"Are you feeling aggrieved now?"
A sneer curved at the corner of Rong Qingze’s mouth.
He lifted his gaze, his eyes landing on Rong Yanqiao.
Although she asked that, there wasn’t a hint of grievance in her. Her face at the moment looked exceptionally calm.
She said, "Why should I feel aggrieved? I’m just telling the truth. If Huo Yanshu breaks up with me because of this, then those things you anticipated... I wouldn’t need to proceed with them, right?"
"Huo Yanshu won’t break up with you."
The contract with H Company was just like that, after all.
He really had overestimated Huo Yanshu.
The reasons Huo Yanshu wouldn’t break up, Rong Yanqiao could guess.
Firstly, her face, and secondly, the power of the Rong Family.
So, why not push this matter onto Zhao Yixing instead.
Rong Yanqiao said she would handle it, and in front of Rong Qingze, she made a call to Huo Yanshu.
Huo Yanshu did answer.
"Yanshu, I did look at the contract, but you can’t doubt me , I don’t have the ability to have a photographic memory. I’m making this call because I don’t want to be misunderstood, to be wrongly accused, and I wasn’t the only one who saw the contract," Rong Yanqiao urgently said.
Her words really did seem like those of someone afraid of being falsely accused.
She really played the role of an "actor" to perfection.
Huo Yanshu’s response was indifferent, one word.
Rong Yanqiao tentatively asked, "Are you angry?"
"No, I have something to take care of here, and I’ll come to see you after I’m done."
Having said that, Huo Yanshu hung up directly.
Originally, Huo Yanshu had thought about sending someone to find out Rong Yanqiao’s whereabouts, but on second thought, there was really no need for that.
Where could Rong Yanqiao be?
If not on set, then at the Rong Family’s house, or at her own home, or studying with Rong Qingze.
Rong Qingze shouldn’t be so unprincipled; they didn’t have any grudge.
Most importantly: just like Rong Yanqiao said, she wasn’t the only one who had seen the H contract, he hadn’t even sent her the original copy, and without knowing the password to her own phone, how could she possibly have that photographic memory!
Thinking this, Huo Yanshu also dismissed his suspicion of Rong Yanqiao.
However, Rong Yanqiao’s heart was heavy; she was thinking about how to allay Huo Yanshu’s worries, since it seemed clear from Rong Qingze’s intentions that she wasn’t meant to break up with Huo Yanshu, but to continue to stay close to him, ready to follow his commands at any time.
"Uncle, I think we should keep our distance for the time being."
Rong Qingze didn’t reply.
The silence in the study made Rong Yanqiao feel uneasy, and she subconsciously glanced at Rong Qingze.
Rong Qingze’s eyes were cold, and there was disdain at the corners of his mouth.
"Huo Yanshu is already suspicious of me. If we don’t maintain some distance, wouldn’t that just be waiting for Huo Yanshu to discover us?"
"Compared to being discovered by Huo Yanshu, I think you are more afraid of being discovered by me."
Rong Qingze stood up; he walked step by step, closing in on Rong Yanqiao.
He was tall, over six feet, and as he came closer, Rong Yanqiao felt an oppressive sensation, yet she did not move away.
She was ready to face whatever came her way.
But Rong Qingze didn’t do anything to her. His long, cool fingertips, however, brushed across her face, "You seem to have a misunderstanding about your identity."
"Uncle, you’ve misunderstood. I’ve never had any misconceptions. I’m very clear about my current status; you can rest assured about that."
A mocking smile crossed Rong Qingze’s lips.
Rong Yanqiao grabbed his hand, "Yes, reassured. Uncle, if I were not an obedient person, you wouldn’t have chosen me. I have a clear goal; romantic entanglements are not what I desire."
Rong Yanqiao dressed herself properly and left.
While maintaining a relationship with Rong Qingze, her cooking was what he loved the most.
After Rong Yanqiao left, Rong Qingze received a phone call.
It was from the old Mr. Rong.
The old Mr. Rong was of advanced age.
"What’s going on between you and that Song Yu?"
Apart from Rong Yanqiao, Song Yu was the woman who appeared most frequently by his side.
Rong Yanqiao was an adopted daughter taken in by Rong San. Before Rong San’s death, he had entrusted Rong Qingze to take good care of her. Moreover, with Rong Yanqiao being in the entertainment industry, Rong Qingze as the overlord within the entertainment empire naturally needed to give more support to his own people. The old Mr. Rong could understand that, but the issue was!
"There’s nothing going on; we just traveled together a few times."