Chapter 18

Chapter 18: I Really Deserve to Die!

“I am not very familiar with President Jiang. I have only met her a few times before, at… at my cousin’s company.”

Cousin? As soon as she heard that key word, Du An Rao sat up straight.

[Right, Li Yue Sheng is President Xi’s cousin. Then President Xi is also Li Yue Sheng’s cousin, right? I remember the story said Fourth Sister’s cousin runs an agency. That company is pretty well known in the circle. It is called…]

“My cousin is called Li Zhao Yang. Film Emperor Du might not know him, but you should have heard of his company, Xisheng Entertainment.”

[Xisheng Entertainment.]

The last few words came out of Du An Rao and Xi Jing Yue’s mouths at the exact same time.

The car fell into an eerie silence. After a moment, a loud shout broke it.

[Bingo!]

The corners of Xi Jing Yue’s mouth lifted on their own: “President Jiang’s company wants to work with my cousin’s company. When I went to see my cousin, I happened to run into her. We chatted a few times, but we are not close.”

Du He Xuan’s expression clearly said, “You expect me to believe you are not close? Yeah, right.” But Du An Rao’s focus was a bit different.

[She does not want to work with your cousin’s company. She wants the pretty men and women in your cousin’s company! Ah, I remember now. That extra who looked a bit like Second Brother, the Male Lead, I think he signed with Xisheng Entertainment.]

[So the old witch had already picked a stand in for my second brother back then? Wow, this is my first time seeing someone rush to find a stand in while their white moonlight is still around. I suspect you people are playing a brand new kind of white moonlight stand in story.]

In the back seat, Du He Xuan and Xi Jing Yue both frowned.

Du He Xuan was simply disgusted. Xi Jing Yue was thinking deeper.

Someone who coaxed a person like Jiang Huai Ying into pouring endless resources into turning him from an extra into an international superstar, and in the end could even step on Jiang Huai Ying to rise up and seize power, could not be any simple character.

Would someone like that ever be willing to stay under other people? With Li Zhao Yang signing such a person, who knew if that was a blessing or a curse.

Du An Rao did not know about their inner struggles. She was busy thinking about how to bring her Fourth Sister, who was far away in City S, over to Zhaoyang Company to meet him.

[Xisheng, Xisheng. Li Qian Xi and Li Yue Sheng. Cousin really loves his two little sisters. It is a pity that Li Qian Xi does not deserve this love. After she learned her true identity, she began to show the same selfish, greedy nature as her birth parents.]

[She slowly stopped being satisfied with the property she had stolen and started eyeing the assets of the First Branch. To get those assets, later she even joined up with several of her back up lapdogs to set cousin up and steal the company’s secrets.]

[No, he is still Fourth Sister’s blood relative. I cannot just watch them suffer a loss. I have to hurry up and help them recognize each other.]

Xi Jing Yue’s face instantly darkened. He did not care who the Li family’s orphan was, but if that person dared to hurt his family…

Du He Xuan was also shocked by Li Qian Xi’s shamelessness. He and Du Yu Xi had lived under the same roof for more than ten years, and their relationship had always been very good.

Because of that, it was hard for him to stand by and watch her family be harmed.

At that moment, everyone in the car had their own thoughts, yet in the end they all oddly came to the same conclusion.

What no one expected was that the quickest to act among the three was actually Xi Jing Yue.

To quietly raise Du An Rao’s favor toward him, Xi Jing Yue had someone deliver a batch of afternoon tea to the crew the very next afternoon, saying it was to apologize for what had happened the night before.

The smartest part was that the afternoon tea was not only for Du An Rao and the others. Everyone in the crew got some, making it hard for people like Du He Xuan to refuse.

Watching Du An Rao gossip with a few actresses in the crew about how handsome, rich, gentle, caring, polite, and generous Xi Jing Yue was, Du He Xuan felt like his heart had been soaked in lemon juice. The sourness seemed strong enough for the whole crew to smell.

As soon as the actresses walked away, Du He Xuan quickly pulled his sister to the side and said with a stern face: “An An, you are still underage.”

Du An Rao was full of question marks: “I know.”

“You spent the first ten plus years of your life on the mountain and met too few people. You do not know that many people in this world act one way in front of you and another behind your back. They say one thing but think another, like chameleons. What you see is not always what is real.”

“For example… for example, some people look handsome and rich, but are actually stingy and poor.”

Du An Rao looked at him in confusion.

“They look gentle and caring, but are actually short tempered and angry.”

Her face showed even more confusion.

“They look polite and generous, but are actually arrogant and vulgar.”

Now she was completely lost.

“Second Brother, what are you trying to say?”

“… You are still young. Do not rush into dating.”

“Dating? With who? President Xi?”

Du He Xuan almost jumped up in a panic: “An An!”

“Second Brother, relax. There is no way I will date him.”

Only then did Du He Xuan calm down a little: “Why?”

“Why not? Because I do not want to date yet, of course.”

[Of course, it is also because I still have to be a Daoist priest and inherit the temple. Dating would only slow down how fast I can fool the believers.]

Du He Xuan was speechless. He really did not need that reason.

Compared to Du He Xuan, who accepted the afternoon tea with both awkwardness and caution, Director Gao was the happiest one with no burden at all.

Holding a cup of milk tea, he ran over with a smile to try and coax her: “An An, are you really not planning to do a guest role in Uncle’s drama? With your talent, we could even save money on wire work and special effects.”

Du He Xuan had not forgotten how unreliable these two good for nothings had been last night. He let out a cold laugh and mocked without mercy: “Did President Xi pull his investment? You even want to save this little bit of money.”

Director Gao was so scared his face changed: “Pah, pah, pah, may nothing bad happen, may nothing be taboo. Do not curse me like that.”

“Heh…”

“Uncle, I really only came to be my brother’s assistant. I do not plan to enter the entertainment circle for now. You should ask someone else.”

Director Gao looked Du An Rao up and down. Seeing that she was firm, he could only sigh and walk away with a face full of regret.

Director Gao’s words reminded him, and Du He Xuan finally remembered to ask about last night.

“Your strength…”

Du An Rao did not seem to expect him to ask this. A bit of sadness and feeling flashed between her lightly furrowed brows.

“There are few people on the mountain, so you have to do many things yourself. Carrying water, chopping wood, washing clothes, cooking. At first I was young and not used to it. Later, as I grew up, I slowly got used to it. The more work I did, the stronger I became.”

“For example, I used to carry three buckets of water at a time, then it became four. I used to need more than ten chops to cut down a tree, then it became only seven or eight. It is really simple.”

It was the first time he had heard his sister talk about life on the mountain, and he did not know the details. Guilt and heartache flooded over Du He Xuan at once.

[Why did I have to ask this? Ah, ah, ah, I really deserve to die!]