Chapter 1031: A Fateful Encounter at the Banquet

Watching herself on the verge of being discovered, Song Yinyin dared not make a sound, her heart lodged in her throat, hands tightly gripping the hem of her shirt, feeling extremely uneasy.

Suddenly, someone at the other end of the corridor shouted, "Secretary Chi, so you didn’t leave? I just happened to be looking for you."

The speaker was none other than the piano room administrator.

Chi Wen frowned slightly, turned her head and asked, "What’s the matter?"

"Oh, it’s like this, I found that the materials you gave me are missing a maintenance report."

"Let me see. Maybe I took it out."

With that, Chi Wen walked back, took the materials from the administrator’s hand, checked them thoroughly, and nodded, saying, "It does seem a maintenance report is missing. I’ll go back and look for it, since it’s something I handled, it won’t be lost."

"Sure."

The administrator nodded.

Chi Wen then left the piano room, stepping in high heels towards the theater entrance.

Seeing her leave, Song Yinyin finally let out a soft breath.

Although the ’crisis’ was lifted, the melody of "To Alice" kept reverberating in her mind, and the scene of Chi Wen playing the piano gradually overlapped with the image of Song Anqi playing.

What’s going on?

Could it be her illusion?

Why did seeing Chi Wen playing the piano make her think of Song Anqi?

Song Yinyin furrowed her brow slightly, her confusion deepening.

.........

The day agreed upon with Zhang Jie was nearly over, and the internet was already buzzing.

Many netizens speculated whether Lu Jihan could give a reasonable explanation and pinpoint the person directly responsible.

As the person involved, Lu Jihan remained exceptionally calm and composed.

His work continued methodically, and even in the evening, he attended a banquet with Shen Kang.

It was precisely at this banquet that Lu Jihan unexpectedly encountered Yan Zhengxiong.

From afar, Yan Zhengxiong raised his hand in greeting, welcoming Lu Jihan, saying:

"Oh, who is this? Mr. Lu, how do you have time to attend this banquet? Shouldn’t you be in your office, overwhelmed and anxious? I heard Ning Wan’s fans caused quite a stir at your company’s entrance, aren’t you afraid they’ll come to the banquet too, causing you embarrassment?"

Yan Zhengxiong’s tone was gloating, which was infuriating to listen to.

Yet Lu Jihan remained indifferent, unaffected, merely raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Just a few fans causing trouble, thinking it could trouble me, Lu Jihan, that’s quite naive."

Yan Zhengxiong, hearing this, tightened his brow, and a cold gleam flickered in his narrowed eyes.

Soon enough, his face transformed into a smile again.

"I heard Mr. Lu had an agreement with Ning Wan’s talent agency, saying within 24 hours the person directly responsible would be identified, is that true?"

"Indeed, it is true."

Lu Jihan nodded calmly and with straightforwardness.

Yan Zhengxiong raised his arm, checked his watch, and reminded:

"Oh, is that so? It’s already past eight o’clock, the 24-hour deadline Mr. Lu agreed upon should be approaching, has Mr. Lu found out? Just afraid that when the time comes, if you haven’t got it sorted, and cannot provide a satisfactory explanation, it might result in a lawsuit."

After a pause, he added fuel to the fire, saying, "I do have some ties with Huaxia Talent Agency, how about I plead with them on Mr. Lu’s behalf to give you a few more days..."