Who Needs a CEO? I Choose Stardom

Chapter 79: Chapter 74: Shura Field

Ni Bingyan had no idea what her nominal ex was thinking at that moment. Spotting them was a pure coincidence. Who could blame her? Bai Jian was wearing a hot pink suit that made her stand out from the crowd.

She was at an emotional point in her speech. "You might not believe this, but that morning, I was moved to tears by five eggs..."

Ni Bingyan had excellent delivery, and as she spoke those simple words with genuine emotion, representatives from impoverished regions in the audience raised their sleeves to their faces, dabbing at their tears.

People who lived comfortably would never understand what eggs meant to a family in abject poverty, but they did.

They were a child’s school fees, next year’s fertilizer money, life-saving funds for an illness, and the daily necessities of rice, oil, and salt...

Colloquially known as the "chicken-butt bank."

The outside world was changing with each passing day, but their hometowns seemed to have remained the same since ancient times—poor, backward, and unenlightened, yet not without a certain rustic simplicity.

Now, in these better times, the country had made poverty alleviation a priority. If they couldn’t seize this opportunity and work hard, they would truly be letting down their elders and the children back home.

After successfully finishing her speech, Ni Bingyan returned to her seat amidst thunderous applause from the entire audience.

The moment she sat down, Wei Shuojie excitedly gripped her hand. Everything was understood without a word.

All their long preparations had finally come to a successful conclusion. Ni Bingyan felt as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders, and Wei Shuojie was also very satisfied with her performance.

Next, representatives from all over the country took turns speaking, and Ni Bingyan continued to listen attentively.

In her past life, she had worked hard mainly for money. After transmigrating, she added professional ambition to her goals. Now, however, she felt it would be wonderful to have a more positive impact on society.

The meeting was halfway through, and with noon approaching, many people in the audience were sneaking glances at their phones, but Ni Bingyan was still listening with rapt attention.

The content of these meetings would be distributed in documents later, but listening live allowed her to pick up on many things from the speakers’ tones.

She liked to follow domestic and international news, and she enjoyed trying to understand the thinking of the higher-ups by following policy trends. Even if what she learned was often of little direct use to her, she simply loved to think and learn more.

’Who knew when it might come in handy?’

At noon, the Poverty Alleviation Office provided a simple lunch. Here, Ni Bingyan wasn’t afraid of running into rabid fans, so she went to eat with Sister Wei without a mask or hat.

People kept greeting her along the way. Although she didn’t know any of them, she responded warmly to everyone.

This feeling of being appreciated was truly intoxicating.

Just as she was riding high, she ran straight into Jiang Sheng.

Seeing that he seemed to be about to approach her, Ni Bingyan pivoted and immediately changed direction.

But as she turned, she saw Bai Jian standing a few steps away, smiling and waving at her.

"Miss Ni, may I have a word with you?"

Bai Jian had a cool, aloof type of beauty. Even in a professional suit, you could sense a refreshing, otherworldly air about her, as if she were detached from worldly matters.

’Oh, great. The woman who almost cost me my job. I never got my revenge, and now she’s serving herself up on a platter to be humiliated?’

Ni Bingyan immediately linked arms with Wei Shuojie and walked over, putting on a fake smile. "Miss, I don’t believe I know you. I’m not sure what you could possibly want to say to me."

Facing her for the first time, Bai Jian was a little struck by her beauty, but not so much that she lost her composure.

"Hello, my name is Bai Jian. You may have heard of me."

Bai Jian raised an eyebrow, as if to say, ’Why are you playing dumb?’

Seeing Jiang Sheng walking over in a hurry, Wei Shuojie sensed something was up and immediately took a half-step forward, shielding Ni Bingyan.

"Hello, I’m Miss Ni’s agent. If this is about work, please speak with me. If it’s not official business, we’re in a hurry to get to lunch."

’I already said I don’t know you, so why are you being so persistent?’

’If I had to talk to everyone who wanted a word with me, wouldn’t I die of exhaustion?’

A young woman like her was no match for the formidable power of a mature, commanding woman. Bai Jian was instantly flustered.

"Please, don’t misunderstand. I stopped Miss Ni only because I wanted to apologize to her in person. I’m sorry about the casting change last time. I misunderstood you. I sincerely ask for your forgiveness."

