Chapter 234 Dominates the Hot Search
As the night deepened, the lights in the hotel corridor were soft and dim, and an orange halo lingered in the air. Ren Limeng closed the door and just glanced at her phone, which was already dominating the screen with exploding messages. When she turned around, she immediately saw a slender figure leaning against the wall not far away.
Shen Xingzhi pursed his thin lips, and his whole body looked a little cold and hard. He was talking on the phone with his eyes lowered. When he heard the sound of the door closing, he subconsciously raised his stern face, and there was still a sharpness in his eyes that he had not had time to hide for a moment.
When Chen Xingzhi saw Ren Limeng's smiling face, his cold temperament softened instantly as if infected, and even his slightly wrinkled brows revealed a hint of gentleness.
Ren Limeng put away her phone and walked quickly towards Chen Xingzhi. She didn't care about the new messages on the screen at all. Ever since the live video of saving people dominated the hot searches, Ren Limeng's phone had not been quiet that day. Even the list of contacts who were not sent group text messages during festivals appeared one after another. Ren Limeng herself didn't expect that she had so many friends.
"Brother Xingzhi, what a coincidence!"
Ren Limeng smiled and glanced at the faint gloom between Chen Xingzhi's brows. Chen Xingzhi tried hard to hide the strangeness around him at the moment and make his smile gentle, but Ren Limeng could still feel the emotions he couldn't suppress at the moment... and the faint smell of tobacco that lingered on his body.
Ren Limeng's heart moved slightly, and she spoke in a pretentiously high-spirited tone, blinking as if she knew the answer, and thinking quickly in her mind about the reasons why Chen Xing's eyes were restless and exuded coldness.
"Since we've met by chance, it's so late, why don't we go back to the room together!"
Ren Limeng observed Chen Xingzhi calmly, her mind full of the strange emotions he was trying to hide at the moment, and she completely forgot about Yao Xin's meaningful words in the room. After inviting Chen Xingzhi, she took the first step without waiting for a definite answer.
But Shen Xingzhi was slow to catch up.
Chen Xingzhi's unexpected behavior made Ren Limeng raise her eyebrows slightly. She turned her head and looked back at Chen Xingzhi who was two steps away.
Ren Limeng could only see Shen Xingzhi's slightly lowered gaze, his long eyelashes casting a dark shadow under his eyelids. His throat rolled slightly, and feeling Ren Limeng's gaze, Shen Xingzhi looked up as if slightly stunned, and suddenly walked quickly towards Ren Limeng.
"What's wrong?"
"sorry……"
Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi spoke almost at the same time. There was a hint of coldness in Shen Xingzhi's voice, but he could not hide the self-blame in his tone. Ren Limeng stared at Shen Xingzhi's lightly trembling eyelashes and suddenly smiled slightly.
"Brother Xingzhi, is it finally your turn to say sorry to me? I remember you seemed to reply to my message today! Could it be that you have a guilty conscience and are reflecting on your smoking? Didn't you agree to quit smoking? But it doesn't matter, after all... you are Shen Xingzhi! But this won't happen again! I will be really angry next time!"
The reason why Ren Limeng wanted to blurt out was "Who made you my boyfriend", but considering that she was in the hotel corridor at the moment, although it seemed quiet and no one was there, it was in a public place after all, so Ren Limeng was very reserved in the end, but her words to persuade Shen Xingzhi to quit smoking were tactful and firm.
Her tone was somewhat playful and still pretended to be relaxed, but her smiling teasing did not affect Shen Xingzhi's stern face with complicated emotions as expected. Ren Limeng finally realized that something was wrong.
She slightly suppressed the smile on her face, and her eyes met Shen Xingzhi's black eyes in the air.
"We're trending... Mengmeng..."
Shen Xingzhi's low and hoarse voice carried a hint of struggle. He had so many words that he didn't know where to start. He thought he could stand in front of Ren Limeng and solve all the problems one by one, but it seemed that there were always some things that were unexpected and unsatisfactory.
As Shen Xingzhi spoke with hesitation, Ren Limeng noticed the dimness in Shen Xingzhi's eyes. Her pupils suddenly shrank and she quickly opened the screen of her mobile phone.
Ren Limeng suddenly slid through the layers of new messages this time, and the Weibo headline that suddenly appeared made her stunned in place for a moment -
"Ren Limeng is actually Chen Xing's ex-wife?! The shocking secret of the entertainment industry is exposed!"
A piece of fresh, bloody gossip that just came out on Weibo is causing widespread discussion among netizens, and in Ren Limeng's mind, this scene has been imagined over and over again too many times.
In an instant, Ren Limeng felt as if the dust had settled, and she even remembered to raise her head, staring at Shen Xingzhi solemnly and seriously, and said affirmatively, "Brother Xingzhi, this is not your fault. It's normal for the fact that we are divorced to be on the hot search. You don't have to say sorry to me."
Ren Limeng understood Shen Xingzhi's remorse, but as one of the four major agencies in the entertainment industry, if Hanxing was determined to market and stir up trouble, the old news of her and Shen Xingzhi's flash marriage and divorce would inevitably be dug up. This was their past, and the turmoil was expected.
Being able to keep this explosive gossip hidden until today, Shen Xingzhi must have made too many unknown efforts. Ren Limeng raised a smile at the corner of her mouth. Just as she was about to continue to comfort Shen Xingzhi, the hot search on Weibo that she clicked on suddenly attracted her attention.
