She goes crazy, he'll cover for her; the darling of the group is someone no one dares to mess w

Sheng Qianrui was truly unlike any other woman Fang Li had ever met.

With a powerful background and sufficient personal ability, her innate sense of superiority has made her a queen who is always high above others.

Even in the current situation, as she watched the ambiguous relationship between Fang Li and Han Xi grow stronger and their feelings for each other subtly deepen, she was still able to quickly maintain her composure.

To be honest, Fang Li admires her for this.

Sheng Qianrui didn't look at Han Xi, but looked straight at Fang Li, her eyes filled with a deeper meaning as she said, "You may not understand, but the burdens that families like ours have to bear are things that many ordinary people cannot comprehend, including marriage."

"To be honest, at first I was worried that Miss Xu would get hurt if she was with Xiu Jin, so I thought I would try to persuade you first. But seeing how protective Xiu Jin is of you, I think the many problems we will have to face in the future are not so bad."

Fang Li: "......."

Sheng Qianrui suddenly stood up, raised her wine glass to Fang Li, and said, "With this toast, I would like to congratulate Miss Xu in advance on marrying into a prestigious family. Remember to send me an invitation when you marry Xiu Jin, and I will definitely send you a generous gift!"

She glanced at Fang Li meaningfully, then raised her glass and drank it all in one gulp. Without saying goodbye, she walked away steadily in her high heels.

Fang Li didn't come to her senses until the door to the private room closed.

What does it mean that she suddenly said all this?

Han Xi tilted his head: "Who knows?"

"...A threat? Or a warning?"

I feel like I have both.

As Fang Li was thinking, a warm touch suddenly landed on her lips, followed by a deep, mellow voice in her ear: "Drink some soup, don't waste your brain on unimportant things."

"......oh."

-

After that day, Fang Li never saw Sheng Qianrui again.

The Han's Taihu Bay project has officially started, and Han Xi has begun to leave early and return late every day, occasionally attending one or two social events.

Fang Li gradually became busier.

Her novel has been serialized online to nearly 500,000 words, and her fan base has surged again, with over 150,000 fans on just one platform.

Wen Yang returned to Haicheng and was even happier than Wen Yang herself when she saw the number of fans Wen Yang had gained by riding on her coattails. She even secretly helped Wen Yang register a Weibo account for her.

Fang Li now not only has to keep an eye on the book reviews from fans and reply occasionally, but also manage her own Weibo account.

Thanks to the novel's popularity and the support of its fans, her Weibo followers have also grown rapidly.

At the same time, Ji Tiantian actually contacted the platform to discuss purchasing the copyright of her novel.

Fang Li was both amused and exasperated when she learned about this from Wen Yang.

But now was clearly not the time to reveal her true identity, so she could only make up an excuse to get Ji Tiantian and the others to temporarily abandon the matter of purchasing the book's copyright.

On the other hand, Zhou Yufan's connections in the industry began to come into play.

Although no significant projects have been completed yet, the studio has taken on a lot of adaptation and collaboration work, and has finally started operating and is no longer just sitting around doing nothing.

A week later, Yang Miao was discharged from the hospital.

Yang Wenyuan is the vice president of the Fourth Military Hospital, and he is very busy every day.

Han Chunxi had turned down a lot of work and barely managed to spare a few days. Now that Yang Miao had been discharged from the hospital, she naturally couldn't postpone it anymore.

Yang Miao's matter was still kept from the old house. There was no other way, so after several people discussed it back and forth, Fang Li finally suggested that Yang Miao be brought to the Half Mountain Manor.

Fang Li already liked this girl quite a bit, and since Han Xi was very busy during this period, Yang Miao would accompany her to dinner after work, so she didn't feel lonely.

However, Wen Yang has been calling less frequently since returning to Haicheng.

The pressure her family put on her at her brother's wedding last time seemed to have caused her considerable harm. In the few phone calls they did, her voice didn't sound as cheerful and relaxed as before.

Therefore, when Yu Tian suddenly came to her that day and said he wanted to go back to Haicheng, she immediately agreed.

Regardless of whether he goes back to find Wen Yang, she will ask him to check on her again over the phone once he returns to Haicheng.

On the day Yang Miao resumed classes, Liyun Studio also received its first formal project since its establishment.

It was Zhou Yufan who found him. Although he wasn't a big-name director, it was easy to see from his project proposal that he was a thoughtful person.

That evening, the other party arranged a dinner to finalize the formal contract, and Fang Li and Zhou Yufan attended together.

"here!"

As soon as Fang Li arrived at the restaurant entrance, she saw Zhou Yufan, who had arrived earlier, standing on the steps waving at her.

Fang Li rolled down the car window and waved to him, then said to the driver, "Just stop here. You go ahead and get busy. I'll call you when I'm done."

Driver: "Yes, ma'am."

Fang Li got out of the car, picked up her bag, and walked towards Zhou Yufan.

The weather is gradually getting cooler.

Today she wore a long, ankle-length knit dress with mid-length sleeves and interwoven stripes of light and dark brown. Several pleats were gathered at the waist, perfectly outlining her slender figure.

Has Director Zhu arrived yet?

"We've arrived. There are two producers here too. I've arranged for Tian Tian to take them inside first."

Fang Li quickened her pace, "Then let's go in quickly, it's not good to be late for our first meeting."

Zhou Yufan: "It's alright, it's not time yet, they just arrived early."

As they talked, they reached the door of the private room.

This is an authentic Shanghainese restaurant, serving mostly famous Beijing dishes.

Business is good; almost all the private rooms in the long row are full.

As Zhou Yufan pushed open the door, someone from the private room to their side also came out. Fang Li heard the noise and turned around to look.

The waiter came out after serving the food, but the moment the door closed, she caught a glimpse of a somewhat familiar face through the crack in the door.

At this moment, the door to their private room opened, and Director Zhu's voice came through.

"President Zhou, President Xu has finally arrived!"

Zhou Yufan turned his head and saw Fang Li's gaze fixed on the other side. He followed her gaze but saw nothing. He asked her, "What are you looking at?"

Fang Li turned around, "It's nothing."

As the two entered, Zhou Yufan put on a smile and said, "Sorry, I ran into President Xu at the entrance and waited for him for a bit."

"It's alright. A beauty like Ms. Xu deserves a protector, and besides, we're early." As he spoke, Director Zhu raised his hand to look at the bracelet on his wrist and said with a smile, "Look, it's not time yet."

"Please sit down, both of you. Don't stand."

After gesturing for everyone to sit down, Zhou Yufan began, "It's quite a coincidence that we're able to collaborate with Director Zhu this time. This is our first official project since the establishment of Pear Blossom Studio, and we've encountered an excellent director like Director Zhu. Let's wish each other all the best in our future collaboration!"

"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Zhou!"

"Yes, it's all fate. May everything go smoothly!"

Wishing you all the best!

At Zhou Yufan's suggestion, everyone drank a glass of wine, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.

Director Zhu is a young man, only in his thirties. As they drank and ate, he gradually became more talkative.

He pulled Zhou Yufan aside and chatted about all sorts of things.

As we chatted, somehow we ended up talking about Fang Li.

"I heard that Mr. Xu used to work in the industry for a few days. Is that true or false?"