Chen Yali furrowed her brows, her boyfriend always acted like this whenever he saw a pretty girl, but she didn’t expect that he would set his sights on her own cousin, and so unabashedly at that, making her, the official girlfriend, feel extremely awkward on the side.
Just as she was about to say something, Chen Ruhan happened to answer her boyfriend’s question.
“The entertainment company I signed with is Tianmei Media!”
“What?”
“Could you repeat the name of the company??”
Wang Shuai had been ready to bad-mouth whatever company Chen Ruhan was going to name.
But the company she mentioned was Tianmei Media!
Although he worked for a media company that specialized in incubating internet celebrities, many of the female streamers he came into contact with were actually D-list celebrities, so he was somewhat connected to the showbiz world and naturally knew of Tianmei Media!
Chen Ruhan wasn’t very interested in engaging with this so-called agent. She turned her head and looked towards the entrance of the banquet hall; her uncle Mr. Yang had answered a call just a while ago, so she had come in by herself first.
“Ruohan, are you sure the company that signed you is called Tianmei Media?”
“If things are as usual, then you might have been deceived by a scam company, probably one that’s taking advantage of Tianmei Media’s name to swindle others!”
“Did they charge you any fees? Or did they make any unreasonable demands?” Wang Shuai asked, his gaze once again uncontrollably circulating around Chen Ruhan.
The yellow dress Chen Ruhan wore today was originally designed in a fresh and youthful style, but her curvy figure made it exude a pure lust vibe that was very tempting.
“Thanks for the heads-up.”
“I’m capable of distinguishing who’s a scammer by myself!”
Chen Ruhan replied with a cool tone, in her view, the man in front of her seemed more like a scammer.
“Look at you getting all worked up, I’m just trying to help you out!”
Wang Shuai then touched the thick gold chain around his neck and said, “I do know people in Tianmei Media. Who did you discuss your contract with? Let me help you check if they’re really from Tianmei Media or not!”
Chen Ruhan initially didn’t want to bother with Wang Shuai anymore, but after hearing what he said, a mischievous thought came to Little White Flower. You want to show off, huh? Well, let’s see you try!
“The person I discussed the contract with is called Yang Hao.”
Chen Ruhan replied earnestly.
“Yang Hao, is it?”
“I’ll check it out.”
Wang Shuai picked up his phone and scrolled through his Weixun friend list for a while, then tapped on a contact marked as [Chao] and sent a voice message after gathering his thoughts: Chao, sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask you something. Is there someone named Yang Hao in your team of agents at Tianmei Media??
After sending the message, Wang Shuai looked smugly at Chen Ruhan and said, “Chao is the head of the Artists Department at Tianmei Media, he oversees all the agents in Tianmei Media. There’s no mistake in asking him about something like this!”
Wang Shuai was fully embracing the spirit of bluffing; after all, he was the one who assigned the identities, and if he said Chao was the department head, then so be it!
The reply from “Chao” came back surprisingly fast; it was less than half a minute after Wang Shuai sent the Weixun message before the reply came: We don’t have anyone named Yang Hao in our Artists Department!
Seeing this response, Wang Shuai’s face immediately showed a proud smile. He handed the phone to Chen Ruhan, saying, “My friend just told me that there’s no one named Yang Hao in the Artists Department of Tianmei Media.”
“So, Ruhan, you have been scammed!!”
Wang Shuai concluded with absolute certainty.
“I knew it! How could a big company like Tianmei Media sign someone so easily!”
Liu Yuanyuan sighed, yet her heart was a bit gleeful, because she had been jealous upon learning Chen Ruohan had signed with a major entertainment company. She had graduated from college in July and had been looking for a job since the New Year.
During this time, she had briefly worked at two different companies, but they weren’t a good fit.
Just now, her mother, Chen Haiying, had told her that her cousin Chen Ruohan had signed with an entertainment company and was on her way to becoming a big star. She mentioned how Ruohan was only a sophomore but already so accomplished, implying that her own daughter was quite the opposite.
