The Bully President and the Serious Wife

Xu Lu stared at Xie Zhenting's phone number on her phone.

Should she call? Is Jin Xuechuan worth his harassment?

If she called Xie Zhenting now, she would go against her plan. It didn’t matter what she said, what mattered was that she gave in and called in the first place.

Ten minutes later, she decided to postpone her trip to the capital for a day.

She called Jin Xuechuan.

"Kawasaki, are you free today?"

"What? You want to date me?" Jin Xuechuan's mouth was as shameless as ever.

His voice was relaxed and gave no indication of distress.

“Yes, are you free?” Xu Lu raised her eyebrows.

Jin Xuechuan said excitedly. “Well, I only date pretty girls. Beyond that, I’m not really interested. What do you want from me?”

His tone was relaxed, as if he was joking.

Xu Lu smiled. "Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm going to ask you out to shoot a music video."

After a while, Jin Xuechuan recovered from his shock. "This... My album is a little complicated. Our filming may be delayed, so..."

Jin Xuechuan hadn't finished his explanation when Xu Lu interrupted, "Don't tell me 'maybe.' I'll have you know I will take back what was stolen from me. I won't let this go. If you're a man, don't break your promise."

Jin Xuechuan was greatly shocked by Xu Lu's words.

Suddenly, a long dormant passion in him ignited.

“Even if we wanted to shoot, we don’t have a studio,” he said cautiously.

“We don’t need a studio. Tell your assistant to get the camera.”

“Ok…”

Jin Xuechuan didn't ask any more questions. The record company had been taken over by the Xie Group. They had no firepower to resist the acquisition, and after the deal was completed, Jin Xuechuan's album was shelved.

Soon, they arrived at their destination - an old car scrapping site with mountains and water, and many abandoned cars.

The wreckage was depressing, the air was filled with the smell of scrap metal, and a feeling of melancholy permeated the place.

Jin Xuechuan's agent Tony pinched his nose and shouted: "Why are we here?" "It's dirty, it's dirty. "

He pointed at Xu Lu with his other hand and shouted, "What are we filming here? It's just us."

Xu Lu ignored him and said to Jin Xuechuan: "Follow me..."

While working abroad, she learned some videography techniques.

She never gave up. If there wasn't a studio, she'd create her own set. If there wasn't a photographer, she'd be the one. If it was just a music video, she believed they could make one.

Jin Xuechuan is a genius. The sight of the scrapyard sent a pulse racing. He immediately understood that this setting captured the soul of his album's main song.

He put his arm around Xu Lu's neck and said, "Thank you. You are a genius. If it weren't for the fact that we are the same kind of people, I really want to be with you."

The current location is definitely the best place for shooting. When Jin Xuechuan came here, he felt that his creativity was suddenly released.

Xu Lu ignored Jin Xuechuan's half-joking words. When she didn't want to flirt with a man, she was unwilling to engage in any flirting conversation.

“After you release your new song, you’d better not forget to promote me properly,” Xu Lu said with a smile.

"Of course," he replied.

Xiao Liu quickly fixed Xu Lu's makeup.

Standing barefoot on an abandoned car, her blood-red dress fluttering in the wind, the photo perfectly captures the sunlight dancing around her. Beauty and desolation, darkness and light, it's like two worlds colliding with each other.

There are no professional cameramen, they just use a telephoto lens, throw in some movement and jump effects, and the music video is just as beautiful.

Finally, all that remains is the music itself and post-editing, which will be handled by Jin Xuechuan's private studio.

After the filming, Xu Lu left immediately because she had to rush to Beijing.

Sitting in the car, Jin Xuechuan flipped through the photos over and over again.

She stood on the dusty old car, looking slender but strong, as if she had some kind of hidden energy. Her shadow on the ground tilted outward like a devil, but it was full of vitality, as if she was invincible.

"She's beautiful, isn't she, Tony?" Jin Xuechuan snorted.

Tony nodded. "But no matter how pretty she is, she still can't make me straight."

"It doesn't matter, you are born gay. The key is that I like her." Jin Xuechuan retorted, his eyes never leaving Xu Lu's photo.

Tony said, “Are you serious?”

“Yes, I like her!”

...

"President, Miss Xu went to Beijing again," Jiang Lin said, choosing his words carefully for fear of saying the wrong thing.

