Chapter 25: Hot Pursuit

Finally, Athena took half a day off and came back to rehearse in the afternoon.

Fortunately, Athena recovered a lot in the afternoon and the rehearsal went smoothly.

After the rehearsal, the other contestants packed up and went home, but Hu Xiaoxiao stayed and practiced the song several times with the TV station's vocal teacher.

By the time she came out of the TV station, the sun had already set.

It was getting dark at this time, and Hu Xiaoxiao thought there would be no paparazzi waiting outside, but unexpectedly, he was still followed.

Maybe these paparazzi were targeting other artists, after all, there are many famous artists in the TV station, but now Hu Xiaoxiao is obviously being targeted.

Hu Xiaoxiao quickly hailed a taxi, thinking he could get rid of the paparazzi after getting in, but he didn't expect them to chase him relentlessly.

Hu Xiaoxiao didn't want them to follow him to where he lived, and seeing that he couldn't get rid of them, he asked the driver to stop in a commercial area with heavy traffic.

Hu Xiaoxiao pulled a wide-brimmed sun hat from her bag and put it on, covering half her face. After getting off the bus, she lowered her head and quickly walked towards the large shopping mall in the commercial district.

Hu Xiaoxiao entered the mall from the east gate and went out through the west gate. Unknowingly, he arrived in front of a high-end Western restaurant.

It was completely dark, the street lights were on, and several luxury cars were parked in front of the restaurant.

In front of a Mercedes-Benz, a man and a woman were standing and pulling each other.

"Why are you stopping me? I want to explain everything to Wansheng myself." Zhao Yanhong said anxiously.

The tall, burly man stood in front of Zhao Yanhong, his attitude very cold. "Wansheng is very unhappy with what you did. He hates being taken advantage of the most. Wansheng said that for the sake of our previous friendship, he will not pursue this matter, but he hopes you will be more tactful."

Zhao Yanhong pushed a man, but instead of pushing him away, she stumbled and almost fell. She was so angry that she took off her high heels and said, "I told you, I can explain. Just let me see Wansheng again, just once!"

The man warned again: "Miss Zhao, you'd better save some dignity for yourself."

Hu Xiaoxiao saw that Zhao Yanhong and the man were still struggling for a long time, so he turned around and found that the paparazzi were chasing them again.

Do these paparazzi all have dog noses?

Hu Xiaoxiao looked around and hid in a western restaurant before the paparazzi discovered her.

As soon as you enter the Western restaurant, it feels like you have entered another world.

Apart from the gentle music, there is only silence.

The restaurant is full of romantic style. The European-style wall lamps emit soft orange light, and the piano music in the ears plays beautiful melodies, as if bringing people to a warm place full of floral fragrance and romance.

A waiter in a bow tie came up and asked softly, "Good evening, ma'am. How many people are there?"

"What's delicious?" Hu Xiaoxiao looked around, wanting to see if anyone had ordered food and see how the food was.

But she saw a familiar-looking man sitting at the dining table in the interweaving of light and shadow. The man happened to look over here and saw her.

He raised the red wine glass in his hand towards her and said, "Miss Hu, what a coincidence."

"Yeah, what a coincidence." Hu Xiaoxiao asked, "Wansheng, are you having dinner here too?"

Wansheng smiled and said, "This restaurant is my business. If Miss Hu wants to eat something, I'll treat you."

Hu Xiaoxiao looked outside, shook his head, and said, "No, I need a way out. Is there a back door?"

Wansheng also looked outside and asked, "Being chased by paparazzi?"

"Yes, can you lend me a hand?"

Wansheng smiled again and said, "It's not inconvenient at all."

He nodded to the waiter and asked him to take Hu Xiaoxiao out through the back door.

After Hu Xiaoxiao left, the burly man came in and said to Wansheng, "Wansheng, Miss Zhao has left."

Wansheng just shook the red wine in his hand in the light and took a sip.

The man continued, "When I tried to persuade Miss Zhao just now, she refused to leave and pulled me away. The paparazzi saw her and took a lot of photos."

Wansheng then said calmly, "Tell the newspaper company to stop reporting anything that shouldn't be reported."

"Yes, I'll do it right away."

After Hu Xiaoxiao went out of the back door of the western restaurant, she came to an office area. She pushed her hat down and lowered her head again.

After confirming that there were no paparazzi following him, Hu Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. When passing by a pharmacy, he bought a dozen masks.

After putting on a mask, she took a taxi to the dance training class.

As her fame grows, some students have recognized Hu Xiaoxiao as the Miss Hong Kong contestant. In the past two days, many people have come to sign up for her classes, and both of her classes in one night are full.

With some time left before class, Hu Xiaoxiao approached Chen Tianhua and said, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, but tonight will be my last time teaching. I have to focus on the semifinals, and I'll have to give my all in the finals after the semifinals, so I don't have the energy to teach anymore."

Chen Tianhua had anticipated this day. He smiled and said, "Actually, I'm quite surprised that you've been able to teach until tonight. Thank you, Miss Hu, for your dedication over this period of time. You've earned the dance training class continuous praise and brought it both popularity and financial success."

Chen Tianhua was very generous and gave Hu Xiaoxiao another discount. She would take away all the registration fees for those who signed up for Hu Xiaoxiao's class tonight, and he also gave Hu Xiaoxiao a big red envelope.

"How can I feel embarrassed?" Hu Xiaoxiao did not accept the big red envelope. Chen Tianhua was already very generous in giving her all the tuition for tonight, and she didn't want to accept any more.

"Don't be embarrassed. Ever since you came here to teach, I don't know how much business you've brought me. My training classes used to be less than half full, but now every teacher has a full class." Chen Tianhua stuffed the red envelope into Chen Xiaoxiao's hand and said, "Maybe we'll have the opportunity to work together again in the future."

Hu Xiaoxiao thought about the current popularity of the dance class, and the fact that her Miss Hong Kong pageant had attracted a lot of attention to the class. After thinking it over, she generously accepted the offer. "Okay, if there's a chance, I'll definitely do it."

Mr. Chen has a conscience and is trustworthy, and she likes dealing with people like him.

On the last night, Hu Xiaoxiao not only taught even harder, imparting skills to her students almost without reservation, but also extended the teaching time and continued until late at night.

Although the students were very tired, they were all very happy and expressed their support for Hu Xiaoxiao to win the championship.

"I will be proud to tell others that my dance teacher is the Miss Hong Kong champion." The wealthy housewife said that if it were not for the fact that buying votes for Miss Hong Kong was not allowed, she would have spent hundreds of thousands to help Hu Xiaoxiao.

"Ever since I took Miss Hu's class, every time my friends invite me to a dance hall, I'm always the prettiest lady in the room."

"I'm now the closing act at the company's party."

There were cameras in the dance class, and the students all expressed their desire to take photos with Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao generously met the students' requests and accepted anyone who wanted to take a photo with him, which once again made the students feel that enrolling in Hu Xiaoxiao's class was very cost-effective.