Are You Taking This Acting a Bit Too Far?

The people around them watched with expressions of eager curiosity.

Xu Yanche said nothing.

First, he looked at Xu Ziyuan in surprise, then in disbelief. "So it was you who took my place in life, living in a wealthy family for over twenty years. You encouraged my parents not to bring me back, left me to fend for myself outside, and when you didn't want to marry a vegetable, you pushed me out instead."

Then he looked at He Qing with a pitiful expression.

[Now that the beating is done, it's time for the dog of a man to step in.]

His voice brimmed with grievance and hurt. "So you think that too, He Qing? Then when you were pulling and tugging at him just now, it was voluntary? You only put on that act for me because you saw me come out?"

"Fine. Since that's the case, let's get divorced. I'll fulfill you two."

He Qing stepped forward and wrapped an arm around Xu Yanche's waist.

He whispered in Xu Yanche's ear, "Yanyan, aren't you taking this acting a bit too far? I'm starting to believe it myself. I'm the scumbag here."

Xu Yanche reached out and pinched He Qing's waist. "Shut up. Hurry up and finish handling this. I'm hungry now and want to go buy something to eat. I still haven't finished my work."

He Qing obediently replied, "Okay."

Then he turned his icy gaze on Xu Ziyuan, his expression disdainful and condescending. "A shameless fake like you thinks he can cling to me? Dream on. It seems the Xu Household has been too idle lately. They haven't learned their lesson properly. It would be better to just bankrupt them."

Then he made a gesture toward a car parked by the roadside.

Four bodyguards in suits got out of an SUV.

They politely escorted Xu Ziyuan away.

He Qing's voice was cold. "Send him back to the Xu Household. Make them return the one hundred million yuan bride price the He Household gave them before. Since they never acknowledged Yanyan, they had no right to accept that bride price."

The bodyguards replied, "Yes, President He."

Everyone else had their fill of the spectacle.

They all looked disdainfully at Xu Ziyuan as he was dragged away.

He Qing looked at the hotel manager.

The hotel manager immediately caught on. "I'll have someone send over the surveillance footage from just now right away."

Director Chai smacked his lips.

This was one huge piece of gossip.

And Xu Ziyuan really did have thick skin. The Xu Household was truly shameless too.

They had taken someone else's one hundred million yuan bride price, yet still indulged their fake young master in bullying the real one.

Anyone with even a shred of conscience could never do something like that.

Director Chai thought, That's one hundred million yuan! How did the Xu Household dare? If someone gave me one hundred million, I'd fucking worship them like an ancestor.

Damn it, my entire production only has a total investment of thirty million.

The Xu family really doesn't know what's good for them.

Xu Yanche had watched enough of the show.

He patted the hand He Qing had around his waist. "All right, let go. I'm going to buy food."

He Qing loosened his hold, but not entirely.

Instead of holding Xu Yanche's waist, he interlaced their fingers.

He Qing looked at their clasped hands, feeling deeply satisfied.

When Xu Ziyuan had harassed him earlier, the good upbringing ingrained in his bones had kept him from making things too ugly.

But Xu Ziyuan had been like a foolish idiot who couldn't read the room, refusing to repent.

Since the Xu Household didn't know what was good for them, he would make them go bankrupt for real this time.

Although he had said before that he would bankrupt them, he had only thrown a few obstacles into their business.

He had considered that the Xu family were, after all, Xu Yanche's blood relatives.

But now, it seemed the Xu family had not taken his goodwill seriously at all.

[Tsk, when did this perfectly good domineering CEO turn into a little wife? Does he have to hold hands even while walking?]

He Qing: "..." Who was the little wife here?

Xu Yanche held He Qing's hand as they walked toward a convenience store near the hotel. "Why did you come all this way? It takes six hours round trip. Aren't you going to work tomorrow?"

He Qing stroked Xu Yanche's hand. "Mm. I've more or less dealt with the company's affairs these past few days. I'll be staying with you on set for the next half month."

In order to spend more time with his little wife, he had worked overtime every day for the past half month, handling nearly a month's worth of work.

As long as nothing major came up next, his secretary could take care of it.

The production crew was full of all sorts of people. It would be bad if his little wife got tricked away by someone.

Besides, they had not seen each other for half a month. It was time to make his presence known in front of his little wife again.

It would be bad if some little vixen lured his little wife away.

Xu Yanche did not know what He Qing was thinking.

If he had known, he definitely would have told He Qing that he was overthinking it.

After all, He Qing was rich, handsome, had a great body, was good in bed, and his family treated him well. A perfect person like that was hard to find even with a lantern.

Right now, Xu Yanche's mind was filled with food.

He bought four large self-heating hotpots.

As well as several bags of instant noodles.

He weighed out some little cakes.

When it was time to pay, He Qing rushed ahead of Xu Yanche and paid the bill.

On the way back, he took the initiative to carry the things.

[Oh ho, his awareness is pretty high. Not bad, not bad. Big points for him.]

He Qing was delighted to hear his little wife praising him in his heart.

He Qing: o(￣ヘ￣o＃) See that? I'm the only one who treats you best.

Xu Yanche naturally noticed He Qing's smug expression.

He was a little speechless.

[Has this domineering CEO persona fallen apart a little too badly?]

When the two of them returned to the hotel, they saw Lu Xing anxiously pacing around the lobby.

When he saw them return, his eyes lit up.

He ran over.

Somewhat awkwardly, he bowed to Xu Yanche and said, "Thank you."

After saying that, he turned and ran away.

Xu Yanche: "???"

He looked at He Qing in confusion. "Why did he thank me?"

He Qing pressed the elevator button. "Xu Ziyuan came here this time because he'd latched onto someone from the Lin Household and wanted to enter the entertainment industry."

Xu Yanche asked, "So he used capital to replace Lu Xing?"

He Qing replied, "Mm. The Lin Household is the second-largest investor in this production, so the director agreed."

When he learned about this, he had rushed over.

The Xu family were no good, so he had come this time to add more investment and make the director kick Xu Ziyuan out.

As long as there was enough funding, the director would have confidence.

And the Lin Household would not dare challenge the He Household.

That way, his little wife could stay comfortably on set too.

"I added more investment and had the director kick Xu Ziyuan out. This way, you won't have to look at that annoying face every day."

Xu Yanche was stunned.

[Ah, fuck, why am I a little moved? He Qing is way too reliable.]

[As expected of my delicate little wife. He really gets things done.]

He Qing: "..." Fine, fine. It was this again.

Xu Yanche swiped his room card and entered. "Come on, sit wherever you like. Do you want self-heating hotpot? If you do, I'll prepare both of ours. Forget it, you have to eat. Don't go learning from those domineering CEOs in novels who never eat. It'll be bad if something happens to your health. You need to eat on time, understand?"

As he spoke, he began opening the self-heating hotpots. He also opened a bag of instant noodles, broke it in half, and put one half into each hotpot.