“Huh?”
“What the heck?”
Jiang Nian, who had been busy with something, suddenly heard a clear, crisp voice and was a bit taken aback.
“Film and Television Emperor System?”
He muttered to himself.
Sensing this, Yang Mi felt a little confused.
Hearing that, Jiang Nian’s face immediately darkened.
Putting aside the voice in his head for the moment, he glared at her fiercely and gave her a firm smack, deciding first to salvage his dignity and reputation as a man!
At the same time.
At Beijing International Airport.
Getting off the shuttle bus.
Old Liu, wearing a mask, hurriedly walked toward the underground parking garage.
Even though he had tried to disguise himself.
But in the middle of summer, with a peaked cap, dark sunglasses, and a mask on top of that—
Anyone could tell he was no ordinary person.
Those reporters and paparazzi who had been lying in wait, sharp-eyed as ever, noticed that the clothes Old Liu was wearing were the same as before he left.
So they all rushed over, jostling each other eagerly, and asked:
“Hello, excuse me, are you Mr. Liu? I’m from Huabian Entertainment. Could we trouble you for a few minutes for an interview?”
“Mr. Liu, I’m a reporter from Xinlang Entertainment News. There’s been a huge buzz online about you. Is there anything you’d like to say?”
“Mr. Liu…”
Listening to the noisy racket, like people hawking vegetables at a market,
Old Liu was utterly annoyed.
If he weren’t a public figure, he’d have cursed them all out and told them to get lost.
But unfortunately, he is a public figure.
Old Liu had no choice but to suppress his anger and, in a strained voice, said, “Sorry, you’ve got the wrong person.”
The reporters and paparazzi weren’t moved at all.
They weren’t three-year-olds.
There was no way they’d be fooled by a lie like that.
They kept hounding him.
Until the nearby security guards heard the commotion and came over.
Only then were those overzealous reporters pulled away.
Old Liu quickly entered the parking garage, got into his car, and headed home.
On the way, Old Liu kept thinking about how he would explain things to Yang Mi when he saw her, so that she would believe him.
But after coming up with several versions of what to say, he found that none of them would work.
On top of that, Yang Mi wasn’t an ordinary person either.
As a child star who had been in the entertainment industry for nearly twenty years and had recently started her own company as a boss,
Yang Mi had a strong will of her own.
If she didn’t believe something, even if Old Liu talked until he was blue in the face, she still wouldn’t believe him.
But if he didn’t explain at all, that would be even worse.
“Dammit, what a headache!”
Old Liu cursed under his breath.
As articulate and silver-tongued as he was, he still didn’t quite know what to do at this moment.
Just as he was thinking it over,
Before he knew it, the car had driven into the villa district.
As one of the most upscale villa districts in Beijing, the security here was extremely strict.
Unless you were a resident or had a resident’s explicit permission,
No one was allowed inside.
So at least he didn’t have to worry about paparazzi following him in.
Following his memory, Old Liu drove to Yang Mi’s villa, parked the car at the entrance, got out, and hurried inside.
His first stop was Yang Mi’s bedroom.
But he found it empty.
Then he checked other places around the house, but there was no sign of Yang Mi either.
“That’s strange—did she go to the office?”
Old Liu frowned and muttered to himself.
Then he dismissed the thought.
Because it seemed unlikely.
With how big this mess had blown up, even a fool would know not to go out casually.
Let alone Yang Mi, who had been navigating the entertainment industry since childhood and was a real pro at this.
“But if she’s not at the office, where is she now?”
Frowning, Old Liu sent Yang Mi a text message, but there was no reply for a long time.
Seeing that, Old Liu started wandering around the villa.
Until he passed by the recreation room in the basement.
Old Liu’s ear twitched.
He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination.
But he thought he vaguely heard some noise coming from inside the recreation room.
Out of curiosity, Old Liu walked over and tried the doorknob, only to find that the recreation room door was locked from the inside and couldn’t be opened from the outside.
This puzzled Old Liu quite a bit.
Why on earth would someone lock the recreation room door for no good reason?
And right at that moment, inside the room,
Yang Mi was flustered.
Only one person could have entered her house at this time of day.
Even though she had mentally prepared herself in advance,
There was still a gap between imagination and reality.
Old Liu thought it over for a long time, but the more he thought about it, the less he understood.
Why would someone lock the recreation room door in broad daylight?
“Could she be inside?”
“Maybe she’s just sulking in there by herself…”
That thought crossed Old Liu’s mind.
So he called out, “Are you in there? If you’re inside, say something. Let’s talk face to face.”
Hearing this, Yang Mi’s feelings were very complicated.
“What do I do?”
