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Chapter 321 Meng Ziyi: Who is better, me or Reba?
That night, the clear zither played in Fragrant Hills.

Meng Ziyi lay on the bed, looking up at the ceiling. Her forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, her eyelids were half-closed, and she was breathing slightly out of breath. She was so tired that she couldn't even lift her hands.

Chen Xiu sat cross-legged on the side with a leisurely expression, feeling the relatively rare state of a sage, and then looked down at Meng Ziyi.

"I won."

"Heh~~, I can still go on, help me up."

"...You need to sit up by yourself to continue."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi, who had been breathing heavily, rolled his eyes and turned away to sulk.

With his eyes closed, Meng Ziyi was trying to regain his strength when he heard a rustling sound and then felt a pair of familiar arms lift him up in his arms.

When she pouted and slowly opened her eyes, the environment in front of her had changed from a room to a bathtub.

Leaning against Chen Xiu, Meng Ziyi recalled the three hours he had just endured.

After the annual meeting ended, the two walked home from the company in silence.

Upon entering, she immediately issued a challenge, declaring that she would seduce Chen Xiu, but was utterly defeated.

She managed to regroup and fight again, but the defeat only intensified. After five such attempts, she was too exhausted to continue...

After reminiscing, Meng Ziyi secretly glanced at Chen Xiu and, seeing his energetic profile, could only reluctantly acknowledge the objective fact: she couldn't handle Chen Xiu on her own.

Chen Xiu, who was enjoying a hot bath, suddenly turned her head to the side as if sensing something.

Meeting Meng Ziyi's gaze, he didn't speak, but simply raised his hand to help tidy Meng Ziyi's messy hair.

This action caused a flicker of hesitation in Meng Ziyi's eyes, but she did not avoid or slap away Chen Xiu's hand; she simply silently felt his tenderness.

After a long while, a sob suddenly rang out in the bathroom, and Chen Xiu's hand froze in mid-air.

Meng Ziyi slowly raised her once radiant face, now brimming with tears, her lower lip pouting high as she looked at Chen Xiu with a sorrowful expression.

Why did you cheat on me?

"Hmm, where should I begin?"

Chen Xiu frowned and thought for a moment, then decided to go and coax Meng Ziyi first.

I don't want you to be too tired.

"..."

These words seemed to have a miraculous effect, immediately stopping Meng Ziyi's sobbing. He then stared blankly at Chen Xiu, and finally burst out laughing.

After laughing out loud, Meng Ziyi immediately realized that it was inappropriate and began to force a straight face.

However, despite her efforts to purse her lips, she still longed to move upwards.

"Don't lie to me. Cheating is cheating. What do you mean by not wanting me to be too tired?"

Looking at Meng Ziyi, one hand on his hip and the other index finger poking at the air repeatedly while questioning him.

Chen Xiu paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement, saying, "I really can't deny that."

"Forehead……"

Meng Ziyi's fingers seemed to have touched a flame, and he quickly withdrew them. His original accusatory tone suddenly shrank.

She knew about Chen Xiu's affair at the beginning of the month, and even went back to her hometown to hold strategic meetings with her elderly mother, Wang Qian, every few days.

After a 20-day buffer period, Meng Ziyi had essentially accepted this fact. Now, her questioning it is simply an emotional issue.

However, Chen Xiu's honest and straightforward attitude left her somewhat bewildered.

Meng Ziyi stared wide-eyed at Chen Xiu, thinking: Something's not right! In TV dramas, aren't men who cheat always guilty and ashamed? How come he's so self-righteous? Does he want to break up with me? Was that the legendary breakup bang just now?
Upon realizing this possibility, Meng Ziyi's eyes instantly filled with fear.

Looking at the silly beauty performing Sichuan opera face-changing for him, his expression finally settled on panic.

Chen Xiu knew what she was thinking without even having to guess, and immediately reached out his hand to her...

Meng Ziyi, who was imagining that Chen Xiu might break up with him, suddenly felt his shoulder being gripped tightly, and his chaotic thoughts stopped at that moment.

"I'm sorry, Sister Meng, I've actually been wanting to tell you this for a while, but I really don't know how to bring it up..."

Before Chen Xiu could finish explaining, Meng Ziyi had already thrown herself into his arms and held him tightly in her arms.

Pressing her face against Chen Xiu's chest, Meng Ziyi, after experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions, finally remembered her conversation with Wang Qian before setting off for the capital that morning.

"Do you want to break up with Xiao Chen?"

"Of course I don't want to! Is that even a question?"

"I just want to confirm whether you've thought this through. If you want to break up, then you can go back and argue or make a scene as you please, Xiao Chen probably won't react much; if you don't want to break up, then don't bring up any topics that will make both of you feel awkward, otherwise you might break up even if you don't want to."

What constitutes an awkward topic?

"You're so silly! For example, why did you cheat? What do you like about her? These things all count. Xiao Chen is such a rational person, he must have thought it through before he did it. If you ask, it will only make things awkward for both of you."

