Chapter 57

After lunch, the four-person group chat between Yan Qingwen, Wen Hebai, Su Jinyue, and Liao Song kept ringing nonstop. Yan Qingwen’s phone had already been muted, so only Wen Hebai was holding her phone and chatting enthusiastically.

Without needing Yan Qingwen to look at her phone, Wen Hebai took the initiative to reveal the group chat information. “Wife, Su Xiaoyue went to Valendi’s airport fashion show and said she ran into Jiang Yunhan and Liao Song there.”

Yan Qingwen raised her eyes. “They’re all guests?”

One male lead, and three “female leads” had all appeared there. How could it be such a coincidence?

Was this the inevitability of the plot, or because of the 【system】?

“From the video Su Xiaoyue took, nearly half of K City’s second-generation circle showed up.”

Young people from wealthy families liked coming into contact with the fashion circle to some extent, and the fashion circle was also a place to build reputation and show off wealth. As an internationally famous brand, Valendi’s themed winter new-product fashion show here was destined to attract many eyes. So aside from invited industry insiders, celebrities, and famous figures, the brand would also reserve many invitations specifically for rich people.

Su Jinyue’s father was friends with Valendi’s Huaxia regional president, so the other party had given Su Jinyue an invitation. As for why Jiang Yunhan and Liao Song had also appeared, that had to be traced back to Wen Hebai’s birthday.

K City, Jiang family.

【Plot changed. Cannon fodder host’s survival success rate +1%. Obtained two VIP invitations to Valendi’s Long Sky Breaking Waves themed airport fashion show!】

“What the hell?” Jiang Yunhan frowned. He had busied himself for so long, and the only reward was two invitations to some fashion show?

Ever since he had survived the car accident and activated the system, he had decided to stop hiding and start creating trouble for Zhuang Yi.

With his understanding of the plot, he knew very clearly what enemies Zhuang Yi had and what dirty things Zhuang Yi had done. For the time being, he did not want to confront Zhuang Yi head-on, so he reported some of the forces behind Zhuang Yi and their illegal and criminal acts to the authorities.

The investigation into the shareholders of Zhongbai Insurance Company was something he had pushed hard from behind the scenes.

However, although this move could cut away some of Zhuang Yi’s forces, it was not enough to change an important plot. He, this cannon fodder, had not yet completely escaped the fate of being killed by the male lead either, so the system’s reward was not high.

Jiang Yunhan suddenly remembered that Liao Song owned several outfits from Valendi. He had also seen on her Moments before that while she was studying abroad, she had gone to Valendi’s fashion shows several times.

“Anyway, Liao Song is off tomorrow. I’ll invite her to watch the show together!”

Jiang Yunhan drove to find Liao Song and stated his purpose directly.

“Valendi’s winter new-product fashion show—one invitation has already been scalped to one hundred thousand, and countless socialites can’t get one even after fighting over it. Where did you buy yours? And they’re even VIP seats!” Liao Song’s eyes shone. Jiang Yunhan was too capable!

Jiang Yunhan pretended to be calm. “Is that so? Someone gave them to me.”

In his heart, he thought the system had finally done one decent thing.

Liao Song looked at him with a smile. “Then let’s have lunch together tomorrow before going over!”

After deciding to trample Zhuang Yi, this Dragon King male lead, to death, Jiang Yunhan naturally no longer needed to worry that flirting with the “female leads” would lead to retaliation. So he no longer deliberately kept his distance from Liao Song. Facing Liao Song’s suggestion, he gladly agreed.

Valendi’s fashion show was scheduled to start at 5:30 in the evening, but walking the red carpet, interviews, photos, and so on would take at least two or three hours. By two in the afternoon, guests had already begun walking the red carpet and entering the venue.

K City’s socialites would not rush forward eagerly, so they all spent the afternoon doing beauty treatments, changing into gowns, and then going over with their close friends.

By the time Su Jinyue arrived, most of K City’s socialites and wealthy young masters had already arrived. She saw several celebrities she liked and excitedly went over to take photos, sharing them in her sisters’ group chat while she was at it.

Jiang Yunhan and Liao Song arrived at this time.

