When I Woke Up, I Had Three Romantic Partners - Chapter 28.2

Si Jiamo: “Now you work for me, and I’ll help you get Chi Jinqing back. How about it?”

Qin Song wasn’t stupid: “What benefit do you get from this?”

Si Jiamo said leisurely: “To bring down Su Yunhui, who holds many secrets, you can’t do it alone. Even if you reach a higher position than Su Yunhui one day, do you think Chi Jinqing can wait for you?”

Qin Song: “So? You’ll help me?”

She sat in the chair opposite Si Jiamo, a negotiating expression on her face: “I remember you also like Chi Jinqing, right? Now you keep talking about helping me get Chi Jinqing. What, you don’t want her anymore?”

Si Jiamo chuckled: “No, she can only be mine.”

“I’m just helping you get her manager authority. As for her person and heart…”

She let out a low laugh: “She can only be mine.”

“But what I want isn’t just that.”

Qin Song had a mocking smile on her face: “What I want is her person, not just the manager identity. I think you should understand.”

Si Jiamo: “So?”

Qin Song: “So, are you still going to offer her to me?”

Si Jiamo rested her chin on her hand: “Mhm, that is indeed a problem.”

She lowered her head, seemingly thinking for a moment, and said: “I remember your family has an elderly mother and a younger sister who is currently in her rebellious phase, right?”

At the mention of her mother and sister, Qin Song’s expression stiffened slightly: “What are you trying to say?”

“I think I’ve seen your father.”

Si Jiamo’s words were brief but enough to deter Qin Song. Her elderly mother and younger sister, who depended on her, were all of her weaknesses.

In this era without privacy, it wasn’t surprising that Si Jiamo could investigate this, but Qin Song hadn’t expected her to use it to threaten her.

This woman would truly do anything for Chi Jinqing.

Qin Song lowered her eyes and clenched her fist: “I can give up Chi Jinqing, but I have one condition.”

Si Jiamo: “Tell me.”

Qin Song: “Si yi Media has been suppressing Chi Jinqing and preventing her from becoming popular. I hope you can make her truly popular. She needs an opportunity.”

“As long as she becomes popular, I will give up on her.”

Once Chi Jinqing became popular, her role as manager would be useless. The distance between them would only grow, so she decided to give her one last push.

“She will become popular.”

Si Jiamo looked at the tablet in her hand and repeated: “She will definitely become popular.”

It was her overly strong desire for control back then that led to Chi Jinqing being suppressed, coupled with the company’s full push for her, giving all resources to her, which prevented her contemporary, Chi Jinqing, from rising in her shadow.

So this time, she would elevate Chi Jinqing.

After Qin Song left Si Jiamo’s lounge, she turned her head to look at the strong sunlight outside the window. For a moment, she seemed to see herself entering Siyi Media for the first time—that was the first time she saw Chi Jinqing.

A quiet child, very thin, trying hard to keep up with the teacher’s pace.

Because she had never practiced dancing before, and she was already older, opening her joints was very, very painful. Although she was sweating profusely from the pain, she didn’t utter a sound.

The sunlight was just as strong then. She was immediately attracted to such a Chi Jinqing. Afterward, she became Chi Jinqing’s manager, accompanying her through the ups and downs of these years.

Chi Jinqing was waiting for an opportunity to become popular. Qin Song accompanied her in that wait. Seeing Chi Jinqing worry day after day about paying off her debt, and then worry so much that she couldn’t sleep all night because radical fans of her opponents tracked her down to her apartment, even breaking her lock, Qin Song thought that even if one day Chi Jinqing couldn’t see her from the mountaintop, she had to push her up there.

Only by becoming popular could Chi Jinqing live more freely.

Later, when Si Jiamo found out about this, she was so scared that she moved Chi Jinqing to her own villa, pretending the company rented it to her at an employee rate of only fifty thousand a month.

When she realized she couldn’t protect Chi Jinqing, she knew she had to find someone who could protect her.

When Su Yunhui first approached her, she thought she was the benefactor who would help Chi Jinqing become popular, but who knew she was not only not a benefactor but also a despicable scoundrel.

She took a deep breath, looked away, and hoped that Si Jiamo would be the right person for Chi Jinqing.

This way, even if she couldn’t have Chi Jinqing, she could feel at ease.

After finally finishing the commercial, Chi Jinqing yawned. She was a bit tired. She had learned a lot during her time on the set.

“Sister Chi, are we going back to the hotel now?”

“Mhm.”

After getting into the car, Chi Jinqing yawned again, ignoring her image. Assistant Xiao He handed her a cup of freshly squeezed juice: “Sister, quench your thirst first. We’ll be at the hotel soon.”

“Mhm.”

