Chapter Index

    Chapter 33 Storm “He’s talking to me.”

    Near the end of the year, Wu Xingye’s relationship was exposed by the paparazzi.

    The others were not surprised either, there was always a sense of expectation, because Wu Xingye was really in love this time. Except when he was traveling all over the country and had no chance during the tour, he would go out on dates whenever he could. When Qiao Han was on the schedule, he even visited Ban, and he couldn’t wait to see each other every day.As the captain, Rong Xiao was more worried that they would be photographed than he was, but there was nothing he could do about it just worrying about it.

    The secretly filmed video is nothing more than a clip of the two going out late at night.It could be seen that Qiao Han was consciously keeping her distance. After all, she was outdoors and she was more careful. However, Wu Xingye’s move of coming up to hold her hand and then hugging her was so obvious that he couldn’t even quibble.Wu Xingye’s fans were even more guarded when they saw such a scene. Wu Xingye usually has a cold personality. Fans gave him an image of being unworldly and independent. They all believed that except for Tang Ruining in the team, he was the only one who couldn’t fall in love. They never expected that not only would he be the first to do so, he would also have such a clingy image in private.

    When the relationship first broke out, many fans denied it at first, saying that the person in the video was not Wu Xingye at all. How could you see it clearly at night?Later, the paparazzi released clearer photos, and compared the clothes Wu Xingye wore in the video with his old photos. It was clearly the same thing, and every detail matched. Fans began to roughly divide into two types: those who accept and those who don’t follow. Many continued to deny it, saying that the video was synthesized and so on.

    Among the people who have lost their followers, there are still some who are back-voting. The more fans know about it, the more aggressive they will be. Combined with Wu Xingye’s poor state at the recent concert and his lack of focus in some materials, a large number of videos and screenshots were posted by fans themselves.Some people recorded videos of him singing with broken notes and performing wrong moves at the concert. Before the romance was exposed, he kept it secret, but now many of it has been released, and various details have been magnified and judged.

    There is also an old fan who wrote a large essay about being a fan. The main idea is that I am a fan who started out with him. In the past few years, I have seen how hard he works and how demanding he is of himself. I also know that he is not who he seems on the surface. He has many little thoughts of his own. To put it bluntly, he is just pretending.But she can ignore these and indulge them.Until recently, she discovered that he was less and less fond of feathers, no longer strict with himself, and no longer responsible for his fans and himself. She was disappointed again and again, and finally decided to quit being a fan.

    This Weibo post resonated with many people. In fact, there are quite a few discerning fans. Over time, you can tell from the details who is deliberately creating a different character.But in the past, if these things were pointed out, they would only get scolded or lead to mutual strife. Now, taking advantage of the large-scale withdrawal of fans, all the accumulated things are released together. Although the number of people who have withdrawn from fans is still a small number, many true and sincere fans have been lost.

    The air pressure in the conference room is very low, and such a strong hammer cannot clarify it. It is best to treat it coldly and wait for the heat to pass.Several people were sitting around the table, and no one said a word except Mr. Qiu who was standing and slapped the table angrily. As soon as she stopped, there was dead silence.

    Qiu was always the director who led their debut. She cared about this group the most. Apart from the members themselves, she put in the most effort, so she was also the harshest when she got angry.In the early days, when she got angry and cursed, no one dared to speak. Later, the group became popular, and everyone became much more mature, and things that made her angry rarely happened again. She has a good relationship with everyone in the group, until today.

    “How old are you? You think you are a high school student. Why are you and me afraid that we won’t be photographed!” She took a sip of water and continued to curse, “It’s only been a long time since I debuted, and my hair is already flying before it even grows! I usually act stoic in front of my fans. How awesome are you to be the first to fall in love?”

    As if he had been feeling aggrieved for a long time and finally couldn’t hold it back anymore, Wu Xingye’s chest heaved a few times and he gritted his teeth and uttered: “I’m not the only one in this group who is in love.”

    As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him suddenly, with different expressions.

