Chapter 160: Aggressive
Why didn't she refuse Shen Xingzhi's hug just now?
After returning to the B&B, Ren Limeng went upstairs alone and pondered this question over and over in her mind. Every time she questioned herself, she could easily find a plausible reason to explain the hug just now, but it seemed that every excuse could not completely convince her to let it go.
She couldn't deceive herself anymore.
Ren Limeng sighed softly and covered her hot cheek with her left hand. She took a deep breath, pursed her lips, and puffed out her cheeks slightly. She tried hard to adjust the tense facial muscles and let the corners of her mouth raise into a perfect smile, hiding all the confusion and struggle in her heart. She slowly raised her right hand and opened the door.
"Sister Chen Xi."
"Are you back?"
Chen Xi, who lived with her, had already changed into pajamas and gone to bed. He was playing with his phone while putting on a facial mask. Ren Limeng greeted Chen Xi but did not notice the deep look in Chen Xi's eyes. She glanced around the room calmly. The camera for the program recording had been completely covered by Chen Xi with a white hotel towel.
Ren Limeng put her bag away, placed her cell phone on the coffee table, picked up her clothes and immediately walked towards the bathroom, ready to wash up and go to bed.
Whether it was the repeated arguments with her parents or the entanglement and cooperation with Shen Xingzhi, she should just slow down when she couldn't figure things out. She shouldn't indulge in any unnecessary emotions. She still had a lot of things to do.
It's true that she's upset, but she can still hold on!
"Li Meng, are you familiar with Xingzhi University?"
Ren Limeng came out of the bathroom and was about to grab the towel outside when she heard Chen Xi's question, which was obviously tentative. She spread the lotion on her face with both hands, glanced at Chen Xi sideways, and said in a voice that pretended to be confused, "Brother Xingzhi is a senior in a club at my university. Sister Chen Xi, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Ren Limeng did not directly answer Chen Xi's question, and her eyes immediately changed from relaxed to cautious. She couldn't help but think secretly in her heart, there must be a reason for everything, why did Chen Xi suddenly ask this question?
Yesterday's kiss and today's hug made Ren Limeng terrified. Coupled with the flash marriage and divorce in college, Ren Limeng had to pay attention as long as the topic involved Chen Xingzhi.
In theory, the marketing team hired by Shen Xingzhi with a lot of money could even perfectly handle Shen Xingzhi's sudden official announcement of marriage today and skillfully guide public opinion. Ren Limeng has always been very confident in Shen Xingzhi's "cash ability", but Chen Xi's obviously targeted questions still made her heart tighten.
Speaking of which, she hasn’t had time to watch the second episode of “Mountains and Seas” which will be aired tonight.
Ren Limeng's mind was spinning rapidly, but she only had a faint smile on her face. She did not pick up the towel, but while answering Chen Xi, she slowly walked towards the coffee table beside her, wanting to get her mobile phone back to check the latest audience discussion.
First, there was the ineffective and lengthy communication with her parents, and then there was the sudden tight hug from Chen Xingzhi. Apart from being upset, Ren Limeng had no time to turn on her mobile phone. She was trying to calm herself down all the time.
The program to be broadcast tonight is the second half of the first public performance, including the daily travel of each team, the first public test and the performance. Even without watching the main film, Ren Limeng can roughly guess the editing direction of their team, which will definitely focus on Xu Chichi's fall and construct the story line of the entire team.
Apart from the segment where she read the "gold master daddy" advertisement, the most effective story shot that can be retained in the main film is probably the chat when Chen Xingzhi asked her to use WeChat during the team communication.
Ren Limeng tried hard to recall the "play" that happened a week ago.
She cleverly took up Shen Xingzhi's sudden question, and they cooperated tacitly, explaining the reason why she did not use Shen Xingzhi's WeChat as Shen Xingzhi's secret anger at giving up hosting and breaking his promise.
Their conversations are interspersed with college memories, and the deliberately created ambiguous atmosphere of the CP paves the way for the subsequent public disclosure of the two's flash marriage and divorce, and also makes her and Shen Xingzhi's characters more full and specific.
Ren Limeng was not surprised that this scene could trigger discussion among the audience, but the focus of this play was Shen Xingzhi. Fame determined popularity. She was just a background board for the "buy one get one free" topic in Shen Xingzhi's topic. Even if Chen Xi found out about this from the hot search, there was no need to ask her again.
Ren Limeng smiled and studied Chen Xi's fake, friendly smile. Regardless of whether there were cameras on or not, it was past eleven in the evening, and it was strange for two guests who had no common topics outside of the show to be exchanging pleasantries in the room...
Pretty crazy.
Chen Xi had practiced Huangmei Opera hard all day today, how could he still have the energy to pull her here to talk?
Won’t Zhendu be tired?
Or...something happened that she didn't know about?
"Just a senior from a club? Li Meng, we're not recording right now, so tell me the truth, did Shen Xingzhi have a crush on you?"
???
Chen Xi's question left Ren Limeng stunned. She clutched her newly acquired phone tightly, not even able to open the screen. Her pupils shrank as she looked up at Chen Xi. "Sister Chen Xi, where did you get this news? This is outrageous, isn't it?"
Shen Xingzhi has a crush on her?
It was obvious that she had been secretly in love with Shen Xingzhi for many years!
When she talked about it, she shed tears of sadness!
I can't recall anything!
