Chapter 908: A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You (8)

Sensing He Jichen’s gaze, Yang Li instinctively hid his hand behind him. “Mr. He, I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

As Yang Li’s movements came into He Jichen’s view, the expression on his face didn’t change in the slightest.

He Jichen’s silence made Yang Li feel even more pressured. The calm expression he held from the beginning gradually disappeared with time, and he started to become a little uneasy. To break the tension, he cleared his throat and took the initiative to say, “Mr. He…”

“Looks like you still haven’t made a decision…” He Jichen nonchalantly interrupted Yang Li. “…Since you still haven’t made a decision and I’m not willing to waste my time here, let me decide!”

As He Jichen’s voice fell, Yang Li didn’t have any time to react at all or comprehend what He Jichen said. He Jichen gently flicked the cigarette from his fingers, leaving the cigarette butt to fall right onto the back of Yang Li’s right hand.

As the piercing heat quickly spread throughout Yang Li’s entire body, he instinctively let out a pained cry. He lowered his head and wanted to look at the back of his hand, but before his gaze landed on his own hand, He Jichen had already covered his wrist. Then he sensed what was happening to his body. A huge pain spread from his wrist, and thereafter, the crack of a bone dislocating was heard.

The pain sent Yang Li shrieking and his legs instinctively slumped.

He Jichen seemed to have known he would have this kind of reaction, so the moment he swung his wrist away, he sat down on the floor with his legs crossed.

After a while, Yang Li came to his senses from the pain. He moved his wrist slightly, sending another tremendous wave of pain throughout his whole body.

He figured it was probably dislocated…

Yang Li didn’t dare move around, so all he could do was keep his arm still. After he forcefully endured the pain, he didn’t raise his head with the same good temper and he looked over at He Jichen. “He Jichen, aren’t you taking this a little too far?! Do you know I could sue you for assault?”

“Too far?” Before making a move, He Jichen acted like a noble prince, but after hurting Yang Li’s hand, the anger in his heart poured out from his entire body. He scoffed like he heard a hilarious joke then raised his head and kicked Yang Li. “Let me tell you this – I can take it even further!

With that said, He Jichen picked up the floor lamp beside him and smashed it into Yang Li’s body, regardless whether it was right or wrong.

Yang Li’s painful shrieks and the sound of the floor lamp breaking hadn’t stopped when He Jichen, standing next to Yang Li, bent down and grabbed him by the collar. He kicked him violently in the stomach. “Aren’t you going to sue me for assault? Looks like I have to hit harder for you to be able to sue for the maximum injury inflicted!”

Before Yang Li’s hand was dislocated, he might’ve been a match for He Jichen, but now with his hand dislocated and He Jichen’s crazy punching and kicking, he had no strength to fight back.

At the very start, he could still grit his teeth and yell at He Jichen, but in the end, he lost his courage and he couldn’t even bother caring about his own dignity anymore. He wept and begged He Jichen to let him go.

Even so, He Jichen didn’t show any intention of stopping no matter how Yang Li begged.

Chapter 909: A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You (9)

Yang Li had a drama to film and endless jobs to work. If he really got seriously injured and had to be hospitalized, all his contracts would be ruined. Thinking about his future and the fact he couldn’t tolerate this pain any longer, Yang Li realized that begging wouldn’t work, so he used a different method. “He Jichen, stop! If you stop, I’ll tell you something you really want to know!”

Does he take me for a three-year-old kid? How could I be so easily appeased?

He Jichen seemed to not care about what Yang Li said in the slightest. He raised his fist and violently hurled it at Yang Li’s face.

His actions were a lot more violent than Ji Yi’s two slaps. If he really did punch him, Yang Li wouldn’t be able to go on camera for at least half a month. Yang Li didn’t even hesitate and blurted out, “I really do have something to tell you, and I promise you’ll definitely be interested because it’s about Ji Yi!”

As the two words “Ji Yi” slipped through Yang Li’s lips. He Jichen’s fist suddenly stopped.

