Chapter 228: Chapter 228: He’s Your Best Trump Card
Hearing this, Mu Jiaqi’s face turned pale instantly, and the hand clutching her sleeve gradually loosened.
Only when she had let go did Gu Qiangwei speak again, “I don’t want to be enemies with you, and I won’t pursue the matter of you framing me for the drowning incident. But if you spend all day thinking about how to kill me, then I’m sorry, next time, it won’t be as simple as replacing the lead actress.”
Mu Jiaqi’s face remained pale; she had worked hard to reach her current status in the industry.
Although she was close friends with Nangong Feifei, she knew very well that she was always beneath Feifei, always just wagging her tail and ingratiating herself with her from the beginning to the end.
And she had never truly considered her a real sister. If she lost her status in the entertainment circle, she might disregard her even more.
She and she had long been people from two different worlds.
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Looking up, Gu Qiangwei had already turned to leave.
“Wait a minute!”
Hearing her voice, Gu Qiangwei paused and turned to stare at Mu Jiaqi.
“I promise you, I won’t oppose you, but I hope you can return everything that belongs to me.”
“How can I trust you?”
“You have Qin Sijue; he is your best trump card.” She might not fear Gu Qiangwei, but Qin Sijue, perhaps nobody in Jingcheng dares to provoke him.
Staring at her, Gu Qiangwei fell into silence.
After a while, she finally spoke again, “Alright.”
Having said that, she turned and left.
She thought Mu Jiaqi was foolish, but now it seemed not to be the case.
She was well aware that being an enemy of Qin Sijue would mean losing her own future.
In the entertainment industry, reaching her current position had not been easy; if she really planned to ruin it all because of her, it would truly be incurably foolish.
And simply not worth it.
Watching her departing figure, Mu Jiaqi, who remained stunned in place, gradually clenched her hands into fists.
She didn’t want to ruin her own future because of Gu Qiangwei.
With her current status in the entertainment circle, finding a true friend was not difficult.
“Feifei, I’m sorry…”
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Evening.
After a busy day, Gu Qiangwei took a bath upon returning to Jueyuan and then went downstairs to have dinner.
At the dining table, thinking about Mu Jiaqi being replaced, she raised her eyes and glanced at the man in front of her, unsure about whether he was involved.
“Something to say?”
Before she could speak, Qin Sijue seemed to sense that she had something to say.
After chewing his food slowly and swallowing it, Gu Qiangwei finally spoke, “Was it you who intervened to have Mu Jiaqi replaced?”
“Yes.”
Having said yes, Qin Sijue continued his meal.
“Could you, then, replace her back?”
Qin Sijue frowned, raising his eyebrows, “Are you sure?”
Meeting his gaze, Gu Qiangwei pursed her lips, pondered for a moment, then looked at him again, “Yes.”
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“Why?”
“Because of you, I am already beset on all sides, and I don’t want to keep making enemies, living every day in fear and trepidation.”
“That’s why I asked you to quit your job and stay safely by my side.”
“And what if you are not here?” she blurted out, “What if one day, you are no longer here, am I to be at the mercy of others?”
That single sentence plunged Qin Sijue into silence.
“Why wouldn’t I be here?”
Gu Qiangwei paused, her gaze suddenly evasive, “I was just saying ‘what if’.”
“There are no ‘what ifs’!”
His tone was so firm, and while Gu Qiangwei listened, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
PS: Dear readers, the female lead is not foolish; she has her ways of handling things. I hope you don’t misunderstand, and everything will be clear as you read on.