LWDC Chapter 16

Chapter Sixteen – A Visit to Apologize

Chapter Sixteen – A Visit to Apologize

Chapter Sixteen – A Visit to Apologize

There are no walls that don’t leak, and the news of Gu Hechen’s car accident still spread the next day.

Gu’s response was much faster than Chen Xi Studio’s. They issued a statement on the same day, saying that the car accident was an accident and that Gu Hechen was not seriously injured. During the treatment period, Gu Hechen will closely monitor Gu’s operations in the hospital. He will also actively cooperate with the treatment and return to work as soon as possible.

Later that day, the official investigation results, written in white on a blue background, were also freshly released, stating that the car accident was caused by Gu Hechen’s improper operation, which resulted in him crashing into the green belt. There were no illegal acts such as drunk driving, drug driving, falling asleep while driving, or doing other things. Although the text was simple and the plot was boring, it was obviously important to Gu’s stock. Not knowing how to drive is better than committing other illegal and outrageous things, right?

Ning Fei also saw a revelation on some marketing accounts, saying that Gu’s was originally preparing to hold an important internal meeting because of the recent turmoil. Now that Gu Hechen actually had a car accident, missing the meeting may bring unpredictable changes. In the comment section of the revelation, there were many conspiracy theory enthusiasts who speculated that the car accident was not an accident, but man-made, with the purpose of Sniper Gu’s or pulling Gu Hechen down.

Even more, someone fantasized and posted a comment: [Could it be Ning Fei, Su Cenxi’s former agent, who did it? After all, he was fired, and it’s normal to hold a grudge.]

Ning Fei was really amused when he saw this, and he even gave this statement a thumbs up with a small account.

He manipulated Gu Hechen to have a car accident? How could he do it? With physical means, the ubiquitous surveillance could find him in minutes; with metaphysical means… he didn’t have that ability.

When Ning Fei came to this world, he didn’t add any abilities beyond ordinary people to his identity at all. Except for the work-required skill “luck management”, he was no different from an ordinary person in other aspects. He couldn’t curse, nor would he be “exorcised” by so-called metaphysical masters; he would bleed and feel pain when injured, and his wounds would take time to heal. As for the previous blood-drawing symbols and curses in front of the so-called Master Xu, it was purely bluffing. It was just using a little reasonable speculation to give these charlatans psychological hints.

After all, at that time, Ning Fei had already decided to recover luck from Su Cenxi, and Su Cenxi could easily affect Gu Hechen. Once Gu Hechen started to have bad luck, Master Xu would think that this was the backlash from the failed ritual, that Ning Fei’s revenge had come. First Gu Hechen, then it would be his turn. As long as this kind of psychological suggestion continued to put pressure on Master Xu, Master Xu would be prone to bad luck because of a guilty conscience and poor state.

These were just some of Ning Fei’s effortless revenge tricks, which were time-saving, labor-saving, and had a high success rate. Of course, if it failed, it didn’t matter. Ning Fei wouldn’t entangle himself in unimportant things.

The urgent thing right now was Su Cenxi’s work.

Su Cenxi said that he wouldn’t disturb Ning Fei before apologizing, but he actually couldn’t resist the inner fear and uneasiness, and consciously reported his work to Ning Fei. In these reports, Ning Fei saw a familiar word.

[Achen said before that he would help me talk about the endorsement of B brand’s high-end car, but he is temporarily unable to manage it after the car accident. Now I heard that ST’s Annie has taken the next season of this endorsement. Why is it them again?]

Ning Fei was also a little puzzled when he saw this. Yes, it’s a coincidence once or twice, but always targeting him makes him feel like there’s something fishy going on.

Su Cenxi’s guess about this was: [Is ST retaliating against me for Snatched their work last time?]

Ning Fei thought it was unlikely.

