Luo Yanming and Hong Yinling walked past the double glass door, their stride mirroring a queen and a king who had just conquered a country. Those who looked at them from the side could not help but frown in confusion.
Some, who recognized Hong Yinling, began to whisper.
"Wait, isn't that the newbie that the company evicted due to immoral conduct?"
"You are right. And she dares to come here and show her face?"
"How shameless."
They whipped out their phones at the same time, ready to capture an embarrassing scene.
"So who is in charge around here?" Luo Yanming asked loudly, causing more heads to turn his way.
The HR Manager, a woman surnamed Lin, stepped forward to address the issue.
"I am the HR Manager. You may address me as Manager Lin," Manager Lin introduced herself. "Sir, who are you and what can I help you with?"
Luo Yanming draped an arm around Hong Yinling, whose face was marred with distress.
"I am here to demand an explanation for the unexpected termination of YInling's contract," Luo Yanming said through gritted teeth. He then proceeded to jab a finger at Manager Lin's face. "Just what kind of third-rate entertainment company is this? How can you let go of such a promising talent like Yinling? If you treat everyone this way, your company will go bankrupt in a year!"
Anger flickered across Manager Lin's eyes. Suppressing the urge to ask security guards to drag Luo Yanming out of the place, she mustered up a polite smile and said, "Is that so? In that case, please wait for a moment while I check her file."
Manager Lin rushed into the back room, where the files for all talents were kept.
Luo Yanming and Hong Yinling stood at the reception desk awkwardly, while one person after another came to speak with the receptionists.
After she concluded her morning appointment, Yun Feng, too, came to the reception desk. When she spotted the two there, she chuckled mockingly.
"Aiyo. Big Star Hong Yinling is still here. Why are you standing around like a straw doll? Are you mistaking the foyer for a wheat field?"
Hong Yinling shot her a devastating glare.
"If I were you, I would watch my mouth, Yun Feng."
"Oh, and why?"
"Because you don't know that a powerful figure stands behind me, ready to shield me anytime."
Yun Feng crossed her arms before her chest and sneered. If that were true, then how did Hong Yinling get kicked out of the company in the first place?
"Oh, really, who is it?"
"It is..."
Hong Yinling sucked air into her lungs in a dramatic way before she revealed, "Brother Jiang Yue."
Yun Feng stared at Hong Yinling as if she had gone crazy.
"Why would Brother Jiang support the likes of you?" she was about to ask, but then Jiang Yue himself made his appearance at the entrance hall, and he was not alone. Tagging behind him was an extraordinarily beautiful woman and a cute little girl who wore a rabbit hat and a fluffy pink dress. They were none other than Fang Ruoye and Luo Xianxian.
Jiang Yue shot the gathering people a smirk.
Luo Yanming stared at Fang Ruoye for a long while. He seemed to have seen this woman before, but he couldn't quite place her in his memories. Maybe it was all his imagination.
He knew that he would recall a woman so strikingly beautiful, who, despite wearing only a light layer of makeup and a pair of simple clothing, possessed such mesmerizing allure.
But when his eyes landed on the little girl with the rabbit hat, his blood turned cold in his veins.
"... Xianxian...?"
Luo Xianxian, who only tagged along to see her Uncle Jiang Yue's workplace, did not at all expect to run into her father.
Still holding a grudge from the last time she and her mother were kicked out of the house, her immediate answer was, "I don't know him."
Luo Yanming was so angry that the veins at his temple threatened to burst. Now he knew who the woman standing next to Luo Xianxian was. It was none other than his ex-wife, Fang Ruoye!
But when did Fang Ruoye even transform into such a beautiful creature? The Fang Ruoye he knew used to wear an apron day in and day out, with her hair tied together into a bun, and she was always covered in powder and spices!
When did Fang Ruoye take off her apron, start applying make-up, doing her hair, and even wearing high heels out in public?
Was she out, trying to angle a man to provide for her, now that she had nothing?
Shameless, absolutely shameless!
"Fang Ruoye," Luo Yanming growled at his ex-wife, who schooled her facial expression back to neutral after she regained her composure. "What are you doing here?"
Fang Ruoye narrowed her eyes at Luo Yanming.
"Has the Luo family recently acquired Longyue Entertainment? Maybe I should have asked more before signing the divorce papers," she snarled.
"Maybe I should have not given you custody over Xianxian!" he snapped in return. "Look at her. Only several days apart and she no longer recognizes her father!"
Yun Feng did not know whether Jiang Yue was truly the man behind Hong Yinling or not, but she knew for sure that Jiang Yue had some relation with this woman named Fang Ruoye.
Being a smart woman who knew whom to suck up to, Yun Feng quickly stepped next to Fang Ruoye.
"Aiyah, this sister is so beautiful and elegant. If I am not mistaken, you are Miss Fang Ruoye. Nice to meet you, my name is Yun Feng. Mr. Jiang Yue, did you just come here with Miss Fang?"
Hearing Yun Feng's words, Hong Yinling rolled her eyes and scoffed in disgust.
"Why would Brother Jiang Yue come with her? She is a despicable woman who poisoned her husband on his birthday!"