Now, hearing that Chen Ruohan had been deceived, she naturally felt much better.
“Brother Wang, what do you think Ruohan should do in this situation?”
Liu Yuanyuan asked as if she was very eager to help, but in reality, she just wanted to gossip.
“First, check if the contract is valid, and then look into the qualifications of the company. There are quite a few intricacies involved. Ruohan, let’s add each other on WeChat. Send me the electronic version of the contract, and I’ll have a look…”
Wang Shuai said as he handed over his phone.
Chen Ruohan responded with a roll of her eyes: “The person who signed me to Tianmei Media isn’t from the Artists Department!”
“Not from the Artists Department?”
Wang Shuai chuckled, shaking his head: “Then you’ve been scammed even worse, since only the Artists Department handles signing artists!”
“I was signed directly by the CEO!”
Chen Ruohan didn’t keep them in suspense and stated plainly.
“Signed directly by the CEO?”
The smile on Wang Shuai’s face grew wider: “Sister, you’ve really been scammed badly!”
“Do you know what level of entertainment company Tianmei Media is, or the status of its CEO in the entertainment industry?”
“Even first-rate stars might not have the CEO personally negotiate their contracts!”
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuanyuan immediately joined in: “Ruohan, you’re just too naive!”
“There are too many swindlers in society nowadays. How could you possibly have easily encountered the CEO of a big corporation!?”
“And he signed you to their company? That’s just like a plot out of ‘Domineering CEO’s Love’ novels!”
The two sang their chorus, and Chen Ruohan was left completely speechless.
She spoke the truth, but they wouldn’t believe her. Her gaze shifted once more toward the entrance of the banquet hall, just as Yang Hao walked in.
Seeing him, ‘Little White Flower’ was overjoyed, her pretty little face beaming with a radiant smile. She waved vigorously towards the entrance of the banquet hall: “Mr. Yang, over here!”
Seeing Chen Ruohan’s dramatic change of expression, Wang Shuai and Liu Yuanyuan followed the direction of her wave.
Then they saw a man in a casual suit, tall and handsome.
“Ruohan, who is that man?” Liu Yuanyuan asked curiously.
“My boyfriend!”
Chen Ruohan replied proudly.
“Ah? Boyfriend??”
“Why did you get a boyfriend so much older?”
Liu Yuanyuan’s eyes were wide open.
The man who approached, though tall and handsome, clearly looked to be of a certain age, likely around thirty.
But Chen Ruohan was only nineteen, the age gap was just too big!
“Yuanyuan, what era is it now, is age really a problem?”
Chen Ruohan asked with a smile.
“Er, it seems not.”
Liu Yuanyuan only graduated from college in July, strictly speaking, she still counted as a college student, and one of her roommates even liked older men, so she had no way to refute Chen Ruohan’s words.
Wang Shuai frowned, his eyes showing a hint of hostility. He had been planning to coax Chen Ruohan into joining their company and incidentally get to know this pretty girl better.
But then she suddenly mentioned having a boyfriend, which was very unfavorable for the execution of his plans!
What made him even more depressed was just when he was about to add her on Weixun, after finally steering the conversation in that direction, Yang Hao’s arrival interrupted it.
“Mr. Yang, this is my cousin Liu Yuanyuan from my second aunt’s family, and this is my cousin Chen Yali from my third uncle’s family…”
As Yang Hao came over, Chen Ruohan cheerily introduced her two cousins, deliberately ignoring Wang Shuai.
Just a stranger she was meeting for the first time who kept trying to show off; Chen Ruohan really couldn’t be bothered to deal with such a person!
“Hello everyone, I’m Ruohan’s boyfriend, Yang Hao!”
Yang Hao draped his arm around Little White Flower’s shoulder, nodded at the two as a greeting.
