Chapter 1522: An Accident!

In a sense, Fan Beibei was actually a very sensitive child. After all, her father had left her and her mother early on, and for so many years, she and Zhao Fusheng had depended on each other.

Many times, Zhao Fusheng played the role of both father and brother in Fan Beibei's world.

Therefore, she truly cared about Zhao Fusheng's opinion.

Children are like that—they have strong self-esteem and are especially sensitive and fragile. A single sentence might make them cry, or it might make them beam with joy.

After sending Fan Beibei back to her room, Zhao Fusheng came out and shot Fan Baobao a fierce glare. "Is this how you act as an older sister?"

"I like it!"

Fan Baobao gave Zhao Fusheng a bright smile, looking smug.

Shaking his head helplessly, Zhao Fusheng couldn't be bothered to criticize her.

Ever since she got pregnant, this woman had become increasingly mischievous. Relying on the child in her belly, she even dared to provoke him. Zhao Fusheng had now made up his mind that once she gave birth, he would make sure she understood what a husband's authority meant.

"Son, I think you should get a new house."

Just as Zhao Fusheng sat down on the sofa, his mother walked over with a serious expression and said earnestly.

Hearing his mother's words, Zhao Fusheng was startled. "Buy a house?"

Zhao's mother nodded. "Yes, look at this big family, plus the people from your company. Shouldn't you buy a house?"

After thinking it over, Zhao Fusheng had to admit that his mother's words did make some sense.

"Maybe I'll buy a villa out in the suburbs."

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to his mother.

Zhao's mother nodded. "That's fine. I'm just giving a suggestion; you decide for yourself."

She rarely interfered in Zhao Fusheng's affairs. After all, her son was grown up and now a dignified company chairman. Many times, Zhao's mother and father even felt as if they were dreaming.

As parents, they naturally hoped their son would become a dragon, but their son was simply too outstanding.

"I really should buy a house," Zhao Fusheng said to his mother after thinking. "But the child will probably need your care in the future."

"Silly boy," Zhao's mother scolded, giving him a glare. "Isn't it only right for me to take care of our family's child? Besides, your father is busy with the company, and Baobao's mother has her work too. If not me, then who?"

Zhao Fusheng grinned, feeling immense warmth in his heart.

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As the most bustling area of the capital, the Guomao Building was undoubtedly one of the most famous hotels in the entire city.

Especially after so many years of reform and opening up, although various skyscrapers had risen near the Guomao Building, many people still chose to stay here when they came to this area.

At this moment, through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel's top-floor suite, two figures were reflected.

One of them was slowly putting on clothes—shirt, trousers, tie—each piece donned methodically, and then he stood by the window.

On the Simmons bed lay a fair-skinned beauty with long hair, her eyes dazed as she gazed at the man by the window.

This man was much more handsome than those guys at school!

"Are you still in college?"

At that moment, the man by the window suddenly spoke, his voice low and magnetic.

If Zhao Fusheng were here, he would have been greatly surprised, because in all the years he had known him, he had never heard Tan Kaixuan speak in such a tone.

"Mm, I'm an undergraduate in the acting department at the Central Academy of Drama." The girl hesitated, hiding her body under the covers, and replied softly.

"Central Academy of Drama?"

Tan Kaixuan was taken aback, then laughed. "So that's why you and your friends sneaked into the movie's celebration banquet?"

"No, we just went to see what it was like."

The girl looked defiant, but still spoke in a low voice.

Tan Kaixuan let out a snicker. "And ended up meeting some so-called insider?"

As it happened, yesterday he had gone with Xue Yuanfang to discuss matters with Ye Jing, and they happened to catch Ye Jing being invited to a movie's celebration banquet.

As a film and television company, Future Films did not invest solely in all its productions; it involved risk diversification.

After all, if the director was as eccentric as Director Wang, no amount of money would be enough to cover the losses.

Therefore, in the production of most films and TV dramas, investors usually had primary and secondary roles. Simply put, several or even a dozen companies would invest together, sharing profits and risks.

When Director Wang made "A Chivalrous Woman's Revenge," it took several years. If only one company had invested, it would have been dragged down long ago.

Ye Jing had a wide network in the industry, and countless people approached him hoping to secure investment from Future Films.

Ye Jing generally accepted all comers; as long as the script quality was decent, he would invest a little.

Cast a wide net and catch many fish—if any movie turned out to be a box office hit, they would surely rake in a fortune.

This movie was no exception. Originally, Ye Jing hadn't planned to attend, but Xue Yuanfang and Tan Kaixuan, who loved to join in the fun, forced him to take them to the celebration banquet.

What followed was clichéd and melodramatic. Three naive girls stumbled into the chaotic celebration banquet, and the prettiest one was drugged and nearly taken away.

"Nearly" because, as she was being taken into the elevator, she suddenly regained some clarity and desperately grabbed hold of Tan Kaixuan, who was also entering the elevator.

And then, there was no "then"...

The one who drugged her was thrown out of the hotel by Tan Kaixuan's bodyguards. As for his bluster about revenge and blacklisting, Tan Kaixuan pretended not to hear, simply saying, "If you're not satisfied, come find me at Future Films," before leaving.

Originally, he planned to take the girl to a hotel to rest, but the drug's effect intensified, and she stripped herself completely naked.

Under such circumstances, if Tan Kaixuan could still resist and remain chaste, he wouldn't be a beast—he'd be worse than a beast.

Everything happened naturally.

Even after the girl finally came to her senses, she had no complaints at this moment.

Every woman has a damsel-in-distress complex, longing for a hero to ride on colorful clouds and rescue her from danger at her most vulnerable moment.

As for offering herself afterward, wasn't that only natural?

Moreover, the man before her was tall and handsome, could afford to stay at the Guomao Hotel, and certainly wasn't poor. Tong Xiaoya, a sophomore, thought she might try to get on the bus first and buy the ticket later—maybe start dating this guy.

Wasn't this a common trope in romance novels?

Just thinking about it made her a little excited!

Tan Kaixuan, of course, had no idea what the girl was mulling over in her mind. Accustomed to thinking like a businessman, he felt that since he had slept with her, he ought to compensate her in some way.

After all, when they were together yesterday, he noticed that she was a virgin. That meant she wasn't the type to not know how to keep herself pure; if not for the drug, she certainly wouldn't have been with him.

"Is there anything you want?"

Tan Kaixuan suddenly asked.

"Me?"

Tong Xiaoya suddenly realized that the man didn't seem to intend to develop a romantic relationship with her. Understanding this, her mood plummeted.

In a lifetime, one might encounter about eighty thousand faces, but the probability of true love is one in two hundred seventy thousand!

Clearly, the man before her didn't seem to regard her as true love.

"No, thank you for saving me yesterday." Tong Xiaoya was silent for a long time, then suddenly said to Tan Kaixuan.

Regardless, he had saved her at a critical moment yesterday. Without him, she might have fallen into the clutches of evil, and who knows what would have happened.

Tan Kaixuan glanced at the girl, somewhat surprised. She seemed different from the girls he had met in America who were desperate for fame.

Pausing briefly, Tan Kaixuan slowly said, "What happened yesterday was an accident. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I know it wasn't your fault." Tong Xiaoya's mood was very low at the moment, and she couldn't be bothered to discern Tan Kaixuan's tone. She paused and said, "Can you leave first? I want to be alone."

Tan Kaixuan blinked. Although he wanted to imitate Zhao Fusheng and ask "Who is Alone?", he knew this wasn't the time for jokes. Nodding, he obediently left the room.