The competition for model work has always been fierce, and it’s normal to Snatch it away. Su Cenxi only happened to squeeze out an ST position last time, and it was just the magazine promotional photo of Y brand. Is it necessary to send top supermodels to retaliate specifically?

Ning Fei finally replied to Su Cenxi’s message after a long time: [Did Gu Hechen offend someone from ST?]

Su Cenxi replied after a while: [I asked, no. Achen said that he has never contacted people from ST, and Gu’s has never sought commercial cooperation with people from ST before.]

Ning Fei: … How come there’s a bad feeling.

Although Duan Yunhong said directly last time that it was not targeted retaliation, but just work. But this time’s Sweatshirt incident, Ning Fei felt that the purpose was very strong. But ST is such a big company, Duan Yunhong doesn’t compete with other big companies, but targets Su Cenxi, who is a single studio, why?

Even if Su Cenxi breaks into the TOP field, he is just one person, what is ST worried about?

Ning Fei clicked on Duan Yunhong’s information interface on his mobile phone, intending to ask. But after hesitating for a moment, he still didn’t send the message. First, he couldn’t think of what position to question him from, and second, if ST was really targeting Su Cenxi, Duan Yunhong was unlikely to tell Ning Fei the truth – unless Ning Fei joined ST.

Thinking about it this way, it seems pretty cool to jump to the opponent’s house as a spy.

Unfortunately, Su Cenxi and Gu Hechen are both indefinite. If Ning Fei stays away from them, these two might make things irretrievable. The current situation is the best proof. Therefore, Ning Fei decided to control Su Cenxi from close range.

He wants to take this opportunity to completely suppress Gu Hechen’s arrogance, so as to prevent this annoying thing from dragging him down in the future.

*

On the third day, Su Cenxi finally sent a message, asking Ning Fei when he would be at home.

Ning Fei said that he was always there, and Su Cenxi booked his time in the afternoon, preparing to visit.

Ning Fei was puzzled: [Don’t you have work?]

It is still within the Fashion Week, even if the top brands’ shows have ended, the activities of some mid-to-high-end brands are also packed. As a supermodel, Su Cenxi can actually free up an afternoon, Ning Fei felt incredible.

Su Cenxi honestly replied: [There are only some small events, group invitations, it doesn’t matter if I go or not…]

Ning Fei understood, it was the kind of event that would be a bit degrading to attend, it was indeed better not to go. Speaking of which, it’s embarrassing that the current agent actually uses this kind of work to fill the itinerary. Did Gu Hechen do a background check when he was looking for someone? Is this the level that can bring out TOP 10?

Ning Fei didn’t ask any more questions on the APP, but only confirmed the meeting at 3:00 in the afternoon, and ended the contact.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Su Cenxi arrived on time.

He came alone, fully armed. He only took off his hat, mask, and sunglasses after entering Ning Fei’s house. He also brought two bottles of expensive red wine, saying that they were taken from Gu Hechen’s personal collection, and also represented Gu Hechen’s attitude.

“His attitude?” Ning Fei leaned against the shoe cabinet, without saying anything about letting him go into the house, and looked at Su Cenxi, who was standing in the entrance, and raised his eyebrows slightly, “What attitude of his?”

The entrance, which was only about one square meter, seemed too cramped for Su Cenxi. He was a little at a loss: “That is, an attitude of apologizing to you…”

Ning Fei said: “I said, what you say doesn’t count.”

“He’s still in the hospital, so it’s not convenient for him to come.” Su Cenxi explained, “But his attitude is very obvious. Otherwise, how could he give such expensive wine as soon as he said? And you can take a look at the contract I brought this time, the treatment given to you is definitely first-class. The studio account will also send you an apology statement, handwritten and signed with my name, and I will let you see the apology content first, and then copy it after it’s confirmed…”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Ning Fei interrupted him, “Take your phone and make a video call to Gu Hechen.”

Su Cenxi was stunned: “But…”

“No buts.” Ning Fei interrupted again, “Since he wants to apologize too, then tell me in person, let me hear how sincere he is. Or are you actually lying to me?”

