Chapter 46 Chapter 46

An Jiyue stood there expressionlessly. In the bustling lottery room, she was the only one standing there with her arms folded, looking out of place like an iceberg that hadn't melted for a thousand years.

She doesn't need a luxurious river-view apartment in S City. The livestream doesn't need her to add to its popularity.

An Jiyue performed his duties conscientiously, quietly watching the movements on the scene, and occasionally glancing at the real-time data monitoring board.

The livestream's popularity has already exceeded expectations several times over. Tonight's data will be impressive, and there's absolutely no need to worry about the report. She looked away.

Everyone was paying attention to the countdown to the prize drawing, but An Jiuyue was staring at the two people in the live camera.

Zhong Xinli was like a completely different person. Her arrogant attitude off stage was completely gone, and her memory was also much better.

An Jiyue humbly reminded her of the details several times, but she didn't remember much. However, Zhong Xinli commented on the small shops that Lu Ye visited in Pingjiang in detail.

The words "standing up" and "chasing here" that started well but ended badly were originally ignored by An Jiyue. But Lu Ye's sudden stiffening expression for half a second and his abrupt change of subject made her reconstruct the truth in her mind.

Lu Ye continued to exchange superficial politeness with her on stage. An Jiyue remained silent, taking deep breaths over and over.

This time, the heir to a consortium had lavishly spent money and personally followed him to the livestream to show his support, yet he remained calm and composed, handling the situation with ease. Yet, back then, a simple gesture of retaining his qualification for the defense had caused such a scene to erupt.

It turns out that there is such a beautiful lady in S City. Lu Ye is really popular with girls.

Unconsciously, her expression became cold, her brows were furrowed, and there was a hint of anger in the corners of her slightly drooping lips.

"Director An, what's wrong with you?"

Tang Bian was the first to notice the discordant magnetic field around him, and looked at An Jiyue's gloomy and unfriendly expression with worry.

"It's okay. I'm a little tired after a busy day." An Jiuyue's brows relaxed and she tried to cover it up. She lowered her head and glanced at her phone.

"Xu Mu said a new guest has arrived, so I'll go pick him up too."

"I'm with you!"

When Tang Bian heard about the new arrival, he was more excited than anyone else. He had finally gotten rid of Lu Ye, the black hole of inspiration.

Compared with Tang Bian who was full of expectations, An Jiuyue was not enthusiastic enough. She even had little good impression of this amateur whom she had not met yet because of the psychedelic operations of the financial sponsor behind the new guest.

Since he is supported so generously by the Lijiang Group, he is most likely trying to climb up the social ladder. He came to the show just to gain some popularity and continue his debut.

An Jiyue's expression, while not quite grumpy, was a far cry from her usual calm and graceful demeanor. Her patience and tolerance had been nearly exhausted during her initial encounter with Zhong Xinli, and now she felt like she was going to give up if anyone else didn't cooperate.

Until Xu Mu led this person to the door of the lounge.

With a thin and frail figure, a gentle curve at the corner of his mouth, and a slightly hoarse voice, he greeted everyone elegantly and politely.

Zhong Xinwu. That's how he introduced himself.

An Jiuyue shook hands with him, and while Tang Bian was greeting him enthusiastically, she unconsciously looked at the new male guest.

He was tall and thin, his pure white T-shirt hanging down on his frame, seemingly weighing him down and causing him to hunch slightly. His eyes were warm and clear, like glass, and his eyebrows were covered by his hair, unconsciously revealing a hint of melancholy.

"...I rushed back from France at short notice and caused a lot of trouble for everyone."

An Jiyue sighed in her heart, but for some reason, she couldn't get angry at his magical voice.

She began to quickly align with Zhong Xinwu on the details of the next live broadcast.

Zhong Xinwu's clear and focused eyes looked at her, quiet and polite, nodding from time to time to indicate that he remembered everything.

"Who is my partner?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

"It's Zhu Ling, a sister who can really control the situation. Just cooperate with her. Eh? Zhu Ling happened to be off the air right now, why don't you two meet up first—"

"Director An, I'm here."

A woman as graceful as water has walked over. Her graceful curves are particularly eye-catching. The ripples of her cheongsam ripple with her steps, leaving everyone stunned for two seconds.

Zhong Xinwu's amber-like eyes suddenly rippled.

A strong sense of regret welled up in his heart. He regretted that he had dressed simply today, regretted not buying an earlier flight, and regretted making excuses and making excuses when he received the call from his cousin.

What I regret most is not bringing my most precious lens and camera.

Zhong Xinwu's gaze remained fixed, cautious as if he were guarding some rare treasure. When shaking hands with Zhu Ling, he didn't let go immediately. Instead, he tentatively closed the distance and asked:

"Would you be honored to be my model?"

“……?”

Zhu Ling glanced at him in surprise. He hadn't realized his cool hands had warmed up a bit, and his knuckles gripping Zhu Ling seemed to be tightening slightly, as if he couldn't contain his excitement.

But there was not a trace of impurities in his clear eyes, he was just waiting for her answer earnestly, the corners of his eyes drooped slightly, he looked pitiful and cute, like a big puppy with a simple mind.

