Huo Nanchen looked at Gu Ruochu and added, "Don't tell me that you are willing to put in so much effort to hype up your new movie?"
Gu Ruochu found his utterances funny and shook her head.
"Huo Nanchen, have you forgotten that Gu Zexi is my cousin? You're very good at imagining things. Even if it were any other man, as long as I didn't overdo it, it would be normal for me to have a meal with him."
Huo Nanchen's face turned red as Li Tezhu looked on uncomfortably. He had wanted to advise his boss against being consumed by envy, but he had not dared to open his mouth.
However, Li Tezhu was relieved when he heard his boss admit his flaw.
"All right. I admit that I'm jealous."
Gu Ruochu almost burst into laughter, but she managed to suppress it. She did not want to provoke him.
"That's a funny word."
"Funny?" Huo Nanchen slowly raised his eyes and looked at her. He then chuckled softly, "Do you think that everything about me is funny now?"
Huo Nanchen was not pleased by her ridicule.
Gu Ruochu shook her head and smiled at him. "Forget it! There's no point in talking about this with you anymore."
"This should be the last time that you mention the word divorce. Don't provoke me anymore!" Huo Nanchen had a serious expression on his face. "Since you've said that I don't love you, I want you to prove it to me. If you can prove that I don't love you, I'll grant you the divorce."
Gu Ruochu looked at Huo Nanchen with an astonished gaze.
He turned around and left her rooted to the spot. In the days that followed, Gu Ruochu concentrated on directing An Shaosi's movie. Huo Nanchen had already put down the criterion of how he would grant her a divorce.
Gu Ruochu could not figure out how she would prove that he did not love her.
Huo Nanchen had always treated her gently in their marriage.
Even though they had agreed to a truce, Huo Nanchen still picked her up after work.
He did not show any intimacy towards her, and his cavalier attitude made Gu Ruochu let down her guard. She was no longer in a hurry to get a divorce.
Instead, she focused her efforts on improving the script she had written for An Shaosi's movie.
As she worked on the script, Gu Ruochu felt that her relationship with Huo Nanchen was similar to the plotline in the movie.
She used her feelings for Huo Nanchen to develop some of the movie's characters.
After writing a few scenes, she could not wait to see how the actors would bring the characters to life when they filmed the movie.
"..."
"Here, this is the information you asked for on the Ning family." Su Ze handed Jin Ye a brown paper bag that contained a thick file.
After lighting the cigarette in his mouth, Su Ze put the lighter back into the pocket of his suit jacket and teased Jin Ye, "You asked me to look into Madam Huo before, and now, you want me to look into the Ning family. You owe me a lot. When we met, you only asked me to look for your little sister. I didn't think we would have to investigate all these big shots."
If the Ning family found out that Su Ze had been snooping around their business, he would be in a lot of trouble.
"Thank you, Su Ze."
"All right. There's no need to thank me. That's the nature of our relationship."
When they first met, Jin Ye had agreed to pursue a career in the entertainment industry only if Su Ze assisted him in finding Gu Ruochu. Even though they had found Gu Ruochu, Su Ze did not mind assisting Jin Ye with anything he needed.
Jin Ye could not wait to read through the file that Su Ze had handed him. He wanted to clearly understand the relationship between Gu Ruochu and the Ning family.