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Chapter 308: Chapter 306: Regretting it so much it hurts!
Xia Wenyan glared deathly at Avril, as if he wanted to twist her head off right there and then.
It made her a bit intimidated.
"I didn’t do anything, it’s you who are bullying me! Brother Pei, please stand up for me, wuu wuu wuu..." As Avril spoke, she tried to fall towards Pei Huai.
Unexpectedly, Pei Huai dodged, and Avril ended up falling solidly on the ground.
The fall was quite harsh, and she was stunned, not expecting this man, who had once been so gentlemanly toward her, to dodge!
Wasn’t he supposed to catch her, and then help her seek justice?
Even if he was friends with Xia Wenyan, he still needed to have the ability to discern right from wrong, didn’t he?
"Damn it! You still have the nerve to call me Brother Pei, I..." Fumed Xia Wenyan, seeing her pretentious demeanor, his anger surged.
He raised his hand to grab Avril but was suddenly pulled back by Pei Huai.
Xia Wenyan looked surprised, thinking that Pei Huai had really become compassionate.
Even Avril, sitting on the ground, looked hopefully at Pei Huai.
She knew this man wouldn’t let Xia Wenyan bully her!
"It’s not worth sullying oneself for such a person." Pei Huai’s indifferent voice resonated in the resting room.
As he spoke, he also held Xia Wenyan and stepped back.
Then, the door behind them was opened, and several men who looked like bodyguards walked in, all staring at Avril, who lay on the ground somewhat disheveled.
"This person doesn’t qualify to be part of the team; please take her out, and if she makes a fuss, send her directly to the police station."
Before Xia Wenyan could speak, Pei Huai had already spoken out first.
As soon as they had entered the door and sensed something was amiss, Pei Huai had immediately contacted the security department of the crew.
Their arrival was perfectly timed, preventing Xia Wenyan and Avril from physically fighting.
"Let me go! Let go of me! I was brought into the crew by Xia Wenyan! Are you blind?"
Avril struggled, trying to break free from the grip of the security.
She was already disheveled, and being thrown out of the crew would be a total loss of face for her.
"You..."
Just as Xia Wenyan was about to speak, Pei Huai stopped him, "This person entered the crew by following Xia Wenyan. If other artists find out how lax security is here, your department will surely be penalized, right?"
The men were clearly taken aback, their grip on Avril tightened.
Pei Huai chuckled lightly, then resumed his usual gentle tone, "I know it’s not easy for your security department, so we won’t pursue this matter further. Just throw this woman out, and of course... if she’s too much trouble, sending her to the police might be easier."
"..."
So they were to send this woman to the police, after all?
The men glanced at each other, thinking sending her to the police didn’t seem problematic if it meant no trouble for them.
Avril, of course, caught the underlying message in Pei Huai’s words. She stared at him as she struggled, "Mr. Pei, I have no quarrel with you, why are you doing this to me?!"
Pei Huai shrugged, "I don’t even know you, why would I go against you?"
His mouth curved into a very professional yet insincere smile as he looked at Avril.
But Avril could tell, his gaze was so cold it was almost trembling, not even resembling the way one would look at another person.
She suddenly shivered uncontrollably, not even having time to react before the bodyguards dragged her away.
Suddenly, the resting room became quiet.
Lying on the couch, Xia Wenyan relaxed, "At least that plague is gone, and she will never come to Xia Family again, thank God."
Pei Huai didn’t say anything, he just lovingly ruffled Xia Wenyan’s hair.
Beside them, Lu Zhaozhao quietly watched the pair and silently indulged in their affection...
In the evening, just as Xia Wenjin returned to her hotel to rest, her phone rang.
She glanced at the phone number, hesitated for a moment, but still answered.
Soon Lu Dagui’s voice came over the phone, "Jin, where are you right now?"
Xia Wenjin pursed her lips, "I recently joined a film crew, what’s the matter?"
...
There was a slight pause on the other end of the phone.
Seeing this, Xia Wenjin coldly said, "If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up."
"Wait!" Lu Dagui anxiously said, "Do you know that the president of the XJ Group is coming to the country?"
Of course, she knew.
But Xia Wenjin asked instead, "What does the president of XJ Group coming to the country have to do with me?"
She didn’t want to play dumb with Lu Dagui anymore—if he didn’t say, she would just pretend not to know.
Lu Dagui obviously realized that Xia Wenjin was running out of patience and bluntly said, "Our family is in a bit of a bind right now, so dad needs new investors. If we can secure investment from the president of the XJ Group, our family can be saved. You wouldn’t want to lose the title of Miss Lu Family, would you?"
His last sentence was clearly a threat.
She had left the Xia Family without looking back, aiming for the title of Miss Lu Family. Although it was indisputable, now it seemed that it was the only status that could compel her to help.
Xia Wenjin’s expression visibly darkened, "What do you want me to do? I’m already married."
Although she had thought about it, hearing it from Lu Dagui really irritated her.
He had once sold Lu Zhaozhao to Song Sinian for the Lu Family business.
And now he was scheming against her.
If she could really get close to the president of the XJ Group, why would she care about the Lu Family mess?
However, she just happened to need the right cover to seduce the president of the XJ Group.
Xiao Mo and Justin could not help her, but Lu Dagui was different.
His desire to get the XJ Group president to invest meant he would stop at nothing.
Their goals aligned and the rest would naturally fall into place.
Lu Dagui took a deep breath, "I just need an invitation to a banquet. You have a good relationship with Justin, so it shouldn’t be difficult to get, right?"
Xia Wenjin hesitated, "I can help you get the invitation, but you have to agree to one condition."
"What condition?" Lu Dagui’s voice came through, clearly alert, which truly made Xia Wenjin sneer.
At this point, did he really think the Lu Family had anything desirable left?
Xia Wenjin scoffed coldly, "All you need to do is take me with you when the time comes, you don’t need to know anything else."
This left Lu Dagui stunned, "Aren’t you going with Xiao Mo?"
The president of the XJ Group came to the country specifically for cooperation with the Song Group.
This underscored the importance they placed on this collaboration.
Had he been nicer to Lu Zhaozhao at the beginning, could he also have risen to greater heights?
Lu Dagui thought of Xia Wenjin and Lu Zhaozhao, and regret gnawed at him!
Just as the rumors said, Xia Wenjin was indeed a jinx!
