As soon as the words fell, the moment Jiang Li looked up, her eyes met Xiao Yanzhi's cold pupils.
There was little emotion in his eyes. He regarded her like a stranger, and his lowered voice was full of disgust. "Jiang Li, the type of person I hate most is the one who acts one way in public and another in private."
"You're Yaoyao's senior, but instead of guiding her well, you've been scheming against her within the company and targeting her everywhere, affecting the company's atmosphere. What's your real intention?"
"I didn't..." Before Jiang Li could finish her sentence, Qin Yaoyao hugged Xiao Yanzhi's arm, her voice pitiful and sad. "It's okay, Mr. Xiao. You don't need to blame Sister Jiang Li anymore. It's just that Yaoyao and I are not fated to be friends."
"Let's go quickly. I don't want to be an eyesore to her."
In fact, it was quite clear from her words who was really an eyesore to whom.
Xiao Yanzhi lowered his eyes and looked at Qin Yaoyao's aggrieved little face. His eyes paused for a moment. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
With that, the two turned around to leave. She saw Xiao Yanzhi's hand, which had been hanging down just now, slowly wrap around Qin Yaoyao's waist. He slowed down his steps slightly, obviously waiting for Qin Yaoyao deliberately.
The two of them looked as intimate as a newly - together couple.
Jiang Li withdrew her gaze from his back. When the two reached the end of the corridor, she suddenly shouted at them.
Xiao Yanzhi frowned and turned around. Just as he was about to scold her, Jiang Li calmly inserted the straw into the milk tea and took a big sip without a care.
"Qin Yaoyao, if I drink your milk tea, can this prove that I've really forgiven you?"
The corners of her lips curled up, and her smile was extremely charming. Even the arc of her slender eye - tails was so beautiful that it was enviable.
But the hint of coldness and brokenness emanating from her couldn't be hidden.
She squinted and shook the cup, sizing up the remaining amount of milk tea. There was no trace of strangeness on her face. She even smiled, then lowered her head and took another big sip. The level of the milk tea immediately dropped a lot.
"It tastes really good. I've never drunk so much milk tea in my life. Thank you."
She said casually, but her body had already started to react. Her throat became tighter and tighter. She felt her breathing become rapid, her head grow heavier, and her steps became unsteady. She was on the verge of falling.
Xiao Yanzhi's eyes instantly became sharp. His body reacted first. He rushed up to Jiang Li in a few strides, snatched the milk tea from her hand, and threw it out forcefully.
The milk tea hit the wall and splashed all over the floor!
"Jiang Li, are you crazy! Do you want to kill yourself?" Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth. His dark eyes were full of coldness and a hint of barely perceptible panic.
The allergic reaction came faster than Jiang Li had expected. She was already starting to feel dazed. Her eyes couldn't even focus clearly, and her face became even paler.
She fell.
But she didn't hit the ground, because before that, Xiao Yanzhi had already picked her up horizontally.
In order to achieve the best filming effect, Jiang Li had always been very strict with her figure management. At this moment, her slender body curled up in Xiao Yanzhi's arms, looking extremely delicate.
Before losing consciousness, the last thing Jiang Li heard was Xiao Yanzhi's words—
"Die outside if you have to die. Don't die in Jiang Entertainment and ruin the company's reputation."
So the reason he rushed over so nervously wasn't that he cared about her.
It was because he was worried about the company's reputation.
...
When Jiang Li opened her eyes again, all she could see was the white ceiling and the beeping sound of the instruments beside her.
It was already one o'clock in the morning.
Her throat was still a bit dry. She couldn't help but cough twice. She felt extremely dehydrated. She sat up and wanted to find some water to drink.
"Threatening to kill yourself to gain my sympathy, Jiang Li. You've really gone too far with your acting."
His voice was full of mockery. He got up and stood beside the bed. The shadow cast by his tall figure covered Jiang Li's face. "Don't you think you're being hypocritical by doing this?"
Jiang Li shifted her upper body and leaned against the head of the bed. Her cold eyes looked extremely sad at the moment.
She wanted to say something, but her throat hurt so much that she couldn't make a sound.
She stared at Xiao Yanzhi and said word by word, "I'm allergic to milk. You clearly know that."
The two had been together for four years. Even if they didn't have a closer relationship, Jiang Li thought that at least Xiao Yanzhi should remember her basic likes and taboos.
Xiao Yanzhi was silent for two seconds. His eyes gradually shifted away, and his tone was casual. "Really? I don't remember."
Jiang Li felt a tightness in her chest.
After following Xiao Yanzhi for four years, she had always thought that even if there was no love, there should at least be a special kind of emotion.
Even if you raise a dog or feed a cat for four years, you should develop some feelings.
Her lips were already chapped, and her voice was still hoarse. She said slowly, "Xiao Yanzhi, I can understand your care and attention for Qin Yaoyao, but why do you have to target me?"
After all these rounds, if Jiang Li still couldn't tell that Xiao Yanzhi was deliberately making things difficult for her, then her four - year struggle in the entertainment industry would have been in vain.
"Target you?" Xiao Yanzhi sneered, as if he had heard a joke, and retorted, "What ability do you have for me to target you?"
Jiang Li looked at Xiao Yanzhi's face, which was so familiar that she couldn't be more familiar with it. She just felt physically and mentally exhausted.
Once, she thought she knew the owner of this face well enough; but now she realized that she had been overconfident.
"From beginning to end, I've never disliked Qin Yaoyao. On the contrary, it's Qin Yaoyao who dislikes me."
Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and didn't refute her statement. He just remained expressionless. "So?"
So he knew everything.
Jiang Li lowered her eyes and saw the half - glass of water on the bedside table. She picked it up on her own and took a few sips to moisten her throat before continuing. "Out of sight, out of mind. Since Qin Yaoyao is unhappy when she sees me, you might as well let Jiang Entertainment terminate the contract with me and let me leave the company."
Jiang Li's voice was soft, and her tone was calm. "I don't need any compensation. Just say externally that the contract has expired. I'll terminate the contract with the company amicably."
As soon as her voice fell, Xiao Yanzhi's calm eyebrows turned cold again. He stared at her intently, and his face was terribly dark. "Jiang Li, are you ordering me around?"
Jiang Li was stunned. For a moment, she couldn't understand what Xiao Yanzhi really meant.
Leaving Jiang Entertainment herself and giving Qin Yaoyao the best development space should be exactly what he wanted. Why was he suddenly angry?
Xiao Yanzhi stared at her cold and calm face with a gloomy face, trying to find the slightest trace of other emotions on it.
After looking at Jiang Li for a long time, he finally sneered. "Fine. If you want to leave, just leave. Don't think that Jiang Entertainment can't make money without you."
Jiang Li's breathing paused. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said softly, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao, for your approval."
Seeing her habitually submissive look, Xiao Yanzhi rubbed his temples irritably. "Before terminating the contract, you have to pay off the money you owe to Jiang Entertainment first."