No smoke without fire.

In the end, Cheng Juan had no other choice. With her tails tucked in between her legs, she left straightaway.

And once she was gone, Liu Si Si at once came to hug Yun Meiyi from behind. Her arms loosely wrapped around her neck. "You proved me right today. I call you 'my precious' for a reason and you made that reason very obvious." She said as the next second she leaned in to place a soft, gentle kiss full of love on her cheek.

"Thank you for helping me with this manager. You won't believe how much I hate her. Finally, her obligations over me would be over." She said, chiming like a free bird who was finally released from some metal cage.

But Yun Meiyi's expression was completely opposite from hers. All this while in front of Cheng Juan, she has been holding up with her best. But now that she was already gone, she couldn't help but let her inner soul burst into guilt.

How did she become so blind that except for some useless people who never cared for her, she wasn't able to see the things and people that should have actually been cherished by her?

Shouldn't there be a word better than stupid to define her?

As she thought so, her fingers clenched into a fist while her nails dug into her skin, strong enough to make her cells break to ooze out the blood.

At first, Liu Si Si didn't notice the indignation in her expression. But when her gaze darted to look down at her fist, she halted in her thoughts before taking a step forward to look at her face for a better view. "YiYi, what happened? Are you fine?" She asked, feeling stuck in a bit of a difficult situation.

Yun Meiyi turned to look at Liu Si Si and the girl felt a big lump forming in her throat. Stepping a step back in fear, she asked again, "Yi Yi, what happened? Why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong? Believe me, whatever Manager Cheng said about me wasn't true. I did nothing wrong. It was her who was behind it."

She said and taking a step forward, Yun Meiyi warned, even though she never intended to scare Si Si. It came out of instinct. "Si Si, I am not in the mood for a joke. So, you better tell me what happened."

Liu Si Si was momentarily scared without any doubt. But then swallowing hard, she took a deep breath in and said, while blinking her eyes like a puppy. "So am I, Yi Yi. Do you think in front of such a dangerous expression as yours, I could be anywhere near a joke? No way. I am really innocent."

She said and Yun Meiyi stepped one step forward to add something. But as if taking the cue of her instinct, before she could speak anything, Liu Si Si lunged forward to embrace her friend in a warm hug that she was sure would calm her down.

Sticking like a koala, she rubbed her face on her shoulders to say, "Yi Yi, I am already scared now. Can you not scare me anymore? See, if you listen carefully, you would even hear my heart beating hard with fear. Have some mercy, okay?"

On her actions like that, Yun Meiyi couldn't help but be speechless. At a moment like this, she was behaving like nothing less than the pet cat who was always eager to get attention and cuddles.

Pursing her lips, Yun Meiyi had no other choice but to succumb to the demands of her friend. Her meek play like this has always been her weakness. As long as she portrays her in this cuddly baby attitude, she will give in to everything she asks.

"Fine, I won't be angry any longer. But you have to tell me everything. How did things end up like this? As far as I remember, I never allowed favoritism in my company then?"

She said and Liu Si Si pulled back from her embrace with pouty lips to say, "You never favored favoritism but you have also never been to the company. And in your absence, there, people formed their own rules. Especially Wang Ping Ruo. She declared herself the Queen of Feathering Heights. Just her coronation is left to be done."

She said and Yun Meiyi frowned to ask, "Wang Ping Ruo?"

Liu Si Si nodded. "Yep, Wang Ping Ruo. Another actress over whom Cheng Juan was boasting before. When she was earlier enrolled in Feathering Heights, she was very simple and was eager to learn and work hard, and seeing her attitude like that, I suggested Cheng Juan take her under as well. But then overnight she changed. I don't how but she started to work hard in getting closer to people to gain their favors. And recently she has become a favorite to Vice President Wen. Because of which she has become the most favored actress of Feathering Heights."

She explained and Yun Meiyi nodded briefly, understanding the situation. "So, you are suspecting that Wang Ping Ruo has an affair going on with Vice President Wen?"

Lu Si Si gave a small yawn and shrugged her shoulders. "What's there to suspect? The whole company talks about it. After all, there could be no smoke without fire. Also, only that one thing explains why recently, Ping Ruo gets the first chance to choose her resources. It's not just me, but many actresses have the same complaints. It's just that they can't voice their thoughts out loud since they know no one would listen to them."

She said, and Yun Meiyi took her phone again to make a call again. Giving some instructions over the call, she soon disconnected it and turned sideways only to find Liu Si Si blinking at her like a lost fish.

"What happened?" She asked. To which, Liu Si Si gestured towards the phone to ask.

"Who were you talking to, Yi Yi? And who was Xiao Xiao? You made a call to her and all your orders were completed." Liu Si Si had also heard the name 'Xiao Xiao' for the first time.

Yun Meiyi looked at her phone and quirked her brows to nonchalantly say, "That was my secretary. I call her Xiao Xiao."