Open Weibo and you will find that the hot topics are not limited to this.
Ren Limeng paused, quickly scanning the front row to confirm that she was not dazzled. In addition to the expected topics such as "Ren Limeng's ex-wife", "Chen Xingzhi Ren Limeng", "Chen Xingzhi Ren Limeng's flash marriage and divorce", and "Ren Woxing", there was another hot topic in the front row -
Ren Limeng's mother-daughter relationship
Ren Limeng's College Entrance Examination
"Ren Limeng changes careers"
Ren Limeng Huangmei Opera
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"Mengmeng, I'm sorry. Hanxing... not only did they expose our relationship, but they also used a marketing account to spread the news that your relationship with Teacher Wu and your mother was strained because you decided to change careers after taking the college entrance exam. They even exaggerated it... and slandered you as a Huangmei Opera student who was specifically trained and tore up your training contract to change careers."
Shen Xingzhi's voice was very low, his mind and eyes filled with only Ren Limeng, whose back was very tense in front of him. She was looking down at her phone, and a few strands of drooping hair hid her expression at the moment.
Shen Xingzhi's hands moved slightly. He really wanted to reach out and hold Ren Limeng in his arms, but he was afraid that any unexpected action of his at this moment would alarm Ren Limeng. In public, Ren Limeng might mind his approach.
"I'm sorry, Hanxing's attack was directed at me. They must have guessed I wasn't planning on renewing my contract. I thought I had kept it a secret and could hold on until after the show, but I didn't expect... Xu Jiao was even crazier than I thought. I'm sorry for getting you into trouble. I wasn't well prepared, so Hanxing and the others took advantage of me..."
As soon as they found the hot search terms related to Ren Limeng, the Guaxing Studio that Chen Xingzhi hired at a high price immediately started to control comments and delete posts. However, the two things that were on the hot search were too much in line with the interests of the spectators. Hanxing Entertainment was still secretly marketing and breaking the news crazily. In addition, the protagonist was Ren Limeng, who had dominated the screen all day because of the live broadcast of saving people. The public opinion fermented too quickly and no one could suppress it.
The entire front row of Weibo's hot searches, almost all of which were related to herself. Feeling confused, Ren Limeng suddenly remembered the gloomy look in Yao Xin's eyes before she left the room just now, and remembered Yao Xin's seemingly inexplicable "key" words in the room. It was not until this moment that she basically reacted and understood the deep meaning implied in Yao Xin's words.
Xu Jiao, or Hanxing Entertainment, had another "long-distance conversation" with her through the program's director Yao Xin, giving her another chance to "cut losses in time." Just like the cooperation invitation Xu Jiao extended to Ren Limeng when she met her outside Yao Xin's office last week, this time, they were reminding, or threatening her, to make a careful choice.
The hot searches at this moment are a silent warning and also an invitation again.
The only thing that may have changed is her position, from a mere tool representing Chen Xingzhi's pendant to a worker who can sit at the table and negotiate the exchange of interests. Thinking of this, Ren Limeng's mouth suddenly curled up with a hint of ridicule.
"Brother Xingzhi, that's not the case!"
Ren Limeng finally came back to her senses and noticed the hoarse apology in her ears. With some sadness and helplessness, Ren Limeng raised her eyes, looked around quickly, and her sight fell on the surveillance camera not far away that was quietly watching this side.
She suddenly walked towards the stairwell on the side in front and opened the fire door. The moment Shen Xingzhi followed in, Ren Limeng's right hand, which was clasped inside the door, suddenly pulled Shen Xingzhi completely into the stairwell and then quickly closed the door.
"This matter is not your fault, Brother Xingzhi. There is no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days. These things are hard to guard against. It's Hanxing's fault. You have done well enough. Thank you for your hard work!"
Ren Limeng grabbed Shen Xingzhi's left arm tightly and pulled him to the wall. Before Shen Xingzhi could react, Ren Limeng had already thrown herself into his arms, hugged Shen Xingzhi tightly, buried her head in Shen Xingzhi's chest, and shook her head gently.
Her voice was a little muffled, but revealed a great deal of calmness. Ren Limeng's left hand, which was placed on Shen Xingzhi's back, pinched Shen Xingzhi's clothes and subconsciously clenched it tightly.
When the incident really happened, Ren Limeng found that she was much calmer than she had imagined, or rather, she had to calm down. Now was not the time to indulge herself in panic.
She rationally analyzed the current problem, tried to comfort Shen Xingzhi, and even pretended to be relaxed and made a joke, while her mind was already rapidly thinking of solutions. As a doctor of journalism, she couldn't just sit back and surrender at this moment.
"It's mainly because my live broadcast of rescuing someone today was so popular that it attracted their attention. Brother Xingzhi, you have to be careful of Yao Xin. He just kept me here to talk and has been hinting, no, telling me explicitly, that he's partnered with Hanxing. Xu Jiao might still be determined and wants to use me to threaten you into renewing your contract."
Xu Jiao and Yao Xin planned this scene very well, and it can be said that they took everything into consideration. If Ren Limeng didn't tell Chen Xingzhi these things, the conversation just now would be a simple invitation for cooperation; if Ren Limeng revealed everything, the hot search at this moment would be a threat to Hanxing Entertainment to fight to the death.
Public opinion fermented almost every second, and Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi had to face the choice before them -
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