Chapter 370: The Schemes of a Scumbag

Mei Liangying bit her red lips and remained silent.

She couldn’t bring herself to trade herself to Si Mingfei in exchange for a slim chance at saving Qianyin.

Seeing this, a flash of anger appeared in Si Mingfei’s eyes. ‘Ungrateful woman, today I’ll show you the consequences of defying this young master.’

“Xiaoying, the opportunity has been given to you, but you chose not to cherish it. From now on, just stay at home and prepare for marriage. No need to show your face in public anymore.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Si Mingfei answered the phone: “So, what’s the situation…”

“Young master, you better give up on this idea. Not a single entertainment company is listening to us.”

Before he could finish speaking, a somewhat impatient voice sounded from the phone.

Although they worked for the Si Family, they were indeed like emperor employees, wielding some authority within the Si Family’s hierarchy.

Si Mingfei, this young master, often demanded they handle such messy matters. Naturally, they had their own tempers as well.

“What? How is that possible? Where did they get the nerve!”

Si Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then immediately roared in fury.

“Young master, it’s said that someone powerful intervened. I won’t inform the boss about this. Let’s end it here.”

As soon as those words were spoken, the other side had already hung up the phone.

“Beep~ beep~”

Hearing the busy tone from the phone, Si Mingfei was still a bit in shock. How could a mere worker dare to hang up on him?

Instantly, his heart was filled with burning anger.

“Bang!”

Furious, Si Mingfei raised his hand and smashed his phone onto the ground, shattering it into pieces. He glared at Xu Shaochen with gritted teeth and said, “Fine, kid, you’re impressive. Let’s see how long this lasts. We’ll see who’s left standing.”

After saying that, Si Mingfei glanced at Mei Liangying, cursed under his breath, and stormed out of the office in anger.

He really couldn’t stay any longer.

Because of the contempt he had shown towards Xu Shaochen earlier, the phone call felt like a series of slaps across his face, making his previous comments seem laughable.

If he didn’t leave now, would he stay and continue to embarrass himself, watching them flaunt their victory? However, in his heart, his hatred for Xu Shaochen deepened severalfold.

……

Inside the office.

Mei Liangying was still a bit dazed, and it took her a while to react.

Was it really over just like that?

Qianyin Entertainment has been saved? The extreme ups and downs of emotions made her feel like she was riding a roller coaster.

“See? A miracle did happen, didn’t it?”

Xu Shaochen smiled calmly at Mei Liangying as he spoke.

Zhao Qing and Zhang Wei, along with others, couldn’t help but sigh as they watched this scene. They thought they could never match Xu Shaochen’s skills in charming women in their lifetimes.

Because they simply lacked the qualifications.

Mei Liangying looked at Xu Shaochen with a slight smile on his lips. She felt a bit ashamed, embarrassed by her own ignorance.

Xu Shaochen had been helping her all along.

Yet she had initially thought Xu Shaochen was just boasting and had internally looked down on him.

As it turned out, she was the one who had misjudged the situation, and it was her own lack of insight that made her a fool.

However, now she was more curious about where her brother had met a friend like this.

She knew the Si Family’s position in the entertainment industry. Though they couldn’t dominate the entire industry, anyone in the business had to show them some respect.

But with just a few words, Xu Shaochen had foiled Si Mingfei’s plans. The power behind this was simply unimaginable.

Did he just mention the Xu Family?

Could it be that Xu Family?

Immediately after, she shook her head self-deprecatingly, thinking she must be crazy, letting her imagination run wild.

How could it be that Xu Family? Her brother couldn’t possibly have connections with people at that level. That was an existence beyond her comprehension.

“Thank you.”

After a long time, Mei Liangying slightly parted her lips and uttered those two words.

Zhang Wei, Zhao Qing, and others didn’t think much of it, and even Xu Shaochen didn’t find anything unusual.

But Mei Liang was suddenly wide-eyed, staring at Mei Liangying in disbelief.

His sister actually said thank you to someone? And she said it to a strange man? Damn, could it be that she’s really fallen under Xu Shaochen’s spell? The previously confident Mei Liang was now panicking.

But soon after, he felt relieved, as Mei Liangying returned to her usual expressionless and icy demeanor.

Thank goodness.

To be honest, his relationship with Xu Shaochen was very good.

But precisely because of this, he understood Xu Shaochen—a notorious playboy.

This is why he didn’t want his sister to be charmed by Xu Shaochen because he’s a scumbag! “Xiaoying, what was that dinner party that guy mentioned earlier?”

Xu Shaochen, shameless as ever, had started calling her Xiaoying, fully displaying his ability to take advantage of the situation.

Between his face and a beauty, he’d always choose the beauty.

Zhang Wei and Zhao Qing were impressed, while Mei Liang rolled his eyes.

Mei Liangying only slightly furrowed her brows and stopped dwelling on what he called her, then calmly replied, “There’s a charity dinner tonight, and he wanted me to accompany him.”

“A charity dinner?” Xu Shaochen raised an eyebrow. Normally, Zheng Mingwu and the others wouldn’t neglect to inform him about something like that.

After all, this was an excellent opportunity to observe the local powers of Songshan.

Usually, those who are influential in the area would attend these events.

“Ring ring ring…”

Just as this thought crossed his mind, his phone rang. It was a call from Li Wenhao.

“Hello.”

“Mr. Xu, I deeply apologize. There’s a charity dinner in Songshan tonight that I forgot to inform you about. Just now, I sent someone to deliver the invitation, but it seems you weren’t at the hotel…”

Li Wenhao’s voice, filled with urgency and remorse, came through from the phone.

“Just have someone wait at the dinner entrance with the invitation. We’ll head there ourselves.”

After Xu Shaochen said this, he hung up the phone, then smiled at Mei Liangying and asked, “Xiaoying, I’m new to Songshan, and I’m quite interested in this charity dinner. May I have the honor of inviting you to attend?”

“This…” Mei Liangying hesitated. She didn’t want to go, but she couldn’t refuse since Xu Shaochen had just done her a big favor.

Refuse him, refuse him.

Mei Liang silently shouted in his heart, frantically giving Mei Liangying a meaningful look.

Seeing Mei Liang’s eyes, Mei Liangying immediately nodded, “Alright.”

Since brother hinted that I should go, then I’ll go.

Mei Liang: “………….”

In his heart, a wave of frustration rolled through as his hopes were trampled without mercy.

My foolish sister! I was hinting at you to refuse, so why did you agree so readily?

He felt utterly defeated at this moment.

“Xiaoying, thank you.” Xu Shaochen’s face lit up with a smile.

Tomorrow, he could use the excuse of thanking her for her company at tonight’s event to ask her out for a meal to express his gratitude.

At that time, she would definitely be the one who wanted to treat, since he had helped her so much tonight.

Then he could just go with the flow and agree, saying that he’d treat next time.

It was simply perfect. At this rate, even an ice queen could be melted.

The schemes of a scumbag run deep.