9. Does it really not matter?

  9. Does it really not matter?

  Chu Xueran walked into his bedroom, changed out of his dirty clothes, and incidentally calmed down the abnormal heartbeat from earlier.

  Walking over to the bed, Chu Xueran picked up the phone on the bedside table and dialed a number. "It's me," he said when someone answered.

  A gentle voice came over at the right time, "I was just about to call you. The task you gave me is already done. How's that, not bad efficiency?"

  Chu Xueran's face was a picture of expectation, "Speak, what did you find out?"

  As soon as he heard the tone, Le Zheng knew what kind of expression Chu Xueran would have on his face, but Le Zheng still said, "You have to praise me first, and then I'll tell you."

  "Never mind, I suddenly don't want to know." Chu Xueran was about to hang up the call.

  Lè Zhèngshí hurriedly stopped Chǔ Xuěrán's action, "Don't, I was just joking. You really have no sense of humor."

  Chu Xueran did not hang up the phone and remained silent.

  Only then did he realize that he was muttering to himself, "After sending people to inquire in many ways, I finally got some accurate news. Alas, I think we will definitely not get the advertising contract this time."

  "Yan Jing is a small model signed by Wan Xing Entertainment Company, and has been signed for seven years, but has also been frozen for seven years. Originally, we couldn't find any news about Yan Jing at all, but two years ago, there was a sensational confession event, Yan Jing was the protagonist, and the person who confessed to him is Lu Fang, whom you asked me to investigate today."

  "Lu Fang is Yan Jing's boyfriend, or rather ex-boyfriend. Haha, such a handsome person is also one of us, it seems I have a chance too. Just thinking about hugging him in my head, the little brother below has already stood up."

  The tone of Yue Zheng's words was filled with pleasant emotions, unfortunately, it did not infect Chu Xueran.

  "Speak of the matter at hand." If Yue Zhengyin were in front of Chu Xiran right now, Chu Xiran thought he would definitely be unable to control his hands and punch Yue Zhengyin's face. But why did he want to hit him, Chu Xiran didn't know, nor did he want to know.

  Bad emotions always spread faster than happy ones. Just three short words, although only through the phone, but Le Zheng has already felt Chu Xueran's hidden endurance.

  Even if he didn't know why Chu Xueyan was angry, Le Zheng knew that this absolutely wasn't a good time to be joking around.

  "Now, Lu Fang has a new love interest named Lan Jiyuan, who is the son of Lan Yiheng, the president of Blue Sky Advertising Company. You absolutely can't imagine that it was this Lan Jiyuan who recommended Yan Jing to Qi Hua Group. I don't know what he's thinking, actually introducing his own romantic rival to such a great job opportunity. If this commercial turns out well, Yan Jing will become famous from now on."

  Chu Xueran was dissatisfied with what he heard, "Is that all?"

  Lè Zhēng's expression turned gloomy, "Hey, what kind of attitude is this? We've been working hard for several hours, and you're just sitting there enjoying the fruits of our labor. Using the word 'only' to belittle our achievements is really too much."

  Chu Xueyan asked again in the same tone, "Is that all?"

  "Never mind, being angry with you is like being angry with myself." This was Le Zhengshi comforting himself. "The only useful news for us now is that neither Lu Fang, Lan Jiyuan, or Blue Sky Company can find out where Yan Jing has gone. That means as long as we find Yan Jing first, we still have a chance to get this advertising contract."

  "It's indeed good news." Chu Xueran glanced at the calendar on the wall, "How much time did Qihuai Group give Blue Sky Company to find Yan Jing?"

  "I don't know." Le Zheng estimated, "Now it's still a month before Christmas, and you also know that the advertisement is going to be released a week before Christmas. One week for filming, one week for editing, so I guess they only have one week left to find Yan Jing."

  Chu Xueran finally understood why Yan Jing said he would have an income a week later, it seemed that he also only planned to hide for a week.

  "You don't need to worry about this anymore. I'm going to take a month off, and after a week, you can expect to sign that contract that will keep you well-fed for half a year." With that, Chu Xueran hung up the phone.

  It seemed that the music had already gotten used to such a Chu Xueyan, and only when hanging up the phone did he say with a tone of schadenfreude, "Looks like Blue Sky Company is going to be unlucky."

  Chu Xueran walked out of the bedroom and said to Yan Jing, who was wiping the table, "As long as I let you work at Chu Huai Group, will you agree to be a model for Shi Ran Company's advertisement?"

  "Alright, anyway I didn't sign a contract with those people." Yan Jing stretched out one finger, "However, I want to work at the Chu Hui Group for a week first, and then I can become your company's model."

  Yan Jing's slender fingers fluttered in front of Chu Xueran, whose eyes followed the movement of his fingers. For a second, Chu Xueran even had an urge to lick that finger.

  "Cough cough," Chu Xueran forced himself to come back to his senses, "I promise you. Tomorrow I'll drive, and then go with you to the Chu Huai Group."

  "It's okay, I'm familiar with the road, so I won't trouble you." Yan Jing's face immediately became unnatural when he heard Chu Xueran wanted to go with him.

  "You're so clever, you must know that's not what I'm worried about." Chu Xueran thought it was better to get the words out, "I didn't ask you, doesn't mean I don't suspect you. You deliberately got close to me, wanting to get into Chuxi Group through me, which means your purpose is not pure. My father requires me to take a month off every year to work for our family's company, starting from tomorrow. So..."

  "Sorry, it seems I was overthinking," Yan Jing interrupted Chu Xueran, with a huge disappointment on his face. "I thought I had finally met someone who would take care of me wholeheartedly. Don't worry, I just want to find a stable job that can support myself. Modeling isn't a good career after all. My body may not be clean, but it doesn't mean my heart is dirty either. So, you can trust me."

  Chu Xueran still saw such a desolate scene for the first time, and immediately regretted saying too much earlier.

  However, Chu Xueran had already made up his mind just now. No matter what, he couldn't let Yan Jing control his emotions anymore. So, Chu Xueran pretended to be cold and said, "Whether your heart is clean or not has nothing to do with me. In short, don't let me find out that you've done anything to harm the Chu Huai Group, otherwise I won't let you off."

  "Whether your heart is clean or not has nothing to do with me," this was the most hurtful thing Yan Jing had ever heard in his life.

  Yan Jing's heart suddenly turned sour, tears flowed down her cheeks without warning, and fell silently to the ground, making Yan Jing unable to distinguish whether she was acting well or really hurt.

  Yan Jing wiped away his tears, revealing a big smile. "Wow, it's not easy to get me to cry! Finally, someone has managed to squeeze out my tears. I've been holding them back for so long, I was starting to doubt whether I really had no heart or lungs. Looks like I still haven't cultivated myself well enough."

  When Yu Jing started saying "Laozi" again, Chu Xueyan knew that the Yu Jing who was about to change for himself had disappeared, driven away by his own ruthless words.

  Chu Xueran wanted to say something, but ultimately chose silence, then turned and left, walking into his bedroom.

  Yan Jing's radiant smile slowly turned into a cold sneer. Chu Xueran, is your wolf tail finally going to be exposed? The debts that the Chu family owes us will be collected one by one.