It had been a week since Xie Zhenting opened the file on Xu Lu's background, but he had not yet recovered from the shock.

In the past few days, whenever he had free time, Xu Lu's face would appear in his mind unwaveringly, that cold, cruel face like a knife forged from the most violent flames.

Her words would ring in his ears—"You'd better not fall in love with me!"

He felt like he was going crazy.

His initial anxiety had slowly subsided, but he still didn't dare stand in front of Xu Lu - there was a psychological barrier that he couldn't overcome.

He did go to her house and waited downstairs every day.

But even if he went up, what could he do?

Apologize?

Can he say those words?

If he wasn't going to apologize, what was he even doing there?

He struggled every day. He wanted to ask others for advice, but he didn't know how to start. He was even more ashamed and wanted to start over.

Xie Zhenting was still in a daze, and Jiang Lin called out to him twice in a row. "President, President..."

"Okay, I understand," Xie Zhenting replied, regaining his composure.

"One more thing, President, it's Miss Xu Piaopiao. She's been coming to see you a lot lately."

Xie Zhenting frowned almost immediately. "Let her go away as much as possible," he said coldly.

The mere mention of Xu Piaopiao's name was enough to make him furious, and now that he knew what the Xu family had done to Xu Lu, he almost considered murder a viable option.

"That's what I did, but..." Jiang Lin said hesitantly.

"Xu Piaopiao—no matter how you insult her, this woman just doesn't know what's good for her. She's simply a Ninja Turtle!"

Xie Zhenting didn't say anything.

He took out his cell phone and his slender fingers danced on the screen, but somehow, they always stopped on Xu Lu's call.

"How's that thing I asked you to do that day?"

Jiang Lin nodded and replied, "It's done. We have severed all ties with the Xu family's cooperative companies. Recently, the Xu family's company's stock price plummeted."

"But this is not enough..." Xie Zhenting said suddenly.

"Yes, sir, I will ask them to work harder." Jiang Lin defended himself.

That night, Xie Zhenting and Grant went out for drinks.

However, they hardly spoke. Xie Zhenting just sat there, looking melancholy and aimlessly flipping through his phone.

Grant couldn’t help but ask, “It doesn’t look like you at all, staring at your phone. Are you waiting for a call?”

"Really?" He pretended to cough. He was a little shy now—like a deer caught in the headlights.

Grant gave him a chance. "Of course you are. You... wouldn't do anything immoral, would you?"

Xie Zhenting hesitated for a moment, put down the phone and asked, "Grant, have you ever had a woman you loved and hated? One who sometimes made you feel like you wanted to kill her? A woman who made you extremely anxious when you found out you had wrongly accused her...?"

Grant looked at him in shock. "Zhen Ting, you don't... happen to be in love, do you?"

Xie Zhenting got angry at the thought. "Love? Are you kidding me?" he replied coldly.

like?

Hey, he doesn't care about such trivial matters at all.

“Yeah,” Grant said, looking at Xie Zhenting, who had grown up with him. “I think so. We… probably won’t love anyone.”

Grant has always believed that Xie Zhenting is a very complicated person. No one can see through him.

But one thing is certain: Xie Zhenting's heart is as cold as stone. There are very few things in the world that are worth his attention. He is too picky, both with women and everything else.

Xie Zhenting tried to change the subject. "So, is there any news about the girl you're looking for?"

Disappointment washed over Grant's face. "So far there's been no news. I think it's going to be hard to find her because I don't know her full name, I don't know where she's from, I don't even have a photo of her. I only have the memory of her in my head."

Xie Zhenting smiled and laughed at what he said. "So, if you don't know anything, why are you still looking for her?"

"But I know I like her." Grant looked at him straight in the eyes, his expression serious, and said, "It was love at first sight."

"Ah, love at first sight, you say..." Xie Zhenting scoffed. "Well, just because you fell in love at first sight, I promise I'll help you find her no matter where she is. I really want to know what kind of devil she is, falling in love at first sight."

"Yes, she is a monster. If you had seen her, you would have been drawn to her too."

"You're making me want to see her now, Grant."

"If I didn't need your help to find her, I really wouldn't want you to see her," Grant quipped.

"Why?"

"Because I'm afraid you'll want her too!"

"Go to hell, she's just a woman, is she worthy of you treating her as a queen?"

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