I Am Rich

36

In the second and third generation circle of the Imperial capital, everyone knows that there are two young ladies in the Guan family. However they are only familiar with Guan Xi, because she is very popular among the socialites circles. As for the other Guan lady, except for some people who are close to Guan Yuanbai, only few have seen her.

The reason is that this girl never hangs out in their circles, nor does she follow her father and brother to large parties. Over time, people have also forgotten the existence of this lady, so Guan Zhiyi rarely has friends other than those in the entertainment industry.

She is very committed toward her career as an actress, and has been in the industry since she was in college. She is also very insistent on her dream, no matter what small supporting role she starts with, she is willing.

But in life, Guan Zhiyi is actually not a brave and bold person. When she encounters something she can't solve, she will more likely to avoid it. Just like Qi Chengyan, in her opinion, her feelings for him are difficult to solve, so all she could think of now was to just avoid him more.

Guan Zhiyi stayed at home for two weeks, during this period, Qi Chengyan visited her home twice. The first time, she knew that he would come and chose not to go downstairs, while the second time was when she was eating, so she quickly finished her meal, pretending to be calm, said hello and went back to her room.

If it was in the past, she would definitely come to Qi Chengyan's side, chattering about many things that happened during filming.

"She's become a pig recently. She did nothing but stay in her room, either sleeping or eating."Guan Yuanbai said to Qi Chengyan who was sitting in the living room, "Look, she didn't even come over when you came, it's such a rare thing."

Qi Chengyan's eyes slightly lowered, watching the steaming heat lingering in his glass, he said lightly, "She's probably exhausted because of filming."

"Maybe, she was really busy some time ago."

"Well, if there's no other matter, I'm leaving first." Qi Cheng Yan got up.

Guan Yuanbai nodded,"Okay, I will go to your company and talk about the details then."

Qi Chengyan: "Okay."

Qi Chengyan put down the glass and walked towards the door.

When he reached the stairway, he glanced upstairs trying to maintain his composure. Actually the business matter that he talked with Guan Yuanbai today, can be discussed in the company later. Yet he still subconsciously came to make a visit.

He wanted to see her.

No matter how much he tries to ignore it, with his current behavior, he can't fool himself nevertheless.

But he didn't see her.

Qi Chengyan pressed his eyebrows and smiled bitterly, he never knew that he would feel hurt just because he can't see a person.

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This week is the final broadcast for "Dawn and the Wild", currently, regardless of the views number or discussions on the Internet, "Dawn and the Wild" has undoubtedly become the most popular TV series of the year. Hence on the final day, the production team of "Dawn and the Wild" organized a banquet. They invited the cast and crew to have a celebration banquet together.

Since "Dawn and the Wild" IP is owned by Yixing, Qi Chengyan is naturally the main character of this banquet. After knowing that the staff intended to arrange a celebration banquet, he asked someone to book a well-known villa in the Imperial Capital.

Apart from food and drink, there are a lot of fun activities in the villa to reward everyone.

The celebration banquet was held privately and no media reporters were invited, thus Guan Zhiyi just put on light makeup and went out in casual clothes that day.

"Zhiyi, you are here!"

She left home early, and thought that she would come ahead of time, but when she arrived, she already saw a lot of staff and celebrities inside.

Zhao Mingming rushed over when she saw her. After they finished filming, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time. They were very happy to meet again, Guan Zhiyi and her hugged each other, "Long time no see ah."

"Yeah, come here, let's have a good chat today, what have you been up to lately?"

When Zhao Mingming pulled her over, Liu Yun also saw her. Liu Yun was surprised for a moment and hurriedly went to Guan Zhiyi's side to whisper, "Why did you come alone, isn't President Qi going to pick you up."

Guan Zhiyi: "Ah ...... I had already left when he called me."

Liu Yun was dumbfounded,"You came by yourself? Then why don't you call me, I'll pick you up."

"No, I can come by myself."

Liu Yun touch her own forehead, "For god sake, you are not taking a taxi, are you? Did you not have any sense of awareness? What if you get recognized?"

Guan Zhiyi didn't tell Liu Yun that the family driver was the one who had sent her over, smiled and said, "That......didn't I arrive safely in the end?"

"Guan Zhiyi, you have to be more careful!"

"Okay, okay, I know, next time I will let you come and pick me up." Guan Zhiyi comforted Liu Yun for a while, then ran to Zhao Mingming to chat with her.

The celebration banquet started on time at six o'clock, Qi Chengyan stepped on the venue and arrived just at that time. Everyone inside was talking with each other, but after seeing Qi Chengyan coming in, they stopped the conversation and got up to greet him.

Qi Chengyan nodded at the people on the side and looked at Guan Zhiyi who was not far away. She smiled at him when she saw him enter and then continued to chat with the people next to her.

He felt that something was wrong, and that this was not the norm for the two of them, but seriously speaking, is there any problem with this? He can't seem to pinpoint it.

