Chapter 479

Chapter 479 Five Years Apart, Finally Reunited

Hearing Hathaway finally ask that question, a glint of greed flashed in Qi Zhanji’s eyes.

Cloud Konglan caught his gaze and the two exchanged a knowing smile, each understanding exactly what the other was thinking.

Hathaway was the kind of woman with an extremely voluptuous figure — her curves were almost exaggerated, front and back, and the waves at her chest looked ready to burst through her clothes. Yet paired with her beautiful face, it all came together perfectly.

If she hadn’t become an agent, she could easily have gone the idol route and would have had a massive following.

A woman like that was naturally very much to the taste of the two young masters!

Feeling uncomfortable under their gazes, Hathaway frowned slightly and said, “You two still haven’t answered my question. What do I need to do to make things right between us?”

Qi Zhanji smiled and raised his glass, saying, “Miss Hathaway, we have an old saying in China — the wise adapt to the times. I personally admire your attitude very much. Come, let me drink first as a toast.”

With that, Qi Zhanji tilted his head back and poured a full glass of 52-proof baijiu straight down his throat.

Hathaway hesitated for a moment, then drank hers as well. The sharp, burning sensation shot straight up her throat, and she couldn’t help but wince.

“Come, Miss Hathaway, let me toast you as well.” Yun Konglan raised his glass next.

This was clearly a tag-team operation!

These two had truly thrown all shame aside, planning to get Hathaway completely drunk before making their next move.

Faced with this situation, the top-tier agent Hathaway had no choice but to steel herself and down the second glass.

…………

There had been many bodyguards at the entrance to the private room, and when Toni Landor walked out, they immediately followed — but Landor moved so fast that she slipped into the elevator in the blink of an eye, leaving them far behind.

In room 606, Huang Jingwei was clinging to Su Rui like a koala bear, making him thoroughly restless.

“Hey, I’m telling you, Toni Landor is going to be here any minute. Don’t you care about how you look?”

“Oppa, you’re not still tricking me, are you?” Even now, Huang Jingwei still half didn’t believe it.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

“She’s here.”

Without another word, Su Rui picked Huang Jingwei up and tossed her onto the bed. She was soft and chubby enough that she didn’t mind the landing.

He opened the door, and a strikingly beautiful, alluring face appeared before him.

Su Rui’s lips moved slightly as he said with a wry smile, “Hey, long time no see.”

Toni Landor seemed to want to hug Su Rui, but stopped herself just in front of him. Looking at this man who had changed her life five years ago, Landor’s eyes shimmered, and tears began to wet her cheeks.

“Five years later, I’ve finally seen you again. It’s really good.” Toni Landor gently wiped away her tears and revealed a smile that could turn the world upside down.

Huang Jingwei, sitting on the bed, was completely stunned. Her English was decent enough that she could more or less follow the conversation between Su Rui and the woman at the door.

But was this woman really her idol, Landor?

She rubbed her eyes in a daze, trying to get a better look. It took a full two minutes before she finally confirmed that this was indeed the goddess who had the whole world at her feet.

Then she let out a scream.

Su Rui couldn’t help but curl his lip. Her nerves were really something else — he’d never seen anyone with such a long reaction delay.

“Landor, is it really you?” Huang Jingwei stood up. The usually bold and brash little troublemaker looked genuinely flustered today.

Su Rui pointed at Huang Jingwei and said, “Your little fan. She’s the one who asked me to get a signed photo.”

Landor pulled Huang Jingwei over and hugged her warmly, saying, “I didn’t bring any photos with me today, but how about we have Su Rui take a bunch of photos of the two of us together?”

Huang Jingwei felt a slight pang of disappointment at the first half of that sentence, but by the time she heard the second half, she nearly fainted from excitement.

And so Su Rui was drafted as the photographer. Huang Jingwei took over a dozen shots before finally saying, still wanting more, “Thank you so much, Landor. I’m definitely going to blow all these up and hang them in my bedroom!”

“If you hang a woman’s photos in your bedroom, people are going to think you’re weird.” Su Rui cut in boredly, but nobody paid him any attention.

“We can exchange contact info and chat more in the future,” Landor continued.

“Really?” Huang Jingwei seemed to hardly believe her own ears.

Su Rui gave her head an annoyed tap. “What do you mean really or not — does Landor have any reason to lie to you?”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Huang Jingwei clapped her hands and bounced in place, spinning with excitement. She quickly got Landor’s contact info and clutched it tightly, as if afraid of losing it.

Landor gave Su Rui a meaningful look, then turned to Huang Jingwei and said, “I really like you, little sis.”

Huang Jingwei beamed with joy but didn’t forget to correct Landor’s choice of words. She pointed at her own chest with considerable confidence and said, “I’m not little.”

“Alright, you’re not little.” Landor burst out laughing. “If you ever come to America, you have to let me know.”

The influence an idol has over a fan can be truly staggering. One sentence after another from Landor had Huang Jingwei’s eyes sparkling with little stars, dizzy with happiness.

