Chapter 5 City People Are Scheming

• Man Yu spurted out her tea. Rong Siqing, who didn't dodge in time, was sprayed all over her face.
• "Cough, cough, cough, say-say that again?" Man Yu was so shocked she stumbled over her words.
• Rong Siqing calmly pulled out a tissue and wiped her face. She explained clearly, "HC wants someone who has outdoor survival experience, who also has a good image, so naturally Kou Yan came to mind."
• Man Yu's mouth twitched, and smiled awkwardly, "I just got divorced."
• Rong Siqing nodded her head quickly like a pecking chick, "Go on, go on, go on, go on..."
• "Kou Yan has already shooed me out of the house." Man Yu said with emphasis, hugging her shoulders, "In order to release my hatred and resentment, I also beat Kou Mingzhu up."
• "Go on, go on... what?" Rong Siqing's voice turned strange, and her expression collapsed, "Sis, why did you have to be so extreme?"
• "How was I supposed to know that you guys would want me to ask Kou Yan for help?" Man Yu instantly shifted the blame, a face of justified innocence. She also got a bit mad, "I've only been divorced for two hours, and now you're making me get my ex-husband to participate in the TV program I'm organizing?"
• Man Yu gave Rong Siqing's chest a sharp stab with a finger, "People say that people would big breasts have no brains, you don't have breasts, and you don't have brains anymore either? You actually still agreed?"
• "But we've already signed the contract!" Rong Siqing cried, with an expression that said, I'll fight you to the death if you don't do it, "If you break the contract, you have to pay a compensation fee of thirty million. HC has already negotiated with several male idols. If you renege the contract now, you have to shoulder those artists' compensation fees!"
• Man Yu's face instantly blackened. She wanted to beat this woman to death.
• Thirty million? She was now a woman who needed to think about it before spending even three thousand!
• Rong Siqing couldn't quite bear to see her like this. She quickly pasted a smile onto her face, and comforted her in a roundabout way, "Man Yu, look, don't you need money to leave the Man Family?"
• Man Yu gave her a ferocious glare, and scoffed, "You call this comforting me?"
• "That bitch Man Rong is going to make life difficult for you; I'm doing this to help you!" Rong Siqing smiled cajolingly and solicitously served her another cup of tea, "Think about it, if you complete this project, you'll get over two million after tax!"
• "Let's split it fifty-fifty." Rong Siqing's face was all smiles. Man Yu's face was ice.
• Rong Siqing clenched her teeth, "How about this, you eighty, me twenty."
• Man Yu let out a cold laugh, turned and acted like she was about to leave.
• "Stop!" Rong Siqing rushed forward and pulled her sleeve. She sorrowfully made up her mind, "You ninety, me ten!!! I won't haggle over the price; I will draw up a contract right now!"
• Man Yu turned around and a smile as beautiful as a flower spread across her gorgeous face. She nodded, "Fine, it's a deal!"
• Rong Siqing had a feeling that she had just been tricked.
• However, Man Yu had already turned and walked out to call Kou Yan. She was a woman who would abandon her sense of shame for the sake of money. One point eight million. How long would it take her to earn that much money through writing alone?
• That year, her biased father did everything he could think of to marry her into the Kou Family. He even said that if she divorced, she had to pay the Man Family compensation money, to repay them for the many years they spent raising her.
• Yep, and this was her blood-related father!
• The call connected, and rang twice. Man Yu was already imagining how amazing it would feel to be free from the Man Family but the call hung up after the third ring.
• Man Yu's beautiful daydream instantly shattered. She patiently dialed again. Kou Yan answered the call quickly this time, "What is it?"
• Those three words carried an iciness that could push everyone miles away.
• "Mr Kou, I miss you~" Man Yu said ingratiatingly.
• "If there's nothing, I'm hanging up." Kou Yan wasn't buying it.
• "Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Man Yu panicked, and quickly said, "I have a program that wants to invite you, it's a live outdoor survival reality show, on HC. We want to invite you to participate... Do you have the time?"
• The other end was silent for two seconds. Kou Yan seemed to scoff, and said indifferently, "Miss Man, if I remember correctly, you and I just divorced."
• "Uh... It seems something like that did happen..." Man Yu mumbled vaguely. Kou Yan continued icily, "I would like to know, who are you to be asking me to go on your show?"
• "Uh... Your good friend!" Man Yu let out a hollow laugh, and hearing that the other end was about to hang up, she hastily added, "Wait, wait! Uh... Your ex! Ex-wife! Person who once shared your bed...?"
• Man Yu regretted it immensely as soon as the words left her mouth. She could already imagine the mocking expression on Kou Yan's handsome face, and then-
• "I refuse," Kou Yan curtly replied, and hung up the phone.
• Man Yu clenched her phone so hard her fingers turned white. She strenuously suppressed the urge to throw her phone and consoled herself over and over again, If I break my phone, I'll have to spend my own money to buy a new one...
• She clenched her teeth, paused for two seconds, and then called her assistant, "Help me look up when the Chicago flight to T City is scheduled to arrive, immediately!"
• If ringing doesn't work, then I'll ask in person!
• Man Yu walked into the changing room in heels and changed her own clothes. After she received the information, she drove out in Rong Siqing's car.
• T City's airport was in the suburbs and was a twenty minute drive from the city. There was still forty minutes before the plane landed. Knowing Kou Yan's personality, he would definitely be waiting there way ahead of time.
• Man Yu pressed down hard on the accelerator. She had to rush there and get Kou Yan to agree before he saw Nie Suyuan!
• Same time, T City Airport.
• "...Dear traveler friends, your International Airlines flight TZ489 has arrived ahead of schedule. Friends and relatives please wait at the international arrivals gate..."
• Kou Yan stood at the VIP gate, wearing a dark suit. His pink dress shirt was already a bit faded. A hint of unease quickly flashed across his black eyes. That slim figure had already entered his sight. He clenched his hand and released it. He went forward and smoothly accepted her suitcase-
• Nie Suhuan wrapped her arms around his neck. The two hugged-the yearning of three years of separation.
• Man Yu dashed from the parking lot to the arrivals gate and arrived to see this scene.
• F*ck!
• She silently cursed. Didn't they say that that planes arrive on schedule? Never in 800 years have flights ever landed early, why today?
• Seeing Kou Yan and Nie Suhuan get into a car, Man Yu had no choice but to follow. The two chose a restaurant with an elegant atmosphere. After parking the car, Man Yu put on a cap and followed them in.
• Man Yu eavesdropped their room number, and after waiting for around ten minutes, Nie Suhuan went to the bathroom. Finally finding her chance, she stopped a waiter who was about to deliver their meal.
• "Wait, I can do it." Man Yu unveiled her charming signature smile. Under the waiter's dumbfounded gaze, she walked to the room door, "I'm their friend, you can watch me go in."
• She said as she knocked on the door. The man's familiar cold voice sounded, "Come in."
• Man Yu winked at the waiter, pushed open the door and walked in. She placed the sweet soup onto the table, stood there and didn't leave.
• "Do you need something?" Kou Yan didn't even raise his eyelids.
• "Yes, I do, regarding the contract." Smiling, Man Yu took off her cap in front of Kou Yan, freeing her smooth and soft waves. With shimmering smile, she shook out her hair, "Mr. Ex-husband, surprise!"