Chapter 137: How Thrilling!

Aboard the Huangpu River cruise ship.

Having three glasses of potent liquor, Zhao Jinzhi's face was already flushed.

She glanced briefly at a notification popping up on her phone, raised an eyebrow, and tossed the device aside.

Looking up at Li Shixin sitting opposite her, she chuckled softly, "Old brother, it's your turn!"

Li Shixin waved his hand. Having not touched alcohol for a long time, the three shots of fiery baijiu had made his footing rather unsteady.

However, the atmosphere was too wonderful, and he wasn't drunk yet. Seeing Zhao Jinzhi pouring herself another drink and downing it, he burst into a hearty laugh, "Little sister, all you've been singing tonight are those fierce, murderous old-man roles. I'm not keeping up with you! This liquor is too fierce; if I don't have something soft, it'll tear up my throat!"

"Something soft?" Zhao Jinzhi wiped the traces of alcohol from the corner of her lips and smiled, "Alright."

Watching Zhao Jinzhi make an inviting gesture, Li Shixin braced himself against the edge of the table and stood up.

He pondered for a moment, then chuckled, "I'll give you a piece! Widow Ma..."

"Pfft!"

Just as Li Shixin started with the Errenzhuan tune about Widow Ma opening a shop, Zhao Jinzhi rolled her eyes and gave a light scoff.

"Such a wonderful atmosphere, don't start with that trash."

Hearing Zhao Jinzhi's warning, Li Shixin laughed heartily.

"No trash? Fine! Then let's go for something high-end and soft!"

He lifted his arm and shaped his fingers into the classic orchid gesture.

"The ice wheel over the sea isle rises at first, behold the jade rabbit—the jade rabbit ascends early to the east. That ice wheel leaves the sea isle, heaven and earth exceptionally bright..."

With a falsetto, he managed to squeeze seven parts of coquettish charm out of the Mei school aria *The Imperial Concubine Drunken*.

*Thump.*

Just as Zhao Jinzhi was smiling merrily at Li Shixin's feminine demeanor, her phone emitted another soft chime.

Seeing the message reading, "Wu Siyang is contacting the board of directors; we might not take him down tonight," Zhao Jinzhi smiled faintly, opened a chat under a different number, and sent a single character.

"Slaughter."

At that moment, the "Imperial Concubine" played by Li Shixin dragged out a long note, his orchid-shaped fingers pointing at the bright moon in the sky: "The bright moon fills the sky, just like Chang'e leaving the moon palace. This handmaiden is like Chang'e leaving the moon palace, much like Chang'e descending from the ninth heaven, lonely and cold in the vast cold palace~~~"

...

On the other side of the city.

Wu Siyang, General Manager of Huaqi Talent Agency, returned in a huff to the apartment complex.

As soon as he stepped inside and saw his lover, Dong Zhenzhen, lounging on the sofa with bare thighs, the heavy expression on his face eased slightly.

"Darling, why are you only just back?"

Hearing the door open, Dong Zhenzhen, with a facial mask peeling on her face, sprang up from the sofa and threw herself onto Wu Siyang.

"Don't mention it, damn it."

Wu Siyang cursed angrily, "Who knows what madness that old Buddha in the group got into tonight, completely turning the agency upside down! She actually dared to meddle with me."

"Ah!" Hearing this, Dong Zhenzhen turned pale with fright, her facial mask dropping off, "Then you..."

Looking at the worry on the little vixen's face in his arms, Wu Siyang gave a cold chuckle, "What, scared?"

"Don't worry, President Meng has already been briefed. If they want to touch me, it requires a board resolution. That old hag hasn't intervened in the company for three years, and President Meng holds the board down tight; she won't get past him."

"Oh." Hearing Wu Siyang say this, Dong Zhenzhen's suspended heart finally settled back down.

What was she even looking for by staying with Wu Siyang, a man old enough to be her father?

Wasn't it for the future promised by the status of General Manager at Huaqi Talent Agency?

*Knock, knock, knock.*

Just as Dong Zhenzhen buried her face in Wu Siyang's chest, preparing to solidify their emotional bond, the door that had just been closed was knocked upon.

Wu Siyang was stunned, frowning as he looked at Dong Zhenzhen, "Did you invite a friend over?"

