Harden's Next Team

"What's wrong, Chen? Was there something wrong with that party?"

Talan was pretty clever, too. The moment she keenly sensed Chen Xi's mood shift, she immediately dropped her act and fell silent.

She chose not to offer an opinion, lest she cause him trouble.

It wasn't until the two of them had left the court that Talan began speaking with Chen Xi in Chinese.

Chen Xi nodded at her words.

"Yeah, there's a problem, and it's been a problem for a long time... You know how the entertainment industry is. Most of it's like that. Diddy is one of the worst. Better to stay away if you can. He's probably among the people in that crowd who go the hardest and take things the furthest."

"I don't want to get mixed up in that stuff. No matter how much it might benefit my current situation or my finances, I don't want any part of it. You know I have a mild case of mental cleanliness obsession. For the same reason, I've always resisted getting too close to those so-called Hollywood stars."

Talan nodded.

As someone who had once signed with a Korean talent agency, Talan knew a thing or two about the dark side of the entertainment industry.

After all, she had once been a young girl who longed for the spotlight.

But things were different now.

After meeting Chen, her world had changed.

The flashing lights she had once yearned for had become commonplace.

The life she had once never imagined was now part of her everyday routine.

Looking back on all the "effort she'd put into becoming a star," with her current perspective, she couldn't help feeling it was a bit of a shame.

Not because all her hard work had gone to waste, but because she might