When Joyce Verna heard Su Xi’s words, she was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

“What did I do at that time? I just cursed at people online. What’s the big deal?” Joyce Verna said with a smile.

Su Xi stared at the other person with eyes wide open: “You, you know?”

“My son was browsing Weibo a while ago and showed it to me. He praised you and said you were amazing and wanted to learn from you.”

Su Xi was completely dumbfounded and didn’t even know where to put his hands and feet.

He rubbed his sweaty palms on his knees, then his cheeks turned red, and he asked in a low voice: “You know I cursed, but you are still willing to sign a contract with me?”

“Why not? I like you and want to shoot a magazine cover with you. It has nothing to do with your reputation or popularity. If you think it’s okay, we can sign the contract now,” said Joyce Verna.

Seeing that Su Xi didn’t say anything, Xu He on the side quickly responded for him: “Of course no problem!”

Su Xi was silent for a moment, looked at Xu He, then turned around and asked, “Is it… because of Mr. Gu?”

“Um?”

“You are willing to sign the contract with me because of Mr. Gu, right?” Su Xi asked directly this time.

Joyce Verna was stunned for a moment and then laughed again. She seemed to love laughing very much.

She said: “No one has ever forced me to sign a contract with anyone, not even Gu Xiao. I just got to know you through him. As for signing the contract, it was only because I liked you as a person.”

Su Xi’s cheeks felt hot when he heard this, and he felt inexplicably happy. He responded, then picked up a pen and quickly signed his name on the last page of the contract.

It was not until this moment that the stone in Xu He’s heart finally fell to the ground.

After Joyce Verna signed the contract with Su Xi and left, Xu He’s face showed excitement. He said a few more words to Su Xi and then hurried out, apparently going to discuss this matter with the company.

Su Xi looked down at the rabbit pendant in his hand, which seemed to have a hint of lily of the valley scent.

This Alpha was very nice to him. Even though it was their second meeting and their first conversation, he felt very close to him. Whenever he spoke, he inexplicably wanted to get close to him.

Just when Su Xi was in a daze, the door of the office was suddenly opened from the outside.

Hearing the noise, Su Xi looked up and saw Shen Qin with a gloomy face.

The two looked at each other, and Su Xi’s brows knitted instantly: “What’s the matter?”

“You should know why you were able to enter Jiayue and why Joyce Verna liked you.” Shen Qin lowered his eyes and looked at Su Xi, with indifference and arrogance in his eyes.

Su Xi heard this and said impatiently: “I don’t want to discuss this with Mr. Shen. We don’t seem to be familiar with each other.”

“Do you think you can rise to the top by currying favor with Gu Xiao? That’s ridiculous.”

Su Xi: “So, what do you want to express?”

“You will be disliked by Gu Xiao sooner or later. As for what you have now, it is only obtained by clinging to him. Sooner or later, it will disappear one day.” Shen Qin said in a condescending tone.

Su Xi looked up at the other person. He really didn’t understand why the other person came to provoke him for no reason. However, he, Su Xi, was not a punching bag. He was not like that before, and he is not like that now.

He stood up, looked at Shen Qin, and said in a mocking tone, “Yes, I am where I am today because of Gu Xiao. What about you? Mr. Shen, how much influence did you borrow from him to get to where you are today? I think I told you before, how did such a person who eats from other people’s bowls and scolds others for being selfish climb to such a high position step by step?”

When Shen Qin heard Su Xi’s words, his already bad expression became even worse. If it wasn’t for the sake of maintaining his dignity, he even wanted to slap him.

Su Xi looked at Shen Qin’s livid face, and suddenly smiled at him, his eyebrows curved: “What a pity, Mr. Shen never cherished him, and I have to thank you for not cherishing him, otherwise I would have no chance, right?”

“Su Xi!” Shen Qin shouted angrily, and then said with a fierce look on his face: “You hired someone to hurt Wang Shu, right? Does Gu Xiao know that you are so cruel?! If Joyce Verna knew about this, what do you think would happen?”

Su Xi’s eyelids twitched slightly, and then his eyes became cold again.

With a slight smile on his lips, he said coldly, “Mr. Shen, I don’t understand what you are talking about. Wang Shu is your assistant, not mine. How can you blame me for his accident? If that’s the case, can I also blame you for my previous kidnapping and injury?”

“You…!” Shen Qin’s anger was blocked in his chest. He couldn’t vent it, so he could only glare at Su Xi.

Su Xi turned his gaze towards the other party and said calmly, “Ah, judging from Mr. Shen’s expression, he knows that I was kidnapped. But how did you know about this?”

Shen Qin was speechless.

Su Xi then said, “Shen Qin, you should be happy that I won’t cause you any trouble. Yes, you are a high-ranking movie star, and you have the ability and the skills to suppress me, but you must know that an egg can never beat a stinky stone in the toilet. If you want to continue playing, then I, Su Xi, will accompany you to the end.”

After saying that, Su Xi brushed past Shen Qin with mockery in his eyes.

