When the press conference began, the lights in the auditorium slowly dimmed. In fact, this was a new product launch. The tycoon in the jewelry industry had invited the popular celebrity, Zhao Yiru, and the award-winning actress, Lin Xinghuo.
Without a doubt, businessmen were shrewd—they would never make money-losing transactions. After inviting these two women of equal influence, with one being a popular young celebrity and the other an award-winning actress, they would inevitably be compared by the audience. In that case, there were bound to be quarrels. Once they started to quarrel, it would be hard for them to stop.
When that had happened, the businessmen would not need to spend any more money on publicity as the hard effort would be done by the fans and netizens. On top of that, the news would spread quickly and stir up a heated argument online.
“What have you done?” Not long after the lights dimmed, Han Muzi felt that the empty seat beside her sank, as if someone had sat down.
She didn’t take notice of it; instead, she turned to Yan, who was sitting beside her, and asked her a question in a low voice.
In the darkness, Yan deliberately lowered her voice and replied in her ears, “I bought that dress directly.”
Hearing that, Han Muzi was stunned. “What?”
Worried that Han Muzi might misunderstand her, Yan quickly explained, “But I didn’t buy it with your money, I just… told Han Qing that you like the dress, so… tee-hee.”
When she finished her sentence, Yan apologized with a wide grin on her face that rendered Han Muzi speechless. “You actually went to him!”
With that, the seat next to Han Muzi seemed to sway for a bit, and then the surrounding aura became colder.
“I had no other choice—we have to save our money to buy a house, so I can’t spend your money any further. But if you don’t spend that money, you can’t take revenge. And I really can’t afford the full price of the dress, so I had to…”
After speaking, Yan reached out and tugged Han Muzi’s sleeves while saying pitifully, “Muzi, I really didn’t have a choice. Besides… I didn’t tell him anything—I just said that the dress would be a perfect match for you, so—”
Han Muzi questioned, “So you are justifying that it’s fine to spend this money for no good reason?”
“It’s not for no good reason! She destroyed our company’s dress, so we should buy her dress. As long as she makes a fool of herself at the press conference, we’ll be even!”
“So it’s alright to spend so much money to take revenge?” Han Muzi raised her eyebrows. Although she seemed to disagree with Yan’s behavior, she didn’t make it seem that way in her tone.
However, Yan still knew Han Muzi’s temper. Han Muzi wouldn’t blame her for taking any actions, but Yan knew that she couldn’t take these things for granted, so she hurriedly hugged Han Muzi’s arm. “Alright, alright, don’t be angry. I promise that this will be the last time. It is so refreshing to see her get what she deserves! Moreover, the lawyer has paid us millions because of the breach in contract. No matter what, it’s not a loss on our side!”
“You cheeky fellow!” Sitting close to her, Han Muzi couldn’t help poking Yan’s forehead.
Yan giggled and finally let go of her.
The lights on the stage were slowly turned on. The merchants of the jewelry industry held a press conference and invited two actresses to boost their fame; hence, this event should not be underestimated.
Suddenly, someone walked to Han Muzi and whispered in a low voice, “Miss Shelly, Xinghuo asked you to meet her.”
What? Meet her? Is there any problem? Although Han Muzi was a little confused, she could recognize that the voice belonged to Chen Fei, Lin Xinghuo’s manager.
“What happened?”
Chen Fei smiled. “It’s nothing big. You will know once you arrive.”
Han Muzi nodded and then got up to go outside.
However, her surroundings were simply too dark. When she got up, she could only walk to the left, for it was closer to the main aisle. But when she got up, she found that the leg of the person beside her actually took up all the foot space in front of them, so Han Muzi couldn’t walk past.
The lights were all focused on the stage; only a small amount of light had reached the audience.
Han Muzi finally looked at the person sitting beside her. With the dim surroundings, she could only make out the person’s prominent facial features and tall figure. It looked like a man.
“Sir, I’m really sorry. Can you please move your legs a bit and let me through?”
Faintly, Han Muzi felt that the outline of this man seemed a little familiar.
He looked like someone from her memory. However, as soon this thought popped up, she immediately suppressed it.
Impossible.
Today is the press conference of the jewelry industry. How is it possible for that man to be involved?
Am I thinking about him too much?
Thinking of this, Han Muzi quickly shoved the man out of her mind and recovered to her senses.
Han Muzi was a little confused after that man did not show any reaction. “Sir? Can you let me through?”
At this moment, the man finally moved his straight and slender legs away. Han Muzi breathed a sigh of relief as she walked out.
She was still wondering if the man deliberately prevented her from going out. Now, it seemed that she was overthinking. He probably didn’t respond just now because he didn’t hear her.
After taking a few steps, Han Muzi seemed to experience some uncanny premonition and stopped to turn her head involuntarily.
“Miss Shelly, this way, please.” Chen Fei’s voice rang in front of her. Han Muzi returned to her senses and nodded as she continued walking forward.
“Mind the steps.”
After leaving the audience seats, Han Muzi followed the figure in front of her for a long way before finally getting out of the hall to the corridor.
As the lights in the corridor were warm yellow, Han Muzi was not taken aback after walking out from the dark surroundings immediately. She finally saw everything in front of her.
In fact, when she was back there just now, she really didn’t like the feeling of being unable to see.
Although there were some lights, she couldn’t see anyone clearly.
“Shelly, there’s still twenty minutes to go before it’s Xinghuo’s turn to go on stage, so she has invited you for dinner together.”
Hearing that, Han Muzi stopped immediately. “Dinner together?”
“Yeah, that girl is starving.”
Han Muzi followed Chen Fei to Lin Xinghuo’s dressing room and finally saw her clearly.
Her makeup was done, and she had also put on her dress. She was just waiting for her turn to go onstage.
At this moment, she was supposed to sit backstage and wait quietly, or she could check if there was anything wrong with her looks. However, she actually lifted her skirt up and sat in front of the table while gnawing on a skewer of meat in her hand.
Hearing Han Muzi’s footsteps, Lin Xinghuo raised her head.
“Muzi, you are finally here! I have been waiting for you for a long time. This is the dinner that I ordered. Come eat together.”
Lin Xinghuo put down the skewer in her hand and got up to walk toward Han Muzi while attempting to hold her dress up.
Seeing that her oily hands were about to touch the layered dress, Han Muzi suddenly narrowed her eyes and shouted, “Don’t move!”