After hearing Yang Hao introduce himself, Chen Ruohan felt immensely happy. Although she had just introduced Yang Hao as her boyfriend to Liu Yuanyuan, she didn’t know if her Mr. Yang would acknowledge that relationship in front of her relatives.
After all, it was not that straightforward to define their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend.
However, Yang Hao generously accepted the boyfriend title, which naturally moved Little White Flower Chen Ruohan, and at the same time, it gave her an inexplicable sense of security.
If he recognized their relationship in front of her relatives, it at least meant that Mr. Yang really cared about her!
What the Little White Flower didn’t know was that Yang Hao’s visit today was to complete a task, which was to acknowledge their relationship in front of Chen Ruohan’s relatives and offer Little White Flower enough sense of security.
Thus, Yang Hao immediately disclosed his identity!
Yang Hao’s arrival also drew the attention of the elders. It was quite normal for Chen Yali to bring her boyfriend to a wedding since she was already working.
But Chen Ruohan was only nineteen and still in university, yet she also brought a boyfriend to the wedding.
And her boyfriend was so much older than her.
Chen Haiying and Ruohan’s third uncle, Chen Maosheng, were curiously sizing up Yang Hao.
Liu Changhe, whose mood had been spoiled by being humiliated by Chen Haiou early in the morning, was brooding over how to regain face while smoking sullenly. The sight of Yang Hao immediately lit up his eyes.
Your daughter is only in her second year of college, and yet she ends up with an old man!
Hmm, it’s indeed genetic!
“You’re Ruohan’s boyfriend?”
Liu Changhe asked.
“This is my uncle-in-law,” Chen Ruohan introduced from the side.
“Hello, uncle-in-law.”
Liu Changhe was forty-eight this year, thirteen years older than Yang Hao, so calling the other party uncle-in-law wasn’t a big deal.
“Are you thirty this year?”
Liu Changhe exhaled a puff of smoke and directly asked about Yang Hao’s age.
“I’m already thirty-five,” Yang Hao responded with a smile, not avoiding the issue of age at all.
“What?”
“35 years old??”
The crowd was all stunned.
Yang Hao appeared rather young, looking around thirty years old, so when he said he was thirty-five, everyone was quite surprised.
Of course, the shock was not only because Yang Hao was thirty-five but also because of the vast age difference between him and Chen Ruohan!
Everyone originally thought the difference was about ten years, but it turned out to be sixteen years!
“Then you’re only four years younger than Haiou??”
Chen Haiying was the first to react, saying in astonishment.
Yang Hao smiled and nodded, “Yeah, Ou is only four years older than me.”
“We each go by our own!”
Fuck, can I do this??
Calling the “mother-in-law” sister.
This is awesome!!
Upon hearing Yang Hao’s words, everyone was bewildered.
Liu Changhe found an opportunity and scoffed, “This is all messed up!”
“You had the audacity despite being sixteen years older!”
“Ruohan is young and naive, but you’re already of age, shouldn’t you be a bit more self-aware??”
Liu Changhe, who had just hit a wall with Chen Haiou, started his counterattack.
Yang Hao raised his eyebrows and gave Liu Changhe a cold glance, clearly, the man was looking for trouble!
But Yang Hao wasn’t a pushover. He fired back, “Am I dating your daughter?”
“Aren’t you overstepping a bit?!”
“As for my relationship with Ruohan, I agree, Ruohan agrees, Ou agrees, who the hell are you??”
Yang Hao didn’t indulge Liu Changhe, he wasn’t about to take this kind of aggravation from a stranger he was meeting for the first time.
“Is this how you speak to your elders??”
None expected Yang Hao to react so fiercely, not giving Liu Changhe any face, which turned the older man’s face ashen.
“Do elders talk like you?”
“You’re hardly worthy!” Yang Hao scoffed.
At that moment, Little White Flower Chen Ruohan also spoke up with a firm face, “Uncle-in-law, aren’t you being too nosy? What does my dating have to do with you!”
“Even my mom doesn’t bother me about it!!”