A stern-looking man stepped out of the car.
The assistant's expression remained unchanged as he stared steadily at the man.
He knew this man: his boss's twin younger brother, born from the same mother at the same time, an actor notorious in the entertainment industry-Ji Xiangchen.
The assistant's gaze followed Ji Xiangchen, who, just like his boss, walked toward Fang Ning with a smile.
So? Was he obsessed with his sister-in-law too? They really were twins-even their fixations were of the same kind.
Once again, he couldn't make sense of it.
Fang Ning had thought Ji Xiangchen and Ji Xiangyi were only saying it when they offered to pick her up the night before.
She dragged her suitcase downstairs and was about to look for the driver when she saw Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangchen appear in the villa together.
A little overwhelmed by the attention, Fang Ning walked over. "You really came to pick me up? I thought you were joking!"
"Don't you have work to do? I feel bad making you come pick me up."
Although Fang Ning said she felt bad, the happiness on her face was plain to see. Who wouldn't like having a beautiful woman and a handsome man pick them up for work?
Ji Xiangchen's face betrayed no emotion. "We're going to the same set. It's on the way."
Ji Xiangyi said, "Mm, we agreed last night. Besides, I don't have anything else to keep me busy these next few days. Let's go."
Seeing Fang Ning pushing her suitcase, Ji Xiangyi signaled to her assistant with her eyes. He quickly got the message, took Fang Ning's suitcase, and put it in the trunk.
Then he opened the car door for Fang Ning to get in.
After Fang Ning got in, Ji Xiangyi followed, and the two sat in the back. Ji Xiangchen saw Fang Ning get into Ji Xiangyi's car.
After a moment's thought, he exchanged a few words with the driver he had brought, opened the front passenger door of Ji Xiangyi's car, and got in too.
All that earned him was a cold look from Ji Xiangyi. "Don't you have your own car?"
Ji Xiangchen replied with complete confidence, "It's out of gas."
He had to keep an eye on things so Ji Xiangyi wouldn't bad-mouth him to Fang Ning and ruin his image.
But Ji Xiangchen had guessed wrong.
Ji Xiangyi seemed quite busy. As soon as she got in the car, she began reading through various documents, occasionally discussing some project acquisitions with her assistant.
When it came to work, Ji Xiangyi's gaze became calm, rational, and decisive.
Fang Ning recalled the plot of the novel.
Although this novel was an old-school, melodramatic domineering-CEO novel,
it followed the female-CEO route. The female lead, Ji Xiangyi, was cold, heartless, rational, calm, and unsympathetic.
But she was ruthless and decisive at work, helping her older brother Ji Xiangnian expand into new markets. Within a few years of graduating, she had firmly established herself as the Ji Group's second-in-command.
Now, even sitting in the car, she was handling work.
Fang Ning was mesmerized:
[A man working seriously might not necessarily be the most handsome, but a beautiful woman working seriously is definitely the most beautiful and captivating! Ahhh, Ji Xiangyi is so captivating when she works!]
Ji Xiangyi's hand paused slightly on the documents, and a blush crossed her ears.
Sitting in front of them, Ji Xiangchen curled his lip, a little annoyed.
What was so captivating about a cold woman who did nothing but work all day? Fang Ning ought to get her eyes checked!
Ji Xiangyi shuffled the documents in her hands awkwardly. After a moment's consideration, she said,
"If anything comes up, you can call me."
She knew Fang Ning didn't have a very good reputation in the entertainment industry. The information her assistant had gathered showed that she had plenty of haters, and many people criticized her poor acting.
There was no telling whether anything bad might happen on set or whether she might be bullied.
Ji Xiangchen caught Ji Xiangyi's meaning. Turning around, he said casually, "The Ji Group has quite a lot going on lately. Aren't you pretty busy? I happen to have plenty of free time lately."
Ji Xiangyi shot Ji Xiangchen an irritated glance, her tone ice-cold. "Ji Xiangchen, if you can't say anything sensible, you can keep your mouth shut."
Ji Xiangchen was left speechless. He curled his lip and said nothing more. Ever since they were little, he had never won a war of words against Ji Xiangyi.
Partway through the trip, on a stretch of road not far from the hotel arranged by the production team, Ji Xiangchen received a call from his assistant. Something had come up, so he got out early.
The car drove for half an hour and arrived at the hotel.
By then, the other actors had arrived too, and the production crew were in the hotel lobby sorting out equipment and luggage.
Ji Xiangyi wasn't someone who kept a low profile. Her car was a luxury vehicle worth tens of millions, so the moment it stopped outside the hotel,
everyone in the lobby couldn't help looking toward it, all curious about who had arrived in such an extravagant car.
A moment later, Fang Ning stepped out of the luxury car.
The original owner of her body had poor acting skills and an equally poor reputation, so the moment Fang Ning emerged from the luxury car, some of those present couldn't keep their mouths shut.
"[Isn't that Fang Ning, that total nobody? Her acting is so bad. Why would Director Wang cast her?]"
"[Just look at that luxury car and you have your answer. She's got connections. Who knows what man she's latched onto?]"
"[Tsk, tsk, tsk. I heard about it. Have you heard? This role was supposed to go to Xia Qing, but because of Fang Ning, Xia Qing, who's beautiful and a good actress, lost the role. There weren't many female roles in this production to begin with, and after Fang Ning interfered, Xia Qing could only play a minor part.]"
"[She really leaves me speechless. Her acting is so awful. I don't get why Director Wang would let someone like her join the cast. What was he thinking?]"
"[What else could he be thinking? One look at that luxury car tells you she has someone backing her.]"
"[Tsk, tsk, tsk. So disgusting. I knew the entertainment industry was dirty, but I never imagined it was this disgusting.]"
"[Girl, if you're going to drag her, keep going. I'm a Qingqing fan. Ahhh, I'm furious! This role was supposed to be Qingqing's, but Fang Ning and the sugar daddy in her car stole it. Disgusting came knocking, and now we've reached peak disgusting!]"
Ji Xiangchen walked past nearby and happened to hear those vile remarks.