These words of advice still echo in my ears.

However, there were just too many things to do when he came back for the annual meeting. The three-hour battle made his hormones surge and he was so emotional that he completely forgot his mother's instructions.

Thinking back on it now, she felt a wave of fear, realizing that if she hadn't stopped there, she and Chen Xiuzhen might have broken up.

"Brother Xiu, I won't ask you this anymore. Please don't break up with me, okay?" "I won't."

Chen Xiu replied in a low voice, and put her arms around Meng Ziyi.

The two hugged for a long time, and Meng Ziyi, who had released all her emotions, began to calm down gradually.

Feeling Chen Xiu's heartbeat and thinking about their time together over the past three years, Meng Ziyi was certain that he wouldn't break up with her.

This put her in a dilemma: should she continue with the question she had only half-asked?

After hesitating for a moment, Meng Ziyi decided to continue: "Xiu-ge, why are you hanging out with Reba? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but I just want to know why I lost to her..."

You didn't lose to her!

"Ok?"

"Although it's not nice to say this to her, you hold a higher place in my heart than Dilraba. (Inner monologue: Dilraba's importance is gradually increasing too...)"

Dilraba herself was aware of what Chen Xiu was talking about, which is why she always avoided a direct confrontation with Meng Ziyi.

The question Meng Ziyi asked was one that had been troubling her for some time.

Now that she had received a positive response from Chen Xiu, she finally felt relieved, and even thinking about Reba didn't seem so annoying anymore.

Standing close to Chen Xiu, Meng Ziyi poked his plaid abs and said in a slightly teasing tone, "Then why do you still hang out with her?"

"Initially, it was actually a relationship within the film crew."

Meng Ziyi glanced at Chen Xiu in surprise, thinking to herself: You really can answer anything!
Chen Xiu also stopped and thought for a moment, and then decided that it would be better to hide the news that Reba lacked experience.

"Later, because the filming of 'Diamond Lover' took a long time, and she was also oppressed by Jaywalk Studio, she asked me for help. At that time, my identity was not fully public, so Dilraba had no way of knowing."

"At that time, in her eyes I was probably just a rich second-generation with some ability, or something similar. My agency was just a personal studio. Datang Pictures was established later."

“I directly extended an invitation to Dilraba, asking her to leave Jaywalk Studio and join us. From her perspective, it was an unknown and extremely risky choice, but she still chose it.”

"I admit that this incident did affect me somewhat. If she had chosen to join after I revealed my identity, our relationship might have ended there."

At this point, Chen Xiu paused to look at Meng Ziyi's expression.

She frowned slightly, muttering to herself, "Lucky, but not as lucky as me..."

Chen Xiu paused for a moment, thinking: Is this the right reaction?

Meng Ziyi sighed twice about Reba's good luck, but immediately thought of other "potential enemies".

"Brother Xiu, I have something else to ask you."

"Well, you said."

"Besides Reba, have you hung out with any other people in the company?"

"No."

"What's the situation with Tian Xinwei?"

"What's up with her?"

Meng Ziyi stared at Chen Xiu for a while, confirming that he hadn't grasped Tian Xinwei's feelings.

"Humph!"

Meng Ziyi punched Chen Xiu lightly and said, "She probably has feelings for you."

"Why? Last time we ate together, I barely exchanged five sentences with her."

"You finally brought up the topic of food... Never mind, it doesn't matter whether you bring it up or not."

Meng Ziyi was excited for a moment, but his sullen expression proved that eating was completely unimportant.

She smacked her lips and said to Chen Xiu, "Why did you call Tian Xinwei and Wang Sicong away just now? When you came back, Tian Xinwei's eyes were fixed on you. What did you do to her?"

Sometimes, the perspective of an observer is clearer.

Chen Xiu hesitated for a moment, then briefly explained how she had taught Wang Sicong a lesson and made him apologize to Tian Xinwei.

After listening, Meng Ziyi pouted and pointed at Chen Xiu, saying, "Take your charm off! Are you trying to make her fall for you too slowly with this hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress role?"

"Um... it doesn't seem right if I just ignore it, does it?"

"That's right. No one else can control Wang Sicong. If you beat his hand until it's swollen, won't his dad have a problem with that?"

"No, it's just a game. His dad can't say anything. I have to take care of some things for his dad next month, so hitting him would be pointless."

Hearing that Chen Xiu was going to be busy with work again, Meng Ziyi couldn't care less about Tian Xinwei, a potential but not yet threatening rival in love.

She placed her hand on Chen Xiu's neck, about to reignite the fight, but stopped before she could act.

Meng Ziyi tightened his grip on his arm, pulling him closer, and asked in a provocative yet expectant tone, "Brother Xiu, who's better, me or Reba?"

"..."

How should one answer this question in this situation?

Even Chen Xiu, who could answer any question, was speechless.

(End of this chapter)