Chapter 33 Storm "He's talking to me."
Towards the end of the year, Wu Xingye's love affair was exposed by paparazzi.
The other people were not surprised either. There was a sense of expectation because Wu Xingye was really into this relationship. Except for the time when he was touring the country, he would go out with him whenever he could. He even visited Qiao Han on set when she was on schedule and wished they could see each other every day. As the team leader, Rong Xiao was more worried about them being photographed than he was, but there was nothing he could do if he was the only one to worry about it.
The secretly filmed video was nothing more than a clip of the two of them going out late at night. It can be seen that Qiao Han was consciously keeping a distance. After all, they were outdoors and she was more careful. But Wu Xingye came up to her, held her hand and wanted to hug her, his actions were too obvious, and she couldn't make excuses. Wu Xingye's fans were even more upset when they saw such a scene. Wu Xingye's usual personality is rather aloof, and his fans all portray him as aloof and independent. They all agreed that apart from Tang Ruining, he was the only one in the team who would not fall in love. They never expected that not only would he be the first to fall in love, but he would also be so clingy in private.
When the relationship was first revealed, many fans denied it at first, saying that the person in the video was not Wu Xingye at all. How could you see clearly in the middle of the night? Later, the paparazzi released clearer photos and compared the clothes Wu Xingye wore in the video with his old photos. It was clearly the same piece of clothing and the details matched. Fans began to be divided into two categories: those who accepted the video and those who stopped being fans. Many continued to deny it, saying that the video was synthesized and so on.
Among the people who have stopped being fans, there are also some who have turned against him. The more fans know about Wu Xingye, the harder they criticize him. Combined with Wu Xingye's poor condition in recent concerts and his absent-mindedness in some materials, a large number of videos and screenshots were posted by fans themselves. Some people recorded videos of him singing out of tune and making mistakes in dance moves at a concert. These videos were suppressed before his relationship was exposed, but now many of them have been released, and various details have been magnified and judged.
There was also an old fan who wrote a long essay about quitting being a fan. The gist of the essay was that he had been a fan since his debut, and had seen how hard he worked and how high his demands on himself were over the years. He also knew that he was actually not what he appeared to be, and that he had a lot of little thoughts of his own, and to put it bluntly, he was just very pretentious. But she can ignore and indulge all of these. Until recently, she discovered that he was becoming less and less respectful of his reputation, no longer being strict with himself, and no longer being responsible for his fans and himself. She was disappointed again and again and finally decided to stop being a fan of him.
This Weibo post resonated with many people. In fact, there are many discerning fans. After a long time, they can tell from the details who is scheming and creating a new persona. However, if these things were pointed out in the past, they would only lead to scolding or quarrels. Now, taking advantage of the large-scale loss of fans, all these accumulated things have been released at once. Although the number of people who have lost fans is still a minority, a lot of genuine fans have been lost.
The atmosphere in the conference room was very low, and there was no way to clarify such a solid evidence. The best thing to do was to deal with it calmly and wait for the heat to die down. Several people were sitting around the table. No one said a word except for Mr. Qiu who was standing and slamming the table in anger. As soon as she stopped, there was dead silence.
Mr. Qiu is the director who brought them to debut. She cares the most about this group. Apart from the members themselves, she has put in the most effort, so when she gets angry, she is the most severe. In the early days, no one dared to speak when she was angry and cursed at people. Later, the group became popular, everyone matured a lot, and things that made her angry rarely happened again. She has a good relationship with everyone in the group until today.
"How old are you? You think you're in high school? You're so affectionate, afraid you won't be photographed!" She took a sip of water and continued to curse, "You've only been in the industry for a short time, and you're already so proud of yourself before your hair has even grown out! You usually act so pure and innocent in front of your fans, how awesome is that you're the first one to fall in love!"
As if he had been suppressed for a long time and finally couldn't hold it back any longer, Wu Xingye's chest rose and fell a few times, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not the only one in the group who's in a relationship."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him suddenly, with different expressions.
