Upon hearing his mother, Lu Xian flinched almost instantly as if he was being whiplashed.
"Mom, for your son's survival, don't do it!"
Lu Xian had a serious expression on his face. This was actually the first time he showed such a stern look in front of his mother.
However, his mother only frowned when she heard him.
"What does your older cousin's marriage have anything to do with you? Are you sick?" Lu Xian's mother smacked him in the head.
Lu Xian felt so wronged, but he still didn't want his mother to court death for him.
"Mom, Yu Han can choose his own wife. We shouldn't get ourselves involved with his matters."
Lu Xian's dad sighed, "We know that... We also don't want to do this. However, the elders are worried that Yu Han would end up single forever. You know he's very important in the family and the elders are urging him to continue the bloodline."
"That's right. The elders knew that you're very close to Yu Han and they wanted to ask you about what type of girl Yu Han wanted to marry. Anyway, he's already old enough to marry and have his own family. It'll be good if we could help him continue the Lu family bloodline."
Lu Xian saw his parents being so determined to help Song Yu Han get married. Although he knew that they wouldn't be able to force that man to marry any woman they sent to him, he also couldn't stop his parents from doing this.
Besides, even if he did stop them, the elders will surely find another way.
Lu Xian sighed and said to his parents, "I know you're worried and want to give him the best, but let me feel things out first. I'll ask Yu Han if he wants to marry or not someday. We cannot do these things behind his back when he helped us so much in the past."
Both his father and mother looked at each other and saw each other's embarrassment.
Several years ago, Song Yu Han single handedly helped the Lu family up. He took the business that was stolen from them and even made it so that the Lu family would become great once more.
Song Yu Han eventually became the most important figure in the Lu family. Hence, it wasn't hard to tell why the elders were becoming more anxious nowadays. Nearing the age of thirty, the elders haven't heard of any flings or scandals around him, making them think that maybe he swung the other way.
However, three years ago, there was one rumor that spread around high society. It was that Song Yu Han, who never showed any interest towards women, conversed and even sat together with a woman during the Old Patriarch Song's birthday party.
As soon as this rumor was heard by the Lu elders, they were injected with hope and motivation. Perhaps, they were wrong about what they were thinking.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut that candle of hope was snuffed before it could burn as the woman in question disappeared and Song Yu Han remained indifferent.
Sighing again, Lu Xian's parents could only nod their heads and agree with him.
"Alright, make sure to ask him, alright?"
"Tell him that we will pick the most beautiful and perfect woman he wants. No, he just has to tell us if he likes someone and we will do the rest!"
Lu Xian left the mansion. He took the pictures and details that his parents gathered about these ladies and threw them in the backseat. Later, he would throw them out or burn them.
Unlike his parents, Lu Xian knew his cousin better than anyone. Song Yu Han never liked anyone managing things for him. The last time that someone did that, they almost couldn't save their business company.
Remembering that one time when a lady's family came to propose an arranged marriage with Song Yu Han, Lu Xian could only feel pity and sigh for that lady.
As for the person who met with that lady's family...
Heh, that person was thrown out of the Lu family and nobody knew where he was.
...
A week has passed since the photoshoot cover happened.
Ran Xueyi, who worked nonstop, requested a month-long rest from the agency. The company initially wanted to refuse but Adelle fought with them. In the end, nobody in the company could stop Adelle or Ran Xueyi from doing whatever they wanted.
"The president wanted to give you a new script," said Adelle as she entered the garden.
Jian Yiling waved her hand to greet her.
"I already said I won't be accepting anything for now." Ran Xueyi sliced the steak into bite size before feeding it to Xiao Zhanzhan.
Xiao Zhanzhan chewed the meat and happily said, "Yummy~ Another one!"
Ran Xueyi laughed and gave her another one.
Adelle shrugged. "They said that they can wait for you to finish your vacation. Anyway, just read it when you have time and tell me if you like it. This film is directed by a Japanese Director who received an award last year. I just finished reading the script last night and also thought it's good."
Adelle continued after putting the file bag on the table, "Remember, read the script first and call me if you like it. I'll be going now since I don't have anything to do now that you're taking a month-leave."
After saying that, Adelle really left without looking back.
Jian Yiling was curious about what's in the file bag and reached for it. She opened it and saw the similar-looking papers inside Ran Xueyi's study.
While reading the first few pages, she couldn't help but frown.
"Hey, are you finally going to break your rule?"
"Hm?" Ran Xueyi looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"This script has bed scenes in the first part."
Jian Yiling shoved the script to her.
Furrowing her brows, Ran Xueyi grabbed the script.
After reading the scene where Jian Yiling was reading, there was indeed a bed scene in it.
Her bright mood instantly disappeared when she saw this.
All this time, Ran Xueyi avoided taking any roles that had any bed scenes in it. She was now a married woman, but even if she wasn't, she still didn't want to do it. The bed scenes and intimate scenes were too annoying to deal with. It was just gimmicks created so that the audiences can admire the couple main leads a bit more.
The kiss scenes she has done recently were not real, it just looked a bit real due to positioning. The camera angle also helped make it look real as well.
However, her fans thought it was real and even shipped her with her male leads, wishing she would end up dating them.
Putting the script aside, Ran Xueyi no longer glanced at it. She quickly sent a message to Adelle and told her that she will not accept the script. The reply also came quickly.
[The director told the president that you can use a body double for this scene, they just need to shoot your back and also do a positioning for the kissing scenes.]
Ran Xueyi still didn't give in and replied, [No. I'm not filming any bed scenes. It's not any different if I just filmed for a pornography film if I do it. Tell the president not to do this again.]
She had a guess that the company president didn't want to let her go. The contract with the agency was almost done in a few months. He's probably rushing to let her sign with them again. However, Ran Xueyi already voiced her intention of not renewing her contract again.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWithout this cash cow, the president was worried that the company's stock would experience a slump again. Hence, he wanted to make her shoot all kinds of films that pay higher prices.
But how could Ran Xueyi let that happen?
In the next two months, her contract will expire. At that time, Ran Xueyi had enough time to go back to Flower Country after three years.
...
Diamond Palace.
7 P.M.
Inside the luxurious presidential suite, a tall figure stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The lights were not turned off and only the light coming from the city outside and the moon above the sky illuminated a part of the suite and his front.
The tranquil and elegant scene was soon ruined by the knock that sounded from the door.
"Come in," said the deep and low voice.
A man in a dark suit came in with silver rimmed eyeglasses hanging on the bridge of his nose. The suited man strode forward and only stopped walking when he saw the figure standing in the living room.
The suited man observed the other and when he was sure that he was not in a bad mood, he finally said, "Boss, we got a new report from the target."
The man turned around. His handsome face that was once lit up by the silvery light from the moon was shrouded by dark shadows, making him look even more mysterious.
"Speak."
The man's voice sounded deep and low. Though he said one word, it made the listener feel like their knees would tremble and think they would get pregnant just from listening to it.
Thankfully, the suited man was not a woman but his knees still trembled slightly.
Coughing once, the suited man finally said, "The target received a new script. The other side didn't receive an answer from the target yet. But..."
"But?"
"But the script contains some inappropriate scenes... Specifically, the role she was offered has to do a bed scene," the suited man raised his eyes to look at his boss. He wanted to grasp his boss's mood by looking at him.
But it only took one glance to let him know that his boss was definitely not in a good mood.