After hanging up the phone, Zhou Qing tightly gripped her phone with both hands and sat on the bed in a daze. However, she was pushed from behind and nearly toppled onto the floor.

"How? Is she your childhood sweetheart?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I wasn't making it up. Haven't you been fantasizing about him in your heart for a long time? What's the matter? Afraid to make a move?"

'……'

"Why did you lie to him? Didn't you see the news online?"

......

Why aren't you speaking? Hm?" The man circled around Zhuang Qing and reached out with two fingers, pinching his chin, forcing him to turn his head and look at him. "Do you feel sorry for him?"

"......"

"Tell me! Do you feel sorry for him?!"

Zhou Qing grimaced in pain, unable to help but groan. However, he still defiantly glared at the man before him and said, "You're a madman!"

"I am a madman, so what are you?" The man sat down on the bed as well and reached out to wrap his arm around Zhou Qing's shoulders, forcefully bringing them into his embrace. Both of them were now shirtless, with even ambiguous marks on their fair skin, making it clear at a glance what they had just done.

"Zhou Qing, do not forget your identity and mission. Your task is to make Zhuang Ling leave Shu Boheng and be left with nothing, completely ruined. Remember, our family does not tolerate useless people. If you cannot even accomplish this, I'm afraid I can no longer keep you."

"Why? What is your motive? If you want to deal with Shu Boheng, there's no need to implicate Zhuang Ling."

To his surprise, the man suddenly had a change in expression. Instead of responding to Zhou Qing's question, he said, "You talk too much."

After speaking, he got up from the bed, picked up the shirt from the sofa, and walked out.

Only Zhou Qing was left in the spacious room, feeling restless.

After successfully resolving a crisis, Manager Qi became increasingly satisfied with Zhuang Ling, believing that he was not just a decorative vase, but rather possessed some intelligence that was just right. Therefore, in the past few days, she had been assigning him more and more jobs, and his schedule was nearly full.

Zhuang Ling was very dissatisfied because he was seeing less and less of Shu Boheng. Sometimes, they could only meet briefly once every few days, and it would only happen when Shu Boheng came down to inspect the work.

Zhong Xing Gong Yue let Zhuang Ling barely get close, let alone have a conversation. Every time, Zhuang Ling could only watch helplessly as Shu Boheng and a few others walked into the exclusive elevator, only to see the elevator doors mercilessly close.

I don't know if it's Zhuang Ling's imagination, but he feels that Shu Boheng seems to have become thinner, and his complexion has been pale all the time. There have been several times when Shu Boheng and he made eye contact, almost causing him to disregard everything and rush forward. However, he quickly averted his gaze, and he himself lost the courage.

Furthermore, Zhuang Ling understood very well that various speculations on the internet had not completely subsided. If she were to engage in any interaction with Shu Boheng beyond work at this moment, it would likely revive old problems.

Shu Boheng's visit to Tianheng today is indeed for dealing with some matters.

Although the male lead of the micro-movie has been directly cast as Zhuang Ling, the other roles such as male second lead and female lead still need to be selected through auditions.

The previous suggestion from the Advertising Department was to hold auditions at the Film Academy, which would be more in line with the background of the short film. However, due to time constraints, it was vetoed by Shu Boheng.

In the end, it was decided that all the main roles would be taken by the company's artists. He came today because the director of the artist department invited him to make the final decision on the cast. This publicity plan is indeed very important to Shu Shi, so Shu Boheng came, but he can only stay for less than an hour.

He has another dinner appointment later, but it's already 10:30 in the morning now.