Lu Xing held the phone and said, "If it were , I’d release this news tomorrow."
"This was my mistake. I accidentally had soone release it early. So, you have to help ."
Lu Xing frowned. "And how exactly do you expect to help you?"
Mo Wenwan grew more flustered the more anxious she beca.
She wasn’t afraid of Lu Qing, nor of Qin Miaomiao confronting her directly. What worried her was that certain revelations could attract too much attention. Nowadays, netizens were incredibly resourceful, capable of using advanced technology to uncover the masterminds behind events. She didn’t want to be found; staying behind the scenes was what she had always pursued.
"This absolutely cannot lead to them finding so easily."
"And why should I help you?"
Mo Wenwan spoke in an icy, composed tone, "Because of this."
With that, she played a recording. As Lu Xing listened, a look of astonishnt flashed across his face. "Mo Wenwan, you actually eavesdropped on and Qin Miaomiao’s conversation."
"It wasn’t an explicit conversation; what are you so worried about?"
Lu Xing listened to Mo Wenwan’s calm and detached voice, and he couldn’t suppress the fire building in his chest. While the conversation didn’t contain anything overtly incriminating, he and Qin Miaomiao had discussed his ulterior motives for coming to the old estate, and so things were couched in vague terms. If carefully analyzed, there were still so damning points to be found. That’s why he was on edge.
"Are you trying to blackmail ?"
"How would I dare blackmail you, Mr. Lu?"
From Lu Xing’s tone, Mo Wenwan sensed that he was indeed concerned. The more she thought about it, the more hopeful she beca. Seizing the mont, she pressed on aggressively: "What I want is very simple. As long as you do as I say, everything will remain harmonious."
Lu Xing hated the feeling of being threatened, but he suddenly realized that this piece of gossip could not be dismissed so easily. Mo Wenwan had previously sought his opinion about it. Now that she had the recording, it was like holding a piece of leverage against him. Even if he ignored her, he couldn’t ignore the recording. If she played it for Old Sir Lu, things would go south quickly.
"Fine, I’ll help you."
Feeling victorious, Mo Wenwan cheerfully hung up the phone. Holding onto the recording felt like holding a powerful weapon, a tool that could compel Lu Xing to do anything at any ti. But deep down, she knew better than anyone that mishandling the situation could easily provoke Lu Xing’s anger. Crossing him wouldn’t end well for her, so she planned to tread carefully.
Because of Li Li’s unusual relationship with Huang Shan, those around Huang Shan were well aware of it. This ti, the rumors involved Li Li, so so people had begun looking at Huang Shan differently.
Ever since Huang Shan had been threatened by Mo Wenwan, she had been out of sorts. For a ti, she toned down her temper, but now, because of her connection with Li Li, she seed to have reverted to her old self.
"What a strange person—one minute calm, the next irritable."
"Exactly. I feel sorry for Huang Shan’s assistant; she must have the worst luck."
The murmurs reached the ears of assistant Yu. This ti, she didn’t speak up for Huang Shan. Her patience with Huang Shan’s mood swings had all but run out.
"Sister Yu, with us gone, your workload is only going to increase."
"Yeah, we’re really worried about you. Can you handle everything by yourself?"
The two intern assistants had finally received orders from the company to return ho after enduring the situation for so long. Assistant Yu bid them farewell one by one, feeling a mix of emotions.
"They used to handle all the tea-fetching and water-pouring. Now that they’re gone, I’ll have to manage it myself."
When Huang Shan arrived at the set, she ran into Hua Tiantian directly. She had no mood for jokes or picking fights. Her sudden calmness as she walked by only piqued Hua Tiantian’s curiosity.
"Did I just imagine that? Did she really walk past without a word?"
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