Chapter 26: 026 Is a certain banquet director… also tired?
What was even more jaw-dropping was that Yan Shixiu looked at the pastry on his plate and didn’t seem to find anything amiss. One daring to serve, the other daring to eat, their actions were incredibly natural, which made the ambiguous atmosphere around the dining table escalate rapidly.
Yan Shixiu knew that Miss Shi was very picky about her food. To her, none of the dishes on the table were palatable. Shi Lan had always been fussy, and Yan Shixiu had always accepted it all along.
At that moment, Director Yan knew the identity and situation were not suitable, but he was pleased by Shi Lan’s subconscious actions.
Around the dining table, dozens of pairs of eyes stared at the two of them, making the atmosphere oddly tense to the extreme.
Everyone was looking at Shi Lan and Yan Shixiu, which finally made the female mogul realize something was amiss in the atmosphere.
Initially, she propped her jaw, thinking about finding an excuse to escape.
Now, she suddenly straightened up, looking around at everyone: “?”
The assistant director pointed to her side, and Shi Lan abruptly turned her head, only to see the pastry she had bitten into was in Yan Shixiu’s bowl, and even more, it had been half eaten by the detestable man—her embarrassment instantly surged by 999.
Yan Shixiu measured Shi Lan out of the corner of his eye, wondering how she would resolve this blunder.
Unexpectedly, the female mogul was very composed and calmly explained, “Actually, I’m very tired today and thought the person beside me was my assistant.”
The crowd gasped, thinking only she would dare treat the universe-known presence of Yan Shixiu as an assistant.
Shi Lan clearly was out of sorts, and her explanation seemed reasonable, but was Director Yan… also tired?
“No matter.” Yan Shixiu skillfully responded, bypassing the issue smoothly, then he looked up, and just for an instant, everyone felt a shift in his aura, “Let’s use this opportunity for me to say a few words.”
Director Tang immediately sat up straight, and the atmosphere progressively grew tense.
The entire table and even the whole banquet hall fell silent, as if awaiting reprimand like primary school students, except for Shi Lan who continued to reach for her chopsticks, wanting to end this tedious gathering quickly.
Yan Shixiu was used to it, and no one else dared to remind Shi Lan.
“This morning at the equestrian center, an incident occurred. The horse assigned to An Lan by the production team was switched. Had her horsemanship not been good, riding an untrained wild horse could have been disastrous,” said Yan Shixiu, his voice incredibly cold, sending chills down one’s spine.
His tone was tinged with fury, mixed into his normally icy voice.
Across the table, Gu Chengyu and Chen Beini exchanged glances, inexplicably feeling their heart rates accelerate.
“I have already sent people to investigate, though there is no conclusion yet. But don’t count on your luck — if it isn’t resolved in one day, I can spend ten years. As for the consequences after it’s discovered…” Yan Shixiu slightly curled his lips, “likely, ten times harsher than my wife’s methods.”
Upon hearing the word “wife,” everyone reacted briefly, understanding Yan Shixiu was referring to the previous head of Huahai, Miss Shi Lan, a famously ruthless figure in the industry.
However, even though she had already passed away, Yan Shixiu did not refer to her as his late wife.
Moreover, mentioning his wife at this time also served to dissociate him from his earlier actions.
Earlier, Yan Shixiu only intended to tease Shi Lan and did not truly mean to trap her in a whirlpool of rumors and gossip.
Hearing Yan Shixiu’s last two statements, Shi Lan also looked down and faintly smiled.
No matter what their relationship as former husband and wife was like, she had always admired, even felt proud of how the despicable man handled matters.
“I hope… the production team’s job is to make films, pure and simple.”