I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"Ahem... well, my dad won't agree to me marrying him, and besides..."

Xia You casually brought up the matter, and Su Xiaonuan excitedly grabbed her hand, saying, "How could it not be? Let me tell you, if Chen Ya were your son-in-law, your dad would be ecstatic."

"really?"

"Really, I know your dad very well. If it weren't for Gu Yuqing and Jiang Xinhai, he would have loved to set you two up."

Xia You blushed and said, "I'm only 17... oh, I'll be 18 soon, but talking about marriage now is still..."

Su Xiaonuan sighed with a hint of regret, patted her shoulder and said, "Yes, it's a pity you're too young. If you had been born a few years earlier, Gu Yuqing wouldn't have existed."

After saying that, the two fell silent.

Xia You was momentarily flustered and confused. After fiddling with her bangs for a while, she suddenly realized that she had been a little too obvious about her intentions and quickly said:

"I didn't...I didn't...I didn't have those feelings for him..."

Su Xiaonuan's eyes widened slightly, seemingly surprised: "Really? But I heard from Chen Ya that he quite likes you. If he had been born 10 years later and met you, he might..."

Xia You asked nervously, "What might happen?"

"nothing."

"What's going on?!" Xia You asked anxiously.

"He might become your best friend."

Xia You was immediately disappointed: "Is that all?"

Su Xiaonuan said discontentedly, "Hey, the title of best friend belongs to me, and you're still not satisfied? You want to be his wife?"

Xia You's legs were intertwined, her toes awkwardly digging into the ground: "I...I didn't mean that..."

Su Xiaonuan glared at her for a while, then suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, patted her, and said:

"No, I was just joking because your reaction was so funny. Actually, Chen Ya definitely sees you as more than just a friend. If he really considered you a friend, given his personality, he wouldn't be so cautious around you."

Xia You felt utterly ashamed.

She felt that this woman had seen right through her.

Just as Xia You was sunk and bowed her head in shame, a joyful smile appeared on Su Xiaonuan's face.

It was a genuine joy, like a cat that had inhaled catnip, smiling from the inside out, from the heart.

However, Xia You was still looking down and reflecting on her actions, and didn't see Su Xiaonuan's expression.

……

"What kind of person is Su Xiaonuan?" Qin Yunchu asked curiously.

Gu Yuqing and Jiang Xinhai looked at her.

"what happened?"

Qin Yun Chu pursed her lips and said, "I know all the group members, and I've even met Coco several times, but I've never met Su Xiao Nuan, this famous director, so naturally I'm a little... curious."

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the two people in front of her, Qin Yun Chu felt a little guilty: "What's wrong? Is something amiss?"

Jiang Xinhai and Gu Yuqing exchanged a helpless glance, then said, "It's not that it's wrong, it's just that we don't know how to describe her to you."

Gu Yuqing stroked her chin and pondered seriously, "Qin's question reminded me that I haven't really thought about what kind of personality Su Xiaonuan has."

Jiang Xinhai said, "She and Chen Ya have the same personality."

"Yes, they are very similar in many ways, but her symptoms are more severe."

"Birds of a feather flock together."

“That’s right,” Gu Yuqing said. “I understand. Her personality can be described in one word.”

Qin Yun Chu leaned closer and asked, "What is it?"

“A person who enjoys himself,” Gu Yuqing said, enunciating each word clearly.

Qin Yun Chu was not quite sure what was going on, but Jiang Xin Hai next to him got excited:

"Yes, yes, she's a real entertainer; she'd love for chaos to break out in the world."

"Nothing she does is strange, and her way of finding amusement is specifically aimed at Chen Ya."

"Chen Ya must have owed her a lot in his past life, otherwise how could he have encountered such a jinx in this life?"

"They've come for revenge."

Gu Yuqing and Jiang Xinhai took turns explaining the gist of the story to Qin Yunchu.

When faced with Su Xiaonuan's issues, the two unusually set aside their differences and maintained a high degree of agreement.

This made Qin Yun Chu even more curious about Su Xiao Nuan. When it comes to gossip, Qin Yun Chu was never one to be outdone.