Yang Li could feel He Jichen’s fist touching his face. The fear made him instinctively gasp, then he caught He Jichen’s gaze which seemed to almost believe him but not quite. His body trembled in fear for a moment then he hurriedly added, “I’m not lying to you. It really is about Ji Yi… It involves Qian Ge. She came to see me…”

After He Jichen heard the two words “Qian Ge,” he squinted and continued to stare at Yang Li for two seconds. Then he withdrew his fist from Yang Li’s face.

Yang Li took a long sigh of relief then laid on the floor with complete disregard for his image. He endured the pain while hurriedly adding, “…After Ji Yi left the studio, I was taking a break in the dressing room when Qian Ge came to see me. She said that next month will be the annual charity gala. She said she was going to make Ji Yi my woman…”

The second after he finished speaking, Yang Li felt the warmth in his body plummeting. Having been hit until he was truly terrified, he instinctively started to explain: “I didn’t say those words – Qian Ge did. It had nothing to do with me at all!”

He Jichen’s expression still looked dark. After Yang Li was certain he wouldn’t hit him again, he continued to speak.

Because He Jichen’s reaction was too frightening just now, he didn’t dare mention what Qian Ge said to save his life. Instead of telling He Jichen that she said: I promise to send Ji Yi to your bed and let you do what you want with her, he instead said, “I knew Qian Ge wouldn’t have been so kind as to help me out of her own heart, so I asked her what the catch was and she told me…”

“…She told me she wanted a video of Ji Yi and me sleeping together… and she wanted it in high definition…”

The more Yang Li spoke, the quieter his voice became. After he finished, he didn’t forget to emphasize: “This was Qian Ge’s idea. She came up with everything.”

“And I didn’t agree at the time. I really didn’t agree to do it. She saw that I was hesitating, so she added another catch. She said she knew I was interested in Xie Siyao, and she would also consider sending Xie Siyao to my bed too…”

Xie Siyao… These three words made He Jichen’s brows furrow.

Wasn’t Xie Siyao the person who worked with Qian Ge to sabotage Ji Yi? Since only the two of them knew the intricacies of that scheme, the relationship between the two of them had always been really good. Even the studio Ji Yi established belonged to the two of them now. Now Qian Ge was willing to betray Xie Siyao just to get revenge on Ji Yi?

Chapter 910: A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You (10)

Yang Li wasn’t sure what He Jichen was thinking, but seeing as his brows started to furrow after he said his bit, Yang Li instinctively raised his arm to cover his face. “I promise every word is the truth and I still haven’t agreed to do it. I promise I won’t ever do it. I absolutely won’t touch Ji Yi… No no no, I promise that whenever I see Ji Yi, I’ll stay far away… I won’t even glance at Ji Yi, so Mr. He…”

Yang Li whole-heartedly promised all this then carefully started to speak to He Jichen in a negotiating tone of voice. “…Seeing as I told you something so important, could you please forgive me for offending Ji Yi?”

“You didn’t tell Qian Ge that you agreed to do it?”

Yang Li said so much but He Jichen only picked up on this specific point.

Yang Li was stunned for a moment then nodded violently. “No! I absolutely didn’t. How could I agree to do something like that?!”

In the face of Yang Li’s bottomless bootlicking, He Jichen emotionlessly tossed out the words: “Then call her now and tell her that you agree to do it.”

Yang Li’s eyes suddenly shot wide open. Am I hearing things? Did He Jichen ask me to agree to do it?

Ji Yi is his wife! I barely did anything to Ji Yi, yet he ran over here and hit me like this. If I really tell Qian Ge I’ll do that to Ji Yi, He Jichen will take my damn life!

Is he switching tactics and trying to test me?

With that thought, Yang Li shook his head like a rattle-drum. “No, I won’t do it!”

He Jichen saw that Yang Li was refusing and his brows gradually started to furrow.

Yang Li instinctively crawled some distance away. “Mr. He, I really don’t dare to think about Ji Yi like that. I was wrong. I…”

“Make the call!”

“I was wrong! I really was wrong! I beg you…”

This time, He Jichen was too lazy to speak, so instead, he directly shot Yang Li a cold glare.

Yang Li trembled. Without thinking twice, he picked up his phone and unlocked the screen with trembling hands. After he located Qian Ge’s phone number, he raised his head and looked over at He Jichen. “Mr. He, you really want me to call? If I really do agree to Qian Ge, then I- you want me to really go ahead and do what she planned? I definitely won’t touch JI Yi, but Xie Siyao, I…”

“F*ck her!” He Jichen spat out two simple words.

