<h4>Chapter 197: Is This Not Love?</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios


    Yan Xi’s private box wasn’t very big.


    A table was set up and there were four sofa chairs facing the window.


    Yan Xi sat on the left with his hands resting on the table beside his sunsses, cap, and mask.


    His ck long down jacket had been hung aside by his manager.


    “Yan Xi, do you think the real master wille?” The manager didn’t sit and just paced around in the open space, looking down at the phone asionally.


    “Yeah.” Yan Xi looked calmer than the manager. After thinking about it, he nced over at the manager again. “How old do you think he is? Should I call him big brother, or brother?”


    Yan Xi had known Jiang Shanyi for several years, but he still didn’t know his age and appearance.


    The manager was also curious in regards to this question, so he pondered for a while before saying, “Just call him Brother Jiangshan, do you hear me?”


    The manager certainly didn’t know Jiang Shanyi, but judging from the arrangement he made, especially the early dark albums, he seemed to have experienced countless vicissitudes and so had the ability to make arrangements that could touch people’s hearts.


    From this, the manager guessed that Jiang Shanyi must not be young.


    Yan Xi was twenty-five years old this year, so how could Jiang Shanyi be younger than him?


    However, it wasn’t the time to ask these questions. It was less than a minute till the time that Jiang Shanyi and Yan Xi had agreed to meet on, so the manager really wanted to ask, was the great master really willing to see him?


    He was still thinking about this when someone knocked on the door.


    It was calm and unhurried.


    The manager’s heart leaped. “It must be the great master!”


    He immediately went to open the door.


    On the sofa behind him, Yan Xi stood up sharply and stared at the direction of the door.


    The door opened quickly.


    The manager looked at the girl standing outside the door. The girl had her sweater hat pulled up and looked very young, but still mature. However, standing there, she looked very cool.


    “May I ask what the matter is?” The manager looked at her young face and didn’t even think that she could be Jiang Shanyi.


    Instead, he was worried that Yan Xi had been recognized.


    With Yan Xi’s site-traffic on the Inte, it was fine if he had really been recognized. But if he was exposed, it would really be difficult for them to exit the coffee shop today!


    Yes, the manager suspected that Qin Ran was a fan.


    Qin Ran reached out and pulled off her hat, then looked at the agent with her delicate eyebrows raised slightly as she responded concisely, “I’m looking for Yan Xi.”


    She pulled down her hat and her entire face was revealed.


    Whether her facial features were viewed separately or together, they were still extremely beautiful, and her slightly raised eyebrows revealed arrogance.


    The manager was ustomed to beauties in the entertainment industry, but his eyes still lit up at the sight of Qin Ran.


    He sighed in his heart that if he was an entertainment artist’s manager, he would not hesitate to persuade Qin Ran to follow him into the circle.


    With such a face, she need not do anything in the entertainment industry.


    The fans would hold her up as a goddess... most fans looked at celebrities’ faces at first nce.


    “Do you want his signature?” Yan Xi had many fans and the manager wasn’t surprised. His pocket always had signatures of Yan Xi, which he used to appease the fans he met at any time.


    He kindly took out two signed photos from his pocket and handed them to Qin Ran.


    Inside, Yan Xi heard that it wasn’t Jiang Shanyi and rxed his excited heart. He sat back on the sofa and continued to look at his WeChat.


    Qin Ran reached out, squinted, and casually took the signed photo from the manager.


    She looked at it and just squeezed it in her hands without keeping it.


    The manager waited for Qin Ran to leave, but unexpectedly, she still didn’t leave even after taking the autograph. He looked up in surprise, but before he spoke, she seemed tough lightly.


    She held the photo with one hand and put her other hand in her pocket. Calmly, she introduced herself to the manager word by word. “I’m Jiang Shanyi.”


    The manager’s amiable face froze.


    He took a deep breath as if he had seen a ghost. “Wait... you, what did you just say? Jiang, Jiang what?”


    What kind of joke was this?!


    A little kid was Jiang Shanyi?!


    The manager’s voice went a pitch higher. He suspected that the little girl was joking with him.


    Qin Ran’s phone vibrated in her pocket, and she took it out to show Yan Xi’s message—


    [Brother Dei, where are you?]


    Qin Ran replied—


    [At the door of your room. Your manager just gave me two of your autographed photos.]


    **


    After a minute.


    The three of them were seated in the room.


    Qin Ran sat on the right while Yan Xi and his manager sat on the sofa on the left.


    Qin Ran put Yan Xi’s autographs aside and put her hands on the table.


    Outside, the waiter knocked on the door to deliver coffee. The manager opened the door with fluttering footsteps and brought in three cups of coffee.


