After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 399 - 390: Fishing, Chong Yin

Chapter 399: Chapter 390: Fishing, Chong Yin

"Why did you suddenly drag me out? Do you even need company to go to the bathroom? I’ve never seen you this scared before!"

Pei Xinyuan looked at Han Jiaojiao, who seemed oblivious and was still in the mood to tease her. She took a deep breath, her voice heavy: "Jiaojiao, let’s find an excuse to leave the private room later."

Han Jiaojiao finally noticed something was off about her expression, and her brows furrowed as well, "Do you have an emergency? We’ve just started eating, leaving like this wouldn’t be good, right?"

"I still feel uneasy inside." Pei Xinyuan wasn’t sure how to describe the sudden creepy feeling she just had. But instinct and experience told her, if she felt scared, she should avoid it.

"I think you’re just overthinking." Han Jiaojiao seemed indifferent, "I actually find Mr. Cheng and Director Lin quite nice. Director Lin is much easier to talk to than Director Wei. Besides, he seems to admire me too, the chance of successfully getting the role should be high, and we’ve come this far, we can’t give up halfway."

Seeing Pei Xinyuan still looking uncomfortable, Han Jiaojiao softened her tone a bit, "How about this, you find an excuse to leave later and I’ll stay?"

Pei Xinyuan instinctively wanted to shake her head. Knowing there might be danger, how could she possibly leave Han Jiaojiao alone?

But when she looked into Han Jiaojiao’s eyes, she was momentarily stunned.

Jiaojiao wants her to leave!

"Jiaojiao, you..."

"Ah, I know you’re worried about me. Let’s do it this way, once you leave the room, find a hidden spot outside to get a coffee and some food while waiting for me. If I feel something is wrong, I’ll call you, okay? They can’t silently transport me out of the room, right? But this way, we can’t leave together."

Pei Xinyuan forced a smile and nodded lightly, "...Alright."

"Let’s go back, it’s not good to keep people waiting too long."

The excuse they hastily came up with seemed a bit lame even to Pei Xinyuan herself, but neither Cheng Qian nor Lin He seemed to notice anything, nodding readily to let them go.

Pei Xinyuan picked up her bag and walked to the private room’s door. Before leaving, she couldn’t help but turn back and saw Han Jiaojiao waving happily and mouthing, "Wait for my good news!"

"Bang!"

The door of the private room closed behind her.

Pei Xinyuan stood there for a while, listening to the sounds of clinking glasses inside, then slowly walked out.

In the lobby, she looked around aimlessly, noticing an empty spot in the corner. She was about to head over when she heard a vaguely familiar and somewhat gritted voice.

"Lu Zhengzheng, handsome guy caught your eye, huh? Were you so dazzled that you forgot to check your phone?"

"Mr. Jiang?"

Jiang Lingxi had just sent a voice message and turned to see Pei Xinyuan, who still looked a bit dazed, standing next to her. She calmly pointed to the opposite seat, "Sit."

Pei Xinyuan instinctively sat down opposite her. A plate of delicate desserts with a shiny fork was pushed in front of her. She took a bite, and the smooth cream was sweet all the way to her heart.

Only then did she feel as if her soul had returned to her body, "Mr. Jiang, how come you..."

Jiang Lingxi gestured at the dessert, "Didn’t eat enough in there, did you? Finish eating, then we’ll talk."

Pei Xinyuan: "...Oh!"

Jiang Lingxi opened the voice message just sent by Lu Zhengzheng.

"Oh, Sister Xixi, I’m so bad. I didn’t notice the photo didn’t send successfully. Wait a moment, I’ll send it again and also share a short video. Please forgive my tiny mistake in light of my remedy. Your little assistant is deeply repentant, ping~"

Jiang Lingxi almost got goosebumps from that last pretentious ’ping’.

Even Pei Xinyuan, whose mood wasn’t exactly light, couldn’t help but giggle.

Jiang Lingxi raised her eyes to look at her, then casually clicked on the photo Lu Zhengzheng finally managed to send successfully.

Seeing the lead person in the photo, as well as Xu Qingmei and another young man’s positions beside them, her eyes sharpened.

This positioning explained a lot of things.

Lu Zhengzheng said the newcomer was newly signed to Xu Qingmei’s studio, but from this positioning, it seemed like Xu Qingmei was of lower status than her studio’s artist.

It’s just like a boss always making sure to walk behind a regular employee who just joined the company.

