Chapter 105: Li Xinran, Disappeared

Just finished switching back.

Lin Yeman's WeChat messages popped up one after another.

【The person? Why did they suddenly disappear?】

【Big sister here is waiting for you to discuss something major.】

Shen Huai curled the corner of his mouth and replied: 【Nothing, just dealt with Tong Yue for a bit.】

Very quickly.

Lin Yeman sent a string of "haha" emojis and responded rapidly: 【Team Leader Tong is actually quite efficient at work, but for some reason, she seems to really dislike me.】

【Especially after you joined the company, I clearly felt she found me even more of an eyesore.】

【Every time I chat with you, the look in Team Leader Tong's eyes makes it seem like she wants to swallow me whole.】

【Tell me, this Team Leader Tong, could she also be one of your ex-girlfriends?】

Lin Yeman teased, adding a meaningful emoji.

Seeing this message, Shen Huai's sword-like brows arched slightly.

This woman, Lin Yeman, really has sharp intuition.

She could even guess this? He pressed the phone screen off, leaned back in his chair, and silently watched Tong Yue's busy back.

Actually, looking at her like this.

A silent Tong Yue is truly stunningly beautiful.

She has the figure, and she has the looks.

After all, she is the unattainable campus belle from Jianghai University next door.

It's just a pity that such a devastatingly beautiful woman happens to have such an unpleasant mouth.

【Why aren't you saying anything? Did I guess right?】 Lin Yeman's message popped up again, interrupting Shen Huai's memories.

【You're overthinking it.】

Unless disaster is imminent, Shen Huai naturally wouldn't admit it.

"Pfft~" Lin Yeman said quickly, unimpressed, 【Enough small talk, when do you plan to announce the special guest for the Ryan Press Conference?】

【What's the rush? Didn't Ryan just make the official announcement? Let the hype build up a bit more.】

Shen Huai responded unhurriedly: 【This bomb from the Shen Family needs to explode at its peak to achieve the best effect, don't you think?】

Hearing this, Lin Yeman sent a teasing emoji: 【Fine, Young Master Shen calls the shots.】

【Gotta go, someone's here.】

After dropping this sentence in a hurry, Lin Yeman put down her phone.

She leaned back against her chair calmly, arms crossed, and looked with composure at Li Xinran, who had suddenly barged in.

Li Xinran still had the makeup and styling from her previous shoot on her face.

A black, tight-fitting long dress outlined her curvaceous figure.

But those eyes, which were usually full of spirit, were now veiled by a faint haze.

"Team Leader Lin, I want to talk to you."

Li Xinran got straight to the point, her tone somewhat impatient: "Shen Huai just told me that the Ryan Press Conference plans to invite that Heir of the Shen Family?"

"Mm, that is the case."

Lin Yeman slowly picked up the coffee on the table and took a light sip: "What's wrong, do you have a problem with that?"

"Why is Team Leader Lin asking me if I have a problem?"

Li Xinran took a deep breath, suppressing her inner agitation, trying her best not to appear too broken: "Have you forgotten those scandals between him and me?"

"Everything was arranged by you personally."

Li Xinran looked up, a flash of pleading in her eyes: "I'm currently in a rising phase and just signed an endorsement with Ryan. If you bring that person from the Shen Family here now, won't everything be exposed?"

"So, can we change to someone else? Haven't several dramas blown up recently? The leads in those were all signed by you, Team Leader Lin."

"Let them come; their traffic won't be any worse than that person from the Shen Family. I'm begging you, Team Leader Lin?"

By the end of her plea, Li Xinran's tone carried a hint of a sob.

It was a pity.

From beginning to end, Lin Yeman just watched her with a smile.

That smile, which never reached her eyes, made Li Xinran's heart turn cold.

"Li Xinran, you don't really think that just because of these few words of yours, you can change the entire company's decision, do you?"

"Your scandal with that Young Master Shen was fake from the start; it was meant to help you tear off the 'homewrecker' label."

"Don't you understand this point?"

Lin Yeman looked at Li Xinran coldly, a playful glint appearing at the corners of her eyes: "Or is it that you are somewhat reluctant to discard the identity of Young Master Shen's rumored girlfriend?"

