You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 64 Part 3

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 64 Part 3

Ruan Yu had gotten more familiar with the people at the meeting and asked with a laugh: “Do we have a super star somewhere?”

“Haven’t you seen the news on Weibo, Yuyu? It’s our male lead.”

Li Shican?

Ruan Yu was surprised: “Has he gotten some awards?”

“Not an award. You know how there’s been at least eight fugitives that have been caught at Jacky Cheung’s concerts? The police just arrested someone at Li Shican’s concert yesterday in Hu City. They said this one’s a murderer on the run. This is a good omen for us right before our booting ceremony!”

Other people filed into the meeting room while they were chatting and soon the meeting began.

When it was almost noon time, Ruan Yu received a WeChat message.

Li Shican: [Is the meeting over? Uncle Cen’s inviting you to come up to the 19th floor for lunch.]

Since Ruan Yu had run into Sun Miaohan in the elevator earlier, she wasn’t surprised that Li Shican was also here. Ruan Yu looked down at her phone and quietly replied: [It should be done soon. Aren’t you going out to eat?]

Li Shican: [The paparazzi outside is annoying. Uncle Cen’s asking a chef to come and cook a table full of dishes. Come up after the meeting’s over.]

Ruan Yu felt it wasn’t proper to turn down Cen Rongshen’s invitation and went up to the 19th floor after the meeting adjourned. She apologized to the three people who were waiting for her there: “Uncle Cen, sorry for being late. The meeting just finished.”

“It’s quite alright. This is a private lunch, nothing serious. Come, sit down.”

The four of them sat around a large round table full of fine dishes of Jiangnan cuisine, including several Su City desserts which were Ruan Yu’s favorites.

The desserts could have been arranged by Cen Rongshen or Li Shican.

Ruan Yu felt a little reserved at the table. Sun Miaohan on the other hand seemed to have gotten quite familiar with Li Shican after meeting him for the whole morning and was trying hard to enliven the atmosphere during lunch. 

Li Shican was also a lively person and joined Sun Miaohan.

After lunch, tea was served. Cen Rongshen however had to leave because of other work arrangements. The other three stayed on the 19th floor.

Sun Miaohan asked as she ate fruit: “Shican Ge, you really caught a murderer yesterday? That’s awesome.”

Li Shican’s expression seemed to say “how can you believe this”: “It’s my company which seized the opportunity to pull a publicity stunt for me. That guy isn’t my fan at all. He just happened to be arrested near the auditorium where my concert was.”

Sun Miaohan: “Ohhhh, so that’s what happened. You’re quite honest……”

Li Shican didn’t know how to reply.

Ruan Yu had already gotten up to go back to the 7th floor to continue with the meeting. She stopped after hearing what Li Shican had said and asked: “Does this publicity stunt have anything to do with this movie?”

Li Shican shook his head: “It’s my agents.”

Ruan Yu hesitated to say: “Hrm, but, didn’t Mr. Wei intend to play some publicity stunts with you and the movie?”

Li Shican nodded: “He probably planned to, using the plagiarism incident as the starting point,  hype the relationship between me and you and Cen Sisi. But, don’t worry, Uncle Cen won’t do it that way.”

Ruan Yu certainly knew that Cen Rongshen wouldn’t use his own daughter to promote the movie or the relationship of the three behind the movie to earn publicity.

However, she still would like to find out the answer to another question: “When Mr. Wei was still around, what was the contingency plan which you and Lawyer Xu had decided on?”

Because of the arrest of Wei Jin, there was no need for that contingency plan. Xu Huaisong was tight lipped from the beginning. Since Ruan Yu couldn’t get the answer from Xu Huaisong, she could only ask Li Shican.

The moment Li Shican heard the question, the smile disappeared from his face and he became quiet.

Ruan Yu: “Uh, if it’s not convenient to tell me, you don’t have to say it. I’m just a little curious……”

“There’s nothing inconvenient about it.” Li Shican said after a short pause: “At the time, Lawyer Xu was worried that if the film was using this kind of relationship issue as a publicity stunt, it would have a huge impact on your normal daily life. So the contingency plan he proposed was to use the most direct method to break the rumor……”

“The most direct method?”

Li Shican smiled and looked up to say: “Hrm, he said, if I couldn’t eliminate the risk of the hype, he’ll marry you.”

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.