QWAPMP Chapter 35
by VolareNews came suddenly, and Song Xi’s listless eyes brightened with the message he had just received.
[Are you awake? I just got off the plane. I asked He Jie to save breakfast for you, remember to eat. If you have any dietary restrictions, you can tell He Jie.]
He Jie was a nutritionist specifically hired by the original owner, who only appeared in the morning and usually left after making breakfast.
Song Xi thought for a while and replied.
[No dietary restrictions.]
After replying to the message, the alarm clock Song Xi had set rang. It was time for his performance class, and he had to hurry to the company.
Since Le Xing was acquired by Yan Group, the company specifically set up several performance classes to improve the acting skills of the artists and prevent some resources from being wasted.
Acting skills are very important. Without acting skills, no matter how good a drama is, it will still flop, or it will just waste resources and the funds invested by the company.
When Yan Group provides resources, they generally invest funds. If the drama becomes a hit, they earn money, so they have requirements for the artists’ acting skills.
Song Xi’s acting skills were much better than other artists in the company. He had learned a lot when he was in C City, and now he can take roles from the teachers, but in terms of dialogue, he is slightly worse.
After two classes ended, Song Xi did not leave the company, but went to the manager’s office.
“Manager, do you really not know when my manager will be back?” Song Xi furrowed his brow. Qiao Ge has been gone for almost a week and hasn’t returned yet. There’s no news. Could something have happened?
“Qiao Xin didn’t say when he asked for leave, so I don’t know either. But don’t worry, if you have anything, how about I let Kun Tai be with you first?”
Kun Tai is a manager the company poached from another studio. He has managed two popular celebrities before, but unfortunately, those two popular celebrities got together later and both retired and got married, which angered Kun Tai who mocked them on Weibo.
Song Xi refused the manager the same way he refused Yan Ye last time. He was already used to being managed by Qiao Ge. “No need, I’ll wait a bit longer!”
“That’s fine too. After all, Qiao Xin has been with you for so long, you both know each other well. It’s not good to suddenly change.” Song Xi was someone specifically mentioned by the higher-ups. He was just a manager and didn’t dare to offend him.
While Song Xi was looking for Qiao Xin, Yan Ye was also sending people to find him. However, the news that came was not very optimistic.
The person was found, in prison.
After knowing this news, Yan Ye finished handling work matters and bought a plane ticket to Qiao Xin’s old home.
After completing the visit procedures and waiting for about half an hour, Yan Ye saw Qiao Xin in a prison uniform through the bars of a window.
In just a week’s time, Qiao Xin had become much gaunter, with a face full of stubble and dull eyes, as if he felt his life was over.
Hearing that someone was visiting, he thought it would be Song Xi, but as he walked out of the cell, he remembered that Song Xi didn’t know about this matter, and his mood improved slightly.
Song Xi didn’t know, which meant people outside still didn’t know that his manager was in prison for killing someone. This way, he wouldn’t implicate Song Xi.
Thinking of how Song Xi finally gained a little popularity for saving someone, Qiao Xin really didn’t want him to be scolded because he himself had killed someone.
An artist saves someone, a manager kills someone. If such news got on the hot search, how ironic would that be!
Qiao Xin slightly raised his head and sighed.
Yan Ye heard that sigh of regret and spoke first, “Mr. Qiao.”
Qiao Xin, who had originally raised his head, slowly lowered it after hearing the address “Mr. Qiao”. After seeing clearly who the person was, he showed a look of astonishment.
“Mr. Yan, why are you here?” Qiao Xin sat down opposite him and asked through the bars, “Where is Xiao Xi?”
“Song Xi doesn’t know about your manslaughter yet, Mr. Qiao,” Yan Ye explained lightly.
“That’s good,” Although Qiao Xin felt uncomfortable, he was also relieved that the matter hadn’t spread. “How did Mr. Yan know I was here?”
Although he was a manager in the company, he was only a manager in a small company under Yan Group. What qualification or virtue did he have to make Mr. Yan investigate him and travel all the way to prison for him?
Yan Ye saw through his confusion and said briefly, “You’ve been on leave for so long without news. Song Xi has been asking about your news.”
Qiao Xin felt ashamed to have Song Xi come see him, and held his head in his hands. “Don’t tell him about my matter.”
Since Mr. Yan knew he was in prison, he must also know why he came in.
“Don’t you want to come out?” Yan Ye asked suddenly. “Time is running out. I brought a lawyer. If you still want to come out, you might as well recount what happened again.”
Upon investigating that Qiao Xin was sent to prison for the charge of manslaughter, Yan Ye sent people from Yan Group to transfer lawyers over, planning to appeal again. So, he brought the lawyer today to understand the cause and effect.
According to Qiao Xin, he received a call from his old home saying that something big had happened at home. When he returned home, he found out that his younger brother, who had just finished the college entrance exam, had gotten into a conflict with someone after celebrating with classmates and having some drinks, and was beaten into paralysis by a man in the town who had a little money.
Qiao Xin was struck by this news as if by a bolt from the blue. He angrily rushed to find the person who injured his brother to settle the score. He didn’t expect that the man who injured his brother was drinking with friends and was even boasting shamelessly, “A snot-nosed kid also dares to mind my business, hahaha, I’ll let him be a hero saving a beauty. Laozi will make him unable to stand up straight for the rest of his life. Come on brothers, let’s have a drink…”
Infuriated by this sentence, Qiao Xin lost his mind. He rushed up, grabbed an empty wine bottle from the table, and smashed it onto the speaking man’s head.
