After hanging up the phone, Li Zhibai asked, "Did Sister Zi Yan call you?"
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded. "She knows what happened in the bar just now, and she reminded me not to be so impulsive in the future."
"Impulsive?" Li Zhibai immediately curled his lips. "I thought she was different from Zhou Ping'an, but I didn't expect they were both like that."
"That's not the case. Sister Zi Yan is Yan He's agent. She would say that because she cares about Yan He." Yan Liang said immediately.
Lu Yanhe: "Yes, Sister Zi Yan didn't scold me, she just reminded me to think twice before acting in the future."
Li Zhibai snorted twice and stopped talking about Chen Ziyan. Instead, he said, "I want to see what Zhou Ping'an will say this time."
Hearing this, Lu Yanhe asked, "Hasn't he contacted you yet?"
"No, God knows what he is doing now."
It’s not too late now, it’s only 10:30 in the evening. Could it be that Zhou Ping’an has gone to bed at this time?
Lu Yanhe felt a little unbelievable.
You know, people who work in the entertainment industry are generally night owls.
At this time, Zhou Ping'an is most likely at a dinner table or somewhere similar. Even if he is at home, he can't be sleeping.
There were three of them in one car, and Huang Kairen did not ride with them.
Huang Kairen was in the same car with Wang Yunfan and Li Qian.
Just now, until the police arrived, Wang Yunfan and Li Qian did not show up. They only came down from the second floor when they were about to leave.
The two of them made it clear that they would not get involved in this matter and would stay out of it.
No one said anything.
After getting in the car, Wang Yunfan said, "Kairen, you are too impulsive. Why would you follow them in their impulsive behavior?"
Huang Kairen frowned slightly.
“I just can’t stand it.”
Wang Yunfan said: "We are artists, not police officers, and we can't take care of so many things."
"Alright, Wang Yunfan, if you're worried about getting involved in this and don't want to be affected by it, then don't tell Kairen what to do here, okay?" Li Qian glanced at Wang Yunfan with disdain. "Kairen's actions may be irrational, but they are just."
Wang Yunfan: "Do you think Kairen's actions are right? Who knows what the relationship between this woman and those three men is? Maybe it's just a couple's quarrel. When they reconcile, they will turn against Kairen. What will Kairen do? Haven't there been enough such things in recent years? I wanted to help, but in the end I couldn't help, and I got myself into trouble."
Li Qian: "It doesn't affect Kairen's handsome behavior today. What's more, in public, everyone saw it. Can they still try to trick him and turn white into black?"
The two people argued for a long time, and suddenly realized that the protagonist of their argument had not spoken for a long time, and had been silent, looking at them in confusion.
Huang Kairen, who was sitting on the left side of the back row, was holding his mobile phone and staring at the screen, as if he didn't care what they were arguing at all.
"Kai Ren?" Wang Yunfan called out.
Huang Kairen didn't react at all.
Wang Yunfan shouted again, but Huang Kairen still didn't respond.
Wang Yunfan shook his head helplessly.
"Yeah, I don't care about anything here. No one cares at all."
Li Qian glanced at him and said, "You just realized it. You're talking so much nonsense."
Wang Yunfan: "Li Qian, I noticed that you have a lot of opinions about me."
"I just can't stand your attitude of trying to protect yourself while blaming others for rushing out." Li Qian looked ahead indifferently. "I admit that I'm a selfish person, but don't make excuses for your selfishness. Since you've chosen to be selfish, don't expect yourself to be noble in the eyes of others."
Wang Yunfan remained silent.
Li Qian's words were like a sharp knife, piercing his heart.
But he couldn't refute it yet.
Li Qian is just like this. She says this because she believes it from the bottom of her heart.
Moreover, Wang Yunfan also knew that what Li Qian said was right.
-
Why doesn’t Xin Zixing reply to messages?
This is the question Huang Kairen is thinking about.