What kind of personality could make Gu Yuqing and Jiang Xinhai, these two mortal enemies, so united in their hatred? What exactly did she do?

……

Backstage.

The preparation room for the contestants of "Idol Producer" was still shrouded in a sad atmosphere of being deceived.

"Who is this person..."

Qin Yunshang sat in front of the dressing table, unconsciously tearing disposable face towels into strips with both hands, leaving a pile of white paper strips on the table.

Normally, she would never have such strength in her hands.

Although she wasn't actually cheated out of anything by Chen Ya, whether it was money or sex, he didn't cheat her.

But she just felt very unwilling.

It's incredibly rare to see an idol appear in your life under an ordinary person's pseudonym, yet you miss the chance, or you're given an opportunity but they ignore it. This situation is even more painful than being emotionally deceived.

“I don’t think Chen Liang could be JX,” Lu Chujiu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said.

Everyone looked at her.

"How to say?"

Lu Chujiu took a deep breath, seemingly making up her mind, and finally, clutching the hem of her clothes, said cautiously, "Actually, I've known him before."

"He's our company's manager, so it shouldn't be JX."

Chapter 479 A Heartbreaker!

"Chen Ya used to be your manager?" Lu Qingxuan asked, somewhat surprised.

Lu Chujiu nodded.

Previously at Rayark, Chen Ya was on the same floor as her girl group, so they saw each other every day. That's why she recognized Chen Ya as soon as they met.

At the time, the girl group collectively thought that Chen Ya was a workaholic who worked overtime until the very end every day. She was obviously a workaholic, and the kind of person who was burdened with a mortgage, elderly parents, and young children.

How could he possibly be JX? JX is already financially independent!

Even if she was pretending to be weak to gain an advantage, and came here to experience life, Lu Chujiu couldn't think of a reason to act to this extent.

She recounted the key points of her previous work experience at Rhea to everyone, and then cautiously concluded:

"Is it possible that you've mistaken them for someone else? Maybe they just look alike, or... is there some other story behind it?"

Lu Chujiu didn't make any definitive statements, after all, so many people came to say with certainty that Chen Liang was JX, it couldn't be baseless.

After hearing her words, Lu Qingxuan frowned and said, "You just said that Chen Ya worked overtime every day when he was at your company?"

"Well, and back then his colleagues weren't very respectful to him... uh... if what you're saying is true, he didn't need to go to such lengths, did he?"

Liu Ruying shook her head: "That means you don't know him well. He's a very good actor, and he's the boss of Beichen Company after all. Given his work ethic, it's not surprising that he often works overtime."

"Yeah……"

“People like him have reached a level of sophistication that is different from ordinary wealthy people,” Liu Ruying said emphatically. “What do ordinary people do when they achieve success? They enjoy themselves and live a life of luxury. But what does he do? Once he succeeds in one business, he goes on to do another, and he starts from scratch.”

“Yes,” Lu Qingxuan nodded, “We can’t use ordinary people’s thinking to speculate about him.”

"Moreover, he may not take it to heart if others are unfriendly to him or misunderstand him. In his eyes, we are all other species, and it is normal for us not to understand him. He doesn't care at all."

After Liu Ruying finished speaking, Lu Qianzi and Lu Qingxuan both felt a little sad.

Lu Qingxuan, in particular, felt a pang of pain in her heart. She couldn't help but wonder—how did Chen Ya see her?

Perhaps it's another species that looks down on him, like a cat.

“Chen Liang is Chen Ya, there’s no mistake,” Lu Qingxuan said through gritted teeth. “Even if he were reduced to ashes, I would still recognize him.”

Qin Yunshang blinked: "What happened between you and him?"

Lu Qingxuan fell silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered the time she watched fireworks with Chen Ya.

At that moment, he placed his hand on her ear, and she placed her hand on his. It was the dead of winter, the wind was strong, and the wild grass on the field ridges looked like swords. The moment the colorful fireworks bloomed in the night sky of the capital was the closest he and she had ever been to each other in their lives.

