The matter was resolved in this way. After a few people chatted for a while, Fang Ning’s stomach growled and she was hungry.

　　Fang Ning was refreshed by scolding those three people just now, and she was not sleepy at the moment.

　　So I suggested going out for a midnight snack together.

　　Ji Xiangyi had already digested what she had eaten at the banquet tonight, so she nodded without any objection.

　　Ji Xiangzhou was in the period of growth and had a big appetite. Not to mention that he had not slept so late now, even if he had a normal study schedule at school, he would have eaten one meal in the evening and would have eaten after evening self-study. Now he was very hungry.

　　So naturally he would not reject Fang Ning’s proposal.

　　The assistant did not go because he was working overtime so late at night. His girlfriend was already complaining about why he did not come home so late.

　　Now that the matter has been resolved, he is too lazy to have any midnight snack. He quickly packs up and goes back to be with his girlfriend.

　　The security guard also went downstairs to take up his duty.

　　Before going out for supper, Fang Ning went to the toilet.

　　Ji Xiangzhou and Ji Xiangyi were the only two people left in the office.

　　Among the four brothers and sister of the Ji family.

　　Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangzhou have the most similar personalities, both of them are relatively cold. If two people are in the same space, the icy atmosphere can freeze people to death, according to normal circumstances.

　　When the two people were talking, neither of them paid attention to the other. Ji Xiangzhou didn’t like Ji Xiangyi’s coldness. Ji Xiangyi felt that Ji Xiangzhou was a high school student who knew nothing, so what topics could she and him have?

　　Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if they are in the same space, there is no communication between them, whether it is eye contact or language.

　　But today, Ji Xiangzhou broke the silence. The young man was impatient after all. He flipped through the newspaper on the table out of boredom and asked casually, “When did you become so familiar with her?”

　　When he spoke, the young man didn’t even raise his eyes, as if he was asking about something very ordinary.

　　But in fact, he was very upset, as if he had suddenly discovered a very beautiful treasure and thought he was very lucky, but in the end he found out that someone else had discovered it earlier than him.

　　Quite depressing.

　　Ji Xiangyi paused for a moment before realizing that Ji Xiangzhou was talking about Fang Ning. She ignored Ji Xiangzhou and spoke calmly, “What does it have to do with you?”

　　Whether she is familiar with Fang Ning or not, what does it have to do with him, Ji Xiangzhou? If anyone wants to question her, it should be Ji Xiangnian who should ask this question. It is not Ji Xiangzhou’s turn to question her.

　　He is not Fang Ning’s relative.

　　But there was one thing that puzzled Ji Xiangyi. When did Ji Xiangzhou become so familiar with Fang Ning? Why did he call Fang Ning over late at night and why did he follow her?

　　Ji Xiangyi looked at Ji Xiangzhou with a sharp look: “It’s so late, why are you with her? It’s twelve o’clock in the evening, not twelve o’clock in the afternoon.”

　　This questioning tone touched Ji Xiangzhou’s nerves. He raised his head, sat up straight, and sneered:

　　”Why I look for her has nothing to do with you. I’m not like you. You get into trouble with a scumbag and can’t solve it yourself, so you have to look for someone else.”

　　”Ji Xiangzhou, if you can’t speak, get out of my office.” Ji Xiangyi paused and threatened coldly.

　　This time Ji Xiangzhou was silent, because he knew that Ji Xiangyi was different from Ji Xiangchen. Ji Xiangchen was only ruthless in words, but Ji Xiangyi was a real ruthless person.

　　If he said one more word, she might really have someone drag him out.

　　As soon as Ji Xiangzhou shut up, the scene fell into a cold atmosphere again.

　　The two are siblings, but neither of them wants to breathe in the same space with them.

　　It was at this time that both of them turned their eyes to the direction where Fang Ning had just walked away. Their faces exuded an unhappy look, with large characters written on them:

　　Why doesn’t she come out now, why let herself/himself stay with this person for so long?

　　Fang Ning didn’t mean it, she was just really tripped up by something.

　　She had just come out of the bathroom and walked to the sink when she heard a text message on her cell phone.

　　Looking at the note, she saw that it was Ji Xiangchen’s number that sent the message to her. He asked her if she was free tomorrow and wanted to treat her to a meal. Fang Ning guessed that he wanted to thank her for the help she had given him at noon.

