Speak Money Not Love with the Master - Chapter 9.5

Why is he here?

At the wine table, Director Qu, leader(s) of the production team, and a group of big executives all surrounded Master Luo. Ye Wei collected herself and entered smiling.

“Xiao Ye, this is Head Luo,” said Yu Jie from the production team, whom Fan He had mentioned before (T/N: Yu Jie. Mentioned by Fan Jie in Ch. 4 as the one who gave the info that they chose Yuan Lu for the role). She and Ye Wei weren’t very close, but she has a good relationship with Fan He.

Ye Wei hastily took off her coat and hung it up. From the table, she took a cup and poured herself a full glass of wine. “Sorry for being late. This cup, I must drink penalty.”

Ye Wei wore a black, tight round-neck sweater. When she raised a toast to begin the penalty, her fair long neck bent back, it revealed an exquisite and fine figure under the white shine of the lighting: a slender waist and lengthy legs. There wasn’t a person there who wasn’t aware that Ye Wei had a good figure, especially of that beautifully framed back that was revealed during her debut. She was a beauty without equal. Her backbone which resembled a butterfly made many people drool at the sight (T/N: Ok this is creeping me out. Do these guys have a back fetish?).

Ye Wei was a beauty who had made herself a name in the entertainment circle. To be able to toast with such beauty made even the dead of winter seem slightly warmer.

She drank the glass to the bottom. A few men took in this scene under the lighting. Luo Chengyu’s face was calm without a ripple, eyes cold as ever. To tell the truth, Ye Wei liked Luo Chengyu, this kind of person, who remains unmoved at the sight of women. If he was the kind of man who flirted all day, she could have cared less about this whats-his-face Master Luo. In her eyes, men were all the same.

Ye Wei poured another glass and walked towards Luo Chengyu, “I’ll give this cup to Head Luo.”

Luo Chengyu’s indifferent black pupils on his iceberg and never changing in ten thousand years face swept over her, but the cup did not move. Director Qu was just about to speak, but Ye Wei spoke up first. “Oh, I see. A nobleman such as Head Luo has a short memory. We met each other some time ago at Fang Jun and Zhai Yu’s engagement party. I’m Ye Wei. ‘Ye’ as in Ye Zi (leaf) and ‘Wei’ as in Wei Ruo (faint). Do you have an impression?”

Luo Chengyu’s eyelids fluttered. His person which was adorned in all-black gave off a high-born icy charm. He laughed as he held his glass of wine, “If I don’t remember this name, Ye Wei, I fear that next time it shouldn’t be said that I’m simply forgetful.”

After he finished speaking, he lightly bumped on the glass that Ye Wei had held up. The sound rang and the half-joking mood between the two finally eased.

Next to her, Yu Jie was really worried that Head Luo wouldn’t give face to Ye Wei. There wasn’t a single person who didn’t know that he was both Luo Family’s crown prince and current helmsman, the hardest individual to deal with.

Ye Wei toasted everyone with yet another cup of self-punishment. After that, she found an empty seat. Although there were people who suggested that she should sit next to Luo Chengyu, Ye Wei brushed them off as if she didn’t hear them and sat across from him instead.

The table was two meters wide. Between them, there were three total meters of distance. Ye Wei chatted with her seatmates while out of the corner of her eyes, she exchanged much too many glances with him. She treated it as if they did not. For Luo Chengyu, she couldn’t care less about where he went and what he did.

Where there were a lot of men, Ye Wei couldn’t not drink a lot of wine. From time to time, someone would switch the topic over to her and Ye Wei would follow with a laugh.

If she didn’t want to reply, she’d just follow with a smile and laugh.

Anyhow, you can’t go wrong with smiling.

Luo Chengyu watched Ye Wei being toasted by others cup after cup, drinking cups one after another. He stared at her cup that she kept raising and lowering with great interest as the wine poured down her throat. How much can she drink?

Master Luo inadvertently laughed in amusement.

