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Chen Fei went silent. She didn’t doubt what Jin Chonglin said. He was right. It was often the women who suffered from almost any scandals.

The men would also have a difficult time but only at the beginning when the height of public criticism was at its peak. Then they would recover almost scot-free. As a matter of fact, some immoral men wore their past scandals like a badge of honour.

In contrast, most women only had one way to go—down. Those who were resilient enough to rise up could only live with tainted reputations. They had no choice but to change their image into something more provocative if they wanted to continue surviving. Their original clean reputations were gone forever.

Chen Fei understood this but still felt reluctant to accept Jin Chonglin’s idea. “I don’t think that our situation is as extreme as a scandal. It’s only a dating rumour. There’s no reason for us pretend to date.”

He sighed. “You still don’t fully understand. I’m Jin Chonglin! A superstar!”

She rolled her eyes again. “Yeah, yeah.”

”Because of my fame and high status in showbiz, people always care about what’s going on in my life especially my dating life. It’s not only my fans who care but also other people. If a woman is rumoured to be involved with me, then everyone would want to know everything about the woman and dissect everything about her life. Even if the rumours are proven to be false, the damage to the woman is already done. I can’t control this.

”Like I said, I usually don’t care but you’re different. I may not like you because you’re a rude, bossy woman but you’re still my sister-in-law’s close friend, not to mention that I have to work with you again when my next line of men’s product for Orchidia begins development. I can’t just ignore you even if I want to!”

Chen Fei pursed her lips. His description of her angered her but he did make sense.

”So what’s the point of me pretending to be your girlfriend?” she asked.

”It’s to give you a status so that the criticism won’t be too harsh on you. If my fans and the people know that I pursued you and made you my girlfriend, then they have no choice but to accept it. Sure, there will still be some who will dislike it but those ones will always dislike any woman who becomes gets romantically linked with me anyway. Those obsessive fans only want me to belong to everyone and not have any real-life lovers.”

She pondered over his reasoning. Although he made sense, she still thought that his idea was ridiculous.

If it were only her, she wouldn’t care about the public opinion at all. However, she was now the COO of Orchidia. As one of its highest executives, she had the responsibility to maintain a good image in order to uphold the company’s reputation. She couldn’t taint Orchidia because of her personal issues.

”Ah, fuck this.”

Jin Chonglin clicked his tongue when he heard her swearing again. “So you still don’t agree? Fine, then.” He shrugged. “I tried protecting you but you still refuse my goodwill. Whatever happens from here on isn’t my problem anymore.”

She glared at him. “How long do we have to pretend to be in a relationship?”

He raised an eyebrow at her question. It seemed that she was starting to change her mind.

”Depends on the amount of attention we continue to get. My manager suggests that we ‘date’ for at least three months. Because if we ‘break up’ too soon, the public will start finding out why. I’ll be okay as always but you’ll be the one who’ll have to face another wave of negative public opinion. They might say that I found you inadequate or something like that.”

”People don’t know shit.” She sneered. “I, Chen Fei, am inadequate? Hah! Unless they’re certified geniuses like Xiulan, then they have no right to talk crap about me.”

”That’s true. But what do you expect from haters? They’ll always gonna hate no matter what you do.” He finished his latte and stood up. “I gotta go now. I still have a taping later. Just think about my offer but don’t take too long to make a decision or we’ll miss the optimal time.”

She also stood up. “Fine, I accept.”

He was startled. “You what?”

”I said I accept! Are you deaf?”

He ignored her testy attitude. “You really accept?”

”Yes!”

His iconic killer smile spread across his face. Then he stroked his chin. “Admit it. You’re just pretending to hate me when in fact, you really like me. You can now finally grab the chance to be my girlfriend even if it’s just pretend—”

”You hooligan!” She threw a business magazine at him.

All the executive assistants watched their furious COO chasing a laughing Jin Chonglin out of the office. They looked at each other, their eyes filled meaning. Then they smiled and continuing working as if nothing unusual happened just now.

Chen Fei chased the infuriating narcissistic diva man until he disappeared in the elevator. Then she returned to her office, gasping slightly from all the running. When saw her reflection in the mirror, she slapped both of her cheeks.

”What the hell are you doing? No, this is not blushing. This is just a normal physiological effect after a workout. Yes, that’s right. My red face has nothing to do with that womanizer.”

She tapped her cheeks again before forcing her attention back to the work piled up on her desk.