Daddy CEO's Beloved Wife

Chapter 296 Dauntless

"Are you really going to go outside? What will you do if those people swarm around you?" Adelle was already worried enough about the rumors spread in We*bo and now, Ran Xueyi wanted to attend the booting ceremony as if nothing happened.

No matter how brave and calm a person was, nobody could possibly take countless people surrounding you and ask you questions that don't make any sense.

Ran Xueyi yawned and pushed her hair back before looking at Adelle through the mirror. "Nothing good will happen if I stay cooped up in this room. Besides, Director Xiao already told me that as soon as the ceremony is done, we will start filming immediately. I don't think it's right for me to not come there only because a rumor is spread around me, right?"

"But still, we should have prepared several bodyguards to protect you. Having me alone while these reporters surround you, I'm afraid, I'd be kicked to the side!"

The two hadn't expected that somebody would start a rumor about Ran Xueyi and so, they were caught unprepared. Ran Xueyi was more surprised having returned to the country and already being scolded because of an untrue rumor. This makes her reminisce to those times when people tried to cause trouble around her three years ago.

"Then, why don't you call the assistant manager you hired to help you?" Ran Xueyi narrowed her eyes on her.

Adelle dodgingly moved her eyes away and found it hard to look at Ran Xueyi again. She felt suffocated as she replied, "Forgive me, Empress! This lowly servant did something wrong but I couldn't refuse His Majesty's orders. I was also surprised when he told me he wanted to try being someone working beside you so I had to give him the assistant manager position!"

Ran Xueyi chuckled at her acting and waved her hand to interrupt her before the dam would open, "Alright, that's enough. Don't cry."

"But... but..."

"It's alright. Yu Han already told me that he wanted to watch me work, that's why he decided to do this. Anyway, let's not bother him right now because he has some other things to do as well."

A few days ago, Song Yu Han came to pick her up from the party while telling everyone he was her assistant manager. When they returned home, he explained to her that he was worried that more and more people will try to get into Ran Xueyi personal space due to her popularity and so, he wanted to act as her assistant manager to protect her private space and also herself from other people.

Unfortunately, being a CEO of a multi-company has a lot of things to do so today, he couldn't come with her and act as her assistant manager and bodyguard.

"Fortunately, Big Boss still hasn't heard about this matter," Adelle suddenly said as she sighed in relief. "I wonder what he would do if he did find out about it..."

Ran Xueyi didn't respond to that.

At the end of their conversation, the door to Ran Xueyi's hotel room was suddenly knocked from outside. Adelle glanced at Ran Xueyi questioningly whether she asked for someone to come, but she saw Ran Xueyi's expression having the same questioning eyes.

"Should I open it?"

"You should check it first."

After getting Ran Xueyi's affirmation, Adelle walked towards the door and made sure to hang the chain lock to the door before pulling it open slightly. Since there was no peephole to look outside, she could only pull it open.

In front of the door was a handsome, tall man in a business suit. He looked charmingly cute with his lips naturally upturned on the right side, seemingly smirking. The charming man adjusted the silver specs of his eyeglasses on his nose bridge and when he saw the door open, a bright smile was on his lips.

"Good morning! Is the young madam in?" the charming man asked.

Adelle stared at him in silence for a second before she returned the question, "And who are you?"

"I'm Special Assistant Guo. Mr. Song's head assistant and chief of staff." Guo Yun was still smiling as he introduced himself before raising his hand with the box of food that he had just bought. He quickly added, "I came under Mr. Song's orders."

"Oh! Come in! Come in!" Adelle finally unlatched the lock on the door and let him in.

Guo Yun thanked her and stepped across the room and finally saw Ran Xueyi sitting in front of the mirror, dressed in what looks like a traditional attire.

"Mr. Guo? What are you doing here?" Ran Xueyi slowly stood up from her chair and looked straight at him.

Guo Yun replied with a smile, "I came under the boss's orders. I will be acting as his proxy while he's gone and will take care of your meals and security."

