After the divorce, my ex-husband's cousin tricked me into getting a marriage certificate.

"Don't worry, I'll have our company's PR department prepare a press release right away," Qi Mu'an reassured her. "But we need to discuss the content of this press release. If we just say she's only the second female lead, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?"

Qi Muci said unhappily, "If she can be shameless, why can't I slap her in the face?"

Qi Mu'an: "..."

Qi Muci didn't trust his older brother, who loved to play peacemaker. "I'll have Peng Ze prepare the press release the company needs to release. You tell Jiang Jingjing that if she uses me for publicity again, she should quit acting in this show."

"Otherwise, Ranran and I will both quit the show, and you can decide for yourself."

Qi Mu'an naturally sided with his younger brother and sister-in-law, and quickly went back to his room to call Jiang Jingjing.

Qi Muci also called Peng Ze and asked him to send the press release to him for review within half an hour.

After hanging up the phone, he thought for a moment and then sent a message to Peng Ze.

Tell him to find a media outlet he's on good terms with and get a few photos of him and Qiao Ran posing in front of the backdrop last night, and release them along with the press release.

When Qi Mu'an returned after making the call, he said, "Jiang Jingjing said the news was released by her company's publicity department. She hasn't seen the news yet and didn't know that the company's publicity department would write such nonsense. She said she would call you to apologize."

Just then, Qi Muci's phone rang; it was an unknown number.

Qi Muci was displeased. "You gave my number to Jiang Jingjing without my permission?"

Qi Mu'an then realized what was happening, "I'm sorry, I was too hasty. I wanted her to apologize to you in person..."

Qi Muci hung up the phone and immediately blacklisted the number. "Go explain to her yourself, and tell her that I don't like answering calls from strangers."

Qi Mu'an was at a loss. "Fine, fine, I'll handle it. But what if she insists on apologizing to you?"

Qi Muci looked at her brother and said, "Do you think her company's PR department would dare to write press releases and send them to the media without her permission? You actually believe that excuse? You should consider replacing such a hypocritical person."

Qi Mu'an knew, of course, that Jiang Jingjing was lying; such things were commonplace in the industry.

He also knew that Jiang Jingjing was willing to lower her price to play the second female lead because she wanted to work with Qi Muci and create hype by associating with him.

But Qi Muci hates hype the most, and he has zero tolerance for such things.

Now that he has registered his marriage with Qiao Ran, he is even more wary of being used by other actresses for publicity.

Qiao Ran remained silent throughout, sitting quietly to one side.

Qi Muci put away his phone, took her hand, and said, "Let's go, let's have breakfast first."

The two sat down in the restaurant, and Qi Mu'an followed right behind. "Alright, Jiang Jingjing asked me to convey her apology. Let bygones be bygones and don't make things too ugly. You'll run into her again when you join the crew in a couple of days."

Qi Muci said coldly, "Get this straight, it's her who's causing trouble, not me."

Qi Mu'an: "I know, I already gave her a lecture. I'll have the company's PR team coordinate with hers so that if they want to release any press releases about this show, they'll have to let us see them first."

Qi Muci said nothing more and silently finished his breakfast with Qiao Ran.

Peng Ze sent over the press release and photos within the timeframe requested by Qi Muci.

Qi Muci took a closer look. The main content was that Qiao Ran had made a comeback by signing with Xingyun Entertainment and was being heavily promoted by the company. She would be co-starring in a new drama with Xingyun's top star, Qi Muci.

There are also introductions to the characters played by the two actors, as well as Qi Muci's praise for Qiao Ran.

Not a single word was mentioned about Jiang Jingjing.

Qi Muci was very satisfied with the press release and photos, and told Peng Ze to keep an eye on the company's publicity and release them as soon as possible, and that he would cover the public relations expenses for this.

Ten minutes later, Peng Ze sent a news link and screenshot, saying that other news would be released one after another.

