Ji Fuling wasn't a fan of celebrities. After glancing at them curiously for a few moments, she looked away and walked towards her car parked to the side.

To her surprise, as soon as she opened the car door, there was a sudden commotion behind her. She turned around in confusion and found that the male celebrity was walking towards her.

This scene caused the fans who had been screaming nonstop to start discussing it with suspicion.

"What's going on? Why did Qianqian suddenly walk that way?"

"There's only one woman over there. Could Qianqian be going to see her?"

"Could that woman know Qianqian?"

"I think she's quite pretty. Could she be a new artist signed by Qianqian Company?"

"No matter what it is, as long as it's not Qianqian's girlfriend, otherwise I'll cry myself to death!"

"..."

Ji Fuling looked around and, making sure there was no one else around, couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

The man walking towards me was tall and had long legs. He had a pair of captivating peach blossom eyes, and his diamond-shaped lips naturally curved at the corners, which seemed to carry a hint of a smile even when he wasn't smiling. His chestnut-colored, tousled hair was meticulously styled, and his every move exuded the aura of a star.

It looked somewhat familiar, but Ji Fuling searched her memory and couldn't recall where she had seen it before.

Just as she was pondering, the other person had already walked up to her, his handsome face full of surprise.

“Fuling! It really is you! I just saw you at the ribbon-cutting ceremony over there, and I couldn’t believe it. I was afraid I had mistaken you for someone else.”

Hearing the other person call out her name accurately, Ji Fuling was even more confused. "Excuse me, who are you?"

"I'm Duan Qianfan! Don't you remember me?"

"Duan Qianfan..."

Ji Fuling thought carefully for a moment, but still couldn't remember who it was.

Seeing her blank and unfamiliar expression, Duan Qianfan's eyes showed a hint of disappointment. "You used to call me Brother Fan. Back then, our families lived close by and went to the same school. We went to and from school together every day. Have you forgotten all of that?"

Upon hearing Duan Qianfan's words, Ji Fuling suddenly remembered.

That happened when she was in first or second grade. She doesn't really remember it clearly, but she does remember that she was very close to a boy from next door.

When she was bullied by naughty male classmates at school, this young man would protect her and help her teach those bad guys a lesson.

Then one day, the boy's family suddenly moved away without a word, and they lost contact with them ever since...

Pulling her thoughts back from the past, Ji Fuling chuckled apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Qianfan, I just didn't remember."

"It's alright. After all, it's been many years since we parted ways back then, so it's only natural that you can't remember it suddenly."

Duan Qianfan smiled brightly, his voice gentle, "However, I still prefer you to call me Brother Fan."

Ji Fuling forced an awkward but polite smile: "..."

It was fine to call him that when he was a child, but to still call him "Brother Fan" now is just too cloying.

She simply couldn't bring herself to call out to her.

Duan Qianfan glanced at his watch, then changed the subject, "I just finished work. Do you have time now? I'd like to invite you to dinner."

Ji Fuling glanced in the direction of the group of enthusiastic fans and politely declined, saying, "Isn't it a bit inconvenient..."

She was afraid that if she had dinner with a popular male celebrity, his fans would tear her apart!

Duan Qianfan followed Ji Fuling's gaze and instantly understood her concerns. He immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, the fans are just a bit enthusiastic, but they are still very rational and won't interfere too much with my private life."

"We haven't seen each other for so many years, and to bump into each other here today by chance means we're very destined, and..."

At this point, Duan Qianfan suddenly stopped speaking and did not continue.

Seeing that he hesitated, Ji Fuling looked puzzled. "What?"

Duan Qianfan shook his head. "It's nothing. It's just that it's rare for us to meet, so I hope you won't refuse."

What he really meant was that he had been looking for her for the past few years.

But they had only just met, and he was afraid that saying it like that might make her feel uncomfortable.

Looking at Duan Qianfan with such expectant eyes, and remembering how he took care of her when she was little, Ji Fuling didn't say the words she was about to refuse, and nodded, saying, "Okay."

“I know a Western restaurant with a great atmosphere, let’s go there. I’ll have my assistant bring the car over.”

Duan Qianfan was very happy and took out his phone to contact his assistant.

Ji Fuling patted the car door beside her and said calmly, "No need for that trouble, my car is right here."

As the two got into the car and drove away, the surrounding fans screamed in surprise.

"Oh my god! What's going on?! Qianqian actually got into the car and left with that woman!!"

"Could she really be Qianqian's girlfriend?!"

"No! I won't allow it! Qianqian is mine!"

"Hey guys, does anyone know who that woman is?"

"I think I just saw her coming out of ZK.'s office building. Could she be a ZK. employee?"

"Hurry, hurry, swings, give it your all! I need all the information on that woman by today!"

"..."

While fans were frantically trying to find out Ji Fuling's identity, Ji Fuling had already driven Duan Qianfan to the Western restaurant he had mentioned.

The two sat in a booth near the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Fuling, I'm really happy to see you again. It's the thing I regret the most over the years that I left without saying goodbye to you."

Duan Qianfan barely touched the food on his plate, his gaze fixed on Ji Fuling, a gentle smile on his face.

Ji Fuling was eating spaghetti when she heard this and looked up. "Your move was quite sudden back then. I think I only found out the next day."

“There was an accident at home at the time, and my parents took me away from Yuncheng overnight, taking almost nothing with them.”

When this matter was mentioned, Duan Qianfan's smile turned bitter. "We lived in the north for many years, and it wasn't until my career started to take off in recent years that I gradually shifted my focus to Yuncheng."

The reason he wanted to return to Yuncheng was actually to find the little girl from his memories.

A few years ago, he heard that she had an accident. He was depressed for a long time, but he did not give up and kept inquiring about her.

I never expected that what I had been searching for would come to me so easily.

I went out to cut a ribbon today and unexpectedly ran into the person I was looking for.

"So that's how it is..."

Ji Fuling nodded knowingly, then joked, "It's a pity I don't usually pay much attention to the entertainment industry, otherwise, with your popularity, I should have heard of you."

"I was just lucky to make a movie with a decent subject matter, which slightly increased my visibility."

Duan Qianfan smiled modestly, then asked in return, "By the way, what about you? What are you doing now?"

“I work at a company, the one we just met.”

Ji Fuling replied succinctly.

At that moment, two men walked in one after the other from the restaurant entrance.

The man walking in front was dressed in a dark blue haute couture suit, with a cold and stern face and a sharp aura.

The person behind nodded slightly and was reporting something in a low voice, "...Mr. Ye, Mr. Ma from Fenghua has arrived and is in booth number eight."

As he spoke, Chen Heng glanced up and inadvertently caught sight of a familiar figure. "Mr. Ye, isn't that Miss Ji?"