Chapter 167: Experience the Joy of Being a Boss

Chu Ze doesn't like other people's wives, he is lustful.

Xia Anruo was confused by Chu Ze's words: "Yes, I am not someone else's wife, I am Emperor Xian of Han."

"No, you are Diao Chan, and Emperor Xian of Han is a man. If you were Emperor Xian of Han, then I wouldn't be Nantong?" Chu Ze corrected.

"..."

Xia Anruo was speechless.

"But Dong Zhuo will be backstabbed by Lu Bu in the end, and Diao Chan will become Lu Bu's concubine..." Xia Anruo muttered silently.

"..."

This time it was Chu Ze's turn to be speechless.

Lu Bu was Dong Zhuo's adopted son.

Cheng Ran is his adopted son.

Myself = Dong Zhuo.

So Cheng Ran = Lu Bu.

Got it. I'll go back and assign Cheng Rannai a special group right away to prevent any future trouble.

Continuing to stroll in the garden, Xia Anruo saw a green lawn not far away and pulled Chu Ze over.

She squatted down first, bent her legs and sat on the grass, then patted the ground next to her: "Take a rest."

"Are you tired from walking?" Chu Ze sat next to her as she said, and the two of them sat next to each other.

"A little bit." Xia Anruo tapped his calf.

I haven't had much rest today and I'm really running out of energy.

"Then let me massage your legs." Seeing this, Chu Ze stretched out his legs and rubbed his hands. Without saying a word, he grabbed Xia Anruo's calf and put it on his own leg.

Xia Anruo just sat sideways, letting Chu Ze's hands massage her smooth and delicate legs.

"Are you comfortable?" Chu Ze asked.

"Not bad, an improvement over last time." Xia Anruo closed her eyes and enjoyed it.

"Actually, I don't think you need to be so tired. You're famous enough. You should postpone any unnecessary schedules if you can." Chu Ze continued to move his hands while giving casual advice.

"Do you think I'm willing to do that? The company is counting on me to help them make more money." Xia Anruo looked helpless.

No matter how famous she is or how glamorous she looks on the surface, to put it bluntly, in the eyes of capitalists, she is just a high-level worker, a top-quality pallu with all gold entries, and sometimes she has no choice.

"When will your contract with the company expire?" Chu Ze asked.

"Next year, why are you asking?"

"Then when the contract expires, you don't have to renew it. Just set up your own independent studio and just focus on music." Chu Ze expressed his thoughts.

If Xia Anruo can be independent, she won't have to have such a full schedule arranged by the company in the future, and I can spend more time with her.

The most important thing is that being your own boss is definitely better than working for others.

Xia Anruo had the same idea.

In the past, she couldn't leave the company because she needed the company's resources and connections, but now her own name has become her biggest signboard. She has no shortage of funds and songs, so going out on her own is indeed a good choice.

After hearing what Chu Ze said, Xia Anruo was also a little moved.

"Running a studio is actually not that easy." Xia Anruo thought about it.

"That's better than now. At least I can do what I want, and we will be invincible together. Or how about I open an entertainment company and recruit you as an artist?" Chu Ze suddenly had an idea.

"What? You want to be my boss?" Xia Anruo looked at him with a smile.

"Yes, it's easy for the boss to take advantage of you. You don't want the company not to write songs for you in the future, right?" Chu Ze obviously has a good life, and his tone shows that he has learned the essence.

Xia Anruo didn't bother to pay attention to him after hearing that. She rolled her eyes at him coquettishly, retracted her long legs that were resting on Chu Ze's legs, stood up and stretched, revealing her snow-white belly. Her perfect figure was displayed to the fullest in the moonlight.

Chu Ze looked at it and swallowed.

"What are you looking at?" Xia Anruo noticed Chu Ze's dull look and snorted.

"What if I want to kiss you now?" Chu Ze stared at the other person with deep eyes.

"You are a big boss and you want to take advantage of me, a small artist. How can I resist?" Xia Anruo smiled when he heard this.

Chu Ze immediately stood up and glared at her fiercely, pretending to be evil: "Then I will experience the joy of being a boss for once!"

After saying that, he put his arms around her waist, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her pink lips hard.

Lips and teeth touch, and the affection is strong.

Under the moonlight, the two of them embraced each other, the breeze blew, the leaves rustled, and everything was silent, as if they had merged into the night, until...

Click!