Qi Muci logged into his Weibo account and forwarded one of the news articles, adding the caption: "Looking forward to my second collaboration with Teacher Qiao."

He also added a heart emoji and tagged Qiao Ran.

After posting the message on Weibo, he urged Qiao Ran to log in and reply to him.

When Qiao Ran clicked on Qi Muci's Weibo post, it already had over a thousand views and hundreds of comments, and the number kept rising.

She glanced at them briefly, and thankfully, most of the comments were supportive.

Some people also mentioned Jiang Jingjing, implying that she was shameless for releasing press releases to use Qi Muchi for publicity, only to be proven wrong.

Under Qi Muci's gaze, Qiao Ran forwarded his post, copying his homework with the caption: "Looking forward to my second collaboration with Teacher Qi."

Just as she was about to send it, Qi Muci, who was standing next to her, exclaimed, "There's also a heart emoji!"

Qiao Ran was both amused and exasperated, so she added an emoji before posting it again.

Qi Muci was finally satisfied.

Soon after, the news that Qi Muci and Qiao Ran had officially announced their collaboration on a new drama became a trending topic.

However, Jiang Jingjing's previous post disappeared.

Zhao Mengmeng and Ding Ding ran to Xianghe Garden. As soon as they entered, the two of them took turns scolding Jiang Jingjing.

Finally, he praised Qi Muci for doing a great job.

While scrolling through the comments under Qi Muci's Weibo, Ding Ding said, "Brother Qi, you and Ranran have so many CP fans, why don't you just officially announce your marriage?"

Qiao Ran stopped Ding Ding, "Don't do anything rash, now is not the time."

Qi Muci knew Qiao Ran's concerns. She had only recently divorced, and it was indeed not the right time. "We agreed to wait a year, and announce it when the TV series premieres."

Zhao Mengmeng: "I also think it would be best to announce it a year later. If we announce it now, I'm afraid some people will bring up Ranran's quick divorce and quick marriage and smear her for having an affair, which would be bad."

Qiao Ran's lips twitched slightly. "There's no question of infidelity. I have no feelings for Lin Mengchuan."

Ding Ding winked at Zhao Mengmeng, "That's right, Ranran never liked that scumbag Lin, so it doesn't count as falling in love with someone else."

Zhao Mengmeng realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly changed the subject, asking, "Did Chairman Qi go to the company?"

Qiao Ran: "Yeah, I went to work. What's up? Did you need to see my brother?"

Zhao Mengmeng quickly denied it, "No, no, I was just asking casually. By the way, when we came in, we saw someone moving into that villa at the entrance. I don't know if they bought it or rented it."

"Dingding said it might be a colleague they know. Brother Qi, which celebrities live here?"

Qi Muci answered truthfully, "I don't know. I don't have the habit of visiting other people's homes. If you want to know, you can ask Uncle Yang."

Zhao Mengmeng actually went to ask the housekeeper, Uncle Yang, and started gossiping with him.

At that moment, a yellow sports car stopped at a villa near the entrance of the residential complex.

Xu Qing, who was directing the workers to move things, ran over to open the door for the owner of the sports car. "Brother Chuan, you're here. Go in and see if you're satisfied. See if you need anything else."

Lin Mengchuan glanced at the villa in front of him, then turned and walked into the residential area. "You guys move first, I'll go take a look around inside."

He needed to find out where Qi Muci and Qiao Ran lived.

He just saw on Weibo that Qi Muchi had officially announced his new drama, accompanied by a glaring red heart emoji. He almost lost control and smashed his phone.

He felt that Qi Muci had deliberately added that heart emoji, perhaps to show it to him.

This is a blatant act of provocation.

What angered Lin Mengchuan even more was that when Qiao Ran responded to Qi Muci, she also added a heart emoji.

He felt that Qiao Ran was doing it on purpose, to get revenge on him.

Although Qiao Ran denied it, Lin Mengchuan believed that Qiao Ran approached Qi Muci in order to get revenge on him.