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Xiang-Nuan stiffly shuffled over to Shen Yanshi, a glass of wine already thrust into her hand.

Fang-Wei, seeing her hesitate, subtly nudged her, "Little-Xiang, President Shen is our biggest investor for 'Strategist'. Thanks to him, our project was upgraded to S+."

After all the twists and turns, he had become her sugar daddy once again.

Xiang-Nuan forced a smile and lifted her glass, "President Shen, a toast to you."

"For what?"

"To apologize."

"What's the mistake?"

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The atmosphere suddenly fell into a dead silence; the savvy crowd could sense the odd tension between them.

After a moment of silence, Xiang-Nuan finally spoke up, "I was late."

Shen Yanshi remained silent, clearly dissatisfied with her response.

Everyone's eyes turned to Xiang-Nuan, urging her to say something more pleasant.

Her fingers turned white as she gripped the glass, her teeth clenched, unable to utter another word.

Just as the tension peaked, Shen Yanshi finally showed mercy, stubbing out his cigarette in the ashtray, "Forget it."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Fang-Wei, quick to see the opportunity, pressed Xiang-Nuan to sit next to Shen Yanshi and took a seat farther away herself.

Just as Xiang-Nuan was about to drink, Shen Yanshi stopped her glass, his voice cold, "If you can't drink, don't."

Xiang-Nuan's alcohol tolerance was poor; she would flush after just a little drink, probably due to a lack of alcohol-dehydrogenase enzymes.

Lee-Zheng quickly caught on, realizing these two were clearly an item!

"Today's gathering is to thank President Shen! He invested a billion in 'Strategist'! He's our patron!" Lee-Zheng raised his glass personally.

Xiang-Nuan's pupils dilated. He invested a billion?!@@novelbin@@

"Director Lee is too kind," Shen Yanshi barely wet his lips with the drink.

Lee-Zheng, on the other hand, downed his in one gulp.

The atmosphere finally lightened up; no one asked Xiang-Nuan to toast anymore. From the producers to all the main actors, except Xiang-Nuan, took turns toasting Shen Yanshi.

Lee-Zheng nudged Xiang-Nuan's arm, lowering his voice, "Xiang-Nuan, you're too modest. If you had said you were President Shen's person, why audition at all? Just come directly. With a billion from him, not just the female lead, you could even play the male lead!"

Xiang-Nuan: "…"

When the dinner finally ended, everyone quickly left with discernment, leaving Xiang-Nuan behind.

Xiang-Nuan pursed her lips, "What do you mean?"

Shen Yanshi looked up at her, "I should be the one asking you that."

"I don't understand."

"Did you move out of Nanchun Bay Community?"

"Is there a problem? We've broken up; I didn't want to live there anymore."

Shen Yanshi smirked, "You left the house, the jewelry, the gifts behind. What, after two years with me, you suddenly remember your dignity?"

Xiang-Nuan's expression froze.

His gaze was piercing and cold, "Return all these things to me, and we're even? But can you really be clear of it, Xiang-Nuan? If you really want to settle things, you wouldn't have been able to enter such circles two years ago."

Xiang-Nuan's face turned ashen. Before meeting Shen Yanshi, she was just a low-rank extra, unworthy of joining such a group or being a leading lady.

She couldn't even reach the threshold for auditions.

She met Shen Yanshi at her most desperate and clung to him without hesitation.

"Now that you've grown wings, you want to draw a line between us."

He coldly smirked, "Are your wings strong enough? Can you really draw that line?"