"No!" Dong Zhenzhen blinked and shouted toward the entrance, "Who is it?"

"Little bitch, open the door for me! Wu Siyang, I know you're in there!"

Hearing the familiar voice from the doorway, Wu Siyang shuddered all over!

*Holy shit!*

His nagging old-hag of a wife at home!

"Quick, quick, quick! Get down from me, damn it! I have to leave!"

"This is the nineteenth floor with only one door, where are you going?" Hearing that the legitimate wife had arrived, Dong Zhenzhen panicked as well.

"Then what should we do?"

"Don't open the door, don't open the door! She can't force it open, she'll leave in a bit!"

"Ms. Dong, our Starlight Entertainment has been tailing you for a week! We have the videos and photos, and all the footage of Mr. Wu coming and going has been saved. Open the door, let's have a chat, shall we?"

At that moment, another voice called out from the hallway.

Hearing this, Dong Zhenzhen froze.

As for Wu Siyang beside her, who had been in a frantic rush, his eyes widened instantly, his legs turned to jelly, and he collapsed onto the floor.

Between Hu Youting's earlier summons, and now the reporters, paparazzi, and the furious wife showing up back-to-back...

To call this a coincidence?

He simply didn't believe it!

"Zhao Jinzhi, you are ruthless!"

...

Li Shixin had forgotten what time he returned to the hotel.

Waking up from the guest room the next morning, his mind still felt muddled.

Rubbing his temples, he could only recall drinking two full bottles of fiery liquor with Zhao Jinzhi on the cruise ship, ending with the image of Zhao Jinzhi carrying her high heels and playing hopscotch on the deck, which brought a bitter smile to his face.

Remembering his rejection yesterday, he struggled to get up, pulled his phone from his pants pocket, and called Yang Kuan.

The call connected quickly.

"Hello? Godfather, something up?"

Rubbing his temples, Li Shixin asked vaguely, "Kuan'er, which floor is your group's talent agency on? I'll drop by later to ask why the contract didn't go through yesterday."

"Oh—"

Hearing this, Yang Kuan immediately lowered his voice, "You mustn't come and stir up trouble!"

Hearing Yang Kuan's strange tone, Li Shixin frowned, "What do you mean by stirring up trouble?"

"Cough." Yang Kuan seemed to have retreated into some private space, as the background noise on the other end of the line diminished significantly.

"Godfather, there was a massive earthquake at the agency last night! The general manager got caught fooling around with a signed actress, the deputy manager was exiled to the African branch overnight without any warning, and seven or eight other big and small leaders were all taken down.

The entire branch is in absolute chaos right now. Rumors say the chairperson was unsatisfied with the agency's performance over the past three years. Others say the chairperson had a falling out with her general manager son—either way, it's total chaos! Even if you came over right now, you wouldn't find anyone in charge to talk to!

Just wait, wait a couple of days. Let me find out who will be in charge of signing contracts for the agency next, and then you can come over, okay?"

Listening to everything Yang Kuan said on the other end of the line, Li Shixin smacked his lips.

The general manager caught in his golden nest...
The deputy manager dispatched to develop Africa...

Working in this enterprise...

How thrilling!

Huaqi Group Headquarters.

In the group's board meeting room, an emergency meeting was underway.

Along both sides of the massive long table, all fourteen members of the Huaqi Group board of directors were present.

Looking at Zhao Jinzhi sitting at the head of the table, continuously rubbing her temples as if she had just experienced a severe hangover, Meng Nan's jaw twitched violently.

"Chairperson, I want to know what the personnel department did to the talent agency last night!"

"Hmm?" Hearing Meng Nan's interrogation, Zhao Jinzhi lifted her eyelids.

"You're the general manager; hasn't the day-to-day management of the company always been handled by you? Since something happened, why are you asking me?"

"..."

Looking at Zhao Jinzhi's nonchalant expression, Meng Nan was left speechless for a moment.

Just as he was organizing his words, Zhao Jinzhi braced herself against the chair and stood up.

"Since you brought it up, though, I do have a question."

She glanced around the room and raised her chin slightly.

"I haven't interfered with the talent agency for three years, yet last night news broke online about the general manager messing around with an artist under the company, and it's already spreading throughout the industry. I should be the one asking you—how on earth have you been managing my company for the past three years?!"