Chapter 257 - 261: Lost (2)
This sentence indeed caused Jian Anning’s brows to furrow, and she turned to glance at Ling Yichuan. On his face, there was still a trace of a gentle, water-like smile, as if a pool of shallow clear ripples that seemed, unintentionally, to capture others’ goodwill.
However, having experienced quite a bit, Jian Anning was no longer the naive girl who could be intrigued by just some sweet talk. The other party was smiling, and perhaps genuinely concerned about her, she wouldn’t cause any unpleasantness with him, so she said, "I wasn’t happy at the company, so I resigned. Since my friend is in Yancheng, I originally thought of coming here to unwind. Unexpectedly, Zexiao’s company was recruiting, and the offer was very good, so I went there."
It really was true that what drew her to the assistant position was the "high salary" offered by Starlight Entertainment. They really had no choice; Yu Zexiao was so picky that he had dismissed all his previous assistants. Besides offering a high salary for an external hire, they could find no other solution.
Moreover, it’s said that "the greatest hide in plain sight." Who would have guessed that the person the Situ Family and the Cheng Family were zealously searching for was actually right beside a dazzling, headline-grabbing celebrity?
"Oh, I see." Ling Yichuan’s eyes flashed briefly, revealing a peculiar smile, then he sighed, looking concerned for his friend, "Hey, don’t think I’m being nosy. Xingxing and I, we grew up together. To put it nicely, he’s proud; to put it not so nicely, he’s aloof, just too dramatic! Look at him, he’s already twenty-eight and hasn’t had a single serious romance. I thought he treated you a bit differently, so..."
Ling Yichuan cleverly steered the topic to Yu Zexiao, leading Jian Anning to believe his concerns were because he thought there was something between her and Yu Zexiao, so he had come to look out for his friend. She laughed, "Mr. Ling, Zexiao and I don’t have that kind of relationship."