Ye Xian was shocked to her core, unable to come back to her senses for quite a while.
"Make way, now is not the time for interviews~"
"CEO, please this way..."
Bo Tingshen's arrival stirred a huge uproar in the otherwise calm banquet, as celebrities from all walks of life and media journalists alike vied to be the first to interview the youngest person in control of Bo's, a creator of business miracles.
It took the security guards who maintained order the better part of a day to finally close the hotel doors smoothly.
Entering the banquet, Bo Tingshen's first stop was none other than his own younger brother.
Perhaps it was a habit formed during his trainee days at Star Entertainment, but upon seeing the CEO, the FOR members would habitually line up and politely bow and greet the CEO.
The order was as follows: Lin Yan, Cary, Jiang Wanze, and Ye Xian
"President Bo."
Lin Yan bowed slightly to Bo Tingshen.
"Hello."
Cary also dropped his playful smile and excitedly extended his hand to Bo Tingshen, "CEO, welcome back to the country!"
"Thank you."
"Brother."
When it was Jiang Wanze's turn, he casually called out "brother."
But what he hadn't expected was that right after he did, someone else also called out "brother."
And they did it even more affectionately and naturally than he did.
"Brother~"
Ye Xian's hand, halfway extended, froze awkwardly in mid-air.
'Whoosh whoosh whoosh' the gazes of Lin Yan, Cary, and Jiang Wanze shot at her like several knives, and only then did Ye Xian realize she had been absent-minded, inadvertently following Jiang Wanze's lead in calling Bo Tingshen "brother."
This was... embarrassingly awkward to the max.
Bo Tingshen's expression paused for a moment, his eyes falling on the fair and familiar looking hand before gradually moving up to Ye Xian's face.
"Uh..."
Ye Xian had mingled in the entertainment industry for many years and had encountered all kinds of awkward scenes and survived bizarre situations; she wouldn't allow herself to be embarrassed for more than two seconds.
With the trio's stares almost devouring her, she cleverly put down her wine glass and said with a joking manner to Bo Tingshen, "...seems like I reached out with the wrong arm, it's impolite to shake hands with the left hand, the right one is the correct choice."
After putting down the wine glass, she extended her right hand solemnly to Bo Tingshen, only... the man seemed to have no intention of shaking hands with her.
"Haha, President Bo, I've long admired your reputation, welcome back to the country! A warm welcome!"
Ye Xian's smile stretched from ear to ear, as she eagerly grasped his large hand, her smile couldn't be sweeter.
Cary secretly despised her, this Ye's follower, how did she become even more of a bootlicker than him, trying so hard to please the CEO! Didn't she used to behave like that only towards the team leader?
Jiang Wanze's face darkened a bit, convinced that Ye Xian was deliberately trying to close the distance between them by following his lead and calling out "brother," proving once again that a leopard can't change its spots.
"Ye Xian?"
Bo Tingshen looked at the young man with an insincere smile that did not reach his eyes and began to speak in a deep voice.
Ye Xian's forced smile froze.
Damn it?
How could he recognize her in this guise? Last time in the car, she was in smoky makeup with green hair, and today she had changed her appearance so much that even her team members who saw her day and night failed to recognize her. How did this man, who had just met her briefly, instantly recognize her?!
Is this the aura of a top-level mogul?
Then... now that he recognized her, would this crazy brother-biased character in the book chop her, the evil supporting female who had drugged his beloved brother?
Ye Xian swallowed nervously, frightened.
Her once bright and lively face quickly fell, and Bo Tingshen's gaze turned intriguing and unfathomable, the pressure in his hand increasing by a fraction without her noticing.
Realizing that her hand was now being held in a grip with a hint of a threatening confinement, Ye Xian's heart skipped a beat.