At the time, Chen Ya didn't ask her what she was thinking, and she didn't dare to say—she was convinced that they had a long story ahead of them.

"The capital city is really a big rural area!"

Lu Qingxuan's seemingly random and somewhat exasperated remark left everyone completely baffled.

Liu Ruying said to Lu Chujiu, "If it were just Qingxuan, it would be fine, but that's Lu Qianzi's own brother. Do you think she would mistake him?"

"Is that so?"

“Besides, I couldn’t possibly mistake him,” Liu Ruying said, her eyelids slightly lowered. “I’m always very good at recognizing people, especially since he’s such an important person to me…”

Seeing her slightly blushing face, Qin Yunshang suddenly realized how beautiful she was.

"Chen Liang... oh no, Chen Ya, right? That kid Chen Ya has quite a few admirers!" Qin Yunshang said.

"Right?" Lu Qingxuan looked around and saw the familiar disappointed expressions on Jin Lan and Lu Chujiu's faces, and felt a strange sense of pleasure. "He's just a womanizer!"

"You womanizer!" Qin Yunshang waved her fist in agreement.

She felt very unhappy. It was like having worked hard on 20 episodes of a TV series, only to be told that she was actually just a supporting actress.

They're putting on a show like "The Deer and the Cauldron" here!

“Moreover, I have another piece of evidence,” Liu Ruying said, pulling out a crumpled ticket from her hand. “This ticket was given to me by him, telling me to come and see it when I have time.”

This ticket was one of the "tasks" Qin Yunshang assigned to Chen Ya. After Chen Ya finished negotiating with the Triangle Group, he forced one on Liu Ruying.

If it weren't for this ticket, she wouldn't have noticed the clues so early.

Qin Yunshang took the ticket, looked at the small Yunshang mark in the corner of the ticket, and said with a thought, "This was given to him by me, and he gave it to you later?"

"Ah."

"He didn't completely disregard what I said, did he?" Qin Yunshang suddenly felt a warmth in her heart.

It feels like a drunken husband coming home at three in the morning, covered in sweat, going to bed without washing his feet, but then pulling out a flattened flower from his pocket and saying, "Wife, today is our wedding anniversary."

Even if he vomited all over the bed right now, he wouldn't seem so hateful, since he cares about me.

Qin Yunshang snapped out of her smugness, shook her head abruptly, and cursed herself for being too easy to deal with.

“Chen Liang is JX. We should have realized it a long time ago.” Qin Yunshang suddenly looked up and said firmly, “We should have realized it when he could easily invite Shiina Apple and the others. Who else in this world has that kind of influence besides JX? Even the Japanese Prime Minister might not be able to do it.”

"But when did JX meet Shiina Apple?" Jin Lan interjected.

Lu Qianzi said, "JX went to Japan before going to America, and then went to Jamaica in South America. However, he didn't talk in detail about what he did in Japan. He only said that he casually joined a few bands. Now that I think about it... it might not have been casual."

Upon realizing this, everyone was shocked and speechless.

Most celebrities are known for their high-profile lifestyles, and if a particular period in their resume is vague, it's likely just about leisurely pursuits without any significant achievements. Following the usual pattern of celebrity gossip, JX's omission of this experience probably means he didn't make a name for himself...

But now it seems that JX's claim of "casually" hanging out with a few bands and becoming so close to Shiina, Utada, and others might not be because he didn't do anything, but rather because he felt these things were insignificant...

Indeed, compared to the shocking things he did later, just getting to know Shiina and others isn't anything special. But... he was, after all, a national singer in Japan!

If JX had mentioned this trip to Japan a few more times in his music archives, given Qin Yunshang's culinary skills, she would have immediately suspected Chen Liang the moment she saw Shiina. Why would she have been kept in the dark until today!

From the moment she started thinking about it, Jin Lan felt more and more regretful.

This is JX! Collaborating with him is the dream of many singers.

As a result, I got away with it without even knowing why.

If I could have another chance to work with him, I wouldn't trade it for a championship!

After a moment of silence, Jin Lan suddenly raised her head and asked, "Do you think Chen Liang will come to the scene later?"