Jiang Yunhan had slicked-back hair, sunglasses, and a blue-gray casual suit with a plaid shirt underneath, looking very relaxed. Liao Song had tied up her hair and pinned it with a hair ornament. Her face was exquisite, her ears adorned with a pair of large hoop earrings. She wore a Valendi dress with a short wool coat over it.

“Xiaoyue.” When Liao Song saw Su Jinyue, she went over and greeted her.

Seeing that the two of them were actually together again, Su Jinyue was a little stunned, and her heart also felt rather unpleasant. “Sister Liao, if you were coming too, why didn’t you tell me?”

This fashion show had been scheduled more than two months ago, and Su Jinyue had also received the invitation very early on. She had originally invited Liao Song to come with her, but Liao Song had not been certain of her shift schedule then, so she had not answered.

But today, she had appeared together with Jiang Yunhan!

Liao Song said helplessly, “I only confirmed two days ago that I would be off today.”

Su Jinyue was just about to answer when Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts abruptly sounded from beside her.

【This girl Su Jinyue is wearing so little. Isn’t she afraid of the cold?】

She froze. For one instant, she was moved: was he caring about her?

Immediately afterward, she felt a chill of disgust. He had come together with Sister Liao, shouldn’t he be caring about Sister Liao? Why was he caring about her?

“Cheap man!” Su Jinyue was furious. After flirting with Sister Liao, he still wanted to care about other women. Half-hearted, fickle, two-timing dead scumbag…

Su Jinyue dragged out every curse she could think of in her heart and scolded him with all of them.

Liao Song’s expression changed slightly. Her deep gaze swept over Jiang Yunhan and Su Jinyue. Su Jinyue had suddenly cursed Jiang Yunhan out loud. It definitely was not because she was taking her anger over the fashion show out on him. He must have said something in his heart. However, she could no longer hear Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts if they were unrelated to herself.

She had discovered this after Jiang Yunhan woke up from the car accident. Because when Yan Qingwen visited Jiang Yunhan, although Liao Song could still hear Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts, she discovered that he had not mentioned Yan Qingwen in his heart at all. But at that time, she had thought it was because Jiang Yunhan did not care why Yan Qingwen had come to visit him, so she did not pay much attention.

Moreover, recently, she felt that her own mood was rather strange. Her guardedness against Jiang Yunhan was gradually lowering, and today, she had even had the thought of adjusting Jiang Yunhan’s outfit so that they would look more compatible.

After being cursed at, Jiang Yunhan merely rolled his eyes. In his heart, he said he was too lazy to lower himself to her level, then took Liao Song’s hand, preparing to enter the inner venue.

Liao Song abruptly shook him off as if she had been electrocuted.

Her reaction was too large. Not only Jiang stolen contentYunhan and Su Jinyue, even some guests nearby looked over.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Yunhan asked.

“I…” Liao Song’s mind was in chaos. She wanted to find some excuse, yet she, whose mind was usually incomparably clear and who was decisive even during surgery, could not think of even half an excuse at this moment.

Suddenly, she saw Wang Qihuan being surrounded by photographers, so she blurted out, “I saw someone I know. I’m going over to greet her. You go to the seats first!”

Jiang Yunhan followed her gaze and saw Wang Qihuan. Then he remembered being scolded by Wang Qihuan last time, and his expression instantly became subtle.

Su Jinyue asked in surprise, “Sister Liao, you know Wang Qihuan?”

“Mm. We’ve met once or twice.”

“Too bad my Sister Bai didn’t come. Otherwise, the one stealing the spotlight would be Sister Bai.” Su Jinyue had not forgotten that Wang Qihuan and Wen Hebai were mortal rivals, so she did not forget to bring Wen Hebai out for comparison.

Liao Song did not know whether to laugh or cry. “I remember she has an endorsement for Valendi’s rival brand, right? Wouldn’t coming here be causing trouble?”

“That’s true!” Su Jinyue very gossipyly followed Liao Song over to find Wang Qihuan.

Liao Song waited until there were fewer people before going forward and asking, “Miss Wang, do you still remember me?”

Wang Qihuan remembered Liao Song. Of course, it was not because Liao Song’s appearance was outstanding or because they had frequent interactions. It was purely because she had heard Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts again, immediately recalled that Qiong Island trip where she had nearly vomited from the disgust of the other party’s fantasies, and naturally recognized Liao Song.