Chi Jinqing listlessly scrolled through Weibo and checked WeChat. She and Feng Yan would still participate in the next season of the dating variety show, and Feng Yan quietly told her they wouldn’t start filming for another two weeks.

The theme this time seemed to be overseas travel.

Chi Jinqing: That’s great.

Luo Wanshuang looked slightly wronged, holding her phone and complaining to Chi Jinqing: We’re going to Country F. I don’t know F language.

Sister Feng keeps pushing me to learn. I’ve been studying for a week and only learned three phrases: “Hello,” “Thank you,” and “Goodbye.” F language is truly a mouthful. I feel like I’m becoming a salted fish.

Chi Jinqing let out a light laugh: Then good luck. Try to learn a few more phrases, and you can teach me then.

Xiao He didn’t dare to ask who Chi Jinqing was chatting with and just silently watched the road. Upon arriving at the hotel, Chi Jinqing took her juice and went to her room.

Xiao He: “Sister Chi, you don’t have work for the next few days. You can relax and rest a lot.”

“I’ll be outside. If you want anything to eat, just call me, and I’ll have someone bring it, or call the front desk, and they’ll bring it up to you.”

Chi Jinqing: “Okay. You should also rest well. You haven’t had a good rest these days, have you?”

The remuneration for this role would be settled with the company later. The company would deduct its share before depositing it into her account.

As a heavily indebted poor person, her account was nearly empty.

After transferring two thousand yuan to Xiao He as a bonus, she said: “Go enjoy yourself. I plan to sleep well for two days and probably won’t go out.”

Although she was poor and had become a bit stingy, she still tried to be good to the people around her.

Before going to sleep, she was still wondering why Su Yunhui suddenly stopped caring about her.

It didn’t make sense. Was Su Yunhui the type to give up after a little setback?

Meanwhile, Su Yunhui, who had not been paying attention to her, was standing by the office window. Her ashtray was full of cigarette butts, and her slightly weary eyes were bloodshot.

She hadn’t been doing well these days either.

Since confessing to Si Jiamo that day, Si Jiamo had used her authority to suppress her, cutting off several of her connections and reducing a lot of her power.

“Hoo…”

Exhaling a puff of smoke, her eyes were calm. She had known this day would come.

Just then, someone knocked and came in. The person cautiously said: “Sister Su…”

Su Yunhui asked without lifting her head: “What is it?”

The person didn’t dare to incur her wrath, but they had to speak now: “The amateur we had originally picked out was assigned to Qin Song by the company.”

“Mhm.”

Su Yunhui knew it was Si Jiamo’s doing.

Si yi Media belonged to the Si family. She was well aware of what Si Jiamo wanted to do—nothing more than making her feel unsupported and unable to move forward, then pulling her down and preventing her from ever climbing back up to compete with her.

She took another drag of her cigarette, letting the smoke completely envelop her, hiding her emotions.

However, she was an established employee with ability. Si Zhongkui wouldn’t truly allow the company’s cash cow to suffer such abuse. After all, opening a company was for making money, wasn’t it?

So, this suppression wouldn’t last long. Si Jiamo’s goal was to make her retreat out of self-interest.

She extinguished the cigarette butt in her hand and curved her thin lips: “But I particularly enjoy… rising to the challenge.”

The person didn’t hear clearly: “Sister Su?”

Su Yunhui said faintly: “It’s nothing. If there are no new trainees to manage, just manage the veterans well.”

The person originally wanted to fight for some benefit, but hearing her words, they knew they had no chance and could only withdraw.

After leaving the office, she spat towards Su Yunhui’s office without a trace, softly muttering disdainfully: “Who does she think she is, acting all high and mighty? Just because she has more experience, right?”

“If it weren’t for us scouting for talent, she wouldn’t have been able to spot anything. She really thinks she has godly eyes.”

In the office, Su Yunhui was unaware of the evaluations of others. She just looked at the densely packed crowds coming and going below the company, expressionlessly taking out her phone and dialing a number.

The other party immediately hung up, but she sent a text message, and when she called again, the other party answered.

“What is the golden manager Su looking for me for?”

Su Yunhui sneered: “Great singer Zhuge, don’t you know what I’m looking for you for?”

Could she possibly be looking for the other party for anything else?

Zhuge Wei was currently writing new songs and planning to release an album. It had been a year since she last released one.

Receiving a call from Su Yunhui truly surprised her. She thought Chi Jinqing would call her first. Had she been busy all this time?

She said perfunctorily: “Who knows? After all, you’re so busy every day. Maybe you want to chat with me?”

“I’m a bit busy lately, you know. If it’s nothing major, you can wait until I’m done.”

Su Yunhui: “Are you interested in Chi Jinqing’s matter?”

“Qingqing?”

Sure enough, Zhuge Wei was very interested in anything concerning Chi Jinqing.

“Tell me, why are you bringing her up?”