Yu Jie poured a cup of tea for Ye Wei, “Don’t drink if you can. They’re a group of men. Can you top above them all?”

“When they’re all executives, do I have the choice to refuse?”

Yu Jie looked over to Luo Chengyu who sat across from them. Ye Wei was such a beauty. The men here were all casting extra glances at her when they had the chance every so often, but only this guy has remained unmoved from start to finish.

Women loved to gossip among themselves, “What kind of woman can conquer this type of man?”

Ye Wei took some vegetables into her mouth. When a lot of wine is drunk, the stomach must not be empty. She replied, “Probably a woman who’s like a cute and helpless-looking little bird.”　

“True, such a man likes a girl who does what they’re told.”　

Ye Wei nodded in agreement.　

“Some time ago, it was rumored that this master was keeping a canary.”

“Are you sure a canary and not a carnivore?”

The two lowered their heads, laughing. Ye Wei then raised her cup and bumped her glass with Yu Jie’s. The two laughed heartily and sipped the wine in their cups.

Men love to gossip about women, and women love to gossip about men. This was their entertainment. For Ye Wei to blend into this circle, she inevitably has to go with this flow, but even though she is willing to listen to gossip, she doesn’t like to hear gossip about herself.

Ye Wei never considered why Luo Chengyu had shown up here. At that time, he was able to let Director Qu change the casting, but she didn’t know how he was able to do it. Based on Director Qu’s face, it didn’t seem as if he realized Luo Chengyu and her relationship with one another.

Could it be that Director Qu isn’t aware of it? En, that’s for the best. 　

This cup, Ye Wei can use it to bring up the topic. The table needs to have beautiful girls for men to drink to their heart’s content. Whether it was beer or white or red wine, Ye Wei didn’t know how much she drank. 　

When she came out, she was still able to walk in a straight line. Yu Jie was already swaying left and right and had to be supported by her.

She sent Yu Jie in a car and even sent off the executives. When sending off Luo Chengyu with a smile, even he wasn’t able to look her straight in the eyes.

Ye Wei laughed inwardly. Go ahead and pretend you damn wolf. Be careful or the grandmother will not let you go to bed.  　

After she got in the car, she asked Xiao Jun to buy her ice water, the colder the better. It can let her sober her head a little. Xiao Jun bought an iced coke. After Ye Wei drank a few large gulps, she was much more comfortable. 　

The car returned to the hotel. Xiao Jun wanted to take her upstairs, but she instead got on the elevator to the 16th floor of the guest room department herself. 　

It was already three o’clock in the morning. The corridor was dimly lit and appallingly quiet. Ye Wei came out of the elevator, turned right, and stopped at the door of the fifth room. She looked down for her room card but did not find it in her bag…

Suddenly, someone approached. She turned around abruptly. Under the faint lighting, it cast a gloom upon the man’s face.　

He did not speak but instead leaned in closer, forcing her until her back pressed against the door. Ye Wei blinked. Her red lips hooked into an enticing smile which he gazed at from above. He put one hand on her shoulder. From there, it glided downwards her slim arm. 　

Ice-cold fingers stuck to her warm and soft hands. Bit by bit, they began to slip down and touch her fingertips while teasing the lobes in them. This delicate touch made Ye Wei feel an electric current sweep over her entire body and thus rendered numb Ye Wei’s entire person. All the way from her fingers to her four limbs, her bones have all but gone soft…

Wine. This thing is not good for it to have caused her to feel that this crazy guy was actually teasing her!

Nonono, he wouldn’t. In the next moment, long and lanky ice-cold fingers took out a card. Long arms circled her slender waist. Beep. The door opened.

He advanced while she stepped backward, door closing. Ye Wei’s retreating steps came to an abrupt halt. With one hand, she had the person pressed against the door panel. Slender fingers played with his dark striped necktie. She chuckled as she said, “What have you come for?”

“To sleep with you.”