Feng Chengyuan glanced to his side. It was a woman in rather strange attire. Her large sunglasses covered her eyes tightly, and the skin that accidentally showed was very fair. The lower half of her face was firmly covered by a silk scarf.
With just one glance, Feng Chengyuan withdrew his gaze, hiding the faint disappointment in his heart.
He never liked getting too close to others, so he moved to an adjacent seat.
Unexpectedly, the person beside him was like a shadow, moving in sync with him and sitting down next to Feng Chengyuan again.
After this happened twice, Feng Chengyuan frowned and said, "Miss, there are empty seats everywhere in the waiting room. Why do you insist on sitting next to me?"
The person in front of him locked eyes with Feng Chengyuan for a moment, then her shoulders began to tremble slightly. She couldn't hold back her laughter.
She took off her silk scarf and sunglasses, revealing a delicate little face.
"Yu Nian?" Feng Chengyuan was momentarily stunned. A glint of light flashed across his cold eyes, and then his lips pursed into a straight line in a noble manner. "What are you doing here?"
Yu Nian surveyed the surroundings. "Of course, I'm here to protect you."
Perhaps because she had been covered by the silk scarf all the way, Yu Nian's cheeks were a bit flushed. Her thick eyelashes fluttered slightly, casting a faint fan - shaped shadow on her fair face. She looked as delicate as a porcelain doll.
Feng Chengyuan stared at Yu Nian for a while. A strange emotion welled up in his heart. The Taoist temple was at least twenty or thirty kilometers away from the airport. Yu Nian was a well - known celebrity. Could she really have come alone for him?
"There are so many airports in Kyoto. How did you find me?"
Yu Nian took out three coins from her bag. "Divination is just one aspect. The connection between a contract master and a contractee is very sensitive."
Before Feng Chengyuan could reply, a clear rumbling sound came. Feng Chengyuan was a bit surprised. Then there were two more soft sounds. Feng Chengyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Yu Nian's stomach.
Yu Nian coughed softly, and a rare look of embarrassment flashed across her face. "I was in a hurry and didn't have breakfast." Yu Nian paused and added, "But I just saw there's boxed lunch for sale over there. How about having some together?"
Feng Chengyuan nodded silently, but a smile gradually crept into his eyes.
When Chen Xian rushed to the waiting room after re - handling Yu Nian's boarding procedures, this was the scene he saw.
The serious and picky CEO sitting shoulder to shoulder with the celebrity who was often on the negative hot searches... eating boxed lunch???
Chen Xian rubbed his eyes hard to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. When he saw the greasy ribs and the tasteless vegetables in the boxed lunch, he was completely lost.
"This is like an old iron tree blooming and an old house catching fire. It's just absurd."
He had been with Feng Chengyuan for a long time and knew that this master was extremely picky about food. Sometimes, if the dishes cooked by the family chef were a bit too oily, Feng Chengyuan wouldn't even touch his chopsticks.
But now he was obediently eating the simple meal in the waiting room???
Moreover, he clearly remembered that the boss had breakfast this morning. How could he be hungry again after just two hours?
Chen Xian silently turned around. It must be because he had watched too many of Yu Nian's ghost - hunting videos recently and was being deceived by some evil things.
Naturally, Feng Chengyuan didn't know what Chen Xian was thinking. He swallowed a mouthful of vegetables as if they were tasteless, then stared at Yu Nian's satisfied and comfortable expression in confusion. They were clearly the same boxed lunch. Why did it always seem that Yu Nian's portion tasted better...
Xu Yang was crouching outside the filming studio, looking at the thick script in his hand and exhaling a puff of smoke helplessly.
The martial - arts movie *Shadow* had gathered many A - list celebrities and was directed by the famous director Xu Yang. Once the cast was announced, it had attracted extensive attention from all sectors.
It had been a month since the start of filming. Everything had been going smoothly at first, but one day, the second female lead in the crew had an accident. The wire for the stunt unexpectedly broke. Fortunately, the safety measures were good, and the actress Yuan Qian only suffered some scratches.
But since then, Yuan Qian had been constantly suspicious, and strange things had been happening in the crew. For example, there were inexplicable bloodstains on the actors' costumes, mirrors would break for no reason, there were maggots and rotten meat in the crew's dinner plates, and there were sighs and cries in the middle of the night.
The filming had to be interrupted and postponed again and again.
Xu Yang had been directing movies for so many years and had never encountered such an absurd situation. With the investors coming to check on the progress, he was exhausted and on the verge of tears. He wrote a long resignation letter overnight and was waiting for Feng Chengyuan's arrival as if waiting for his death.
Little did he know that the most feared major investor, with his shirt slightly unbuttoned, was standing helplessly at the door of his hotel room in the film and television base, his head about to explode.
"Yu Nian, your room is over there."
Feng Chengyuan held the door frame with one hand and refused to let Yu Nian in no matter what.
Yu Nian smiled innocently, but her words were extremely astonishing. "Mr. Feng, I want to go into your bedroom for a while."