    He ced a cup in front of Qin Ran.


    The sound of the coffee cup touching the table returned Yan Xi to his senses.


    Somewhat in disbelief, he stared at Qin Ran and asked tentatively, “Brother, Brother Dei?”


    Qin Ran turned sideways slightly, her beautiful eyebrows lowered as she said casually and coldly, “Yeah.”


    Yan Xi was speechless.


    This tone and reaction were exactly like the big brother he knew.


    “Great Master, it turns out you are so young.” After so many years in the entertainment industry, the manager was sophisticated and finally reacted. He pinched his palm and forced himself to appear calm.


    However, his heart was far less calm than on the surface.


    Even without asking, the manager could see that Qin Ran was only about 18. Then, how old did she startposing and arranging for Yan Xi?


    Why did she suddenly find Yan Xi?


    The manager had felt it was weird back then—there were so many famous singers in the entertainment industry as equally famous as Yan Xi, such as Qin Xiuchen, who didn’t have any scandals either.


    But Qiu Xiuchen was a person with powerful family background. He was able to obtain his fame without many haters not only because of his character and talent but also because of his strong family.


    But what did Yan Xi have?


    His parents were divorced and he followed his mother, who was ridden with debt. The manager had yet to see his father even after so many years. When the manager took him, he had been struggling in a talent show with a clean background.


    But Yan Xi had been famous for so long yet still had no scandals, and nobody dared to go against him with unwritten rules.


    The manager thought that arge part of it must be because of the extremely mysterious god-level arranger standing behind Yan Xi, Jiang Shanyi.


    This big boss silently supported Yan Xi.


    He either coveted beauty or talent.


    What else could he covet from Yan Xi?


    But now...


    The manager stared at Qin Ran’s face that was even more beautiful than Yan Xi’s and suddenly felt like Yan Xi seemed to have taken an unfair advantage...


    Qin Ran’s face was enough to explode in poprity in the entertainment industry.


    The name “Jiang Shanyi” would be on the hot search list for more than three days!


    The manager coughed and gestured to Yan Xi wildly with his eyes.


    Goddamnit, is this not love?!


    Yan Xi didn’t receive the signal. He just stared at Qin Ran, and it took him a long while before he finally returned to his senses. He picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip. “Great Master, why did you suddenly meet me today?”


    “I happened to have time.” Qin Ran tapped her fingers on the table one by one. “Is your mother okay?”


    She looked at her phone and saw that Cheng Juan asked where she was, so she casually returned a message.


    “Yes.” Yan Xi nodded. He had once told Jiang Shanyi about his family situation. “My mother is now working in the Yunguang Consortium.”


    He always wanted to see Jiang Shanyi, partly because he had met a soul mate, and also because he wanted to thank him for pulling him out of the mud.


    But now that he saw her in person...


    Yan Xi was temporarily speechless.


    **


    Downstairs.


    Cheng Mu waited for Qin Ran to enter the coffee shop before parking the car on the side of the road. The coffee shop had a wide road and a parking lot opposite.


    There were not many people there on the weekday.


    It was cold outside, so Cheng Mu stayed in his car.


    He sat on the driver’s seat and ran through several things in his mind.


    Ouyang Wei asked when they would go back to Beijing, so Cheng Mu pressed his phone and was about to reply.


    But a message suddenly popped up on his chat page—


    [Where are you?]


    The sender had a ck profile picture and sent a very cold message.


    Cheng Mu sat upright hurriedly. As if the person was in front of him, he reverently replied and also sent a picture of the coffee shop that Qin Ran entered, which looked like a dating spot.


    Finally, he sent his positioning over.


    In Gu Xichi’s manor, Cheng Juan looked at Cheng Mu’s reply and his eyes narrowed. He then stood up and picked up the coat hanging on one side.


    He looked around for the car keys and left.


    “Master Juan, where are you going?” Lu Zhaoying sat by theputer and couldn’t help but ask when he saw Cheng Juan walking away with the car key.


    “I’m going out,” Cheng Juan pressed a finger against his lips and said casually.


    He looked down at his phone and saw Qin Ran’s reply.


    She seemed to have nothing to hide and even sent him the room number.


    Cheng Juan raised an eyebrow.


    Twenty minutester.


    In the room.


    “Yan Xi, have a good chat with the great master, I will go out for a smoke break.” The manager took out his cigarette case and insightfully gave an opportunity to his master.


    He also signaled wildly to Yan Xi with his eyes.


    Just as he was frantically signaling to Yan Xi, someone knocked very slowly on the door.