The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

[It was Zhang Chengkai's intention for his company to deliberately ignore us, because he and his company felt that getting involved with the Pei family was a great opportunity and a good way to generate publicity.]

Their initial plan was to neither admit nor deny it, thus keeping the relationship between Zhang Chengkai and Pei Jiyue a mystery. As long as no clear answer was given, people would always pay attention and speculate.

On the one hand, as long as they don't admit it, Zhang Chengkai's die-hard fans will still choose to believe him; on the other hand, if they don't deny it, some people in the industry might offer resources because of Zhang Chengkai's relationship with Pei Jiyue.

However, this method has a fatal flaw: the Pei family might come forward to clarify the situation. If that happens, their plan will be ruined. Therefore, Zhang Chengkai suggested that he would handle the deception on Pei Jiyue's side, while the company simply needed to play dead.

Pei Jiyue: I'm so annoyed... but I have to keep smiling so that An Ling won't notice.

So Zhang Chengkai came here today just to fool her.

However, he also tricked the company. If their company knew that Zhang Chengkai's so-called persuasion was to portray themselves as the victim and the company as the perpetrator, they would definitely not let him come over no matter what.

What they wanted was to get on the good side of the Pei family, not to become the bullies in their eyes!

Zhang Chengkai said that on purpose, wanting Pei Jiyue to think he was living in dire straits, to see if Pei Jiyue would be willing to save him. And he actually guessed right.

Others thought to themselves that if Zhang Chengkai's company knew that he had not only portrayed the company as a bully, but was also planning to terminate the contract, they would be furious.

The royal family, who were nurtured with a lot of resources, terminated their contract just like that. It was a completely unprofitable business.

Sigh, if my cousin and Zhang Chengkai hadn't been photographed together last night, he wouldn't have had an excuse to play the victim today. What bad timing!

【Ugh, what a mess this is! Why did I have to go with her last night? If I hadn't gone with my cousin, I wouldn't have lured those badgers there, and my cousin wouldn't have been discovered... Wait a minute!】

An Ling suddenly changed the subject, and her expression became a little serious.

Wait, wait, let me check again... something seems a bit off.

So he only confessed his feelings to get something from his cousin, not because he genuinely liked her. Besides, he had already asked her out before the Lantern Festival, before his aunt's incident happened, so there was no reason for him to want to comfort her.

[They've been corresponding for so many years and have always agreed not to meet in private. Why did Zhang Chengkai suddenly change his mind?]

Pei Jiyue, reminded by An Ling, also figured out the problem.

Because Zhang Chengkai had just confessed his feelings to her, she attributed all of his strange behavior to the fact that he had genuinely fallen for her.

But Anling said he had no romantic feelings for her at all.

Was even his recent confession just a means to achieve his own goals?

【Then I need to look back a bit further. So Zhang Chengkai met his cousin before the Lantern Festival?】

[When Anluo went to his workplace from his grandmother's house, his cousin took him. Zhang Chengkai happened to see them together. Later, he asked Anluo what his relationship with his cousin was, and only after learning that they were cousins ​​did he realize that his cousin was a member of the Pei family.]

[So he had always thought his cousin was just a young, beautiful, and ordinary rich woman, and he knew she could bring him some benefits, but after that day he realized he had underestimated her value...]

Upon hearing this, Pei Jiyue felt a chill run through her heart.

She originally thought that Zhang Chengkai's confession, though inappropriate, was at least sincere, but she never expected that it was all a carefully planned scheme by him.

She recalled Zhang Chengkai's every move today, those seemingly pitiful expressions, those helpless explanations—it was all an act.

She felt like a fool for even being soft-hearted at one point, thinking that he did those irrational things because he liked her too much.

Was he only willing to write to her because he thought she was someone he could profit from?

If you really have to think about it, this is the thing she finds most unacceptable.

She could overlook Zhang Chengkai's attempt to use her to enter Chenyu Entertainment, but she couldn't accept that in all their years of correspondence, she was the only one who had treated him with genuine sincerity.

No, probably not.

Pei Jiyue still refused to believe that those heartfelt words could have been written by Zhang Chengkai with a false heart. Perhaps Zhang Chengkai only started to have wicked thoughts after learning his true identity; before that, he must have been sincere.

[It's a conspiracy! Last night's events were all a conspiracy from beginning to end!]

An Ling's exclamation interrupted Pei Jiyue's thoughts.

My cousin and I are actually blaming ourselves for what happened last night? The culprit is Zhang Chengkai himself!

[In fact, regardless of whether I lured those badgers there or not, their secret meeting would have been exposed and blown up!]

All of this was arranged in advance by Zhang Chengkai. He had been to that ancient town scenic area before and knew that there was a forest there. He also knew the owner of that forest cafe and knew that he would be on holiday and not open for business for the entire first month of the lunar calendar.

He deliberately lured Pei Jiyue to the woods, and had his assistant hide a camera on the second-floor terrace of the café beforehand. Even the position he stood while waiting for Pei Jiyue was pre-planned, so that his assistant on the terrace could capture the two of them facing each other.

The An and Pei families: The terrace? Isn't that where An Ling was last night? Could it be...?

[This is absolutely unbelievable! When Yan Yu and I were hiding on the balcony trying to get a better look at my cousin's secret rendezvous, there was already someone there!]

But she was startled by us and quickly hid behind a row of green plants on the other side of the terrace, which is how we managed to avoid noticing her.

Zhang Chengkai originally planned to confess to his cousin last night. No, he even planned to kiss her first before confessing, so that his assistant could take pictures of the two kissing and post them online. Zhang Chengkai could then shift the blame to the paparazzi and persuade his cousin to go public with their relationship.

No way, isn't he incredibly narcissistic? He didn't even consider the possibility that his cousin might not like him!

However, his plan was disrupted by me and Yan Yu, and the assistant didn't dare to come out at all, so naturally he didn't take any photos.

He and his cousin had only just met and exchanged a few words when they were spotted by the badgers, and he didn't even have a chance to force a kiss.

An Ling breathed a sigh of relief, then thought with lingering fear:

Thank goodness, I stumbled upon a lucky coincidence; my cousin was almost harassed by this disgusting thing.