Chapter 31 No Regrets

Just as they finished speaking, a woman in platform heels stomped over, her piercing voice ringing through the corridor. 「Yan Wen, are you blind? You didn't reply to my message. I waited another ten minutes!」

Yan Wen gave her a cold once-over as Xia cleared her throat. 「She's Chen Yu.」

Chen Yu thought that Yan Wen would apologize once she realized that she had been hand-picked by Bai Zhexuan. She was smug as she said, 「If you apologize sincerely, I can still forgive you.」

「Oh, is this your first time managing?」 Yan Wen shot her a glance but ignored her as she walked into her dressing room and shut the door.

「You!」

Chen Yu did not think that Yan Wen would dare to be so arrogant when the company was going to freeze her out. She kicked the dressing room door open and swept a glass off the table, shattering it.

「I've never heard of any acclaimed actor that needs to listen to their manager's 'orders'. I don't care if the company freezes me out but how about you? Do you think the company has any use for you after I can't work? If push comes to shove, you'l' be the first one out.」

「Lies! President Bau wouldn't do that to me.」

「Oh? Why not? Let me guess, he promised you a great reward. But are you sure you can claim it? I can assure you that before that happens, I would have dealt with you.」

Yan Wen turned her piercing sharp gaze on Chen Yu and advanced on her slowly.

「In this industry, everyone has done something dirty. When I won the best actress grand slam, I stepped on countless people to get there. If you don't want to be my next stepping stone, you'd better decide if you want to be Bai Zhexuan's spy or mine.」

Yan Wen's gaze was terrifying.

Chen Yu's heart skipped a beat.

She backed away, her back hitting the wall. 「I... I don't know what you're talking about!」

「You don't know? Hah! Maybe you will after you see this.」 Xia coldly shoved the documents (courtesy of Jiang Sui-an) detailing Chen Yu's activities into her hands.

Chen Yu flipped through the documents suspiciously but she was not two pages in when her face changed.

She stared at Xia in disbelief, within just a few hours, Xia had completed such an extensive background check.

Hit and run, the buying and selling of personal information... Everything was detailed in the documents.

If the information was leaked, she would never be able to work in the industry again.

Unlike Jiang Lingyun, who only knew how to flirt and depend on men, Yan Wen worked on a higher level.

「I'm sorry Xia, I was wrong. My inexperience is showing. I don't know what I was thinking. I shouldn't—」

Chen Yu suddenly slapped herself hard. 「I won't speak to Yan Wen like this again. The company assigned me to be her manager, I didn't have a choice. Even if I said no, someone else would do it. I can't defy President Bai's order.」

For Chen Yu to say this, it showed where she stood.

Xia looked at her with suspicion. 「Come on in.」

Chen Yu nodded and followed Xia into Yan Wen's dressing room again. The floor was still a mess and Chen Yu immediately bent down to clear it. 「I'm so sorry, Yan Wen. I promise that this will never happen again!」

From that demonstration, Yan Wen was proving to be cruel and domineering. Whoever said that she was a washed-up actress who could be bullied?

Yan Wen leaned on the chair. 「I can keep you but if you do anything behind my back, you bear the consequences yourself.」

Chen Yu nervously kept her head down. She was completely shaken by Yan Wen.

「Let me see the contract for the advertisement.」 Yan Wen said out of the blue in her calm voice.

「What?」 Chen Yu froze and then scrambled as she remembered the lingerie advertisement. She gulped and took the contract out of her bag. She had initially thought of various ways to force Yan Wen to sign the contract.

However, as soon as she handed it over, Yan Wen signed it without reading.

「You agree to the lingerie advertisement? You didn't even read the contents...」Chen Yu could not understand Yan Wen.

「ince they specially arranged this contract for me, does it matter if I read it?」 It was clear to Yan Wen that even if she declined, Bai Zhexuan would make her agree to it no matter what. She might as well accept it and then craft a plan.

「You just need to help me settle all the logistics. Everything needs to be clearly recorded!」 Yan Wen ordered calmly. 「I want to make it clear to you either you are with me or resigned to be Bai Zhexuan and Jiang Lingyun's spy.」

Chen Yun froze. This was probably why Jiang Lingyun's popularity remained the same while Yan Wen's was the opposite!

She thought carefully before answering firmly, 「Don't worry, I will do it well.」

Yan Wen nodded and got up but turned to Chen Yu with a warning. 「The people close to me need to be smart. Don't do anything extra.」

In other words, do not make a big fuss about things and create trouble for Yan Wen.

Chen Yu's face was pale. She had never seen an artist so good at thinking and planning for themselves. Grand Entertainment would definitely fall to Yan Wen.

Yan Wen only relaxed into a tired face when she and Xia were in the car.

Xia was worried. 「They...」

「Xia, it's over.」 Yan Wen curled up onto her side, hiding her feelings well. Slowly, she said, 「I feel like never knew who the person in the office was.」

「He still wants to freeze me out.」

「That kind of person should go to hell!」 Xia angrily scolded on Yan Wen's behalf. 「Don't dwell on those things. Your future path s getting broader.」

「I want to be someone who can control things at my own will too.」 Yan Wen closed her eyes. 「Send me home. I'm tired.」

Yan Wen was not one to regret the path she had taken. It was her own fault for not recognizing what kind of person he was and sacrificing so much for him

Yan Wen knew that Bai Zhexuan would not stop at this. Whatever Jiang Lingyun requested, he would fulfill it a hundred times over. Before that happened, what Yan Wen wanted the most was to bury Jiang Lingyun's path.

Jiang Sui-an arrived home from work to find Yan Wen curled up on a sofa in a dark room. As he removed his coat, he saw that her head was dipped low and she was hugging herself tightly.

It was a sad picture.

Jiang Sui-an sat by her side. He reached out and pulled her into his arms. 「You can rely on me for anything. I'll be your shelter. Go ahead if you want to cry, I'll be here.」