Chapter 1: Encounter at the Bar

  The most difficult short film has been finished, and the remaining promotional photos are much simpler. Originally, it was a very relaxing thing, but on the scene, it didn't seem so relaxed after all. The reason came from that cold figure beside.

  Ye Xuanmo glanced at Ou Muxuan, who was sitting coldly on the side looking at files. Doesn't this guy have any work to do? Does he need to be so idle? They're just ordinary photographers, no need to stare so tightly, right? But when she turned her head and saw Gu Jiaxian's happy face, Ye Xuanmo swallowed all her complaints again.

  As long as Gu Jiaxiu is happy, let him be. Maybe Ou Muxuan is worried that Gu Jiaxiu will get into some kind of danger again?

  Ye Xuanmo suppressed the pain in her heart, turned around and smiled, continuing to devote herself to filming.

  The sun was scorching, and they were shooting outdoors. The sweltering sunlight had already drenched Ou Mu Xuan's black undershirt with sweat, but he seemed to be completely oblivious to the heat, continuing to intently flip through the documents in his hand.

  Guxin, who was holding files by his side, looked even hotter, his originally pale face had turned bright red, but he didn't dare to complain in the slightest.

  At halftime, Ye Xuan took two bottles of water from the side and wanted to walk over, but after taking a step, she hesitated and turned around to hand the water to Gu Jiaxian, asking her to give it to Ou Muxuan and Gu Xin.

  Gu Jiaxin took the water and walked towards Ou Muxuan with a smile, although he was always cold to her, but Gu Jiaxin was confident that she could change him and make him like her.

  "European Union?"

  Ou Mu Xuan suddenly lifted his head, but when he saw that it was Gu Jia Chen, his amber eyes instantly dimmed, "What is it?" His voice remained icy and emotionless.

  "Must be tough?" Gu Jiaxiang handed a bottle of water to Ou Muxuan, "Have some water."

  Ou Mu Xuan took the water but handed it to Gu Xin beside him without hesitation, "I'm not thirsty, you can take the rest away."

  Gu Xin took over the water and leaned in close to Ou Mu Xuan's ear, "President, these two bottles of water are Miss Starry Sky's intention."

  "Hmm?" Ou Mu Xuan hesitated for a moment, then reached out and naturally grabbed another bottle of water, opened it, and drank half of it in one breath. He put the remaining half beside him and said, "Alright, you can go to work now."

  Actually, Gu Jiaxi wanted to chat with him, but seeing his cold and busy demeanor, she gave up and turned back to Ye Xuan's side.

  "Sister, I don't want to like Ou Mu Xuan anymore!" Gu Jia Xi complained in a low voice.

  "What's wrong?" Ye Xuan asked casually while busy adjusting her clothes.

  "I suddenly feel that I don't have much interest in Ou Mu Xuan after all!" Gu Jia Xian glanced at Ou Mu Xuan from afar, only to find that he was still reading files, without even lifting his head.

  Ye Xuan Mo shifted her gaze from the clothes to Gu Jia Xi's face, "Got a new target?"

  "That's not it," Gu Jiaxi took a sip of water, "I just feel like he seems too cold and has no sense of humor at all. If I have to live with this ice block every day in the future, I think I'll be exhausted to death!"

  Ye Xuan thought for a moment, "He talks a lot, although his sense of humor is not strong, but his black belly is absolutely first-rate, you should have common topics between each other."

  "I really didn't notice!" Gu Jiaxi continued to complain, "A few days ago he went to the hospital to see me, and I was actually quite touched. But when he came, he only said five sentences to me before leaving."

  "What are the five sentences?" Ye Xuan asked with a serious face, but in her heart, she had scolded him many times. Let him go to the hospital to comfort Gu Jiaxiang, this scum actually only said five sentences?

  "My body is not feeling well, this matter is not Xingkong's fault, all your losses will be borne by Ou Shi, the company still has things to do, I'll leave first." Gu Jiaxuan said with increasing dissatisfaction, "Sister, being with him is meaningless, it's suffocating!"

  "This isn't his nature, maybe he's in a hurry to deal with company matters," Ye Xuan didn't think this guy would be so stingy with words, "Didn't you say you wanted to change him? This is an opportunity."

  "But his eyes are really scary!" Gu Jiaxiang, although she had become bold and fearless, seemed to not dare to be too bold in front of him, possibly because she cared too much and was worried about damaging her own image.

  "He's a paper tiger!" Ye Xuan said, looking in the direction where Ou Mu Xuan was.

  It seemed like she sensed something, and Ou Mu Xuan slowly lifted her head from the file, looking in Ye Xuan's direction. Their eyes met, and Ye Xuan was startled, immediately shifting her gaze away.

  The tightly pursed corners of his lips finally curved into a faint smile. You little scoundrel, one day I'll make sure you have nowhere to escape.

  "President, you clearly know that Miss Mo was the one who did that thing. Since you have a mind to protect Miss Xingkong, why did you directly remove the obstacle for her?"

  Gu Xin was baffled, as he had presented the evidence to Ou Mu Xuan yesterday, but after a glance, he let Gu Xin put it away, seemingly without any intention of dealing with Mo Han Xing. This was completely out of character for Ou Zong, who was known for being ruthless and vengeful.

  Ou Mu Xuan slightly narrowed her eyes, "Avenging oneself personally is what gives it meaning."

  "Chairman, you mean..."

  "She looks confident, as if she has a good chance of winning."

  Gu Xin glanced at the starry sky, indeed, even if the funds were insufficient and the employees' abilities were not as good as Ya Ou's, she seemed to be in no hurry at all, but instead was still full of confidence, giving people a very reassuring feeling, as if she had already won.

  "So you're not going to help her anymore?"

  "Give her a fair game environment, that's the help she wants most," said Ou Mu Xuan with a light smile. "Mo Han Xuan is not her opponent, and Lin Xue isn't either."

  "But what if..."

  "Don't you have evidence of Mo Huanxin's framing of Xing Kong? What are you worried about, just in case?" After finishing speaking, Ou Muxuan continued to lower his head and flip through the documents in his hand, even if the board of directors increased his workload, he could still cope with ease.

  Now, Gu Xin understood that Ou Zong had planned to defend against Mo Hanxin first, giving Xingkong a fair competitive environment. If Xingkong won, he would let Mo Hanxin and Lin Xue leave the Ou family, and Xingkong would definitely be very happy. If Xingkong accidentally lost, then Ou Zong would take out these evidences to prove that Mo Hanxin had won by despicable means, so Xingkong would also have some face.

  It's easy to protect someone, but using one's heart for someone like this is probably a first for Ou Zong. So Gu Xin was very certain that their own president must have taken a liking to Xing Kong, otherwise he wouldn't have put aside his dignity and come under the sun to get humiliated.

  Is this abuse... isn't it a bit too much?

  For example, during lunchtime today, Ou Zong lowered his pride to invite Ye Xuanmo to eat with him, fearing that he would be rejected, so he brought Gu Jiaxian along. However, Ye Xuanmo didn't even think about it and made an excuse to slip away, leaving Ou Muxuan and Gu Jiaxian behind. As a result, their CEO also very coolly left Gu Jiaxian with Gu Xin, while he turned around and walked away proudly.

  Gu Xin, Gu Jiajing, both had the same surname, perhaps in their past life they were from the same family. After some thought, Gu Xin resigned himself to his fate. Who made him the CEO's special assistant anyway? It was originally his duty to help the CEO out of trouble!