Chu Wen’s emotions were clearly unstable. His raised eyes were cold and red, “Are you just letting them slander you, destroy everything you’ve worked for all these years?”
Eight whole years.
Everyone said how dazzling Shen Jixing was, an unreachable star in the entertainment industry.
But it took him eight full years to reach this point. It’s no exaggeration to say he worked day and night, tirelessly.
To have it all destroyed like this, who would accept it?
Shen Jixing calmly looked up at him.
“What are the facts?”
The pale light outside shone in his eyes. If you looked closely, his black hair at his temples was damp, and his skin was pale almost to the point of transparency.
He said, “Don’t you know better than I do?”
Chu Wen’s eyes trembled violently.
His hands, resting on the table, unconsciously curled slightly.
Shen Jixing calmly stepped back, creating distance between them, “People always have to pay the price for their mistakes.”
So he calmly accepted all the abuse and attacks.
…
The meeting eventually ended unhappily.
Everyone hesitantly left the conference room, except for the PR manager who was holding his documents like a lost child, “Then, then whose decision is final?”
Chu Wen gave him a cold look.
The manager had a sudden realization, “Understood, understood.”
Even the Vice President couldn’t do anything about Shen Yingdi, so the final decision was still up to Shen Yingdi.
So, he was off work?
On his way out, he quietly glanced at the cold, white silhouette by the floor-to-ceiling window.
Like an angel.
Chu Wen was about to leave with a cold face, but took a deep breath and looked at Shen Jixing.
“I suggest you not be so willful in the future.”
After all, there were people above the company.
Shen Jixing’s discomfort intensified, and he no longer wanted to patiently deal with him.
“I suggest you not give people advice casually.”
“…”
Chu Wen was thoroughly defeated.
He left the conference room with a grim face.
Shen Jixing stood up from his seat, “I’ll go to the restroom.”
His level of cleanliness was to the point where he himself was disgusted.
After Shen Jixing left, Pei Ming spun his pen, then dropped it with a “thud.”
“Haha, it’s all over.”
Xiong Xiong felt like he was about to go crazy.
The publicity team scratched their heads, “How do I feel… it’s still so strange?”
They had been with Shen Jixing for too long, and they knew better than anyone what kind of person he was.
He was cold and arrogant, but he never pretended to be anything.
How could so much negative news suddenly break out?
And they were all… true?
“He won’t say it himself, so no one will know,” Pei Ming sneered.
He knew that if Shen Jixing told him a secret, it wasn’t a secret at all.
“Actually, I should know something?”
Everyone looked at the assistant who was unanimously considered the dumbest in the team.
“What do you know?”
Xiong Xiong scratched his head and said, “I think… everyone should know.”
Everyone: “???”
Ah? No?
Dumbness is the best camouflage?
Xiong Xiong felt that he couldn’t let them misunderstand, so after hesitation, he said, “Actually, Brother Shen didn’t have a good family background before, and he had no say when he first debuted.”
“He refused, but it was no use.”
“…”
“Was it necessary?” Pei Ming frowned, “Did he need this background to add to his success?”
He still remembered the first time he met Shen Jixing.
He was already a top agent, and Shen Jixing was just a rookie who had debuted for a year.
“What kind of rookie are you trying to shove onto me? Do you know how busy I am? Do I need to promote a rookie?”
The next second, he saw Shen Jixing.
“Hello, do you want to sign a contract?”
At that time, Pei Ming held the contract and thought: I’ll promote him, I’ll promote him to death.
“Yeah,” the publicity team agreed, “Apart from those rich second-generation people who deliberately create personas, which other artist didn’t work hard to achieve success?”
Shen Jixing’s most unique characteristic is that when he stands before you,
You see nothing else.
Xiong Xiong sadly shook his head, “I don’t know, anyway, it was the higher-ups’ decision.”
To carefully craft a new identity for him, give him the perfect family background, and finally make him a priceless and precious commodity displayed in a showcase.
A decision made in casual conversation.
It hung his future career in the precarious air.
“So this sudden negative news, it wouldn’t be related to…” Pei Ming’s heart trembled, unable to finish his sentence.
Although Xiong Xiong had always been around Shen Jixing, he didn’t know the whole story.
“I don’t know,” he pursed his lips, then said with determination, “But Shen ge’s first agent…”
“Is the Vice President.”
…
Shen Jixing splashed some cold water on his face.
