Yet on the surface, she remained composed. Refusing was out of the question; she was already cornered. If she stormed off now, she guaranteed tomorrow's headlines would blast her for either being a diva or difficult to work with, followed by a deluge of reports calling her hypocritical and worse.
What's the big deal about adding one more person? What tricks could they possibly play? Leaving now would just make her seem petty. They had gone out of their way to set her up, and she was curious to see what they were up to.
"I'm fine with anything, just arrange as you please."
"That's wonderful! Diva Xu really is as kind, considerate, and easy-going as people say."
Xu Qingqiu looked at her insincere expression and merely chuckled, without responding.
The other party also knew their motives were impure. Both had their own schemes, so not much more was said.
