Chapter 200 Watch
The recording of the third public performance has just begun. Li Qingzi has already set traps for Ren Limeng with her words many times today. Ren Limeng's questioning at this moment seems sudden, but it is actually a warning after careful consideration. A new official has three major things to do when he takes office. No matter how Li Qingzi complains in her heart, Ren Limeng will not allow her to continue to make trouble.
In the first public performance, Chen Xingzhi was the captain, and Li Qingzi was more of a fanner beside Yan Baiwei. In the third public performance, there was no one in the team. Her status could not suppress Li Qingzi, and Ren Limeng had to be tough to ensure harmony within the team in the future.
Therefore, Ren Limeng's grievance at the moment was "sincere". She looked at Li Qingzi with tears in her eyes, with a puzzled look as if she was forcing her eyes to turn red. It was very tea and effective.
An Ling and Fei Jingting both put down their phones silently, their eyes simultaneously falling secretly between Li Qingzi and Ren Limeng. The air in this corner of the VIP room seemed to become stagnant.
Li Qingzi looked at Ren Limeng with a stiff smile. She didn't expect Ren Limeng to suddenly use this trick of softness to overcome hardness, but she reacted very quickly. Almost instantly, Li Qingzi's eyes also turned red with grievance. She said softly, "No, Limeng, are you overthinking it? I was just passing on a message for Brother Guan He. Sister An Ling and Jing Ting also heard it!"
Li Qingzi looked secretly at An Ling. Having said this, she hoped that An Ling could take over and say something to support her statement. This would be a piece of cake for An Ling.
At the beginning of the third public performance, the four members of the team were in the process of testing each other. Li Qingzi did not believe that An Ling would just sit there and wait for death, so she obeyed the arrangements of the captain Ren Limeng throughout the process.
Ren Limeng noticed Li Qingzi's gaze, and she curled the corners of her mouth slightly. Suddenly, the surroundings fell silent again. Fei Jingting looked at Li Qingzi and Ren Limeng as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, but she didn't say anything in the end.
"Qingzi, I also hope that I am overthinking it. If you just mean well, then I apologize. I misunderstood you. This is my first time as a captain, and there may be some areas that I cannot cover. If there are any problems in the future, please point them out directly. I will definitely correct them if there are any, and encourage you if there are none!"
Ren Limeng didn't let the atmosphere remain silent for too long. She suddenly looked at Li Qingzi sincerely and apologized in a sincere tone. However, Li Qingzi on the opposite side still had her back straight and there was no relaxation in her eyes. She could hear that Ren Limeng's apology at this moment contained more hints. This sudden outburst was just a "show of power" from the new captain.
Li Qingzi glanced at An Ling, who had remained silent the entire time, and finally looked her San Gong captain in the eye. She smiled slowly, reached out and held Ren Limeng affectionately, "Limeng, I have problems too. Maybe I didn't express myself correctly, so you misunderstood. I want to apologize to you as well."
In any case, Ren Limeng's show of weakness at this time made her seem a little overbearing. Ren Limeng's apology carried the captain's compromise for the sake of the overall situation. Even if it was just for the sake of her image in front of the camera, Li Qingzi had to soften her tone and put on the most common mask of reconciliation on her face.
As if it was just a small episode, Fei Jingting took the opportunity to look at Ren Limeng's left wrist and changed the subject in a lively tone, "Limeng, did you go to the bathroom to match your watch just now? What a beautiful dial, is it a custom one? There are pear flowers on the strap!"
Fei Jingting's deliberately praised voice was filled with surprise, and she quietly broke the atmosphere of confrontation between Li Qingzi and Ren Limeng. Everyone subconsciously looked at Ren Limeng's wrist. Ren Limeng subconsciously clenched her left fist and looked at Shen Xingzhi who was striding into the VIP room door.
Their eyes briefly crossed across the long corridor in the room, then quickly separated.
Ren Limeng smiled and raised her arm so that Fei Jingting could appreciate the watch. To be honest, she had not yet had time to appreciate the first gift from her boyfriend who had just started working.
This yellow-green watch in the shape of a pear blossom was suddenly and silently buckled on her right wrist by Shen Xingzhi before she left the bathroom.
"As a new captain, a watch is helpful for keeping track of time. Although it's not a happy occasion, congratulations, Li Meng, on becoming captain. I wish you all the best."
Shen Xingzhi just said it lightly, and when he mentioned Ren Limeng's "captain", he frowned slightly, and his brows showed more reluctance that the two of them were about to act separately.
"Brother Xingzhi, you..."
Ren Limeng was a little surprised when she felt the cold touch on her wrist. She wanted to decline Shen Xingzhi's kindness, but when she opened her mouth to speak, Shen Xingzhi seemed to know what she was going to say and gently curled his lips to interrupt her.
"It's a gift from the brand, so don't refuse it. This isn't a gift from me to my girlfriend, it just happened to be suitable for you. I thought if you understood the hint and came to the bathroom, I can't let you come to see me for nothing, Li Meng. There are benefits to seeing me."
Chen Xingzhi lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes full of smiles without any trace of his usual coldness. He stared at Ren Limeng intently, with only the unfinished words "meet me more often" remaining between his brows. Even if he didn't say it out loud, it would be hard for Ren Limeng to ignore it. She couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of her lips and nodded slowly.
