Chapter 28
Seeing the anticipation in Captain Quan's eyes, Shengli quickly chimed in, "That's right, sister-in-law. No matter how much I watch out, I can't be as attentive as you are. If you're really worried, you should stay and take care of her yourself."
She wasn't worried at all, really. Jingrong looked at Shengli, his eyes clearly expressing this sentiment, but Shengli saw it as a struggle. So he prepared to continue trying to persuade Jingrong, but the half-closed door was pushed open again. This time it was Taeyang, who leaned against the door with his arms folded. "Seungri, what are you always doing in Zhilong's room for?"
Foreign aid arrived, and Seungri stepped forward to explain: "Brother Sun, come and help me convince my sister-in-law, she wants to go home now."
"Isn't it normal for her to go home?"
"It's normal... The main thing is that Zhilong is still sick. Who will take care of him if my sister-in-law is gone?"
Taiyang then walked into the room, glanced at Captain Quan, whose face was still a little pale, and Jingrong, who was trying to comfort Captain Quan, and said hesitantly: "Jingrong, if you have nothing to do tonight, why don't you stay and take care of Zhilong? I heard that high fevers are easy to recur..."
"That's right." The presence of his best friend gave G-Dragon more confidence. He pulled Jingrong's hand and placed it on his forehead, shouting shamelessly, "Look, are you getting hot again? Oh, it's so hot, is the temperature rising again..."
Seeing this performance, Seungri wanted to cover his face. Captain Kwon, do your exes know that you're being so shameless in front of your current girlfriend?!
Jing Rong was helpless: "Even if I want to stay, there must be a room for me to stay in."
The three men saw Jing Rong's reaction as a sign of compromise. Taiyang smiled and pulled Shengli: "You two should discuss this issue yourselves. Shengli, get out."
Seungri nodded, and on his way out, he gave G-Dragon a V sign, then considerately closed the door. Captain Kwon went from shaking hands to hugging his waist, and said in a slightly irritated voice, "The bed is so big, isn't it enough for you to sleep in?"
At this point, there was really nothing to refuse. Refusing further would be hypocritical rather than reserved. Jing Rong nodded, but still said, "This won't happen again."
Because he was ill, Captain Quan and Jingrong slept in the same bed for the first time. They just slept under the quilt. But with a warm body next to him, Quan Zhilong slept very well. He was woken up by Jingrong's phone ringing early in the morning. Jingrong pushed away Quan Zhilong's hand around her waist and answered the phone half leaning against the headboard. Before she could say anything, Secretary Lin was already reporting excitedly: "President, have you been out today? You shouldn't have arrived at the hotel yet, right? There are a lot of reporters gathered at the entrance of our hotel now. Assistant Zhang said that if you don't have something urgent, don't come today. If you really have to come, let the driver pick you up..."
"Hmm..." Secretary Lin's excited voice made Quan Zhilong unable to sleep. He simply sat up, put his arm around Jingrong's waist, and buried his head in her shoulder. "What's wrong, baby?"
Jing Rong shook his head: "I'm still listening."
Secretary Lin on the other side was completely frozen, "President, President... Is there someone else with you?!" What the hell is going on... Secretary Lin was confused.
"Hmm." Jing Rong snorted. His voice, having just woken up, was far less crisp and clear than usual. It sounded a bit gentle. "Go on, why are the reporters gathering at the hotel entrance?"
"This..." Secretary Lin hesitated obviously. If it were usual, she would definitely tell everything she knew, but the situation now was a little special. Not only was it special, but it also made her feel very confused. "That... President, I, I'm not very clear..." It's not that she didn't want to say it. If she said it, it would be your turn to be confused and upset, President!
"Hmm?" Jing Rong snorted again, which made Secretary Lin's heart tighten. In fact, she regretted it as soon as she said it. She knew very well which employees her president liked the most and which he hated. She was not well-informed and was obviously shirking responsibility. She definitely stepped on the president's sore spot!
After weighing the pros and cons, Secretary Lin decided to take action. "The truth is, President... yesterday, photos of you and Taeyangxi having dinner at a restaurant and... going to an amusement park were posted online... Now everyone thinks you're a couple. Big Bang's Taeyangxi has never had any scandals, so the media and fans are particularly interested in this news, so..."
Because he was very close to Jingrong and his phone had good sound quality, Quan Zhilong was able to hear everything Secretary Lin said clearly. Before the person involved could express his opinion, Quan Zhilong said, "What did you say?!"
Damn, she messed up again. If she had known, she would have rather endured the president's obvious dissatisfaction than choose to bring up this topic at this time! Secretary Lin was not only stiff this time. As a diehard fan of G-Dragon, she seemed to recognize his voice, but she didn't care about the excitement. She wanted to buy a piece of tofu and hit herself to death. This really wasn't a mistake, it was a suicidal idea!
Secretary Lin was still struggling between pretending to be stupid and hanging up the phone decisively, when Jing Rong finally came out to save her: "Okay, I get it, you guys go ahead and do your normal work first, I'll contact you later."
"Okay, goodbye, President!" After hanging up the phone quickly, Secretary Lin went to the tea room silently to make some tea to calm himself down.
After hanging up, Jingrong didn't intend to put the phone down. Instead, she opened the webpage and searched for something. However, before she could browse, her phone was snatched away: "Put your phone aside for now." Quan Zhilong, who usually had the hardest time to sober up, took the phone from Jingrong and looked at her with bright eyes: "What's going on? You and Yongpei...how did people misunderstand you?"
