For some reason, Liang Shi felt increasingly nervous as he walked.
He clearly had seen a lot before, navigating between various platforms and meeting many investors, and he could chat and laugh with them.
This was not a difficult task for her.
But my heart has been pounding all day, as if something big is about to happen.
Before entering, the agent instructed Liang Shi: "Behave properly, and it would be best if you could fool her."
Liang Shi: "...Okay."
"Knock knock—"
The agent raised his hand and knocked on the door. Then someone opened the door, nodded to Liang Shi and the others, and left with the documents in his arms.
In the CEO's office, a person was nestled in a large chair, but with their back to them; the chair was too big to see clearly.
All you can see is a woman with long hair and a very thin build.
Liang Shi vaguely saw the ends of the hair and felt that they resembled Xu Qingzhu's hair in some ways.
The agent said from the side, "Hello, I am Chang Hui from Huayi's brokerage department, and I am also Liang Shi's agent."
Their attitude was very good.
The other person raised their hand, "You can go out now."
The voice was cold.
The name sounded somewhat familiar to Liang Shi.
The agent frowned upon hearing this. "Uh... business coordination is handled by the agent. It's better if you talk to me about anything..."
Before the word "okay" could be uttered, the chair turned around, and a beautiful, angular face appeared in front of the two of them.
Xu Qingzhu wore a light lotus-colored suit with a white shirt underneath. She was buried in the large executive chair, which made her look even thinner and more petite.
But their imposing presence should not be underestimated.
Those eyes were slightly upturned, carrying a hint of indifference.
Upon seeing Liang Shi, his expression remained unchanged. He merely glanced at her casually before looking away, as if she were an indifferent person.
The realization conveyed by that look suddenly made Liang Shixin feel a pang of pain.
She stared intently at Xu Qingzhu.
Xu Qingzhu has lost weight again.
This suit used to fit her perfectly, but now it's a little too big.
Xu Qingzhu casually picked up a pen from the desk. The pen seemed to have a soul in her hand, spinning it around at will, while her expression remained indifferent.
Silence fell over the office.
After a long silence, Xu Qingzhu looked at Chang Hui and said, "I will definitely coordinate with you on business matters, but... do I also need to coordinate with you on the artists' private lives?"
The agent was taken aback upon hearing this.
Good grief, this is blatantly a case of trying to take advantage of someone else's position.
Chang Hui's expression changed slightly, and she coughed softly: "I'm sorry, our company's artists only accept business inquiries."
Xu Qingzhu looked at Liang Shi, a slight smirk playing on her lips, and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Is that so, Liang Shi?"
That cold, clear voice called her name indifferently, without any tenderness or affection.
Liang Shi then realized that pronouncing her name clearly and distinctly felt completely different from saying it in bed.
Just saying her name made her throat feel sore.
Liang Shi stared intently at her, their eyes meeting, their gazes sharp and unwavering.
No one managed to avoid it.
Chang Hui, a shrewd businesswoman who had been in business for many years, naturally sensed the strangeness between the two.
We could only stand there and wait and see.
Liang Shi closed his eyes briefly and let out a soft breath, "President Xu..."
My throat was a little hoarse when I called out this name.
Xu Qingzhu's eyes flickered slightly. Liang Shi looked at her, gritted his teeth, and said, "President Xu, have you thought it through and decided to divorce me?"
Chang Hui: "?"
Chang Hui stared in astonishment, her jaw agape.
Xu Qingzhu sat in the chair, her legs trembling, her hands gripping the chair tightly, the veins on the back of her hands bulging. She had been frantically trying to hold back her emotions, but then she saw Liang Shi right in front of her.
Her eyes reddened from a completely uncontrollable physiological reaction.
She took a deep breath, her voice still trembling, and with trembling hands took the examination report out of the drawer and slid it across.
She really wanted to say that line in a very cool way, but when it came time to actually say it, she felt like her throat didn't even belong to her anymore.
My throat feels dry and sore.
A few seconds later, she said in a choked voice, "I'm pregnant."
He paused briefly, took a breath, and said, "It's yours."
The office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
As she finished speaking, tears welled up in her eyes and fell.
