Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

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Xi Jingyue barely managed to keep his expression steady, and as if suddenly remembering something, he smiled faintly and said, "Is Miss Du now working full-time as Actor Du's assistant?"

"No, no, my second brother just saw that I was home alone and didn't know what to do, so he brought me out to see the world. After this is over, I won't be his assistant anymore."

"If you just want to broaden your horizons, how about you visit my cousin's company?"

"Huh?" Du Anrao was stunned for a while before he realized what Xi Jingyue had said, and his eyes widened in surprise. "You mean that Xisheng Entertainment?"

"Yes, that's the company."

Du Anrao became increasingly suspicious: "Why did Mr. Xi suddenly invite me to your cousin's company?"

Something's not right. Even if they love someone so much that they extend that affection to them, they shouldn't be this enthusiastic towards an unknown assistant like me. Could it be...?

Xi Jingyue's heart jumped, thinking that he had inadvertently acted too hastily and given himself away.

[Is Mr. Xi really interested in my brother? Having failed to get what he wanted from him, is he now trying a roundabout approach, getting close to me to get closer to my brother?]

Xi Jingyue: "..." Stop, stop! I swear on my honor, I really have no feelings for your brother, not even a little bit!

"Ahem, actually, I was there when you were on set that day, helping Mr. Yang with his fortune telling."

"Huh?" Du Anrao suddenly looked up at Xi Jingyue, "You were on set so early that day?"

"……Um."

Realizing that Xi Jingyue's reason for inviting him might be somewhat different from what he had imagined, Du Anrao awkwardly touched his nose.

"So you heard everything that day?"

"Yes, I heard it all from beginning to end. My cousin's company has been having a lot of problems lately. I didn't think much of it before, but the other day I saw you doing a fortune telling for Mr. Yang on set. You were very articulate and logical, and I thought it made a lot of sense."

Xi Jingyue paused for a moment, then said, "I was thinking of asking if you could take some time to go over there and help my cousin see if there's a problem inside his company, whether he needs to change the feng shui or bring back a Buddha statue to calm things down."

Du Anrao gave a dry laugh and tentatively asked, "Did he ask someone to go and check beforehand?"

"Yes, we had someone perform a ritual, but it didn't seem to help."

Even professionals in this field can't spot the problem, so someone like me with only a smattering of knowledge is even less likely to notice. But if I just refuse like this, who knows how long I'll have to wait for another opportunity...

Du Anrao was torn between two conflicting thoughts: should he politely decline the invitation to avoid revealing his secret, or should he bite the bullet and go to Xisheng Entertainment to meet his fourth sister's real family?

However, she didn't hesitate for long and quickly gave in.

"Alright, I'll go with you, as a way of repaying you for your help this time. But..."

"but?"

"However, my skills are not very good, and I may not be able to see anything. You and your cousin should not have too high hopes."

Xi Jingyue's true purpose was not this, so naturally he wouldn't be too critical.

"Just do your best. If you really can't see anything, it's his luck, and you can't blame him."

Du Anrao breathed a sigh of relief, then thought for a moment and asked, "Can I bring one more person with me?"

"Who? Your second brother?"

"No, no, it's someone else. I promise I'll take her with me the whole time and won't let her run around. And she definitely won't gossip about what she saw at your company after we get out, is that alright?" Xi Jingyue's eyes flickered slightly, he already had a guess about the identity of the person Du Anrao wanted to bring, but he still said calmly, "Of course, it's nothing shameful, you can bring as many people as you want."

"Then it's settled. When are you free?"

"I'm available anytime, it's up to you."

Du Anrao blinked. Although she was puzzled by the person's leniency, she hadn't had a chance to discuss it with her fourth sister yet. After thinking about it, she accepted the other person's kindness.

"Then let me go back and ask first, and I'll contact you again once I've confirmed the time?"

"it is good."

And so, with his superb disguise skills, Xi Jingyue tricked... cough cough, into getting Du Anrao's contact information during their third meeting.

Because of her chance encounter with Xi Jingyue, Du Anrao was delayed for a while. She thought she would be questioned when she came out, but when she found Du Hexuan and the others, they all looked serious and preoccupied, and none of them had the mind to question her late return.

Du Anrao thought for a moment, then quietly approached his second brother and whispered, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Du Hexuan then realized that his sister had returned at some point, and he looked at her with a rather complicated expression.

"Someone just called the director and told him that something happened on set again."

"Another incident?" Du Anrao was speechless.

The crew has had one mishap after another in just a few days. No wonder the director is feeling so down. If they keep having this bad luck, they might as well rename the crew "And Then There Were None".

"Who got into trouble this time?"

"Pei Yiyuan." The assistant director answered her, his face contorted in a miserable expression, looking utterly pathetic.

Isn't that like the sky falling down? It's a male-centric drama, and the male lead is about to be gone. It's a fatal blow to the production team.

Du Anrao couldn't help but gasp when he heard the name.

[Pei Yiyuan's scandal has backfired? Weren't his bombshell revelations supposed to be released months later? How come it's collapsed so early?]

Before Du An could ask any more questions, Zhou Shunzhe, standing to the side, had already sneered and revealed the truth: "He brought it on himself. He Xuan only took this role because of Director Gao's influence, to help this newcomer like him get a boost in status. But instead of being grateful, he actually hates He Xuan. He's a real ingrate!"

"He's just been pampered by the company and given a few good resources, and he's gotten so arrogant that he's forgotten who he is. Doesn't he even know who he is? If it weren't for He Xuan, who would know who this lousy idol from a talent show is?"

Although Zhou Shunzhe loves to chatter, he is not a person who speaks harshly. The fact that he said such things shows that he was quite angry.

Du Anrao listened patiently for a long time before he learned that the cause of the matter was that Du Hexuan had been attacked a few days ago.

At that time, in addition to the people arranged by Jiang Huaiying, there were many others who took advantage of the chaos and tried to bring Du Hexuan down from his pedestal.

Pei Yiyuan was one of them. He not only hired online trolls to support the so-called victims, but also fabricated several stories to make a dubious attempt to discredit Du Hexuan.

Unexpectedly, just two days later, the so-called scandals surrounding Du Hexuan were reversed, and the culprit Jiang Huaiying was quickly arrested.

These fickle people were so frightened that they all shrank back and dared not show their faces again.

Pei Yiyuan also wanted to pretend nothing was wrong, but unfortunately he was unlucky and his alternate account was found by Du Hexuan's big fan.

(End of this chapter)