Chapter 336 - Life is full of the unexpected

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At an upscale Korean restaurant,

Xiao Lei was enjoying her dinner with President Wei. The man had ordered a lot of food, and apparently, he enjoyed the food just as much as Xiao Lei. 

"My wife never lets me eat to my heart's content," President Wei said as he lifted a lightly seared piece of wagyu and placed it on his plate. "If she were here now, she would definitely scold me for eating this."

"She's just worried about you, I'm sure," Xiao Lei replied with a smile before putting a thin slice of fully-cooked wagyu in her mouth. Even though she felt pity that she could not eat those that President Wei was eating, but when she thought about her twins, whom she would see in a few months' time, she felt better. 

As she was chewing, her eyes wandered around the cozy restaurant, and that was when she saw a familiar figure walking toward her, and she couldn't help but narrow her eyes as her hands, which were holding the utensils, stopped moving. 

President Wei looked up, and he followed her gaze. When he looked back at Xiao Lei, he smiled guiltily. 

"Didn't I tell you that someone would be joining us?" President Wei asked sheepishly. When Xiao Lei looked at him with a "are you for real" look, the man immediately cleared his throat. He had no choice but to do this since a friend of his asked for his help in exchange for something that his wife wanted.

And since his friend said that he could be there as well, President Wei did not think that there would be anything wrong. This person was probably just curious about the new unknown actress that was picked over all the experienced ones. 

When the figure reached them, President Wei stood up and greeted her before introducing, "This is Ms. Fan Xiyue, but I think you guys met before." 

Xiao Lei looked at the woman standing before her, and after a while, she smiled and stood up. With a hand reached out, she said, "Of course. I'm sorry that things did not go that well during your party, Ms. Fan."

Fan Xiyue smiled and replied, "It's fine. I'm just glad that the misunderstanding was cleared out, and that Mr. Han Ye did not get too mad at us for our negligence in handling the matter." 

"Oh, he was mad... He said that you people disrespected him, but he was gracious enough to let it go..." Xiao Lei lied with a smile. She then gestured at the seat opposite her and said, "Please join us, Ms. Fan."

Fan Xiyue nodded and took a seat next to President Wei. After ordering a glass of red wine, Fan Xiyue looked at Xiao Lei, who was back to eating. 

"So, Ms. Xiao, I didn't expect that the next time I see you, you'd be an actress." 

"Life is full of the unexpected," Xiao Lei replied politely. "Just like how I didn't expect that Ms. Fan would need to take this method to ask me out for dinner." 

She then glanced at President Wei with a sharp gaze, which the man promptly averted. 

Fan Xiyue laughed softly. "Don't blame President Wei... I'm just curious about you, but seeing the history between you and my artist, I was afraid that if I were to be the one who invited you, you might reject me." 

"Well, you can't blame me for that now, can you?" 

Fan Xiyue smiled, but her eyes remained sharp as she said, "Of course not... Vivian's a little brash, but she's not a bad person."

"I'm sure she's not, if she's anything like the others from Fan Entertainment," Xiao Lei said with a polite tone, but there was a subtle insult in her voice.  

Fan Entertainment had been embroiled in multiple scandals since a few years ago, and its reputation wasn't exactly the best at the moment. 

President Wei faked a cough and said with a smile, "Ladies... Ah, Ms. Fan, how's everything? Are you done with the transfer of Fan Entertainment?"

Fan Xiyue nodded and replied, "Yeah... Our entire family would be moving over soon."

She glanced at Xiao Lei as she mentioned her last sentence, but to her annoyance, Xiao Lei did not show any change in expression. The woman just kept eating. 

"Ah, that would be great. My wife has been talking about you for a while now. When you're here, do come and visit more often. Bring your son along too. My wife and I both adore the little fellow."

Fan Xiyue smiled. "Of course, and I'm sure he would like to play with you guys too."

She then looked at Xiao Lei and asked, "Xiao Lei, I heard that you have a son as well?" 

Xiao Lei was about to put another piece of meat into her mouth when she heard that question. She then placed the meat back onto her plate and replied courteously, "Yes. He's almost thirteen."

"Ah, that's the difficult age, I heard." 

"Not really. He's a good boy..." 

"Well, I'm sure he is... It must have not been easy for you, being a single mother and all, and having to raise a soon-to-be teenage boy by yourself. I heard about your husband..." 

Even though it wasn't widely publicized, but it wasn't exactly a secret since the entire Imperial High School knew about it.   

Fan Xiyue added, "I'm sure he was a good man." 

"He was a great man..." Xiao Lei replied. "But God took him away before his time, which was a pity, because God should have taken the evil ones first," Xiao Lei said dryly as she stared at Fan Xiyue, trying to gauge if the latter knew anything about what her father did. However, Fan Xiyue's expression remained the same; proud and elegant. 

Xiao Lei looked at Fan Xiyue's hands, which were smoother than a baby's bottom, and she looked at her own, which even though they were already softer than before, were still quite rough. It was obvious from a glance that she had had a hard life. 

Fan Xiyue was looking at Xiao Lei's hands as well, but she did not say anything. She then looked at President Wei and asked, "Did you treat Ms. Xiao properly? She has a hard enough life as it is." 

"Ha! As if she needs me to treat her well, her boss treats her pretty well..." President Wei chuckled. 

"Mr. Han?" Fan Xiyue looked at Xiao Lei with a feigned shocked expression. Her private investigators had taken some photos of Xiao Lei and Han Ye, and from those photos, it looked as if these two had some kind of intimate relationsh.i.p.s. 

Furthermore, they were staying at the same high-end apartment building, which was extremely expensive for someone like Xiao Lei. Notwithstanding what she was getting paid at the moment, but according to her PIs, Xiao Lei and her son moved in a few months back, before she even had a job. 

Since she met Vivian at the hotel, she hadn't stop researching on Xiao Lei's background. There were too many holes to be filled, and Fan Xiyue was someone who hated not knowing things.  

Fan Xiyue wanted to confirm a few things today.

Was Han Ye Xiao Lei's backup, or was there someone else? And the feelings that she felt from Xiao Lei... Su Wei told her not to worry about it too much, but she could not shake the feelings off at all, and now that she was looking at Xiao Lei at such close proximity, the feelings only got stronger.