　　Fang Ning thought about her plans for the next few days. She would definitely not be free tomorrow. Director Wang sent her a text message asking her to go to Director Zhang for an audition tomorrow.

　　It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. Right now, she was about to go out for a midnight snack with Ji Xiangzhou and Ji Xiangyi, so it would be a good idea to just call Ji Xiangchen.

　　Although the three of them don’t have a good relationship now, they should not be opposed to having a meal together. Generally speaking, eating can strengthen the connection between each other, maybe it can help them strengthen their relationship?

　　So Fang Ning replied to the message, saying that she was not free tomorrow and was going out for a midnight snack, and asked if he wanted to join them.

　　But what Fang Ning didn’t know was that because of her self-assertion, the already tense family relationship became even worse.

　　———

　　When Ji Xiangchen came out of the hospital in the afternoon, Director Wang called him back to finish filming one of the scenes because an actor acting opposite him had other things to do the next day and had to catch a flight early in the morning.

　　Maybe he won’t be free for a long time.

　　So the director asked him, and when he learned that he was not seriously injured, he asked him to come back to film as soon as possible and arranged for them to finish filming tomorrow’s scene today.

　　This shoot has lasted until now and just ended.

　　The director ordered a bunch of midnight snacks for the staff. Because of what happened at noon, he didn’t want to attract too much attention, so he simply took the food and went to a corner to eat by himself.

　　The director said that he would have a day off tomorrow, so he thought about inviting Fang Ning to dinner. After all, Fang Ning had helped him, he couldn’t just not show any appreciation at all.

　　It’s twelve o’clock in the evening and I don’t know whether she is asleep or not.

　　After thinking about it, Ji Xiangchen just sent a text message to ask instead of calling directly. He didn’t expect to get a reply so quickly.

　　But within a few minutes after he sent the message, he received a text message:

　　I have something to do tomorrow and I won’t be free. We are going to have a midnight snack now. Do you want to join us?

　　Ji Xiangchen was happy when he received the message. He immediately felt that the food in his hand no longer smelled good and put down the lunch box.

　　Originally, he thought Fang Ning was asking him out for a midnight snack. When he saw the word “our”, he was a little disappointed. He thought Fang Ning was bringing her colleagues or other people, so he was just a little disappointed, but didn’t think too much about it.

　　Ji Xiangchen gave some instructions to the assistant, but the assistant was not the agent and had no right to decide what Ji Xiangchen should do.

　　Just as he packed up his things and walked down the hotel lobby, he was stopped by someone: “Is that Ji Xiangchen?”

　　She was a very pretty girl, wearing a long halter dress and had a nice figure. She was followed by two assistants carrying the luggage.

　　Ji Xiangchen was a little nearsighted, and the girl was quite far away, so he couldn’t see her face clearly, and wondered who was calling him.

　　But when he saw the woman’s face clearly, his eyes suddenly changed, and he stared at her blankly: “Su Mo, why is it you?”

　　Su Mo lifted her hair behind her ears, her face slightly reddened. “Ji Xiangchen. I didn’t expect it was really you. I just thought I was seeing things, but after a closer look, it was really you. What a coincidence. Are you filming here?”

　　Ji Xiangchen nodded and quickly hid his unnatural emotions: “Yes, I’m filming here recently. What about you? You came here so late, are you filming or for something else?”

　　Su Mo’s eyes never left Ji Xiangchen. After a moment, she nodded, lowered her eyes, and said softly, “Yes, I’m filming. The company recently gave me a second female role. The crew will start filming tomorrow. I just rushed here from somewhere else.”

　　Hearing this answer, Ji Xiangchen breathed a sigh of relief, and the guilt in his heart was also alleviated a little. Back then, his affair with Su Mo was filmed by someone with ulterior motives and posted online, and she was attacked by a flood of black fans on the Internet.

　　In addition to feeling guilty, he actually felt a little regretful that his friendship with Su Mo had ended like this.

　　He had a bad temper, and during that time, Su Mo was the only one who was willing to treat him as a friend. But he was very sad to see the situation turn out like this.

　　But seeing her like this today, and knowing that her career is finally on the right track, he is happy.