“Landor sis, if you ever come to China, you have to call me.” Huang Jingwei said, bouncing up and down.

“Alright, enough chatter, there’s nothing left here for you.” Su Rui reached out and hauled Huang Jingwei toward the door. “You’ve got your photos, you’ve got her contact info — what are you still hanging around for?”

“But I…” Huang Jingwei still tried to squeeze back into the room.

“No buts. Landor and I still have things to talk about. Grown-up business — kids shouldn’t get involved.”

As he said this, Su Rui had already pushed Huang Jingwei to the elevator. This little troublemaker had absolutely no awareness of when she was being a third wheel.

“Then next time Landor comes to China, you have to contact me.” Being pushed away like this, Huang Jingwei was a little reluctant to leave.

“Don’t push your luck. I did you such a huge favor, and not only do you not thank me, you still have so many demands.” Su Rui closed the elevator doors without ceremony.

“Wait!”

Huang Jingwei suddenly darted forward and planted a kiss on Su Rui’s cheek with a loud smack.

“That’s my thank-you!” Huang Jingwei waved with a grin and said, “I won’t interrupt your alone time anymore — bye bye!”

Su Rui smiled helplessly and turned around, only to find Toni Landor standing right behind him, watching with an amused smile.

Su Rui scratched his head. “Kids these days, always pulling these little stunts.”

“You can tell she really likes you,” Landor said with a smile.

“My luck with people has always been pretty good,” Su Rui said honestly.

“Yes, it has been. Since five years ago,” Landor said with a meaningful tone.

Hearing that, Su Rui could only smile awkwardly. Standing up for people in need was just his nature — otherwise he never would have ended up saving Toni Landor by chance.

Though the circumstances of that incident had been rather complicated, it had ultimately laid the foundation for the friendship between the two of them.

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The two of them went back to the room and chatted leisurely. Toni Landor told Su Rui about everything she had experienced over the past five years — sometimes animated and bright-eyed, sometimes a little subdued. Su Rui played the role of listener well, and before they knew it, an hour had passed.

In that hour, Su Rui felt as though he had witnessed Toni Landor’s growth over the past five years.

In truth, Landor had spent countless days preparing for this brief hour. She had racked her brain trying to present her most genuine self to Su Rui. Looking back now, she felt she had done a decent job.

In reality, Su Rui had been working hard to keep himself composed. Spending an hour in close proximity to a woman like Landor, who radiated an intoxicating allure from the very core of her being, was enough to make even a man of Su Rui’s self-control lose his grip — his eyes kept drifting to her face and figure without him meaning to.

With a face and a figure like that, not looking would be doing his own eyes a disservice.

If fans around the world found out that Toni Landor had spent that much time alone in a room with Su Rui, they would probably band together to do him in.

Toni Landor seemed to be thoroughly enjoying herself as well. She had waited years for this day, and now that it had finally come, she cherished every moment of it.

But as the two of them kept talking, Su Rui suddenly asked, “You walked out in the middle of dinner and have been gone this long — will the organizers be okay with that?”

Toni Landor glanced at her watch and said with some surprise, “Has it really been that long?”

“Yeah.” Su Rui shook his head and sighed. “If word gets out, people are going to say you’re being a diva again.”

No matter who the host is, having a guest disappear without explanation for that long during a dinner would leave anyone deeply annoyed. Thinking about it, Su Rui couldn’t help but feel a little worried for Toni Landor — after all, she was still trying to break into the Chinese market.

“They’re all such insufferable people.” Landor furrowed her pretty brows and said, “I couldn’t stand being in that room anymore. They kept pushing drinks on me. With Hathaway there, nothing should go wrong.”

“They were pressuring you to drink?” Su Rui frowned as well.

“Yes. I told them I couldn’t drink because I had to sing, and they said I could just lip-sync.” Just bringing it up made Toni Landor furious.

“They told you to lip-sync?” A sharp glint flickered in Su Rui’s eyes. He had long heard about the chaos in the entertainment industry, but hearing it directly from Toni Landor still made him angry. This wasn’t just a matter of professionalism — it was outright unethical.

“Who are they?”

“One is called Qi Zhanji, the other is Yun Konglan.” Toni Landor gave a rundown of both men’s backgrounds — Qi Zhanji had been bragging nonstop at the dinner table, so she’d had no choice but to listen.

“Qi Zhanji is the Su family’s grandson, and Yun Konglan is a young master of the Yun family?”

Su Rui turned the two names over in his mind, and something told him this situation wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

He didn’t know much about Qi Zhanji, but he knew all too well what the Yun family’s sons were like.

If someone as lecherous as Yun Fangyuan — who had nearly been killed by Su Rui — could become the third-generation heir of the Yun family, then how much better could this obscure Yun Konglan possibly be?

“Come on, let’s go take a look together.”

The sharp light in Su Rui’s eyes gradually sharpened into focus as he suddenly said.