In the past, Yang Li would always be happy at the mention of sleeping with women, but not this time. He actually felt like this was completing a difficult mission.

But he didn’t dare go against He Jichen’s wishes. After he heard his orders, he gritted his teeth and made the call to Qian Ge.

It was really late, so the phone rang several times before it was picked up.

“Hello, who is it?” Qian Ge must’ve already been asleep because she didn’t look at the caller ID when she took the call.

“It’s me…” Yang Li noticed Qian Ge didn’t react to his voice over the phone, so he added, “…Yang Li.”

“Oh,” said Qian Ge sluggishly then she nonchalantly replied, “It’s you?” Having put the call on speaker phone, they heard the sound of a lighter. She must’ve lit a cigarette. After she took a drag, she asked, “What’s up? Have you thought about what I proposed this afternoon?”

“I’ve thought about it. I’ll definitely agree to do something so good.”

“Haha…” Qian Ge’s delighted chuckle came from the phone.

After Yang Li followed through with He Jichen’s orders, he glanced at He Jichen.

Chapter 911: A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You (11)

After he saw He Jichen raising his chin slightly, Yang Li immediately understood what he meant then asked on the phone, “Ermm… The date is set for next month’s charity gala for Ji Yi, but what about Xie Siyao? When is that?”

The phone was silent for a while before Qian Ge’s voice was heard. “Next Tuesday. She and I are supposed to meet up next Tuesday to go to an event. I know the organizer for the event, so I’ll ask him to give you an invitation; don’t decline it. I promise it’ll happen that night.”

Yang Li wasn’t in a hurry to reply to Qian Ge, so he raised his head again and looked over at He Jichen.

He Jichen nodded slightly.

Yang Li understood He Jichen was satisfied. He said his goodbyes to Qian Ge and hung up the call.

After he put the phone down, Yang Li smiled at He Jichen in an attempt to get on his good side. “Mr. He, you see, about Ji Yi…”

“We can leave that in the past, but from now on, you’ll have to do as I say.”

Yang Li didn’t wait for He Jichen to provide him the details and he started to nod fiercely.

He Jichen explained every single detail regarding how he wanted Yang Li to cooperate with him.

After he was certain Yang Li understood everything, he then straightened up his messy clothes. Without any intention of staying in the slightest, he turned around and left.

To guarantee there wouldn’t be any issues, just as he reached the door of the room, He Jichen stopped, turned and looked over at Yang Li.

When He Jichen appeared to have finally left, Yang Li started getting up from the floor. However, halfway up, he saw that He Jichen had actually turned around. He was so frightened that his arms gave in and he crashed back down onto the floor again.

“I’m warning you. You better not play any games with me. Since I found out about all your shameful secrets, I obviously have proof you did them. If you don’t want me to expose you and ruin your reputation, you better behave and follow my instructions!” said He Jichen in a clear voice as he completely ignored Yang Li’s embarrassing state.

“As long as you do well, I’ll forgive you for what you did to Ji Yi.”

“But I have to say this first of all… I don’t care that you like to play with women, nor do I care if you continue to do it, but remember this! Ji Yi is my woman – He Jichen’s woman! She’s definitely not someone you can casually think about as you please!”

The expression on He Jichen’s face wasn’t overly angry. The warm, dim yellow hotel room lights made his face look elegant and handsome. However, there was a cold and hate-filled aura rising from his eyes. “Because you’re not worthy of thinking about her!”

After saying his piece, He Jichen didn’t need to stay any longer, so he pulled the door open and ignored the two young, beautiful and well-dressed women standing outside the door for a while. Then he took big strides into the elevator and left the Four Seasons hotel.

It was already three in the morning by the time he returned home.

Ji Yi was fast asleep just as she was when he left.

There was blood on He Jichen’s clothes, so he threw them into the laundry hamper and walked into the bathroom for a shower. When he laid back down in bed, he reached out and hugged Ji Yi.

He was really gentle and careful with her, but it still managed to wake her up.

