Chapter 12

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Before Shi Ran arrived at Star City Entertainment, she had already done her research on that company.

As the leader of the entertainment industry, the CEO of Star City Entertainment was naturally not someone simple.

With her current reputation and status in the industry, she did not think that she was qualified to be personally invited by the president of Star City.

Clearly, there was something else about her that drew him to her.

All she could think of was this incident.

The reason why Zhou Yufan didn’t think that she was the one who had sent the email asking for eight million must be because the original owner of this body had left a deep impression on him.

However, the two people in front of her were not easy to deal with. They must have guessed it long ago.

“How so?” Qiu Yaohang asked, feigning ignorance.

“CEO Qiu’s acting skills… can be improved,” she said after some thought.

Qiu Yaohang was speechless.

At this moment, Shi Ran was just as difficult to deal with as Chu Jinchen!

“Then I’ll get straight to the point. Do you know Ray?”

Seeing that he had been exposed, Qiu Yaohang did not hide it further and asked directly.

Realization flashed across Shi Ran’s eyes.

So they were after Ray.

“Is that why you’re really looking for me?” she asked, but it was directed at the man who hadn’t spoken.

Chu Jinchen sat there. Sunlight shone through the long windows, casting a layer of white light behind him.

She restrained her facial expression as her gaze swept across the face that seemed to have been carved by God till it went down and landed on the dazzling red spot on his fair neck.

Shi Ran immediately felt a little guilty.

If she remembered correctly, she had left that last night.

The next moment, the hickey was covered and replaced by hands as perfect as an artist’s.

She looked up and her gaze was met with a pair of smiling eyes.

Chu Jinchen tilted his head slightly and grinned a little devilishly. His voice was low and charming, “Is it nice?”

Putting her hand on her forehead, Shi Ran replied helplessly. “Sorry.”

The man in front of her was definitely not easy to deal with.

In the book, the original female protagonist was put in a difficult position just because she dirtied the man’s clothes.

On the other hand, she had almost slept with him and had even left such an obvious mark on him!

Given the other party’s vengeful personality, it was better for her to apologize.

Chu Jinchen raised his eyebrows, his eyes sparkling.

“I was drugged that night so I was behaving deliriously.”

Shi Ran still felt the need to explain.

Qiu Yaohang looked at Shi Ran in shock, then turned to Chu Jinchen.

So the woman that night was really Shi Ran!

‘Drugged?’

His lips gradually curved upwards.

So Jinchen was forced?

This girl’s courage was commendable!

“So?” Chu Jinchen glanced at Shi Ran and asked casually.

“Pardon?” Shi Ran was puzzled.

“Don’t you have to be responsible for me?”

That seductive voice seemed to carry a little grievance in it.

Shi Ran: “!!!”

Qiu Yaohang: “!!!”

It was truly an awkward situation!

“How do you want me to… take responsibility?” The words forcefully came out of Shi Ran’s mouth.

At first, she was indeed a little frightened.

However, with this villain’s unpredictable personality, it shouldn’t be what she thought it meant.

Sure enough, the man spoke lazily a second later.

‘Tell me about your relationship with Ray.’

Qiu Yaohang’s face darkened. “Is that what you call taking responsibility?”

Why was the plot developing differently from what he had imagined?

‘What happened to the idol drama he was expecting?’

Shi Ran breathed a silent sigh of relief and confessed, ‘I don’t know him.’

After that, Chu Jinchen did not say anything shocking. It was as if he expected her answer to be a way of taking responsibility for what she had done.

Shi Ran and Qiu Yaohang then chatted briefly for a while before she left.

Qiu looked at the untouched cup of coffee on the table and shrugged. “She didn’t drink it.”

Chu Jinchen narrowed his eyes and remained silent. He seemed to be in deep thoughts.

The next day, Shi Ran received a call from Zhou Yufan.

“I’ve already discussed the termination of the contract with your lawyer,” Zhou Yufan said coldly.

“So?” She yawned wearily.

‘He called her just to say that?’

“Shi Ran, I initially thought you came up with the courage and money to terminate our contract yourself but it seems like it’s because you’ve hooked up with someone from KT Group.”