Tears, like pearls, fell directly onto her.
When Chang Hui saw him shed tears, her professionalism as an agent led her to think: This is a promising actress! Even a fairy's tears are nothing compared to this!
Then it dawned on me: Oh right, these two are discussing divorce.
What? Divorce?
Chang Hui looked at Liang Shi, then at Xu Qingzhu, and felt like her brain wasn't working properly.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, but didn't know how to say it.
Xu Qingzhu had already turned around.
Liang Shi glanced at Chang Hui, who immediately understood and went out.
The moment she closed the door, it dawned on her: So the newly signed artist is a hidden rich second-generation?! And has an investor wife?! And she's so beautiful?!
Chang Hui stood at the door, bewildered. Her first thought was: With these qualities, why would she even bother entering the entertainment industry?
However, Liang Shi, standing in the office, remained at a loss.
This sudden news stunned her.
After a long while, she went over and glanced at the report on the table. The conclusion clearly stated: Pregnant.
It can be summed up in just these two words.
Liang Shi felt that fate had played a cruel joke on her.
But instead of thinking about the child, she first asked Xu Qingzhu, "Have you been having nightmares lately?"
Xu Qingzhu sneered and retorted, "What do you think?"
Her face was deathly pale as she spoke, her hands gripping the armrests of the chair tightly.
Liang Shi let out a soft breath: "Do you... want to give birth?"
Xu Qingzhu's chair suddenly spun around, and her eyes, as red as a rabbit's, stared straight at Liang Shi: "So... you want me to abort it?"
Liang Shi paused, then slowly shook his head, speaking with difficulty and obscurity: "Give birth to the child."
Liang Shi rested his arms on the table and said gently, "These are our children."
"And what about you?" Xu Qingzhu asked, "Do you still want a divorce?"
"What if I said I wouldn't get a divorce, would you die?" Liang Shi said, "The nightmares you had so often those days, your poor mental state, were all related to being with me... Won't you get a divorce?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingzhu stood up, her thin arms resting on the table, and met her gaze. "Do you know what kind of life I've been living these past few days?"
Xu Qingzhu looked at her and said, word by word, "I feel like a puppet. I don't know how I'm supposed to live. I know you have your reasons for getting a divorce, but what can I do? I don't want to cooperate with your divorce. Why is it that you were the one who was kind to me first, and you're the one who wants to leave first?"
“Do you know that this child almost died?” Xu Qingzhu said, “After you left, I stopped having nightmares, but I started having sleepless nights, crying all night long. I would cry and then sleep, sleep and then cry again, eat and then vomit, vomit and then eat again. Do you know how many days I lived like this?”
Finally, Xu Qingzhu lost all composure and shouted at her, "What do you think is the best? Do you know I'm about to die?!"
Liang Shi was stunned, and tears fell from her eyes as well.
After a long while, Liang Shi walked towards her.
We move slowly but steadily, step by step.
Liang Shi stood in front of her, tilting his head back to force back his tears.
Xu Qingzhu opened her mouth, almost crying until she lost her voice. Her crying was silent; it was the kind of crying where she couldn't speak, yet still wanted to make a sound, so a few words were swallowed up.
“I’ve thought about it… okay… I won’t divorce you… even if you…” Xu Qingzhu said halfway through her sentence, her throat tickled, and she turned around to cover her mouth and dry heave. Liang Shi patted her back from behind.
When Xu Qingzhu recovered, tears were still clinging to her long eyelashes, making her look pitiful and forlorn.
As if all her energy had been drained, she slumped wearily in the chair.
Xu Qingzhu said, "Whether you die now or later, it's still death, isn't it?"
Liang Shi looked at her and choked up, saying, "You won't die."
“You came in first,” Xu Qingzhu said. “And you left first too.”
"I didn't leave." Liang Shi couldn't continue speaking. She opened her arms to Xu Qingzhu, just like when she had just returned from that world. Her voice was choked with emotion but gentle: "Baby, come and hug me."
“We won’t divorce.” Liang Shi repeated, “We won’t divorce.”
Chapter 163
This decision was actually quite difficult.
Especially at times like these.