After Sharing Senses with the Paranoid CEO, the Infamous Starlet was Forced into Pampering Chapter 28
Chapter 28: How Is Your Body Feeling?
Li Yanzhou’s teasing tone drove Xia Mu nearly mad. He took a deep breath, opened the car door, and ran out:
“Y-you come out after you’re done changing.”
Watching Xia Mu’s fleeing back, the smile on Li Yanzhou’s lips deepened.
As soon as Xia Mu got out of the car, Xu Wenyi walked over quickly, burning with anxiety. She pulled Xia Mu and examined him from left to right, then felt his forehead with her hand, asking with a frown:
“How are you feeling? Is there anywhere on your body that feels uncomfortable? Your forehead doesn’t feel like you have a fever, but the seawater was too cold, and what the anti-fan threw was ice water. We can’t rule out the possibility of you catching a cold and getting a fever tonight…”
Xu Wenyi’s mouth didn’t stop as she pulled at Xia Mu in worry. Among the celebrities she had managed in the past, even if they had anti-fans, none had experienced something as extreme as Xia Mu just did. Splashing a bucket of ice water on someone in the dead of winter—Xu Wenyi felt that the person was simply deranged.
“Yi-jie, I’m really fine. Look, aren’t my hands quite warm? My temperature is normal, too.” Xia Mu smiled, trying to comfort her.
Xu Wenyi glanced in the direction of the van; President Li still hadn’t come out.
With Xu Wenyi’s sharp eye, she had astutely sensed that something was amiss as early as when Qin Yu suddenly notified her to manage Xia Mu.
Initially, she thought Xia Mu was someone riding on connections—a pretty vase with neither acting skills nor capability. But after reading through all of Xia Mu’s files, Xu Wenyi completely changed her mind.
His strong psychological resilience and emotional management, outstanding vocal conditions and dialogue delivery, high level of professionalism, and public image management, coupled with that exquisitely beautiful face…
Xia Mu absolutely had what it takes to gain a foothold in the entertainment circle.
He was only 21 years old right now. Looking at it long-term, it wasn’t even impossible for him to win Best Actor.
Xu Wenyi looked at Xia Mu, whose smile, as he continued to comfort her even now, was exceptionally dazzling and infectious.
If she hadn’t figured out President Li and Xia Mu’s relationship before, Xu Wenyi had certainly seen clearly this time.
From his instruction to not let Xia Mu date, to the usually calm man frantically pulling Xia Mu into his embrace in sheer panic, to the cherishing look revealed in his eyes.
However, Xu Wenyi wouldn’t change her cultivation of Xia Mu just because of this relationship between him and her top boss. She completely treated Xia Mu as her own artist, acting methodically according to a plan, just like the ones she managed before, intending to mold Xia Mu into a rising star in the industry.
Just as Xu Wenyi was thinking this, she saw President Li stepping out of the van. His outfit was just a bit bizarre—the pants on him were a segment too short, exposing his ankles in the dead of winter, and the short down jacket he was wearing was obviously Xia Mu’s. Fortunately, winter clothes were generally loose-fitting, so President Li could still wear them somewhat decently.
Li Yanzhou glanced into the distance; Xia Mu was with the short film’s director.
Qin Yu, having handled all the matters, walked toward Li Yanzhou. Seeing Xu Wenyi was there too, he greeted her before looking at Li Yanzhou and saying:
“The police were called, and the person has been escorted to the station. The bucket of water splashed on Mr. Xia has also been photographed and recorded as evidence. There were still unmelted ice cubes at the bottom of the bucket, the largest being nearly 4 centimeters in diameter. We cannot rule out the possibility that Mr. Xia might be injured. Immediate medical attention is recommended.”
“What? There were ice cubes too?”
Li Yanzhou’s brows furrowed tightly, and his voice turned cold. He didn’t seem to have noticed any wounds on Xia Mu’s body just now, but that was only a cursory observation. What if there was something he hadn’t noticed?
