Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 307: Qu Jing, Tao Tian

Facing the gaze Zhou Yuwen cast her way.Jiang Xinyi felt a sudden, inexplicable flutter in her heart.

It was truly strange. She used to get along so comfortably with Zhou Yuwen, but ever since last night, Jiang Xinyi had inexplicably started acting much more like a typical girl around him.

She pursed her lips from time to time, occasionally averting her gaze elsewhere.

"Um, on New Year's Eve? Will you be free?" Jiang Xinyi asked tactfully.

"New Year's Eve? You mean the night of the thirty-first? Uh, as of right now, I am free," Zhou Yuwen replied after a moment of thought.

Jiang Xinyi let out a soft sound of acknowledgment.

"My mom gave me..."

She was just about to bring up the piano performance.

Right at that moment, a voice suddenly came from the doorway. "Excuse me, is anyone here?"

The voice was quite familiar. When Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi stepped out to look, they discovered it was Tao Tian and her roommate, Senior Sister Minmin.

Last night, Tao Tian had told Zhou Yuwen that she wanted to come back and do part-time work as a model for him again. Zhou Yuwen had agreed, and they arranged for her to find him in the morning.

Tao Tian originally thought she had arrived early and would have to wait a while for Zhou Yuwen.

She had not expected him to already be there, and a look of delight unavoidably appeared on her face.

Zhou Yuwen's demeanor toward Tao Tian seemed completely unaffected by their previous incident. "Senior Sister Tao, you are here?"

"Mhm," Tao Tian murmured, looking somewhat shy upon seeing him.

After greeting Tao Tian, Zhou Yuwen also acknowledged Senior Sister Minmin. Minmin flashed an embarrassed smile and mentioned that she would be disturbing him again, Junior Male Student.

"It is nothing," Zhou Yuwen said.

It was already late December. Both girls were wearing woolen overcoats, but shockingly, Tao Tian was wearing a low-cut top underneath hers. There was no helping it; since she was coming to see Zhou Yuwen today, she naturally wanted to show off her strengths.

Meanwhile, Minmin was still wearing black sheer pantyhose over skin-tone tights, paired with long boots.

Both girls were exceptionally beautiful.

Yesterday, Tao Tian had told Zhou Yuwen that she wanted to be a model. However, upon seeing him today, she admitted that she felt a bit embarrassed coming alone and wanted Minmin to accompany her.

She wondered if that would be alright.

Zhou Yuwen naturally had no objections. It was a busy period, and models were in short supply.

Most importantly, the previous daily wage had been between three to five hundred yuan.

This month, with the old year ending and the new one beginning, the girls working part-time as models for Zhou Yuwen could earn an average of around seven hundred yuan.

"That much?"

Hearing the figure of seven hundred a day, both Tao Tian and Minmin froze in surprise.

Wasn't that a bit too much?

"Yes, how did you two not know? I heard from Qu Jing that you were also taking on some outside jobs?" Zhou Yuwen asked with a smile.

"I..."

Bringing this up made Tao Tian feel a bit embarrassed. After leaving Zhou Yuwen's company, she had indeed taken on a private gig through a former senior sister. While safety was not an issue, she only earned about three hundred yuan for the job.

Finding it uninteresting, she did not take on any more.

Minmin had taken on a few more outside jobs, but her average was also just over three hundred. Neither of them expected Zhou Yuwen's rates to have already jumped to seven hundred.

"It is only temporary. The rates will definitely fluctuate later on, but with how excellent your conditions are, you two senior sisters do not need to worry about not getting any jobs."

Zhou Yuwen smiled. While talking to Tao Tian and Minmin, he turned back to inform Jiang Xinyi.

He told her he was heading over to the office next door.

Jiang Xinyi nodded, watching as Zhou Yuwen led Tao Tian and Minmin away. Gazing at these two eighteen or nineteen-year-old girls, the usually confident Jiang Xinyi suddenly felt all her confidence vanish.

Forget about Minmin; just looking at Tao Tian herself.

Jiang Xinyi really wanted to know what that girl grew up eating to have such amazing nutrition.

She constantly talked about being six years older than Zhou Yuwen, but looking down at her own modest curves, Jiang Xinyi felt like those extra six years of meals had been wasted. Why did it seem like just one of Tao Tian's assets was bigger than both of hers combined?