Yuan Zhiyan, who had been keeping his head down and being scolded, was full of surprise. He first glanced at Rong Xiao and then at Jiang Yilan.
Mr. Qiu crossed his arms and laughed angrily: "Who else?"
Wu Xingye shut his mouth and looked at no one, as if he wasn't going to say anything more. Mr. Qiu looked at everyone's face and said, "Okay, if you don't want to tell me, I'll ask you one by one later. No one can leave until I tell you the answer."
"Me." Tang Ruining, who was sitting at the edge, spoke.
"Ah!?" This sound came from Yuan Zhiyan. He almost stood up half of his body, but then realized that the occasion was very serious, so he sat down slowly and stiffly.
Mr. Qiu was also surprised. He sneered and asked with a complicated expression, "Who are you talking to?"
"It's inconvenient to say." Tang Ruining turned to look at her, "I can guarantee that I won't be photographed by the paparazzi, and it won't affect my work."
His tone was calm but his attitude was firm. He looked directly at Mr. Qiu, making it clear that he was unwilling to reveal the other person's identity.
The quiet conference room fell into a suffocating silence again. Soon, the sound of the bracelet tapping on the table was heard. "He is talking to me." Li Xi said.
The bracelet was given to him by Tang Ruining a few days ago. Tang Ruining said that it looks good on his wrist, and he spent a long time choosing a model from the Fred force 10 series. The dark blue chain matches the skin tone very well, and the horseshoe buckle is inlaid with a circle of diamonds. The simple chain and the dazzling diamonds match perfectly. It fits Li Xi very well when he wears it. Tang Ruining has nothing to do so he grabs his hand to look at it.
Yuan Zhiyan stared at Jiang Yilan in amazement, unsure of what he had just said.
He looked at the expressions of the others. Only he and Mr. Qiu looked shocked. The others looked like they knew the truth, making him look like the only idiot in the team.
He closed his open mouth and suddenly felt a little angry. I told everyone except him. He was the only one among the five people in the team who knew nothing!
If the person who knew about it was him and not Wu Xingye, he would definitely not have complained to President Qiu.
So he looked at Wu Xingye again with resentment, but Wu Xingye had been keeping his head down and ignoring everyone since he said that.
After the meeting, the three were left to talk alone. Yuan Zhiyan and Rong Xiao returned to the dormitory. He immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to Rong Xiao: "Why did you hide it from me?"
Rong Xiao: "They didn't hide it on purpose, nor did they intend to make it public. Xingye and I figured it out ourselves."
Yuan Zhiyan didn't quite believe it, "Are you kidding me?" After thinking about it, the two of them were indeed very close to each other. Okay, too close, but who would have thought that these two people might really be gay? He had never thought about it in this direction. It was too beyond the scope.
"I'm not kidding you." Rong Xiao patted his back comfortingly, "You just don't pay much attention to these things. It's normal."
No wonder, no wonder he hadn’t had the chance to get close to Jiang Yilan’s bed recently, always being rejected for various reasons. It turned out that there was someone else in his bed!
how so.
Ms. Qiu on the other end of the conversation was all in vain. She couldn't order the two to break up immediately. She could only analyze the pros and cons for them and tell them to figure out what is more important. She said that she had seen teammates dating before, but they broke up after a short while and it was a very ugly scene that made the atmosphere of the entire team very awkward. She didn't want the same thing to happen to them, etc.
Everyone sighed at the end of the story. I have to say that it was very useful for Wu Xingye to pull them both out. Her focus was almost entirely on Jiang Yilan and Tang Ruining.
On the way back, Li Wei was afraid that Tang Ruining would cause trouble for Wu Xingye, so as soon as they left the meeting room, she held his hand and asked him to slow down. Tang Ruining was stunned for a moment by his pulling her hand, and turned to look at him.
