Ye Shu offered a cold laugh, feeling that Ye Xinyu was utterly boring.
"What, scared to make the bet?"
"I don’t really care. I’m just afraid you can’t afford to lose! How about this—if you lose, you don’t have to bow and apologize. Just imitate a dog barking three times. How does that sound?"
Backlit, Ye Shu cast a long shadow with the light falling behind her, inexplicably exuding an undeniable confidence that seemed to extend from her person to even her shadow.
Ye Xinyu’s right eyelid twitched involuntarily with irritation, but she soon burst out into an arrogant laughter, "Keep pretending! I really want to see if you’ll still have the audacity when I take over and hold a press conference as the person in power!"
"You say, apologizing and imitating a dog in public—how will the media write about it? Will they write ’Director Sun’s new protegee barks like a dog in public, shameless and brazen,’ or perhaps..."
Before Ye Xinyu could finish, Ye Shu had already left with a sneer.
Ye Xinyu was left with the other half of her sarcastic remarks stuck in her throat, suddenly with no outlet for her frustration, feeling incredibly vexed.
She stomped her foot in resentment, cursed under her breath, and was about to pursue Ye Shu when her phone rang with a call from Director Tan.
Ye Xinyu answered, "Director Tan, didn’t we already settle the matters with the crew? Is there a problem?"
"There’s a press conference the day after tomorrow about the promotion of ’Nine Lives Demon Phoenix’ in Qingcheng. Will you be attending?"
If it had been earlier, Ye Xinyu, as the female lead of the drama, would have immediately jumped at the chance to attend.
But now, she outright refused, "I’m sorry Director Tan, I’m really, really busy of late. You can handle the promotion stuff."
After saying this, she hung up the phone and clicked her tongue in dismissal.
It was just a TV series; even if it made a big profit, how much could it really be?
She was about to become the person in power at the Ye Group. Would she care about such meager gains?
Ye Xinyu put away her phone, glanced at Ye Shu, who had started shooting, gave her a cold look, and then turned to leave.
That evening, Ye Xinyu hurried back to the Gu Family home.
As soon as she entered, Mrs. Bai Xue greeted her with a beaming smile, clutching Ye Xinyu’s hand like she had found a treasure and led her into the house.
"Oh, Xinyu, you’re finally back. Zuo Cheng has been missing you terribly. If not for the fact that he’s been busy handling Ye Group affairs for you, he would have flown to Han City to visit your set a long time ago."
Ye Xinyu’s brow twitched at Bai Xue’s words. True to form, Bai Xue was a voracious social climber who could spout nonsense without batting an eye.
However, the fact that the Gu Family was willing to help her still meant that she had value to them.
She could still sit securely in the seat of Mrs. Gu.
While smiling sweetly in response to Bai Xue, Ye Xinyu sneakily glanced toward the living room.
There on the sofa, Gu Zuocheng, the man she was infatuated with, was smoking.
The smoke swirled around him, his expression indecipherable.
A subtle change crossed Ye Xinyu’s face as Bai Xue’s smile stiffened momentarily. She called out to Gu Zuocheng sitting on the sofa, "Zuo Cheng, what’s the matter with you? You were anxious while your wife was away, and now that she’s back, have you gone dumb? Come and take your wife away!"