The sound was very soft, but in the quiet atmosphere where you could hear a pin drop, it still reached the ears of the two people, and they were so shocked that their tongues were almost tied together.

"What's that sound?" Chu Ze looked around.

"It sounds like a shutter sound." Xia Anruo frowned.

"Shutter sound? Someone secretly took a photo?"

Chu Ze's face changed and he quickly looked in the general direction where the sound came from, but it was pitch black and he could not see anything except trees.

"Don't move around here. I'm going to buy a few... I'll go take a look."

Chu Ze left Xia Anruo where she was and walked over carefully to investigate.

If there really is a paparazzi taking the photos, who knows what desperate actions the paparazzi will take if they are discovered.

It would be safer not to let Xia Anruo go there.

Chu Ze's figure quickly disappeared into the woods, and there was no movement for a long time. Just when Xia Anruo was worried that something might have happened to Chu Ze, she saw Chu Ze finally walking back slowly, spreading his hands to her and shaking his head.

"I looked for a long time but didn't see anyone. I guess it was a stray cat or dog that stepped on a branch and broke it."

Is that the sound a branch breaking makes?
Xia Anruo was a little confused.

"Forget it, let's go back first."

Xia Anruo frowned. No matter whether it was true or not, she definitely couldn't stay any longer just to be on the safe side.

Although Chu Ze was a little reluctant, he also knew what was more important. He nodded without hesitation and hugged Xia Anruo again.

The two of them went their separate ways and returned the same way. Xia Anruo returned to Xu Min's car, while Chu Ze returned to Liao Qing's car.

After both of them left, Li Chen slowly emerged from behind a tree after a while.

"Damn, I was so excited that I forgot to turn off the shutter sound. I almost got discovered, but..." Li Chen looked down at the photos he had just taken in the camera, confirmed that there was no problem, breathed a sigh of relief, and then became excited and his eyes were fiery.

After waiting for so long, he finally got the chance to take some explosive footage!
……

In the hotel room.

"Are you saying that there's a chance that you and Chu Ze were photographed by someone?!" Liao Qing's tone changed when he learned about this.

She was on high alert tonight, and did all these things just to prevent this from happening, wasn't it?
And you told me that you were still photographed?
Doesn't this make me look stupid?

"I'm not sure, but I'm telling you just in case." Xia Anruo sat on the edge of the bed, recalling the previous scene in her mind.

Although Chu Ze said it might be the sound of a branch breaking, Xia Anruo was very familiar with the shutter sound due to her professional sensitivity. She felt that she must have heard it correctly...

No one understands the sound of shutter clicks better than her.

"That shouldn't be the case. I didn't see anyone go in from my side. What about you, Xiao Min?" Liao Qing was puzzled and turned to look at Xu Min.

She was sure that she had not let in even a mosquito, and the only breakthrough point could only be Xu Min's side.

"Me? I didn't see it either." Xu Min scratched his head.

She was also very sure that she had been watching for so long and had not let anyone in, otherwise she would have called Xia Anruo long ago.

"No one has entered either side. There can't be someone hiding inside in the middle of the night?" Liao Qing was puzzled. This park was surrounded by fences except for the entrance. Could someone have climbed over the wall to get in?
"I only heard the voice but didn't see anyone. Maybe I'm just too sensitive." Xia Anruo told Liao Qingxian not to worry too much, maybe it was just a false alarm.

"It would be best if it was a false alarm, but what's scary is that they really took pictures... but even if it's true, there's nothing we can do now. If it's a professional paparazzi, it's easier to deal with. We can wait for them to contact us. If it's a passerby..." Liao Qing's eyes were solemn at this time. He sat on the chair next to him and rubbed his temples.

If the photos are taken by professional paparazzi, they are most likely trying to extort some money and hush money with the photos. So even if you are photographed, you can just wait for the other party to contact you. At most you will have to pay some fees, so you don't need to worry too much.

I’m afraid that it’s those illegitimate fans or simple passers-by fans who will post the photos directly online, then there will be no room for maneuver.

And this time it's not like the last time when they had a couple watch, and they can still make up for it. They were photographed dating in the park in the middle of the night, so how can they quibble...

Two people playing flying chess on the grass?

"Forget it. There's no point in thinking about it now. We'll know in two days." Liao Qing thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an idea.

In this situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, we can only wait for the other side to make the first move.

……

the next day.

Brilliant Entertainment.

Li Chen rushed back to Los Angeles that night and placed the photos he took last night on Zheng Lei's desk early in the morning:
"I have taken all the photos you want."