Ni Bingyan was a bit surprised. She hadn’t expected Bai Jian to apologize for that incident.

"That was a long time ago; there’s no need to bring it up now. Besides, we don’t know each other anyway. Since it was a misunderstanding, let’s just pretend it never happened."

She just wanted to stay far away from these rich and powerful people and live her own life in peace. There was no need to get tangled up in things from the past.

Just as she was about to pull Wei Shuojie away to lunch, Jiang Sheng walked over.

"What are you two talking about?"

’You can’t hide the look of someone who wants to kill.’

Thinking she was trying to give Ni Bingyan a hard time again, Jiang Sheng spoke very curtly.

Seeing his hostile expression the moment he arrived, Bai Jian flared up. "This is women’s business. What’s a grown man like you meddling for? Even if you want to meddle, you should see if you’re even wanted!"

During the last incident, Jiang Sheng had seen an ugly side of her, but hadn’t she also seen the glaring flaws in him?

’To say he’s muddle-headed is an understatement—he’s a complete fool! He doesn’t even know what he really wants.’

’If you really like Ni Bingyan, then go after her! Go and marry her!’

’Only wanting to date without offering a future... He’s the biggest scoundrel of them all!’

’Thank goodness I didn’t marry him, or I’d have endless regrets. Who knows if he would’ve been marrying me or my parents?’

’You didn’t want to marry me? Well, I don’t want to marry you either!’

’Thank you so much for the favor of not marrying me!’

’I can’t believe the White Moonlight is actually a spitfire. This isn’t how it’s written in the novels, is it?’

Witnessing this scene, Ni Bingyan was beyond embarrassed.

Just as she was about to leave, Bai Jian, as if she’d taken the wrong medicine, called out to her. "Miss Ni, please wait. I, Bai Jian, am not the type of person who won’t take responsibility for her actions. I wronged you last time, so I will make it up to you. I’ll contact your agent later to discuss it, so please don’t hold it against me. As for this person, I have absolutely no relationship with him, so please don’t overthink it, Miss Ni. And let me offer you a piece of advice: a muddle-headed fool like him is bad news! You’ll save yourself a lifetime of regret!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned to leave.

How could Jiang Sheng let her go after she’d made him lose face, and in front of the ex he couldn’t get over, no less?

’What does she mean, "muddle-headed fool"? I’m a fool just because I didn’t want to marry her? And now she’s going to ruin my chances?’

For the past few months, his calls wouldn’t go through and his friend requests on WeChat were ignored. He knew Ni Bingyan had been busy filming on set, so it hadn’t been appropriate for him to keep seeking her out. He finally got a chance to see her and was about to say a few words, but after what Bai Jian said, his temper flared.

No matter how well-mannered he was, anyone would get angry if someone spat in their face. He wasn’t a saint made of clay!

’You can have your rich-girl temper, so I can’t have my rich-boy temper?’

’We were both born with golden spoons in our mouths. Who’s afraid of whom?’

Jiang Sheng grabbed Bai Jian’s arm. "Miss Bai, spewing malicious words and baselessly slandering someone’s character is not something a decent person would do."

’All he did was refuse to marry her; he’d never done anything to hurt her. Why should he suffer this kind of retaliation?’

A jolt of pain shot up Bai Jian’s arm, and her rich-girl temper flared. She swung her hand back and slapped Jiang Sheng across the face.

She had been humiliated because of Jiang Sheng and was still being talked about in their social circles. She’d been bottling up her anger for a long time!

"President Jiang, please have some self-respect! Since you laid hands on me first, I won’t be polite!"

’Whoa, what kind of drama is this?’

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Ni Bingyan was stunned!

Thankfully, this area was relatively secluded. Otherwise, they would probably be surrounded by onlookers.

’Many of the entrepreneurs attending the conference today probably recognize them, right?’

Just as she was thinking this, she saw Sang Yuan walk out from a small path around the corner, his face cold. His eyes were fixed on Jiang Sheng as if he had a vendetta against him.

’Wow, things are getting more and more interesting!’

Miss Ni, the eager spectator, excitedly rubbed her hands together.

’It’s not good to be so gossipy, but hey, the drama just fell into my lap~’

’Real-life feuds between the rich and powerful are so much more thrilling than the ones in novels!’