    Yuan Zhiyan, who had been lowering his head even as he was being scolded, was full of surprise. He looked at Rong Xiao first and then at Jiang Yilan.

    Mr. Qiu crossed his arms and laughed angrily: “Who else?”

    Wu Xingye shut his mouth and didn’t look at anyone, as if he didn’t intend to say anything anymore.Mr. Qiu looked around everyone’s face and said, “Okay, don’t tell me. I’ll ask them one by one later. No one can leave without asking.”

    “Me.” Tang Ruining, who was sitting at the edge, said.

    “Ah!?” This sound came from Yuan Zhiyan. He almost stood up and realized that the occasion was serious, so he sat down slowly and stiffly.

    Mr. Qiu was also surprised, with a sneer on his face and a complicated expression: “Who are you talking to?”

    “It’s not convenient to say.” Tang Ruining turned to look at her, “I can guarantee that I will not be photographed by the paparazzi, and it will not affect my work.”

    His tone was calm but his attitude was tough. He looked at Mr. Qiu intently, making it clear that he refused to reveal the other person’s identity.

    The quiet conference room fell into suffocating silence again. Not long after, the sound of the bracelet tapping on the table was heard, “He is talking to me.” Li Hu said.

    The bracelet was given to him by Tang Ruining a few days ago. Tang Ruining said it looked good on his wrist, so he chose one from the Fred force10 series after a long time.The dark blue chain matches the skin tone very well, and the horseshoe buckle is inlaid with a circle of diamonds. The simple chain and the bright diamonds match well. It fits Li Hu very well when he wears it. Tang Ruining has nothing to do but grab his hand and look at it.

    Yuan Zhiyan stared at Jiang Yilan dumbfounded, unsure of what he just said.

    He looked at the expressions of other people, only he and Qiu always looked shocked, while the others looked like insiders, making him look like the only idiot in the team.

    He closed his open mouth, feeling suddenly angry.Everyone told him but not him. He was the only one among the five people in the team who knew nothing!

    If the person who knew was him and not Wu Xingye, then he would definitely not complain to Mr. Qiu.

    So he looked at Wu Xingye full of resentment, but Wu Xingye kept his head down and ignored no one since he said that.

    After the meeting, the three of them were left to talk alone. Yuan Zhiyan and Rong Xiao returned to the dormitory. He immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to Rong Xiao: “Why did you only hide it from me?”

    Rong Xiao: “They didn’t hide it intentionally, nor did they want to make it public. Xingye and I saw it ourselves.”

    Yuan Zhiyan didn’t quite believe it, “Are you bluffing me?” After thinking about it, the two of them were indeed very close, okay, too close, but who would think about the possibility that these two are really having sex?He had never thought about it in this direction, it was too out of line.

    “I’m not bluffing you.” Rong Xiao patted his back comfortingly, “You just don’t pay much attention to these things. It’s normal.”

    No wonder, no wonder he hasn’t had the chance to get close to Jiang Yilan’s bed recently. He’s always been rejected for various reasons. It turns out there’s someone else in his bed!

    How could this happen?

    On the other hand, Mr. Qiu only talked to them for a long time. She couldn’t order the two of them to break up immediately. She could only analyze the pros and cons for them and tell them what was more important.She said that it was not like she had never seen someone in the same team fall in love, but they broke up not long after, which was very unpleasant and made the whole team’s atmosphere very awkward. She didn’t want them to be like this, etc.

    I sighed until the end.I have to say that Wu Xingye was very useful in pulling them out. Her focus was almost entirely on Jiang Yilan and Tang Ruining.

    On the way back, Li Hu was afraid that Tang Ruining would cause trouble for Wu Xingye, so he held his hand as soon as he left the conference room and asked him to slow down.Tang Ruining was stunned for a moment by him and turned to look at him.

    Then she quickly realized that he was holding her back, and she didn’t know whether to laugh or be upset for a moment, “What’s wrong, are you worried that I’ll hit him?”