Everything that happened tonight was so sudden that Huang Kairen had no time or room to think.
It was not until now that Huang Kairen could seriously think about why Xin Zixing was involved in such a thing?
Xin Zixing is a woman who dares to do anything if she sets her mind to it.
Huang Kairen has a deep understanding of this.
This is also the woman he loves.
Huang Kairen will always remember the moment when he fell in love with Xin Zixing. It was the moment when Xin Zixing poured a cup of cold water on someone's face. She had a blank expression and a bit of determination, and the sun shone on her face.
It was just because someone was being inappropriate with her.
Xin Zixiong is definitely not the type of person who would swallow her anger when someone harasses her. She would slap the person in the face.
This is even more true in life.
When the three men attacked her, Huang Kairen didn't even think about it. He knew that the three men must have been at fault first.
Xin Zixiong is not someone who would resort to violence easily - the better she is at kung fu, the less likely she is to resort to violence.
Huang Kairen asked Xin Zixing what happened just now, but Xin Zixing didn't respond.
What he wanted to know more was why Xin Zixiong appeared in the Antao Bar at night?
She sent him a message at noon, telling him that she would leave in the afternoon.
Where will she stay tonight?
Would she be nervous at the police station?
Will those men turn back and wait for an opportunity to take revenge on her?
All kinds of questions popped up in Huang Kairen's mind.
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Xin Zixiong finished taking her statement at the police station and came out.
It was late, and the wind was strong, a strong breeze blowing towards us, bringing a hint of heat.
She folded her arms across her chest, looking at the road outside illuminated by the dim street lights. She took out her cell phone and prepared to call a car for herself. Only then did she see the message from Huang Kairen.
In the past hour, Huang Kairen sent her nearly twenty messages and made two phone calls.
Looking at Huang Kairen's anxious messages, Xin Zixing smiled slightly and made a phone call.
Huang Kairen answered the call almost in a second.
"Hello, Zixing?"
"Hello, I was just taking a statement at the police station and wasn't looking at my phone. It was on silent mode, so I didn't hear your call." Xin Zixing said, "I'm sorry to have worried you."
Huang Kairen breathed a sigh of relief on the other end of the phone.
"That's good." Huang Kairen said, "Are you still at the police station now?"
"Yeah, just came out and was about to leave."
"I'll pick you up." Huang Kairen said.
Xin Zixing felt warm in her heart, "No need, I'll find a place to live by myself. Don't come over. It will be hard to explain if someone sees us."
"I don't care about that!" Huang Kairen said angrily, "Why did you start a fight with them? If we weren't here today, what would happen if those people kept pestering you?"
Xin Zixing said, "They can't beat me anyway."
Huang Kairen's voice became even more annoyed, and he said, "The three of them can't beat you. What if you call three more people over?"
Xin Zixing listened to the anger in Huang Kairen's voice due to his worry, and whispered, "Okay, don't be angry, I won't do it next time."
Huang Kairen: "Send me the address and I'll pick you up."
"I'll come over by myself. Don't be willful." Xin Zixing said, "Just stay in the hotel room. Don't be impulsive."
Huang Kairen said: "Just make it public."
Xin Zixing: "What about your agent? He's also considering your career."
Huang Kairen was silent.
Xin Zixing's heart softened slightly when she heard Huang Kairen's silence. While she felt a little disappointed, she also sympathized with Huang Kairen and said with more understanding, "We've been hiding this for so long. One or two years won't make a difference."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll be there now." Xin Zixing said.
-
Three people sleeping in one big bed is still a bit crowded no matter how big it is.
Before going to bed, the three of them took out their phones and checked the updates online. Sure enough, the bar incident had become a real-time hot topic, and many people were talking about it.
Lu Yanhe and the others came out only at the last moment. Before that, there was a long period of confrontation between Xin Zixing and them, including Liu Yuanting.
This process lasted for more than ten minutes. Someone recorded a video from the beginning of their conflict, which lasted about ten minutes.
