Facing a man like Sheng Shuocheng, her smile was quite natural. She even couldn't resist teasing, "If you take pity on Assistant Zhang, don't be so particular about these things with him."
"Besides, if you really intended to be particular about it, you wouldn't have waited until now to talk to me, an outsider, about his faults."
Jiang Li propped her chin with one hand, looking at Sheng Shuocheng with a faint smile.
She was at ease, hitting just the right note.
"Miss Jiang," Sheng Shuocheng suddenly spoke, his tone solemn, completely different from before. "Have you heard that I have a wife?"
As he said this, Jiang Li could sense the change in the atmosphere.
There was an indescribable heaviness.
Jiang Li still had a calm look in her eyes, showing no expression. She just listened quietly.
"She was an opera actress. Usually, she also liked watching plays and operas." As he spoke, his eyes turned a bit deep, as if he was recalling many things.
Sheng Shuocheng said, "I'm just a crude man, reeking of money. How could I understand anything about plays and operas?"
"But I couldn't bear to disappoint my beloved, so I often accompanied her to listen to operas." When he said this, his eyes were extremely gentle. "Of course, I often fell asleep and was scolded awake by her."
Hearing this, Jiang Li couldn't help smiling, the corners of her eyes curving slightly.
"If you want to laugh, just laugh. My wife often laughed at my lack of taste."
Sheng Shuocheng rarely added a touch of casualness to his tone. "You tell me, what's so nice about those actors on the stage singing back and forth?"
One could tell there was a bit of complaint in his words.
Although it was a complaint, it was obviously a doting tone.
A good love should be like this.
Complaining about being impatient on the lips, but actually indulging whole - heartedly in the heart.
Jiang Li sensed the emotions of this middle - aged man in front of her. Her voice softened, gentle and tender. "Since Mrs. Sheng liked listening, you, Mr. Sheng, should naturally like it too."
The room was filled with the fragrance of tea. Sheng Shuocheng looked down at her for a while, the corners of his lips slightly raised, with a faint smile. His tone was very flat. "But she has already left."
Jiang Li's heart tightened. She only dared to look at the tea in the teacup.
She was silent for a while, then summoned up her courage. "Mrs. Sheng hasn't been forgotten. As long as she is still in your life, she hasn't left."
Jiang Li's words were a bit jumbled. "I mean, as long as you still have her in your heart, she will always be alive in this world."
Sheng Shuocheng listened to her quietly. For a moment, he was silent. He glanced at her. "This is not a comforting word."
"Sorry," Jiang Li's words suddenly stopped. She looked annoyed.
Something was wrong. She had said the wrong thing and made Sheng Shuocheng unhappy.
The room was very quiet. Jiang Li wracked her brains, trying to think of something to make up for it, but she couldn't think of a proper way.
"Drink some tea."
She didn't dare to overstep any more. With her head down and eyes averted, she didn't continue the conversation. She picked up the teacup with both hands.
The more she did so, the calmer she seemed.
"I just invested in Jiang Entertainment. Now are you planning to develop in Chen's in the future?"
Jiang Li put down the teacup and said in a low voice, "You misunderstood. I'm just participating in General Manager Chen's public - welfare activity in my private capacity."
"As for me, I still belong to an artist of Jiang Entertainment."
Seeing her serious look, Sheng Shuocheng said in a deep voice, "Do you know why I came to watch the play?"
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Sheng Shuocheng planned to stay in the teahouse for a while. Zhang Yi respectfully escorted Jiang Li out and didn't forget to say thank you. "Thank you, Miss Jiang, just now."
Jiang Li tugged at her sleeve. Her breathing was a bit rapid. "It's okay. I just said it casually. Don't take it to heart."
Zhang Yi accompanied her to the steps opposite the teahouse entrance. He said casually, "General Manager Sheng doesn't like people who are too smart for their own good, nor those who deliberately scheme against him."
Sheng Shuocheng had long been accustomed to people's tricks. He must have seen all those who wanted to take advantage of his influence both openly and secretly. He was unlikely to trust an actress in the entertainment circle.
Moreover, she was a capable actress who had won many acting awards in the industry.
"I know," Jiang Li nodded, looking calm. "I have no other thoughts about General Manager Sheng."
Zhang Yi didn't continue this topic. He was just about to take her to the car parked opposite to send her back.
Immediately afterwards, a Cullinan sped over. The brakes were slammed hard, and it stopped in front of them in a very arrogant manner.
Then a man got out of the car.
Xiao Yanzhi was dressed in a suit, with a cold and imposing aura. He strode forward with his long legs and stood in front of the two of them, looking very imposing.
His face was gloomy. His tone was extremely cold. He directly stepped in front of them and protected Jiang Li behind him. Frowning tightly, he asked, "What do you want to do to her?"
Zhang Yi silently took a step back. "General Manager Xiao, I just intended to send Miss Jiang home."
"If you feel offended, then I'll have to trouble you."
Zhang Yi bowed to Jiang Li. "Miss Jiang, I'll go back first. General Manager Sheng is still waiting for me in the room."
Jiang Li: …
She still wanted to struggle a bit, but Zhang Yi ran faster than anyone else. In a moment, he disappeared.
Jiang Li looked at Xiao Yanzhi, whose face was extremely ugly. She opened her mouth, trying to say something to ease the atmosphere. But he glanced at her and directly turned back to open the car door.
"Get in the car."
Jiang Li instinctively wanted to refuse.
Xiao Yanzhi was extremely irritated and had no patience left. He directly stuffed her into the car.
After getting into the driver's seat, he undid the top button of his shirt with one hand. His tone was extremely flat. "Didn't I tell you not to get too close to Sheng Shuocheng?"
His tone was very cold.
God knows how he waited until everyone in the grand theater had left before he found out that Jiang Li had already been taken away by Sheng Shuocheng.
Jiang Li's voice was a bit low. "Assistant Zhang directly came to the backstage to find me. I had no room to refuse."
"What did you talk about?" Xiao Yanzhi's tone was nonchalant. "Don't tell me you didn't talk about anything. I don't have time to argue with you."
Jiang Li pursed her lips. "We talked about General Manager Sheng's late wife."
"Anything else?"
"Nothing else."
Xiao Yanzhi looked at her for a while, then suddenly sneered. "A business tycoon in his fifties has nothing better to do than chat with you about family matters?"
It was obvious that he didn't believe her.
Since he insisted on misunderstanding, Jiang Li also felt there was no need to explain.
Xiao Yanzhi paused, then looked down at her. "Have you ever thought that Sheng Shuocheng might have other ideas about you?"
Xiao Yanzhi squinted his eyes. "You even performed a play in front of him today. Do you know that his late wife used to be a play actress?"
Jiang Li opened her mouth to refute, but was rendered speechless by his words. She was stunned for a moment.
She wasn't a little girl. She couldn't fail to understand the implication in Xiao Yanzhi's words.
Even she herself found it strange. Apart from saving Sheng Shuocheng's life as a simple act of kindness before, there was no connection between them at all.
But he had taken her to Nianzhi Teahouse and talked to her about the memories of his late wife.
This was indeed a bit abnormal.