Li Yanzhou quickly walked toward Xia Mu, only to hear him discussing the details of the shoot with the director—asking if he hadn’t done a certain part well and if a reshoot was necessary.
“You’re already like this and you still want to shoot it again?” Li Yanzhou’s cool, thin voice suddenly appeared behind him.
“Not really, the director said it was a one-take pass.” Xia Mu was especially excited. He finally didn’t have to soak in that bone-piercing seawater anymore.
“Are you injured anywhere?”
“I don’t think so? I don’t feel uncomfortable anywhere,” Xia Mu said, blinking.
“To the hospital first.”
Li Yanzhou knew that asking him was equivalent to asking for nothing.
“Didn’t I just say I was fine?” Xia Mu was a bit puzzled.
“Unmelted ice cubes were found inside the bucket.” Li Yanzhou suppressed his temper. Seeing Xia Mu dawdling, he directly grabbed his wrist and walked toward the car.
“Hey! Wait, I can walk myself.” Xia Mu, pulled by Li Yanzhou, accidentally stumbled.
Li Yanzhou steadied him and slowed his pace, waiting for Xia Mu to catch up.
“Then what about that anti-fan? Did we call the police? Was the evidence preserved? Is there security footage?” Xia Mu had a dual degree in law and was quite sensitive to these things, but this barrage of questions only made Li Yanzhou more irritable, and his tone wasn’t great:
“Qin Yu is handling all of that. Why aren’t you concerned about your own body?”
“I just felt like I was fine, sorry.”
Xia Mu knew Li Yan was worried about him, so he offered a quiet defense.
Li Yanzhou turned his head and looked at Xia Mu, who was hanging his head with a listless expression. He pursed his lips and softened his voice:
“The police were called and she was taken away. The evidence is all preserved, and a follow-cam recorded the entire incident. I’m the one who should be saying sorry…”
Li Yanzhou felt a bit of self-blame. When Xu Wenyi became Xia Mu’s manager, he had arranged nearly twenty bodyguards for Xia Mu. Yet, he had only brought three of them along this time. The anti-fan succeeding was due to their negligence in failing to stop her.
Who would have thought the anti-fan would disguise herself as a tourist playing on the beach to suddenly approach Xia Mu? Even he, who had already rushed to Xia Mu’s vicinity by then, failed to stop it.
“Why are you apologizing?”
Xia Mu lifted his head, looking at Li Yan in confusion, but the man kept his lips tightly pressed and didn’t speak again.
However, with witnesses and physical evidence, this matter would be easy to handle. Although Xia Mu usually looked smiling and harmless, once trouble arose, he wasn’t ambiguous at all.
He was a law student, after all; he knew how to use the weapon of the law to defend his own rights.
Having too many people was useless, so Li Yanzhou didn’t let Xu Wenyi and the rest follow. He only brought Qin Yu and had the driver take the three of them to the nearest hospital.
Li Yanzhou made Xia Mu undergo a comprehensive examination. While waiting for the results on a hospital bench, Xia Mu suddenly let out a laugh:
“Li Yan, it seems you weren’t wrong. I don’t understand why every time I see you, it’s always when I’m in my most miserable state, and we spend most of our time in the hospital… By the way, let me explain: my body is actually quite healthy, I haven’t been to the hospital much.”
“You…” Li Yanzhou hesitated to speak, merely giving a flat nod.
Not been to the hospital much? Just last year, his horse was spooked, and he fell off, lying in the hospital for over a month. The summer before that, while filming an action scene, the wire snapped, causing him to break his arm and end up in the hospital. The year before that, during a riverside fight scene, he was accidentally injured by a weapon prop, leaving a faint scar on his brow bone to this day…
Li Yanzhou couldn’t even count the injuries Xia Mu had sustained over the years from being an actor, and because of their shared senses, he clearly felt Xia Mu’s wounds every single time.