    “No, it’s not like…” He shook Tang Ruining’s hand.

    “Well, not really.”

    Wu Xingye also walked very fast alone and did not want to go with them. He arrived at the dormitory first, went back to his room and closed the door.

    The two of them walked slower and slower, each with his or her own thoughts, arriving downstairs in the dormitory.Li Hu said: “Actually, I want to know what you think. Do you think I don’t want to share the responsibility with you?”

    Tang Ruining stopped and didn’t deny it immediately.

    His silence made Li Hu feel a little uncomfortable. He also reflected along the way. Maybe it was his usual behavior of avoiding suspicion with Tang Ruining that caused Tang Ruining to misunderstand. So he explained: “I really don’t want others to know about our relationship, but it’s not that I’m afraid of anything. It’s just that I think we shouldn’t be so high-profile at this stage. It doesn’t matter who I’m talking to. Do you understand what I mean?”

    Tang Ruining still didn’t speak. After a while, he responded in a low voice: “Yes.”

    Li Hu affirmed: “You don’t believe me.”

    This time Tang Ruining denied it quickly: “I don’t believe it.”

    Only at this moment did Li Go realize that the problem between them was bigger than he thought.

    He came closer and asked Tang Ruining, “Is there something you haven’t said? Are you hiding something from me?”

    “Aren’t you hiding something from me?”

    The content of the words seemed to be quarreling with each other, but the tone of both of them when they said this was very soft, without any intention of choking.

    Li Go was startled, and his expression of being poked into the center was clearly visible.

    No, he can’t know…

    But after Tang Ruining saw his expression, there was a faint look of hurt on his face.He turned away, but still held his hand and led him to the dormitory, “Go back.”

    But except for this biggest thing, he really had nothing to hide from Tang Ruining.

    Li Go stopped him again: “Let’s talk.”

    “I don’t want to talk.” Tang Ruining simply rejected him and opened the door to the dormitory.

    Yuan Zhiyan and Rong Xiao were both in the living room, as if waiting for them to come back.Yuan Zhiyan stared at their joined hands for a few seconds, and then moved away blankly, with the look of shock on his face that he couldn’t believe it but had to believe it.

    Tang Ruining returned to his room in silence. Yuan Zhiyan couldn’t help but go to Li Huo for confirmation: “Didn’t you tell Brother Rong Xiao and Xing Ye?”

    “No, they discovered it themselves.”

    Okay… Yuan Zhiyan lowered his head in frustration, “So, when did you get together?”

    “Well… on your birthday…”

    Yuan Zhiyan’s head suddenly raised: “Why do you want to confirm your relationship on my birthday!”

    Am I part of your play??

    “Accident, really.” Li Go comforted the angry man.

    “What an accident? I think it was planned for a long time!” Yuan Zhiyan made a random analysis: “It’s because our CP fans increased so much that day. He must be jealous! It must be so!”

    The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I was indeed very slow. His brother Ruining’s attitude towards Jiang Yilan was completely different from that towards others.

    “Stop gossiping.” Rong Xiao said next to him. Yuan Zhiyan looked back at him, his eyes becoming more and more resentful, “Brother Rong, why don’t you also talk secretly… In the end, I am the only innocent little white flower!”

    “I didn’t! Don’t spread rumors.”

    Li Hu smiled and glanced at Tang Ruining’s closed door. He still couldn’t figure out why Tang Ruining refused to talk to him.Before that, he had thought that if the two of them had a conflict, Tang Ruining would not avoid talking about it.

    Tang Ruining didn’t come to his room that night, but she sent him a WeChat message, saying: [I’m not angry]

    [Okay] Li Hu replied to him, [Just don’t be angry]

    After waiting, Tang Ruining said again: “Don’t be angry with me either.”

    The corners of Li Go’s mouth curled up, “I’m not angry with you”

    It was okay to calm down now, but they still had to talk and get things out of the way.

    Let’s wait for this storm.

    Note