Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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At first Zu Qi thought he had seen it wrong. So he narrowed his eyes and took a closer look. Then he found that the two people were indeed Tang Moning and Director Wen whom he had met in the company before.
Zu Qi and Xue Jue lived in a wooden house by the sea, which was fully equipped with a private beach and swimming pool. The photos were to be taken in the swimming pool in front of the house.
The courtyard here was not big, surrounded by a half-person-high grass wall. On both sides were wooden houses of the same shape and size, standing in a neat and uniform manner on the sea.
Since the thatched wall between the two wooden houses was not high, Zu Qi could easily see what the two people sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window were doing through the clean and bright window of the neighboring wooden house.
They seemed to be having breakfast.
Simple sandwiches and coffee were placed on the pure glass table. While Tang Moning and Director Wen sat opposite each other, eating and chatting with bright smiles.
The picture looked extremely harmonious, but when Tang Moning inadvertently looked up and met Zu Qi’s gaze, his face twisted for a moment, destroying the tranquility.
Tang Moning paused for a moment, then his eyes widened unconsciously, his eyes became full of disbelief, and for a moment he thought he was hallucinating.
How could Zu Qi be here…
Unfortunately, the fact was that Zu Qi not only appeared in front of Tang Moning, but also slightly curled his lips and waved to him enthusiastically.
At this moment, the hostility in Tang Moning’s eyes almost solidified into substance.
Xue Jue, who was still worrying about his clothes, noticed Zu Qi’s actions belatedly. So he frowned, “What’s wrong?”
Zu Qi raised his chin in the direction of Tang Moning and said with some disappointment, “Tang Moning is here too.”
Hearing this, Xue Jue’s brows furrowed even tighter. He turned his head and followed Zu Qi’s gaze, and happened to meet Director Wen’s eyes, who had also turned his head their way.
Director Wen was slightly stunned. After seeing that it was Xue Jue in front of him, he immediately put aside the slight displeasure he had just felt because of Tang Moning’s absence of mind. And he gave Xue Jue a rather flattering smile.
But that smile on Director Wen’s usually serious face seemed funny no matter how you looked at it.
Zu Qi tugged at Xue Jue’s clothes in surprise: “Do you know Director Wen?”
“Maybe we’ve met a few times at social events before, but I can’t remember clearly now.” While Xue Jue was speaking, he nodded to Director Wen with a cold expression as a greeting.
Zu Qi thought about it carefully and felt that it was normal for Director Wen to know Xue Jue. Although Xue’s main business scope was in real estate, it had also ventured into other industries to some extent, but not in depth.
Investing in film and television had been one of Xue Jue’s key focuses in the past two years. As a wealthy investor, Xue Jue was always sought after wherever he went. Directors like Director Wang and Director Wen who liked to make big productions thus naturally flocked to him.
Zu Qi suddenly thought of something and said, “Will he come to talk to you?”
It was already bad enough to meet Tang Moning here. If someone else came to disturb their itinerary, Zu Qi felt that most of his previous good mood would be swept away.
Xue Jue seemed to have guessed what Zu Qi was worried about. So he squeezed his hand and said with a smile, “Just ignore him.”
While the two were talking, Director Wen actually found the path between the two wooden houses and walked over. There was no door in the front yard of each wooden house, so people could enter and exit at will.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Director Wen arrived at the other side of the swimming pool, followed by Tang Moning, who looked awkward.
“Mr. Xue.” Director Wen rubbed his hands, a little hesitant, as if he wanted to walk to Xue Jue but was worried that it was not appropriate to do so. After a while of hesitation, he chose to stand opposite him.
Xue Jue had no intention of taking the initiative to approach Director Wen, and his brows were filled with coldness.
Director Wen looked around and his gaze paused for a moment on Zu Qi beside Xue Jue. He immediately understood what was going on and hurriedly put on a smile and said, “You guys go ahead and do your work. I’ll just wait here.”
Xue Jue said coldly, “Director Wen, what can I do for you?”
“It’s the script that I mentioned to you several times before. I also sent the electronic version to your email. Maybe Mr. Xue was too busy and forgot about it, so…” Director Wen didn’t finish his words, but the rest of the content was self-evident.
Xue Jue nodded: “Let’s talk about it later.”
“Okay, okay.” Director Wen nodded in surprise. He was already very satisfied that he could talk to Xue Jue, and he didn’t expect to get a chance to negotiate.
Director Wen was overjoyed, so he found a bench and sat there quietly.
Tang Moning had no chance to say anything and could only follow Director Wen obediently. There were some props for filming on the bench, which was just enough space for Director Wen to sit down. Tang Moning searched for a long time but couldn’t find a place to sit, and finally just stood there beside the bench.
