275 The Despot

Pei Ziheng silently contemplated her again.

Xia Ling started to feel sheepish under his watchful eyes. She did not want to give him any hope, but given the current situation, this was merely a stop-gap measure. If she did not make Pei Ziheng give up hope of inviting her to Imperial Entertainment, then even if she rejected him, he would find all ways and means to block her from entering other companies and force her to go to Imperial Entertainment.

Giving him a ray of hope was better than going back to Imperial Entertainment to be his puppet.

Moreover…

Xia Ling's expression softened. She found that she was not as afraid and resistant to him as before, after the few incidents over New Year's and Valentine's Day. Even if they did not reconcile, it would still be nice to consider him a friend, or even family.