Her disgusted gaze swept over Jiang Yunhan. Wang Qihuan looked proud. “I remember. Is something the matter?”

Liao Song glanced around and asked, “Miss Wang, are you sure you want me to say why I came here?”

Wang Qihuan frowned and walked aside with Liao Song. Su Jinyue realized they seemed to be about to whisper something, so she tactfully stopped Jiang Yunhan.

“I want to ask, did Jiang Yunhan offend you in his heart just now?” Liao Song carefully sought confirmation.

Wang Qihuan’s expression became strange, as if she did not understand why Liao Song cared so much about this matter.

There were many eyes and ears here. Every word and action could easily be overinterpreted. Although Wang Qihuan was somewhat arrogant, that did not mean her public image was spoiled and unreasonable. She was not sure whether Liao Song was asking this with the intent of provoking her.

“Are you mocking me?” Wang Qihuan asked back.

Liao Song answered helplessly, “No. I truly want to know what he’s thinking in his heart.”

“Are you here to show off your love and brush up your presence in front of me?” Wang Qihuan almost pointed at Liao Song’s nose and scolded her for having a pit in her brain.

Liao Song choked, then suddenly realized her sentence just now seemed ambiguous, sounding exactly like something said when a person in a relationship had argued with their other half and was venting to a close friend.

“What I mean is, did he, like last time, fantasize about you in his heart? I really want to know.”

Once Wang Qihuan heard this, the fire in her heart finally shrank by quite a lot. She said, “If you want to know, then go to my lounge and wait for a while first.”

Liao Song asked Su Jinyue and Jiang Yunhan to go ahead first, then followed Wang Qihuan’s assistant to Wang Qihuan’s lounge.

Half an hour later, Wang Qihuan finally finished her work and hurried back to the lounge to touch up her makeup.

Seeing the person in the lounge, Wang Qihuan finally remembered what they had agreed on earlier. She asked, “You still haven’t broken up with that man?”

Liao Song answered helplessly, “He and I aren’t in a relationship.”

Wang Qihuan did not say whether she believed it or not. Instead, she asked again, “Then if I tell the truth, will you defend him and then turn around to say I’m slandering him?”

Liao Song directly took out her phone and turned it off. “I’m a doctor, and I’m also not someone sent by your rival to set you up. I absolutely won’t set any traps. It’s because he’s been somewhat abnormal recently…” Liao Song paused. “He got into a car accident a while ago. The car was hit until it deformed, but he only suffered superficial injuries. After that, he became a little strange. As a doctor, I want to understand more things related to his abnormality.”

“I know about his car accident,” Wang Qihuan said. Because the Jiang family had used it as a gimmick to heavily promote their new energy vehicles, and the news had been everywhere, she had naturally noticed it.

“Then I’ll also tell the truth. He does indeed seem a little abnormal. Whether you believe it or not, he also slandered me in his heart this time. Last time, he slandered me by saying I was the Dragon King’s fifth woman. This time, not only did he judge me in his heart, he also said something about wanting to 【protect】 me before the Dragon King did, to prevent me from having my body and heart deceived by the Dragon King.” Wang Qihuan sneered. What kind of onion was that man? How dare he claim he wanted to protect her? Pah. Did she, Wang Qihuan, need a stranger to protect her?

“When looking for a man, you still have to keep your eyes sharp. Don’t rummage through the trash can.” After Wang Qihuan finished speaking, she went out again.

Liao Song sat on the chair and suddenly felt her body go weak.

If Su Jinyue alone was not enough to prove that Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts had changed, then Wang Qihuan’s words undoubtedly confirmed it: only the person Jiang Yunhan was thinking about in his heart at the time could hear his inner thoughts!

And her recent abnormality was definitely related to this change too!

Liao Song was not sure whether she would continue to be affected later. ​stolen content​She turned on her phone, then called Yan Qingwen.

At the moment, it seemed that only Yan Qingwen could help give her advice.

“Liao Song? Is something wrong?” Yan Qingwen’s voice came from the phone receiver.

Liao Song suddenly did not know how to speak.

