Chapter 49
Ling Rong woke up quickly. After all, it was a ruse, and she couldn’t pretend for too long. If it took too long, it would be a loss if she couldn’t return to the training center.
“Are you awake?!” The first person to notice Ling Rong’s awakening was Gu Ningyan, who always kept his eyes on her. His shout quickly drew the attention of others.
“My little ancestor, you really scared me.” Chen Pingting also hurried over.
Looking at three pairs of worried eyes, Ling Rong apologized, “I’m sorry for making you worry.”
“From now on, you’re not allowed to train late into the night.” If it weren’t for the presence of others, Gu Ningyan would have wanted to hold her hand tightly. Many words of fear came to his mouth, but in the end, only this sentence could be spoken.
“I understand.” Ling Rong looked at the man’s face, which was paler than hers. She knew she had truly scared him this time. But to help him through this ordeal, she had no choice but to resort to this plan.
She could always find a legitimate reason. She guessed her brother would come soon.
As expected, a handsome man in a suit walked in from outside. He glanced around the ward and his gaze immediately fell on the person in the bed.
“President.” Chen Pingting nodded respectfully to the man.
President?! Gao Jingxing and his agent were shocked to see the man. They were already surprised to see Chen Pingting, but they didn’t expect more surprises to follow.
At first, Gao Jingxing’s guess about Ling Rong being a child of the Ling family was just a guess. But now that he saw Ling Yue appear here, he could confirm Ling Rong’s identity with 100% certainty.
Indeed, he was a little prince born with a golden spoon. Gao Jingxing saluted the man and silently made a plan in his heart. It was indeed the right choice to keep Hu Yue away from Ling Rong. Otherwise, with Ling Rong’s status, how could the Ling family agree to a man being with their son?
“You’re Gao Jingxing? Thank you for today. If you have any problems at work, you can directly contact your agent.”
Ling Yue’s sudden statement left Gao Jingxing unresponsive, but his agent immediately thanked him, “Thank you, President. This is what Jingxing should do.”
Gao Jingxing was naive and couldn’t understand the deep meaning. But didn’t his agent know? This was equivalent to getting a promise from the president!
Of course, Ling Yue also noticed the other man in the room, “You’re Gu Ningyan, right? Thank you for always taking care of Rongrong. If you’re interested in the future, you’re welcome to join us at Shengyue.”
Upon hearing his affectionate address to Ling Rong, Gu Ningyan was still thinking about their relationship. As for the latter part of his sentence, he didn’t take it seriously and treated it as a polite remark.
But of course, thanks were necessary. After all, the man’s identity was the president of Shengyue. Gu Ningyan wouldn’t lack such insight.
“Everyone has worked hard today. You can all go back first. I’ll take care of Rongrong here.” Ling Yue’s long-standing aura of superiority made it impossible to refuse.
Even though Gu Ningyan wanted to stay and take care of Ling Rong, he knew it wasn’t the right time. He glanced at the person on the hospital bed again and saw her wink at him, smiling sweetly.
“Go back and train well, don’t worry about anything.”
Gu Ningyan read this sentence from Ling Rong’s eyes, and a part of his heart became softer. No matter what the future holds, at least for now, he is lucky and happy.
Finally, when all the outsiders left, Ling Yue put down his president’s image and showed a helpless and loving expression to his beloved sister.
“You, why don’t you know how to make me worry less?” Ling Yue sat by Ling Rong’s bed, touched her forehead with his palm, and sighed in relief after confirming that she didn’t have a fever.
“You’re not unaware of your own body. You’ve worked hard to get mom and dad’s approval. If they find out you’ve worked yourself sick and ended up in the hospital, see how they’ll drag you back home.”
Hearing the man say this, Ling Rong knew that her parents must still be in the dark. And Ling Yue would definitely help her hide it in the end. Of course, even though she knew her good brother would take care of everything, she still had to play her part as a sister.
Ling Rong opened her big, black eyes, shining brightly at her brother. She also grabbed the man’s suit sleeve and swayed coquettishly, “Good brother, I know you will definitely help me hide it from mom and dad, right? They’re so busy, don’t let them worry about me.”
Even though he knew this little rascal was acting cute, Ling Yue had no way to deal with his beloved sister. What could he do with the sister he spoiled? Just keep spoiling her.
“I know, little ancestor. But you have to promise me to take good care of your body. If you work yourself into the hospital again because of training, I’ll be the first one to not let you off.” Ling Yue gently pinched his sister’s nose and threatened fiercely.
“Understood! I promise to listen to Brother’s teachings!”