Only then did Lu Yanhe and the others figure out what had happened.
There were also people at the scene who posted updates, describing in detail what happened.
Everyone heard what Mo Hebei and Liu Yuanting said.
So, when the original situation was restored, Mo Hebei's arrogance ignited the anger of the entire network.
"This matter is likely to ferment into a big issue." Yan Liang said.
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded. "This kind of thing happened, and because of our presence, it attracted a lot of attention, especially since Brother Ren and Li Zhibai have so many fans."
Li Zhibai said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, why do you call Huang Kairen "Brother Ren" and call me "Li Zhibai"?
"You are only one year older than me, why are you yelling?"
"One year older than you is still older, so call me Brother Bai."
Lu Yanhe shook his head speechlessly and refused to shout.
Li Zhibai immediately rushed over and grabbed Lu Yanhe's neck, "Are you going to shout or not?"
The two men argued for a long time.
"Brother Bai." Lu Yanhe gritted his teeth.
Only then did Li Zhibai let go.
So, late at night, when everyone was asleep, Lu Yanhe suddenly kicked Li Zhibai off the bed.
Li Zhibai woke up in shock, cursed "Fuck", and then looked at the two people on the bed with anger.
But both of them looked like they were sleeping soundly, and it was impossible to tell who had kicked them.
Li Zhibai took a deep breath, "Damn it!"
Lu Yanhe closed his eyes, cursing himself in his heart for being so childish, but at the same time he couldn't help feeling secretly happy.
-
Even at seven o'clock in the morning in July, the sun is still scorching.
When Lu Yanhe woke up, Yan Liang had already returned from his morning run.
To be precise, Lu Yanhe was awakened by the sound of the door opening and closing.
He thought someone broke into the room while he was sleeping, but then he remembered that it was Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
Lu Yanhe sat up from the bed and looked at Yan Liang, who was soaked with sweat. He was surprised and asked, "Did you go running today?"
Yan Liang nodded and said, "Bring your running shoes and clothes. I'm going to take a shower."
Lu Yanhe nodded, looking dazed as if he had just woken up.
Lu Yanhe's room could accommodate one more person's breakfast. Anyway, Li Zhibai would most likely not get up before nine o'clock, so Lu Yanhe did not call him and went downstairs to the restaurant with Yan Liang.
"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe opened his phone and found an unread message from Chen Ziyan.
Looking more closely, it was an invitation for a job. Chen Ziyan asked him to call her after he woke up.
This message was sent by Chen Ziyan half an hour ago.
Lu Yanhe called Chen Ziyan.
"Sister Zi Yan."
"Did you see the message I sent you?" Chen Ziyan said directly, "There's a website editor named Xin Zixing, who edits the website Yemai.com that I mentioned to you last time. She told me that she met with you yesterday and wanted to invite you to participate in an event they're planning to introduce the city of Langhua."
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard this.
"Xin Zixing?"
"Um."
Lu Yanhe uttered an "oh" and said, "Okay, that's good."
Chen Ziyan: "I also think this job theme is not bad. It fits your current style and image very well. However, the salary is not high, only 10,000 yuan."
"It's a lot for me." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
After the profits were divided, several thousand more dollars were deposited into the account.
Chen Ziyan: "Okay, then I agree. She means to invite Li Zhibai and Yan Liang as well. Then maybe the three of you will participate in this work together."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe was even more satisfied with the job after hearing this.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe immediately asked Yan Liang, "Has Zhou Ping'an contacted you? Sister Zi Yan just told me that Xin Zixing contacted her and invited us to participate in an event on Yemai.com to introduce the city of Langhua."
After hearing this, Yan Liang shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know. They haven't told me yet."
As the two were talking, they met Xin Zixing at the restaurant door.
"Oh, what a coincidence." Xin Zixing smiled when she saw them.
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The three of them sat at a dining table.
