The CEO's Substitute Ex-Wife
Chapter 56: Start Over?

Chapter 56: Start Over?

Ye Feimo’s eyes were cold and deep. "Oh, the second female lead?"

"How could it be!"

"Why should I hire you?"

"Feimo, besides me, who else can you find to play Liang Hongyu? Who else has my star power?" Han Bi said with even more confidence. Ever since she heard that Anning was preparing to film "Liang Hongyu," she had wanted to play the lead role.

This was her chance. Through this film, she could have more contact with Ye Feimo, and with Lin Ning’s reputation, she could climb to a higher level. For her, it was killing two birds with one stone. For Anning International, having her would guarantee box office success. It was a mutually beneficial relationship.

A mocking smile flickered across Ye Feimo’s lips. "Are you planning to abandon ’The Beauty and the Schemer’ and offer me an olive branch instead?"

"I think ’Liang Hongyu’ is more suitable for me."

Ye Feimo scoffed. "Han Bi, in this entire industry, at most you’re just an actress who stands a little taller than the others. There’s nothing so special about you. Just because you think ’Liang Hongyu’ suits you, does Anning have to roll out the red carpet and accept your olive branch? Have you been in the entertainment industry for so many years and still don’t understand? You might be suitable, but you might not get the role. Years ago, my mother kicked you out of Anning International. There’s no way I’ll give you the role of Liang Hongyu. If you want to act in Anning International’s productions, you’d better deal with my mother first."

Han Bi hadn’t expected Ye Feimo to reject her so ruthlessly. With her current status, any film production company would welcome her if she wanted to star in their movie. Ye Feimo’s rejection made Han Bi feel very embarrassed.

"Anning International is under your control now, it’s no longer... not Madam Ye’s."

"So what if it is?" Ye Feimo sneered. He turned to leave, but as if remembering something, he turned back and said casually, "Oh right, there’s an open audition for the role of Liang Hongyu. Miss Han, if you’re interested, you can participate."

Having said that, he didn’t look at Han Bi’s twisted and awkward expression and strode away.

Han Bi clenched her fists. She couldn’t believe what she had just heard. An open audition? Ye Feimo wanted her to participate in an open audition? The so-called open audition meant competing for the role of Liang Hongyu with a bunch of newcomers, some famous and some unknown. How dare he humiliate her like this?

Wait, did Ye Feimo mean that she still had a chance?

Han Bi couldn’t tell whether she was angry or happy for a moment, her thoughts in turmoil. She had left herself a way out. If she couldn’t play Liang Hongyu, she could still play in "The Beauty and the Schemer." It wouldn’t delay her. Both were very good film productions with top-notch crews.

Fang Liucheng looked at Wen Nuan with complex emotions. She was about to get into the car but was stopped by Fang Liucheng. "Wen Nuan, are you and Ye Feimo serious?"

"That’s none of your business," Wen Nuan said awkwardly. Ever since Fang Liucheng had revealed his feelings for her, Wen Nuan’s feelings towards him had become more complicated, neither love nor hate.

"Nuan Nuan, do you know why I entered the film and television industry two years ago?" Fang Liucheng looked at Wen Nuan and asked softly, his gaze in the lamplight appearing ambiguous and affectionate.

The mountaintop was filled with dazzling starlight, adding a touch of romance. Wen Nuan suddenly remembered her eighteenth birthday when Fang Liucheng took her out to dinner. That night was also filled with brilliant starlight, incomparably beautiful. He had treated her extremely well, gentle and caring in every way.

Even if it was acting, over a decade of acting must have had some truth in it, right?

A gust of cool wind blew past, scattering her memories. Wen Nuan suddenly came back to her senses. That memory was too beautiful for her, and recalling it brought a pang of sadness.

"I don’t know," Wen Nuan said. She didn’t want to know either. Her eyes glanced at Ye Feimo and Han Bi on the stone bridge. She thought to herself, what were they talking about? Ye Feimo was still attached to Han Bi. That man was incredibly awkward; the more he cared, the more he pretended not to.

Actually, his heart didn’t think that way. If there wasn’t some lingering affection, he wouldn’t have given Han Bi the chance to be alone with him.

Fang Liucheng looked at Wen Nuan’s face, and his heart ached.

"Do you still remember what you said on your eighteenth birthday?" Fang Liucheng asked, afraid she had forgotten. Over so many years, it seemed like Wen Nuan had always been chasing after him, always clinging to him.

But he was the one who remembered every little detail between them. If he had really decided to ignore Wen Nuan, how could she have clung to him for so many years, always self-deceptively forgetting that she was the Wen family’s daughter?

He had always thought that once all the truth was revealed, he and she could never go back. So he had greedily enjoyed the happiness that didn’t belong to him.

Now that she had withdrawn, he was sinking deeper and deeper. Who was the more pathetic one?

Wen Nuan was taken aback. Her eighteenth birthday?

What had she said?

She recalled for a moment, then suddenly understood. That day happened to be the Golden Laurel Awards ceremony, right here in A City. After dinner, Fang Liucheng had taken her to see it. Looking at the actors receiving awards on stage, her heart had been filled with envy and admiration.

She had said that she also loved acting, that she wanted to study acting at A University, that she hoped one day she could be like those actors, receiving awards and gaining people’s recognition.

Back then, Wen Nuan had been purely filled with dreams. She had been artistically gifted since childhood, excelling in both dance and music, and later she had indeed gotten into the acting department of A University.

Fang Liucheng still remembered?

Wen Nuan looked at him in surprise, not expecting Fang Liucheng to remember these things. She had thought he didn’t want to remember anything about their past. "You, because of me, only then..."

She didn’t want to presumptuously think that all of this was because of him, but what did Fang Liucheng’s eyes mean? What was the pain in his eyes? As an actress, she was much more sensitive and understanding of the meaning behind someone’s physical expressions than ordinary people.

Wen Nuan was a little afraid to pursue the meaning behind this.

Did Fang Liucheng really like her?

"Yes, because of you, I started to get involved in the entertainment industry," Fang Liucheng said in a deep voice, confirming her guess. A sharp pain shot through Wen Nuan’s heart. Why did he wait until after doing all those things to tell her this?

"I wanted to provide you with excellent development conditions, I wanted to pave a smooth path for your career, Nuan Nuan. Perhaps it’s already a little late to say these things. If..." Fang Liucheng gritted his teeth, a hint of pain and compromise appearing on his usually cold face. "If I return the Wen family’s business to your father, can you continue to love me? Can we start over? I swear, this time I won’t disappoint you again."

Wen Nuan was stunned by Fang Liucheng’s words, completely dumbfounded.

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