The man who was smashed reacted, his forehead already bleeding, but at that time, he was still fine.
The man reacted, his eyes wide with anger, and he held up a wine bottle and just went for it.
Qiao Xin was also overwhelmed by anger. He was one person against five or six, but he still managed to beat them black and blue.
Finally, the man ran into a barbecue restaurant and took out a cleaver to stab Qiao Xin.
In order to avoid the cleaver, Qiao Xin pushed him during the struggle. It was this push that caused the man’s cleaver to stab into his own abdomen.
Others saw the situation and shouted “Murder!” The owner of the barbecue restaurant also immediately called the police. Finally, Qiao Xin was taken away by the police. Because he only had a pair of elderly parents and a paralyzed younger brother at home, no one could do anything for him.
That other man died on the spot. His family members absolutely insisted that Qiao Xin was intentional murder and wanted him to pay with his life.
The final result of this matter was determined as manslaughter, and he was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than three years but less than seven years.
When the visit time ended, Yan Ye also let the lawyer start preparing the evidence for the appeal. From Qiao Xin’s statement, the person was not killed by his own hand. He just pushed the person, which was just an overreacted defense, after all, it was that man who first took a knife to stab him.
Because of Qiao Xin’s matter, Yan Ye was delayed here for a few more days. After the lawyer had prepared all the evidence and confirmed there was a chance of winning, Yan Ye met Qiao Xin again.
“The lawyer side has been arranged. By then, your parents will also appear in court. Song Xi is still waiting for you to go back and continue being his manager.”
“Thank you, thank you, Mr. Yan.” Qiao Xin’s eyes were wet, and his voice was inevitably choked up.
Hearing Yan Ye mention Song Xi, he knew that Mr. Yan would help him entirely because of Song Xi.
Because he was delayed a week in returning, Yan Ye hadn’t received Song Xi’s tomorrow morning’s greeting for several days, and even the messages he sent disappeared without a trace. It looked like he was intentionally not replying.
“Mr. Yan, this was sent from M Country this morning.” The secretary handed over an exquisitely packaged small gift box.
“Okay, I understand.”
This was a ring customized when he was on a business trip in M Country. It was only when he saw the ring counter in the mall that he remembered that he and Song Xi were married, but neither of them had wedding rings.
“Mr. Yan, is this a ring?” The secretary Miss asked curiously. It’s no wonder she could guess what this was. It was because the ring Yan Ye customized was from a brand that specialized in custom rings.
However, the price for customization was ridiculously high, starting from over a million, and many costing tens of millions.
And what did it mean for their Mr. Yan to suddenly customize a ring?
“Yes, you can leave work early today.” Yan Ye looked at the time on his notebook, took the small gift box from the table, and without giving the secretary a chance to ask again, strode away quickly.
The black Maybach stopped below the Le Xing company building. The front desk reception staff repeatedly cast envious glances. Such a luxury car was something they couldn’t afford even if they worked a lifetime!
Song Xi had just gotten out of the elevator when he heard someone discussing that there was a luxury car parked outside. At first, she didn’t think it was Mr. Yan, but only when she walked out of the building did she realize that the license plate number looked familiar, as if she had seen it in Mr. Yan’s garage.
Isn’t Yan Ye not back yet? Song Xi wasn’t sure, so he took out his phone to look first.
[Wait, I’ll pick you up.]
Now, he was sure. That was Mr. Yan’s car.
Song Xi quickly put on his hoodie and mask and stealthily ran towards the Maybach.
Before he could knock on the car window, the door inside was opened, and then, he was pulled into the passenger seat by a force.
This time, Yan Ye was driving personally. Song Xi first turned his head to look at him, was reminded to buckle his seatbelt, and then fumbled to start buckling his seatbelt.
“Aren’t you afraid of being stuffy? Take off your mask and hat!” Yan Ye glanced at him, another reminder.
The day after they registered for marriage, Yan Ye went on a business trip. The two hadn’t seen each other for almost two weeks. Song Xi had a little temper. Although he didn’t show it, seeing his silent appearance, Yan Ye could guess.
Since they were married, Yan Ye would treat his partner like a normal husband and wife. At the necessary time, he would apologize first. “Sorry, it was originally planned for three days, but I temporarily had something to do and went to another place to handle things.”
Song Xi didn’t respond to him, rested his head against the car window, and stared at the rearview mirror.
“I heard that Luo Sha Ling finished filming. It is estimated that the actors will forward promotions in the next day or two.”
Luo Sha Ling was the drama that Song Xi had filmed before in C City. Because his manager wasn’t around, he almost didn’t go online at all and was seriously taking performance classes every day, so he didn’t know about the male and female leads finishing filming.
Song Xi rarely showed a surprised expression and subconsciously asked, “How did you know?”
He took out his phone to look, and did not see any Weibo related to Luo Sha Ling finishing filming.
Yan Ye chuckled softly, “I thought you weren’t willing to talk to me anymore!”
Song Xi’s fingers paused as he swiped his phone. He turned off the phone screen, turned his head to look out the window again, and muttered softly, “You lied to me, and you don’t allow me to be angry?” You said you would come back after three days on a business trip.