[Duan Jinghan, I’m too lazy to keep up this act with you. Let me tell you the truth: I’m not Jiang Youli. The person who’s been chatting with you all this time is me, Qi An’an.]
[You know Qi An’an, right? I was only dealing with your relentless pursuit on behalf of my sister-in-law.]
[If you have any self-awareness, stop pestering my sister-in-law.]
A reply soon came from the other end:
[…]
The six-dot ellipsis was enough to convey Duan Jinghan’s current mood.
[You again, Qi An’an! You say I’m haunting you, but aren’t you haunting me too? You were the one who staged that hit-and-run scam against me last time!]
[Your behavior really makes me suspect that you have ulterior motives toward me! Don’t tell me you like me, so you’re doing everything you can to sabotage my relationship?]
Qi An’an’s lips twitched as she read Duan Jinghan’s messages.
[Only a ghost would like a man as absurdly self-confident as you! I just can’t stand you clinging to your ex like glue—especially when she’s my beloved sister-in-law!]
[Anyway, I’ve already told you. I’m the one who’s been chatting with you this whole time, so you and my sister-in-law never had any chance to begin with. Give up!]
Duan Jinghan did not reply again.
When Qi An’an tried to send another message, a bright red exclamation mark appeared.
Well, well!
Duan Jinghan had blocked her outright!
Qi An’an gnashed her teeth. Why was Duan Jinghan such a stubborn pest?
Qi An’an had promised her sister-in-law that she would not let Duan Jinghan pester her anymore. So she asked around and obtained the contact information of the eldest daughter of the Duan family, Duan Shuheng. The next morning, at eight sharp, she called Duan Shuheng.
“Is this Miss Duan? I’m Qi An’an.”
“Qi An’an? What a surprise. We don’t know each other, do we? What do you want?”
“You know that your younger brother used to date my sister-in-law, right?”
The woman on the other end chuckled. “How could I not know? Last time, that idiot brother of mine even ran to your brother Qi Huan and Jiang Youli’s engagement banquet intending to steal the bride. The entire capital’s social circle knows that my Duan family took in an idiot.”
Qi An’an got straight to the point. “After they broke up, Duan Jinghan still wouldn’t stop pestering my sister-in-law. Her birthday banquet is coming up, and I heard that, in an attempt to win her back, Duan Jinghan plans to transfer to her five percent of the shares in your family’s food-delivery group—shares your father gave him.”
“Huh?” Duan Shuheng exclaimed in surprise.
Judging from her tone, Qi An’an guessed that Duan Shuheng definitely had no idea about this. She continued, “Miss Duan, surely you don’t want your family’s shares to be casually given away by your own younger brother?”
There was a brief silence before Duan Shuheng sighed helplessly. “That idiot really is beyond saving. I thought he’d finally come to his senses because he stopped mentioning Jiang Youli altogether and had recently been working hard at the company. Who knew he was only doing it so he could give his shares away to someone else?”
“All right, I understand. Qi An’an, thank you for warning me. I’ll deal with this idiot brother of mine. Since he doesn’t know how to value the shares he was given, there’s no need for him to have them.”
After ending the call, Qi An’an let out a sigh of relief.
She hoped Duan Shuheng could really handle her idiot brother Duan Jinghan and keep him from pestering her sister-in-law again!
…
Jiang Youli arrived at Starlight Entertainment and first placed the handsome gift from her father—a compact tracking and self-defense device—in a drawer. She then turned on her computer and checked the trending topics across the major online platforms.
The topics about her new-song showdown with Jiang Zhao and her bet with Li Zixuan were still trending.
Besides those, all sorts of scandals involving Zhou Zerui and Chen Wang had begun spreading across the internet like wildfire. Several related topics had even appeared on Weibo.
#ZhouZeruiAssaultedTheDirectorWhoGaveHimHisBreak#
#ZhouZeruiWasABullyInHighSchool#
#ChenWangCheatedWithHisAssistant#
#WhyHasn’tChenWangRetiredFromShowbizYet#
[If Starlight Entertainment doesn’t kick these two disgraced artists out of Azure Aspirations, I’ll boycott every single artist under Starlight Entertainment for as long as they remain!]
[Disgusting! Choosing one disgraced artist might have been understandable, but now both major roles are played by people with terrible reputations. It’s hard not to suspect that Jiang Youli did this on purpose. Are they all birds of a feather, working together in secret?]
Just then, someone knocked on the office door.
“Come in.”
Secretary Yang pushed the door open and hurried inside, looking extremely excited. “President Jiang, that employee you personally recruited to save the day—the one named Wu Mei—asked me to tell you that the post-production on your new song is completely finished!”
“Why are you so excited just because the post-production is done? When the song comes out and completely outperforms Jiang Zhao’s new release, won’t you go crazy?” Jiang Youli teased.
Jiang Youli had worked with Secretary Yang for some time now. She was fairly capable and had ideas of her own, but she was rather emotional and not very good at hiding what she thought.
She was hardly a top-tier secretary, but she wasn’t particularly calculating either.
In a sense, Jiang Youli preferred dealing with people like her.
Secretary Yang said, “...After the recording was finished, you said the post-production would be handled solely by Wu Mei. I was worried she wouldn’t be able to finish it before your birthday banquet, but I never expected her to complete it all by herself in such a short time!”
Jiang Youli looked at Secretary Yang. “Would you like to listen to it with me?”
Secretary Yang froze. Her eyes immediately widened. “I can listen to it with you?”
Jiang Youli said, “You can’t keep admiring your work in isolation forever. It’s time to hear what someone else thinks after listening to it. What’s wrong? Don’t you want to be the first member of the audience?”
Secretary Yang swallowed hard. “I do! Of course I do! President Jiang, I’d love to hear it!”
Jiang Youli curled her lips into a smile. “Then come over. Wu Mei has already sent me the finished track.”
…
Fifteen minutes later.
Secretary Yang left the president’s office and walked all the way back to the main employee office, her head still spinning.
It wasn’t until her coworkers noticed something was wrong and called out to her that she came back to her senses.
“Secretary Yang, what’s wrong with you?”
Secretary Yang suddenly cried out, “Incredible! This song belongs in heaven!”
Her coworkers: “…”
What was going on?!
Secretary Yang’s eyes were shining. “President Jiang’s new song is absolutely going to be the biggest hit and most explosive masterpiece in the Chinese music scene in the past decade. Just wait and see!”
“Wait, Secretary Yang, you’ve heard President Jiang’s new song?!”
“Is it really that amazing? How does it compare to the song President Jiang improvised and performed at the welcome banquet?”
If it could maintain that same standard, beating Jiang Zhao should not be a problem.
But in the past thirty years of Chinese pop music, apart from that legendary figure, no original singer had produced music capable of turning the entire industry upside down!
These days, any singer who managed to release one or two stunning songs could live off them for the rest of their career.
Could President Jiang really possess the talent to rival that genius who once dominated the Chinese music scene?
…
After Secretary Yang left, Jiang Youli called Ye Ying.
“Ye Ying, send someone to Starlight Entertainment to pick up an item and deliver it to Yu Linglong.”
“Understood.”
Jiang Youli added, “Today, have someone dig up every scandal and piece of dirt from the past of Chairman Yu of Dafeng Entertainment’s illegitimate son and his lover.”
She had promised Yu Linglong that she would deal with Yu Hongtu and his mother.
“Understood.”
Dafeng Entertainment had made far too many moves against Starlight Entertainment recently. Ye Ying knew that the boss was about to start taking down the three members of the Yu family.