"That's true." Xin Zixing nodded and said, "When I saw you three yesterday, I suddenly thought of doing this, so I emailed your agents while we were having dinner last night."
Lu Yanhe said, "My agent has just contacted me. I've been free for the past two days, so I decided to go shopping."
Just as Xin Zixing was nodding, her phone buzzed. She looked and said, "Oh, Yan Liang, your agent texted me back. Um, let me see. Okay, he doesn't seem too keen on you taking this job. He said you have other work arrangements and you're leaving this afternoon."
Yan Liang nodded and said, "Li Zhibai does have other work tomorrow, so he has to rush back today."
"What about you?"
"I..." Yan Liang actually wanted to say that he had time, but he didn't know if Zhou Ping'an was not happy for him to take on such a job. If that was the case, it would be very awkward if he said he had time and Xin Zixing continued to invite him. Yan Liang thought for a moment and said, "I have to go back with Li Zhibai. Sorry."
"It's okay, it's okay. We don't have time this time. Let's make an appointment next time." Xin Zixiong said.
Xin Zixiong did not have high expectations or ideas for this job.
It was a temporary plan written in the beginning just to get closer to Lu Yanhe and the others, and it was not something that had been planned for a long time.
Xin Zixing said to Lu Yanhe, "Are you free today? If you are, I will find a photographer right away."
"I'm OK with that." Lu Yanhe nodded, "But why do you need a photographer?"
"Photos, text, and videos," Xin Zixing said, "are three ways to showcase Corridor City. Tell me about any interesting places you visited yesterday. We have a wealth of content on urban geography on Yemai.com, and I don't want to cover every interesting place in Corridor City in just one presentation. I'll just pick two or three and focus on them."
Lu Yanhe asked, "Have you ever done something similar before?"
"Never." Xin Zixing immediately shook her head. "I just thought of it yesterday. The second-hand bookstore I went to this morning, the restaurant I went to at noon, and the music store I visited this afternoon were all very interesting and touching places."
"Then it feels more like a store visit," Yan Liang said, "and less like a record of a city."
Xin Zixing said, "It doesn't matter. We didn't intend to make something like a documentary channel. In my opinion, the format is unimportant. What matters most is what we want to present. So, what do our users on Yemai.com want to know most about corridor development? The most basic thing is just eating and drinking. We want to uncover interesting, distinctive, and especially unique things. This is what our website's urban geography has always been committed to, and it's why we invite so many people to write their own urban geographies."
Yan Liang was quite moved after hearing what Xin Zixiong said.
This kind of work actually means going to Langhua to eat and shop.
How can I not be attracted by the city of Langhua while working and getting to know it?
Alas, it’s a pity that Zhou Ping’an doesn’t seem to want them to participate.
Yan Liang probably guessed that this was not the type of job Zhou Ping'an liked to give them. It was too literary, too niche, and the pay was destined to be low.
Zhou Ping'an always says, don't take jobs that are claimed to be idealistic and passionate but pay low. If you take too many such jobs, others will know that you are a bargaining person and you won't be able to quote a high price.
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After breakfast, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were about to return to their rooms. Xin Zixing said, "I have an appointment this morning. I'll be scouting a few places and meeting a photographer. We'll meet again this afternoon and start working on this. I'll add you as a friend so it'll be easier to communicate."
Lu Yanhe opened his QR code and let Xin Zixiong scan it.
Yan Liang also opened it.
Xin Zixing added them as a friend and said, "Thank you again for what happened at the bar last night. I'll treat you all to dinner when I have the chance, or...are you guys free at noon today? How about I treat you all to lunch?"
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other, then shook their hands and said, "No need to be so polite."
Xin Zixing: "I'm not being polite. I really appreciate you standing up for me at that time. Although I'm not afraid of them, your sudden appearance in that helpless situation gave me great comfort."
She raised her face and looked at the two boys in front of her with a kind smile.
"It's settled then. I'll send you the address later."