Magnate Tycoon: How Did Simply Enjoying Life Make Me a Male God?-Chapter 468 - 357 Han Xia

In the afternoon, sunlight spilled over the white sand, the sea surface shimmering with tiny waves.

Gazing into the distance, the sea appeared vast and boundless, with a gentle sea breeze blowing softly. A lush island not far off was full of vitality.

"Thank you all for your hard work today!"

The director finally showed a satisfied smile and shouted to everyone.

Everyone heaved a long sigh of relief upon hearing this and started to wrap up.

Zhou Yingying specifically ran over to express her gratitude to the director, who only nodded at her before walking directly to Han Xia, smiling as he said, "Teacher Han, thank you for your hard work today. The shoot was excellent; I think our show is bound to be great."

Zhou Yingying watched the director’s completely different attitude and felt a mix of emotions in her heart.

But she fully understood the survival rules of society, and this faint emotion quickly dissipated, soon returning to normal.

She packed her things, took out a tissue, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

In the past few days of shooting, she had been giving it her all and thus had earned most of the crew’s recognition.

Even though she was the most hardworking one in the crew, everyone’s attention was still focused on the highest-status Han Xia.

Zhou Yingying understood that in this society, ability and attention, as well as treatment, often didn’t correlate proportionally.

That’s why she worked extremely hard, eager to earn money and raise her status.

After tidying up, Zhou Yingying rubbed her somewhat stiff face, retouched her sunscreen, and took out her phone from her bag.

Seeing a new message notification, she didn’t pay much attention, assuming it was from friends or acquaintances.

But the moment she opened her phone, her expression slightly changed, joy flashing in her eyes; it was a message from Li Jing.

She hurriedly opened the chatbox, her face full of surprise, and quickly looked around but did not see the familiar figure, a hint of disappointment and regret flashing in her eyes.

Li Jing had said in his message that he had seen her on Wuzhizhou Island, but the message was sent two hours ago, indicating he had already left.

She pondered briefly, then quickly replied, "Brother Jing, are you still on Wuzhizhou Island? I didn’t see you earlier because I was filming."

After sending the message, she felt full of anticipation, her eyes tightly fixed on her phone screen.

Two or three minutes passed, but there was no response from the other side, leaving her feeling a bit disappointed.

However, she still turned up the message alert volume on her phone to the maximum, afraid of missing another message from Li Jing.

When the crew finished packing everything up and Zhou Yingying was about to leave the island with the main group, she suddenly faintly heard a message alert from her phone.

Her heart suddenly trembled, and she immediately picked up her phone to open it; sure enough, it was a message from Li Jing.

Full of joy, she quickly replied, "Brother Jing, have you already returned to the hotel? Which hotel is it? Should I come to see you?"

After sending the message, she felt it might be inappropriate and quickly added, "Brother Jing, are you busy? If you’re not, I can come see you; if you are busy, I won’t bother you."

With a restless heart, she saw Li Jing’s reply, "Not busy," only then did she smile again and quickly typed:

"Okay, then Brother Jing, please send me the hotel address and room number, and I’ll come over later."

Upon receiving Li Jing’s reply, Zhou Yingying was especially happy.

Since parting with Li Jing last time, she hadn’t seen him for a long time.

Although there had been a few contacts online afterward, she was always worried that Li Jing would ignore her after getting what he wanted, and the support she’d painstakingly found would lose its effect as their relationship strained.

Therefore, she was particularly eager to further maintain her relationship with Li Jing. Thinking of this unexpected encounter, she couldn’t bear to miss this opportunity.

Thinking this, while pondering her words, she quickened her pace and walked over to Han Xia, bypassing the assistant, and said apologetically, "Sister Xia."

Han Xia, who was discussing the plot with the director, heard Zhou Yingying’s voice, turned around with some curiosity, and asked, "Yingying, what’s up? Do you need something?"

With an apologetic face, Zhou Yingying said softly, "Sister Xia, I’m sorry, but I have other matters tonight, so I might not be able to accompany you for the SPA."

"You have other matters?" Han Xia raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, clearly not expecting her to refuse and a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.

Her invitation to Zhou Yingying was both giving face and a chance to get closer to her, but she did not expect a refusal.

Based on her understanding of Zhou Yingying, the other party shouldn’t be someone with such low emotional intelligence.

So, she asked further, "What’s going on? Is it important?"

Zhou Yingying did not intend to hide it and directly leaned closer to whisper, "Sister Xia, Brother Jing happens to be around here, and he asked me out tonight, so I have to go. I’m very sorry."

Zhou Yingying intentionally emphasized it was Li Jing who initiated the invite, not her approaching him.

Li Jing asking her out initiated by him, rather than her reaching out, may sound the same. Still, for someone discerning, they could read a lot of subtle differences into it.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Han Xia’s expression turned surprised.

She paused for a moment before saying to Zhou Yingying, "Yingying, wait a moment; I’ll talk to you later."

After saying this, she exchanged a few idle words with the director before ending the conversation and led Zhou Yingying to the other side of the group.

Unexpectedly, Han Xia ended her conversation with the director just to have a private chat, which surprised Zhou Yingying, knowing for sure it was because of Li Jing.

Nonetheless, she still put on a puzzled and curious face, asking, "Sister Xia, what’s the matter?"

Han Xia looked around, paused for a moment before speaking, "Hmm, the Brother Jing you mentioned, is that President Li? Is he also in Yashi?"