The CEO’s Unkown Wife
Chapter 478 The Hidden Hand Behind the Scenes _1

Chapter 478: Chapter 478 The Hidden Hand Behind the Scenes _1

Xia Qingtian moved quietly towards Cheng Bingbing.

She patted Cheng Bingbing’s shoulder, "What happened to you? What’s wrong?"

At the moment her hand touched Cheng Bingbing, Bingbing shrunk back as if shocked, hugging herself even tighter.

Her voice trembling, she said, "Qingtian, I don’t want to act in Director Zhao’s film anymore."

Hearing this, Xia Qingtian was taken aback.

As Cheng Bingbing’s agent, no one understood better than her what this role meant to Bingbing.

She had risked her personal safety to get this role previously, even going to sordid places to immerse herself in this role.

It took her great effort to finally secure this role, why now suddenly give it up?

This was completely illogical.

So Xia Qingtian didn’t directly object, but gently asked her, "You fought for this role yourself. As your agent, I respect your decision on whether to keep it."

"But as a friend, I care about you. I know you badly want this role, to be even better and worthy of Huo Qilin. Although I think you’re already amazing and don’t have to win this role or any movie queen awards to be worthy of anyone."

Cheng Bingbing didn’t say anything, only responded with choked sobs and painful crying.

Xia Qingtian didn’t rush her, just held her in her arms, patting her back to silently comfort and accompany her.

Cheng Bingbing, suppressing her crying, carried on after a while.

"Something happened on the night of the Huaji awards ceremony, someone else knows about it. She took photos of me disheveled, leaving the hotel in embarrassment the next day."

"If I don’t give up the lead role in Director Zhao’s movie, she threatened to release the pictures. If my reputation gets ruined, Director Zhao won’t want me for the movie out of concern for its success. I’ll lose everything."

Having said this, she agonizingly ran her hands through her hair.

"Who threatened you?" Xia Qingtian’s eyes flashed a sinister light as she asked in a deep voice.

Cheng Bingbing shook her head, painfully saying, "She won’t let me tell."

Therefore, she can’t tell and dare not risk it.

She can’t imagine how Huo Qilin and everyone else would see her if this gets out.

Just thinking of Huo Qilin and how everyone would look at her with disgust, calling her dirty, she felt an overwhelming sense of pain, as though she was suffocating.

Despite her saying nothing, an idea surfaced in Xia Qingtian’s mind.

She grabbed Cheng Bingbing’s shoulders and asked, "Was it Shi Qian?"

This sentence, although posed as a question, was actually a statement, indicating that she was already quite certain.

Cheng Bingbing’s tear-stained face showed a look of surprise as she instinctively asked, "How did you know?"

She had not mentioned anything about Shi Qian.

How did Xia Qingtian guess?

"Because I have a brain." Xia Qingtian pointed to her own head and said, "You said yourself that the person threatening you wants you to give up the opportunity to play the female lead in Director Zhao’s movie. If you really give up, who benefits the most?"

"So, besides Shi Qian, there is no second guess. Isn’t it easy to guess that the person threatening you is Shi Qian?"

So Shi Qian hadn’t given up on the female lead in Director Zhao’s movie.

Using fair competition, she couldn’t beat Cheng Bingbing, so she resorted to such despicable means.

Xia Qingtian could only say that after knowing the answer, she wasn’t surprised at all, because Shi Qian was such a lowly person who was capable of doing anything disgusting.

Seeing that Xia Qingtian had guessed it, Cheng Bingbing’s denial was meaningless.

She lowered her gaze, nodded her head, and said, "Yes, it’s her."

Xia Qingtian pursed her lips, a dark light flashed in her eyes.

It was indeed her!

Originally, because of the fear of Shi Qian’s threats, Cheng Bingbing wasn’t allowed to reveal what happened, so she didn’t dare say anything.

But now that Xia Qingtian had guessed it, she had no worries left.

"Qingtian..." She bit her lip, her voice filled with hatred, "I suspect that Shi Qian’s actions are not just limited to threatening me to give up the lead in Director Zhao’s film. I suspect..."

Saying this, she paused.

Xia Qingtian naturally continued, "You suspect that the plot against you was the work of Shi Qian."

Cheng Bingbing looked at her somewhat surprised, not expecting her to guess what she wanted to say.

Then she thought about it: Xia Qingtian was able to guess that Shi Qian threatened her and knew all about her similar guess that everything was orchestrated by Shi Qian. It seemed quite natural.

She gave a wan smile, "But what can we do if we know? I’m still at her mercy. I don’t want people to know that I was..." on the night of the Huaji awards, "taken advantage of by a man..."

Saying this, she choked up again, "Even though I’m the victim, I’d still be the talk of the town. I don’t want to be seen as a joke in everyone’s eyes. If I don’t want to reveal it, I just have to be at her mercy."

Upon hearing this, Xia Qingtian fell silent.

As she wasn’t the one involved, she couldn’t make any decisions for Cheng Bingbing. If anything went wrong, she wouldn’t be the one getting pointed at and talked about.

So she couldn’t encourage her to not compromise and let Shi Qian’s plan succeed.

"You..." Just as Xia Qingtian was about to say something, a strange noise came from the door interrupting her.

"What’s that noise?" Cheng Bingbing looked towards the direction of the door, her face alert.

"Don’t be nervous, I’ll check..." Seeing her this way, Xia Qingtian quickly reassured her and stood up to head towards the door.

When she got to the door, she realized that she didn’t close it properly due to her worry for Cheng Bingbing upon entering. She had just closed it casually.

Now, the door was ajar, leaving a small crack.

Her heart skipped a beat, realizing instantly that their conversation might have been overheard.

The last thing Cheng Bingbing wanted was for someone to know about what happened to her.

If someone had heard it...

The thought of it made Xia Qingtian’s entire body go cold.

But she also made up her mind, no matter who heard their conversation just now, she would make sure they kept it to themselves and not leak a word.