After a round of comforting and playing with his sister, Ling Yue finally remembered another thing and his expression immediately became serious, “By the way, Rongrong, tell me, what exactly is your relationship with that guy called Gu Ningyan? Tell the truth, don’t lie to your brother. Don’t think I didn’t see you two flirting behind my back just now.”
Thinking that his beloved sister actually had feelings for another man, Ling Yue’s sis-con soul was already stirring. His beloved sister, whom he had spoiled for so many years, was going to be taken away by another big-tailed wolf?
This was absolutely unbearable.
Gu Ningyan would sooner or later be his own. Meeting her family was also a matter of time. Therefore, Ling Rong didn’t hide anything in front of her brother, “I like him. He should be your brother-in-law in the future.”
?! This was still unbearable!
Ling Yue had already stabbed the man he had just met with a small knife in his heart. He knew he shouldn’t have agreed to send his sister to a training center full of men. Now, his beloved sister was going to be lost.
“Well, you do have good taste. He’s been on the hot search for a day or two, and his ability to cause trouble is indeed strong.” Ling Yue said sourly, referring naturally to the previous two times Gu Ningyan was on the hot search alone.
Smelling a hint of jealousy from her brother, Ling Rong immediately grabbed Ling Yue’s hand, “Of course, brother is the most important. This time, I was lucky enough to see my brother, and I’m still happy.”
Only the Ling family could speak so grandly about pretending to be sick.
“You’re just sweet-talking.” Ling Yue hummed lightly, then said, “You like him, but what about that man? Does he like you?”
The threat in his words was very clear, as if saying a single ‘no’ would prompt him to beat up the man who hurt his sister’s heart.
Unfortunately, when it came to his feelings for Gu Ningyan, he was always confident, “Of course he likes me too. It’s just that I haven’t revealed my gender yet, so he’s probably struggling with the fact that he’s fallen for a man.”
Ling Rong had already deeply experienced the male lead’s troubled thoughts in her previous life.
“You’re not allowed to tell him for now. If he wants to be with you, he has to pass our test!” Ling Yue was already secretly planning how to “entertain” Gu Ningyan.
Since his sister liked him, he wouldn’t directly stop her. He would use his own way to test whether this man was sincere towards his sister. If he was sincere, it was okay. Even if his current status and position were a bit low, it didn’t matter. Shengyue naturally had a way to promote people. But if there was any sign that he would be bad to his sister in the future, he would never let his sister have contact with such a person, no matter what.
“I know, I’ll listen to my brother.” Family first, Ling Rong knew this well. Anyway, she believed that Gu Ningyan should be able to pass the test set by her brother.
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Gu Ningyan, who didn’t know how he would be tested by his future brother-in-law, couldn’t help but ask Gao Jingxing as he was walking out of the hospital, “Can I ask, is your president’s surname Ling?”
Gao Jingxing was suddenly taken aback. Why was he asking this? But when he noticed the extremely similar look in the other’s eyes to Hu Yue, Gao Jingxing felt that he had been shocked a bit too much today.
No way… Did Gu Ningyan also fall for the little prince? That was really a prince, falling for him wouldn’t end well! Facing Hu Yue, he could still stop the other from continuing with his inappropriate thoughts, but for an outsider, Gao Jingxing didn’t need to be nosy.
But after all, they had worked together and had been friends for so long, Gao Jingxing felt that he could do something, like telling Gu Ningyan that their president’s surname was not Ling.
Not Ling?!
Probably because he had fallen for a man, Gu Ningyan felt that there were more homosexuals around him who liked men. If Shengyue’s president was not Ling Rong’s relative, then he and Ling Rong were still so close, even to the point of wanting to come to visit…
Could it be that he also fell for Ling Rong, so he wanted to please him, even vigorously promote him!
Gu Ningyan bit his lower lip tightly, and his fists clenched unnaturally. But… but Ling Rong clearly had a girlfriend, no, at that time he didn’t get the information to confirm whether the person on the other end of the phone was male or female, so maybe it was a boyfriend?
And just now, Ling Rong was completely accustomed to the man’s affection, and didn’t feel any disgust or embarrassment at all.
Could it be, they really were… Shaken by his own guess, Gu Ningyan only felt an unspeakable bitterness welling up in his heart.
Yes, who wouldn’t like Ling Rong? But if he could accept the same sex, could he consider him? Or could that man provide him with better things?
Thinking of this, Gu Ningyan scolded himself fiercely in his heart. How could he think of Ling Rong like this! And as the president of Shengyue, he was already a hundred times stronger than him who had nothing! Even if it was him, he knew how to choose, so why should he ask Ling Rong to not do the same?
