Chapter 6: I Heard Your Age Has Decreased by Ten Years

She didn't plan on letting Su Xingmian go back to that villa, so she took her directly to her own home.

Upon arriving home, she discovered that the young girl's eyes and nose were red, presumably from crying.

"Sister is here. As long as you don't despise me, I will stay by your side through every storm."

Liang Yin hugged Su Xingmian with heartache, patting her back to comfort her.

The next day, the callback from the police arrived.

They had spent the night questioning Su Hong's family. This family was usually arrogant and overbearing, but once the police entered, none of them could hold out for even a single round before confessing.

It turned out that after they failed to get money from Su Xingmian and returned to their temporary rental, they were cornered and beaten by that group of people.

In order to make them stop, Su Hong took the initiative to confess Su Xingmian's situation.

Those two men had intended to drug Su Xingmian last night to take photos for blackmail.

"Miss Su, according to the regulations, Su Hong can apply for a settlement. Do you accept?"

The police asked as per procedure.

"I do not accept any form of settlement. Let things proceed as they should."

Su Xingmian lowered her eyes to hide the hostility in her gaze, speaking indifferently.

This was the benefit of a sound legal system; she didn't have to dirty her hands with scum, and those people would receive the punishment they deserved.

Just as she hung up the phone, Liang Yin's call came through. It was from the company; the apartment Su Xingmian had applied for had been found, and it was a move-in-ready unit.

This was good news, and a hint of a smile appeared on Su Xingmian's small face.

Liang Yin contacted a highly efficient moving team. Including the time for packing, tidying, and transit, Su Xingmian successfully moved into her new home by noon that same day.

Only...

"Sister Yin, given my status, is it reasonable for the company to rent this place for me?"

Yuelan Yating, a prime location in the Imperial Capital, a luxury large flat with an elevator leading directly into the unit. Every single part of it was something her current self couldn't afford, let alone all three combined.

"This was a decision made by the company's high-level management," Liang Yin explained with a shrug.

She had been shocked when she received the address as well.

One had to know that even when she previously managed an artist who had ascended to second-tier status and used contract termination to threaten the company for better treatment, the company hadn't compromised.

No, no, that person isn't worthy of being compared to Mianmian. Whether in terms of professional ability or character, they aren't worthy!

"Based on my analysis, the company likely asked Director Liu for your filming clips and re-evaluated you. They feel you have the potential to ascend to top-tier stardom, so they are pulling you in early. Once your contract expires, they can prioritize renewing it."

This was the most reasonable explanation Liang Yin could find. After all, with that level of swordsmanship, there were very few female stars in the entertainment industry who could achieve it.

"By the way, the company also assigned an assistant to you named Xu Han. I'll start a group chat for us so you can get acquainted."

Su Xingmian nodded in agreement.

She wasn't the type to pry into everything; since the company trusted her, she would certainly not let them down.

***

Early in the morning, a relentless bombardment of ringtones sounded like a death knell. Su Xingmian couldn't even ignore it if she wanted to; she could only grope for her phone on the nightstand with her eyes closed and clumsily tap to answer.

"What is it so early in the morning? Why the rush?"

The woken girl was clearly unhappy, speaking with a cute, feisty tone, her cheeks even puffed out in irritation.

"Aren't you usually up by this time?"

Liang Yin thought she had misread the time and checked again before asking.

"I stayed up late last night watching a movie."

After experiencing Sheng Yuheng's acting firsthand, the shock it brought to Su Xingmian was immense.

Thus, during these few days of lying flat at home, she had stayed up late to binge-watch several of Sheng Yuheng's classic works. Not only was her biological clock disrupted, but she had also successfully become a fan of Sheng Yuheng.

For no other reason than the fact that his professionalism was worthy of admiration.

"Then hurry up and get ready. I'll have Xu Han come pick you up. The company has pushed several resources to you; they're just waiting for you to choose."

One could tell how excited Liang Yin was just by her voice.

After all, resources were limited, but there were many newcomers. Generally speaking, every company would select one or two key individuals to focus on training among the newcomers of the same period.

To be able to receive resources fed by the company, and resources of such high quality, proved that...

Her Su Xingmian was being bet on by the company!!

However, the still-drowsy Su Xingmian did not receive the signal Liang Yin was sending. She subconsciously nodded and replied, "Okay, I understand, Sister Yin. Thank you, Sister Yin. I'll sleep a little longer."

"Sleep what? Hurry up and get out of bed to fix yourself up! We are an entertainment company; there are paparazzi lurking at the door. When other female stars come to the company, they are exquisite from their hair down to their toes. You can't be lacking!

Hurry up, get moving.

Young people, using your prime years for sleeping—are you waiting until you're old to struggle and strive?!"

Listening to such unmotivated words, Liang Yin felt a literal heartache from anger.

"Fine, fine, fine, I get it, I get it. Stop nagging, I'm getting up now."

Having been lectured by her manager, Su Xingmian obediently made a promise, then hung up the phone, opened her eyes in resignation, and crawled out of bed.

Xu Han arrived very punctually. Just as Su Xingmian finished getting ready, she had already driven Liang Yin's modest car downstairs.

The place she lived now was close to the company; it took less than fifteen minutes by car.

After getting out of the car, Xu Han checked her phone: "Mianmian, Sister Yin said she's waiting in the Director's office..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Xu Han was suddenly bumped hard by someone.

She had a slender build; if Su Xingmian hadn't been quick enough to pull her, she would have definitely face-planted.

"Are you blind? Blocking the way here?"

Before the person who was bumped could even ask for an explanation, the person who did the bumping became arrogant and overbearing.

The woman rubbed her shoulder where she had been hurt by the impact and spoke sharply.

"This... uh, Sister, we don't have eyes in the back of our heads."

Considering she was still a newcomer and the other party might be a senior, Su Xingmian retorted indifferently.

Who would have thought that this would be poking a hornet's nest?

"Who are you calling Sister? Who is your sister? Have you no manners at all?"

The woman pointed at Su Xingmian's nose to lecture her, her shrill voice sounding as if it would blow the roof off, making it extremely grating to the ears.

Su Xingmian: "????"

What kind of madness was this? She looked older than her, and she didn't even know her—if she didn't call her Sister, what should she call her?

Did she really think that because she took a step back, she would keep retreating step by step?

Sorry, her temper really wasn't that good!

"Since you are neither a high official nor a noble, and you are so ill-mannered, on what grounds do you demand others follow etiquette?"

Su Xingmian sneered.

Setting aside her glory when she was the Empress, even back when she was still in the inner chambers, even a princess from the palace wouldn't dare point at her nose and talk nonsense like this.

This woman was truly incredibly overbearing.

"On the grounds that I am Xingsheng's number one sister, Bai Yunjia, while you don't even know what kind of thing you are. Apologize to me, now, immediately!"

Bai Yunjia raised her chin slightly, speaking with a face full of arrogance.

"Singsheng's number one sister? You self-appointed that, I assume. However, that name sounds quite familiar. Someone leaked that you changed your age by a full ten years; is that true?"

(End of Chapter)