Zhu Ling softened her heart and smiled casually: "Okay."

Then I saw the simplest and clearest joy in those eyes again.

The live broadcast was coming to an end. An Jiyue arrived with Zhu Ling and Zhong Xinwu.

The three river view apartments have been awarded. An Jiyue looked around. The atmosphere was filled with a sense of loss after the carnival, and no one seemed to have a happy face.

It seems there is no lucky person here. An Jiyue curled her lips.

The lighting engineer took a closer look. Zhong Xinwu had deep features, so the lighting angle didn't need much adjustment. His outline wasn't as sharp as Lu Ye's, but softer, so he could just lower the brightness.

An Jiyue gave Xu Mu a look, and he immediately understood. He stepped forward and conveyed the message that everything was ready to Lu Ye on the teleprompter.

Lu Ye has been interacting non-stop in the live broadcast room for two hours.

By this time, Group A and Group B had concluded their performances, and the four guests had all gone off-air and gathered backstage to rest. Only Lu Ye was still chatting in front of the camera, occasionally exchanging a few words with the financial backer of the Lijiang Consortium.

It is said that the sponsor was quite satisfied with the live broadcast and even announced the exclusive cooperation intention between Lijiang Group and Company Z in the live broadcast room.

Lu Ye was already a very important business executive at Company Z, but after receiving the public announcement of the cooperation intention, he simply said calmly: "I am honored to represent Company Z and look forward to a smooth cooperation."

Zhong Xinli was confused for a moment. Did this man not hear what she was saying at all?

That was the result that Company Z had been sending people to contact them for several months but still couldn't get!

She, the successor chairman of the Lijiang Financial Group, personally offered this honor to Lu Ye, but all she received was a bland "I'm honored."

Zhong Xinli felt a little frustrated. She put aside her usual noble attitude and used the clichéd gimmicks of river view houses and project resources, which she completely despised, but it seemed that she did not get the expected results.

She couldn't help feeling lonely, and sat quietly aside, no longer trying to find topics to talk about. Instead, she listened to Lu Ye steadily push the process through and began his closing statement.

He sat upright, slowly recalling every detail of his participation in "The Last Days Lovers", and thanked every guest, staff and even CP fans for their support in a dignified manner. Finally, he announced the fact that he had to leave because of work.

His voice was cold, like snow on a pine tree, but his tone was sincere and had a fascinating magnetic field.

Everyone at the scene listened attentively, and the cheerful and restless atmosphere calmed down, as if being soothed by a tamer.

The number of comments expressing regret for not winning the prize gradually decreased, and a large number of netizens began to feel sorry for retaining such a talented male guest.

"My white moonlight is gone..."

"What? The Luzhu CP ended before it even started?"

"You're busy with work, but can you please come and be my guest? I'm used to seeing you every week..."

"One person wrote in blood, asking Lu Ye to open a social media account!"

"I'm also asking Lu Ye to open an account! I want to continue watching the daily life of this elite handsome guy!"

Xu Mu also mingled in the live broadcast room, liking the posts crazily and browsing the comments.

"Director An, Lu Ye is really popular." He felt a little guilty and tried to force a flattering smile. "Will it be embarrassing to fill in for the male guest later..."

"It's okay. The new guest is quite eye-catching. When he comes on stage later, you guys can start by posting some comments and help guide the discussion."

An Jiyue was calm and composed, seemingly unconcerned about Lu Ye's popularity. This composure startled Xu Mu.

Ever since he caught his director and Lu Ye making out at the back door of Huayi, he almost didn't dare to mention male guest No. 3 in front of An Jiuyue, for fear of showing an overly obvious excitement.

After all, everyone is shipping the Luzhu CP or Hailu CP, but he is the only one who really ships them!

But his own director looked so calm and composed that he would never have believed it if he didn't know the inside story.

Xu Mu kept his mouth shut and wouldn't tell anyone. In fact, even if he did, no one would believe him.

Back then, it was An Jiyue who personally revised Lu Ye's script word by word, adding many intimate interactive scenes, and even followed him to Pingjiang for the filming, closely observing Lu Ye and Zhu Ling's date. This was all known to everyone.

The host came to introduce the show, and Zhu Ling and Zhong Xinwu took the stage together.

The steps were narrow, and Zhu Ling, who had been wearing high heels all night, suddenly stumbled and fell backwards, losing her balance.

She suddenly thought something was wrong and reflexively opened her arms to grab something, but there was nothing at hand.

Zhu Ling's blood ran cold, her face turned pale, and her eyes closed tightly.

There was a dull thud.

She was hurt by the impact, but she did not fall to the ground as hard as expected.

The person behind her stepped forward and caught her with his bony chest, breathing slightly at the moment.

Zhong Xinwu's clear eyes looked down at her pale face with concern, his hands on her shoulders.

"Are you okay?"

He leaned very close to her and whispered in her ear, his voice, which was like a fine sand, was gentle and magnetic.

For no reason, Zhu Ling's heart trembled for a moment, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be out of focus.