Feng Chengyuan's eyebrow twitched. "What did you say?"
In the adult world of interests, this was undoubtedly a hint.
Over the years, Feng Chengyuan had indeed seen many women throwing themselves at him. Some were for their own stardom, and some were forced on him by business partners. He had heard more ambiguous and explicit words and had seen women knocking on his door naked in the middle of the night. In such situations, Feng Chengyuan usually glared coldly and threw them out.
But looking into Yu Nian's clear eyes, Feng Chengyuan felt a bit at a loss. He couldn't throw her out, and he was even more afraid of hurting the young girl's feelings if he spoke too harshly.
Yu Nian tilted her body slightly, but her eyes passed over Feng Chengyuan and stared fixedly at a mass of black air in the bathroom. "I'm the contract master, and you're the contractee. We're so close, aren't we?"
Yu Nian's tone was perfunctory and casual, but her soft hair constantly brushed against Feng Chengyuan's chest, like feathers gently tickling him.
An imperceptible wave flashed in the depths of Feng Chengyuan's eyes. After a long silence, he pointed expressionlessly behind Yu Nian. "A thousand - year - old evil ghost."
Yu Nian raised her eyes. "Do you think I'll be deceived?"
Even though she said so, years of occupational habit made Yu Nian turn around extremely quickly. At that very moment, Feng Chengyuan chuckled softly, placed his palm gently on the back of Yu Nian's head, pushed her forward, and slammed the door shut.
Yu Nian's hand froze in mid - air. In all her years, this was the first time she had been refused entry because she wanted to catch a ghost.
Feng Chengyuan returned to the bedroom with a smile on his face, feeling extremely good. He had just undone his shirt buttons and was about to take a shower when there was another knock on the door.
Feng Chengyuan opened the door. Yu Nian was smiling at him. She tapped on his forehead and pointed her slender finger behind Feng Chengyuan. "There's a female ghost in your room."
Feng Chengyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. "This trick won't work on me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a chill came over. Feng Chengyuan frowned and stepped aside, quickly pulling Yu Nian behind him.
They saw a long - haired white - dressed female ghost flying quickly towards the door. But the moment she touched the door frame, she let out a sharp scream and fell back to the ground.
Only then did Feng Chengyuan notice the talisman paper pasted on the outside of the door. So there really were ghosts in this hotel?
The female ghost was now curled up on the ground, looking at Yu Nian in fear. "Please spare my life, Taoist sister. I've never hurt anyone. I just came here to hide."
Yu Nian looked down at the little ghost in front of her. She looked no more than a teenager. Although there was ghostly aura around her, there was no resentment. She squatted down and gently patted the little ghost's sparse hair. "Since you haven't hurt anyone, sister won't catch you."
The female ghost looked up in disbelief. "Really?"
Yu Nian nodded seriously. "But you have to tell me what you're all hiding from?"
Since she entered this hotel, Yu Nian had noticed the little ghosts floating in every corner. Strangely enough, most of them were the weakest in resentment and the least threatening to humans.
When something was abnormal, there must be something strange going on. One or two could be a coincidence, but more than a dozen was definitely suspicious.
The female ghost immediately said, "The film and television base nearby used to be a cemetery decades ago. We've always lived there. But just over a month ago, a red - dressed female demon suddenly came. She's extremely terrifying. She not only bullies us but also eats her own kind... None of us is a match for her, so we've had to flee everywhere."
Yu Nian looked out of the window thoughtfully. After a moment, she tore off the talisman paper on the door, glanced at Feng Chengyuan, and said, "Let's go. To the film and television base."
Xu Yang was stunned to see Feng Chengyuan arrive earlier than expected. His eyes swept over Yu Nian behind him, and he was secretly surprised. Everyone on the internet said that Yu Nian had achieved success through underhanded means. He had never believed it before, but now it seemed to be true. He just didn't expect her benefactor to be Feng Chengyuan!
As a representative who had worked his way up from the bottom of the entertainment industry, he really looked down on actors who took shortcuts.
Xu Yang secretly glanced at Yu Nian, then with a worried face, he recounted everything that had happened in the past few days in detail. "Mr. Feng, I'm afraid this movie can't be made."
But Yu Nian walked towards Yuan Qian, who was looking gloomy in the corner. "What role do you play in the movie?"
Yuan Qian looked up unhappily. A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and she gave Yu Nian a creepy look. "Who do you think you are? How dare you ask me?"
After saying that, she got up angrily and walked away.
Feng Chengyuan's eyes suddenly turned cold. He looked at Xu Yang unhappily. "Is this the actress you found?"
Xu Yang was sweating profusely. "She's not usually like this. She used to be a very gentle and kind person. But since the wire - related accident, she's been like a different person. Very strange."
Yu Nian patted Xu Yang on the shoulder. "Be more confident. Get rid of the 'like'."
Xu Yang:?
"She's not Yuan Qian at all. If you don't believe me, look."
Everyone followed the direction Yu Nian pointed and saw that Yuan Qian's heels never touched the ground.