Honey, don't you love me anymore?

"Mr. Xie, the meeting starts in ten minutes."

Secretary Zhou called cautiously into the office.

His real intention was to remind his boss that someone was eavesdropping outside.

His fingertips had only just touched the door, before he could knock, when he felt it shift slightly.

It wasn't closed.

"?"

Secretary Zhou looked at Xu Shi, who was crouching on the floor and frantically signaling at him, then at the slightly open office door.

Finally, he looked up and stared at the camera in the corner for several seconds.

"..."

So Mr. Xie's tolerance for his wife extended to letting him eavesdrop on company secrets.

Secretary Zhou was deeply shaken.

Once he recovered, he obediently handed Xu Shi a little stool.

"Thanks," Xu Shi whispered, quietly making a shushing gesture.

Secretary Zhou: "..."

As long as the boss's wife was happy.

Xu Shi knew about the surveillance camera and had deliberately covered his entire face with his long hair, pretending no one could see him.

With his ear pressed to the wall, he eavesdropped in all seriousness.

The office was very quiet.

Xie Yanci sat back down in the main seat and put away the divorce agreement on the desk. "You have ten more minutes to explain why you're here."

His voice was as cool and indifferent as ever.

If Xu Shi hadn't wanted to appear in Song Zhixing's movie, he would have thrown the man out immediately.

Song Zhixing sprawled on the sofa, refusing to leave. "You don't care about your good buddy at all. All you care about is that little bit of money."

"Enough to buy your life," Xie Yanci corrected him.

"..."

Glancing down at his watch, Xie Yanci had no interest in making small talk and asked first, "The movie auditions didn't go well?"

[Yes, yes, yes, that's what you should ask!]

[Tell him, tell him!]

Xie Yanci raised an eyebrow. Propping his chin on his long fingers, he watched the surveillance feed with interest.

Across from him, Song Zhixing let out a long sigh. "The auditions were fine. There are a few people I'm really happy with, and I'm still torn."

[Who?]

Xie Yanci looked up, waiting for him to continue.

Instead, Song Zhixing changed the subject. "I don't know what little snake whispered in my mom's ear, but she keeps introducing me to Alphas and forcing me to go on blind dates."

*[...]*

[Serves you right!]

[Talk about the auditions already!]

Song Zhixing said, "They're all big, burly musclemen. It's disgusting. Every day, she forces me to have dinner with them."

[Musclemen...?]

[You mean you get that lucky?]

[Mom, I'm your long-lost son!]

Xie Yanci: "..."

His wife had been bewitched by musclemen.

Turning off the surveillance feed, Xie Yanci spoke unhurriedly. "You went to all of them?"

"I had no choice!" Song Zhixing roared. "If I didn't, my dad wouldn't invest in my movie."

During the day, he was busy with auditions, meeting sweet-smelling, soft Omegas from the entertainment industry, and he had to keep his distance from every one of them to avoid casting-couch dealings.

Then, as soon as work ended, he had to go on blind dates with a bunch of ugly, smelly Alphas.

At this rate, sooner or later, he would develop a split personality.

"So your dad agreed to invest?" Xie Yanci narrowed his eyes slightly, probing without giving anything away.

"No." Just bringing it up made Song Zhixing angry. "I dutifully went on blind dates every day, and in the end, my dad said he just wouldn't invest. No reason whatsoever."

Xie Yanci raised an eyebrow.

His long fingers idly twisted the wedding ring on his ring finger. Lowering his eyes, he wore a faint, meaningful smile.

It was already time for the meeting, but Xie Yanci mercifully refrained from throwing him out and quietly watched Song Zhixing lose his mind on the sofa.

Only after a few seconds did he speak first. "So you came to me because you want..."

Xie Yanci left the sentence unfinished.

He merely extended an olive branch and quietly waited for Song Zhixing to take the bait.

Song Zhixing had still been wondering how he should beg this powerful CEO, never expecting Xie Yanci to bring it up himself.

He seized the opening. "Invest in my movie, and you can choose the lead."

For the second male lead, he was torn between Xu Shi and Wen Yu.

One possessed "Xia Cen's" absolute beauty and bearing, while the other possessed acting skills that could convince anyone. Either choice would be worthwhile.

He knew Xie Yanci probably had the same candidate in mind as he did.

[Say yes, say yes!]

[Honey, I'm seriously begging you. Hurry up and say yes!]

[Please, please, please...]

Hearing Xu Shi's wheedling in his ears, Xie Yanci lowered his eyes, the faintest curve forming on his thin lips.

He had never failed to get anything he wanted.

So he was in no hurry, his voice calm and even. "I'll think about it."

*[???]*

[What is there to think about?]

[Hurry up and secure it for your wife!]

[Honey, don't you love me anymore?]

[I swear I'll never book male models again. You're the only one I love QAQ]

He had already signed the divorce agreement, and now he was saying he loved only him.

Xie Yanci didn't believe it.

Song Zhixing, across from him, was the one who grew anxious. "What else do you need to think about? Do you know how many people want this opportunity?"

[Exactly!]

[Can you stop putting on airs?]

"If you dare turn me down today, I'll find someone else tomorrow and leave you regretting it!" Song Zhixing laid down his ultimatum.

[No, honey...]

[So much regret, so much regret, so much regret~~]

For every sentence Song Zhixing spoke, Xu Shi cried out inwardly.

Xie Yanci turned his head, unable to hold back a laugh.

His wife was rather amusing.

His gaze shifted, and a wicked idea sprang into Xie Yanci's mind.

He couldn't agree so easily.

At least, he wouldn't agree before Xu Shi begged him.

Xie Yanci rose and unhurriedly adjusted his cuff links, kindly reminding him, "Until I've given an answer, no one will dare go around Xie Corporation to contact you."

"You can't threaten me."

His voice was calm and even, betraying no emotion, yet somehow carried an oppressive weight.

Song Zhixing stared, stunned.

Xu Shi was stunned as he listened, too.

[Daddy...]

Aware that Xu Shi was still crouched outside eavesdropping, Xie Yanci deliberately added before leaving the office, "I'm going to a meeting. Make yourself at home."

*[!]*

Xu Shi jolted.

Forgetting even the little stool, he scrambled straight into the lounge next door.

The next second, Xie Yanci walked out of the office.

His indifferent gaze rested on the lounge door swinging back and forth. Saying nothing, Xie Yanci pretended not to know and left.

[That was close, that was close.]

[I almost got caught.]

[Good thing I'm so quick-witted!]

Xu Shi lay on the sofa, panting heavily.

The words from earlier still played through his mind.

He knew he was absolutely no match for the professionally trained Wen Yu in terms of ability. Even if Song Zhixing didn't care about star status, he would never choose a newcomer like him for such an important role.

But if Xie Yanci invested in this movie, that would change who had a say.

[My husband should be on my side, right?]

Xu Shi wasn't sure.

Thinking it over carefully, Xie Yanci had no reason to invest in this movie, either.

Xu Shi thought it over and over, and only one word came to mind as a way to convince Xie Yanci.

Seduction.