Second Take On Romance - The A-List Actor Wants Me Chapter 205 : Repaying Kindness

Shen Jingwei and Yan Renzhong left the hotel room and headed toward CNC Hotel’s Business Center.

It was around dinner ti, so most of the work chamber were empty. All save for one, which was brimming with people.

By the ti the couple arrived, Zhu Dongyi, Wen Guilin, and Shang Ruohai were already among the crowd, speaking to each other in low, serious voices.

The door opened with a click, and everyone raised their heads at the sa ti to greet the newcors.

Shen Jingwei, holding his phone in his hand, looked into the round and asked, "What happened?"

"It is what it looks like," Shang Ruohai said with an exasperated sigh and an eye-roll. "Sit down, both of you."

Shen Jingwei and Yan Renzhong took their seats. Shang Ruohai clapped his hands and began to talk into the round.

"As everyone knew, a huge bomb was dropped on Weibo tonight regarding a certain ’Handso Butler Coffee Shop’, along with the nas of several butlers who once worked there and had since risen to prominence."

Of all the nas, three of them were signed with CNC Studio, including Jin Zhuo.

Two were signed with Yunhuan Entertainnt.

One, Shen Jingwei, was signed with Beihai Entertainnt.

The rest were signed with other minor entertainnt companies.

"Of course, we cannot gather everyone here in a short ti. Thankfully, we have Shen Jingwei and Jin Zhuo here to give an initial testimony about Handso Butler Coffee Shop."

Shang Ruohai directed his eyes at the two aforentioned n.

"Is that true? Does Handso Butler Coffee Shop engage in illegal prostitution?"

"No, of course not," Shen Jingwei said with utter conviction. "I was there for over three years. I can openly say that the coffee shop is clean and operates just like any other coffee shop."

Sitting so seats away from him, Jin Zhuo stirred. He looked extrely nervous.

"I have only been there on and off for less than a year. I haven’t done any prostitution."

Shang Ruohai narrowed his eyes at both actors.

"Investigation will be launched," he said. "Until then, I suggest both of you to stay away from the coffee shop. Also refrain from making irresponsible comnts on the Weibo posts."

"Of course," Jin Zhuo quickly agreed, but Shen Jingwei remained silent.

His silence grated on Shang Ruohai’s nerves.

"Do you, or do you not understand, Shen Jingwei?" He asked loudly across the room.

"Head Butler Wu, the owner of the coffee shop, has been a dear friend of mine for over three years," Shen Jingwei pointed out. "We shared a lot of mories in that coffee shop. Now that it’s in trouble, I..."

"I insist that you do nothing at all," Shang Ruohai snapped. "I can make do with replacing an actor that has yet to appear across screen, but I can’t do that with the male lead of the drama."

Colors drained from Jin Zhuo’s face. He turned to Shen Jingwei and begged, "Brother Shen, please. Please stay put. Do not ruin this for ."

Shen Jingwei knew what Jin Zhuo ant. If he lost the Xie Jianzhi role, he might never again get another chance. His benefactor might refuse to help him one more ti.

But Head Butler Wu...

Head Butler Wu’s coffee shop was his only financial support for a long ti. Now that it encountered so trouble, he should...

As conflicting thoughts warred within Shen Jingwei, Yan Renzhong reached out and tapped lightly against his shoulder.

"There are ways to help without showing up personally," he whispered. "Let take care of this matter. Do not do anything on your own accord yet."

Shen Jingwei fell silent.

He didn’t know what Yan Renzhong planned to do, but he knew that Yan Renzhong could do many things within a short period of ti.

The gathering ended after so ti, with a strict warning to all managers to keep both eyes on their protégés.

Afterward, they all returned to their own hotel rooms.

Yan Renzhong to his, and Shen Jingwei to his. Their rooms were at the ends of the sa floor, with around twenty rooms standing in between.

That night, Shen Jingwei could not sleep at all.

He ended up switching on the lamp at the nightstand and scrolling through Weibo for news about Handso Butler Coffee Shop.

The prostitution allegation originated from a single post by a gossip columnist.

It quickly beca viral because the columnist ntioned several butlers who once worked in the coffee and shop and were now relatively known throughout the entertainnt industry.

The most prominent one was undoubtedly Shen Jingwei.

If the post itself was scandalous, the comnts beneath the post were like oil pouring into the fla.

First comnt : "I knew that these actors do not get discovered by chance. But to think that they engage in prostitution..."

Second comnt : " What do you know? It’s all about connections and favors in the cutthroat entertainnt industry. Can you even bla them?"

Third comnt : "All of them are very handso. If the coffee shop is any other coffee shop, why not receuit ugly butlers for once?

Fourth comnt : " The person who comnted above is a little dumb. Think about the na, ’Handso Butler Coffee Shop’. Which one of you want to drink coffee served by ugly butlers???"

The more Shen Jingwei read, the more his head hurt.

He was tempted to add his own comnt to defend Head Butler Wu for once, but Yan Renzhong’s warning flashed across his mind.

"There are ways to help without showing up personally. Let take care of this matter. Do not do anything on your own accord yet."

Shen Jingwei paced in his hotel room, his phone tightly gripped in his hand.

He tried to co up with solutions, but his mind was too chaotic to put together a working plan.

Eventually, exhaustion claid him and he fell asleep against the couch.

His sleep was restless, dotted with mories of the past.