Chapter 26 He called her, definitely on purpose
"It's definitely the same person! The Douban gossip group just dug it all up. When Ren Limeng participated in the host competition, she introduced herself as a graduate of Communication University. She's a grade younger than Chen Xingzhi, and the two of them hosted many school events together. Chen Xingzhi fans, stop trying to save face. If they don't know each other, I'll eat the screen!"
"A Chuan University alumnus passed by. I saw them host the school anniversary event at my university. The two of them were a perfect match, with great chemistry. Rumors have always circulated that they're a couple. After all these years, we can still see them together. Have they been secretly dating?"
"This is too bold! Shen Xingzhi is taking everyone for fools! He openly brings his girlfriend to a variety show, a travel variety show, to let fans see his real sister-in-law travel around the mountains and rivers? (666)"
"Impossible! Someone upstairs reported it! It only takes one mouth to spread rumors!"
"What's impossible? If you look closely at the moment when Shen Xingzhi entered the room, he definitely stayed in the corner where Ren Limeng was. The evidence is irrefutable!"
"Isn't that funny? Why don't you take a second look before finding a seat? Our Xingzhi is truly the top star, so which hyb is trying to sneak in on this guy in disguise?"
Ren Limeng looked at the screenshots of the hot comments on Weibo sent by her friend Yan Fangshu on her phone and sighed without comment.
Yan Fangshu is Ren Limeng's childhood friend. They trained together in the opera troupe for many years and shared joys and sorrows together. However, after the college entrance examination, they chose completely different paths in life.
Ren Limeng's life went left, and she embarked on a hosting path that was completely different from opera. It took years of hard work to gain a place on the Orange platform; Yan Fangshu's life went right, and she continued to study in the opera industry. Now she is one of the leading actresses on the stage of Meishi Qianfang Troupe.
Ren Limeng looked at her phone and continued to flip through the messages sent by Yan Fangshu. Yan Fangshu's message full of exclamation marks caught her eye.
Yan Fangshu: Mengmeng, with the full screen presence of "Shan Hai", I think you're going to be famous all over the world this time! !
Yan Fangshu: I agreed to just take on a variety show at the last minute! Why is your ex-husband here too?
Yan Fangshu: Ren Limeng! You can't be going there for your ex-husband!
Yan Fangshu: After so many years, I thought you had let it go (spreading hands)
Yan Fangshu: (picture.jpg)
Yan Fangshu: Don’t let that look in your eyes get you into any trouble! Why wasn’t I there?!
Yan Fangshu: Mengmeng, this version of "Yu Tang Chun" is even more moving than the practice studio version! Your performance of "Su San Qi Jie" was truly excellent! And you still have the same 50-point skills from back then! You'll definitely be the talk of the town tomorrow! Everyone will be disappointed to see you. It's a shame you didn't sing Huangmei Opera this time, but Peking Opera still has a much wider audience! I saw the comments were all amazed at your amazing debut performance!
Yan Fangshu: Mengmeng, you're trending!!! Where are you?!
Yan Fangshu: Wow, netizens have such a rich imagination nowadays, your name and Shen Xingzhi's name are already the top trending search! It turns out that the potential of the spectator crowd is unlimited!
Yan Fangshu: The first time I became number one on the trending search list in my life was with my ex-husband. Mengmeng, I really want to interview you about your current mood, hahahahahaha! !
Ren Limeng: ……
Even through the screen, Ren Limeng could feel Yan Fangshu's increasingly agitated emotions. She typed an ellipsis to show her presence, feeling both amused and helpless.
Yan Fangshu seemed to have been waiting for her reply and replied to her message almost instantly.
Yan Fangshu: Mengmeng, you finally showed up! You're not recording with your ex-husband right now, are you? (dog head)
Ren Limeng: Fangfang, could you please think of me a little? I'm practicing the songs for the first public performance. The performance is coming up this weekend, and it's live. Who has time for romance these days? (Sigh)
Even if her heart was in turmoil at some point, she could instantly calm down by thinking about the 360-degree recording camera around her. Besides, Shen Xingzhi was good, but completing a career transformation and becoming a household name would definitely be more tempting.
Ren Limeng warned herself that she must not lose sight of the big picture for the sake of small gains, and must not repeat the same mistakes.
Ren Limeng: Fangfang, wuwuwu, stop calling me your ex-husband! We only met by chance, and we didn't even kiss! I'm not worthy!
Ren Limeng: sxz is definitely my biggest obstacle on the show. He tricks me every day. If I weren't smart and capable, I would have made a fool of myself in front of the camera a long time ago! Every day, I'm so nervous!
After chatting with Yan Fangshu, Ren Limeng felt much more relaxed, and even temporarily alleviated the headache she felt when she first saw the trending search. She kept smiling for three whole days and paid attention to various recording details. At this moment, in addition to the physical fatigue from the practice, Ren Limeng was also a little mentally exhausted.
Yan Fangshu: (Hug)
Yan Fangshu: Okay, okay, how did he offend you? Why has even his name suddenly become a taboo word? I was worried that you two would rekindle your old love.
Yan Fangshu used to call Shen Xingzhi Ren Limeng's ex-husband, but this title was more of a joke, and... She used to be the biggest CP leader of Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi, secretly following all the details of their interactions on and off the stage, and firmly believed that Ren Limeng's secret love would come true.
After Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi got married and divorced quickly, she has become the woman's only fan.
Yan Fangshu: Seeing him sitting next to you startled me. Mengmeng, just be clear-headed and don't be blinded by beauty again. Come on, come on, I'm rooting for you! I'm still waiting for you to become a big star and take me to the top of my life!
