This statement immediately made An Qiuyan feel even more heartbroken and confused.
"Me and Shen Mingjue going public with our relationship? Me officially announcing it with him, shouldn't it be..."
Jian Zhou asked curiously, "Shouldn't it be what?"
The more she spoke, the more she would err. This little one, her disguise wouldn't hold up for long!
An Qiuyan wanted to say that she shouldn't officially announce her relationship with Shen Mingjue until she won her first Best Actress award, and Xianchun Technology achieved a major technological breakthrough, causing her net worth to skyrocket by tens of billions.
Now, she had nothing. No awards, no significant wealth. How could Shen Mingjue go public with her?
Where had things gone wrong?
An Qiuyan was utterly bewildered.
"Shouldn't it be what?" Jian Zhou pressed.
An Qiuyan shook her head and said, "It's nothing. Did you really only see me in the news?"
"Otherwise?" Jian Zhou's gaze was clear. "My mother is traditional and doesn't want me to interact with people in the entertainment industry. When my brother wanted to marry my sister-in-law, she objected repeatedly, but she couldn't sway him, so he went ahead without her consent, making it a done deal. Only then did she have to accept my sister-in-law as her eldest daughter-in-law. Of course, I have to listen to my mother."
Ignoring the advice of elders leads to regrets.
Although Jian Zhou's mother was somewhat feudal, believing that men and women in the entertainment industry were all equally corrupt and few were decent, her words resonated with Jian Zhou.
In his previous life, Jian Zhou disregarded her objections and entered the entertainment industry as a nobody. As a result, he met An Qiuyan, a harbinger of misfortune.
She not only harmed herself but also the entire family, to the point where Jian Zhou's mother resented her youngest son for not listening to her advice before she died.
Although Jian Zhou wasn't a mama's boy, with the lessons learned from his past life, he definitely didn't want to get involved in the entertainment industry this time around.
Of course, there was another reason for him saying this, which was to better conceal himself.
Jiang Ling was the key figure in changing his tragic fate. Before everything was completely reversed, he absolutely could not let her know his identity.
Now that An Qiuyan heard him say he wouldn't enter the entertainment industry, she definitely wouldn't suspect that he would hide by Jiang Ling's side as a mere assistant.
As the saying goes, an open attack is easy to defend against, but a hidden arrow is hard to guard against. Working in the shadows is more convenient.
An Qiuyan had schemed against him so miserably in their previous life. In this life, he also wanted her to taste what it was like to be schemed against until she had nothing and was deserted by everyone.
"What, you're not planning to enter the entertainment industry?"
An Qiuyan was even more surprised when she heard this.
"Yes, is there a problem? I'd only enter the entertainment industry to make money if I were broke. My parents are wealthy. The properties and shops they've already transferred to my name are enough for me to live on for a lifetime. Isn't it great to just lie flat and be a salted fish?" Jian Zhou said, with good reason.
Lying flat was currently the hottest term online.
How many people wished they could lie flat but didn't have the qualifications? He had the conditions, so why shouldn't he?
"No, how did you become like this? Jian Zhou, who is behind this manipulation?"
Jian Zhou's words caused An Qiuyan to feel a great sense of crisis.
What part of the process had gone wrong? Why had everything become different from their previous life?
"Manipulation? Are you out of your mind? I have other things to attend to. Don't call me again."
After saying this, Jian Zhou left the sculpture park without looking back.
He left An Qiuyan stunned, unable to recover for a long time.
...
Jiang Ling held the handheld detector and scanned the house thoroughly, inside and out. After confirming there were no issues, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Putting away the detector, Jiang Ling quickly began her weight loss plan.