Chapter 103

  "Why did you come over yourself?" Li Jin hung up the phone and said helplessly, "Didn't we agree that I would go find you?"

  Li Yi Heng casually put his phone aside, shrugged: "Wait for you? Maybe it'll be like last time, and I won't hear from you until the next morning, leaving me waiting all night."

  "This won't work." Li Jin pouted, swallowing back the half-sentence that had reached her lips, and looked at her car: "What to do now?"

  "Don't worry about it, the key is on the car roof, a driver will come to take you back later." Li Yiheng raised his chin, "Get in the car."

  Li Jin was as gentle as a stream and sat up.

  The high-performance car slid out like a stream of water, and Li Jin fastened his seatbelt. When he looked up, he saw in the rearview mirror that the man was not staring at the road, but at him.

  He smiled: "What's wrong? Is there a flower on my face?"

  Li Yiheng just smiled but didn't respond. Li Jin sat up straight and said, "Today is a gathering of famous collectors, how did you end up here?"

  "My father was a close friend of Mu Lao before he passed away. When he invested in Ming and Qing paintings and got cheated, it was Mu Lao who helped him get his money back. Otherwise, our whole family would have been ruined." Li Yi Heng turned the steering wheel and drove onto the highway, "Later when I took over the Li family business, Mu Lao also helped me a lot behind the scenes. I'm very grateful to him, so when he celebrates his birthday, I must attend."

  Li Yiheng's father was not good at business and had a gentle nature, which also made his son suffer from the bullying of his uncles when he was young. However, as time passed, Li Yiheng now has everything, so he no longer cares about the gains and losses of the past. But whenever Lí Jǐn hears about it, she still feels a lump in her throat.

  He quickly changed the subject and said, "Mu Lao has been rated as the number one collector of Chinese art since five years ago, and he rarely comes out to meet people. This time, he went to great lengths to hold a birthday banquet, but his intention is not in the wine, right?"

  Li Yi Heng responded with a nod: "Mu Lao's son is not capable, but his grandson is said to be quite good. After completing his studies and returning to the country, he will naturally need Mu Lao's old connections to help him out."

  Li Jin raised an eyebrow.

  Mu Peng, a big shot in the collecting world, with a family fortune of millions, had a Song Dynasty Ma Yuan landscape painting that made him stand at the pinnacle of Chinese collectors for twenty years. His 70th birthday was originally something that Li Jin wasn't qualified to attend, but surprisingly, someone sent an invitation card that day, with an antique-style invitation on it, asking him to attend.

  "I don't even know who helped me get this invitation?" Li Jin took out the palm-sized, seemingly fragrant with ink, open page from her bag and muttered, "Such a high-end gathering, probably only Director Qin among all of Art Song Company is qualified to attend."

  Li Yiheng had clarified from the very beginning that he was not related to this invitation letter. Now, looking at Li Jin's appearance, he couldn't help but say something to comfort him: "Don't think too much about it, isn't it better to have the opportunity to attend? Tonight, many celebrities in the city are present, which is convenient for you to help Luo Fei expand his connections."

  In the entertainment industry, you either have a lot of money or a lot of connections. As Art Song Company has only been established for half a year, its artists may have the ability to attract gold, but their assets are limited after all, so they can only aim at connections. However, Li Jin is not Ke Yuan from his previous life, and many connections have to be maintained from scratch.

  In this day and age, there are many big shots who hold themselves in high esteem. You're just a manager of an idol trainee, who would want to meet you?

  So he could attend tonight's birthday banquet, Li Jin was overjoyed and eagerly awaited - this was a grand gathering of celebrities in the city, just think about how many boxes of business cards would be exchanged.

  After being with Li Yiheng, he encountered things and was no longer as calm as before. He could go to trouble Li Yiheng with a clear conscience. It seemed that in his heart, he felt that the previous physical transaction was fair, but now that they were together, equality was most important. Although he would never become Mr. Li for the rest of his life, at least he could make some achievements based on his own ability and not lose out in terms of momentum.

  So busy overtime until late at night, he also gritted his teeth and endured it, just didn't tell Li Yiheng.

  Li Yiheng saw that he hadn't spoken for half a day, his eyes had become a straight line, staring blankly at one place with a fierce expression, thinking something was wrong with him, and hurriedly asked: "What are you thinking about?"

  Li Jin's body shook, and he came back to his senses, avoiding his gaze, dryly saying: "Nothing, I was just... thinking about what you said. This city is full of famous people, isn't that Shu Mu also..."

  "Shu Mu won't be coming." The accelerator was pressed down hard, the speed suddenly increased, and Li Jin's body jerked violently. Li Yi Heng's expression didn't change, as if he wasn't the one who had accelerated so suddenly, and said calmly, "He went to America with He Er for Christmas vacation."

  Li Jinchao smiled and said, "He's really a busy nobleman. As soon as he finished merging HM Company with He Media and even invested in He Media to become the third largest shareholder, he immediately went on vacation abroad with his lover. Many young talents in this city looked at him with envy, not knowing how many teeth they wanted to grit."

  Li Yiheng didn't respond, just grasping the steering wheel and smiling. This smile made Li Jin's heart suddenly feel uncertain. He was puzzled in his mind, thinking wildly, until they entered the city and were paying the highway toll, when he suddenly understood why Li Yiheng had smiled.

  "You won't think... " Li Jin gritted his teeth, "that I'm just sour grapes because I couldn't get the grape?"

  "How could it be?" Li Yi Heng leaned over and ruffled his hair, messing up his perfectly styled hair into a tangled mess. He then grabbed the messy hair and gave him a light peck on the lips, "Haven't you already tasted my big grape?"

  Li Jin's old face suddenly turned red.

  The car in front paid the toll and drove away. Li Yiheng released the handbrake, and at the moment he started the car, he gently brushed against Lijin's forehead with a quick and gentle touch.

  "I know you can't swallow the fact that he and He Er joined forces to harm you." Li Yi Heng's tone was calm, but between the lines, there was an unspoken certainty. "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten either. No rush, we'll settle this account slowly later on."