She was probably really sleepy because her eyelids barely opened a crack. “He Jichen?”

He didn’t say anything but lowered his head and kissed her on the lips. He started to softly kiss her until she started gasping for breath. That was when he stopped then seductively and quietly spoke with his lips upon hers: “Call me husband…”

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She didn’t make a sound.

His hand slipped to her waist then stroked her soft skin. After he felt her body trembling gently, he seductively cried, “Call me husband…”

His teasing made her legs go weak as she couldn’t move beneath his body.

He saw that she wasn’t uttering a word, so he pretended to be violent and bit her shoulder. “You gonna say it?”

As his voice fell, she felt the tip of his tongue licking her skin, leaving an intensely numb sensation. It took her breath away. “Husband…” she pleaded.

“Say it again…” he slurred as the tip of his tongue remained glued to her.

She didn’t make another sound, so he raised her legs up high and barged into her world incredibly slowly.

This kind of torturous feeling was enough to make her cry again, “Husband!”

“Hm?” He acted like he was going to go in all the way, but in the end, he didn’t. Ji Yi heard his low, unhurried voice and once again, she cried without thinking twice, “Husband…”

His waist abruptly slammed into the deepest part of her world hard. He lifted Ji Yi’s head, kissed her lips and lingered there for a long time. Then he hugged her and flipped her over so that he was on the bottom and she was on top. Then he used his hands to push her back down. He raised his head and kissed her breasts, leaving wet marks upon wet marks…

Xie Siyao and Qian Ge were known sisters in the industry. On Xie Siyao’s birthday, Qian Ge always immediately posted birthday wishes to her. Whenever Qian Ge released a new drama, Xie Siyao chose the most beautiful photos of Qian Ge after every episode and posted them on her Weibo. She would then compliment Qian Ge and tag her.

Actually, Xie Siyao and Qian Ge were quite similar; they were both child celebrities. Once, Qian Ge stole Ji Yi’s role as the supporting actress, making her deeply loathe Qian Ge. At the same time, because of Ji Yi, Xie Siyao and Qian Ge also became great friends.

In most female friendships, women could only both suffer and they could never both enjoy happiness at the same time. However, Xie Siyao and Qian Ge were different. They both had unspeakable secrets and information they could use against each other. Even after Qian Ge became famous, she was secretly still bitter and jealous deep down, but the two of them still had a good relationship.

As time went on, Xie Siyao gradually forgot how she and Qian Ge first got together. Even now, she thought she and Qian Ge were really sisters.

So when Qian Ge’s reputation was ruined and her popularity dropped after trying to sabotage Ji Yi for copying her performance, she still stood by Qian Ge. She spent two days and nights with her and she even paid for a week’s holiday to the Maldives for the two of them.

After Qian Ge shot to fame, she always took care of Xie Siyao, but Xie Siyao must’ve really not been destined for this life because no matter how many good dramas she acted in or how well she acted, nobody remembered her. She never became famous and over time, Xie Siyao felt that she might not be cut out to be a big celebrity. That was when she figured she should just marry a wealthy man and comfortably live out her life as a caged canary.

Not long after she had that thought, Xie Siyao met Chen Mingda at a party.

Even though Chen Baida wasn’t considered handsome, he won her heart because he was young which was better than those old-fashioned, fat old men. Also, he was willing to spend money on Xie Siyao, so without much thought, she accepted Chen Mingda and the two of them started dating.

Chapter 913: A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You (13) Translator: Paperplane Editor: Caron_

Chen Mingda really didn’t treat Xie Siyao half bad. He bought her endless gifts and even when he was busy, he never forgot to call her.

Xie Siyao had to admit that no matter where she went, she showed off her boyfriend. She did it partially because in the past few years, she always envied others in relationships, so she wanted other people to admire her. Xie Siyao also felt that she wasn’t doing this only because Chen Mingda was rich but because she was slowly falling for him too.

The most touching thing Chen Mingda’d done for Xie Siyao was after Qian Ge’s losses. The investors for the new drama about to be released from her and Qian Ge’s studio withdrew their investments at the last minute. This meant the huge investment was held up; they couldn’t get it back and the drama couldn’t be developed further.

Just as they felt at a dead end, Qian Ge suggested they ask Chen Mingda to see if he had any intentions to invest.

