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Li Qing didn't even look up, continuing to deal with the barbecue.

"Well, he's just a minor character with little screen time. He's an assassin who secretly loves the female lead, and he gets killed by the main villain in the end."

Li Hao understands.

That's normal. After all, it's her brother's first time acting. It would be strange if he got a major role right away.

After thinking for a moment, Li Hao couldn't help but ask, "Who are the actors in your drama?"

"Who? Who is it?"

"Who's in the cast? Who's the lead? Are there any celebrities you recognize?"

This question really stumped Li Qing.

He blinked, his chopsticks holding the meat hovering in mid-air.

Come to think of it, when Guan Li gave him the script, she didn't seem to mention any other actors. As for himself, after receiving the script, he focused all his attention on memorizing lines and understanding the character. Just those few lines and actions were enough for him to ponder for several days. He had no time to think about anything else.

As for who the lead actor is, he has no idea.

After swallowing the roasted meat, Li Qing said awkwardly, "Uh, I really don't know, I didn't ask..."

Li Hao's lips twitched, thinking that this was ridiculous. How could anyone not be curious about who they were working with?

But then I thought about it again, and it's just like Li Qing.

Her brother is such a straightforward person; he does whatever you ask him to do, and he rarely thinks about anything complicated.

Thinking of this, Li Hao didn't pursue the question any further and instead started talking about other things.

The brother and sister chatted about all sorts of things, and naturally the conversation drifted to Xu Shuang.

Xu Shuang's background, which is like a TV series, is always a hot topic no matter when it is mentioned.

However, this time it was no longer a one-sided effort by Li Hao.

On the topic of tragedy, Li Qing now feels he has a voice; he now has plenty of material to draw upon!

Family members are different after all. If you keep something bottled up inside for too long, you'll always want to pour it out to your loved ones.

Hearing Li Hao start talking about Xu Shuang again, he pursed his lips and finally couldn't help but interrupt.

"Sigh, life in wealthy families is complicated. Xu Shuang's situation seems to be quite common in rich families."

He lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I have one here too, it's terrible."

This sentence instantly piqued Li Hao's curiosity.

She immediately put down the clips she was holding: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Li Qing looked around and saw that the diners around him were all eating their own food and no one was paying attention to them, so he lowered his voice and spoke.

"I'm telling you, you absolutely mustn't tell anyone, and it's best not to tell Xu Shuang either."

"Huh? Not her either?"

"Tsk! That's someone else's business. I didn't tell him about Xu Shuang's matter either."

Li Hao thought about it and agreed.

An outlet for venting has appeared, and Li Qing, who had been holding back a lot of things to say, has finally found a way to release them.

"He's a friend I recently made. His family is incredibly wealthy, I reckon they're probably even richer than Xu Shuang's! But his parents had a business marriage; they had absolutely no feelings for each other. After he was born, they both cheated on him and started having their own affairs!"

"It's one thing for them to each have their own lives, but they've both had children out of wedlock!"

Li Hao's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Each of them had an illegitimate child? You mean, one for each of his parents?"

"Yes! One for each of them! Now that those two illegitimate children are grown up, they've been targeting him to fight for the inheritance! His parents also favor the two younger ones, so my friend naturally can't win against them, but there's nothing he can do but swallow his pride! Everyone outside thinks he's living a glamorous life, but actually he's being bullied to death at home!"

Li Qing spoke with righteous indignation, as if he had witnessed it himself.

"Later, his parents arranged a marriage for him as a business arrangement, well, you could say they were just trying to extract the last bit of value from him."

"After his wife married him, she discovered that he couldn't compete with his two illegitimate children at home, so she immediately turned on him! She also cheated on him, and even brought her lover home, making my friend sleep in the guest room while she slept in the master bedroom with her lover!"

"He was bullied like this, and his parents didn't care."

Li Hao frowned as he listened, and couldn't help but ask, "And now? He's not just maintaining the status quo, is he?"

Li Qing shook his head and sighed.

"They're already divorced. Anyone would be fed up by that. Although he didn't tell me the details, I think that kind of business marriage isn't easy to end. He must have paid a heavy price for the divorce."

After saying that, Li Qing and Li Hao exchanged a glance, both of them looking quite wistful.

After a few seconds of silence, Li Hao waved his hand first.

"Sigh, this topic is too heavy, let's not talk about it anymore, each one is more tragic than the last..."

Li Qing nodded and picked up her chopsticks again.

Meanwhile, He Xiangchen, the protagonist of the story, was walking in the mall when he suddenly stopped, frowned, and looked ahead.

There, he met the gaze of another protagonist in the conversation between Li Qing and Li Hao.

Xu Shuang was dressed elegantly and gracefully today, wearing a champagne-colored long dress and exquisite makeup. She obviously did not expect to run into He Xiangchen here, and her expression instantly became constipated.

He Xiangchen frowned and spoke first: "What are you doing here?"

Xu Shuang forced a standard fake smile and chuckled, "It's a private matter."

Li Hao told her that he and Li Qing would be having dinner at a barbecue restaurant in this mall today, so she drove over directly after get off work, intending to pick up Li Hao and say hello to her future brother-in-law.

He Xiangchen's goal was the same.

Yesterday, Li Qing mentioned that she was going to have dinner with her sister today. He was bored after work, so he thought he would pick up Li Qing on the way and also try to win her favor.

The two remained silent, their gazes sweeping over each other.

Then their expressions changed slightly.

Clearly, they had both remembered the time they had smeared each other and fabricated stories about it.

He Xiangchen quickly composed himself, raising his chin slightly.

"Now that we're divorced, let's go our separate ways. If we bump into each other on the street, don't pretend you know me. It's not a good look."

Xu Shuang was almost laughing in anger, and rolled her eyes: "Who spoke first? Young Master He, I don't want to talk to you at all, okay? Please stay away from me."

The two disliked each other intensely and now saw each other as obstacles, wishing they could disappear from each other's sight immediately. After exchanging a glance, they turned and left in different directions.

Xu Shuang felt that meeting He Xiangchen today was not a good omen, so she quickly found the store that Li Hao had told her about, and immediately spotted Li Hao and Li Qing sitting by the glass.

In the barbecue restaurant, Li Hao was about to chat with Li Qing about something else when he suddenly heard a gentle knock on the glass next to him.

She turned her head and saw Xu Shuang standing gracefully outside the glass wall, smiling at her.