Ran Xueyi paused a bit before she asked, "There's no need to bother you to do that, Mr. Guo."

"It's not a bother, Mrs. Song. It's my honor to work under you." If he hadn't come, his boss would surely fly here. Unfortunately, the big boss had a lot of things to do since he pushed back most of his duties to spend time with his family. Now, those presidential duties have piled up too much and needed taking care of.

Hence, why Guo Yun was there instead of Song Yu Han.

As soon as Guo Yun was done speaking, Ran Xueyi heard her phone ringing.

It was Song Yu Han who had called her.

"I sent Guo Yun there in my stead. Is that alright with you?" Song Yu Han said as soon as the call was connected.

Ran Xueyi quickly answered it, slightly blushing after his deep, husky voice, "Yeah, thanks for sending him to my side."

"No need for thanks..." Song Yu Han slightly paused his hand where he was holding a pen and quickly added, "Instead, when we meet, prepare something for me."

"What do you want? Do you want me to cook something for you?" Ran Xueyi was slightly worried about her cooking skills.

Song Yu Han was also surprised to hear her words and asked, "You know how to cook?"

He suddenly remembered that time in the past where she almost burned the kitchen and couldn't help but smile. She was so adorable when she panicked and ran to him in tears.

"And no, I didn't mean food." Before Ran Xueyi could get angry, Song Yu Han decided to change the topic. "I'm craving for something else... Something more delicious than food."

Ran Xueyi would be a fool not to understand the deep meaning in his words and blushed furiously. She was really thankful she decided against putting their call to speaker mode or else, Guo Yun and Adelle would have heard of what they were talking about.

Of course, if they ignored the fact that she looked like a ripe tomato right now, maybe they would never notice her embarrassment.

"Xueyi, do you want me to call the management of that platform to take down all the topics that have your name in it?" Song Yu Han said in a serious tone.

Ran Xueyi, of course, didn't want that. "We already talked about this. I will take care of my matters myself. If I ever need your help, I will surely seek you out. So don't worry too much."

Certain things need to be taken care of by herself. Ran Xueyi cannot only and always depend on Song Yu Han. Of course, she wouldn't limit him from doing what he wanted.

Still, she was thankful that Song Yu Han called her to ask before doing anything. That only shows his appreciation in her opinion and what she wanted.

After their call was disconnected, Ran Xueyi registered a new We*bo side account and clicked into the hot topic list.

As expected, Steffanie's unruly and accusatory words made it into the top hot list. Coincidentally, there were also other new artists, probably in the same group as Steffanie, who came to support her words and said they believed her story. Their fans also went along with their idols' words and followed along with abusing Ran Xueyi in her own We*bo page.

Ran Xueyi first clicked on Steffanie's post and quickly scanned the comments below.

In the comments area, the brainwashed fans really believed Steffanie's words.

[Sister Jingjing is so pitiful. My heart is crying for her.]

[I feel sorry for what happened to her. How could somebody be so shameless and steal our Sister Jingjing's role she worked hard to audition for?]

[Ran Xueyi is so thick-skinned. I wonder if she has enough face to show in today's booting ceremony.]

[I'm at the booting ceremony. She's not here yet. I bet she's too scared to come out!]

[Haha the little tramp is too afraid!]

There were too many such hateful comments.

Ran Xueyi took a sip of water as she sat back down and looking as lazy and indifferent as if she was just looking at a comic magazine.

Things never really change. If she was an ordinary and rookie actress, who has not experienced the calm before the storm or the fire before the inferno, Ran Xueyi might have been too depressed to come out of her house.

Ran Xueyi continued to scroll down the hot topic list with her name in the hashtag and suddenly paused when she saw a very peculiar image of herself getting inside a very familiar looking car.

The post was posted only a minute ago and when she clicked on it, the picture as well as the post was quickly deleted, making it strangely mysterious and suspicious.