival in the industry.
The moment Xiao Qitang heard it, he couldn’t hold back any longer. “Fine. I’ll be there right away.”
After hanging up, he hesitated over whether to go over and say goodbye to Zhu Liuyue. But before he could decide, Liuyue smiled brightly and took the initiative.
“Do you have something to do? Then go ahead. I come here to play murder-mystery games pretty often. Maybe we’ll run into each other again next time.”
“Okay.”
Xiao Qitang left reluctantly.
The moment he walked out of the shop, Xiao Wai quickly sent another message.
“Senior Ye, Brother Xiao seemed to have something urgent to deal with. He left in a hurry.”
On the other end, a glint flashed through Ye Yunjin’s eyes, and the corners of his lips lifted slightly.
He put down his phone.
Of course Xiao Qitang had to leave. Otherwise, wouldn’t all those phone calls he had made just now have been for nothing?
He pressed the internal phone.
His assistant soon pushed open the door. “Mr. Ye.”
Ye Yunjin said, “Have the car prepared. I’m not working overtime today. I’m going to…” He gave the address of the murder-mystery game shop.
The assistant was just about to acknowledge the order when the director of the Marketing Department hurried over.
Ye Yunjin asked, “What happened?”
The director said, “This is bad, Mr. Ye! There’s a problem with the project we had already negotiated. The other party’s partner suddenly changed his mind and said that he’ll only sign the contract if you personally attend.”
Ye Yunjin frowned. “When?”
“He has a flight at three. If we leave now, we can still make it in time.”
A look of hesitation crossed Ye Yunjin’s face.
He had gone to so much trouble to drive Xiao Qitang away, thinking that he could surprise Liuyue at the murder-mystery game shop on his day off.
But now, unexpected work had gotten in the way.
The assistant seemed to notice his hesitation and considerately said, “Mr. Ye, you don’t need to worry. Brother Xiao has already left. Once we finish signing this contract, we’ll still have time to hurry over.”
That made sense.
Ye Yunjin’s target had been Xiao Qitang all along.
He was the greatest threat!
Now that Xiao Qitang had been sent away, there was nothing else to worry about.
With that thought, Ye Yunjin tugged at his tie and said calmly, “All right. Go reply to the partner. I’ll leave now.”
…
At the murder-mystery game shop.
Zhu Liuyue had known from the start that Xiao Qitang’s chance encounter had been deliberately arranged.
Zhao Xin, that little girl, would occasionally chatter in her ear, saying, “I heard Xiao Wai’s shop recently got a really fun lighthearted game.”
After hearing it so many times, Zhu Liuyue had subconsciously thought of coming to the murder-mystery game shop whenever she got a day off.
It had all been preparation for Xiao Qitang’s planned encounter with her.
She wondered whether Xiao Qitang had been camping out at the shop every day. After finally getting his chance today, he had ended up leaving in a hurry.
She reasonably suspected that Ye Yunjin had sent him away.
After all, the owner of this murder-mystery game shop was Ye Yunjin’s junior from university. Naturally, he would favor his own side. Xiao Qitang was still far too inexperienced.
With the attitude of someone waiting to watch a good show, she simply waited.
Who would have thought that the person who arrived wouldn’t be Ye Yunjin, but Ye Yunche?
“...!!!”
So who, exactly, had ever said Ye Yunche was a fool?
Wasn’t this a perfect example of a wolf in sheep’s clothing?
