Chapter 2015: There Won't Be a Next Time

Li Xingyan's eyes flickered for a moment.

Only then did he answer: "……Yes."

"And then, I was passively coerced into playing along with this charade of yours?"

"……Yes, I know it was wrong of me, and I should have told you in advance, I'm sorry!"

Li Xingyan took a deep breath, mentally preparing himself to deal with Wei Yangyang's anger.

Yet Wei Yangyang did not get angry; instead, she said quite calmly: "Will there be a next time?"

"There absolutely will not!"

"Oh, then we'll just let this matter go."

Wei Yangyang spoke with light, airy indifference.

Li Xingyan, however, was stunned.

He stared at Wei Yangyang without blinking, wanting to know if Wei Yangyang was just speaking out of spite.

But the expression on Wei Yangyang's face was lively, and not a trace of anger could be seen.

So, was this matter really just going to be dropped like that?

Li Xingyan found it somewhat unbelievable.

And Wei Yangyang asked the next question: "About the bidding project……"

"I will handle it; everything will return to the right track."

Wei Yangyang nodded and added: "As for my father, you are responsible for explaining it to him; he has a misunderstanding about you right now."

Li Xingyan suddenly felt a bit uneasy and asked: "What misunderstanding?"

"Father thinks that for my sake, you would even abandon your moral principles."

Speaking of this, Wei Yangyang still found it somewhat amusing.

It seemed that in Wei Baba's eyes, she had become a femme fatale, leading Li Xingyan to go against his own conscience.

Just as Wei Yangyang was distracted, Li Xingyan lowered his gaze and said faintly: "Actually, it is indeed possible to abandon them."

"Ah, abandon what?"

Wei Yangyang asked immediately, but quickly understood what Li Xingyan meant.

This made Wei Yangyang feel a bit uncomfortable; she looked away and gave a light cough.

Li Xingyan did not press the issue and brought up the business at hand: "I will explain it to your father personally."

"Mm, then I'll leave it to you."

Wei Yangyang truly did not intervene in the subsequent matters.

She also did not know what Li Xingyan had said to her father.

In any case, in the end, the misunderstanding was resolved, and the bidding project continued.

Wei Baba did not bring up the previous misunderstanding with Wei Yangyang again.

It seemed that all the trouble had vanished.

Wei Yangyang's life also returned to peace.

However, on Li Xingyan's side, things were not so easily resolved.

He had become very busy.

Wei Yangyang had called him once, but sensing his busyness, she did not disturb him again.

Actually, Wei Yangyang was quite busy herself.

The bidding project was nearing completion, and the work she had temporarily set aside was all being restarted.

Her competition design entry had already been submitted.

For this competition, the preliminary round only looked at the design drawings.

The semi-finals, however, required an evaluation of the on-site renovation.

Wei Yangyang had confidence in herself and felt she could pass the preliminary round.

So, after submitting the design draft, she set about renovating the villa.

Yi Xiang had already handed all the renovation matters over to Wei Yangyang to handle.

Wei Yangyang chose a renovation team she had worked with before.

The foreman of the renovation team was named Lao Qin.

Knowing that Wei Yangyang attached great importance to this renovation, Lao Qin specifically guaranteed it to her: "Miss Wei, rest assured, with me here, I absolutely guarantee the results!"

"Mm, I trust you, but some of the designs this time are difficult to implement, so I'll need everyone to put in the effort."

"Understood, if I have any problems on my end, I will communicate with you in time."

After hearing this, Wei Yangyang nodded lightly.

Lao Qin then thought of something and asked Wei Yangyang: "Is the owner of this place the young man who made a brief appearance last time?"

Wei Yangyang knew Lao Qin was referring to Yi Xiang, so she gave a "Mm."

"Oh my, that young man is really good-looking, and very polite too, treating us all with such courtesy. It's just…… he looks a bit familiar."

"If you find him familiar, it might be because you've seen his advertisements."

Advertisements?

Lao Qin recalled for a moment, then said with a sudden realization: "That's right, isn't he that celebrity who shoots commercials! My, he's even more handsome than on screen!"

Speaking of Yi Xiang, he had truly become popular recently, and his fame was rising straight up.

Wei Yangyang could see Yi Xiang not only on billboards at the station, but also in magazines and on television.

Because he had become popular, Yi Xiang was too busy to make an appearance.

Occasionally, when he met with Wei Yangyang, he was always in a rush.

Lao Qin scratched his hair and asked Wei Yangyang, "That gentleman, is he your friend?"

"Yes, he is."

"When he came, you weren't here, and that gentleman even instructed us to listen to you. Sigh, he was very gentle when he mentioned you."

As Lao Qin spoke, he looked at Wei Yangyang with a suggestive gaze.

Wei Yangyang knew what the other party meant, but she did not continue the conversation along those lines, instead giving a few more instructions on details to pay attention to during the renovation.

Just as they were communicating, the two of them heard a "thump-thump" sound.

That was the sound of high heels stepping on the floor.

This place was still under renovation; logically speaking, no one should be coming over.

Then...

Could it be the management staff of this villa area?

Wei Yangyang turned her head to look.

Then she saw a bright and stunning woman, wearing sunglasses, walk in.

As soon as Wei Yangyang saw the woman's demeanor, she knew she was not a staff member.

Because staff members would not hold their chins so high.

When looking around, they also wouldn't curl their lips with a look of disdain on their faces.

Lao Qin was just about to open his mouth to ask for the woman's identity, but the woman said disdainfully, "What kind of renovation is this!"

These words made Lao Qin frown.

But he still patiently asked the other party, "May I ask who you are looking for?"

"I'm not looking for anyone; I am a friend of Yi Xiang, and hearing that his house is under renovation, I came to take a look."

As the woman spoke, she took off her sunglasses, stroked her arms, and began to look around the house.

Upon hearing this, Lao Qin looked at Wei Yangyang.

That look was asking: Do you know her?

Wei Yangyang did not know the other party.

She said, "This lady, the site is still under renovation and might be a bit messy; after the renovation is finished, then..."

"No, no, while it's not finished yet, hurry up and change it for me!"

As the woman spoke, her slender fingers began pointing around everywhere.

And one could tell just by listening to her words that she was a layman.

Unrestrained and impractical.

Lao Qin kept his mouth shut and didn't make a sound.

Wei Yangyang originally didn't want to pay attention to the other party either.

But considering she was a friend of Yi Xiang, Wei Yangyang spoke tactfully: "Pardon my bluntness, does Yi Xiang know you want to make changes?"

The woman said, "We are good friends, the very, very good kind; even if he knew, he wouldn't mind."

Actually, the subtext of this sentence was: Yi Xiang doesn't know yet.

Wei Yangyang did not know what kind of relationship the two had, but she felt it was necessary to communicate with Yi Xiang.

Therefore, she walked to the side and called Yi Xiang.

But the one who answered the phone was Yi Xiang's manager.

Wei Yangyang briefly told the other party about the situation here.

The manager said, "Once I get in touch with Yi Xiang, I will tell him about your matter, and then you two can communicate."

"Alright."

Wei Yangyang hung up the phone and sighed softly.

When she turned back around, she saw the woman squinting her eyes, coldly sizing her up.