Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Scandal Breaks Early

Xi Jing Yue forced his face to stay calm. As if he had just thought of something, he smiled lightly and said: “Miss Du, are you now working full-time as Film Emperor Du’s assistant?”

“No, no. My second brother just saw that I was alone at home with nothing to do, so he brought me out to see the world. When this whole thing is over, I won’t be his assistant anymore.”

“If you just want to see the world, do you want to go visit my cousin’s company?”

“Huh?” Du An Rao stared blankly for a while before she understood what Xi Jing Yue had said. Her eyes widened in surprise: “You mean that Xisheng Entertainment?”

“Yes, that company.”

Du An Rao grew even more suspicious: “Mr. Xi, why are you suddenly inviting me to your cousin’s company?”

[Something feels off, something feels off. Even if he really likes my brother, he shouldn’t be this warm to a nobody assistant like me. Could it be…]

Xi Jing Yue’s heart suddenly jumped. He thought he had acted too fast and given himself away.

[Is Mr. Xi really interested in my brother? Since he could not get anywhere with my brother, is he trying a roundabout way, getting close to me so he can get close to my brother?]

Xi Jing Yue fell silent. [Stop, stop. I swear on my good name, I really have no interest in your brother at all, not even a little.]

He coughed lightly and said: “Ahem, actually, that day when you were doing character divination for Mr. Yang on set, I was there too.”

“Eh?” Du An Rao quickly looked up at Xi Jing Yue: “You were already at the set that early that day?”

“…Yeah.”

Realizing that Xi Jing Yue’s reason for inviting her might not be what she had imagined, Du An Rao awkwardly touched her nose.

“So you heard everything that day?”

“Yes, I heard it all from start to finish. My cousin’s company has also been having a lot of problems lately. Before, I did not think much of it, but that day, when I saw you doing character divination for Mr. Yang on set, you spoke so clearly and with such good reasons that I felt it all made sense.”

Xi Jing Yue paused here and said: “So I wondered if I could ask you to drop by when you have time and help my cousin see if something inside his company is wrong, whether the feng shui needs to be changed, or if he should bring back a Buddha statue to calm things down.”

Du An Rao gave a dry laugh twice and tested him: “Did he ask anyone to look at it before?”

“Yes. He asked someone to do a ritual rite, but it did not seem to help.”

[Those people who do this for a living could not see what was wrong. With my half-baked skills, I will see even less. But if I just refuse like this, who knows how long I will have to wait for another chance…]

Du An Rao began to struggle in her heart. Should she gently turn down the man in front of her so she would not give herself away, or should she grit her teeth and go to Xisheng Entertainment to finally meet her fourth sister’s true relatives?

However, she did not struggle for long and soon gave in.

“All right, I will go with you once, just to repay you for helping out this time. But…”

“But?”

“But my skills are not very good. I may not be able to see anything. You and your cousin should not expect too much.”

Xi Jing Yue’s real goal was not this in the first place, so of course he would not ask for too much.

“Just do your best. If you really can’t see anything, that is just his fate. It is not your fault.”

Only then did Du An Rao breathe out in relief. She thought for a moment, then asked: “Then can I bring one more person with me when the time comes?”

“Who? Your second brother?”

“No, no, someone else. I promise I will stay with her the whole time and not let her run around. After we leave, she definitely will not spread anything she sees in your company. Is that okay?”

Xi Jing Yue’s eyes flashed slightly. He already had a guess about who Du An Rao wanted to bring, but he still calmly said: “Of course. It is not anything shameful. You can bring as many people as you want.”

“Then it is settled. When are you free?”

“Anytime is fine for me. You decide.”

Du An Rao blinked. She was puzzled by how much he was giving in to her, but she had not had time to discuss this with her fourth sister yet. After thinking about it, she decided to accept his kindness.

“Then let me go back and ask first. I will contact you after the time is set, okay?”

“Okay.”

Just like that, using his excellent disguise skills, on only their third meeting, Xi Jing Yue managed to trick… cough, managed to get Du An Rao’s contact information.

Because she had run into Xi Jing Yue by chance, Du An Rao was delayed for a while. She thought they would question her when she came back, but when she found Du He Xuan and the others, their faces were serious and heavy with worry. They did not even have the heart to ask why she was late.

Du An Rao thought for a moment, then quietly moved next to her second brother and asked in a low voice: “What is going on? What happened?”

Only then did Du He Xuan realize his sister had returned at some point. His gaze on her was rather complicated.

“Someone just called the Director and told him something happened in the crew again.”

“Something happened again?” Du An Rao was speechless too.

In just a few days, the crew had run into trouble again and again. No wonder the dark cloud over the Director’s head was so heavy. If their bad luck kept going like this, they might as well rename this drama to And Then There Were None.

“Who is in trouble this time?”

“Pei Yi Yuan.” The one who answered her was the Assistant Director. His face was twisted in misery, as if the sky had fallen.

And it really was like the sky was falling. This was a big drama with a male lead, and it looked like the male lead was about to be gone. For the crew, that was a fatal blow.

When Du An Rao heard the name, she could not help but suck in a cold breath.

[Pei Yi Yuan has crashed? Weren’t his big scandals supposed to come out a few months later? How did his image collapse this early?]

Before Du An Rao could ask more, Zhou Shun Zhe, who was standing beside them, gave a cold laugh and told the truth: “He brought this on himself. At first, He Xuan only took this drama to do Director Gao a favor and help raise this newcomer’s status. But what did he do? Not only was he not grateful, he actually started to hate He Xuan. He is really an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!”

“The company just gave him a few good resources, and he already floated off and forgot who he is. He does not even look at what he is. Without He Xuan in this drama, who would even know who this crummy idol from a talent show is?”

Zhou Shun Zhe liked to chatter, but he was not usually sharp-tongued. For him to say this much, he must be really angry.

After listening patiently for a while, Du An Rao finally learned that the root of the matter was the smear against Du He Xuan a few days ago.

Back then, besides the people arranged by Jiang Huai Ying, there were many others who took the chance to fish in troubled waters, dreaming of pulling Du He Xuan down from his altar.

Pei Yi Yuan was one of them. He not only bought fake accounts to side with those so-called victims, he also made up several stories himself to secretly step on Du He Xuan.

Unexpectedly, after just two days, those so-called scandals about Du He Xuan flipped, and the real culprit, Jiang Huai Ying, was quickly caught.

This scared all those fence-sitters so much that they shrank back into their shells and did not dare to show their heads again.

Pei Yi Yuan also wanted to pretend nothing had happened. Sadly for him, his luck was bad. One of Du He Xuan’s big fans followed the clues and found his burner account.