Then she quickly realized that he was holding her back, and for a moment she didn't know whether to laugh or be upset, "What's wrong, are you worried that I'll beat him up?"
"No, not really..." He shook Tang Ruining's hand.
"Well, not really."
Wu Xingye also walked very quickly alone. Not wanting to go the same way as them, he arrived at the dormitory first, went back to his room and closed the door.
The two of them walked slower and slower, each with their own thoughts, until they arrived at the dormitory building. Li Xi said, "Actually, I want to know what you think. Do you think I don't want to share the responsibility with you?"
Tang Ruining stopped and did not deny it immediately.
His silence made Li Xi feel uncomfortable. He was also reflecting on the whole journey. Perhaps it was because of his usual avoidance of suspicion with Tang Ruining that Tang Ruining misunderstood him. So he explained: "I really don't want others to know about our relationship, but it's not that I'm afraid of anything. I just think that we shouldn't be so high-profile at this stage. It doesn't matter who I'm talking to. Do you understand what I mean?"
Tang Ruining still didn't say anything. After a while, he responded softly, "Yeah."
Li Xi said affirmatively: "You don't believe me."
This time Tang Ruining denied it quickly: "I don't believe it."
It was at this moment that Li Xi realized that the problem between them was bigger than he thought.
He moved closer and asked Tang Ruining, "What did you not say? Are you hiding something from me?"
"Aren't you hiding something from me, too?"
The content of their words sounded like they were arguing with each other, but the tone of voice used by both of them when they said it was very light, without any intention of provocation at all.
Li Xi was startled, and his expression was clearly showing that his true feelings were exposed.
No, he couldn't possibly know...
But after seeing his expression, Tang Ruining's face revealed a hint of hurt. He turned his head away, but still held his hand and led him to the dormitory. "Let's go back."
But apart from this biggest thing, he really had nothing to hide from Tang Ruining.
Li Xi called him again: "Let's talk."
"I don't want to talk." Tang Ruining simply rejected him and opened the door of the dormitory.
Yuan Zhiyan and Rong Xiao were both in the living room, as if waiting for them to come back. Yuan Zhiyan stared at their clasped hands for a few seconds, then looked away blankly, his face still showing the shock that he couldn't believe but had to believe.
Tang Ruining returned to his room in silence. Yuan Zhiyan couldn't help but go to Li Xi to ask for confirmation: "Didn't you tell Rong Xiaoge and Xingye either?"
"No, they discovered it themselves."
Okay... Yuan Zhiyan hung his head in frustration, "So, when did you two get together?"
"Well... on your birthday..."
Yuan Zhiyan raised his head suddenly: "Why do you want to confirm your relationship on my birthday?"
Am I part of your play? ?
"It was an accident, really." Li Xi tried to comfort the angry person.
"What accident? I think this was planned for a long time!" Yuan Zhiyan made a random analysis: "Our CP fan base increased significantly that day, so he must be jealous! He must be!"
The more he thought about it, the more he realized that he was indeed very slow. His brother Rui Ning's attitude towards Jiang Yilan was completely different from that towards other people.
"Stop gossiping." Rong Xiao said beside him. Yuan Zhiyan turned around and looked at him, his eyes becoming more and more resentful. "Brother Rong, you are not secretly dating someone, are you?... In the end, I am the only innocent girl!"
"I didn't! Don't spread rumors."
Li Xi smiled and glanced at Tang Ruining's closed door, but still couldn't figure out why Tang Ruining refused to talk to him. Before this, he had thought that if the two of them had a conflict, Tang Ruining would not avoid talking about it.
Tang Ruining did not come to his room at night, but sent him a WeChat message: [I am not angry]
[OK] Li Xi replied to him, [As long as you are not angry]
After waiting for a while, Tang Ruining said again: [Don’t be angry with me]
Li Xi's lips curled up, [I'm not angry with you]
It would be good for them to calm down now, but they still had to talk and get things out of the way.
Let's wait until this storm is over.
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