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Jiang Mian's plan is that she won't sign with any company and will open a studio by herself and be the boss.
Either don't do it, or do your best if you do it. This is her code of conduct.
After thinking about it, she didn't explicitly agree to the actor's father, but she didn't refuse either. She just held his arm and said, "Dad, you forgot, I'm just a freshman. Even if I want to sign a contract, it's still early. There's no rush."
Qin Jingrun wanted to say something else, but Jiang Mian reminded: "Dad, if we don't hurry up, we will be late for the dance."
Qin Jingrun had no choice but to put aside the signing of the contract for the time being. Anyway, as his precious daughter said, she was only in her first year of college, so it was early, so there was no rush.
He quickly asked Xia Qi to fix Jiang Mian's hair. After spending half an hour, Qin Jingrun took out the beautiful crown he had prepared and put it on Jiang Mian's head.
Jiang Mian remembered that there was a crown given to her by her rich father in the hotel room. After seeing it too much, she became immune and allowed her father, the best actor, to treat her like a doll.
The actor's father also changed into a new suit, and the father and daughter looked great standing together.
Xia Qi looked at it with sadness and admiration.
Finally, Qin Jingrun led Jiang Mian, who was dressed like a princess, into the car.
Chen Xu acted as the driver and arrived at the destination an hour later.
When getting off the car, Chen Xu took out the prepared mask from the car and told the father and daughter: "Don't take it off casually, especially you, Mianmian."
Jiang Mian nodded, she knew Chen Xu was worried.
Even if someone recognizes the actor's father, as long as she wears a mask and is not recognized, it will be fine.
"Mianmian, please stay with daddy this time and don't run around." The actor's father couldn't help but warn him as he thought of the last time he took Jiang Mian to a cocktail party and the latter broke a man's wrist.
"I wear a mask on my face, so others can't recognize me, so no one will come close to us." At most, the organizer will ask him to go out to talk, and we'll talk about it then.
He had to keep his precious daughter under his nose before he could rest assured.
"You all listen to daddy." Jiang Mian responded obediently.
Planning is good, but often plans cannot keep up with changes.
When the father and daughter entered the ball hall, the two young men actually sprayed champagne with them, causing many people at the ball to avoid them. When they entered, many people happened to rush over. The father and daughter were forced to rush away, and the mask on the actor's father's face also fell, and someone quickly recognized him.
Jiang Mian wanted to go back to find the actor's father. Through the crowd, he saw several men in suits and ties surrounding the actor's father. Chen Xu followed him.
After thinking about it, Jiang Mian didn't go there.
If a woman comes to the actor's father later, it won't be too late for her to step forward and rescue him.
Jiang Mian grabbed some food and chose a small independent sofa to sit down on. While eating, he looked around.
Because it was a makeup party, people were wearing whatever clothes they wanted. Most of them had masks on their faces, a few didn't, and some had strange makeup on their faces that made it difficult to see their true colors.
She saw a girl wearing a nurse uniform and zombie makeup, looking scary everywhere.
Jiang Mian: "..."
No wonder some people would open champagne and spray it randomly. After all, they were all wearing masks and didn’t know each other, so they just came here casually.
"Beautiful lady, let's dance." Just as he looked back, a laughing voice sounded in his ears. Jiang Mian looked up and faced a frog mask.
The frog was wearing a burgundy and sexy suit. He bent slightly and stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.
There was a dance floor in the middle of the dance, and many people were dancing on it.
"Sorry, I can't." Jiang Mian shook his head and politely refused.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. I can teach you." The frog didn't give up, lowered his voice and said charmingly, "I have good dancing skills, I can teach you soon."
Jiang Mian refused again and said in a much tougher tone: "Thank you, no need."
At a dance like this, it is normal for a man to ask a woman to dance, but if the woman refuses twice in a row, the man should leave without hesitation.
However, the frog didn't seem to hear Jiang Mian's rejection. Instead of leaving, he took two glasses of wine from the side and handed one to Jiang Mian: "Since the lady doesn't want to dance, how about I drink two glasses with you?"
Jiang Mian finally looked at him, and his eyes lit up behind the frog mask.
He had long been eyeing Jiang Mian. Even though he couldn't see her facial features clearly, with her exposed white and tender skin, paired with this skirt, and the special temperament she revealed in every movement and silence...
He concluded that this was the best.
And it's been a long time since he met the best.
Jiang Mian looked at the wine glass he handed over, took it, shook it slightly, then handed the wine back, curling her lips and saying, "I want to drink the glass in your hand."
The frog paused: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Mian tilted his head: "Don't you want to?"
Frog smiled, exchanged the wine glass in his hand with Jiang Mian's, and suddenly said: "My friend seems to be looking for me, excuse me." He took the glass of wine and left.
Jiang Mian's eyes fell on his back, and there was a coldness in his eyes.
In the wine that Frog gave her, she smelled a smell of inferior incense. The other party had drugged the wine, and his movements were silent. When he took the wine, he put the drug in instantly. He was obviously an expert.
Since the actor's father could bring her to this dance, it meant that it was a very formal private dance. I didn't expect that this would happen.
Someone actually drugged her right under her nose.
After thinking about it, Jiang Mian stood up and followed Frog not far or close behind him.
Frog carried the wine and entered a three-seater booth.
There were two people sitting there, one wearing a fox and the other wearing a lion.
"No success?" asked the lion.
