Realising her voice came extremely gruff and irregular, Zhao Yuhui blushed and quickly covered the microphone with her fingers to clear her throat before getting back to greet formally, "Good Morning, Sister Liu. Let me apologise first for not accepting the call sooner."
It had not even been three months since she became the artist of Glimmer Entertainment and started shooting for 'A Mystery'.
Except for Chen Peiling, she had never been acquainted personally with anyone else, even Manager Liu. And the minimal number of times she had spoken to Sister Liu till now was all through the phone, not a single time face-to-face.
"Good morning." Came her manager's cold voice.
"Since it is only nine right now and you were shooting till late last night, I suppose you must have been sleeping. I would keep it short in that case."
Hearing the weighty statement, Zhao Yuhui subconsciously held her breath and carefully probed, "Is there something wrong?"
"Do you know the one who jumped into the sea to help you last night?" Manager Liu didn't bother to beat around the bush.
Zhao Yuhui who was feeling anxious got confused after hearing the question. The one who jumped to help her...that man?
"No, but why?"
Manager Liu raised one eyebrow, clearly not believing what the other answered. "You really don't know who he was?" She asked again with seriousness oozing out.
Zhao Yuhui blinked her eyes and searched each corner of her brain and then resolutely answered, "I don't know him. But why? Is there any problem?"
Manager Liu went silent. She herself was sure that with Zhao Yuhui's background and connections, it was impossible for them to be related. Still, the affirmation of the same thing from the very person almost caused a headache to appear.
"Sister Liu?"
"Oh- nothing like that. Just your rival again tried causing trouble. This time by spreading the rumours that it was you who hired that man to pull off the stunt so that you can get a few days rest."
"Lin Qian?" Manager Liu composed herself and hummed. "More like her assistants." The tapping of her slender fingers on the wooden table becoming evident at the same time in the background.
"Again them! I don't understand why they are always behind me?" Zhou Yuhui felt her brain throbbing thinking about Lin Qian. Ever since she got the role of the female protagonist in 'A Mystery', Lin Qian who was also wishing for the same character had been constantly coming after her. That girl took the failure to heart!
Manager Liu detected the drowsiness laced within her complaint so she concluded, "Don't worry about it, I will handle it. I just wanted to make sure that you don't have any contact with that person before making any statement."
"Rest assured, Sister Liu. I don't even remember his face properly since yesterday was the first time we ever met and am sure it was the last one too."
"Ok, you don't have any schedule for the next month since Director Song has left for abroad to direct his next movie. He would be available only after a month now. You are new here and because it is year-end, there would be some events that would be hosted by Glimmer Entertainment, and I hope you could attend those because all the big directors and producers would be coming."
"Okay."
"I will pass all the information of it to Chen Peiling so consult with her regarding this. That's it, then. Rest well." As soon as Manager Liu hung up the call, she picked up one of the several photos messily scattered on her table.
It was taken from a strange angle but because of ample lighting, a man who had kept his tight hold on the lady's waist as they seemed to be flowing on the surface of the water was pretty detectable.
The face of the man, fortunately, was not visible but this man, Manager Liu could recognize him just from his back view. They for real weren't acquainted and yet he went to help her. That's weird. Why he did so?
She picked up the dialler and pressed the code, "It's me. I have confirmed with her that she isn't aware who the man is so make sure to close their mouths now."
"And- refrain the photos from spreading. Zhao Yuhui is still new, it won't be good for her career." Manager Liu didn't wish to elaborate on how exactly it won't be good for her if the identity of the man was leaked and she would love it if that was how the case remained.
"Make sure to blur the upper portion of the man, especially his neck in the photos to protect his privacy, in case the photos get leaked in public later on." It was how this industry worked. She couldn't prevent the people from playing their cards but she can do everything within her reach to not let the tricks hover over her.
Till Zhao Yuhui didn't get a permanent manager, she was under her. Her safety was her responsibility.
Zhao Yuhui removed the phone from her ears when Manager Liu ended the call but her mind was occupied with uncountable thoughts. Could the matter have become so huge within a night that Sister Liu was forced to personally look over it?
She wanted to call Chen Peiling to ask about it but dropped the idea after feeling too drained to search for her contact. The lack of sleep had resulted in too unfocused and painful eyes. Zhao Yuhui just left her a message to research about it before tossing the phone away.
Rolling over to the middle, she closed her eyes and went to sleep again. She should only think about it when she would have the energy to worry. And since Sister Liu had assured her, shamelessly she would too let her take care of this matter.
The sun was already preparing itself to set after a sunny day when Zhao Yuhui opened her eyes. Sitting up, she ruffled her messy hair and stepped out of the bed to go and eat something. She was hungry. Hadn't it been for hunger, she could have slept peacefully for another few hours.
But now the loud grumbling and the slight ache in her stomach made her realise that she couldn't ignore this appetite anymore. Not especially when she hadn't eaten anything in more than twenty-four hours.
Since she would return to her precious bed after eating, Zhao Yuhui didn't bother to freshen up and came out in her night clothes. It wasn't like there would be some visitors coming keeping her list of connections in mind which was as good as nothing.
When she was crossing her mother's room, Zhao Yuhui subconsciously looked inside and did not see anyone there. Her mother wasn't taking her usual nap. That's interesting! What could be so important that made her mother abandon her precious sleep?