Li Xue stared blankly at herself in the mirror, then suddenly let out a bitter laugh.
“That young soldier was right. Look at me now—I’m a complete madwoman. Where’s the poise and grace of a star anymore?”
Bang!
Suddenly, the door to the break room was pushed open.
Li Xue jumped, whipping her head around—and her eyes immediately lit up.
“Young Master Ye, save me, please save me!” Li Xue burst into tears and threw herself into Ye Ziming’s arms.
After all, she and Ye Ziming had shared a night of passion. That night, she’d pulled out all the stops and had pleased Ye Ziming thoroughly.
Now that Ye Ziming had suddenly appeared, could it be that he was thinking of that night’s old flame and had come to rescue her?
Li Xue’s eyes were full of eagerness and hope.
But Ye Ziming’s next words instantly snuffed out the hope that had just ignited in her heart.
“This is the termination contract for the judges of this Youth Singing Competition. Sign it.” Ye Ziming’s voice was cold, devoid of any emotion.
“What!” Li Xue took the contract, her hands trembling.
“Young Master Ye, I’m begging you, don’t terminate my contract. I don’t need the money—not a single cent. Just let me keep appearing on the judges’ panel. I only want to be on camera. I don’t want anything else, Young Master Ye—”
“Cut the crap. I’m busy. Sign it now!” Before Li Xue could finish, Ye Ziming tossed a pen at her.
“Young Master Ye, please don’t, Young Master Ye—” Li Xue begged through her tears.
Ye Ziming frowned, his face showing annoyance.
Li Xue’s eyes suddenly shifted. She lunged forward, grabbed Ye Ziming’s hand, and shoved it inside her blouse.
At the same time, her two soft hands tightly grasped Ye Ziming’s member, and her red lips pressed against his neck.
“Young Master Ye, I’m begging you. As long as you can save me this one time, I’ll be yours from now on. I’ll be your mistress, your secret lover. Whenever you need me, I’ll be right there by your side. Please, I’m begging you, Young Master Ye. You know my skills—I guarantee you’ll be satisfied.”
Li Xue kissed Ye Ziming frantically while her hands roamed all over him, instantly making his blood boil.
“Damn, are you really that blind? What is there to even say to you? Is that Lin Hai someone you can afford to offend?” Ye Ziming was somewhat shaken by Li Xue’s assault, and his big hands began to wander as well.
Seeing this, Li Xue felt a surge of joy. As long as Ye Ziming was listening to her, there was hope.
So Li Xue moved her hands and mouth even more frantically.
“Young Master Ye, just help me, please, I’m begging you.”
“Fine, fine. I’ll go talk to Lin Hai for you. But whether it’ll work, I don’t know. That idiot Lin Hai might not even listen to me.” In the end, Ye Ziming couldn’t resist Li Xue’s frenzied attack and finally caved.
Beside the passage connecting the VIP channel to the gymnasium, Guo Fei was smoking a cigarette, his eyes desolate.
“Lin Hai, maybe after today, I’ll be taking off this uniform.” Guo Fei held his captain’s insignia in his hand, his face full of reluctance.
“Just because you beat up that idiot woman?” Lin Hai didn’t understand.
“Yeah.” Guo Fei sighed. “She’s a celebrity. If she stirs things up when she gets back, she can put a lot of pressure on the military. To eliminate the impact, my sacrifice is inevitable.”
“But!” Guo Fei’s eyes suddenly turned sharp. “Anyone who dares to insult a soldier, who dares to hit my brother—even if I have to give up this uniform, I can’t swallow this!”
“No regrets?” Lin Hai asked strangely.
“Just a bit of a shame. I’ve never fought on the battlefield, yet I’m going down because of an actress. But as for regrets—” Guo Fei shook his head. “If I could do it all over again, I’d still do the same thing!”
“Good man! You’ve got real guts!” Lin Hai gave Guo Fei a thumbs-up.
“Commander Zhan—do you want me to give him a call for you?” Lin Hai probed.
“No need. Once this gets blown up, it’ll be a national incident. Commander Zhan can’t suppress it, and it might even drag him into it!” Guo Fei shook his head.
Lin Hai frowned. Guo Fei was a real man, and last time he’d gone home, Guo Fei had helped him a lot. He couldn’t just stand by and watch Guo Fei take off his uniform and be forced out like this.
If it came down to it, he’d have to call Xiao Qingshan.
Lin Hai pulled out his phone and was about to dial when Ye Ziming came running over.
“Ah, Young Master Lin, there you are!”
“You’re looking for me?” Although Ye Ziming was now quite polite to him, first impressions were hard to shake—Lin Hai instinctively found him a bit annoying.
“Young Master Lin, can I discuss something with you?” Ye Ziming glanced at Guo Fei and spoke mysteriously.
“Instructor Guo is my brother. Whatever you have to say, just say it. No need to avoid him.” Lin Hai said flatly.
“Uh—” Ye Ziming looked troubled. Damn it, the thing he needed to discuss was related to them!
“Um, Young Master Lin, that actress Li Xue from before—did she offend you?” Ye Ziming said cautiously.
“Li Xue? Hmph!” Lin Hai immediately curled his lip in disdain.
“Young Master Lin, this Li Xue has already signed with us. She’s one of the judges for this Youth Singing Competition. Could you do me a favor and—”
“Someone with that kind of character can be a judge? When you picked judges, didn’t you check their character? With an idiot like that as a judge, how can anyone have faith in the competition?” Lin Hai cut Ye Ziming off before he could finish.
“Yes, yes, yes. That was our oversight.” Ye Ziming nodded with a smile.
But inwardly, he was cursing Lin Hai out.
Damn it, how I choose judges—is that any of your business?
“But Young Master Lin, look, we’ve already signed the contract. How about we just let it go this time? Be the bigger person—why stoop to argue with an actress?”
Lin Hai sneered.
“It’s not that I want to argue with her. Right now, she’s the one planning to find reporters to take us down.”
Pfft!
Ye Ziming nearly fell over. That idiot woman—wasn’t that just asking for death?
Damn it, she hadn’t even told him about this earlier. He hadn’t known anything about it, and now he was completely on the back foot.
“Young Master Lin, she wouldn’t dare!” Ye Ziming said, pulling out his phone and calling Li Xue.
“Get over here right now!”
A moment later, Li Xue slunk over, her face tinged with panic.
“Damn it, Young Master Lin already let you off, and you still dare to look for reporters? What the hell is wrong with you!” Ye Ziming tore into her.
“Young Master Ye, I was wrong. It was a moment of foolishness. I won’t do it. I definitely won’t!” Li Xue said with a tearful face.
“Damn, are you stupid? Why are you apologizing to me? Get over there and apologize to Young Master Lin!” Ye Ziming cursed angrily.
Li Xue was startled, then snapped to her senses.
She hurried over to Lin Hai and bowed deeply to him.
“Young Master Lin, I was wrong. I’ll never dare to do it again. Please spare me.” Li Xue said pitifully.
Lin Hai looked at her out of the corner of his eye and curled his lip.
“You’re not going to look for reporters anymore?”
“No, no, absolutely not.” Li Xue waved her hands frantically in fear.
Lin Hai shook his head.
“That won’t do. You still need to find those reporters!”
“What!” As soon as Lin Hai spoke, everyone present was stunned!