Ren Limeng: Dreams are beautiful, I'll just try my best to get through Sunday first. It would be too embarrassing if we were eliminated in the first round (shakes head)
Ren Limeng: Me and sxz, Fangfang, can you believe it? We were the same team at the first stop...
Yan Fangshu: (Silent Crow.jpg)
Yan Fangshu: I heard about this a few days ago, but I couldn't believe it. Why would you choose Shen Xingzhi? ! ! Mengmeng, don't be so hypocritical! Isn't your past with Shen Xingzhi over?
Yan Fangshu: The first season of "Shan Hai" resulted in four couples, which is a higher success rate than dating variety shows. Everyone says that "Shan Hai" is a dating variety show for celebrities, and it is China's own blind date corner. Are you also planning to focus on both career and love?
Yan Fangshu: It’s not impossible, but are you sure you still want to fight Chen Xingzhi to the death?
Ten years ago, after her sudden divorce from Shen Xingzhi, Ren Limeng was devastated. Even when such a big thing as being admitted to graduate school was finally confirmed, there was no joy on her face. In order to escape certain realities, Ren Limeng even impulsively signed up for a practical activity jointly organized by the school and a news agency, and went to a conflict area abroad to experience the work of a frontline war correspondent for several months.
It was an experience that transformed her completely. After returning to China, Ren Limeng became so thin that she looked unrecognizable. Her eyes became calm, as if she had suddenly grown up.
Life in the conflict zone is completely different from life in China. During that period, Ren Limeng witnessed too many separations and deaths. Countless regrets and sorrows gradually diluted all the pain of love in her heart. She no longer indulged in trivial love affairs, and her thinking pattern and life ideals quietly changed.
From then on, Ren Limeng secretly made up her mind that she must stand on a bigger stage in the future so that more people can hear her voice.
Ren Limeng: Stop, stop, stop! Fangfang! Stop your unfounded speculations!
Ren Limeng: My heart is not that big. It can only hold one microphone now. I haven’t even figured out “Shan Hai” yet, so a dating variety show is out of the question!
Ren Limeng: I didn’t choose him, he chose me (sad), I have no right to refuse!
Ren Limeng's mind flashed back to Shen Xingzhi when they were forming a team.
His eyes glanced at her indifferently, his thin lips lifted slightly, and he said in a clear and cold voice, "Junior, come here." This directly disrupted all her plans before the show and controlled her for a whole period of time.
Thinking of this, Ren Limeng's typing hand suddenly stopped, her body suddenly stiffened, and a hint of hesitation and disbelief flashed in her eyes.
As if to confirm something, Ren Limeng quickly turned her phone back to the official Weibo of "Shan Hai". The official announcement record at the top clearly showed the broadcast time of the program, which was updated twice a week at 8 pm every Wednesday and Thursday.
Today, Wednesday, the show is about the first meeting and the first stage. So tomorrow, Thursday, shouldn’t it be about…the team formation segment?
The number one trending search "Chen Xingzhi Ren Limeng" is still followed by a big "explosion" word. Fans and passers-by are arguing endlessly about whether Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi know each other. Both sides have their own evidence, and the "Shanhai" program team and Shen Xingzhi seem to have no intention of explaining anything.
Just now, when she saw this trending search, the thought of explaining flashed through Ren Limeng's mind, but after all, she has been a spectator for many years and is a media professional. She knows very well that with her fan base, which is even less than the number of people discussing building a building, any explanation from her will only be misinterpreted by others as the behavior of a mean person who is trying to gain popularity.
Ren Limeng immediately contacted Dong Zhu from the program team, but Dong Zhu never responded to her message. The preview of the next episode of the program team...didn't lay out any scene about Shen Xingzhi choosing her to form a team.
Is this a reversal hidden by the program team?
So... when Chen Xingzhi suddenly called her "schoolmate" on the day of the team formation, was he really just trying to embarrass her in front of everyone? Was it just what she thought it meant?
He called her, absolutely on purpose.
She thought he was intentionally reminding her of those lost feelings, but now thinking about it, maybe... she was just being too sentimental.
Ren Limeng chuckled and quietly stared at Shen Xingzhi's indifferent eyebrows in the program team's preview. She stood in the center of the crowd like a star surrounding the moon, as if she was born to be the focus of the crowd.
She couldn't help but reveal a complex look that flickered.
Putting all the things together, the more she thought about it, the more logical it became. Ren Limeng couldn't help but suspect that Shen Xingzhi had anticipated this day a long time ago.
That's right, they hosted so many school activities together back then, and so many classmates from the three previous and three next classes of Chuan University witnessed their perfect match on stage. Even if the Internet has no memory, it cannot erase those wonderful scenes that have been recorded.
How could she be so naive to think that if she acted calmly in front of the camera and pretended they were meeting for the first time, they would really become strangers?
Chen Xingzhi is a top star in the entertainment industry who has been dominating the hot searches for many years. Even though he is now a recognized talented singer, no one should ignore his influence and popularity.
If the other party was not Shen Xingzhi, her behavior might have escaped the judgment of the onlookers, but since she was related to Shen Xingzhi, all her actions of pretending to be a stranger in front of the camera were just self-deception.
Fortunately, Shen Xingzhi thought one step further than her, otherwise, the consequences...
Ren Limeng closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She didn't dare to continue making assumptions.
So now, should she just let the rumors spread? Or just pretend she didn't know?
As the heroine of the most searched event, shouldn't she ask the hero what he thinks?
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