Xia Wei Liang felt a pang of guilt towards Xiao Yi from before her rebirth.
Especially in front of Yan Zhi and Da Yang, actions like gently patting her head would make her blush intensely.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
Xiao Yi produced a towel from somewhere and began drying her hair.
Neither of them found anything inappropriate about this action; it was as natural as if they had repeated it countless times in past lives, or even lives before that...
Yan Zhi and Da Yang silently averted their gaze.
Alas, they had been misled after all.
Brother Yi, who had switched to the romance track, was impossibly gentle. Even they, as singletons, couldn't stand it!
"Why did you come out without drying your hair?"
"I received your call."
He smiled, "Were you in such a hurry to see me?"
Xia Wei Liang's cheeks flushed again, but she retorted, "You were even more eager, showing up without so much as a word."
To her surprise, Xiao Yi nodded, "That's right, I really wanted to see you."
"..."
This time, she truly faltered.
No matter how many lives she relived, she would never be Xiao Lang's match in these high-level exchanges!
Yan Zhi could no longer bear to listen. They understood if he wanted to date; after all, they were all of an age.
But could he not appear so cheap?
He could use a little bit of marital authority!
After drying her hair, he casually handed her several bags of snacks. Xia Wei Liang accepted them naturally.
But soon, both of them froze.
This action...
Xia Wei Liang looked up at him, and Xiao Yi stared back blankly, but they both averted their eyes, not voicing the uncanny sense of familiarity they felt.
He merely said, "I was afraid you'd be hungry."
Xia Wei Liang suppressed her fluttering heart and chuckled, "Thank you."
She remembered the main reason for her visit and said, "The Lin family has business dealings with my father..."
"I'm here for that too," Xiao Yi carefully opened the snack wrappers for her, "I just found out about the cooperation."
She crunched on potato chips, saying, "But this morning, my great-aunt went to the company and directly disqualified the Lin family."
Xiao Yi chuckled, "Ms. Xie is truly a formidable woman. What happened this morning has already spread through the circles, and everyone admires her."
Xia Wei Liang managed a wry smile, saying softly, "Actually, my great-aunt did it for revenge."
Xiao Yi turned his head to look at her, "I will compensate for the losses incurred by the Xia family and Ms. Xie."
"How can that be?" Xia Wei Liang quickly became serious, "I'm not looking for you for this. I just want you to make it clear to them. We'll accept the losses, but please don't trouble us anymore. After all... if the Xiao family gets involved, our Xia family won't have any way to survive."
Seeing her look so wronged and pitiful, Xiao Yi raised his hand without a second thought and pinched her cheek, "Whether it's the Xiao family or the Lin family, you can rest assured. As long as I'm here, they won't dare to touch you."
Da Yang, driving the car, was a fan of the film emperor's career. However, seeing the film emperor dote on a woman so unconditionally seemed quite sweet, making him want to ship the couple!
Xia Wei Liang knew that if he said it, he would keep his word.
"Alright, I'll tell Old Xia later. I'll thank you on his behalf too."
The man raised an eyebrow, "As a favor for a favor, you help me with something too."
"Okay, tell me!"
Xiao Yi smiled and played coy, "You'll know when we get there."
Xia Wei Liang then ate her snacks contentedly. She didn't ask when he didn't say; he wasn't going to sell her out anyway.
Seeing that she had potato chip crumbs on the corner of her mouth, Xiao Yi took out a tissue and wiped her clean, then handed her water.
Xia Wei Liang didn't feel shy and accepted it with a clear conscience.
Yan Zhi, as Xiao Yi's chief assistant, felt heartbroken by all this. But then he thought, could this mean he should build a good relationship with Miss Xia?
As a mature assistant, he should have this kind of awareness!
Therefore, he turned and gave Xia Wei Liang a particularly friendly smile, "Miss Xia, we should formally introduce ourselves..."
"Hehe, Brother Zhi, I know. In the industry, if you're not number one, no one else dares to be. We all understand."
Yan Zhi's spirits soared upon hearing this, "The public's awareness is so high?"
"Absolutely! Everyone says you're the benchmark for assistants. As long as you're there, no matter how big or small the assistants behind you are, they have to follow your path! They absolutely cannot go wrong, because going wrong is like falling into an abyss!"
"Really?"
Yan Zhi was on cloud nine.
Not just a little bit.
"Brother Yi, did you hear that? Brother Yi! I've become an industry benchmark!"
Xiao Yi chuckled, "Not bad, Brother Zhi. I'll be relying on you to cover me from now on."
"Oh, Brother Yi, you jest. We're all just trying to make a living, hahahaha..."
Da Yang also became anxious, "Miss Xia, what about me, what about me? Are there any legends about me out there?"
"Brother Yang, of course there are! Although you're always second, Brother Yang's spirit is commendable. You never cared about rankings and only focused on doing your job well! It's hard to find someone as down-to-earth as you in the current entertainment industry."
"Hehe! Brother Zhi, did you hear that? I'm down-to-earth!"
"Not bad, not bad. That's indeed Brother Da Yang's most prominent quality!"
"Brother Zhi is the ceiling of our assistant circle!"
Watching the two exchange compliments, the atmosphere in the car was relaxed and harmonious.
Xia Wei Liang smiled, and just as she was about to open another bag of snacks, someone took it from her, "It's high in oil and calories, you shouldn't eat too much."
Xia Wei Liang pouted, "You still like to control me so much."
Whether it was before her rebirth or after.
Xiao Yi keenly grasped the focus of her words and looked directly into her eyes, "So, we did have some past interactions, didn't we?"
Like that box of matches that had mysteriously appeared in his tuxedo pocket.
Xia Wei Liang's heart skipped a beat. She pursed her lips and looked up at him, "That dream you mentioned, perhaps I had the same one."
Xiao Yi's gaze flickered, and after a long pause, he asked, "How did that me in the dream treat you?"
Mentioning him, Xia Wei Liang's eyes lit up with a smile, "He treated me very well. He did many things for me. He taught me acting and watched me go from a novice to spreading my wings and soaring..."
Xiao Yi noticed the light in her eyes as she spoke of these things.
He pursed his lips, a knot of unspeakable frustration in his chest, "So, you're looking at him through me, aren't you?"
"Huh?" Xia Wei Liang, realizing too late that his mood seemed off, quickly said, "No, no, we already said it was a dream. I was just talking about him in the dream. Since he's a person in a dream, how can you take it seriously? Heh, don't you think so?"
But Xiao Yi stared intently at her and suddenly said, "At least, you took it seriously."