Chapter 125: Dinner Party
Yuan Zhongshu seemed to only repeatedly remind her of one thing, but how was that not revealing a thousand words?
And these thousand words summed up amounted to roughly one sentence: She had offended someone.
Xuan Xia held her mobile phone and thought again and again, but there was just one thing she couldn’t quite figure out.
The one not doing proper work was Ren Tongli, and the one whose skills were inferior was also Ren Tongli.
Neither reasonable nor capable, why fear him?
Not to mention, the Ren Family also had a Ren Yaozhe. His matter had not been sorted out yet.
……
Xuan Xia couldn’t help but sigh.
If she had known earlier that the fragile black shadow last night was Ren Tongli, she definitely wouldn’t have sought someone to guide her out of confusion; she would have directly bagged him in a secluded spot.
Missed the opportunity, “Sigh…”
“Why are you sighing?” Ji Ziyao pushed open the door and happened to hear Xuan Xia’s sigh.
He thought to himself, the one who should be sighing was right here.
“You’ve finally finished the meeting?”
When she arrived at Xiangyun, Ji Ziyao had gone to the meeting, and as a result, with his meeting dragging on, she had idled in the office for half a day.
Ji Ziyao: “Sigh—”
He walked to the desk, took out the script locked in the drawer, and handed it to Xuan Xia.
“Take a look first.”
Xuan Xia took the script and, before flipping through it, first looked at the name printed on the cover, “She Is the Sect Leader.”
It seemed to be a script from the female lead’s first-person perspective.
She first cleared her mind of miscellaneous matters, confirmed she was in work mode, and only then opened the script and read it properly.
While Xuan Xia was reading the script, Ji Ziyao didn’t idle either; he handled some work matters.
After finishing work, seeing Xuan Xia still reading the script, Ji Ziyao asked: “Taking so long, looks pretty satisfactory. Should I reply to Brother Huang and say we’ve taken it?”
Xuan Xia raised her line of sight and looked toward Ji Ziyao.
The reality was just the opposite; with pearls and jade before her, the script in hand was not appealing at all.
Although the one in hand was a female lead script, its core was just a light, easy-watch sweet drama with nothing too deep.
Xuan Xia also knew that such a script was actually more suitable for a newcomer like her in the entertainment industry, a novice in acting skills.
But she just felt it wasn’t right.
“Not satisfied?” Ji Ziyao frowned.
Xuan Xia closed the script, “I still want to try the audition for Worldly Fireworks first.”
Ji Ziyao: “…”
Sometimes having an artist with too many ambitions wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
“In a couple of days, I’ll ask about the situation.” Ji Ziyao brought up the old matter again, “If you really want to audition, starting tomorrow, remember to come to the company for classes.”
Mentioned so many times, yet because of one reason or another, she hadn’t attended a single class.
Xuan Xia quickly said no problem.
If not for one reason or another, how could she possibly not come to class!
After saying this, Ji Ziyao brought up the filming arrangement for the dating show; the next filming was set for the day before joining the group next week.
This filming would take place in Jiangshi; the program group had already written the script, and barring accidents, it should be a very relaxed recording.
Of course, provided there were no accidents.
“What do you think of this drama?” Finally, Ji Ziyao circled the topic back and pointed to “She Is the Sect Leader” on the desk.
Xuan Xia followed by lowering her gaze, looked at the script’s name for a good while before saying: “I don’t really want to film a work that’s just about dating.”
Ji Ziyao: “…”
After a long silence, Ji Ziyao waved his hand wearily, “Alright, I get it.”
Seeing him like this, Xuan Xia thought for a moment and felt it necessary to explain, “I’m not saying no to romance roles; I mean, I don’t want to take ones that are just about dating and sprinkling sugar.”
“Alright, alright, got it.”
……
Xuan Xia deeply reflected and felt she really shouldn’t have, so she decided to go home and face the wall in contemplation, letting Ji Ziyao be out of sight and out of mind.
Then, under Ji Ziyao’s indescribable gaze, she left Xiangyun.
On the way home, Xuan Xia finally noticed that Qu Xingxuan had sent her quite a few messages.
Because she was busy reading the script, she hadn’t seen them at all.
“Qu Xingxuan: Have you caused trouble?”
“Qu Xingxuan: You actually went up against Ren Tongli, and he lost to you? I just want to say, well done!”
“Qu Xingxuan: Quickly tell me the details, how did you break his Spirit Control Technique.”
“Qu Xingxuan: Where are you?”
“Qu Xingxuan: Man, you’re really gonna curiosity-kill me. Reply quick!”
“Qu Xingxuan: Are you worried about tomorrow night? You really don’t need to worry too much; just do as my Master said, believe my Master.”
……
After reading Qu Xingxuan’s messages, Xuan Xia remembered tomorrow night’s dinner party; perfect, she could first probe Qu Xingxuan’s tone.
***
Knowing that Ren Tongli’s Spirit Control Technique had been broken by her, Xuan Xia speculated that Ren Tongli probably wouldn’t frequently use the Spirit Control Technique to scare Hu Yue anymore.
But for safety’s sake, she still contacted Hu Yue to ask if she wanted to stay at her place for the night.
The reply she got was that they were going to another city for an activity and wouldn’t arrive until late tonight.
Xuan Xia said that was fine then.
Remote Spirit Control Technique, Xuan Xia believed Ren Tongli didn’t have that ability.
Besides, he was injured.
Although Yuan Zhongshu said it was just a minor injury, Qu Xingxuan told her that Ren Tongli had vomited blood, a big mouthful.
Xuan Xia didn’t have much reaction upon hearing it; even if he vomited a whole basin, she could at most offer a “hee hee.”
……
The next evening.
After finishing the first day’s performance class at Xiangyun, Xuan Xia headed to the address given by Yuan Zhongshu right on time.
She originally didn’t mind going alone, but just as she exited Xiangyun’s gate, Li Xinze was waiting outside for her.
“Miss Xuan.” Li Xinze smiled at her.
No need for words.
Yuan Zhongshu had set the dinner party at a restaurant with a distinctly antique decor style.
The restaurant had no main hall, only private rooms. Each private room was spaced apart, very suitable for discussing business and such, without fear of disturbance.
Xuan Xia arrived right on time, and by then, four people were already seated in the private room.
In the host seat was a middle-aged man wearing a moon-white Tang shirt; to his left was another middle-aged man, and further along were two young men.
The two young men had quite similar facial features, clearly from the same family.
But one had a ruddy complexion, the other a somewhat sallow face, like he carried an sickly air.
This way, Xuan Xia guessed the one in the host seat was probably Yuan Zhongshu.
Indeed.
“Miss Xuan has arrived.” The amiable voice was Yuan Zhongshu’s.
Xuan Xia smiled, “Master Yuan.”
“Everyone’s finally here. Come, come, Miss Xuan, sit quickly.” Yuan Zhongshu led her to his right side.
As soon as Xuan Xia sat down, she felt lines of sight coming from across.
Two of them.
She suddenly recalled that once upon a time, she had also attended a similar dinner party and been sized up.
But the situation was different this time; these lines of sight made her displeased.
As the host of the dinner party and the middleman, Yuan Zhongshu had a very positive attitude, “Then let me introduce everyone?”