Shi Ran’s mind cleared up a little.

‘KT?’

‘Shouldn’t it be Star City Entertainment?’

“To be able to mobilize the KT Group’s chief lawyer, it seems that the people on your side aren’t simple either. Have you fallen so low that you’re going to be someone’s mistress?”

“The termination fee is one yuan. You really didn’t forget to humiliate me even when you are leaving!”

‘One yuan? Isn’t it eight million yuan?’

Shi Ran was stunned for a moment.

“Don’t you dare think that you can humiliate me just because you have the backing of KT. I’m warning you—”

Couldn’t be bothered to listen to Zhou Yufan’s nagging, Shi Ran decided to hang up on him.

She was fully awake by then.

Picking up her phone, she found Qiu Yaohang’s WeChat account that she had added yesterday.

[Shi Ran]: Zhou Yufan said that KT’s lawyer was the one who terminated my contract today?

Qiu Yaohang replied quickly.

[Qiu Yaohang] Yes, KT’s chief lawyer, Zhang Lu. Jinchen had instructed him to do so yesterday.

[Shi Ran]: Help me convey my gratitude. I’ll treat you both to a meal next time.

Then, she found Zhou Yufan’s WeChat in her contact list.

She opened the chat box.

Then, she transferred one yuan to him with the words “Contract Termination” written in the note.

Immediately after, she proceeded to block him on WeChat.

Meanwhile, Qiu Yaohang was excitedly sending a message to Chu Jinchen.

[Qiu Yaohang]: It’s a pity that I couldn’t be there personally today. I really want to see Zhou Yufan’s expression when Zhang Lu talked about the termination fee.

Chu Jinchen only replied after about half an hour.

[Chu Jinchen]: Star City Entertainment has closed down?

Qiu Yaohang was speechless.

[Qiu Yaohang]: Miss Shi Ran asked me to convey her gratitude and said that she would treat us to a meal next time.

[Chu Jinchen]: Gratitude can be conveyed just like this?

Qiu Yaohang’s mouth twitched slightly.

[Qiu Yaohang]: I’ll send your WeChat contact to her and let her thank you herself.

Qiu Yaohang quickly sent Chu Jinchen’s WeChat contact info to Shi Ran.

Then, he returned to Chu Jinchen’s chat box.

[Qiu Yaohang]: I have a question for you.

Half an hour passed and there was no reply.

[Qiu Yaohang]: Shi Ran joining Star City is already a done deal, but I’m still hesitating about who to assign as her manager.

[Chu Jinchen]: Tell me about it.

Qiu Yaohang was speechless.

At the mention of Shi Ran he replied instantly?

Coincidence, right?

‘It’s a coincidence, isn’t it?’

[Qiu Yaohang]: I plan to choose Yufei’s manager. What do you think?

[Chu Jinchen]: She has many artists under her. Many of them are famous and have valuable resources.

[Qiu Yaohang]: That’s true. If Shi Ran goes to her place, there’s probably no way out for her.

Chu Jinchen: Ji Wenfeng is not back yet?

[Qiu Yaohang]: That guy is still traveling. Don’t tell me you want Ji Wenfeng to manage Shi Ran?

[Qiu Yaohang]: It’s not like you don’t know. Ever since that incident, he has no intention of managing anyone.

[Chu Jinchen]: Send him Shi Ran’s information.

[Qiu Yaohang]: Who doesn’t know this guy’s personality? Anyone who becomes his artist will complain. Are you sure you want Shi Ran under him? Don’t tell me you’re deliberately taking revenge?

[Qiu Yaohang]: Moreover, he won’t agree, right? Although he likes good-looking artists, it’s probably difficult for him to return to the entertainment industry just because of Shi Ran’s face.

Chu Jinchen did not reply after Qiu Yaohang sent the message.

Guessing that Chu Jinchen was busy with work, he did not send anymore messages.

But in reality, Chu Jinchen, who he thought was ‘busy with work’, was still holding his phone.

The phone interface displayed a WeChat chat. On the chat box, two words were flashing.

Shi Ran.