Has Shen Xingzhi's character been created so perfectly during this period?
What on earth went wrong? Chen Xi actually seemed to believe such outrageous news?
Facing Chen Xi's fixed gaze, Ren Limeng tried hard to smile calmly, and still did not dodge at all in response to Chen Xi's meaningful smile.
"Is it outrageous? Li Meng, Chen Xingzhi's actions tonight are even crazier."
Chen Xi's face was slightly cold, and she couldn't see through Ren Limeng's usual smile, but she was almost certain that Shen Xingzhi treated Ren Limeng differently, and Ren Limeng couldn't be really confused at this moment.
She averted her gaze and casually turned the phone in her hand, her tone filled with complaints, "We are in the same team and have been living together these days. Xingzhi said so, but you didn't tell me about your relationship with Xingzhi outside of the show. Isn't that kind?"
What happened between her and Shen Xingzhi?
What's their business?
A quick marriage and divorce in college?
Or is it the current...cooperation...entanglement?
Ren Limeng couldn't confirm whether Chen Xi was pretending to be mysterious and deceiving her, or if he had really discovered something, but the dissatisfaction in Chen Xi's words was obvious.
Even during the note incident two days ago, Chen Xi didn't seem to show such emotions. They could even let it pass tacitly. Ren Limeng became more and more curious about what crazy thing Shen Xingzhi had done tonight.
"Sister Chen Xi, please stop playing dumb with me. 'Shan Hai' has been recording almost all day these days. What could happen between me and Brother Xingzhi? We go out together every day. Aren't you being too unfair to suspect me like this?"
Speaking the softest words and expressing the hardest attitude, Ren Limeng seemed to succumb to Chen Xi's aggressive questioning with a coquettish tone. She blinked, seeming a little at a loss, but there was an implicit calmness in her words.
As she spoke, Ren Limeng was already leaning against the coffee table, slowly lowered her head, and opened her phone with one hand.
After thinking it over again and again, I realized that the answers to the questions hidden in Chen Xi's words could only be found on the Internet.
Ren Limeng tapped her finger lightly and went directly to the hot search interface. The hot search list that caught her eye made her pupils shrink suddenly, her breathing stagnated, and her fingers unconsciously clenched the phone. Her originally slightly drooping body suddenly tensed up. With a few quick clicks, the smile on the corner of her mouth froze to the extreme. Suddenly, her heart seemed to be stirred up by thousands of waves, which beat against her closed heart again and again.
Chen Xi was speaking in front, and Ren Limeng did not read all the content carefully. Hearing Chen Xi's questioning, Ren Limeng lowered her eyes, turned off the phone, and tried hard to control all thoughts.
"Li Meng, are you really not paying attention or are you just playing dumb? Xingzhi posted this Weibo a few hours ago. You're not going to say you just saw it, are you? Do newcomers these days think everyone is stupid? You're deceiving yourself to this extent. It's insulting."
From the moment Ren Limeng entered the door, Chen Xi had been observing her all the time. She really didn't expect that Ren Limeng could be so patient and didn't take her seriously at all. She didn't reveal any news or explanation about this matter to her.
Chen Xi sneered, her heart filled with anger. She was giving too much face to Chen Xingzhi. Only Ren Limeng, a nobody who couldn't even be called an 18th-tier star, could be so arrogant!
What's even more hateful is that she just asked her team to contact a bunch of marketing accounts to release negative press releases. Six figures of real money were spent but there was no response at all. All the secret smears could not even make it to the hot searches. There must be a marketing expert behind Ren Limeng!
Without thinking, Chen Xi immediately guessed who was secretly helping Ren Limeng!
What magic does Ren Limeng have?
Apart from the fact that Chen Xingzhi was in love with Ren Limeng in college and was unable to do so, and the filter of the campus white moonlight, Chen Xi really couldn't understand Chen Xingzhi's crazy and obsessive behavior. After years of fighting in the entertainment industry and the world of fame and fortune, who else could be so desperate?
Why is there only Ren Limeng in Chen Xingzhi's heart!
Why is Ren Limeng pretending in front of her now?
Is it fun to pretend?
"Sister Chen Xi, I've been busy until now and haven't had time to check my phone. I'm sorry, but I really don't know about this."
Ren Limeng quickly calmed her heartbeat which seemed to have skipped a beat. She curled the corners of her mouth slightly and finally raised her head neither humbly nor arrogantly, meeting Chen Xi's sharp eyes which were wide open. She could hear the anger in Chen Xi's words, but this was a matter between her and Shen Xingzhi. What right did Chen Xi have to get angry?
She and Shen Xingzhi had never affected the team's recording at all. The current popularity was more beneficial than harmful to everyone, and Chen Xi couldn't find any problems with her at all.
Perhaps this is why Chen Xi is particularly angry and excited at this moment.
Apart from the fact that she was a famous figure, Chen Xi had no right to ask her for an explanation.
"This was done by Brother Xingzhi, Sister Chenxi, if you have any questions, you should ask Brother Xingzhi."
Ren Limeng knew that she was just taking advantage of the situation, but so what? She was the type of person who would give a thumbs up to others if they showed her respect. She had been tolerating Chen Xi's subtle actions for a long time.
Ren Limeng is now very troubled by the complicated issues with Shen Xingzhi and her parents, but she is not afraid of Chen Xi's aggressive pressure, and she is even less likely to back down.
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