Although Zu Qi didn’t like Tang Moning, he couldn’t kick Tang Moning out in front of Director Wen, so he suppressed his bad mood and concentrated on the filming.
They were going to shoot two sets of outfits today, one in the swimming pool and the other on the beach. The photographer wanted to use Zu Qi and Xue Jue’s names to make a name for himself, so he had more requirements during the shoot than his two customers, striving to make every picture as exquisite as possible.
So the group shot like this until seven in the evening before they finished. They even ordered room service for lunch, which the restaurant staff brought to them and from which they just ate a few bites.
After removing his makeup and changing into his own clothes, Zu Qi felt like he was alive again. He completely forgot that there were people waiting outside and pulled Xue Jue to go to the restaurant for dinner.
But as soon as the two of them walked out of the wooden house, they ran into Director Wen who was wandering outside the gate and was about to come in.
As soon as he saw Xue Jue, Director Wen’s originally serious and nervous face immediately showed a slightly flattering smile. He then asked in a low voice: “Mr. Xue, are you going out?”
Based on Xue Jue’s attitude during the day where he completely treated Director Wen as a transparent person, Zu Qi thought that he would still ignore and neglect Director Wen, but he heard Xue Jue say: “We are going to eat, Director Wen, do you want to go with us?”
Zu Qi was a little surprised and couldn’t help but look up at Xue Jue, only to see that Xue Jue looked normal, and his expression was even more approachable than when he faced Director Wen during the day.
After noticing Zu Qi’s gaze, Xue Jue remained unmoved on the surface but secretly squeezed his hand gently.
Zu Qi: “…”
Not willing to be outdone, Zu Qi pinched back twice. He really wanted to know what Xue Jue was planning, but he couldn’t ask in front of Director Wen and Tang Moning.
However, Xue Jue seemed to find this very amusing. He held Zu Qi’s hand a little harder and continued to knead it like dough, and he couldn’t suppress the curve of the corners of his mouth.
The two of them played quietly like children for a long time, until Director Wen discovered them and they coughed twice in embarrassment, then they just stood there quietly holding hands.
“There’s an open-air barbecue restaurant nearby. I’ve already booked the best seat. Shall we go now?” Director Wen asked.
Xue Jue silently changed the posture of holding Zu Qi’s hand to interlocking their fingers, then nodded expressionlessly: “Let’s go.”
“Okay.” Director Wen said with a smile and walked in front to lead the way. When he turned around just now, he caught a glimpse of the two people’s tightly clasped hands, and for a moment he didn’t know what to feel.
When Director Wen saw Tang Moning still standing there in a daze, he felt a strong sense of disgust and couldn’t help but say in a vicious voice, “What are you still standing there for? Go back if you don’t want to eat!”
Tang Moning was caught off guard and immediately struggled out of his dazed state. He then lowered his head slightly and hurriedly walked forward to walk side by side with Director Wen.
Director Wen saw Tang Moning’s timid look and snorted softly.
In fact, an hour ago, Director Wen still liked Tang Moning very much. Tang Moning was beautiful and had fair skin. He was also passionate in bed and well-behaved outside of bed. He was the type he had always liked.
Director Wen had only been together with Tang Moning for a short time, and he was very curious about this little lover, so he did his best to satisfy all of his little lover’s wishes. This included using his personal relationships to give him things that did not originally belong to him, as well as supporting him and cleaning up the mess.
Director Wen knew everything Tang Moning did in the company, but he just turned a blind eye.
He also knew that Tang Moning had recently been defaming a young actor named Zu Qi, spreading some fabricated news everywhere, and even using his reputation to guarantee the authenticity of those words, scaring others.
Director Wen never took these things to heart from beginning to end, until an hour ago, when he was bored while waiting and searched for news about Xue Jue on his phone. He saw the Weibo post about Xue Jue and Zu Qi’s upcoming wedding and the various ways the couple showed their affection.
At that time, Director Wen felt that Zu Qi’s name sounded very familiar, but he couldn’t remember it at once. So he turned around and asked Tang Moning if he had seen Zu Qi somewhere.
Tang Moning was silent for a long time before he said, “You’ve never met him, but I’ve mentioned him to you many times.”
After hearing what Tang Moning said, Director Wen finally realized that the little actor he had allowed Tang Moning to spread rumors about was actually Xue Jue’s boyfriend…
At that moment, Director Wen felt like the sky was falling.
Therefore, an hour later, Tang Moning’s position in Director Wen’s heart had changed from a precious little lover to a harmful disaster. If there were no other people present, he would have scolded Tang Moning and kicked him away.
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