Sister Mei seemed to want to say something but stopped short.
Finally, she let out a sigh.
Where there were benefits, there were people who wanted to climb up, and disputes and unspoken rules were inevitable.
She looked at the innocence in Jiang Leyi’s eyes, which was very rare.
Sister Mei clenched her teeth and thought, no matter what, she had to preserve Jiang Leyi’s innocence and not let her be tainted by the vulgarity of the world.
There was a large park near the hotel, and beyond that was a commercial pedestrian street with a large shopping mall; the transportation network was well-developed, the population was relatively dense, and it was fairly lively.
This was also Jiang Leyi’s first time in Port City. She looked over the map repeatedly, and after some hesitation, she suggested, "Shall we stroll in the park? The mall is crowded, and it’s some distance from here. It would take half an hour by foot, and we have a dinner to attend later, plus filming starts tomorrow."
Actually, Jiang Nanshu didn’t really care where they went.
She nodded with a smile, "I’ll follow your lead."
In reality, she wanted to visit the mall.
Because it was the Zhou Family’s large mall.
But there was no point in going there; it wasn’t certain she would run into Zhou Yanbai.
So Jiang Nanshu let go of that wishful thinking.
Zhou Yanxu had only mentioned he came from Port City before, but he moved his focus to Beijing because of the better environment there and because he had a company in the city.
He said Port City never saw snow. The first time he saw her was on the most beautiful snowy day in Beijing.
Jiang Nanshu looked at the streets covered in the leaves of plane trees.
Had the old Zhou Yanxu lived in this kind of environment?
In her original world, she had wanted to find an opportunity to return his ashes to Port City so that he could rest in his hometown. After everything had settled, she planned to settle down in Port City and feel the atmosphere of the city he had once lived in, as if to accompany him for the rest of her life.
But now, she had arrived.
Yet she felt none of that sentiment.
Jiang Nanshu didn’t know if it was because her oath had been made too long ago or if her original intentions had changed, but her obsession with Zhou Yanxu gradually faded because there were many other things in her life now besides Zhou Yanxu.
"Autumn in this city is so beautiful. The plane leaves are golden yellow," Jiang Nanshu couldn’t help but exclaim.
Jiang Leyi nodded, her handsome face smiling, "Yeah, if you like it, we can come back again because once we start shooting, we won’t have much time to play around here."
The two stood on the roadside for a while.
An argument broke out not far away.
They hadn’t gone far, only ten meters from the hotel.
It involved a middle-aged couple and a good-looking man.
They seemed to be confronting one another.
The next second, the man furiously pushed the middle-aged woman to the ground, and the middle-aged man hurried to help her.
With a cold look on his face, the man walked away and entered the hotel.
It sounded like the middle-aged man cursed something before he then attended to the middle-aged woman, supporting her as they left.
Jiang Leyi frowned, speaking indignantly, "How can someone be so reckless with violence? That auntie probably hurt her bones with that fall."
"Dressed up like a respectable person, but behaving like an animal!"
Jiang Nanshu’s lips were tightly pressed together, her hands clenched at her sides.
She was still thinking about how to meet Zhou Yanbai, and unexpectedly, he had appeared first.
And he had entered their hotel!
Jiang Nanshu’s eyes gradually deepened with thought. Who was he looking for?
"Let’s go ahead and hang out, we’re already late," Jiang Leyi said, checking the time—it was already four in the afternoon.
Jiang Nanshu withdrew her gaze and replied, "Alright."
She quietly took note of the car Zhou Yanbai was driving, arrogantly parked right in front of the hotel entrance, and nobody dared to address it.
It wasn’t until around six o’clock, close to the time for the dinner gathering, that Jiang Nanshu returned.
Then she noticed Zhou Yanbai’s car was still there.
"Nannan, do we live on the same floor?"
While entering the elevator, Jiang Leyi asked.
Jiang Nanshu saw that she had pressed for the 16th floor and then nodded, "Yes, my room is a little distance away from yours, Sister. Isn’t Su Ran living next door to you?"
Jiang Leyi, "Right, it’s her. Director Wen probably fears we might have rival scenes or something, right? Song Shizhao still hasn’t arrived; he hasn’t had any scenes these past few days. Sigh, a Movie Emperor really is a big shot, and no one is rushing him."
Song Shizhao played the lead male in this drama.
Jiang Leyi felt somewhat uneasy and whispered into Jiang Nanshu’s ear, "If it weren’t for the fact that I have no blood relation with him, I’d find even just marrying him in the drama awkward..."
She used to call him ’cousin.’
Now, without her true heiress status, she called him by his name.
She wasn’t very familiar with Song Shizhao either; apart from seeing him at annual banquets, she hardly ever encountered him.
"I can’t think too much about this, or I won’t be able to get into character," Jiang Leyi patted her head to shake off these intrusive thoughts.
The elevator doors opened.
Their room directions were opposite.
Jiang Nanshu followed behind her, "Sister, let me escort you. I’m worried about you being alone."
Jiang Leyi was somewhat flattered; she found that Jiang Nanshu had suddenly become very clingy, which she wasn’t quite used to yet.
Indeed, her little sister loved her.
How could she refuse? She even pushed her luck, "Why not stay over tonight? My bed is quite big."
"No, I want to sleep alone," Jiang Nanshu flatly rejected.
What a joke that the two of them would sleep together.
She hadn’t even had the chance to read the new fanfictions she’d recently added to her collection.
Jiang Leyi was disappointed, "Okay then, what about tomorrow? Are you free?"
She vaguely responded, "We’ll see."
The two chatted as they walked to the door.
Su Ran’s room door suddenly opened.
Zhou Yanbai appeared in a neatly tailored black suit, his collar slightly disheveled. Seeing that there were others outside, he instinctively narrowed his eyes, his gaze frosty.
Jiang Leyi was stunned and before she could react, Jiang Nanshu smiled at him, "Hello, are you Sister Su Ran’s bodyguard?"
Only then did Su Ran appear.
Jiang Nanshu’s gaze fell on her lips, red from being bitten, and a playful look flashed through her eyes.
The only person who could toy with her, and whom Su Ran wouldn’t dare resist, was probably that "foreign big shot."
So, this foreign big shot was Zhou Yanbai.
After all, he had only returned to the country not long ago.
Su Ran’s face first turned deathly pale and then flushed, her expression awkward.
Why did Jiang Nanshu have to see her...
So disgusting, truly disgusting.
Su Ran felt she must be utterly revolting at that moment.
Zhou Yanbai’s gaze briefly swept over Jiang Nanshu’s beautiful face, his lips curling into a gentle, learned smile, "Yes, I’m her bodyguard, and I’ll be responsible for Miss Su Ran’s safety during this time. I’m sorry for any inconvenience and hope you won’t mind."
"Not at all, please make yourselves at home," Jiang Nanshu replied with a sincere smile, pulling on Jiang Leyi’s arm in a spoiled manner, "Sister, hurry up and open the door. I’m so tired from walking, I want to sit down and rest."
"Oh, okay," Jiang Leyi fumbled for her room card from her bag.
The two entered, one after the other.
The door closed behind them, and Su Ran pulled Zhou Yanbai back inside, shutting the door tightly.
Her face was ashen, "We were seen... Jiang Nanshu saw us, she will definitely talk, Yanbai, what do we do?"