Looking at the gentleness in Chen Xingzhi's deep eyes, Ren Limeng suspected that Chen Xingzhi was relying on his beauty to disturb her concentration, but there was nothing she could do. She really fell for it. The words of rejection were on her lips, but she swallowed them in the end.
There is a long way to go, and she will give him a gift eventually.
Ren Limeng lowered her head and was about to take a closer look at the new watch when she heard Shen Xingzhi's lazy and hoarse voice, which was filled with some grievance, "Limeng, we have to go back to the VIP room soon. Why don't you take the time to look at your handsome new boyfriend? It's just a broken watch. If I had known, I would have waited until we parted ways before giving it to you."
“Shen Xingzhi…you!”
Ren Limeng felt that it was becoming increasingly difficult for the corners of her mouth to return to normal. She remembered that she would immediately switch to recording mode after leaving the bathroom, and her expression had to calm down. She frowned helplessly, and tried to look at Chen Xingzhi with a serious face, hoping that Chen Xingzhi would not tease her deliberately. But as soon as she opened her mouth, looking at Chen Xingzhi's faint smiling eyes, Ren Limeng felt a little reluctant.
Shen Xingzhi didn't understand Ren Limeng's hesitation, but he heard Ren Limeng's address clearly. He lowered his head slightly, his eyes fixed on Ren Limeng, and emphasized, "Limeng, how do you call your boyfriend?"
Looking at the elegant watch in front of her, which was as warm as the first pear blossoms in spring, Ren Limeng couldn't help but recall Chen Xingzhi just now. She tried hard to flatten the corners of her mouth that wanted to rise too much, and her eyes were secretly a little wandering.
"This watch is so cleverly designed! Li Meng, where did you buy it? I really want the same model!"
Fei Jingting shook Ren Limeng's wrist slightly in surprise, and noticed the silky changes in the color of the dial from different sides, from light yellow to dark green. The agile changes did not affect the beauty of the watch at all, but instead added a hazy poetic and dreamy feeling.
As a travel blogger, she has also taken on soft advertisements for several well-known watch brands, but this is the first time she has seen a watch with such exquisite design.
Fei Jingting sighed sincerely, secretly estimating the value of the watch in her heart, and her gaze towards Ren Limeng couldn't help but become more serious.
"...It was given to me by a friend. How about I ask for you?"
Ren Limeng looked at Fei Jingting gently, and couldn't help but think of the corridor when she just came back.
Forgive her for being a superficial and vulgar person. After she and Shen Xingzhi separated and walked away, she couldn't help but immediately unfastened the watch on her right wrist, carefully turned it around quickly, and finally found the watch brand logo on the inside of the dial - Fusheng, a brand she had never heard of.
Ren Limeng put the watch back on her left wrist. After thinking carefully, she couldn't help but pick up her phone and quickly searched for Shen Xingzhi's endorsements. As she expected, she didn't find the Fusheng watch, and the estimated value of this watch... Ren Limeng carefully counted the zeros after the suffix, thinking that if she worked hard for a year, she should be able to change the watch strap.
Shen Xingzhi, this is the real money ability!
This naked temptation of money is a complete test of her determination, which is more effective than his beauty. Sooner or later, she will be able to marry him!
But since she has to wear it, she can only work better!
Ren Limeng finally suppressed all her impatience. She took off her watch with a smile and handed it to Fei Jingting to admire. An Ling also came over at some point, looked at the watch meaningfully, and then glanced at Ren Limeng quietly.
With just one glance, Ren Limeng immediately realized that An Ling saw the value of the watch.
Ren Limeng smiled lightly, as if she didn't notice the deep meaning in An Ling's eyes. She met An Ling's gaze flawlessly, and the two smiled at each other.
As early as the morning after the team recording ended, Ren Limeng went to the dressing room to find An Ling who was putting on makeup.
Whether intentionally or not, the fact is that her spot as the rescue guest in "Twenty Changes of Mountains and Seas" came from An Ling. Now that the program team has arranged two people in a team, it is reasonable for Ren Limeng to not avoid An Ling.
"Sister Ling, thank you. I'm really sorry. Actually... I wanted to say these two sentences to you two weeks ago, but I didn't know how to start at the time, and I didn't have the chance to express my gratitude to you properly. I accidentally delayed it. I'm so honored to meet you and be on your team in Shanhai this time!"
Ren Limeng looked at An Ling sincerely, her tone carrying the faint humility of a junior, a gesture of peaceful coexistence, and a hint of hidden temptation. These words, which seemed to have been said in front of the camera, now had more tacit meaning when mentioned again in private between the two of them.
Whether it was an apology or a thank you, Ren Limeng spoke very sincerely. She was indeed very grateful to An Ling. She was grateful to herself for giving her the opportunity to be on "Shan Hai". However, if it weren't for An Ling's live broadcast incident, there would have been no chance to save the situation at all.
As the actual beneficiary, Ren Limeng accepted this favor. No matter what the program team and An Ling planned, she was unwilling to confront An Ling directly. This was also the most important reason why Ren Limeng decided to talk to An Ling privately in the name of thanking and apologizing.
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