41 41. 'finally'

"Xuan-ge!", ChunHua broke into a squeal with her face finally showing an infectious smile as she ran up to the man who gave held her up and turned a round carrying her, his facing breaking into a gentle smile as well...

"hahahaha.... it really is you, Hua!", the man exclaimed.

YuTang saw this scene from a distance and for whatever reason felt an uncomfortable feeling inside his heart... it was slightly suffocating to see her giggle and smile at another man, not that he understood the reason itself... he just passed it off as a side effect from his cold.

At the same time, except him who was not in the right state nor had any idea to think about who this man was and Zhao Tao who already knew the man and her relationship to that brute- ahem(!) sister of his, everyone was already standing up with their jaws reaching the ground... well, one could fill up to two eggs inside the gap; the word 'shock' was just not enough to describe what they were feeling... but they all had another thing in common... they lit a candle for the two women.

If Zhao Tao was enough to make them ignore these two, the presence of this man in this situation and scenario was enough for even 'them' who were below these two to give them a look of pity...

This man may appear gentle now, but he was infamous for how strict he was and didn't go by the rule... to be exact, he was actually famous for his evil smirks and it was probably the first time they saw him smile... even his professional photo collection as a supermodel didn't have one where he had smiled like this.

As for the two girls, they already had tears in their eyes... if they still had a little pride left where they would have just perfunctorily apologised and would save their jobs in the way, but now their eyes held immense regret... for the first time, they got to know what it meant to be in such a position where they were brought to such situation because of a few words, even they understood the stature of this woman by now and that they had pulled a nerve of her whose result was not just a loss of a job, it would actually be better if that was where the topic ended... but knowing the notoriety of the man, they will probably face a ban...

Karma was really a bitch... they have just been making fun of a man because he didn't have a support or background as he has been facing a ban for close to a year now but moments later, they were in a position where their career was about to end.

This man, Zhou Xuan was a supermodel who represented the country in the international stage, but that was not it... Zhou Xuan's father had started this magazine and he was essentially the heir and the reason why he held more power in the circle and in this situation while Zhao Tao was more well off, it was simply because he was the one indirectly feeding them here...

ChunHua who was done with her greeting by now and pulled the man towards the place where YuTang and Zhao Tao were and the man also followed her with a doting smile on his face... he has noticed the weird air inside before he called out to her, but chose to ignore it, he can hear it later and more importantly with ChunHua having taken the situation into hands, he was not aware of any backlash whatsoever...

He may be infamous for his stern attitude when it came to his work, but this lady here made sure to bury the matter a thousand feet underground... she was way worse than him in that sense! She didn't like violence, but the end of those who pissed her was way worse than losing a foot or two... 'haha', just thinking about it made a wry smile cross his face.

But here she was acting like a cute girl, as he looked at the man a few steps away, he could guess what was going on.

"Xuan-ge... it's him!!", she introduced YuTang who was looking at her... On that matter, YuTang had also stood up even though he wasn't aware of the situation and his sight had become a bit blurred because of the cold again.

When he heard her introduce himself, he was a little shocked and finally got a good look of the man and though he didn't show it on his face, he was a little shocked, but as he had said, he won't show it even if the president came anymore and this was just another glimpse of her wide network...

Zhao Tao gave YuTang a look with pure envy... well, this was the woman who had put off his application for entry into her company a year ago even when his parents asked her for it with a simple, "...I this a joke to you? GO and learn what acting is from scratch before trying to join my ship? Just how many people, do you think, give their life's passion for a single chance in this business, huh? You think I'll allow you just because you wanted to? You are 10 years early, brat!", yes, she had spat this on her face and in the end, even his parents couldn't say anything... for better or for worse, this also became a reason behind his seriousness towards acting as he wanted her to recognise him, but when he saw her introduce a guy like this... he was so angry he wanted to break the favourite antique that his father cared for a lot without thinking about the consequences!!!

Zhou Xuan looked at the man who was didn't show any drastic change in expression even though he probably guessed his identity and nodded towards him before turning to ChunHua, "You finally found him?", he was among the very few who actually knew the reason behind her actions, while YuTang just guessed that this man was talking about how she has been searching for him after she saw his photographs... that warm feeling again rushed in and the suffocation was washed away... she really wasn't joking and had really searched for him even using this man's help!

ChunHua knew that YuTang had misunderstood, but for now, it was alright!

"Hm!!", she nodded with a contented smile, " I 'finally' got him...", her eyes turned into crescents when she said this... she was very happy to brag about her TangTang!

Zhou Xuan raised his hand and simply gave his name, well, if one was in this circle, just that was enough to show his position, it wasn't arrogance, but mere fact.

"Zhou Xuan. I've heard a lot about you from my little sister over here. I will be looking forward to your work.."

YuTang's voice came out a little raspy, but his gentle nature could still be heard from them, "Cheng YuTang", he didn't have anything to add as of now, "It's a pleasure to meet you and it was my fortune to have gotten her favour... I'll give my best from now on as well."