Zheng Lei took the photo and looked through it carefully for a while, revealing an expression that he had expected: "It is indeed the case."

"Mr. Zheng, I have taken the photos you asked me to take. I risked my life to be discovered and beaten to take these photos. Tell me..." Li Chen grinned, and his words were of course exaggerated, just to get more benefits.

Zheng Lei naturally understood what he meant. He put the photo down and looked at him: "I know you have worked hard. I will not reduce your promised compensation by a cent. I will also give you an extra tens of thousands when the time comes. But don't forget what you promised me."

"Of course, we are professional. Since we have sold these photos to you, we will naturally not give them to anyone else. I will delete all these photos when I get back." Li Chen assured.

"Okay, you go back first. The money will be transferred to your card when the time comes." Zheng Lei smiled and didn't care about it.

No one knows whether it will be really deleted, but he knows that Li Chen is also a famous paparazzi in the industry, and he believes that he will not do things that benefit others, otherwise no one will hire him for work after his reputation is ruined.

Of course, if he was planning to make a big profit and then run away, that would be another matter.

"okay."

Li Chen grinned and left the office happily.

Zheng Lei leaned back in his chair, thought about it, and made a phone call.

About twenty minutes later, Xu Ya hurried in: "Why are you calling me over so urgently? I have a plane to catch later."

"Don't worry, I'll show you something. You won't be disappointed."

Zheng Lei casually threw the photos that Li Chen had brought onto the table. Xu Ya walked over suspiciously and reached out to pick up one...

Above is a photo of Chu Ze and Xia Anruo walking hand in hand.

Xu Ya was confused at first, then stunned, and finally widened her eyes, suspecting that she had seen it wrong: "This is... this is... Xia Anruo and that Chu Ze?"

What's happening here?
Why do you look so intimate?
"There are more exciting ones later." Zheng Lei pointed to the following pictures with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Ya quickly picked up a few other photos, which showed Chu Ze and Xia Anruo hugging and even kissing...

"Is Xia Anruo in love with Chu Ze?" Xu Ya's face was full of disbelief.

"That's obviously the case." Zheng Lei leaned back in his chair and said lightly.

"You're so good! You were able to take a photo of this? Xia Anruo should be hiding well now." Xu Ya flipped through the photos back and forth, her tone full of surprise.

I didn’t expect Zheng Lei could actually shoot such explosive material!

"I'm not following Xia Anruo, I'm following Chu Ze. Chu Ze will not hide his whereabouts for no reason." Zheng Lei said.

"Why did you send someone to follow Chu Ze for no reason?" Xu Ya was puzzled.

Isn't Chu Ze just a college student? Why is it worth tracking him?
"Because my intuition told me that Chu Ze and Xia Anruo must have a relationship, but I wasn't sure. It wasn't until last month's couple watch scandal that I almost concluded that they were dating." Zheng Lei explained slowly to Xu Ya.

"That scandal?"

"Let me show you this one."

Zheng Lei took out the photo that Li Chen had taken earlier of Chu Ze wearing the same couple watch as Xia Anruo from the drawer and handed it to Xu Ya.

Xu Ya finally realized what was going on, and then complained, "Why didn't you tell me if you had suspected it a long time ago?"

"What's the point of telling you? There was no evidence at that time, and you couldn't do anything." Zheng Lei spread his hands.

"Now that the evidence is conclusive, Xia Anruo will be skinned alive even if he doesn't die. Old Zheng, you are really good at this kind of thing." Xu Ya raised the corners of her mouth. After being suppressed for so long, she smiled with a rare sense of comfort.

"Why don't these words sound like a compliment to me?" Zheng Lei felt strange.

"Okay, then I'll have someone distribute these photos now." Xu Ya took the photos and prepared to leave.

Zheng Lei stopped her and said, "Don't worry, why are you spreading out now?"

"What else can we do? Give Xia Anruo a surprise." Xu Ya sneered. She was already looking forward to Xia Anruo's disgraced end.

"You have such a good handle in your hand, but you don't want to make good use of it. You only think about this?" Zheng Lei was speechless.

Can the pattern be bigger?
"What else? Taking down Xia Anruo is my only goal." Xu Ya frowned.

"With this, it's only a matter of time before we take down Xia Anruo. Before that, don't you want to use this as leverage to get some benefits for ourselves?"

Zheng Lei stood up, took the photo back from Xu Ya, and smiled meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)