Chapter 7 A Win-Win Collaboration

• When Kou Yan got a phone call from his grandfather, he was eating with Nie Suhuan. He lightly knitted his brow but Nie Suhuan graciously put down her chopsticks, "It's okay, you should answer, do you need me to leave?"
• "No need." Kou Yan indifferently answered, and answered the call, "Grandfather?"
• After the other side said a few words, Nie Suhuan saw Kou Yan's complexion get uglier and uglier, "...Grandfather, I'm not going."
• Master Kou's response was so loud even Nie Suhuan could hear it, "...You have to go no matter what, this is an order!"
• With that, he hung up the phone.
• Kou Yan face was clearly a lot gloomier than before. Nie Suhuan's bright and beautiful eyes blinked. She ladled a bowl of soup and handed it to him, "Yan, is there something troubling you?"
• If his grandfather knew about it, then Man Yu must have gone find him.
• Kou Yan didn't want to bring up that woman, and also didn't want to ruin Nie Suhuan's good mood. He controlled the gloominess in his eyes and said indifferently, "It's nothing important. I just won't be able to keep you company for the next few days. Did you have any plans?"
• Nie Suhuan gently frowned, and softly smiled, "I'm not doing anything these few days. You should take care of your own matters first. But, Yan, I heard that you got married."
• The man's complexion darkened slightly when he heard the word 'married' but he didn't say anything. Nie Suhuan knew his temper very well so she continued to attentively place food into his plate. She asked, "Is it because of her?"
• Kou Yan's beautifully-shaped lips opened and closed. He said in a slightly cold voice, "I'm divorced."
• Nie Suhuan was momentarily startled. Her bright and beautiful eyes grew misty, "Was it... because of me?"
• "Not because of anyone." Kou Yan didn't know why he denied it. The answer seemed to have come out instinctively. He drank some soup to hide his reaction and explained, "She proposed it."
• "I see..." A hint of disappointment seemed to cross Nie Suhuan's eyes but she raised her lips into a smile again, "Let's not talk about unhappy stuff... Is there anything I can help you with?"
• Her?
• Kou Yan was slightly lost in thought, as if he had thought of something, and then said in a low voice, "It's an outdoor survival live reality program. I don't want participate, that's all."
• "Oh?" Nie Suhuan's interest was sparked. She asked casually, "What platform?"
• "HC." Kou Yan rubbed his finger, and the scene of Man Yu bursting in today appeared in his head. The sight of her curling waves tumbling down her shoulders the moment she removed her cap...
• By curious coincidence, he actually remembered the platform's name.
• "HC?" Nie Suhuan was astonished, "That's a really good platform. I've heard about HC overseas. Apparently, it's a short video platform that's gotten really popular over the past few years. I never expected that they would start making a live reality program so quickly..."
• She paused, and raised her eyes to look at Kou Yan. She was shocked to discover that he wasn't even listening to her. She called out to him with a frustrated and disappointed expression on her face, "...Kou Yan?"
• Nie Suhuan's voice interrupted Kou Yan's thoughts. He stiffly collected himself, "Hm?"
• "Can I go with you?" She blinked and said with a glowing smile, "You don't want to go, right? How about I go with you?'
• Kou Yan was slightly taken back. His eyes became expressionless, "Are you sure? It's really exhausting and hard. Will you... be able to handle it?"
• "Who says I can't?" Nie Suhuan smiled brightly and said resolutely, "I didn't spend these past few years overseas for nothing!"
• An unknown emotion flickered past Kou Yan's black eyes. He thought it over briefly and then agreed, "Okay, I'll go negotiate."
• Once Kou Yan agreed to something, he never went back on his words. Nevertheless, when he called Man Yu in the afternoon, he actually hesitated for a moment. To his surprise, however, when she heard that he wanted to see her, she agreed right away. Their meeting place was Starbucks. Within ten minutes, Man Yu arrived in an Audi.
