CHAPTER 441: CHAPTER 416: JUN, YOU’RE VERY COMPETENT

Jian Liangtong’s whole attention was on Huo Shaojun, so she didn’t notice Guan Yu’s unusual reaction.

Jian Liangtong inhaled silently, her clear eyes meeting Huo Shaojun’s unfathomably cold gaze, and her lips curled into a polite smile, saying, "Didn’t expect we’d meet again so soon..."

"After cursing me as a bastard last night, it sure is quick." Huo Shaojun looked at her, coolly stating.

"..." Jian Liangtong’s face twitched, biting her teeth secretly, and smiled insincerely, "Did I curse? Huo Tianwang might have remembered it wrong."

Huo Shaojun pulled his lips coldly, staring at her without speaking.

Jian Liangtong’s face gradually reddened under his "invisible killer" gaze, finally unable to withstand it, she shrugged and said, "Although I don’t think I was wrong, I apologize."

"If you don’t think you’re wrong, why apologize?" Huo Shaojun said lightly, but his gaze on Jian Liangtong’s pale face had some depth.

"If you’re Huo Tianwang, of course, you can live wilfully and as you please. But I’m different, to survive, I first have to bow to reality." Jian Liangtong gazed up at him, indignation deeply hidden in her sparkling eyes, yet her voice came out particularly light.

Huo Shaojun’s gaze on Jian Liangtong suddenly turned cold, his voice carrying a hint of sinister edge, "Is it to bow, or to take a shortcut?"

"If bowing can make my path steadier and quicker, I can." Jian Liangtong said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Huo Shaojun snorted contemptuously, his cold eyes looking through Jian Liangtong towards Bai Qiao sitting in the car not far away, his words became more merciless, "Your manager is quite competent, having no bottom line for the sake of their artist!"

Jian Liangtong’s face turned deathly pale, her teeth sinking into her lower lip as she looked at Huo Shaojun’s harsh yet handsome face, her tone calm, "Huo Tianwang looks down on me, despises and loathes me, I know it all. I suppose Huo Tianwang understands as well, that a woman like me, who stops at nothing to achieve her goal, has no sense of self-esteem. If Huo Tianwang said these things to humiliate me, to make me ashamed, then Huo Tianwang might be disappointed."

"Proud as you should be!" Huo Shaojun lightly snorted.

Jian Liangtong, "..." Internal damage level ten!

Guan Yu looked at Jian Liangtong sympathetically, there’s no way her eloquence could match Huo’s dark wit, he could make you feel hopeless in minutes! Why bother!

Huo Shaojun looked at the frustrated Jian Liangtong, unable to speak, a glint flashed in his cold eyes, he half-closed his eyes and said, "Guan Yu."

"...Eh." Guan Yu responded shakily, hurrying over like a henchman.

"Let’s go." Huo Shaojun said, then turned and headed toward the villa entrance.

"..." Guan Yu pursed his lips, giving Jian Liangtong another sympathetic look before following.

Jian Liangtong’s long eyelashes quivered violently, she took several deep breaths to feel alive again, not choked to death by him!

"Huo Tianwang." Jian Liangtong thickened her skin to chase after him, blocking Huo Shaojun’s way.

Huo Shaojun frowned, seemingly displeased, looking down at Jian Liangtong.

Jian Liangtong, unable to care much at this point, slightly straightened her back, staring into his icy profound eyes, whispering, "What did you mean by those words last night?"

Last night?

Guan Yu was surprised!

Looking at Huo Shaojun who remained impassive, had he missed something?

"I said a lot last night." Huo Shaojun said.

"..." Jian Liangtong frowned in embarrassment, her voice growing smaller, "You said, I have some other choice."

Huo Shaojun’s thin lips pressed tight, he stared deeply at Jian Liangtong, yet he said nothing.

Jian Liangtong waited for a while, but he didn’t speak.

Her already tense mood now even more wound-up, Jian Liangtong lightly parted her lips, taking a shallow breath, cautiously asking again, "Huo Tianwang, what did you mean by I have other choices?"

Jian Liangtong’s last two words almost faded in her throat.

Because she felt the man in front of her exuding an aura that instantly became extremely cold and terrifying.

Jian Liangtong’s brow twinged, her eyes anxious as she looked at Huo Shaojun’s deeply intense face, she had no idea what she said wrong to cause such a sudden emotional shift!

Huo Shaojun’s face was taut as if ready to devour someone, his gaze at Jian Liangtong like a cold blade piercing her eyes.

Jian Liangtong was both shocked and bewildered, goosebumps rising layer upon layer on her back, her almond eyes blinking fiercely, her voice quivering lightly, "I..."

However, as Jian Liangtong just spoke up, her shoulder was bumped by the man’s solid chest.

At that moment, Jian Liangtong felt as if her whole arm was knocked off by the man, the pain almost made her curse!

Clutching her shoulder, Jian Liangtong’s face flushed, turning to glare at the man striding into the villa with a burst of fierce aura, so bewildered she wanted to pick up a brick by the roadside and throw it at him! What a poser!

Before Jian Liangtong could regain her composure, a golden yellow card was handed to her.

Jian Liangtong’s eyelids twitched slightly, looking quizzically at Guan Yu who was smiling at her in a bizarre way.