Sigh. When she was dating You Changjin previously, Jiang Xinyi felt that he had absolutely no sense of presence.

Now, standing in front of Zhou Yuwen, Jiang Xinyi suddenly realized that she was the one with absolutely no sense of presence.

The cultural media company office next door was livelier than Zhou Yuwen's side.

After all, it was still morning, so quite a few young girls had come by to pick up assignments, while others had rushed over from the Nanjing University of the Arts specifically to ask about their wages.

It was freezing outside the office, but inside, the heater was turned on full blast.

The office, spanning over a hundred square meters, was partitioned into various functional areas, filled entirely with long legs and yoga pants.

These girls were all competing to look the most beautiful.

Tao Tian wearing a low-cut top outside might have seemed a bit special, but in here, she looked completely ordinary. Despite the cold winter day, there were even girls wearing off-the-shoulder tops inside this office.

Just glancing around, one could spot several wearing yoga pants walking back and forth, as well as those in tight pants and leggings, paired with snow boots.

In short, the freezing winter weather did absolutely nothing to hinder the view of beautiful legs in here.

And they were especially respectful toward Zhou Yuwen.

Seeing him walk in, a chorus of sweet, melodious voices immediately rang out to greet him.

"Brother Zhou."

"Hello, Brother Zhou!"

"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, I watched your video yesterday! You looked super handsome!"

"Is that right?"

Zhou Yuwen chuckled lightly. Once the girls in the back realized he had arrived, they all swarmed over.

"Ah? President Zhou is here?"

"Brother Zhou, I saw your video yesterday too. Give me an autograph, I am your biggest fangirl!"

Zhou Yuwen was quickly surrounded by the crowd of girls.

These girls came from various colleges across the university town. Some were pursuing associate degrees, while others were working on their bachelor's degree, but without exception, they were all youthful and gorgeous.

To be completely honest, the girls who managed to get part-time jobs here were not only pretty but also highly competitive when it came to their female rivalry.

For example, all the girls here were exceptionally pretty. If one of them wore a slightly nicer outfit, the others would refuse to accept it and try to dress even better than her. As for Zhou Yuwen, he was the boss of their company. While he might not compare to those older, hundred-millionaire uncles outside, he had the undeniable advantage of youth, and he was essentially their direct supervisor.

Naturally, these girls tried every possible method to curry favor with him.

It was safe to say that if given the chance.

Seventy percent of the girls here would gladly sneak into his bed.

This was not surprising in the least.

After all, there were even cases of vice-ministers in a certain university's student union abusing their power for unspoken rules.

The girls here were all top-tier beauties, wearing tiny tank tops and tight pants right in the middle of winter, boldly showing off their slender waists.

They clustered around him delicately, cooing phrases like, "Brother Zhou, I admire you so much~"

"Brother Zhou, sign an autograph for me~"

Zhou Yuwen said, "Alright, alright. It is not like I am a celebrity. My autograph would not sell for much anyway."

Before his words even faded, a very pretty girl flirtatiously teased, "But Brother Zhou, you are a celebrity in my heart! You are my idol!"

Hearing this, the other girls burst into a chorus of giggles.

Zhou Yuwen replied that he did not know how to sing or dance.

"So I cannot be your idol. Is your Sister Jing here?" By this point, Zhou Yuwen had already pushed his way through the flock of beauties.

Damn it, these girls were truly a handful.

They had blocked his path, completely preventing him from leaving.

They were even intentionally leaning their bodies against him.

He finally managed to squeeze out a clear path.

Someone called out to him, "Sister Jing is in the office!"

"Mhm."

There were over a dozen girls on the cultural media company's side. Logically, Zhou Yuwen's arrival had caused quite a commotion. If Qu Jing had known he was here, she definitely would have run out of her office.

But Qu Jing was simply too busy.

Chen Wan and Su Qing were only in charge of the planning department.

That meant Qu Jing was the sole person responsible for all the exhibition models.

Since she wanted to execute everything perfectly to earn Zhou Yuwen's praise, she worked harder than anyone else, personally handling every single task.

It was not until Zhou Yuwen walked into the room that Qu Jing finally noticed him and hurriedly stood up from her desk.

"Mas—"

Zhou Yuwen made a shushing gesture, which was when Qu Jing finally noticed the two girls who had followed him inside.

