I Ship My Rival x Me

CHAPTER 13

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The three of them stared at each other in silence for quite some time.

Little Chen lowered his eyes and stole a glance at our hands. There was a slight change in his expression as he leaned over and whispered in my ear, "I saw nothing. I know nothing. Yan Yan, fighting!"

He cupped his hands toward me in utter respect and, before I was able to make a sound at all, fled away in an instant.

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Why does this person always come and go like a gust of wind, appearing and disappearing out of nowhere?

I stared after him as he left, not knowing what had happened. It was only when I lowered my head that I realized I was still holding Gu Yiliang's wrist.

My face somehow started burning. I immediately let go and quickly walked into the hotel.

Gu Yiliang seemed to be unaware of my little tricks. He followed after me and chuckled, "...Your little assistant is quite an interesting person."

"He's more than interesting..." I replied, feeling both helpless and amused.

Seeing how Gu Yiliang slightly lowered his eyes, I realized it was not time to taunt Little Chen. I pressed for the elevator and patted him on the back in a conciliatory manner, "Don't worry——"

I wanted to tell him that if he was still concerned, he could always contact the company and inform them to prepare the public relations materials in advance. However, since there was no guarantee that the company wouldn't come up with some lousy ideas just to rack up its traffic online, I stopped myself and only said, "——It's going to be fine."

He took out his cell phone, his voice so slow and gentle that it almost sounded like he was the one consoling me, "It's going to be fine indeed. They want nothing but money. You've already made the point very clear to them — that they won't get anything if they fall out with me completely. They won't do that."

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Staring at the flashing red digits on the screen in the elevator, I didn't ask for any more details.

They. Them. As if there was anyone else.

A popular second-rate fresh meat of the day, a young stepmother demanding an exorbitant payment, and a whirling mysterious car accident —

It may sound very much like a suspense drama, when in fact you can simply guess what the real story is — just go ask Gu Yiliang's father about it, the man who still hasn't appeared on stage yet.

Each family has its own problems, but his family's got one that's particularly difficult to deal with.

I looked at Gu Yiliang as he was sending messages with his head lowered, and my heart twitched in pain. Feeling sad, moved, apologetic, and annoyed all at the same time, I was this close to telling him, "Forget about your dad, you've got me."

I promise I'll be a good dad. I'll buy you candy every day.

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Seeing that he had finished sending the message and that there were no other people in the hallway, I reached out with my hands and pinched and pulled his valuable face a few times, asking, "Give me a smile?"

He smiled at my words and gave my face a pull in return. "Why do you look even sadder than me? Give me a smile too?"

To be honest, I wasn't in the mood for smiling. I barely managed to pull the corners of my lips upwards a little.