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Ye Zexi shook his head. How could he have one? He was not even planning to make it in the entertainment industry.

He Jinyun looked surprised when he heard that. "No agent?"

Li Changjian fell silent for a second before saying, "This is on me. I meant to mention it to your dad before, but I got too busy later and forgot."

As he spoke, Li Changjian set down his wineglass. "Zexi, Teacher He, wait a moment. I'll call President Ye right now!"

Ye Zexi hurriedly stood up, finally voicing what he had been holding back. "No need, Uncle Li. I don't plan to shoot the advertisement."

Li Changjian immediately frowned. "How can that be?"

Ye Zexi said, "Uncle, I..."

Li Changjian shook his head disapprovingly. "Do you still want your card... hmm?" With He Jinyun beside them, Li Changjian did not finish what he was saying.

Li Changjian had not spoken quietly. Though his words were vague, He Jinyun understood.

No wonder Ye Zexi could stay here so peacefully, filming the show without causing trouble. So there was a reason for it.

He Jinyun raised a brow slightly, deep in thought.

Ye Zexi had wanted to argue, but he fell silent after hearing that.

Li Changjian was right. The only reason he could stay here filming was because his cheap dad had frozen his card!

Shooting an advertisement would not be much trouble, anyway.

If he shot an advertisement, his cheap dad might be happy enough to unfreeze his card...

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Thinking that, Ye Zexi's resistance lessened by several degrees, and he sat back down on the sofa.

Li Changjian was quite satisfied by this. After saying something to the two of them, he went to make the call.

A few minutes later, Li Changjian quickly returned with a message from Ye Jianbin: "Have Ye Zexi call me himself."

Of course, his exact words had actually been—"Tell that little brat to talk to me himself"—followed by a heavy snort.

Li Changjian comforted his friend for a few moments before hanging up and coming over to tell Ye Zexi.

He only hoped that, with this brief cooling-off period, Ye Jianbin would calm down and the two would not start arguing again later.

Ye Zexi took a deep breath, pulled out his phone, opened his contacts, and found his cheap dad.

It was his first time calling his cheap dad, and Ye Zexi was a little nervous.

In the novel, Ye Jianbin was a stern father who rarely smiled.

Ye Zexi did not have much of an impression of Ye Jianbin. He only remembered that, after an accident in the novel, Ye Jianbin died and the Ye Family business was handed over to the original owner's younger half-brother. The original owner's fate only grew more miserable afterward.

When Ye Jianbin was around, the original owner could still throw his weight around outside. It was clear that Ye Jianbin had treated this son rather well.

Thinking about it that way, Ye Zexi felt less nervous.

The ringtone sounded, and the call was answered two seconds later.

Before Ye Zexi could gather his emotions and speak, Ye Jianbin's cold snort came through the line. "You still remember you have a father? You still know to call me? How rare, big star."

Ye Zexi said, "..."

Was he being mocked the moment the call connected?

Ye Zexi gave a light cough and carefully chose his words. "Uncle Li said you wanted me to call you."

Ye Jianbin said, "..."

Brat!

After waiting a long while without hearing anything else from the other end, Ye Zexi sensed something was wrong and quickly added, "Did you need something from me?"

Ye Jianbin said, "..."

Ye Zexi was exhausted. Why was this old man still so awkward?

It seemed he would have to coax him a little.

For the sake of his bank card, he could do it!

Ye Zexi blatantly lied. "I've been busy training lately. Uncle Li gave us the day off today, so I finally had time to call you."

Only then did Ye Jianbin's expression improve, and his tone softened considerably. "Your wings have grown, huh? You haven't called me in so long, and you even learned how to block me."

That was not his doing!

Ye Zexi felt wronged.

"It won't happen again," Ye Zexi said.

Ye Jianbin gave another heavy snort.

Ye Zexi could practically imagine how forcefully he had done it. He had probably taken a breath beforehand, then let it out heavily along with that "hmph" from his mouth.

Otherwise, it could not have been so loud.

Ye Jianbin said, "It had better not! You don't need to worry about the agent matter. I'll have someone contact you later."

After saying that, Ye Jianbin hung up without waiting for Ye Zexi to say anything else.

The word "card" had already reached Ye Zexi's throat, but he could only swallow it back down.

Li Changjian was right beside him and quickly asked, "What did your dad say?"

Ye Zexi sighed. "He said he'll have someone contact me."

Li Changjian saw Ye Zexi's disappointment and knew it was not a good time to bring up the card. He comforted him, saying, "It's fine. He may still be angry right now. Once he calms down, it'll be fine. And you're taking this advertisement, aren't you? You'll get endorsement money too. Why rely on that old man? Right?"

That was true. Ye Zexi nodded, then eagerly looked at He Jinyun beside him and asked, "What endorsement is it, and how much does it pay?"

Li Changjian immediately beamed.

He Jinyun curved his lips slightly and added, "It's an endorsement for one of Bvlgari's collections. The price—"

He Jinyun held up a number.

Ye Zexi said, "!!!"

*

Just as Ye Jianbin set down his phone, the office door was pushed open from outside.

A teenage boy entered. He looked no older than seventeen or eighteen, and his brows and eyes bore some resemblance to Ye Jianbin's. Upon seeing Ye Jianbin, the boy called out first, "Dad."

Ye Jianbin glanced at him and replied flatly, "You're here."

Ye Haoyan nodded. After checking Ye Jianbin's expression, he asked, "Were you talking to my brother on the phone?"

Ye Jianbin gave a sound of acknowledgment but said nothing more.

Ye Haoyan naturally sat down on the sofa. "My brother made you angry again."