After a while, Yan Qingwen said, “If it’s inconvenient to say over the phone, then we’ll talk when we meet later.”

“Mm?”

Liao Song did not quite understand what that meant, until she saw Yan Qingwen also appear at the fashion show venue.

“President Yan, welcome!” Valendi Huaxia’s vice president, the person in charge of the fashion show, and others exchanged pleasantries with Yan Qingwen with smiles all over their faces.

Yan Qingwen said, “I suddenly suggested coming over to take a look. I’ve caused you trouble.”

“President Yan, what are you saying? Being able to invite you over is our great honor.”

There was no time for too many pleasantries, because the fashion show was about to begin.

The person in charge specially added a chair in the center seat for Yan Qingwen, and this seat just happened to be beside Wang Qihuan, the brand ambassador.

Su Jinyue, Liao Song, and Jiang Yunhan were all in seats farther back and slightly to the side.

Yan Qingwen smiled faintly at Wang Qihuan. “We meet again.”

“Mm.” Wang Qihuan held her arms crossed, her attitude neither warm nor cold.

“May I ask why the outside world says that you and my Ah Bai have a bad relationship?”

Wang Qihuan glanced sideways at her and said, “Back then, weren’t you two also rumored to be mortal enemies?”

Yan Qingwen restrained her smile and said, “What if I told you that wasn’t a rumor?”

Wang Qihuan turned to look at her, the surprise on her face undisguised. “If it wasn’t a rumor, then are you two really in a marriage alliance?”

“It’s not a marriage alliance.”

Wang Qihuan thought that made sense. Generally, marriage alliances between great families were for benefits. Yan Qingwen and Wen Hebai had been married for so long, but there had been no news of the Yan family and Wen family launching any projects together or investing in each other’s companies.

Without asking further what exactly was going on with their marriage, Wang Qihuan seemed to feel Yan Qingwen’s sincerity, so she also opened up. “I don’t know why someone would spread it like that either. Back when I had only debuted for a year or two, I was young and sharp-edged and offended people. Not long after, someone spread rumors saying I had a financial backer. When I filmed the same drama as her, someone spread rumors that I had been kept by the director, which was how I got the role of second female lead.”

“That drama was invested in by the Wen family. Wen Hebai was the female lead and was familiar with the director, so she flared up on set and said that if anyone spread rumors carelessly, affected the director and cast’s reputations, ruined the Wen family’s signboard, and affected the drama’s reputation, then don’t blame her for cutting off the rumor-monger’s acting career.”

“After that, the crew was peaceful, and no similar rumors came out again. But because of our opposing scene, there was one scene where she slapped me. Because I didn’t manage my expression well, we NG’d many times. This matter was posted by proxy photographers, and some people said she bullied a newcomer. Later, the rumors grew more and more intense.”

In addition, they were not in the same company, and competition over resources was unavoidable. So whichever drama role or endorsement the other obtained, the other side would inevitably feel uncomfortable. Over time, the rumors emerged.

“Didn’t you ever think about reconciling and breaking the rumors?” Yan Qingwen asked.

Wang Qihuan, who had just been speaking gently, instantly straightened her back, looking rather cold and proud. “Why should I care about those rumors? Why should I take the initiative to propose reconciliation for something that never happened?”

If reconciliation was to be proposed, Wen Hebai should be the one to propose it. Why should unauthorized copy she be the one to bow first?

Yan Qingwen looked at her phone, gave a soft laugh, and asked, “Since it’s rare for you to come to K City, Ah Bai and I will host and treat you to midnight snacks. I wonder if you’re free?”

“Takeout again?” Wang Qihuan felt quite resentful when she remembered last time’s experience.

“Takeout?” Yan Qingwen was puzzled.

Wang Qihuan understood from her reaction that it was not. After thinking about it, she was going to eat midnight snacks anyway. Eating with someone was still eating, so she agreed.

Last time, Wen Puppy said she would treat Sister Wang to midnight snacks.

Sister Wang: I waited half the night, and it turned out to be takeout?!

This time, President Yan said she would treat her to midnight snacks.

Sister Wang: I thought it would just be you, me, and Wen Hebai. Where did this whole group of people come from?!