He used to hope that he could keep a little distance from this little girl before, yet now that there really seemed to be distance between them, he realized that he was the one who can't adapt to it.

"Since President Qi is here, let's all take our seats."

"Yes, yes, yes, let's all sit down." The director said, "Today is the celebration banquet for "Dawn and the Wild", you can't go home if you're not drunk tonight**, make sure you have a great time!"

(**let's make a night of it!)

"Director, you don't need to go home if you are drunk today. This villa is so big, there are a lot of rooms!"

"Yes, I have to thank President Qi for it!"

Qi Chengyan smiled lightly,"You don't have to be polite, the success of "Dawn and the Wild" can't be separated from everyone's efforts, it should be."

As he said that, everyone took their seats.

Zhao Mingming was originally sitting next to Guan Zhiyi, but when she inadvertently looked up, she saw Qi Chengyan walking over.

Zhao Mingming did not believe the previous rumors about 'Qi Chengyan kept Guan Zhiyi as a mistress' on the Internet, however, she can vaguely felt something fishy about Qi Chengyan's attitude and feelings towards Guan Zhiyi. Especially when he looked at her and smiled just now, although he didn't say it directly, his intention to make her stand up and move over couldn't be even more obvious! 

So Zhao Mingming didn't even need to ask him, she got up and moved to another seat.

When Guan Zhiyi finished talking to Xiao Ran, she turned around to say something more to Zhao Mingming, only to find that the person sitting next to her was Qi Chengyan. She immediately glanced around the table, and saw Zhao Mingming winked her eyes on the opposite side.

Guan Zhiyi: "..."

"I told you to wait for me, why did you come here first by yourself?"Qi Cheng asked in a shallow voice.

Guan Zhiyi retracted her gaze.

When she was at home, he did call to say he would send her over, it's just that she excused herself and left first. She thought for a while before saying, "I can come by myself, if we come together, it will be easily misunderstood by others."

Qi Chengyan was slightly stunned: "Misunderstood?"

"Yes." Guan Zhiyi said in a serious manner, "I think it's better to keep a little distance in front of others, we have to avoid another rumor."

Qi Chengyan: "You..."

"Come on, everyone, let's toast together, for our "Dawn and the Wild"!" At this moment, the director called out.

Their conversation was interrupted.

Guan Zhiyi raised her glass, stood up and said very cooperatively, "Cheers!"

Guan Zhiyi didn't really want to talk to Qi Chengyan, let alone sit with him.

Staying by his side, she will only be reminded repeatedly by her own heart that this person is very hateful, treating her so well and making her fall in love with him, yet has no other thoughts about her ......

In fact, she also knew that he did nothing wrong, but the moment she saw him, she still unconsciously felt sad, so sad that she even hated him for a bit.

When everyone started drinking and chatting again, she didn't want to stay in the seat beside him anymore, she walked around, drank and chatted with others.

Qi Chengyan as an investor and the boss of Yixing is naturally the target of attention in this occasion, in addition to the artists, many staff members who came today, one by one came to toast him, he was hindered by his position responsibility, hence he could only watch Guan Zhiyi strolling around, laughing and joking while drinking with others.

After a long while, she probably drank a little too much, the little girl ran back to drink a few sips of water. When she finished drinking she didn't move from her position for some time, then got up and walked to her previous position.

Qi Chengyan frowned and clasped her wrist.

"Why......" Guan Zhiyi looked back at him.

She had really drunk a lot, because of her light makeup, he could clearly see the alcohol smudging out of her skin, her entire face was flushed.

Qi Chengyan: "Sit properly and stop drinking."

"That won't do." Guan Zhiyi shook her index finger, "I have to go and drink with Li Xuan teacher, he said I look like a very poor drinker, how is that possible! I can drink a lot, okay!"

"How much is a lot? Do you really think you can drink well?" Qi Chengyan lowered his eyes, "Be obedient, don't drink anymore."

Why didn't he let her drink?

She is already so upset, can't he let her be presumptuous for a moment?

Annoying......really annoying!

Guan Zhiyi stared at the face beside her that always wandered in her dreams, the anger that had been suppressed for months all of a sudden vented out. She violently shook off his hand, her eyebrows pierced sharply, "I will drink as much as I want, and do whatever I want to do. Why are you controlling what I can do!"

The surroundings were noisy, and she wasn't very loud, no one else could hear her saying this to Qi Chengyan.

But it was enough for Qi Chengyan to hear.

He looked at her with a moment of astonishment and disbelief in his eyes.

If someone who's very close, who has always pestered you since childhood, who has always depended on you and always liked you, said something like that, anyone would feel shocked in their heart, even possibly feel….. chills.

He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth, "Guan Zhiyi--"

"Brother, you leave me alone." Her voice was faint and surprisingly cold, "You are not qualified to control me."