Shen Qin stood there for a long time until his legs became numb. He almost bit his teeth to pieces. He wished he could tear Su Xi’s smug face apart, but this was in the company and he couldn’t.

During this period, he tried every possible method, doing things behind the scenes, buying off internet trolls, smearing people online, and using every possible relationship to cut off Su Xi’s resources and block the other party’s path.

Originally things were going smoothly, but he suddenly got the news that Su Xi had signed Jia Yue. This was not the worst. The worst thing was that he heard that ind. had approached Su Xi some time ago.

He was so angry and dissatisfied that he had even planned to sabotage the other party’s contract with ind., but at the last minute Su Xi stood ind. up.

At that time, Shen Qin mocked Su Xi and even felt happy.

As a result, a few days later, ind.’s boss Joyce Verna actually came to sign the contract in person, which made Shen Qin jealous to the point of going crazy!

All of this should have belonged to him! All the special privileges enjoyed by the other party should have belonged to him!

He was unwilling to accept this, so he wanted to come and take a look. He even imagined that Su Xi was not liked by Joyce Verna and the contract would eventually fall through. However, he ended up seeing Joyce Verna coming in with a smile and leaving with a smile.

At this time, Xu He also came back after finishing his business. He saw Su Xi walking out of the door, then looked at Shen Qin inside the door, frowning slightly.

“What’s going on?” Xu He asked.

“I’ll tell you more about it later.”

Su Xi said something to Xu He and then left. He had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he planned to go to Su Man’s school to see him and give him some money.

–

The top floor office of Gu Group.

Gu Xiao stood in front of the huge arched floor-to-ceiling window, listening to his assistant Gu Qing’s work report with a cold face.

“The Shangcheng and Shanhe projects have been basically finalized, and follow-up is also underway. They are expected to start at the end of this month. As for the World University project…”

Having said this, Gu Qing paused.

Gu Xiao retracted his gaze, turned around and looked at Gu Qing: “Speak.”

“The World University project has not made any progress due to Gu Jingshuo’s interference. Yesterday, the chairman personally went to make the arrangements and brought Gu Jingshuo with him. In addition, Gu Jingshuo has been privately investigating other projects.”

Although Gu Qing said that he was doing his job impartially, he lowered his tone considering the relationship between Gu Xiao and Gu Jingshuo.

Gu Xiao didn’t even frown when he heard this. He had instructed last time that he could let go of this Shida project. It was because of his instructions that Gu Qing withdrew the connection, and therefore Gu Jingshuo had the opportunity to intervene.

(Shida project = World University project)

“Boss Gu, I… don’t quite understand.”

Gu Qing thought about it for a while and finally spoke.

Gu Xiao sat down in the boss chair and raised his eyelids slightly: “What?”

“The prospect of the Shida project is so bright, even more profitable than the Shangcheng and Shanhe projects combined. Why did you let it go to Gu Jingshuo?”

Gu Qing had been following these projects before, so he knew them best. Because he knew them best, he was shocked when he first received Gu Xiao’s instructions from Gu Bai.

Gu Qing and Gu Bai are brothers and belong to the Gu family’s side branch. Ever since Gu Xiao took over the affairs of the Gu Group, they have been following each other, so they are both subordinates and close relatives. So in addition to work, they naturally have personal feelings for Gu Xiao, and naturally do not want to see the fruits planted by Gu Xiao being picked by Gu Jingshuo.

“Gu Jingshuo is arrogant. Shangcheng and Shanhe can’t satisfy his appetite at all. My father has been saying recently that he wants me to support him more. He has also mentioned to me twice that he wants Gu Jingshuo to take over the World University project.”

Gu Xiao stroked the decorative ring on his index finger, his tone calm.

Gu Jingshuo was an illegitimate son. He and his mother entered the Gu family five years ago. Because Gu Xiao’s parents were divorced, he did not interfere with his entry into the family.

“But…!” Gu Qing felt somewhat unwilling, but his identity as an assistant made it difficult for him to say anything.

The chairman was also foolish, as he allowed an illegitimate child to enter the Gu Group. If he was just seeking an idle position like a manager, it wouldn’t matter, but now it seems that Gu Jingshuo is very ambitious and even wants to seize Gu Xiao’s power bit by bit.

“Gu Qing, a little impatience can ruin a big plan.” Gu Xiaoyun said calmly, “Since he wants a piece of the pie, then give it to him. Whether he can eat it or not depends on his ability.”

Gu Qing sighed inwardly when he heard this.

The chairman has not been in charge of Gu’s affairs for many years. Under Gu Xiao’s leadership, Gu’s Group is no longer what it used to be. In just eight years, Gu’s has become the leading enterprise in City A and even in the whole country. Gu Xiao is the one who has the final say in the industry. Gu Jingshuo, an illegitimate son, actually wanted to get involved in power. Gu Xiao considered the chairman’s face and did not break up with him, but the other party has been making small moves recently.