A small part of Xie Siyao didn’t actually want to since she was afraid Chen Mingda would think she was with him for the money and this would affect their relationship. However, Qian Ge was her best friend. After fully contemplating it, on a dark and dreary night after she and Chen Mingda finished being intimate, she carefully brought it up. Of course, she repeatedly emphasized he didn’t have to invest. She was just asking for Qian Ge.

To Xie Siyao’s surprise, Chen Mingda actually agreed without a second thought.

And that was when she officially introduced Chen Mingda to Qian Ge.

Xie Siyao wanted to marry Chen Mingda and be a comfortable golden canary, but as time went on, Xie Siyao thought having nothing to do every day was no way to live. Once again, to Xie Siyao’s surprise, after Chen Mingda found out she was bored as hell, he actually helped her get a role on the movie “Fleeting Years.” Although it was a supporting female role and not the leading female role, it was much better than the roles Qian Ge used to get her.

Xi Siyao practically lived in complete comfort. She viewed Chen MIngda as her savior. She used to say “Oh how annoying,” but that became “My Mingda…”

Xie Siyao always believed she lived poorly most of her life, but finally, things were turning around for her. She lived every day happily. Even her period, which made her have suicidal thoughts and made her erratically angry in the past, now seemed to have disappeared for the past few months.

However, Xie Siyao didn’t know what sin she committed in the past to deserve someone viciously hitting her back with a bat after enduring over ten years of hard work.

Xie Siyao had no memory of what happened. All she knew was that she and Qian Ge had plans to meet up at a party. Then, just as the party was almost over, it seemed like she had too much to drink and her consciousness was completely hazy. She couldn’t remember who helped carry her upstairs, but after she woke up, she wasn’t wearing anything. She laid on the big hotel bed with searing pain in her waist and back.

At first, she thought Chen Mingda took her back home last night then they drunkenly spent the night together afterward. She sat up. Through the mirror in front of her, she saw her body was filled with hickeys. The corner of her lips curved slightly, but before it could turn into the most beautiful smile, she saw a man lying beside her through the mirror. He wasn’t Chen Mingda.

Chapter 914: A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You (14) Translator: Paperplane Editor: Caron_

It felt like Xie Siyao’s head had been hit hard on the head with a bat. She stared transfixed at the man for a long time through the mirror before she recognized him as the male lead of “Fleeting Years,” Yang Li.

How come it’s him?

She knew he was also there at last night’s party, but they didn’t cross paths. After she got drunk, how did they end up in the same room?

Xie Siyao racked her brain for a long time, but she had no memory of how she and Yang Li slept together.

Perhaps she woke up Yang Li beside her because she sat up too abruptly. After he was conscious for a while, he felt that something was off, so he abruptly turned his head to find Xie Siyao staring back at him.

He didn’t wait for Xie Siyao to speak before he furrowed his brows. “How did you end up with me?” he asked with a stunned expression.

After his voice fell, his gaze froze upon Xie Siyao’s shoulder. He stared at all the densely packed hickeys he left on her last night. “Also, last night… you and I…” he continued to say after being stunned for two seconds.

He only managed to spit out half the sentence before he stopped for a second then spoke again. “…What in the hell happened?”

Xie Siyao wanted to know what happened too, but she couldn’t remember anything. Deep down, she knew she and Yang Li most probably drank a lot last night. After they got drunk, they had sex. Whether or not this was true, she was even more afraid of Chen Mingda finding out she and Yang Li slept together.

Deep down, she thought about it over and over again. In the end, she decided in order to live happily for the rest of her life, this never happened. Regarding the confused expression on Yang Li’s face, she said, “Yang Li, I don’t know what happened last night either. You know I have a boyfriend and we’re getting ready to marry. You didn’t lose out last night and what’s more, if this gets out, it won’t be good for either of us. So, when we step out of this hotel room door, can we just completely forget what happened last night?”

If it was any other man, after sex, they would want nothing more than to not take responsibility. This was why Yang Li’s eyes lit up after he heard what Xie Siyao said. Then he hesitantly said, “Are you sure?”

