frightfiction Chapter 242 My cousin's pen pal was never Zhang Chengkai!
Chapter 242 My cousin's pen pal was never Zhang Chengkai!
Just as the two checked the time and were about to leave, Pei Jiyue received a phone call.
"Okay, I was planning to go back to the company anyway. Have him wait for me in the reception room."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Jiyue looked puzzled and said to An Ling:
"My secretary just called and said Zhao Muzhou came to see me. What's he doing here at a time like this? It can't be that he's here to plead for Zhang Chengkai, can it?"
"Probably not."
Although An Ling has no way to check Zhao Muzhou's information right now, considering how many resources Zhang Chengkai has taken from him and how he has been targeted, plus the fact that the entire Huan Guang has been affected by this incident, if he were to come to plead for Zhang Chengkai, An Ling would suspect that the whole group has lost their minds.
"Then let's go take a look. I'll go with you."
Anyway, I can tell what Zhao Muzhou's purpose is just by looking at him.
"it is good."
The two returned to the company and, led by the secretary, went to the reception room where Zhao Muzhou was.
Upon seeing Pei Jiyue arrive, Zhao Muzhou immediately stood up and walked over, but one could still sense his slight restraint as he spoke.
"Jiyue, it's been a long time."
“Long time no see,” Pei Jiyue replied. “Did you come to see me today because of Zhang Chengkai?”
"Of course not," Zhao Muzhou quickly denied. "I came to thank you. Last night, an agent from Chenyu Entertainment contacted me and asked what my plans were after my contract expired, and whether I would consider going to Chenyu. I think it must be because you told them, right?"
Pei Jiyue was somewhat surprised, as this was the first time she had ever heard of this.
But she quickly figured out the reason.
Zhao Muzhou became a sensation after starring in a web series. Although he faded from the spotlight for a while due to a lack of resources, his looks and acting skills are still excellent. It's likely that Chen Yu's agent recognized his potential and extended an offer to him.
"not me."
Pei Jiyue shook her head and denied it outright.
"It's likely that an agent saw the trending topic and knew that your chances of renewing your contract were slim, so they contacted you because they had their eye on you."
"So that's how it is..." Upon hearing this answer, the light in Zhao Muzhou's eyes dimmed slightly.
Pei Jiyue noticed his change and was very puzzled. "I didn't give you any advance notice, shouldn't you be happier? This shows that you are capable."
"Yes, of course, I'm not unhappy at all." As if to prove it, he quickly put on a smile.
[Hiss... something's off about Zhao Muzhou. Could he like my cousin?]
Let me take a look.
Pei Jiyue: ...
Pei Jiyue thought An Ling was definitely overthinking things this time.
She had work to do in the afternoon, and after Zhang Chengkai's disastrous experience, Pei Jiyue realized that her taste in idols was really not that great. She decided to stop chasing stars and decided not to waste any more time with Zhao Muzhou.
"So there's no need for thanks. I didn't do anything. Is there anything else you need besides this?"
“I…” Zhao Muzhou seemed a little hesitant.
"If there's nothing else, I have to work later, so I'll walk you downstairs."
"No, no need to see me off. I can go down by myself. I do have something else to do." Zhao Muzhou finally made up his mind and handed a letter to Pei Jiyue.
Pei Jiyue took it and saw that it was the one she had sent years ago.
When she first joined the company and felt overwhelmed, she wrote letters to all the members of Huanguang, and the content of the letters was almost the same, just expressing her troubles, and she didn't expect to receive a reply at all.
But to their surprise, Zhang Chengkai replied, which led to them becoming pen pals later on.
Pei Jiyue now doesn't know whether this experience was a good thing or a bad thing.
On the one hand, she did receive a lot of emotional support from writing letters to Zhang Chengkai, but on the other hand, without this experience, this messy situation probably wouldn't have happened.
"Is this the letter I wrote to you before?" Pei Jiyue was very puzzled, almost asking Zhao Muzhou directly, "What exactly do you want?"
Bringing out this letter at this time doesn't seem like a good idea at all.
"Please don't misunderstand," Zhao Muzhou quickly explained, noticing that Pei Jiyue's tone was off.
Just as Zhao Muzhou was about to explain, An Ling exclaimed in surprise.
I underestimated Zhang Chengkai; he's a real gem! There's still some undiscovered juicy gossip about him!
[It was Zhao Muzhou who chose to reply to his cousin's letter!]
Pei Jiyue looked at Zhao Muzhou in shock, who had already begun to recount what had happened.
"After receiving your letter, I was a little worried about your situation, so I wrote back to you, but I didn't receive a reply after that, so I assumed that you didn't intend to write to me anymore."
"I only realized this after seeing your Weibo post. The first reply Zhang Chengkai wrote to you, which you mentioned, has different handwriting, but the content is exactly the same as what I wrote back then."
What he said is true; it was actually Zhao Muzhou who chose to reply in the first place.
[Fans who have visited their idols offline multiple times can usually recognize them. My cousin hadn't been to an offline event in a long time due to work, and Zhao Muzhou was already worried that something might have happened to her. Then he received a letter from her saying that she wasn't doing well, so he hoped his reply could encourage her.]
This isn't the first time he's written back to fans. Sometimes, when he sees fans struggling in their lives or expressing concern in their letters, he chooses to reply.
"However, of the letters you posted on Weibo, only the first one was written by me; the others were probably replied to by him."
No, no, he didn't reply to the others himself either.
“I don’t know why Zhang Chengkai intercepted my letter and copied it again as if it were his own.”
[Because the letters from Huanguang fans were distributed by their assistant, Zhao Muzhou wrote a reply and then gave it to Wenwen to mail.]
Wenwen told Zhang Chengkai about this. Zhang Chengkai thought Zhao Muzhou was trying to curry favor with a rich woman and didn't want him to succeed, so he had Wenwen rewrite the letter and send it to his cousin as if it were written by him.
[It wasn't just this one letter; in every subsequent exchange of letters, it was actually Wenwen who read and replied! My cousin's pen pal was never Zhang Chengkai!]
This fact shocked Pei Jiyue even more than the fact that Zhang Chengkai had set a trap for her.
Pei Jiyue was willing to provide Zhang Chengkai with resources again and again because the two had a pen pal relationship, and she also gained a lot of emotional value from their correspondence.
Therefore, Pei Jiyue felt grateful to him for his support and companionship during the difficult period.
But now Anling is telling her that the person she was communicating with was not Zhang Chengkai at all. Apart from the initial reply written by Zhao Muzhou, all the subsequent replies were actually written by Wenwen.