Chapter 287: Dominance
After Yang Xiaoxiu finished speaking, the two fell into silence.
Yang Xiaoxiu could clearly feel the atmosphere around her gradually becoming colder, as the sense of oppression and chill from the other party slowly enveloped and consumed her.
Inside, Yang Xiaoxiu felt a slight tension; under Yang Liang's silent demeanor, she dared not look him in the eyes, instinctively feeling a bit of fear.
Immediately, she lowered her head and braced herself to leave from the side, but her body suddenly shuddered.
Only to see Yang Liang reach out again, tightly gripping Yang Xiaoxiu's wrist, with much more force than before, so much so that it caused her pain.
At this moment, Yang Liang still had a faint smile on his face, but both his gaze and the corners of his mouth revealed a sense of gloom.
"No time?"
Yang Liang leaned his aged face closer to hers and said with a sardonic smile, "Tell me, what could a little girl who hasn't graduated have to do at night?!"
Startled by the last few words intentionally emphasized by the other party, Yang Xiaoxiu's expression changed slightly, and she leaned back slightly to avoid him, forcing herself to explain: "I... I tonight..."
"She's spending the evening with me, is there a problem?"
Suddenly, a calm young voice came from the back of the corridor, surprising both of them.
Yang Xiaoxiu saw Li Jing, as if grabbing onto a lifeline, showing undisguised joy and trust on her face, directly shaking off Yang Liang's hand, and jogged over to Li Jing's side, with delighted relief: "Brother Jing..."
"Alright, it's all fine now."
Li Jing smiled, gently patted her white hand, and then fixed his gaze on Yang Liang.
At this time, Yang Liang slowly turned around, seeing the intimate scene between Yang Xiaoxiu and Li Jing, a chill flashed deep in his eyes, and then a warm smile quickly appeared:
"Oh, it's President Li, what a coincidence, you were using the restroom too?"
Seeing the other party didn't get angry, but instead smiled at him, Li Jing felt a bit surprised.
This guy, really is an old fox, able to hold back such temper.
Just moments ago he seemed ready to explode, but instantly put on a smile when he saw me.
He is indeed deeply scheming.
"I'm not here to use the restroom, just came to find my little sister."
Li Jing also showed a friendly smile, appearing more cordial and sincere than Yang Liang.
"Sister?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, still smiling: "Xiaoxiu is President Li's sister? That's the first I've heard."
"She's a cousin, not many people know, so it's normal for President Yang not to be aware."
Li Jing said, as he ruffled Yang Xiaoxiu's hair, she obediently lowered her head without any resistance.
Yang Liang, observing this, his smile grew colder, especially recalling Yang Xiaoxiu's attitude towards him earlier, a hint of anger arose in his heart.
He simply didn't believe Yang Xiaoxiu was Li Jing's cousin; such intimacy only indicated that Li Jing had acted early and already turned her into his woman.
He finally understood the fundamental reason why Yang Xiaoxiu dared to defy him.
Thinking of this, Yang Liang's gaze towards Li Jing became increasingly unfriendly, as if the other had stolen his cherished toy.
"If she weren't my cousin, why would I additionally invest tens of millions to secure her the second female lead and subsequent promotional opportunities?"
Tens of millions in investment?
Hearing Li Jing's words, Yang Liang's expression shifted slightly.
Previously, he was not in charge of the crew's project, so he wasn't aware of internal matters within the crew.
Only when he took over recently did Yang Liang gain a rough understanding of the main creative team's members.
He also only knew a part of the story about changing actors.
The entire crew viewed Yang Liang, who was suddenly parachuted in, with some unfamiliarity and rejection.
Precisely because of this, Yang Liang only knew a general idea about most things in the crew.
Now upon hearing that Li Jing invested tens of millions for Yang Xiaoxiu, his first reaction was shock, but without any doubt.
Because he had heard about Li Jing's subsequent investment and also knew that Yang Xiaoxiu was a replacement for the second female lead, but didn't know there was a causal relationship between the two.
Thinking of this, Yang Liang made a rough estimate of Li Jing's financial strength, and felt a bit more apprehensive and vigilant towards him.
Seeing Yang Liang's expression fluctuate, Li Jing smiled slightly: "Previously, President Yang didn't know, but now that President Yang does knows, I hope President Yang in the future…
will still keep a distance from Xiaoxiu."
As the words fell, Yang Liang's expression changed slightly, feeling an immense sense of humiliation as he met Li Jing's eyes.
His expression shifted unpredictably, watching as Li Jing was about to lead Yang Xiaoxiu away, his smile now vanished, and he spoke in a low voice again:
"President Li, I heard you have a close relationship with our company's Wei Jia too, right?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jing's footsteps paused slightly, turning his head to look at him: "Why, is there a problem?"
"No problem."
Yang Liang resumed smiling: "I just admire President Li's charm, being able to have both Yang Xiaoxiu, such a beautiful young star, and conquer Wei Jia, such a formidable woman."
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes slightly, smiling meaningfully: "We have no conflict of interest; we could totally cooperate, women to us are just external things.
I can let you have both Yang Xiaoxiu and Wei Jia first, and I also have a few women of good quality, we could enjoy together then."
"Enjoy?" Li Jing narrowed his eyes, "How to enjoy?"
Thinking Li Jing was interested, Yang Liang felt a bit pleased, spread his hands and explained with a smile: "I'll recommend my best two women to you, while Wei Jia and Xiaoxiu… I'll trouble President Li to make the introductions, so we can all enjoy together, wouldn't that be great?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jing's gaze gradually turned chilly.
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