The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 248: Not Jealous, But a Real Love Rival

Chapter 248: Chapter 248: Not Jealous, But a Real Love Rival

"Hmm?" Jiang Man looked up, her clear eyes wide open.

"It will... probably..." For some reason, she felt inexplicably guilty.

If Lu Xingzhou knew that the hacker he had detested so much back then was her, she wondered what he would think.

"Ahem, I’m tired, I’ll sleep for a while," Jiang Man timely interrupted the awkwardness.

In her view, it was awkward, but to Lu Xingzhou, it seemed flirtatious.

He indulgently raised his hand to tuck her in properly: "Then sleep, I’ll check what’s for lunch in the restaurant, so you can eat when you wake up."

"Hmm." Jiang Man responded and snuggled deeper into the blanket.

Lu Xingzhou indulgently smiled.

He found Jiang Man rather cute during her period, showing more of the soft and tender side typical of girls, which made him feel very protective.

Stepping lightly out of the presidential suite, he headed straight to the VIP restaurant with Zhao Huai.

"Sir, whatever meal you need, just give the stateroom butler a call."

The hotel manager respectfully presented the menu to Lu Xingzhou.

Lu Xingzhou casually browsed through the menu, his expression calm: "This one, this one, and this one..."

He ordered a whole table of dishes, wanting to first try out the flavors.

Whichever dish tasted good, he would order another serving later to send to the suite.

The hotel manager didn’t understand Lu Xingzhou’s intention, but Zhao Huai, who had been by his side for many years, almost immediately did.

His boss was impressive, with both a business mind and a romantic mind.

Which other CEO pampered their lady to the skies like he did!

"Have you watched that variety show from country Z? It was filmed in our country, and it’s very popular now!"

"I’ve seen it, the one where they encounter a ghost prank on the first day and are thrown onto a deserted island to survive the next day, right?"

"That’s the one, Bei Ling, oh my husband!"

The adjacent table was occupied by four Thai-speaking girls, all dressed very fashionably, looking like local socialites.

Bei Ling, a beautiful man, was extremely popular in Asia; no matter where he went, he attracted a multitude of fans.

"I ship ’Jiang Bei’; their current popularity is top on the chart!"

"Let me see!"

One woman in a red dress opened a ranking called MAIGOO, looking at the content.

BEILING & JIANGMAN, hot 10000+.

The names Bei Ling and Jiang Man were all in uppercase pinyin.

"Really! Wow, my shipped couple might be real? Bei Ling admitted it!"

"What, what?"

The socialites suddenly got excited, crowding together to look at the content on the phone.

It was none other than a comment liked by Bei Ling; a screenshot by netizens went viral on an international website.

Initially, Lu Xingzhou was idly browsing the stock market on his tablet.

But when he heard the socialites’ chattering, he couldn’t calm down anymore.

"Zhao Huai, what’s going on?" he looked up at the person standing beside him.

Zhao Huai looked innocent: "I’ll look it up right now."

With that, he pulled out his phone and quickly found the post.

"Boss... you see..."

Lu Xingzhou glanced at the phone’s content, frowning deeply.

#’Jiang Bei’ CP I ship! Could the two of them develop feelings because of the show? Looking forward to it.

Below, the like by Bei Ling was glaringly obvious.

Underneath were loads of fan comments; some were bashing Jiang Man, but most were blessings for them.

Comments like "May you be happy together forever" and "Get married right there" made his blood pressure surge.

"Take down all related topics, and set ’Jiang Bei’ as banned words!"

Lu Xingzhou said sternly, his face still calm.

But no one knew, he was so furious he was practically jumping, ready to confront Bei Ling and personally declare his sovereignty.

Indeed, his sixth sense was very accurate.

He felt that this kid named Bei Ling had ulterior motives towards Jiang Man, and now, hadn’t he just exposed himself?

...

At this moment, in the reality show’s small team.

A group of people got off the bus and arrived in front of Dafo Temple.

Mi Duo had searched online for many taboos about entering temples here: "1. No physical contact with monks of the opposite sex, 2. Women must wear long pants or skirts when entering temples, 3. Don’t make a peace sign when taking photos, but put your hands together in prayer..."

"Ruirui, you need to buy a skirt." Zhou Ying immediately turned her gaze to Wen Rui.

Wen Rui looked around and indeed saw no one wearing shorts.

"I’ll go with you to buy it," Lu Zhan said softly.

Today’s six-person team, Bei Ling and Lu Zhan, both spoke very good English.

Wen Rui wasn’t bad either, although her English wasn’t fluent as she learned it as ’mute English,’ but it was enough for communication.

However, none of the six could speak Thai.

So when they shopped, they had to mix Chinese with English, and sometimes Chinese was even more convenient.

There were Chinese signs everywhere, so even if they couldn’t communicate in the language, it wouldn’t cause much trouble.

Seeing that Wen Rui was going to buy a skirt, Zhou Ying followed her, wanting to buy one as well.

Seeing that several people had left, Xu Chengzhou suggested, "Shall we go together? We can also buy one to wear."

"Okay." Bei Ling, who was not very sociable, glanced at a shop across the street.

Following the crowd into the shop, he seriously picked something from the women’s section.

"Hey, idol, why are you picking women’s clothes?" Xu Chengzhou couldn’t help but tease.

"Buying them for my sister at home," Bei Ling smiled and didn’t explain much.

"Really?" Xu Chengzhou said with a half-smile.

Mi Duo felt a bit upset upon hearing this.

The plot hadn’t followed the script arranged by the director at all.

Bei Ling had the capital to deviate from the script, leaving her very embarrassed, not knowing whether to get closer to him or keep her distance.

As she was selecting clothes absent-mindedly, the director’s voice came through her earpiece: "Today, with Jiang Man not around, you need to drive the conversation, interact more with Bei Ling."

After giving instructions to her, the director also gave tasks to others: "Today your task is to pair up and take portrait photos, try to capture the feel of wedding photos!"

With these script instructions, some were happy and some worried.

Bei Ling still wore an indifferent expression and bought a beautiful skirt, asking the shop owner to wrap it up.

When they left to head towards Dafo Temple, Xu Chengzhou suddenly turned back, leading his photographer back into the shop.

However, the camera immediately switched away at this point.

+ What’s going on? Why did Xu Chengzhou go back?

+ Is the production team causing drama again? What is it that we members can’t see?

+ I’m done, always keeping us guessing!

...

Late at night.

Jiang Man had rested for a day, and her body recovered quickly with Lu Xingzhou’s thoughtful care.

After a hearty meal, she suggested taking a stroll around the hotel.

This hotel was less than five hundred meters from the beach, past a stretch of wooden houses and palm trees, and soon they could see a stretch of white sandy beach.

There was an open-air bar on the beach, someone was playing guitar and singing, creating a great atmosphere.

Jiang Man and Lu Xingzhou found a relatively quiet spot to sit down.

As the waiter brought the menu, just as Jiang Man was about to order,

Ding—

Her phone, which was on the table, rang.

The screen lit up, popping up a message.

Lin Bei: Manman, where are you? I need to talk to you.

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