Ye Chen, I heard you went to a fight at the construction site today?" Liu Shihua gossiped to Ye Chen.

"I didn't fight, I was stopping a fight!" Ye Chen corrected.

"Then what did Xinlan say? You took on ten at a time and knocked all those workers to the ground!" Liu Shihua said skeptically.

"Don't make me out to be so heroic, I'll blush!" Ye Chen thought about his fierce appearance today and felt a little shy.

"Your skin is so thick not even an atomic bomb could penetrate it, and you're talking about blushing?" Liu Shihua said dismissively. "Those workers are pretty pitiable too, bullied by a ruthless boss like you!"

"Liu Shihua, do you have a problem with me?" Ye Chen's expression cooled. "How have I bullied the workers? Those people were like crazy, wielding steel pipes and trying to smash my head, and I had to fight back to knock them out!"

"The police came and you're still here pretending to be innocent?" Liu Shihua didn't buy Ye Chen's nonsense; the guy was simply a barefaced thug.

"I'm not the one who's good at acting innocent!" Ye Chen suddenly made a deeply meaningful remark.

Ye Chen's comment was actually a veiled jab, hinting that Liu Shihua liked him.

"You!" Liu Shihua slammed the table, almost jumping up.

Liu Shihua might act like sisters with Zhang Xinlan on the surface but in her heart, she was plotting how to steal her man – if that isn't acting innocent, what is?

"Stop arguing, both of you!" Zhang Xinlan finally had enough to eat, took a sip of water, and started to interrupt the quarrel. "Ye Chen, she's your sister-in-law, can't you cut her some slack?"

"And you, Liu Shihua!" Zhang Xinlan turned her attention to the superstar. "You're Huaxia's national goddess, the perfect woman in the hearts of countless homebodies, can't you be more serious?"

"Fighting with your brother-in-law at every turn, do you not want me and Ye Chen to be happy?" Zhang Xinlan teased.

"She's always messing things up for us, she definitely doesn't want us to be happy!" Ye Chen said, filled with meaning.

"You two aren't even married yet and you're already teaming up against me, I'll definitely be bullied to death after you get married!" Liu Shihua was furious; that was just the way the superstar was, anyone who dared to say a bad word about her would face her wrath!

Ye Chen was too exasperating, he clearly knew she liked him, but he still said such things to torment her; thinking about Ye Chen's actions, Liu Shihua felt an inexplicable sense of grievance.

"Have you gone dumb, Liu Shihua?" Zhang Xinlan was taken aback; the superstar was acting rather strangely. "Ye Chen and I were just joking with you, couldn't you tell?"

...

Liu Shihua glared resentfully at the two; she picked up on the joking tone in their statements, but the unidentified frustration inside her was making her very uncomfortable.

Liu Shihua didn't even know why she liked Ye Chen, but she just enjoyed being with him, having him follow her around like a lapdog, protecting her, bickering with her...

"Xinlan, what did that contractor surnamed Wang end up telling you?" Ye Chen asked Zhang Xinlan about the company's renovation.

"Your intimidation today had a great effect! He assured me that workers would no longer steal materials, and he even said that he would cooperate fully with the construction supervisors we've hired!" Zhang Xinlan said with a smile; this issue was indeed resolved thanks to Ye Chen. "That Contractor Wang was really scared too; after all, in front of him, you twisted a steel bar into a twister bun, and that really rattled him!"

"That's good, the renovation company is a big deal; we can't delay, otherwise our opening plan will be postponed!" Ye Chen nodded, it seemed that today's intimidation of the workers was quite necessary.

"Yes, Contractor Wang said that he would bring in a few hundred more workers, aiming to complete the decoration of the entire building within two months!" Zhang Xinlan said.

Ye Chen nodded, it looked like his initial concept would soon be realized, and he would be taking the seat of company president!

"Ye Chen, about that pharmaceutical company you talked about earlier, how are the negotiations going now?" Zhang Xinlan suddenly asked.

"Tong Xingtong and Ye Wushuang are recuperating comfortably, and Chu Yanran should be coming to talk to me in person later!" Ye Chen said.

"Chu Yanran, she's coming to negotiate with you personally!" Zhang Xinlan exclaimed in surprise.

Who was Chu Yanran? A legendary businesswoman, a legend in the business world!

So, unbeknownst to her, Ye Chen had reached such a height that even the legendary Chu Yanran had to take him seriously!

"The pharmaceutical company is my original entrepreneurial dream, hiding tremendous business opportunities; Chu Yanran is a business legend, she has no reason to give up such huge benefits!" Ye Chen said.

"From what you said, the profits of this pharmaceutical company are going to be huge, can't we just swallow this big piece of cake ourselves?" Zhang Xinlan was still reluctant to let go of such a chunk of profit.

"The cake is too big, we simply can't guard it!" Ye Chen shook his head.

