"Of course, if someone tries to bully me, I will do whatever I can to make them understand the consequences..."
"Aren't you afraid that you'll have to face consequences too?"
"If he wants to die, he can die first."
"I understand. Here's to a happy cooperation," the Station Manager's son stretched his hand out towards Tangning.
The entire conversation didn't even mention the truth or the young man's arm. So, as Long Jie watched from the side, she was quite surprised. It turned out, this form of negotiation existed.
In reality, through their interaction, the two developed an understanding for each other's motives.
Tangning expressed clearly that she would never initiate a fight and this was consistent with the way she had been handling matters up to this point. So, compared to Zhou Qing, the Station Manager's son, of course, trusted Tangning more. He definitely appeared brainless, but he was born with prestige, unlike Zhou Qing. So, if he was going to mess with anyone, his pride told him to target Zhou Qing.
"So, what is the Station Manager's son planning to do? I didn't understand a word that you guys said," Long Jie asked on the way home. "Who does he trust?"
"Just sit back and wait for a good show," Tangning replied. "No matter who he trusts, he will still torment Zhou Qing. He won't treat me like an enemy or he'd be making things difficult for himself."
"So, are you saying that Zhou Qing is about to suffer?"
"Yes, it seems that way."
In reality, Zhou Qing didn't have much confidence in the Station Manager's son, but he believed that his scheming would be able to gain the young man's trust. In the end, as he expected, the Station Manager's son returned with complaints that Tangning was too fake.
"That woman threw all the blame on you as expected. She wanted me to go against you. But, I'm not easy to fool," the young man said to Zhou Qing. "Bring your woman to the television station with you. I'm going to make Tangning suffer."
Zhou Qing's lips curved upwards in secret, thinking that his scheme had worked, "Don't worry, with Xia Hanmo around, I have confidence that 'The Big Adventure' will rise to a new high."
"Handle it well," the young man said without agreeing to anything. He simply smiled and patted Zhou Qing on the shoulder. It seemed a smile could diffuse all hatred between these two men.
But, while Zhou Qing wasn't looking, the Station Manager's son sneered, "Does he still think he is bound for success?"
...
"Zhou Ge, is the Station Manager's son honestly asking us to return to the television station? I'm not going to be blacklisted?"
Xia Hanmo thought that no one would dare offend Tangning with her level of influence. But, to Xia Hanmo's surprise, she was still given a way out.
"Silly, of course you can return," Zhou Qing said as he hugged Xia Hanmo. "I've said before that I won't let anything happen to you. From now on, we are going to be even more famous than before..."
Xia Hanmo trusted Zhou Qing. She had trusted him from the start.
Even though Lin Qian was injured in the process, Xia Hanmo thought it was a worthy sacrifice. To be exact, she still hated Lin Qian up until this point because she thought Lin Qian planned everything.
"Our new life is about to start."
He schemed against Tangning, he schemed against the Station Manager's son, he snatched away Xia Hanmo and he hurt Lin Qian; did he still think that he could start a new life?
Zhou Qing was being to idealistic.
Soon, Tangning released a statement on behalf of Superstar Media that due to differences in values, Xia Hanmo and Superstar Media were going separate ways. Even if the public's speculation got out of hand, Tangning had no intention of giving them a proper explanation. After all, Xia Hanmo was no longer worth her time and effort.
From today onwards, Xia Hanmo was going to disappear from the blueprint of Superstar Media.
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