“I didn’t lie to you!” Su Cenxi had to take out his phone, but he still tried to struggle, “I just think that Achen must be working now, so it may not be good to disturb him…”

“He’s so dedicated on the hospital bed, is Gu going to evaluate him as a model worker?” Ning Fei sneered, “It’s not good to disturb him now, then you Get out, come back when it’s good to disturb him to perform your, oh no, it’s your ‘apology’. You don’t think that two bottles of wine, good treatment, and an apology letter can deceive my forgiveness, right? This is the ‘sincerity’ you said, the ‘preparation’ you said?”

Su Cenxi didn’t dare to really roll.

He was somewhat familiar with Ning Fei’s style, and deeply realized that if he really left without finishing the apology now, it would be inevitably more difficult to find Ning Fei next time.

He didn’t know if he and Gu Hechen could afford to continue.

These messy thoughts were spinning wildly in Su Cenxi’s mind, and he finally made a decision: “… Okay, I’ll call him now.”

After speaking, Su Cenxi didn’t wait for Ning Fei’s answer, and immediately made a video call to Gu Hechen.

Gu, the big president, answered quickly: “Hello, Xixi? How is it?”

Su Cenxi, who said it was inconvenient to disturb him before, couldn’t help but glance at Ning Fei with a guilty conscience. Ning Fei chuckled, his eyes mocking, as if saying “I knew you were lying”.

Su Cenxi quickly looked back at his phone, hardened his heart, and said straightly: “Achen, I’m at Ning Fei’s house now. Please apologize to him in person, okay?”

“Huh?” Gu Hechen obviously didn’t expect this. But before he and Su Cenxi could continue to communicate, Ning Fei took Su Cenxi’s phone and looked at the man on the hospital bed opposite him: “President Gu, I heard that you’ve been quite unlucky recently.”

This was really not a good greeting, and President Gu couldn’t smile at this kind of remark, so he replied stiffly: “Thanks to you, I won’t die.”

“Thanks to me?” Ning Fei sneered, “So that’s your attitude.”

“Achen!” Su Cenxi was terrified when he heard this, and quickly leaned closer to speak, “The wine was given to Ning Fei as an apology, right? I also brought the contract, and the treatment was also decided by you, right?”

“… Yes.” Gu Hechen looked at his lover’s desperate hints, and finally followed his words and said an apology, “There were some misunderstandings between us in the past, and some of my misjudgments caused you to be injured. I apologize to you.”

Ning Fei didn’t even need to look at the expression on his screen, just listening to the tone, he knew how unwilling he was to say these words.

So Ning Fei deliberately remained silent for several seconds, as if waiting for something, and then slowly popped out a word: “That’s it?”

Gu Hechen held back his temper and said in a deep voice: “I will compensate you. You can still make suggestions about the treatment in the contract. I will also give you a one-time compensation separately. The medical expenses, lost work expenses, and mental damage expenses you mentioned last time, I can give you all.”

“Pfft, President Gu is really rich and generous!” Ning Fei laughed mockingly, “So this is the so-called ‘sincere apology’, I’ve learned it.”

“No, Ning Fei, that’s not what he means!” Su Cenxi heard that things were going to get worse, and quickly helped to explain, “He’s just been too busy and tired recently, so his tone is a bit heavy, but he doesn’t mean to solve this with money. We are absolutely sincere in apologizing!”

“I don’t want to hear any more nonsense.” Ning Fei’s voice turned cold, and his eyes stared at Su Cenxi, “Since he can’t do it well, you can set an example. The conditions given now are not given by you personally, so how are you going to apologize to me, huh? What is a ‘sincere apology’?”

“I…” Su Cenxi stared straight at him, as if being pressed down by his gaze, pressing his head and back down. The supermodel’s head heated up, and he bowed down and bent his knees.

“Let me kneel down for you.”