"I’m Guan Yu, Brother Huo’s manager, hehe, here’s our Brother Huo’s contact information... feel free to bother him." Guan Yu chuckled as he spoke, slipping the card between the fingers of Jian Liangtong’s hand that held her shoulder.

Jian Liangtong looked at Guan Yu as if he was a weirdo!

What kind of manager randomly gives out their artist’s contact information?

Jian Liangtong got back in the car with a name card in hand, casually tossing it onto the dashboard, then leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes, pretending to nap.

Bai Qiao craned his neck to look at the name card and, upon seeing that it was Huo Shaojun’s contact information, couldn’t hide his astonishment. He picked up the card, turned it over in all directions, and once confirmed it was indeed Huo Shaojun’s contact, he looked at Jian Liangtong with admiration, "Sister Tong, I think I’ve seen the light."

Jian Liangtong opened her eyes and, upon seeing the card in his hand, furrowed her brows slightly and said to Bai Qiao, "You’re not blind, so what’s so exciting about seeing the light?"

"..." Bai Qiao twitched inside, forcibly ignoring Jian Liangtong’s cold humor, and continued enthusiastically, "Sister Tong, how did you get Huo Tianwang’s contact information?"

"I didn’t ask for it," Jian Liangtong wasn’t particularly enthusiastic, saying blandly, "His assistant gave it to me."

In fact, it was true. She didn’t ask; Guan Yu gave her the card!

Moreover, she hadn’t figured out why she came here to find Huo Shaojun or what she wanted to achieve.

Perhaps initially, she just wanted him to help her reclaim Bai Qiao’s second male lead role, but at some deeper level, she felt that wasn’t all she wanted.

But besides that, what else did she want?

Moreover, if he were to agree to help, he would surely have his demands or things he wanted.

If the demands he made were against her principles and bottom line, what should she do?

Overall, she really wouldn’t go so far as to sacrifice her chastity just to secure a role, would she?

Jian Liangtong glanced sideways at Bai Qiao and concluded that he wasn’t important enough for her to throw caution to the wind for him. (Bai Qiao, pessimistic!)

Before five in the afternoon, Jian Liangtong was urged back home by He Xinyun’s persistent calls.

Back home, Jian Liangtong discovered an "unidentified object" in the living room and realized why her mother was so eager for her to come home today.

The "unidentified object" on the sofa immediately jumped up when seeing Jian Liangtong, rubbing his hands on the sides of his pants, and nervously said, "Miss Jian, you’re back."

Jian Liangtong blinked and nodded, "I’m back."

"Tongtong, you’re back." Her mother hadn’t spoken so gently to her in eight hundred years.

Jian Liangtong’s face was a series of black lines as she watched her mother emerge from the kitchen with a perplexed expression.

He Xinyun pretended not to see, enthusiastically pushing Jian Liangtong toward the sofa, "Xiao Wu, you can chat with Tongtong first. Your Uncle Jian is already cooking, and dinner will be ready soon."

"Okay." Mr. Xiao Wu said nervously.

"Mom, I, ouch..." Jian Liangtong had just opened her mouth when He Xinyun pinched her waist so hard she began to wonder if she was her real mother.

Jian Liangtong looked pitifully at He Xinyun.

He Xinyun gave Jian Liangtong a fierce glare from a spot Mr. Xiao Wu couldn’t see as a warning, then smiled "kindly" at Mr. Xiao Wu before turning back to the kitchen.

Jian Liangtong didn’t want to embarrass her mother in front of others, so she rubbed her waist and sat down on the sofa.

Seeing Jian Liangtong sit down, Mr. Xiao Wu also sat down.

Jian Liangtong leaned lazily against the sofa back, saying nothing.

Mr. Xiao Wu felt so nervous he almost self-destructed.

Ten minutes later, He Xinyun came out of the kitchen anxiously to check, only to see Jian Liangtong swiping her phone, ignoring Mr. Xiao Wu completely.

As for Mr. Xiao Wu, his face was flushed, almost to the point of tears, looking at Jian Liangtong’s appearance.

He Xinyun was fuming inside, and if not for considering Mr. Xiao Wu, she would have rushed over to yank Jian Liangtong’s ear for a severe scolding!

Jian Liangtong was attentively scrolling through Weibo when she suddenly felt a chilling breeze from the front.

Jian Liangtong’s right eyelid began to twitch uncontrollably. Why the right eyelid? Because left eyelid twitching means wealth and right eyelid... means disaster!

So, Jian Liangtong naturally turned to Mr. Xiao Wu and said, "I just saw a really funny joke. Do you want to see it?"

Mr. Xiao Wu, "..." Felt like flowers bloomed in an instant!

Mr. Xiao Wu nodded vigorously, still too excited to speak.

Jian Liangtong smiled at him, moving her phone closer to Mr. Xiao Wu.

Mr. Xiao Wu was all prepared to put on a good performance; no matter how funny or not funny the joke was, he was going to laugh cooperatively.

But...

Just as he was about to take a serious look, the phone screen suddenly shifted, as a call came in.

Mr. Xiao Wu, "..."

Jian Liangtong was also taken aback, retrieving her phone, and upon seeing the unfamiliar number flashing on the phone screen, she hesitated slightly before answering.

"Yu Xiangju, can you come over within half an hour?" As soon as the call connected, a cold male voice transmitted through the phone.