This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends
Chapter 296 - 262 Chat_2

Chapter 296: Chapter 262 Chat_2

Tsk.

Okay then.

Wu Mu chuckled as he looked at her, turning in another direction and headed outside the restaurant.

After walking a bit, the wind blew some clarity into Sun Yueqing as if sobering her up.

Her complexion still flushed, but her gaze had cleared up considerably. She sighed softly, "Even such a famous director is on the brink of losing money; how famous do you have to be to be at the top, huh?"

Wu Mu glanced at her, "Can’t handle your liquor, and yet you drank so much?"

Sun Yueqing was indignant, "You and my assistants are here with me!"

"You’ll feel unwell."

Wu Mu made that comment but didn’t press further, instead he cycled back to his initial curiosity, "You must have earned quite a bit of money by now, why do you have such a sense of crisis?"

Sun Yueqing was one of those particularly hard-working young actresses in the circle.

Not at all like Lu Yao who did a bit of work and then went off to travel and rest for a while.

"Is there something urgent you need money for? Does your family owe debts? Is there someone sick?"

Sun Yueqing leaned her head against his arm and scoffed at him, "Can’t you think more highly of me?"

"My family doesn’t owe any debts, nor is there anyone ill. My parents are businesspeople, just small-scale. They don’t make a lot but we don’t worry about food and drink, and they’re very healthy," Sun Yueqing said.

So why are you always thinking about making money?

Wu Mu asked with his eyes.

Sun Yueqing confidently replied, "Don’t you think the more money you have in your hand, the happier you are? Just looking at all those zeroes in the bank account makes me happy!"

Wu Mu: "...So you’re a money-grubber, huh."

"What’s wrong with that! I don’t steal, I don’t rob, the money I earn is hard-earned and rightful!"

Sun Yueqing humphed.

As they talked, something seemed to pop into her mind, and she suddenly laughed out loud, "You looked so cute when you were a kid."

Hmm?

Sun Yueqing pulled out her phone, quickly found a photo in her album, "Your album cover, haha, you look so timid, makes me want to pinch your cheeks."

Wu Mu looked at the childhood photo of himself on her phone and smiled lightly, "Has it been released already?"

"Yes, it was announced at six in the afternoon by the music platform. They’re running a tiered pre-order campaign, unlocking more content of the album as more people pre-order."

"How old were you in this picture?"

"Ten."

"You were so short at ten! When I was ten, I was a head taller than you!"

Wu Mu curiously looked at Sun Yueqing’s newly shown photo, a pretty little girl in a tiny floral dress, arms crossed, pouting beautifully.

Indeed a head taller.

"I hadn’t started growing yet, what’s with that expression?"

"Striking a pose. Doesn’t it look tough!?"

"Haha, pretty tough."

Sun Yueqing chatted away until she seemed to sober up completely, not even needing Wu Mu’s support anymore.

She stopped, hesitated, and looked at Wu Mu, "Mu, your mother... she’s not around?"

After asking, fearing Wu Mu might be upset, she quickly waved her hands, "If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s fine."

Wu Mu clicked his tongue, "It’s not that there’s anything I can’t talk about."

"She’s already passed away." The image of his mothers from both lifetimes flashed before his eyes.

Although the answer was somewhat expected, Sun Yueqing’s expression still darkened.

She hesitated again, "What about your father?"

"He’s dead too, oh, and so are my grandparents from both sides," Wu Mu all at once.

Well, not dead, but might as well be.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than he felt a cool breeze and Sun Yueqing plunged into his embrace, firmly hugging his waist.

Wu Mu was slightly taken aback, "What are you doing?"

Sun Yueqing’s voice was muffled, "Giving you a bit of warmth."

Ah?

Okay then.

Wu Mu looked at the person sprawled in his arms with amusement.

He also wrapped his arms around her back in a hug.

"Actually, there’s no need, I have already moved on," Wu Mu said.

After Sun Yueqing provided enough warmth, she left his embrace and nodded, "Yeah, I can see that."