Upon seeing Tao Tian and Minmin, Qu Jing's brows instantly furrowed.

She had not been in contact with these two girls for a long time. Naturally, she held no good impression of Tao Tian. After all, back during that incident at the canteen, Tao Tian had nearly choked her to death.

Minmin still understood social etiquette. The moment she entered, she wore a fawning smile and tried to greet her. "Jing—"

Before she could finish, Qu Jing frowned and cut her off, "What are you two doing here?"

It could be said that Qu Jing gave absolutely no face to Tao Tian and her companion.

Her blunt question caused the smile on Minmin's face to freeze instantly, leaving her at a loss for words.

Zhou Yuwen coughed twice and said, "I brought them here."

Hearing this, Qu Jing parted her lips, feeling wronged, but ultimately kept silent.

She would absolutely follow Zhou Yuwen's orders without hesitation.

But even little cats and dogs were allowed to feel wronged, right? In Qu Jing's eyes, Tao Tian and Minmin were the prime culprits behind the company's recent crisis.

Hmph, it was entirely their fault that older brother's company was almost ruined.

How did they still have the nerve to show up here?

Zhou Yuwen sat down in Qu Jing's seat.

He took a moment to look over her outfit. Truth be told, the combination of high heels and black sheer pantyhose had quite a captivating charm.

With so many beautiful girls constantly coming and going in this company, Qu Jing found it impossible to escape the vicious cycle of female rivalry.

However, compared to the girls outside.

Qu Jing's dressing up was far more intellectual, giving off an office lady vibe that made Zhou Yuwen unable to resist taking a few extra glances.

She wore a white shirt on her upper half paired with a black tight skirt, while her legs were encased in black stockings featuring a hollow pattern.

The stockings wrapped halfway up her thighs, ending in a hollow pattern right at the edge. The trim was a slightly darker shade of black than the rest of the material, which perfectly accentuated the fair, tender skin of her beautiful legs peeking out beneath her hemline.

Standing dutifully by his side in her high heels, she looked at him with eyes full of confusion.

Perhaps beneath the confusion, there was also a hint of worry.

After all, Qu Jing's physical attributes were not as impressive as Tao Tian's. She feared that Zhou Yuwen still harbored feelings for Tao Tian and might end up giving her the cold shoulder in return.

If it were anyone else, she could accept it. But the conflict between her and Tao Tian had long reached an irreconcilable point. Qu Jing wouldn't mind if another girl climbed over her to get intimate with Zhou Yuwen.

However, if one day Tao Tian managed to climb above her, Qu Jing absolutely would not be able to tolerate it.

Zhou Yuwen knew exactly what she was worried about. To set her mind at ease, he intentionally did not bother hiding his affection in front of Tao Tian and Minmin, reaching out to gently pull Qu Jing's small hand into his. "Senior Sister Tao and Senior Sister Minmin are hoping to find a job here with us."

"I was thinking that, no matter what, you were all roommates once. It is better to resolve enmities than to hold onto them. There isn't really any deep-seated hatred between roommates, and besides, we are indeed short-staffed over here."

Hearing that Tao Tian only wanted to come over and find a job, Qu Jing let out a soft sound of realization. Though she disliked Tao Tian, she prioritized Zhou Yuwen above all else. Since he had made his decision, she would not oppose it, nor would she even utter a word of complaint.

She asked, "Should I just assign them tasks directly? Or have them sign a contract like the others?"

The current company system was different from before. Female university students taking jobs at Zhou Yuwen's company were now required to sign a five-year agency contract in advance.

This acknowledged them as artists under his company, meaning any future independent media work they pursued—such as live streaming or short videos—had to be managed by Zhou Yuwen's affiliated businesses.

This had been mentioned previously, as the change was implemented entirely because of the fallout from the incident with Tao Tian.

Zhou Yuwen said, "Have them sign a contract. I brought them to you specifically so you could prepare the paperwork for them."

"Get it all sorted out for them today. Then, see if there are any easier exhibition gigs available and take them over there."

Hearing his instructions, Qu Jing felt a surge of happiness in her heart. This clearly proved that Zhou Yuwen did not harbor the kind of feelings for Tao Tian that she had feared. Instead, he was directly handing Tao Tian and Minmin over to her, placing them entirely under her command.

'Hmph, older brother is still good to me,' she thought.