“I’m useless? Miss Xia, how capable are you to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry?”

Xia Yao raised her chin and laughed. “I was built with money. I’ve never denied it! But so what? How many people in the entertainment industry rely on their own abilities? Who doesn’t use all kinds of methods to get a role? I, Xia Yao, don’t have to accompany anyone, let alone make physical deals! Natural luck is also a skill!”

He spoke calmly enough.

Although Xia Yao’s words had overturned many people, using all sorts of methods to get the role she wanted had become a common phenomenon in the entertainment industry and a well-known secret.

Everyone knew that, so everyone was envious and jealous of Xia Yao.

As long as she wanted to, she could enjoy the fruits of others’ labor without doing anything.

Because he had a rich father!

“Is natural luck also a skill?” Pei Yaochi sneered and nodded as she looked up at Xia Yao.

“You’re right.”

She said calmly as she lowered her head to gently stroke the fur on the thin blanket covering her legs. She sounded nonchalant, but there was a hint of self-mockery in her voice.

“You see things more clearly than me. I was too naive previously.”

“Hmph.” Xia Yao snorted coldly. Her arrogance and confidence were almost natural.

“Then do you still have the ability now?” Pei Yaochi asked calmly.

Xia Yao’s expression changed.

The Xia family was finished. The thing she was so proud of was gone.

Pei Yaochi looked at her and couldn’t help but laugh. “What right does a useless person have to shout in front of me?”

“You…”

“Oh, that’s not right.” Pei Yaochi interrupted Xia Yao and looked at Gu Zeyan. “Without Father’s love and protection, it’s not bad to have the support of your future husband. But are you sure Young Master Gu likes your ‘ability’?”

As soon as she finished speaking, low laughter sounded from the crowd.

Everyone in the industry knew that Gu Zeyan chose Xia Yao because of the money in his father’s hands.

She had wanted to choose a woman who would be helpful to her career, but it seemed like she had become a burden!

The surrounding laughter stimulated Xia Yao’s nerves like a demonic voice. The resentment and anger in her heart multiplied.

She glared at Pei Yaochi angrily, her eyes red and her face red. Her chest heaved and her body swayed as she placed her hand on her stomach.

Gu Zeyan hugged her tightly and placed Xia Yao on his stomach. He turned to look at Pei Yaochi in the wheelchair with disapproval.

“Yaochi, you’re too much! Just vent your anger on me. You clearly know that Xia Yao is pregnant, but you still provoked her…”

Pei Yaochi seemed to have heard a strange sound as her face scrunched up. She looked at Gu Zeyan, who was criticizing her, and felt both angry and amused.

However, she couldn’t help but laugh. “… I provoked her?”

She scratched her smooth forehead with a finger, not knowing what to say.

After a while, she looked up at Gu Zeyan and pointed at Xia Yao in amusement. “It seems like… from the start, you were the ones who blocked my way and refused to let me off. She’s the one who’s clamoring, right? Why did it become a deliberate provocation to the pregnant woman after just two sentences?”

Gu Zeyan pursed his lips and lowered his head to look at her. His eyes were filled with unfamiliarity and sadness.

“She’s pregnant and emotionally unstable. Can’t you…”

Pei Yaochi’s face turned cold. “No one has the right to shout at me! If you want to stay here, shut up and make way. If you don’t want to stay here, scram!”

With a shout, an aura that couldn’t be ignored appeared on the usually gentle person.

Everyone present was so shocked by this roar that they couldn’t react!

After being in the industry for so long, he was used to seeing her following Gu Zeyan around every day and obeying his orders. He didn’t expect such a gentle and weak woman to suddenly say such words!

Gu Zeyan was the most shocked. After all, he was the one who felt the most emotional.

“You…”

Xia Yao snapped out of her trance and was angry at herself for being treated like this by Pei Yaochi. She was furious again and broke free from Gu Zeyan. She pointed at Pei Yaochi’s nose and raised her voice!

“I have no right to shout at you? Who do you think you are?!”

“Shao Ting, slap him.”

An extremely cold voice sounded from the side. It was a calm voice with enough coldness to freeze someone.

Before anyone could react, Xia Yao was slapped hard on the face!

“Ah—”

She was caught off guard and didn’t even have the chance to react.

She felt a sharp pain on her face and staggered. It was only because Gu Zeyan instinctively protected her that she didn’t fall to the ground.

Pei Yaochi sat in the wheelchair and did not turn around. She could only sense a strong and cold aura approaching her from behind. That person’s aura was so strong that even though he was standing a few steps away from her with his back facing her, she could feel the coldness in his aura.

She pursed her lips and subconsciously tightened her grip on the blanket covering her legs. She bit her lips and her beautiful eyes gradually turned red as tears welled up in her eyes.

After Shao Ting finished slapping her, he turned to look at Pei Yaochi. He opened his mouth, but seemed to have thought of something. He pursed his lips and nodded at her before standing aside.

At this moment, Shen Fanxing walked over from the lounge. From afar, she could vaguely see the scene from the crowd. She raised an eyebrow and a smug smile appeared on her face.

“Who are you? Why did you…”

Gu Zeyan lowered his head to check on Xia Yao’s condition. After knowing that she was fine, he turned around and prepared to argue with someone.

Before she could finish her sentence, she met the face of the man standing behind Pei Yaochi.

His thin lips were pursed into a sharp line, and his eyes were like cold swords forged in the night. It was enough to force back the anger that surged in his body.

She was stunned by the man’s powerful aura, but her mind was searching for who this familiar face was.

Before he had time to think, everyone was already whispering to each other.

“Who is this? Why does she look so familiar?”

“Isn’t… isn’t he the young master of the Pei Corporation?”

“Yes, yes, yes. Doesn’t this hotel belong to him?”

“…”

Without thinking, others gave him an answer.

The young master of the Pei Corporation?

Gu Zeyan was stunned before he reacted!

Yes, he was the young master of the Pei Corporation. The current leader of the Pei Corporation was Pei Yunze.

But why did he…

He looked at the man opposite him again, but Pei Yunze’s gaze didn’t linger on him. Instead, he slowly lowered his gaze and reached out to grab the wheelchair beside him. He spun around and looked down at Pei Yaochi, who had her head lowered.

His voice was cold and low—

“Have you had enough fun?”

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