Chapter 21 Banquet
Chapter 21 Banquet
Ye Yao never thought that Su Tan would ask her such a question.
In the middle of the night, in her room, her titular wife asks her how it feels to kiss her.
This was originally just a scene, even if there was embarrassment and discomfort, it should have disappeared like dew.However, Su Tan's words were like a hand pulling her into a quagmire, and she would sink if she was not careful.
Ye Yao smiled and replied: "I am ashamed of Mr. Su's kissing skills, and I will learn from Mr. Su."
Intentionally or unintentionally, he evaded the key point, and made a clever counterattack.
She is smart and knows how to stay awake at the right time.
Su Tan had a deep understanding of this point for her long ago, and if he pursued and asked her, it would actually become entangled with her.She has always maintained her identity and would not do such a thing.
It is the best policy to fight with masters, and the one who is exposed first is the prey, and the only thing left is to wait for the fate of being eaten away.
In this game, she was the first to throw out the proposition, and the opponent resolved it calmly. Even if she was as experienced as her, she had to be convinced.
But how can Su Tan be at the mercy of others?
She raised her slender eyebrows like willow leaves: "Study? I don't know how Miss Ye plans to study?"
Ye Yao coughed softly, and her fair face was unknowingly stained with a blush, even if she was ruthless, she was also emotional.
Kissing skills, besides practicing repeatedly with others, how else can you practice?
Could she still tell Su Tan that Su Tan would teach her?
When Su Tan said this, he made it clear that he was sure of her, and wanted to tease her deliberately.
So Ye Yao asked her back: "Does Boss Su have any advice?"
Su Tan looked at her for a while, and a bewitching smile appeared on his lips: "This kind of thing, of course, can only be improved by doing it yourself."
Ye Yao fell silent.
There is an ambiguous atmosphere in the air, but the atmosphere is deadlocked.
Su Tan stared at her with eyes sinking, and his red lips parted slightly: "It's just a joke, don't worry..."
He was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"Thank you, President Su, for reminding me." Ye Yao looked at her and said seriously, "I will find friends in the circle to practice with me."
Hearing this sentence, Su Tan was slightly taken aback, and then the smile faded from the corner of his lips: "I didn't expect Miss Ye's verbal skills to be as good as her acting skills."
Ye Yao smiled: "Thank you for Mr. Su's approval, I took it as Mr. Su's hint that he wants to find me to film."
Su Tan: "..."
This was the first time Su Tan was speechless in front of people.
She couldn't help laughing: "Is Miss Ye serious?"
Ye Yao calmly said, "It's a joke, but I don't mind Mr. Su taking it seriously."
While saving face, it is also ridiculed.
Su Tan looked into her eyes: "Can you act anything?"
Ye Yao: "I reserve the right to refuse."
Su Tan finally stopped talking.
Ye Yao is the first person who can stand up to her in every sentence.
She suddenly remembered the scene where Ye Yao climbed up six floors to knock on the door this morning.
At that moment, Ye Yao's explosive power made her admire, as if she got to know the person in front of her again.
It was another side of her that she never saw in her wife.
Eyebrows similar to Lin Jingxue's, but not as fragile as Lin Jingxue's, needing protection, she bloomed with such strength, silently attracting the eyes of everyone around her.
Su Tan narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Okay. I'll think about it."
This time it was Ye Yao who was stunned.
"Mr. Su..."
"Don't get me wrong," Su Tan reminded meaningfully, "Before any company uses an artist, it will evaluate her value."
Ye Yao was silent for a moment, she had been in the entertainment industry for so many years, so she naturally understood what Su Tan meant.
Su Tan is a businessman, fame and fortune are the biggest considerations, no matter what decision he makes, the ultimate goal is to make a profit.Now that she has become popular because of "Stand-In Lover", Su Tan will offer her an olive branch, just because he has the same idea as any company.
This is the coldest reality.
Thinking about this clearly, Ye Yao said seriously, "Thank you, Mr. Su. I understand."