"My developed drugs, when mass-produced and released into the market, will cause a worldwide frenzy once their effects are known, and they will also create a major stir in the medical field!"

"The taller the tree, the harder the wind blows!"

"By then, the pill formula I have will be coveted by all sides, and with our current strength, we simply can't defend such a juicy piece of meat; in the end, we'll unavoidably be divided and conquered!" Ye Chen analyzed the situation thoroughly.

He knew the value of the prescription in his hand was tremendous, and the only route available to him now was to first collaborate with Yanran International!

Zhang Xinlan nodded thoughtfully, realizing Ye Chen had already thought his plan through to the end, though she had some wild ideas of her own.

"Moreover, the investment into this pharmaceutical company is not a mere one or two billion; we simply don't have that much money to invest!" Ye Chen said.

"Then how much of the shares are you planning to hold?" Zhang Xinlan asked. "You're just providing the patent for the elixir, can you hold twenty percent of the stock?"

"I still don't know, but I will try my best to fight for it. If they give me less, then I might as well shelve this plan!" Ye Chen said.

"Once my entertainment company starts operating, its scale will also be considered huge, but it's simply incomparable to your pharmaceutical company!" Zhang Xinlan said.

"I'm just controlling the pharmaceutical company, while the entertainment company is planned as the development of my own career. One day, we will create an entertainment empire!" Ye Chen said.

"Hmm!"

Zhang Xinlan had beautiful aspirations for the future, her happiness all stemming from the man beside her.

"Ye Chen, doesn't that mean you'll soar to the skies?"

Liu Shihua spoke with a touch of sarcasm from the side, having overheard their conversation; she knew that this bumpkin, Ye Chen, was heading for a huge reversal of fortune.

"Does my doing well bother you that much?" Ye Chen asked with a quirk.

"In any case, I just can't stand to see you looking so pleased with yourself!" Liu Shihua exclaimed, frustrated.

In fact, Liu Shihua thought that even if Ye Chen soared to great heights, it wouldn't matter as long as the person he held in his arms wasn't someone else, but her instead.

"Shihua, isn't your movie about to finish shooting?" Zhang Xinlan suddenly asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" Liu Shihua replied.

"Didn't you say that after shooting this movie, you wanted to take a good rest?"

"Seems like there was such a matter!" Liu Shihua blinked, recalling the vacation she had planned.

"Then you'd better rest well. With you not active in the entertainment circle, Ye Chen won't have to protect you anymore!" Zhang Xinlan said. "It just so happens that he has a lot going on during this period, and without being your tail, he'll have some free time to spend with me!"

Ye Chen was Liu Shihua's personal bodyguard, shadowing this top star every day like a tail, and although managing the entertainment company was his own business—with Zhang Xinlan helping him operate it—none of this really mattered. What was important was that she wanted more time with Ye Chen.

"..." Suddenly, Liu Shihua felt a strong urge to vomit blood.

"That would be just perfect!" Ye Chen and Zhang Xinlan exchanged a glance and a mischievous smile appeared on their faces, causing Ms. Zhang to blush.

"So if I don't move around in the entertainment circle, he won't be my bodyguard anymore?" Liu Shihua countered. "I am Liu Shihua, and wherever I go, fans will recognize me at first sight. Ye Chen has to protect me closely!"

"As far as I know, you haven't paid me a salary so far. How can you have the nerve to ask me to protect you?" Ye Chen scoffed. "Liu Shihua, even if you are my aunt by marriage, I have already done my duty by being your free bodyguard for so long!"

"I'll pay you now, and I'll give you double the salary!" Liu Shihua said.

"My worth is now in the hundreds of millions. Do you think I lack such a bodyguard's salary?" Ye Chen teased.

"You!"

Liu Shihua pointed angrily at Ye Chen but dared not express too much, as after all, her thoughts about Ye Chen were something she could never reveal in front of Zhang Xinlan.

"Shihua, in another week, your work with the crew will be completely finished, and then you can go home and rest!" Zhang Xinlan said. "When you're not active in the entertainment circle, your exposure will drop dramatically, and you won't need Ye Chen to protect you closely!"

Zhang Xinlan seemed somewhat eager for Liu Shihua to take her vacation, as this would mean she could enjoy her world with Ye Chen all to herself!

"Humph!" Liu Shihua snorted and left with an unpleasant expression.

Had she realized something?

The eager look on Zhang Xinlan's face as she tried to send Liu Shihua away gave Liu Shihua a strong sense of crisis. She felt it was essential to hasten her steps in winning over Ye Chen!

"It's so strange. Liu Shihua's behavior is so contrary now, I can't guess what she's thinking each day!" Zhang Xinlan said, bewildered.

"Why guess what she's thinking!" Ye Chen seized Zhang Xinlan's hand the moment he saw Liu Shihua leave. "Feel my heart, guess what I'm thinking!"

"I don't know what you're thinking, but I know you're not up to anything good!" Zhang Xinlan said as she walked away.

"..."

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