Chapter 560: Chapter 559 Missing Him (5)
He knew he was a bit pathological, but ever since Bo Yan had ostentatiously taken Xia Siyu’s hand in front of him, a sense of imbalance had begun to brew inside him.
On one hand, he was desperately trying to catch up, wanting to go public a day sooner to earn the right to compete with Bo Yan. On the other hand, he was determined to keep Xia Siyu close by grasping onto her, whether through a contract or by other means.
He and Xia Siyu had previously coexisted without issues partly because she didn’t have a very clear career plan. Earning money while still young, easily dominating the trending searches with her online presence and topicality, there was nothing wrong with that. But when she developed a distinct need for acting skills, conflicts with Qin Baizhou were inevitable. Without Bo Yan around, the contradictions between them would gradually surface.
They were fine when living in peace, but once a conflict arose, he would try hard to control her, trying to pull her back to his side. The more he did this, the more he would provoke Xia Siyu’s aversion.
The feeling became even more pronounced when Wang Zisu was the next guest to arrive.
As soon as Wang Zisu arrived, she didn’t care about the other guests and immediately rushed to embrace Xia Siyu, “Sister Siyu, I’ve missed you so much!”
Ever since that variety show, Wang Zisu and Xia Siyu had kept in touch and maintained a good relationship. Moreover, Wang Zisu had expressed her admiration for Xia Siyu on several occasions, even saying that Siyu was her ideal type.
As these two got closer, Bo Yan was a bit jealous usually but understood that the two of them were an impossibility. However, now in front of Qin Baizhou, yet another youngster had expressed their affection for Xia Siyu, he did feel, slightly uncomfortable.
His response was to reach out his hand for a handshake with Wang Zisu, “Hello, nice to meet you, I’m Qin Baizhou. Xia Siyu’s agent.”
“Oh, hello.” Wang Zisu nodded, said her greetings, then immediately turned back to keep chatting and laughing with Xia Siyu, “I finally convinced my sister to join this program with me just because I knew I would meet you. How’s Bo doing? I heard you two have been filming together recently.”
As soon as Bo Yan was mentioned, Xia Siyu’s expression instantly soured, and she stiffly replied, “Not good!”
Hmph, that bastard, he had professed his affection for her over and over. Yet, since she left yesterday until now, a full twenty-four hours had passed, and he hadn’t sent her a single message.
What affection or missing her, it was all fake, wasn’t it? If he truly missed her, she was already gone, and he hadn’t even reached out on WeChat.
At this moment, her undisguised annoyance towards Bo Yan was actually well aligned with her public image of disliking Bo, so it was of no issue.
Xia Siyu asked him, “What about Zhou Weiwei? Why didn’t she come with you?”
Zhou Weiwei and Wang Zisu were from the same agency and their activities were usually bundled together, which had happened several times before. Before Wang Zisu could reply, Qin Baizhou, who was beside them, coughed, “Alright, let’s rejoin the group. We can talk about these things later.”
Zhou Weiwei might not have come because she had other engagements, which was quite common among artists. Xia Siyu didn’t ask further and returned with Wang Zisu to the group to continue the program.
However, before switching scenes, Xia Siyu went to the restroom and received a phone call from Bo Yan.
What, now in broad daylight, he thinks to contact her? Why didn’t he call yesterday?
Xia Siyu hung up directly.
Bo Yan called again, and she hung up once more.
Soon after, she received a message from Bo Yan: