Xu Ye hadn't expected Yu Beiwang to play along this readily. They talked virtual reality for over half an hour, and at the end Yu Beiwang added him on WeChat without being asked.

The subject only closed once Yu Jiaying had seen every last guest off and come upstairs.

Yu Jiaying was delighted. She patted Xu Ye on the head twice. "I told you investing in me wouldn't lose you money. It's only day one and the place has already taken in over eight hundred thousand."

Xu Ye went back to buttering her up. "How was I supposed to know Jiaying-jie had this many rich women for friends?"

"That's nothing." Yu Jiaying wasn't ready for it to be over. "I've got plenty more friends out of town who couldn't make it."

Yu Beiwang saw it was getting late and stood up. "I still have things to do at the office, so I'm heading back. Remember to come home for lunch."

"I know, I know."

As Yu Beiwang started for the door, Yu Jiaying hurried over and grabbed his arm, giggling. "Bro, um…"

"Relax, I won't tell Mom and Dad. On the condition that you do as I say."

"Fine~"

Yu Beiwang left the beauty center soon after.

Zhao Ming and Xu Ye exchanged a look, found an excuse of their own, and left together.

Once the three of them were gone, Yu Jiaying didn't so much as glance at Zheng Bin. She went straight downstairs and started talking with her staff.

Before this, whenever Zheng Bin ran into Yu Jiaying, he could at least get two or three sentences out of her. Now he was simply being ignored.

It hurt, and Zheng Bin laid every bit of it at Xu Ye's door.

The way he saw it, Xu Ye was the reason Yu Jiaying had turned so… cold on him.

He stormed out of the beauty center and drove back to the company far too fast, and the whole way there the conversation between Xu Ye and Yu Beiwang kept running through his head.

The first thing he did when…