The little rose is so sweet and alluring, even the aloof CEO can't resist!

Everyone was stunned when these words were spoken.

Everyone knew the necklace was expensive, but when they heard it was worth tens of millions, they were all incredulous.

Liang Liangwei's eye twitched: "Tens of millions?"

Le Pei'er: "Do you think I'm lying to you? This was bought at a French auction. The commission paid to the auction house alone amounted to millions. Do you think this is a joke?"

Liang Liangwei looked at the clearly broken necklace in her hand and said, "I really didn't expect... this necklace would end up in your hands..."

Le Pei'er: "...What?"

Liang Liangwei: "I mean, I didn't expect it to be so expensive."

Le Pei'er spread her hands at her and said, "Everyone saw it. You broke it. You have to pay me back!"

Liang Liangwei nodded: "Okay, I can take responsibility for fixing it."

Le Pei'er gritted her teeth and said, "What do you mean, 'fix it'? You have to pay for the necklace at its original price! I have an auction certificate; it's worth fifty-five million!"

Everyone gasped in shock.

Lan Yin looked at Liang Liangwei with a look of fear and worry in her eyes.

Liang Liangwei looked at her and said, "The diamond won't break. Only the platinum necklace is broken. The necklace isn't expensive. I can afford to replace it with a new one. Why should I pay you the original price for a diamond that isn't broken?"

Le Pei'er: "If the necklace is broken, the value of the entire piece of jewelry is ruined. Even if you get a new one, it won't be the same as the original. The value will plummet. How could it possibly be comparable to the original?"

Liang Liangwei laughed and said, "So the value of 55 million is a platinum necklace, not diamonds?"

Le Pei'er retorted angrily, "You're downplaying the important points!"

Liang Liangwei said coldly, "First of all, you shouldn't have just left such an expensive necklace in my box. I told you to keep it safe yourself, and everyone heard that."

Le Pei'er paused for a moment.

Liang Liangwei continued, "But you refused, and you were very impatient. It's strange. You know it's valuable, yet you just casually put it in someone else's spot, and you didn't take it even after being reminded. Why?"

Le Pei'er choked: "But you moved it and threw it on the ground, which is why it broke, so you have to take responsibility."

Liang Liangwei said, "I didn't touch its body. In fact, I haven't even touched the necklace yet. I took my storage compartment and I wanted to return it to you. You suddenly reached out and I didn't know what you were going to do, whether you were going to take it or grab it. As a result, you touched my hand, so it fell to the ground. It wasn't me who 'dropped' it, so you can't use words to slander me."

Le Pei'er's eyes widened: "You—"

Liang Liangwei added, "So, you also bear some responsibility for this. It was you who messed it up, not just me."

Lan Yin interjected, "Yes, that's right, I can testify to that."

Le Pei'er glared at her: "You're in cahoots with her, your words mean nothing!"

Liang Liangwei looked around at everyone in the room and said, "They are your people, they can testify, right?"

Le Pei'er also looked around, her eyes fierce.

Those people shrank back, and no one made a sound.

Liang Liangwei withdrew her gaze, her expression slightly somber.

The hands hanging at the sides unconsciously clenched.

This is... fucking awful!

Lin Yi walked in: "I'm back—"

Sensing the tense atmosphere, he paused for a moment, then asked, "What happened?"

Le Peier showed her the necklace in her hand, her face displeased: "She broke my necklace."

Liang Liangwei said coolly, "I already said it was you who reached out and knocked it over, not me. Please use more precise wording."

Le Pei'er scoffed coldly: "Even the words are being used to distort the truth."

Lin Yi's gaze fell on the necklace, her pupils contracted slightly, and then she looked at Le Peier.

Le Pei'er said, "I want her to pay the full price, fifty-five million!"

Lin Yi closed the door behind her, walked closer, looked at Liang Liangwei, and calmly asked, "Miss Liang, what do you have to say?"

Liang Liangwei remained calm: "As I just said, Miss Le insisted on leaving her valuable necklace with me. My refusal was useless. When I returned it to her, she reached over and knocked the necklace over. So both of us are responsible."

“Furthermore,” she said, looking directly at Le Peier, “please provide the certificate you mentioned, otherwise I will not accept your explanation.”

Le Pei-er: "Of course I have a certificate, but it's not here. It's in Hwaseong. I can get it when I go back to Hwaseong."

Liang Liangwei: "Since that's the case, we can't deal with it immediately. So, should we continue with the makeup or cancel the collaboration?"

Before Le Pei'er could speak, Lin Yi pressed down on her shoulder and said, "Put on your makeup first."

~

After Le Pei-er started filming, Liang Liang-wei sat in her rest area watching, seemingly lost in thought.

Lan Yin looked at her anxiously and asked in a low voice, "Sister Wei, what should we do?"

Liang Liangwei: "Huh? What do you mean, what should we do?"

Lan Yin: "About the necklace, it's fifty-five million! How can we afford to pay for it?"

Liang Liangwei smiled and said, "It's not entirely my fault. Half of it is only a little over 20 million."

Lan Yin stared wide-eyed and said, "Twenty million...that's an astronomical price!"

Liang Liangwei: "Yeah, who says otherwise?"

Lan Yin: "More than 20 million, even if I sold myself, I couldn't afford to pay it back."

Liang Liangwei: "Yeah, even if you sold me, you couldn't afford to pay for it."

Lan Yin: "Sister Wei, you still have the mood to joke around."

Liang Liangwei: "What else can we do? Cry?"

As the two were talking, Gu Yan walked over, looked at Liang Liangwei with a worried expression, and said, "Miss Liang, I heard about the necklace. What do you plan to do?"

Liang Liangwei smiled slightly at him and said, "Teacher Gu, how did you find out too?"

Gu Yan: "This can't be kept secret within the film crew; some people are spreading rumors about it privately."

Liang Liangwei smiled sarcastically: "Good news stays at home, but bad news travels fast."

Gu Yan hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you need money, I..."

Liang Liangwei laughed: "Teacher Gu, are you going to help me with crowdfunding? No need, that would be too embarrassing."

Gu Yan: "Do you have one yourself?"

Liang Liangwei shrugged: "No, it's just that I feel things might not be as bad as I think, and I don't need to start worrying about money right now."

Gu Yan: "But if she wants to pursue this, you—"

Liang Liangwei: "We'll talk about it later."

Gu Yan looked at her intently and said, "If you need me, remember to contact me. You have my WeChat."

It would be a lie for Liang Liangwei to say she wasn't moved, but she and Gu Yan weren't actually very familiar with each other. Their real contact had only been during the two days of collaboration, and they weren't even as familiar as she was with Gu Cheng.

Therefore, such good intentions should not be accepted casually.

"Thank you, Teacher Gu."

Gu Yan said gently, "Don't be so polite, we're... friends too."

Lan Yin's gaze shifted between the two of them, sensing something subtle between them.

At 9:45, Liang Liangwei was preparing to leave, and she took the initiative to walk towards Le Peier.

"I have to catch my flight now. Contact me when you have time."