CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174 OPPORTUNITY

In the living room, Wen Lan looked at Li Jing, who was signing a contract with the staff, with a somewhat peculiar expression.

She turned her head to Wei Jia beside her and said, "Did you two sleep here last night?"

"Yes."

Wei Jia glanced at the two bedrooms in the suite: "There are two bedrooms here, one for each of us."

Wen Lan didn’t hear the second half of the sentence at all; she only heard Wei Jia admitting to her question.

These two actually slept in one suite, a suite that Wei Jia personally booked.

This left Wen Lan’s brain a little overwhelmed, subconsciously imagining the scenes that might have happened last night.

But every time she looked at Wei Jia’s cold and imposing demeanor, Wen Lan couldn’t imagine her in the arms of a man.

Incongruous, so incongruous...

Wen Lan tried hard to imagine several scenarios, but they all felt wrong.

In her heart, Wei Jia could never be conquered by a man.

But regarding last night, Li Jing didn’t plan to explain, and Wei Jia had no intention to mention it.

So, Wen Lan could only speculate on her own, occasionally giving them strange looks.

Once all the procedures and contracts were completed, after the staff reported to Wen Lan, she looked at the time and said to Li Jing, "I scheduled to meet Yang Xiaoxiu in the hotel lobby, according to your plan, you should explain to her later."

...

A while later, in the hotel lobby’s lounge area.

Li Jing was speaking with Yang Xiaoxiu, who had arrived in a hurry.

Yang Xiaoxiu appeared somewhat dazed and at a loss, glanced at Wen Lan and others sitting not far away, feeling a bit surprised and nervous, then continued listening to Li Jing.

Meanwhile, Wen Lan, seeing that Li Jing was already talking with Yang Xiaoxiu, couldn’t help but glance at Wei Jia beside her.

Only to see her calmly checking work information on her phone, Wen Lan asked perplexed, "Li Jing and that Yang Xiaoxiu have an ambiguous relationship, aren’t you jealous?"

"Jealous?"

Wei Jia glanced at her questioningly: "What would I be jealous of?"

At this, Wen Lan felt increasingly perplexed.

According to her understanding of Wei Jia, if she really chose a man, with her dominating nature, she wouldn’t allow him to be overly intimate with another woman.

But now, Wei Jia’s reaction was completely different from what she imagined.

Thinking this, Wen Lan couldn’t help but ask again, "Wei Jia, do you know that President Li seemingly has a lover..."

"I know, last time when you and I first met him for contract signing, wasn’t his assistant his lover?"

Wei Jia continued checking work information, not even lifting her head to answer Wen Lan’s question.

"You know and still with him..."

Wen Lan instinctively wanted to say something more but felt it wasn’t appropriate and forcibly held back her words.

But she really couldn’t understand Wei Jia’s thoughts, confirming again: "Honestly, what’s the situation between you and Li Jing now?"

Wei Jia, losing patience with the questioning, said somewhat irritably: "He is now my man, it’s just that simple; why can’t you understand that?"

"I..."

Upon hearing this, Wen Lan hesitated, at a loss for words, and ultimately shook her head helplessly.

Darn it, Wei Jia must be possessed.

Otherwise, such a situation could never occur.

Then Wen Lan turned to look at Li Jing, furrowing her brows, thinking silently:

Just who exactly is this President Li?

To have Wei Jia so entranced?

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Jing had already explained the current situation to Yang Xiaoxiu.

"Director Wen wants to replace Dai Weiwei? And even wants me to try out for the second female lead?"

Yang Xiaoxiu opened her unadorned, clean eyes wide in shock.

To her, this news exploded like a bomb in her mind.

"That’s right, but Director Wen and others are still uncertain about your acting skills and capabilities."

Li Jing calmly explained: "So you need to perform a scene as the second female lead for Mr. Chen, and if you can get his recommendation, neither Wen Lan nor Wei Jia will object.

With this reason, the crew won’t have other thoughts."

"Mr. Chen..."

Having studied the script countless times, Wen Lan naturally knew who Mr. Chen was as Li Jing mentioned.

But more surprising than having to show her ability to Mr. Chen was how this opportunity landed on her.

She wasn’t foolish, quite the opposite, she was very smart.

Faced with many unexpected incidents, she’d internally ask "Why?"

Encountering some unfair matters, sometimes she couldn’t control her grievance, questioning fate "Why?"

But when good fortune fell from the sky, she’d also ask herself why such a good opportunity would land on her.

Though not very old, she’d been through quite a bit and naturally understood this opportunity wasn’t due to her looks or hard work being noticed.

Because even her name, Wen Lan only recently remembered, so it couldn’t be her recommendation.

There was only one possibility, that this opportunity was brought to her by Li Jing.

Thinking this, Yang Xiaoxiu’s pupils couldn’t help but quiver slightly as she looked at Li Jing, filled with both gratitude and puzzlement: "Brother Jing, why are you helping me so much..."

Seeing she guessed it was his help, Li Jing didn’t deny and smiled: "Opportunities always favor the prepared; don’t be too happy just yet, it’s not confirmed, you need to earn Mr. Chen’s satisfaction on your own."

"I know, but having this opportunity is already rare, I know the difficulty behind it."

Yang Xiaoxiu worked hard and put effort into striving, only to earn a minor role with a single scene in this collaboration film with the academy; to gain the second female lead, she didn’t know what more it would cost, even if he were an investor, it wasn’t that simple.

But didn’t he always talk about mutual exchange, she clearly had no sufficient value left, so why was he still willing to help her.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaoxiu, though puzzled, felt deep gratitude and trust towards Li Jing.

Then, her gaze gradually turned firm as she looked at Li Jing, seriously and sincerely saying:

"Brother Jing, although I don’t have enough value to repay you now, given time, I will surely remember this favor."

Seeing the determination in her eyes, Li Jing smiled slightly; he knew she would definitely repay him by her character, so he simply said:

"Don’t think about it now, you have to go to Mr. Chen soon, there’s no time to prepare, so take this opportunity to think through how to perform; don’t waste this rare chance."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaoxiu also understood the importance of this opportunity, taking a deep breath, as she began to recall and organize the scenes and her understanding of the second female lead role in her mind.

And while thinking and preparing, her gaze towards Li Jing had already transformed from reverence and caution to trust and respect.

Even Li Jing didn’t realize that his well-intentioned, casual recommendation not only changed Yang Xiaoxiu’s life destiny but also earned him an irreplaceable place in her heart.