Xie Siyao only wanted to quickly resolve the situation and leave, so without any hesitation, she looked at Yang Li then nodded violently. “I’m sure.”

“Alright, let’s pretend nothing happened yesterday, but I never like to owe people anything. Even though you have Prince Chen and Prince Chen isn’t short of money, I still want to give you something as compensation…”

Xie Siyao didn’t even wait for Yang Li to finish as she quickly picked up her clothes and got dressed. Then she ran out of the hotel in a hurry like she was running for her life.

Xie Siyao had plans to meet Chen Mingda that day to go to the cinemas, but now that this happened with Tang Li, she was covered in hickeys. How could she dare to see Chen Mingda? When she got home, she charged into the bathroom and used a whole bottle of body wash and took a full three hours in the shower. She showered until her skin was wrinkled then she dragged her drenched body out of the bathroom. She found her phone and gave Chen Mingda a call.

She lied to Chen Mingda by saying she had a family emergency and needed to head back to her parents’ house.

Chen Mingda’s first reaction was to ask if she wanted him to go back with her.

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Xie Siyao heard Chen Mingda’s words and tears almost came crashing down. She worked hard to stay composed. After she declined Chen Mingda’s offer, she didn’t dare chat too long with him, so she hurriedly hung up.

Xie Siyao didn’t go back to her parent’s house nor did she go to the studio. She just stayed at home for days. At first, Chen Mingda called her every now and then to check on her like usual, but on the third day, Chen Mingda actually didn’t call her the entire day.

In the past, Chen Mingda acted like this in the past when he was busy with work, so Xie Siyao thought Chen Mingda was just busy with urgent work. She called him but when she realized no one was picking up, she stopped disturbing him with phone calls. Instead, she sent him messages to remind him to eat on time and take care of himself.

On the fourth day, after Xie Siyao woke up, her first reaction was to pick up her phone. She found that her phone was completely devoid of notifications. There wasn’t a single call or text from Chen Mingda, so that was when she realized something wasn’t right.

She called Chen Mingda several times but no one picked up. She continued to call, but after the fourth ring, she was cut off. She continued to call but she was greeted with: “Sorry, the phone you are calling has been switched off.”

For as long Xie Siyao and Chen Mingda had been together, this had never happened. She suddenly started to panic. She knew full well that Chen Mingda’s phone was off, but she still called him relentlessly. Since she couldn’t get through, she turned to texting. She lost track of the number of messages she sent until the low battery notification popped up on her phone and it automatically turned off. That was when she realized she needed to charge her phone. She grabbed her car keys and drove to Chen Mingda’s home.

She knocked on his door for ages but no one answered. She went to his office but the person at the front desk didn’t recognize her. Unlike before, she wasn’t allowed to go upstairs, so she used the landline phone to call the manager. In the end, Chen Mingda’s secretary came down to tell her that Chen Mingda was out of the country on a business trip.

Xie Siyao asked when he was going to come back. The secretary said she didn’t know and handed Xie Siyao a letter which Chen Mingda asked to be handed over to her.

Women were naturally straightforward, so she told Xie Siyao there was absolutely nothing good in the letter. Xie Siyao was unwilling to face the facts or maybe she couldn’t accept it. She chose to act confused although she knew the truth. She didn’t open the letter and asked the secretary to please call her when Chen Mingda returned.

The secretary promised her and personally saw her out of Chen Mingda’s office.

Back home, Xie Siyao stared at the letter for over two hours before she opened it. There was an empty cheque inside with three familiar words written in the signature area in a person’s handwriting she knew far too well —”Chen Mingda.”

Xie Siyao understood what Chen Mingda meant by giving her this cheque.

People were all the same. They didn’t cry until they saw the coffin and their hearts didn’t die until they reached their goal.

Xie Siyao pretended she knew nothing and continued to call Chen Mingda every day.

For a whole week, Xie Siyao wasn’t able to reach Chen Mingda. It wasn’t until a week later when she happened to bump into Chen Mingda at the entrance of China World Hotel Beijing while heading to a party.

Chen Mingda saw her but showed no intention of wanting to talk to her, so he quickly withdrew his dull gaze away and got into his own car.

Xie Siyao instinctively caught up to Chen Mingda’s car, stopping him from driving away.