Frog put the wine glass on the small coffee table: "She saw that I added some ingredients to it."
Fox: "How did she see it?"
The frog was unhappy: "How do I know... She has already discovered it. I can't force her to drink it. Damn, it's really the best. When I first got close, there was a faint fragrance on my body. That taste... "
These three are all playboys whose families have some money, and there is no shortage of women around them, but what they love to do most is to look for targets at the dance.
Found it, let’s talk first.
If the other party takes the bait without having to do anything, they will be happy and at ease.
In this case, most of the time it is a matter of mutual consent.
Sometimes when they encounter uncooperative prey, they will take special actions - get some poison.
After the prey wakes up, if it cries, they just give it money.
For them, doing this kind of thing is extremely exciting.
They also have a plan and will only look for someone who is alone at the dance. In this case, no one will notice the other person disappearing for a while.
But the frog didn't expect that the best guy he was interested in actually saw that he had drugged the wine.
It's not a good thing for both parties if things get serious, so the frog stops and stops.
The fox sighed: "What a pity."
…
Jiang Mian listened to all the conversations of these three people.
Whether inside or outside the industry, drugging is all too common.
Even if the police are called, it will be difficult to convict without definite evidence.
So they are confident.
It's okay if she didn't meet him, but if she did meet him, it would be an extraordinary time and she would be treated in an extraordinary way.
Jiang Mian took another glass of wine and slowly walked towards the three of them. After taking two steps, a man and a woman wearing a monkey mask walked over and sat down opposite the three of them.
Jiang Mian paused.
She stopped not because someone passed by suddenly, but because of the woman who appeared.
The woman was wearing a yellow dress, with half of her long hair curled behind her head and half hanging down her waist. She wore a rabbit mask in front of her face—it was Guan Xin.
After all, Jiang Mian and Guan Xin have been acting together on the set for so long that even if she can't see her face clearly, she can still tell who she is by dressing up like this.
Why is she here too
Jiang Mian turned his attention to the monkey—is this person Shen Shiqing
The monkey said something, but it was not Shen Shiqing's voice.
"Miss Guan, there's no need to be so nervous. I'm just inviting you over for a drink." Monkey said.
Monkey put the glass of spiked wine on the table in front of Guan Xin.
Guan Xin refused. She was not stupid. No matter what the occasion, she should not easily accept wine from strangers.
The reason why she was able to attend this dance was that Shen Shiqing brought her here. Shen Shiqing was called away just now. She stood aside and carefully looked at the people around her.
Then the man in the monkey mask comes and invites her.
He introduced himself as Huang Wenkang.
Guan Xin's heart moved.
When she set off, Zheng Xiaoyu sent her a list on WeChat, which included some of the guests invited to the ball.
Guan Xin didn't know where Zheng Xiaoyu got this list, but she still subconsciously remembered all the names on the list.
She knew some of the names on the list and some she didn't. All she knew were celebrities known in the industry.
What surprised her most was that she also saw Qin Jingrun on the list.
Guan Xin was a little excited, but she didn't expect that Qin Jingrun would also come to the banquet.
If she had the chance to meet Qin Jingrun and say a few words, that would be enough for her.
It's just that everyone at the dance was wearing masks and different clothes. It was too difficult to tell which one was Qin Jingrun.
As for Huang Wenkang, it is clearly written on the list that he is the youngest son of XX real estate tycoon.
This kind of identity would be beneficial to her if she could get acquainted with him.
But when she thought about Shen Shiqing, she hesitated. She would definitely be unhappy if Shen Shiqing saw her leaving with another man.
After thinking about it for a while, she sternly refused.
But Huang Wenkang refused to give up and invited him several times. Guan Xin could not find Shen Shiqing, and finally came over half-heartedly.
She can't always rely on Shen Shiqing, she should also make other connections, as long as she keeps her heart.
When she develops, she will be able to help Qiwen even more in the future.
Thinking this way, my heart became more determined.
Guan Xin said: "Sorry, I'm allergic to alcohol and can't drink."
As she said that, she suddenly felt someone's eyes falling on her. She looked subconsciously and saw only a hint of pink hidden in the crowd.
…
Jiang Mian sat back on the small sofa. When she saw Guan Xin talking with the group of people, she finally remembered that this was a very important plot later in the original book.
Guan Xin attended a masquerade party, but was drugged at the masquerade party. She woke up midway and resisted until Shen Shiqing arrived to save her.
Huang Wenkang, who stunned her, and his three friends were all repaired by Shen Shiqing.
But in order to show her kindness and generosity, the heroine told Shen Shiqing that she had no major problems and hoped that he would let them go.
Although Shen Shiqing was unhappy, he finally let Huang Wenkang and the others go for Guan Xin's sake.
Then the four people were naturally grateful to Guan Xin, especially Huang Wenkang. From then on, they loved Guan Xin deeply, like a little wolf dog. He would do whatever Guan Xin asked him to do, and he was very obedient.
The four of them, Huang Wenkang, will form an alliance with the male protagonist in the later stages and confront Shen Shiqing, causing a lot of obstacles for Shen Shiqing. As a result, Shen Shiqing later regretted why he had listened to Guan Xin and let the four people go.
Jiang Mian didn't expect that attending a dance party with the actor's father would also lead to the development of the plot in the original book.
She stabbed a piece of cantaloupe with a fork and prepared to watch the show.
"Miss Jiang, is the melon sweet?" A voice came from behind suddenly.