Looking at Gu Ningyan, whose face turned gloomy after hearing his answer, Gao Jingxing felt that his guess was indeed correct. So his well-intentioned lie just now was not used wrongly. If he knew it was absolutely impossible, it would be better to give up the idea as soon as possible, rather than getting deeper and deeper, and finally losing his future.
The biggest disadvantage Gu Ningyan had today was not having a phone. Otherwise, if he had looked it up online, he wouldn’t have been kept in the dark and felt so upset.
But he would know the truth one day. After all, the test from his future brother-in-law was still waiting for him.
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Inside the hospital room, the conversation between the siblings continued.
“By the way, brother, I really need to ask you for a favor this time.”
“What favor? It’s not about that brat Gu Ningyan, is it?” Ling Yue was initially happy to hear his sister asking for his help, but his enthusiasm quickly dropped when he thought of this possibility.
“Good brother, please help me. I can assure you, all those rumors about Gu Ningyan on the internet are false. Someone wants to deliberately smear him, and his father didn’t really plagiarize. Five years ago, someone was sabotaging!”
As Ling Rong swayed the man’s suit sleeve, she explained everything about Gu Ningyan to Ling Yue. After listening to his sister’s words, Ling Yue’s playful and relaxed expression gradually became serious. He looked at his sister, trying to determine the truthfulness of her words.
“Rongrong, this is not something to joke about. Can you assure me that what you said, or what you know from Gu Ningyan, is all true?”
What Ling Yue was worried about was that because of her liking for Gu Ningyan, his sister had forgotten her ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.
He was Ling Rong’s brother, but also the president of Shengyue, the heir of the Ling family, and the pillar of their future. So in the face of major issues, he couldn’t be willful.
This was a matter of principle. Even when facing his most beloved sister, he had to be responsible to his parents and the Ling family who had entrusted the Ling company to him.
Knowing what the man was worried about, Ling Rong was not angry at his suspicion, but even more proud to have such a serious and rigorous brother. Of course, her words were not false at all, so she was not afraid of Ling Yue’s suspicion.
But about Chen Haotian being a transmigrator, Ling Rong certainly couldn’t tell the man. She had to use another method.
“Brother, you can first investigate the matter five years ago. Gu Mingnan was Chen Haotian’s ghostwriter, and the ghostwriting team was not just one person. You can definitely find relevant witnesses. And recently, Chen Haotian has also been active. If you follow this line of investigation, you can definitely find out who is behind the scenes. As long as he admits it, it’s also a piece of evidence.”
“By the way, brother, has Shengyue recently cooperated with Chen Haotian?” Ling Rong suddenly thought of this.
Ling Yue’s face quickly turned ugly, and he nodded at Ling Rong.
It was because of this that he was even less willing to believe this was true. After all, if the truth of this matter suddenly broke out, the party that would suffer losses would be their investors. And now that the contract has been signed, if they propose a breach of contract now, Shengyue would have to compensate.
“Humph, he really has no shame.” Daring to pit their family, Ling Rong was increasingly disgusted with Chen Haotian.
“But although the contract has been signed, the script has not yet been handed over, and the deadline for submission is approaching.” Ling Yue added. Because of Chen Haotian’s popularity, most companies would buy the copyright before the script was fully completed. He just didn’t expect to encounter such a thing.
Since the script hasn’t been handed in yet, there could always be various accidents.
Ling Rong seized this point and immediately proposed a solution, “Brother, you can use the excuse of urging for the script to bring Chen Haotian into a closed environment for him to create. The most important point is to confiscate his phone. If he is plagiarizing, he won’t be able to write it himself. He will definitely try to get the phone to contact his ghostwriting team and then hand over the ready-made script.”
And all of these can be recorded as evidence, to give him the heaviest blow at that time. After all, contracts usually hold both parties responsible. If it’s Chen Haotian’s fault that the contract can’t continue, then it can be considered as Chen Haotian’s breach of contract, and Sheng Yue doesn’t need to bear the risk of breach of contract.
By then, as long as Chen Haotian’s plagiarism is exposed, then shooting his plagiarized script will damage the reputation of the filming company. This is already a violation of the terms of the contract, so Sheng Yue can naturally sue him for breach of contract at that time.
After listening to Ling Rong’s suggestion, Ling Yue’s eyes brightened, and he couldn’t help but rub his sister’s soft hair.
“You’re really a clever little thing. Alright, we’ll do it as you said.”
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