"Do you still remember the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago? We participated in the Mid-Autumn Evening Gala at Sha City TV together. Backstage, I was calling my mom to check in, and then I noticed you hadn’t made a call all day. I asked you why you didn’t call home for Mid-Autumn Festival, and you just stopped talking."

Wu Mu laughed and said, "Not saying anything was good; if I hadn’t known you were oblivious, I might’ve thought you were mocking me on purpose."

Sun Yueqing glared at him, "I would never do that."

"Alright, alright, you’ve sobered up enough, go back now. I’m starting to feel a bit cold."

"Weren’t the warm feelings I just gave you enough?"

Wu Mu escorted Sun Yueqing back to her hotel, and only after watching her enter her room did he turn to leave.

From inside her room,

Sun Yueqing sighed helplessly as she gazed at the closed door.

...

The wrap-up party in Chun City ended, and the next day Wu Mu flew back to Beijing to start rehearsals for the second episode of Legendary Voice.

Lu Yao was also there.

She had arrived earlier and had a sneaky look as if she wanted to say something upon seeing Wu Mu.

But before she could speak, her gaze fixed on Wu Mu’s face with a slight look of confusion.

Having already seen such expressions several times in the past few days, Wu Mu was unperturbed, "What’s up?"

Lu Yao scratched her head, "It’s just, I feel like, Xiao Wu, there’s something off about you."

Wu Mu questioned, "Off, what’s off? Oh, when I just got here, someone stared at me for a long time before saying I’ve become more handsome than before. Haha, what a fool, how could someone suddenly become handsome? It must be her illusion, only a fool would think a person could suddenly become handsome."

"Right, what did you want to tell me?" Wu Mu asked with a teasing look in his eyes.

Lu Yao was startled!

A fool would think a person could suddenly become handsome?

Lu Yao shook her head gravely, "I just wanted to say that there seems to be some dirt on your face, Xiao Wu."

Wu Mu wiped his face, "Is it gone now?"

"It’s gone!"

"Hahaha."

Lu Yao looked at Wu Mu, who was laughing without any apparent reason, and muttered ’fool’ to herself before returning to what she initially wanted to say.

"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, I saw Tang Weiwen today at the TV station when I came in!"

Lu Yao whispered excitedly with a sneaky expression, "He must be the surprise challenger for the second episode."

Tang Weiwen?

Wu Mu took a moment to recall, remembering the name of a singer from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This singer was pretty popular over ten years ago, roughly on par with what He Jie’s status was like.

But since he hadn’t had any memorable new hits, his fame had somewhat dropped to second or third-tier by now.

However, even though his popularity had dipped, his abilities hadn’t, and along with the big hits he had in the past, he still retained a reputation as a very strong singer among the audience.

Such a person showing up at Star City TV Station did indicate he was likely the surprise challenger.

This surprise challenger role was essentially for challenging others; it’s just that the word ’challenge’ sounded too harsh for industry big shots, so it was given a different name.

The rule for the second episode was: two surprise challengers would each pick one of the seven resident singers for a PK battle, and if they won, the last two ranked singers in that show would be eliminated. The eliminated singers’ spots would be taken by new replacement singers the following episode.

"Who will he choose to battle? Will he pick you, Xiao Wu?"

"It’s hard to say," Wu Mu shook his head.

Normally, if they aimed to win the battle and eliminate someone easily, they would challenge the weakest singer.

But since the surprise challenger wouldn’t stay as a replacement even if they won, they might not necessarily target the weakest singer.

In the end, it would probably depend on the show’s arrangement.

Although Wu Feng hadn’t mentioned it, Wu Mu suspected that the show’s producers likely had scripted plans about who to challenge.

Wu Mu and Lu Yao were discussing this new surprise challenger when they unexpectedly ran into the person himself.

Just as they were about to leave after the rehearsal, they bumped into a group in the studio corridor.

Leading the group was a singer wearing black-framed glasses, probably around thirty-five or thirty-six years old.