No matter if Su Tan was joking or serious, there was always some talk in the scene.
"Okay," Su Tan glanced at the time, "It's getting late, let's not delay our business."
Even though Ye Yao and Su Tan were married by agreement, and there was no personal relationship between them, Su Tan's attitude towards work had nothing to do with feelings, and he didn't show any perfunctory when playing with Yao at night.After a few days, even Qiu Haonan was full of praise for Ye Yao.
Before you know it, it's the weekend.
This day is the day when Lin Jingxue went to perform at the Ringo Hotel.
After a week, Ye Yao finally decided to go there by herself.
The car circled twice outside the hotel, and finally found a parking space near the private supermarket opposite.
Ye Yao paid the fare and got out of the car after making sure there was no one around.
After all, she is a star, and this is a downtown area, so she has to be more cautious, even doing special treatment for her makeup and dress.
She tugged at the brim of her sun hat, pushed it down, and dialed a number.
"Gu Xiao, I'm here."
Before coming, Ye Yao contacted Gu Xiao in advance.When the Ye Group went bankrupt and her parents passed away one after another, Ye Yao was devastated. Many things were handled by Gu Xiao, including the Ye Group's debts, which Gu Xiao also helped to deal with.
Gu Xiao is the eldest lady of the Gu Group, and has a lot of connections, so Ye Yao asked her to investigate Lin Jingxue's affairs.
"Yaoyao, I just got a piece of news related to Lin Jingxue's identity."
"Lin Jingxue's identity?"
"Today at the Peony Hall is the birthday party of Glory Yang, chairman of Ronghui Group. It is said that Lin Jingxue and his deceased daughter have the same birthday, and they are very similar in many ways, so he accepted Lin Jingxue as his goddaughter, Later, it also sponsored Lin Jingxue to go abroad to study piano."
Ye Yao was stunned: "Is this news absolutely true?"
This was the first time she had heard about Lin Jingxue's secret.
Back then, the Ye Group chose to sponsor Su Tan and Lin Jingxue. After graduation, Su Tan has been filming in the entertainment industry and established his own company at the same time. He soon paid off the money owed to the Ye Group.But Lin Jingxue never got any news.She thought that Lin Jingxue was with Su Tan all the time, even if she needed money to go abroad for further studies, Su Tan would pay for it, but she didn't expect that Lin Jingxue had such a godfather behind her.
No wonder with Lin Jingxue's status, she easily agreed to come to the hotel to play for others.
"Yes. I think Su Tan must also know about this. I found out that Su Tan attended Mr. Rong's birthday party a few years ago, but I heard that he had a bad relationship with Mr. Rong, and he never went there again. .”
"Can you find out what happened?"
"I can't find it. It happened several years ago. The dispute didn't happen in public. There are not many insiders. I'm afraid only Su Tan and Lin Jingxue know what happened."
"Thank you, Gu Xiao. I'm outside the hotel now, and I should be in in a while. Has your man arrived?"
"She's already arrived. When the time comes, just say you're from Ji Tao, and she'll take you in personally. I'll give you her phone number."
Ji Tao is Gu Xiao's friend in the business world. It is well known that Gu Xiao and Ye Yao are friends, so it is easy for Gu Xiao to reveal her identity if she comes forward, so she can only ask her friends for help.
Ye Yao had heard Gu Xiao mention her friend a few times, but she only knew that she was a classmate Gu Xiao knew when she was studying fashion design abroad, and that she was a very good friend of Gu Xiao.
Ye Yao entered the hotel, led by the waiter to the Peony Hall on the second floor, and was about to make a phone call when she heard someone calling her.
"Is it Ye Yao?"
Ye Yao turned around and saw the woman in front of her wearing a gradient pink evening dress and short skirt, elegant yet delicate, very beautiful.
In contrast, in order to conceal her identity, she seemed a bit out of date.
Ye Yao nodded: "Hi, I'm Gu Xiao's friend Ye Yao, you are..."
