Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“I’m sorry.” Zhou Zhen immediately apologized and lifted her chin to meet a rather familiar and handsome face. She got a good look of the fleeting ruthlessness in his eyes before mellow gentleness took over.
Growing up in a house of ill repute, she was a good judge of character especially when it came to men. She could identify pigs from gentlemen a mile away.
“It’s fine.” Su Muyan smiled and asked, “Are you alright? Were you burned?”
“Are you Su Muyan?” Zhou Zhen added uncertainty in her tone. After observing him for a bit, Zhou Zhen labeled him as a fake, a hypocrite, and a phony.
“Hello.” Su Muyan’s patience was already running thin to be drenched in coffee during a trip to the washroom. It was making his blood boil now that she recognized him too. His pet peeve was bumping into fans during his private time.
He hoped this woman was tactful enough not to bother him.
“I’m sorry. I should compensate you for your trouble. Can I add you on WeChat?” Zhou Zhen took out her phone and grinned at him.
She knew about Su Muyan and the Su family. It would only help her in her showbiz career if she could be in the Su family’s good graces.
“It’s fine.” Su Muyan showed his gentleman side on the surface, albeit the annoyance was getting to him. Who did she think she was to add his WeChat contact?
Was this a planned encounter to get close to him? She ran into him and drenched him with coffee on purpose. He was disgusted by women nowadays who were manipulative and vain.
“Let’s exchange WeChat contacts. I’m an actress as well. You graduated from Capital No. 4 High School, right? Do you know Yu Yuanxi? I have a good relationship with him.” Not one to give up, Zhou Zhen kept up the conversation with a smile.
Su Muyan’s eyes widened at the mention of Yu Yuanxi’s name. His tone grew stiff. “Sorry, I don’t know him.”
He walked past her and took off.
Yu Yuanxi. Things were fine and dandy until she brought Yu Yuanxi into the conversation. It only made him sick to the stomach. Yu Yuanxi came hand-in-hand with Shen Xi, and the thought of Shen Xi hit him where he lived.
Yu Yuanxi was the birth son Shen Xi’s adoptive parents had been searching for for over a decade. The news had made waves in the capital lately.
Mom and Dad refused to quit. Since the Shen family had found their son, Li Jingran and Su Yi went to look for Shen Xi last week to bring her home. Nevertheless, it did not end well. God knows how the conversation went as Mom and Dad returned in a hissy fit.
Holding her phone, Zhou Zhen scornfully turned her head away to roll her eyes and scoff. Fine, he did not have to give his number, but no need for the cocky attitude. It was not as though Zhou Zhen wanted to waste her breath with the likes of him!
As someone who wanted to get into showbiz, Zhou Zhen did her research on major talent management agencies and the hottest celebrities.
Tianheng Entertainment owned by the Su family had an early start in show business and was one of the entertainment giants. However, the company had been on a rough patch lately when it came to development. In the past few months, the Su family suffered a financial crisis due to mismanagement.
She heard from her girlfriends that the Su family seemed to have rubbed the head of the Li household – basically the demon lord of the capital – the wrong way. The family was doomed to bankruptcy if the demon lord was having a bad day.
The entertainment agency she presently fancied was Cosmos Entertainment. Her favorite Mr. Xixi, Screenwriter Cloud Seven, the current sensation Qi Xiu, as well as all the stars – He Pei, Shen Ruoning, Gao Meng, Qi Xiu – who found fame through The Smiling Nation were from that company. Cosmos Entertainment had a lot of potential in her books.
Su Muyan reached the washroom only to find his wrist bare. With color draining from his face, he walked out in a panic. The d*mn woman was a thief!
The watch he had on was a Hublot Black Caviar Bang worth five million American Dollars and Dad’s most prized possession. Su Muyan asked for it to match his outfit for tonight’s red-carpet event.
Alas, there was no sign of the woman in the corridor. Making a wry face, he stopped a waiter. “Did you see a woman with long hair and a black dress around? She had thick makeup on.”
The waiter jumped. “I have not seen her, Sir.”
Su Muyan was losing it. “Do you have surveillance footage? I want to see it. Get me the videos.”
It was a matter of money. The watch was part of Dad’s collection and there were only two of its kind in the world. Valuable because of its rarity, the watch was not something money could buy.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Su. Our customer’s confidentiality is important to us. There are no surveillance cameras.” The waiter had recognized Su Muyan by now.
As a waiter of Cream of the Crop, he had been through rigorous training. Working in the capital’s best restaurant, they had met many VIPs, politicians, and business big shots. No celebrities were enough to scare them.
“I lost something. A woman in the corridor ran into me and stole my watch.” Although Su Muyan was flipping out on the inside, he still tried to keep up with the appearance.
“Please follow me to the manager’s office.” The waiter respectfully looked at him before politely stepping back to show the way.
It was hard for the waiter to believe that something was lost or stolen in Cream of the Crop. All VIPs had gone through verification. Only those worth hundreds of millions were worthy to step into the restaurant. He had reason to suspect Su Muyan was looking for trouble.
Su Muyan went to see the manager.
The person sitting behind the manager’s desk in the office slowly turned his chair around, revealing his good-looking face. With his foxy eyes glancing past Su Muyan, the man furrowed his brows in irritation. “What’s the matter?”
F*ck!
One of the Su family members!
He barely made a trip down here this year, but yet he had to meet a vile human being when Boss sent him for an inspection. Tough luck.
The waiter was surprised to meet an unknown handsome lad instead of the manager. Nevertheless, the waiter was getting bad juju from the young man. For the man to be in the manager’s office, he must be someone from higher management. Hence, the waiter laid bare the events.
With his back facing them, the person uncovered his unhuman-like attractive face the moment the chair was turned around. The person turned out to be quite young.
“Something was lost?” Xuan Yuan offhandedly twirled a pen in his hand without granting Su Muyan a look. “We’ll compensate you with two of our main courses.”
Clenching his fists, Su Muyan turned ashen in fury. “I can’t believe your establishment simply shrugs off responsibility like that. Aren’t you afraid you won’t survive in this town if I’ll talk?”
“I am.” Xuan Yuan stood up and patted his startled heart while smiling brightly. “I’m so scared. Go and tell the world. Go now.”
Tsk tsk. Since Su Muyan was asking for it, Xuan Yuan was going to give it to him..