• "Long time no see!" Man Yu was dressed in professional office attire. She wore a knee-length skirt which accentuated her shapely and sexy body and a pair of flashy and conspicuous red high-heels. Her long hair was tied up in a ponytail, charming and lively.
• Kou Yan's faintly eyebrows knitted. They had been divorced for one and a half days. She looked like she was having the time of her life.
• "Looks like you're doing very well." Kou Yan took a sip of his coffee. His ink-black eyes shot a quick, almost unnoticeable glance out the window.
• "Well, well, well, now that I'm part of the aristocratic single-dog clan there are naturally lots of cool pups and cute pups out there for me." Man Yu smacked her lips with affected seriousness, not the least embarrassed by her own nonsensical blabber.
• "How about it, Mr Kou, have you thought it through?" she asked as she reached out for the cup of coffee on the table but a slender and big hand moved it out of her reach. Man Yu stared stupidly for a second before looking up in confusion. She then saw Kou Yan say with a chilly look on his face, "Order your own."
• "Miser." There are clearly two cups. He obviously did that on purpose to embarrass me!
• Man Yu grumbled but didn't get mad. She ordered a cup of iced water and said with a smile in her eyes, "I brought over the contract. Want to look over it?"
• She pulled out a document and pushed it towards him. Cupping her lovely face with her both hands, she said with a face of expectation, "The price is fair, we don't cheat people, the show will definitely be a big hit."
• Kou Yan's picky eyes quickly skimmed the contract from top to bottom but he didn't speak.
• "You're ready to sign, right?" Man Yu cajolingly presented him a fountain pen.
• Kou Yan raised a corner of his mouth, accepted the pen and pulled off the cap. Under Man Yu's expectant gaze, the nib reached the paper but then stopped.
• "I can agree but I have a condition," he said coldly, caressing the pen with his fingers.
• A condition?
• Although Man Yu was surprised, she still professionally nodded, "You are our great sugar daddy. We will fulfill all your requests, so if you have any, tell us and it will be done."
• Kou Yan quirked his eyebrow into a small curve, and calmly said, "Nie Suhuan has to participate in this program too, and her role can't be small either."
• Man Yu almost snorted out load. Oh, so he wants to pave the road for his own lover?
• Man Yu ridiculed inwardly, but on the outside, she blinked, and knitted her brow as if she had been put in a difficult position, "But the lead role is already you!"
• "Then I'm sorry." Kou Yan put down the fountain pen. Man Yu immediately panicked. She held down the contract, scared that he was going to push it back.
• "Fine, fine, fine, then... how about I let Miss Nie be our mysterious special guest?" Man Yu squeezed out an ingratiating smile, and sent the pen back to him, "A violinist who has returned from overseas, our specially invited guest. With HC's ability to produce stars, and my pre-promoting, it'll definitely turn out great. I guarantee that we will pave a starlight path for Miss Nie. Mr. Kou, what do you think?"
• Kou Yan stared deeply at her with his ink black eyes, and accepted the pen. He raised his eyebrows, "There are no difficulties?"
• "How can there be any difficulties?" This time, it was Man Yu's turn to give him a blank look. She smiled as she clicked her tongue, "Miss Nie has a great figure, and a good image. Even though she isn't a celebrity, she could still be considered a famous overseas violinist. It won't feel out of place at all even if we set you two up as a couple."
• She splayed her hands, and smiled innocently, "What difficulties are there? Or, do you have difficulties?"
• When Kou Yan heard her words, the faint and small flame in the bottom of his heart started to fluctuate, painfully burning him, like one hundred nails scratching his heart. His fingers gripped harder on the pen, "You don't need to think it over again?"
• "You get to build up a good image, I get money, this is a win-win collaboration." Man Yu smiled craftily, curving up her brilliant red lips, "This is exactly what I wanted!"
• Kou Yan pressed his lips into a line, and his face instantly turned black.
• This woman plots every moment of the day. How can someone be so calculating?!