Cool water droplets flowed down his pale features, sliding past his long, cold eyelashes, and the sticky discomfort on his skin slightly dissipated.
He heard steady footsteps behind him, “Are you feeling unwell?”
Shen Jixing saw the person through the water-covered mirror and didn’t seem surprised to see Chu Wen again.
“Is there anything else?” he asked calmly.
His cold indifference could inadvertently sting people.
Chu Wen took a deep breath and said, “I’ll help you investigate this matter.”
Shen Jixing took a paper towel to gently wipe the water droplets, his eyelashes drooping in a sharp and beautiful arc.
He curled his lips slightly, seeming to mock, “Are you trying to say that you’re not the mastermind behind this?”
“Of course not me.”
Chu Wen refuted almost immediately.
But not many people knew about this matter, and he wasn’t completely free from blame.
Moreover, it was he who had personally guaranteed that this matter would never be exposed.
Shen Jixing believed him.
Chu Wen didn’t expect this negative news to come so fiercely overnight, without giving him a chance to stop it.
“You don’t need to explain.”
Shen Jixing threw the paper towel into the trash can, “I don’t blame you.”
Chu Wen’s racing heart calmed slightly.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he heard him say, “After all, promises are always the least reliable.”
Shen Jixing didn’t want to reminisce with Chu Wen, or talk about meaningless things, turning to leave from his side.
A strong arm blocked his path.
Chu Wen looked down at his profile, the water-soaked skin showing a cold, white wetness, his eyelashes drooping in a cold and damp manner.
Then those eyes slowly lifted to look at him.
Chu Wen looked away, his throat moving slightly, “Where are you staying now? Do you want to go to my…”
Shen Jixing’s patience had completely run out.
“No need.”
His cold gaze swept over the hand in front of him, “Let go.”
Zhou Yili always said that there was a reason for this man’s coldness and arrogance.
He wouldn’t choose to detour, but would make the other party give way for him.
The air was silent for a moment.
Chu Wen finally let go, suddenly asking, “Is it him?”
This question contained too many questions.
He didn’t believe that Shen Jixing knew nothing, and he also wanted to know where he went yesterday, and where he was going after refusing his help…
Shen Jixing didn’t stop, “None of your business.”
Then calmly walked out of his sight.
Sunlight fell on the ground, cutting out half-light and half-shadow lines. Chu Wen raised his leg and kicked the washbasin hard.
He took out his phone and called his secretary, “Find out, find out who leaked this information?!!!”
…
Shen Jixing was completely exhausted when he got in the car.
He leaned on the steering wheel, clutching his shirt at his waist with one hand, the thin and tough veins on the back of his hand protruding, crumpling the shirt into a ball.
He couldn’t help but groan, “Mmm…”
“Damn it.”
Reporters were watching him everywhere.
He didn’t even have time to buy medicine…
At this moment, his phone on his lap dinged.
【ZZZZZZZ】: Where are you?
Shen Jixing’s brows furrowed slightly.
…What kind of WeChat name is this?
He didn’t bother typing, and lightly tapped on the voice message, “At the company, what’s wrong?”
【ZZZZZZZ】: Who let you go out? Do you know how many people are waiting for you outside?
Shen Jixing’s brows flickered slightly, his wet, long eyelashes reflecting the faint light.
Before he could reply,
The next message popped up.
【ZZZZZZZ】: My apartment is an undisclosed address, try making it a monkey viewing base?
Shen Jixing coldly curled his lips.
“Quite a temper.”
He straightened up, leaning on the steering wheel, picked up his phone and replied to Zhou Yili, “No, I know what I’m doing.”
His cold, magnetic voice, carrying water-like moisture, dripped one by one through the fine current.
The other side was silent for a moment, then threw back three words.
【ZZZZZZZ】: Better be.
Shen Jixing didn’t reply, and drove out of the underground parking lot.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yili, with messy blue hair, coldly sent a message to his WeChat contact.
【ZZZZZZZ】: Not eating, don’t come.
【Little Chef Zhang Yi】: Eh? Why not? You said you wanted breakfast today, Aunt Zhang made you delicious sweet potato and snow fungus porridge!⊙?⊙
Zhou Yili kicked open the door with his long legs, threw his long body onto the bed, and coldly replied.
【ZZZZZZZ】: Eat it yourself, too lazy to get up, going to sleep.
