The sleek black Maybach glided through evening traffic, streetlights casting shadows across Xi Jinwei's features. Shen Hui, sat beside him, scrolling through her phone after their dinner meeting.
Since Shen Hui was signed with the Xi Group and their meeting was based on the renewal of her contract they left together with Shen Hui requesting he drop her at studio.
A sharp intake of breath from Shen Hui broke the comfortable silence.
"Jinwei..." Her voice trailed off, hesitant.
Xi Jinwei glanced at her, noting the worried crease between her brows. "What is it?"
Instead of answering, she turned her phone toward him. His eyes flickered to the screen, and he smoothly pulled the car into a nearby parking spot, his movements controlled despite the sudden tremor in his hands.
The Weibo post filled the screen:
#QuanFuminSecretHug,#MysteriousWoman,#BackstageRomance.
The comment section was on fire.
It wasn't the Quan Fumin who he was bothered by. Rather who he was hugging.
The news was trending with over 2 million views. The video showed Yang Zhilan, throwing her arms around Quan Fumin, her face lit with pure joy.
The caption read: "Best Actor Famous actor Quan Fumin and a secret woman caught hugging ."
His fingers tightened around the phone, knuckles whitening. Behind his carefully blank expression that is.
"Cousin." Shen Hui's soft voice cut through his darkening thoughts. "It's probably nothing."
"Probably nothing," he repeated, his voice deceptively calm. But Shen Hui, who had grown up with him, recognized the dangerous undercurrent. She'd seen this before, back when Wang Linxue had-
"Yes. The Weibo likes to speculate and spread false rumours." she reminded him gently. "Besides,it's probably a misunderstanding."
Xi Jinwei handed the phone back, his movements precise, controlled. "Of course," he smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. "I trust her."
He dropped his cousin at her studio complex. Shen Hui watched as the car drove away.
She rolled her eyes. She could not believe it herself. As much as she admired Quan Fumin, a lot, the guy never gave her a chance at all. No matter how much chased him.
But it seemed recently, they have been on good terms and they were slowly getting closer.
Throw in Yang Zhilan who looks like Wang Linxue and could probably be her and he's already hugging her. But like she told her cousin, misunderstandings like this were common and the context of the post could be different from the actual events.
Still, she could stop the irrational anger that bubbled up in her. She waved down at a taxi and it slowed down so she got it. She directed the driver to the nearest bar because she needed a drink.
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Yang Zhilan made her way through the underground parking lot of the city. Her flats pitter-pattered against the concrete, echoing in the relative quiet of after-hours. After completing the work at the conference center, she and other employees went back to the company to make reports and records. Basically, it was more work and she was really exhausted.
Xi Jinwei had told her he would come her pick up. That's how they were able to see each other over their busy schedules. The sleek black Maybach that belonged to him was easily noticeable.
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Batter My Heart,Mr Xi (Book 2)
Ficción General(Sequel to Ties and Fate.) Yang Zhilan's idyllic village life is shattered when her late adoptive father's past comes back to haunt her family as he had double-crossed a very powerful mercenary group. Adding to the turmoil, she doesn't remember t...