"Hush——" Ji Tao pointed her finger at her, looked past her, and saw no one around, took her hand, "Follow me to the fitting room first."
Ji Tao obviously discussed it with Gu Xiao. After taking Ye Yao to the fitting room, she asked her to change into a new set of clothes immediately: "I will take you in then, just say you are my secretary."
"I understand," Ye Yao nodded, "Thank you for your help with today's matter."
"You are welcome, you are Xiaoxiao's friend, that is my friend," Ji Tao smiled sweetly, "Okay, we will go in after you change your clothes."
Ye Yao changed into that black and white professional suit, and her demeanor was completely new. It was not as gentle as usual, but simple and capable, with a special charm.
"This suit really suits you," Ji Tao joked, "I heard Xiaoxiao say that you are a natural clothes hanger before, and you are right!"
Ye Yao was still a little uneasy, and looked at the mirror again and again: "So... is it really all right?"
"Don't worry, you won't be suspected."
Ji Tao checked her makeup and hair again, and after confirming that there was no problem, she nodded at her: "Let's go in."
The birthday of the chairman of Ronghui Group, most of the attendees are well-known figures in the business world. Although Ji Tao also has her own family business behind her, she is a junior after all, and she has just returned to China not long ago. To initiate a conversation.
The seats were fixed in advance. Gu Xiao has always been considerate in his work. Before this, he had arranged for the two of them to be near the edge of the seat, but not too far from the performance stage.
Ji Tao found a place to sit down, looked around, noticed the person next to the piano not far away, and patted Ye Yao on the shoulder: "Ye Yao, is that Lin Jingxue?"
Ye Yao followed her gaze.
Lin Jingxue was still in a snow-white long dress, her waist-length hair, her profile was very thin, and her complexion was sickly pale, which easily aroused people's desire for protection.
As Glory Yang's goddaughter and a well-known pianist, people would come to strike up a conversation with her from time to time, but Lin Jingxue's attitude was always indifferent, and the people who struck up a conversation were without exception bumped into a wall, and in the end they could only return in a bad mood.
Ye Yao withdrew her gaze: "Well, it's her."
That day, Lin Jingxue revealed intentionally or unintentionally that her parents' matter was related to Su Tan, and then she mentioned the banquet at the Ringo Hotel, it was hard not to make people feel that she had ulterior motives.If it was intentionally told to her, then Lin Jingxue would have half the chance to guess that she came here.
Just thinking of this, someone on the other side suddenly spoke.
"Isn't this our Miss Ji? What wind brought you here?"
It was a woman who was about the same age as them, with a mean face and an obvious sarcasm in her tone.
Ji Tao sneered, and fought back without hesitation: "You can come, I'm invited, shouldn't I?"
The other party was not angry, and glanced at Ye Yao beside her: "I just heard that Miss Ji has just returned to China and her wedding is approaching, so I thought Miss Ji should be with her fiancée. Or is this next to you your fiancée?"
Ye Yao was dressed as a secretary today, but this woman referred to Ye Yao as Ji Tao's fiancée, obviously trying to give Ji Tao a bad impression.
Ye Yao has come to this point, she is used to this kind of tit-for-tat situation, and was about to fight back when she suddenly smelled a faint fragrance of violets in the air.
She was slightly startled.
The smell is mysterious and quiet, mixed with the faint body fragrance of a woman, refreshing.It's a scent you'll never forget once you smell it.
"fiancée?"
The woman's voice was very recognizable, as if teasing, but also implied a hint of sarcasm.
Ye Yao's heart sank continuously.
Could it be that the person who came was...
The empty seat beside Ye Yao was pulled away, Su Tan sat down beside Ye Yao, took off his sunglasses, a faint smile appeared on his lips, and his tone carried a hint of teasing.
"Miss Ji brought her fiancée, why didn't she introduce her to us?"
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Before attending the banquet:
Gu Xiao: "I have arranged a good position for you."
Ji Tao: "Relax, we won't be recognized."
After attending the banquet:
Ye Yao: "I will really thank you."
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