Li Xinran's pupils trembled.

She hadn't expected that her little thoughts had all been seen through by Lin Yeman.

As the saying goes, three people make a tiger.

She didn't want to tear off the label that benefited her, regardless of whether it was true or false.

It's just that she hadn't expected.

This dream would wake up so soon. And in such a cruel way.

"Before the press conference, find an opportunity to post a 'single and happy' update, then have the big fans and operations team stabilize things in the fan groups for a while, and then establish an 'independent woman' label. That will turn the page on this matter."

She put down her coffee and looked at Li Xinran with sharp eyes: "Remember, don't fantasize about things that don't belong to you."

Li Xinran looked unwilling.

She wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Lin Yeman's icy gaze.

"At this hour, you should be out running your schedule; get out, don't waste any more of my time here."

Li Xinran bit her lip.

In the end, she said nothing, turned around, and silently left the office.

Li Xinran had just stepped out of the elevator.

She saw Yu Xiang handing out milk tea to the staff one by one.

"Sister Xinran, would you like some milk tea? I bought it for you, sugar-free." Yu Xiang eagerly handed over a cup of milk tea.

A flicker of irritation crossed Li Xinran's brow, and she waved her hand to push it away, "I'm filming, why would I drink milk tea? It will cause bloating!"

Yu Xiang couldn't help but freeze.

What was wrong with Li Xinran? Why was she suddenly so angry?

Just after Li Xinran finished speaking, her expression also stiffened for a moment, realizing her lack of composure just now.

"……I'm sorry, I'm in a bad mood, I didn't scare you, did I?"

Li Xinran hurriedly turned back and asked Yu Xiang with a feigned show of concern.

"……No, it's nothing," Yu Xiang snapped out of it and shook her head repeatedly, "Sister Xinran, what's wrong with you? Who upset you?"

Li Xinran looked at Yu Xiang silently.

The next moment.

She suddenly grabbed Yu Xiang's arm tightly and asked mysteriously: "Cancel all my schedules for tonight, I need to go out."

"……?" Yu Xiang was completely bewildered.

"That won't work, Sister Xinran, you still have two interviews and an advertisement shoot later."

"Refuse them for me."

Li Xinran's eyes were firm.

Since no one would help her, she had to save herself as soon as possible and find a perfect escape route.

She couldn't be bothered with these interviews that delayed her important business.

"I can't refuse them, the contracts are already signed, we'll have to pay damages if we breach them!" Yu Xiang became anxious immediately.

Upon hearing about paying damages, Li Xinran, who had turned to slip away, stopped abruptly.

"How fast can we finish?"

"……At the fastest, it will still take two or three hours."

Li Xinran took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and walked toward the studio: "Then let's not take any breaks, let's shoot now."

"I only have an hour and a half, let's do both interviews together to save time."

Seeing Li Xinran in such a rush.

Yu Xiang frowned in confusion: "Sister Xinran, where are you going in such a hurry?"

Hearing this.

A flash of craftiness crossed Li Xinran's eyes. She paused in her tone and whispered into Yu Xiang's ear: "When I return, you will naturally know."

"Before that, you cover for me first; when I get back, I'll give you a big red envelope, a five-digit one."

……

Inside the office.

Watching Li Xinran's popularity rating soar like a rocket, directly crushing a crowd of A-list celebrities.

The number of people in Ryan's livestream room also surged from the usual few thousand to ten million!

Everything was within her expectations.

Lin Yeman narrowed her eyes, recalling Li Xinran's state in the office, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, she picked up her phone and called Yu Xiang.

"Hello, Team Leader, what's the matter?"

Yu Xiang, with her arms full of milk tea for the staff, tilted her head to hold the phone and spoke in a fluster.

"Yu Xiang, for these next few days, keep a close eye on Li Xinran for me, don't let her run around, do you understand?"

"Ah? Run around? ……This, this, this."

Yu Xiang swallowed with lingering fear and stammered: "By running around, you mean……?"

"I mean don't let her leave Xingyao."

……! Yu Xiang's head went 'Boom—'.

Looking back, Li Xinran was already nowhere to be found.

(End of chapter)