　　Ji Xiangchen nodded seriously: “Oh, so that’s how it is.”

　　Seeing Ji Xiangchen’s emotionless answer, Su Mo’s face became a little stiff. After a while, she hid her emotions: “Xiangchen, are you still blaming me for what happened back then? I’m sorry, I didn’t want to be like this back then, but the agency forced me to say that. I, I, just wanted to…”

　　Ji Xiangchen didn’t mean to blame her. He did blame Su Mo for saying on Weibo that he had cheated on her and that he had deceived her feelings. Obviously, there was nothing going on between them and they were just friends, but Su Mo threw all the dirty water on him on Weibo.

　　He was really sad at the time, but looking back, he could understand why she did that.

　　Su Mo had no background, no money, and was just a small-time actress. She had no ability to resist the company’s decision.

　　So gradually he understood her.

　　Su Mo was in a bad mood, and Ji Xiangchen hurriedly comforted her: “No, no, I don’t blame you for what happened back then, don’t think too much about it.”

　　Hearing Ji Xiangchen’s answer, Su Mo’s eyes lit up with hope: “Really? Xiangchen, you don’t blame me anymore.”

　　”Are you free now? I just found out there’s a late-night snack stall not far away. I’ll treat you to a meal.”

　　Ji Xiangchen was a bit nervous, so he didn’t see the hope in the other party’s eyes. He refused decisively: “I’m sorry, I just made an appointment, so I can’t have dinner with you. Sorry.”

　　Su Mo’s expression changed slightly, her eyelashes drooped, revealing a bit of disappointment: “So, Xiang Chen, do you already have someone you like?”

　　Ji Xiangchen didn’t know why she suddenly asked such a question. He said something that didn’t make sense: “No, I just made an appointment with someone for dinner. Okay, bye, otherwise she will be waiting anxiously. Bye.”

　　After saying this, Ji Xiangchen left in a hurry because he was afraid that Fang Ning would get anxious.

　　Ji Xiangchen’s steps were steady and his figure was slender. He had the kind of figure that looked thin when dressed, but had muscular body when undressed, so his back looked so powerful.

　　Looking at the back of this man who rejected her so decisively, Su Mo’s eyes showed a bit of loss and coldness.

　　Su Mo’s assistant has been following Su Mo for quite a long time, so she caught the changes in Su Mo’s expression.

　　The next second, the assistant started to tell her artist some gossip: “Sister Su, I saw a piece of gossip on Weibo, and I don’t know if I should tell you.”

　　Su Mo retracted her gaze and said coldly: “What revelation, tell me?”

　　”It’s like this. I saw a revelation on Weibo from a crew member to an entertainment gossip blogger. It said that a male actor named J had a fight with another male actor over a female actor named F. Some comments said that this Mr. J was Mr. Ji Xiangchen.”

　　The expression on Su Mo’s face froze and she was stunned.

　　Now I think about it, indeed, Ji Xiangchen had some wounds on his face just now. Even though he hadn’t removed his makeup yet, one could still see that he had wounds on his face, so more than 80% of what the assistant said was true.

　　After a long while, Su Mo finally came out of her memories and asked coldly, “Who is this actress named F?”

　　The assistant whispered, “It’s that 18th-tier actress Fang Ning.”

　　”Fang Ning?”

　　———

　　Fang Ning was unaware of this little episode. When she came out of the bathroom, Fang Ning told Ji Xiangzhou and Ji Xiangyi that she had invited someone for a midnight snack. In order to give Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangzhou a surprise, she did not tell the two people who it was.

　　Ji Xiangzhou and Ji Xiangyi thought Fang Ning had invited her friends and didn’t think much about it.

　　The three of them found a barbecue stall online that didn’t have many negative reviews.

　　The three of them set out to have a midnight snack. Although it was already past midnight, there were still many people in the barbecue stall.

　　There are a lot of people in this kind of food stall.

　　Soon Ji Xiangchen arrived at the address Fang Ning sent him. He hummed a song and walked slowly with a happy mood.

　　Fang Ning should bring her friends along, so she wants to introduce her friends to him. Does this mean that her friendship with her has taken a step forward?

　　But when he arrived at the address given by the other party, he saw the people sitting next to Fang Ning, who were Ji Xiangzhou and Ji Xiangyi.