CH 56

Chapter 56: Only you (two-in-one)

After being briefly shocked by Ruan Tao’s grand birthday wishes, someone soon discovered that not only hers and Qiao Dai’s birthdays were on the same day, but so were their parties. Suddenly, subtle feelings spread in everyone’s hearts.

Ling Na, who had still been talking to Qiao Dai and the others about the organization, immediately rushed to a meeting with her superiors after seeing the news on Weibo, to find a way to deal with this matter. Although she didn’t say anything to Qiao Dai afterward, judging from her face when she walked out of the meeting, things seemed to be dim.

Ling Na planned to talk to her colleagues from the Communication Department about the next public message. But a few minutes after the first meeting, she came to find Qiao Dai and asked in a low voice: “Qiao Dai, what happened between you and Ruan Tao?”

Her tone was a little worried. Although she barely saw Qiao Dai and was only her appointed manager, she could see all of her efforts and couldn’t help but feel protective of her. She wanted Qiao Dai to celebrate her birthday happily, as much as possible.

Thinking of this, Ling Na felt even more dissatisfied with Ruan Tao. Even if she wasn’t to blame for being born on the same day as Qiao Dai, could nobody tell whether the parties colliding with each other was intentional or unintentional? COCO Entertainment had started publicizing Qiao Dai’s party pretty early on, it was impossible for Ruan Tao to not have heard of it. If they wanted to rub Qiao Dai’s current heat and gain more popularity, they could have done it much earlier; with the Ruan family wealth and power, there was no need for them to stab them in the back at the end.

Ling Na wasn’t stupid. The Ruan family had waited for COCO to stir up the enthusiasm of Qiao Dai’s party and made a high-profile entrance at the last minute, taking all the heat that had originally belonged to Qiao Dai.

Qiao Dai had become their stepping stone.

It was impossible to be unprepared. As soon as it had been announced Qiao Dai’s party would be sponsored by more than a dozen venues, the overwhelming wishes and announcement of the little princess Ruan Tao’s birthday came out. The party would be held in a private villa, designed by a well-known architect and shown to the public for the first time. This was a top luxury mansion with no market price…

Even if Ling Na was firmly on Qiao Dai’s side, she had to admit their publicity was grand. Whether they were fans or passersby, everyone was attracted by Ruan Tao’s party almost instantly and was amazed. When things had reached this point, it was no longer a simple competition. Not to mention Ling Na, everybody else was wondering how Qiao Dai had offended Ruan Tao; why was the little princess so obviously targeting her?

Everyone thought Ruan Tao’s withdrawal in ’s first public performance was due to her failure in getting the first place at the time, but it had been Ruan Tao’s personal decision. Even if Qiao Dai had gotten the first place instead, the fact Ruan Tao was retaliating now, wasn’t it too unreasonable?

“How can Daidai and Ruan Tao be enemies? The two of them hardly were in the same frame during the show.”

Before Qiao Dai could answer, Luan Zhen spoke first. Her tone sounded very dissatisfied as if she was particularly tired of Ruan Tao’s behavior.

Shi Qing and Jiang Ruowei also nodded and Ling Na instantly dispelled her small doubts; Qiao Dai wouldn’t have gone to offend Ruan Tao in private either. But something still felt very wrong, yet she couldn’t tell what and she comforted Qiao Dai before rushing out to another meeting.

“Daidai, are you okay?”

As soon as Qiao Dai returned to the dormitory, she changed her clothes and soaked in her children’s pool. She didn’t seem to have any energy and half of her face was under the water and when someone called her name, bubbles appeared on the surface.

Seeing her appearance, the other girls couldn’t help but feel funny and distressed. They didn’t expect Qiao Dai would act like a child right now and wondered if they would be unable to find her if the pool was bigger.

“Daidai, you rest first. Call us if you need anything.”

Luan Zhen and the other looked at each other and left the dormitory so Qiao Dai could have a little quiet time.

As soon as everyone was gone, the room fell silent, only to be broken by sounds of splashing water.

The phone rang for only two or three seconds before it answered.

“Hello?”

As soon as the call connected, Qiao Dai’s small and slightly trembling voice sounded, making Cheng Su unconsciously the anger in his heart. He frowned and asked: “What’s the matter?”

His mood today was not particularly good. Had it been in the past, he would have directly hung up the phone and let the other person contact him later. But after he heard Qiao Dai’s voice, his grip on the pen he was holding loosened.

“Cheng Su.” Qiao Dai sounded tired and lazy, making Cheng Su wonder whether she had eaten enough. The end of her words was longer as if she was acting all spoiled, and Cheng Su’s heart moved slightly. He turned on the computer placed aside with one hand and launched Weibo.

There was no need for him to deliberately look for what had happened because as soon as the homepage opened, overwhelming discussions about Ruan Tao and Qiao Dai’s birthday parties appeared. Some people had even started voting and the comment area was thunderous.

[Curious where the ’s mentor will go. Ruan Tao’s party or Qiao Dai’s?]

[We can all see Qiao Dai and the ’s team have a much better relationship. Of course, they should go to Qiao Dai’s.]

[I’m speechless, what happened to celebrating a nice birthday?]

Cheng Su glanced roughly through the comments and felt both amused and angry for a while; what did Qiao Dai think of him? She came to him for such a trivial matter… but on the other hand, what did her agency do? If their artist was so badly bullied by others, shouldn’t they counterattack?

At the same time, Cheng Su’s assistant finished sorting out all relevant information and passed it over. Cheng Su clicked on the documents and realized COCO Entertainment was a sub-company of Galaxy. There were too many large and small companies under the Group Cheng and one as small as COCO didn’t have the qualifications to be named subsidiary. The Group Cheng had long forgotten about it.

Damn it, it turned out he was scolding himself.

This was the first time this had ever happened and Cheng Su couldn’t help chuckling lightly. Qiao Dai heard the noise and became a little worried but as she was about to speak, the man’s clear voice reached her: “Something so small but you still have to come to me.”

He didn’t sound angry and he even sounded slightly smiling, which made Qiao Dai a little confused.

Was she bothering him? Qiao Dai felt a little guilty; Cheng Su was the president of the group Cheng. If she troubled him for such little things, wouldn’t he feel annoyed?

Just as Qiao Dai was muttering in her heart, Cheng Su spoke again but this time, his voice sounded more serious.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone and even if Cheng Su was not beside Qiao Dai at this moment, he could easily imagine her embarrassed appearance. He frowned again and subconsciously held his breath.

“I only thought of you. Only you, Cheng Su.” Qiao Dai tried to explain incoherently. She didn’t know what she was talking about and simply conveyed the thoughts in her head. Any time she encountered difficulties, the first person that came to mind was Cheng Su. There wasn’t any particular reason, it just was.

Listening to Qiao Dai’s confused voice, Cheng Su suddenly said: “No need to say anymore.”

This was the first time Qiao Dai was so flustered. She didn’t know how to explain her current behavior and she didn’t know that she was feeling panicked like this. It seemed she was worried Cheng Su wouldn’t appreciate her answer.

But at this moment, Cheng Su, who had been silent for a while now, interrupted her and Qiao felt like time had stopped for an instant.

“I understand.”

Cheng Su said in a deep voice. His throat felt a little dry and he turned off the computer without thinking. He stood up quickly and asked: “Where are you now?”

Qiao Dai was slightly startled. She didn’t know what he was asking but she answered honestly: “I’m in the dormitory.”

“Okay.” Cheng Su opened the door of his office and walked out as he continued, “I’m on my way.”