Jing Rong frowned and thought for a moment before answering, "From what Secretary Lin said, it seems that it's because we were photographed at the amusement park yesterday... Give me the phone, I'm checking it out."
Quan Zhilong frowned: "Then why did you go to the amusement park?"
"You know, I recently asked Taiyang to do me a favor. You agreed not to ask what it was. He happened to be free yesterday, so he discussed it with me. Then, since we had a little extra time, we went to the amusement park to play for a while."
After getting Jingrong's answer, Quan Zhilong didn't relax at all. He continued to frown and asked, "When I called you yesterday?"
"Um."
G-Dragon was silent. When he was sick, his girlfriend was at the amusement park with his best friend. What on earth was going on? But thinking about it carefully, it seemed like he had allowed this to happen. Every time, whether it was Taeyang or Jingrong who took the initiative, whenever the two of them met, he always said he knew about it and was happy to see it happen. He was always incredibly supportive and happy that his childhood sweetheart could accompany Jingrong when he was busy. He had never considered whether a certain level of chemistry between a man and a woman might produce a different kind of reaction. Even if there wasn't, what if others misunderstood it?
Of course, at this time, G-Dragon just felt that he was the real boss but no one knew about it, and his best friend was just taking care of his girlfriend on his behalf, but everyone knew about it. He was a little unhappy about this fact, but he didn't have time to really mind it. He believed in Taeyang and Jingrong's feelings for him. With the pride of Miss Xue Jingrong, if she fell in love with Taeyang, she would definitely not bother to get entangled with him.
This is just a rumor, and reporters love to make up stories. Quan Zhilong tried to comfort himself and convince himself not to think too much, but he couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't ask." Jing Rong answered nonchalantly. Without waiting for G-Dragon's reaction, he took the phone from him and said, "If you mind, I will keep my distance from Taeyang in the future." After that, he lowered his head and checked his phone intently.
Hearing this, G-Dragon paused, thinking that he was overthinking it. He stepped forward and put his arm around Jingrong's waist. He originally wanted to generously express that he didn't mind, but was a little upset by the scandal. When he looked down, he saw a photo of Jingrong smiling at the sun without reservation in the sunset. The words he wanted to say were suddenly stuck in his throat, unable to come out or down.
Jingrong had never smiled at himself like this before, never.
Quan Zhilong stopped talking. Jingrong seemed to be immersed in the Internet and could not extricate himself. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little awkward. After two seconds of silence, Quan Zhilong stood up, walked past Jingrong, put on his shoes and got out of bed. Jingrong asked without even looking up, "You got up?"
Quan Zhilong hummed softly, Jingrong nodded, and nothing more happened. Quan Zhilong was lost in thought for a few seconds, holding his shoes, then he lowered his head to put them on, stood up and went to the bathroom without looking back. The moment the door was closed, Jingrong closed the webpage on his phone and called Secretary Lin: "Secretary Lin... please buy me a set of clothes, underwear and formal wear... yes, I want to wear them myself. Please send them to xx hole after buying them... Okay, half an hour is enough. Thank you for your help."
It seemed like Big Bang had no schedule today, so when G-Dragon came out of the living room after taking a shower, the living room was still very quiet. He sat motionless on the sofa in the living room, lost in thought. After a while, Taeyang's door opened. Seeing the person sitting in the living room, Taeyang was stunned for a moment before walking over and asking, "G-Dragon, you're up so early?"
Quan Zhilong nodded. Taeyang sat down next to him, glanced in the direction of Quan Zhilong's room, and asked, "Is Jingrong gone?"
"Not yet, she's still...sleeping."
"Oh." Taiyang nodded and continued, "It's a good thing he didn't go out. I was just about to discuss this with you. My agent called me early this morning and said I was on the headlines. Someone took a photo of me and Jingrong together yesterday, and now the news about us being together is everywhere... What should I do? Should I hold a press conference to clarify things? But I'm afraid that clarifying it won't have any effect. After all, I've never been involved in scandals before... Or should you take this opportunity to make it public?"
"Publicly?" G-Dragon raised his eyebrows, as if he had never expected Taeyang to make such a suggestion.
Instead, Taiyang nodded seriously and analyzed carefully, "Look, your relationship with Jingrong is stable and getting better and better. Jingrong is not a casual girl. As long as you are fine, I think there will be no problem for you two to continue together. Let's talk about the disclosure of this matter. With our current status, even if we make our relationship public, it won't have much impact. Jingrong is not an insider, and her fans can't influence her. Besides, her family background is not afraid of these things... On the contrary, given the current situation, Jingrong and I have a good relationship, and it is impossible for us to not have contact in the future. The media likes to make up stories, and no matter how simple it is to clarify that we are just friends, it probably won't work."
Taeyang was giving advice seriously, and G-Dragon naturally knew it. He had just browsed through the news online about Jingrong and Taeyang, and netizens were almost unanimously blessing them. It made sense, Bigbang was a national idol, and Jingrong was an idol in another sense. The two of them standing together were called a match made in heaven, a talented man and a beautiful woman. Even if Taeyang and Jingrong clarified their relationship, it would be of no avail. Sometimes people want to see gossip, not the truth. If he minded those rumors, the best way was to make public the fact that he was dating Jingrong. There was another reason. Now that the rumors had just started, they could make it public to stop the loss in time. If they let everyone associate Jingrong with Taeyang, when they really had to make it public, they were afraid that there would be a lot of resistance.
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