Chapter 98
For a dozen seconds after Qin Su said to Jin Xiao, "You are indeed my type," time seemed to stand still both inside and outside the camera's view.
Xu Shishi, who was slacking off watching a live stream and waiting to get off work, suddenly jolted, and her water glass crashed onto the table. Xue Jianxing, who was trimming flowers at the florist, accidentally cut off a flower bud with her scissors. Cheng Fubai, who was revising a manuscript, paused on the keyboard without typing. Gu Chiyan stared blankly at the open report. Chu Ge pursed her red lips tightly as she looked at her phone.
Ye Yan had just returned to his office after finishing a meeting when he heard this sentence on the monitor that was playing variety shows.
He paused, withdrew his hand from the water glass, and slowly turned his head to look at the screen.
Qin Su's eyes met the camera's, as if she were making eye contact with everyone watching her through the screen.
This illusion caused countless people's hearts to be stirred up by her words, just like Jin Xiao's, only to be shattered by her next sentence.
When Jin Xiao left, Ye Yan could almost hear thousands of sighs of shared disappointment.
Qin Su did it on purpose.
Ye Yan stared intently at the familiar face on the screen, a deep, calm expression on his face.
He wondered, what exactly was she trying to do?
Is she using this manipulative tactic of playing hard to get to manipulate people because she has her eye on Jin Xiao?
Just like when you first chose him, right?
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The celebrities in the observation room were also shocked, their mouths agape. They only looked at each other in bewilderment after Jin Xiao ran away.
"Ahem." Zhang Wenyan tried to break the silence, saying dryly, "It really was an accident."
Xiang Shuangshuang was absent-minded: "Y-yes, I just thought..."
She had just thought the couple was going to get together, and even held her breath in anticipation, but unexpectedly it was a rejection.
Zuo Fei let out a long breath: "Oh my god, I was so nervous just now."
Tan Ling stared at Qin Su on the screen, her brows furrowing slightly.
Zhang Wenyan quietly tugged at his sleeve, and Tan Ling snapped out of his reverie, naturally responding with a joke: "Looks like I really can't say I'm optimistic about anyone, it's only been a few hours since I said that. What do you young people call this again?"
Xiang Shuangshuang said, "Poisonous milk."
“Yes, yes,” Tan Ling laughed, “I’m the jinx of our show.”
The observation room erupted in laughter.
Shi Yi said, "I didn't expect Qin Su to care so much about age. Actually, I think three years is no problem at all, and there's no question of a generation gap."
"Yeah," Xiang Shuangshuang said, also puzzled. "Maybe it's just an excuse to refuse?"
Hearing their conversation, Zhang Wenyan and Tan Ling exchanged a glance but remained silent.
Soon everyone started discussing other topics.
After the recording in the observation room ended and all the cameras were turned off, Shi Yi asked, "Teacher Tan, you seemed to have something to say earlier?"
Tan Ling glanced around and saw that there were no outsiders, everyone was busy finishing up, and only the few observers were there. She said, "It's not that I have anything to say, it's just that I feel that Qin Su, this female guest, is a bit different from what I imagined."
"Huh?" Xiang Shuangshuang sensed something was up and quickly came over. "What's wrong? Teacher Tan, please explain in detail?"
Since it was just a discussion about ordinary people, not insiders, Tan Ling didn't hold back too much. He looked at Zhang Wenyan and asked, "Don't you think she's a bit seductive?"
Zhang Wenyan smiled and said, "A little."
Xiang Shuangshuang asked, confused, "What does 'demon' mean?"
Shi Yi: "...It's not easy to explain; it can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words."
Xiang Shuangshuang looked to Zuo Fei for help, but Zuo Fei looked blank and said, "I don't know either."
Tan Ling didn't want to talk about it, but Xiang Shuangshuang kept acting cute and charming.
"Teacher Tan, Teacher Tan, please tell me and satisfy my curiosity as a young girl."
Tan Ling, unable to resist her persistent questioning, finally said, "While watching the program just now, my heart skipped a beat. Do you know why?"
Xiang Shuangshuang paused for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Teacher Tan, is this something I can hear?"
Tan Ling: "...What are you thinking? That's not what I meant."
"Oh, oh." Xiang Shuangshuang relaxed. "I misunderstood. Please continue."
Distracted by her, Tan Ling lost her patience and said in a deep voice, "What I mean is that she had my emotions under her control at the time, and it seemed like she was doing it on purpose."
Zhang Wenyan chimed in, "Shuangshuang, you see, she rejected Jin Xiao by taking a third-party stance. But what if you were Jin Xiao?"
This was a path Xiang Shuangshuang had never imagined, and she subconsciously said, "Of course it's heartbreaking."
Zhang Wenyan asked, "And then what happens after the heartbreak?"
After putting herself in Jin Xiao's shoes and thinking about it carefully, Xiang Shuangshuang couldn't help but say, "I would feel that I am special because I am the only one who has been explicitly told that I like his type. Although I was rejected, I still have a chance to try."
"That's it!" Zhang Wenyan clapped his hands and said, "Raise the question first and then release it, don't make any definitive statements, leave a hook to entice people, and do it all without leaving a trace. Isn't that the mark of a master?"
Xiang Shuangshuang: "This...this might be a coincidence?"
Tan Ling said, "Coincidences are often the result of careful planning, and Qin Su doesn't seem to be the type to leave behind coincidences."
Xiang Shuangshuang thought there was some truth to that, but she didn't quite understand: "But what's the point of her doing this? Jin Xiao already likes her. If she likes Jin Xiao, why doesn't she just agree? Why go through all this trouble?"
"I haven't figured it out either," Zhang Wenyan pondered. "But some girls like to repeatedly test their boyfriends' feelings during the ambiguous and dating stages. Maybe Qin Su is that kind of person?"
Xiang Shuangshuang felt uneasy again: "With her charm, she shouldn't care about these things, right?"
Qin Su's popularity is undeniable.
Tan Ling and Zhang Wenyan were also stumped. But Tan Ling trusted her keen intuition as an excellent actress and said, "She definitely has something in mind."
Zuo Fei listened for a while before she understood and whispered, "If that's the case, she seems a bit bad."
Xiang Shuangshuang was unhappy and defended Qin Su: "How is it bad? She was just making good use of her emotions."
Zuo Fei: "But being bad makes it quite challenging."
Xiang Shuangshuang: "..."
Tan Ling laughed and said, "That's the truth. If I were ten years younger, I might have been tempted."
Zhang Wenyan said, "It's a pity, it's not the gender I like."
Xiang Shuangshuang and Shi Yi, the two women present, didn't speak. They exchanged a glance and saw the same message on each other's faces:
Ah, men.
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