The only person who truly matters to Yue Siqing is probably just Gu Anjin.

In that instant, Song Yi suddenly understood.

He realized what this Mr. Murphy was trying to remind him of.

If someone like Sheng Wei offended Gu Anjin and the entire Sheng Family ended up being punished for it...

Then if he used Gu Anjin to hype things up...

He lifted his head to look at Huo Xun, and saw the other man give a grave nod, his eyes slowly filling with regret, sympathy, and pity.

That look was as if saying the rest of his life was already ruined.

Could this Yue Siqing really be that terrifying?

"Mr. Murphy, it really wasn’t my idea." Song Yi panicked, realizing this might be his only lifeline. "Mr. Murphy, things actually aren’t the way you think. My feelings for Jinjin are real, but I admit, in the beginning I did have a bit of an ulterior motive. It’s just that I honestly didn’t know who she was back then."

"Mm, you didn’t know who she was, but you knew her talent. You knew she was like a pearl buried in the sand. Your career hit a bottleneck and needed a bigger breakthrough, and ordinary starlets would only cheapen your image. So you thought of her. You wanted people to see that what you cared about was sincerity and music, that you were not wallowing in the filth of the entertainment industry. You also wanted the world to see her talent. Most of all, you wanted people to see that you and she were together. You wanted to kill two birds with one stone—gain both fame and the girl. If Miss Gu were someone who wanted to be famous, she would even thank you for it."

Cold sweat broke out on Song Yi as he listened; he really had thought about a lot of things.

He hadn’t expected a complete stranger to see through all of it.

He had indeed wanted to leverage Gu Anjin, and he had indeed truly liked Gu Anjin.

What kind of man wouldn’t like a girl like that?

He had originally been hopeless, then suddenly saw a sliver of light. If he could also tie this to his career, why wouldn’t he?

Besides, he was convinced this girl could become a star. Her looks, her talent, and the recognition of true nobility...

That starting point was far higher than his own.

Yes, he really had thought that if Jinjin got popular, she might even be grateful to him.

But that was only what he’d thought before he truly got to know Gu Anjin.

The more time passed, the more he began to doubt himself.

Because she was nothing like what he’d imagined.

She really didn’t care about fame and fortune; she wasn’t just some underappreciated talent.

She and he were completely different—maybe that was the difference in their starting points at birth.

To him, everything he did, besides his love for music, was mostly about making a name for himself.

But those things were things Gu Anjin could get without even trying.

"Later I changed my mind, I stopped thinking that way." Song Yi’s voice trembled slightly; instinct told him this man might be the only one with any chance of saving him. "Mr. Murphy, please advise me."

"Sorry, I can’t save you." Huo Xun spoke with regret. "When Yue Siqing decides to do something, no one can stop him. Your only hope, more or less, is Miss Gu."

Right, Jinjin.

Only Jinjin might be able to persuade Yue Siqing.

Song Yi’s mind was a tangled mess. After a long while, he finally remembered that instead of mending the pen after the sheep were lost, it was better to solve the problem at its root.

He immediately called his assistant. "What?! You already contacted reporters?"

"Yeah." The assistant said over the phone, "Song Yi, this is a great opportunity. I had already arranged for reporters to secretly take photos along the way when you two went out. The photos have already been sent to all the major media outlets. Don’t worry, without confirmation they won’t dare to nail anything down; at most they’ll just speculate a bit."