What does that imply? Obvious!

Several conjectures flashed in her mind, and she then clicked on the video.

The video was less than ten seconds. The man rode the horse swiftly, without even a saddle, then quickly turned to shoot an arrow, his movements so fast that there was even an afterimage.

It’s foreseeable that this little video, if uploaded to those small video sites, would probably go viral quickly.

In just ten seconds, this person displayed beauty and skill to the fullest.

Jiang Lingxi rewound the video to the beginning and watched it again.

That wasn’t enough; she played it in slow motion, especially focusing on the scene where the man sat on the horse, drawing his bow and shooting!

She watched it in slo-mo no less than three times, occasionally pausing.

Even Pei Xinyuan, sitting across from her, thought the video must be captivating if even Mr. Jiang was so engrossed.

Until Lu Zhengzheng’s voice message came through.

"Sister Xixi, have you finished watching the photo and video? Is it extremely good, so I’m truly not neglecting duties, the enemy is just too formidable."

"By the way, Director Wei seems very satisfied with the audition process and has invited him to the office for a detailed discussion."

"Sigh, why did Xu Qingmei’s studio have to sign this person? This Mr. Chong doesn’t seem inexperienced, so how did Xu Qingmei coax him over?"

Jiang Lingxi raised her eyebrows after hearing the last complaint.

Perhaps it wasn’t Xu Qingmei who signed him, but he chose Xu Qingmei.

As for why he chose Xu Qingmei among so many companies and studios in the entertainment industry...

Maybe because he’s one of their own? Easier to control?

"Did you forget what this person’s name is?"

Lu Zhengzheng stuck out her tongue after hearing the voice, then decided to type.

[Chong Yin, it should be these two characters.]

"Chong Yin." Jiang Lingxi softly pronounced it aloud.

But unfortunately, she had no impression of this name.

Maybe it’s an artist name taken after signing with the studio.

[Sister Xixi, our two-hour break is almost up, don’t indulge too much and forget, but being a little late should be fine, Director Wei seems to be in a good mood.]

[Ok, got it.]

After saving the photo and video one by one, Jiang Lingxi closed the chat window with Lu Zhengzheng and forwarded the saved photo and video to Shen Yunqing, ensuring it was sent successfully before she opened the input box to type, but the phone screen suddenly went dark.

Oh no, ran out of battery at a crucial moment!

Seeing this, Pei Xinyuan quickly searched through her bag, "I didn’t bring a power bank."

"Me neither," Jiang Lingxi waved her hand and simply put the phone down, "No worries, we’ll charge it when we go back. Are you full?"

"Pretty much."

Jiang Lingxi raised her hand to call the waiter to settle the bill, "How about going back together? We can split the fare."

Pei Xinyuan: "..." She couldn’t help but laugh, then glanced worriedly in the direction of the private room she just came from.

Jiang Lingxi understood her look but still reminded, "Waiting here doesn’t mean much, it’s just psychological comfort. Even if Cheng Qian has some plans, it’s unlikely he’ll expose everything so quickly, don’t forget he also has to return to the crew shortly, and there you are in the crew as well, he wouldn’t dare do anything to your friend just yet. Furthermore, even if he and Director Lin want to fish, they’d rather have the fish take the bait willingly, so no one can find any fault in them."

Pei Xinyuan listened in a daze, somewhat understanding, but still mostly confused.

Why do they want to fish? And after catching the fish, what then? They surely can’t just keep it for decoration!

Seeing her indecisive look, Jiang Lingxi simply took her by the wrist, "Come on, maybe we can still catch Mr. Chong, who came for the audition today, if we go back now."

Photos and videos are ultimately just images.

The real person might reveal more useful information.

Meanwhile, Shen Yunqing, who had just looked at the photos and videos, wore a rare confused look on his usually strategic face.

The man in the photos and videos was indeed quite outstanding, so who is this person? What does Your Majesty want to convey?

"Wow, quite the specimen, look at that face and body, rivaling you, boss. But why is Xu Qingmei, that old woman, always involved everywhere?"

Upon hearing the latter remark, Shen Yunqing quickly looked at the pictures again and noticed the two other people in the photo he had initially overlooked.

"Check the identities of the two other people in the photo besides Xu Qingmei!"

He guessed, that’s probably what Your Majesty meant as well.

Surely it wasn’t just to share a good-looking guy!

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