CEO's Sweetheart is a Super Idol-Chapter 464 - 456: Business Spin-off

East Lake

A perfect destination for summer outings, but now the autumn leaves have already begun to fall.

Dressed in a khaki trench coat, with her long hair draping over her shoulders, Chen Yinghan gazes at the faint glimmers on the distant lake.

Her beautiful eyes are filled with sorrow and confusion.

Earlier today, her company brought up the matter concerning Lv Fangxin.

They clearly informed her that the Xinhan CP must come to an end.

Because her company has already set up a lead actress drama for her.

If she continues hyping her CP with Lv Fangxin, the audience might struggle to connect with her scenes involving the male lead.

It would also bring about public backlash, as the audience dislikes women who are perceived as fickle in love.

The big agency on the other side made the same request to her company.

Chen Yinghan’s rational mind tells her that this is something she has to do.

But emotionally, she finds it hard to accept.

Overwhelmed with a sense of gloom, she’s come to the place she often visited during her childhood.

As she downs her third bottle of beer, a mocking voice from behind catches her off guard: "You’re quite beautiful, but not very bright."

Chen Yinghan furrows her brows, turning to glance over her shoulder.

In the evening breeze under the streetlights, the young man looks like a male lead stepping out of a movie.

"Are you trying to catch my attention? If that’s the case, congratulations — you’ve succeeded."

"But I warn you, you’d better leave now, or your face that you probably use to deceive women will end up ruined."

Chen Yinghan had expected the guy to either be infuriated or insistently cling on.

To her surprise, he bursts into laughter instead: "You’re pretty fierce, Miss Chen, completely different from how you appear on screen."

"You—you’re my fan?"

"No! I’m Lv Fangxin’s fan."

Upon hearing the name, Chen Yinghan’s heart shudders, followed by a wave of indescribable frustration.

"Since you’re her fan, what’s the point of tailing me?"

"I just bumped into you by chance. I don’t have the spare time to follow you around."

Chen Yinghan lets out a cold chuckle, obviously unconvinced.

Ring ring!

She glances at her phone the moment she picks it up, and tears start pooling in her eyes.

"Your...phone."

"I’m not deaf. Do I need your reminder? Why must I answer the call!" An emotionally overwhelmed Chen Yinghan hurls her tightly gripped beer can: "Can you just stop bothering me? Are you one of her crazy fans? Why on earth did you come here?"

The young man’s sarcastic expression fades upon seeing her collapse in tears, and he apologizes sincerely: "I’m sorry, Miss Chen, I..." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Why? Why treat me like this? I’m struggling so much, in so much pain. I just want to quietly drink and nurse my wounds, but you all keep chasing after me."

"Why was I so stupid back then? Why did I let myself get involved? I’m not that kind of person, but...but I couldn’t control myself, I really couldn’t."

Chen Yinghan’s voice grows quieter and choked, her tears finally spilling over her cheeks.

Huang Minzhe is utterly bewildered—this wasn’t how he expected things to unfold!

Nothing is going according to plan — what’s going on with Chen Yinghan?

For a brief moment, the heart he thought had long turned cold suddenly feels an ache.

Those glistening tears, and every word imbued with sadness, pain, and helplessness.

He steps forward, wanting to comfort the frail, sobbing figure, but words fail him.

Her phone continues ringing, yet its owner has turned into a tear-streaked mess.

On impulse, Huang Minzhe bends down and snatches up the phone, answering it: "She’s upset right now and doesn’t have time to pick up your call."

Slam—he ends the call, then powers off the phone and stuffs it into her hands.

Chen Yinghan stares at him in disbelief, tears still streaming down her face.

"Your nose is running!" Huang Minzhe chuckles awkwardly.

"You’re insane—why would you do that? What was that about?"

Chen Yinghan pales in panic—if Lv Fangxin misunderstood, what would she do!

She knew Lv Fangxin’s temperament; she resembled a reincarnated lemon sprite, capable of conjuring up waves of sour mood for the smallest of grievances.

Frantically, she tries to turn her phone back on to explain to Lv Fangxin, but her movements are halted by a pair of smooth yet strong hands.

"Isn’t this better? From now on, you two can part ways amid the rivers and lakes, leaving behind the most beautiful memories!"

"Better? Better? This is terrible! Get lost! You have no right to meddle in my affairs."

"Of course, I don’t have the right, but if you don’t let go, the damage will only run deeper on both sides."

Huang Minzhe feels her stiffen and tentatively leans closer: "Actually, you two could probably..."

Bam!

"Ow!"

"Why did you punch my eye? Are you crazy?"

Huang Minzhe tumbles backward, clutching his punched eye, resembling a crawling panda in pain.

"Who told you to interfere with my life."

"I only wanted to help."

"Help? People like you never mean well! And you’ve got the gall to talk about helping!"

Chen Yinghan raises her fist, and instinctively, Huang Minzhe takes a step back.

"Haha!"

Seeing his reaction, Chen Yinghan bursts out laughing involuntarily.

The gloom suffocating her heart lightens considerably.

Huang Minzhe drops his guard and unexpectedly draws closer once again.

"Need my help with nursing those emotional wounds!"

"...Haha! Haha!"

A frosty expression flashes across Chen Yinghan’s face, but when she sees his attempt at swaggering, she can’t help bursting into laughter again.

As his embarrassed yet annoyed gaze follows her, she clutches her stomach, trying to keep herself from keeling over.

She has this feeling—that this person hides a deep, lurking mischievousness.

But so what? She’s curious to see how far he can take things.

"But, who are you? Stop following me."

Having laughed enough, Chen Yinghan slowly gets to her feet, regaining her usual graceful and dignified demeanor, now veiled in icy solemnity and an untouchable aura of divinity.

Two men in dark suits step forward, their hawk-like eyes fixed on Huang Minzhe.

"OK!"

Raising his hands to show he meant no harm, Huang Minzhe takes several steps back.

He watches her figure vanish along the lakeside path.

Moments earlier, he’d been silly and naïve; now, a cold smirk forms on Huang Minzhe’s lips.

He grabs one of the beer cans left behind by Chen Yinghan and takes a big gulp.

Cough! Cough!

"That little spitfire sure is tough — drinking beer this strong."

He examines the label carefully—it turns out to be original craft beer from Bavaria.

The beer’s shelf life is only five days, and the only way to enjoy it is by air freight.

Only a handful of elite breweries offer custom orders for it.

Villa

Lv Fangxin clutches her phone, tears cascading down her face as she sits in stunned silence.

Zhou Dan had already told her everything.

She had thought—if only Chen Yinghan disagreed—she’d be happy to quit being a celebrity if it meant staying with the other woman.

But just now, she heard something that shattered her heart.

"Yinghan, are you retaliating against me?"

"Or is this your way of announcing your decision?"

"If we really have to part, then why not make it painless? Why do you have to hurt me so deeply?"

"Sob...sob..."

Her lips tightened as tears streamed down, the shadows of night swallowing the young woman’s figure entirely.

From the room next door, Ye Yuwei sits quietly on her bed.

Zhou Dan had already briefed them on everything, urging them not to comment on it.

Among them, Ye Yuwei understood the actions of the big agency most deeply.

Back in the day, the hottest CP in Galaxy was destroyed by the company.

It was all a ploy to maximize commercial profit, ensuring the duo would never truly unite.