Chapter 260 In the car
Xiao Yang had silently jumped into the front passenger seat at some point. Taking advantage of the moment when Shen Xingzhi was stunned, Ren Limeng had already finished instructing Master Wang to drive in an orderly manner. When Shen Xingzhi stared at Ren Limeng to make sure that this was not an illusion, the business car was already speeding forward and was about to leave the hotel parking lot.
"Mengmeng!"
Chen Xingzhi frowned, and in an instant, he had pieced together the whole process of what was happening before his eyes. He turned his head to look at Ren Limeng, his throat rolling, and his eyes were full of helpless complexity. After a while, he pulled the corners of his mouth and said slowly, "Mengmeng...you really are...thank you, it's a surprise. I don't want to admit it, but...the moment the elevator door closed just now, it seemed that I really had started to miss you, but, it's so late..."
Shen Xingzhi's voice was both light and heavy, and every word he spoke seemed particularly moving in the dark night, causing Ren Limeng to unconsciously deepen the smile on her lips.
She keenly noticed the pause in Shen Xingzhi's tone, and immediately guessed that the words following "just" would not be what she liked to hear. Shen Xingzhi probably wanted her to stop making trouble late at night, but she just wanted to send him away and accompany him for a while, even if it was only for a while.
Just like Chen Xingzhi chose to come to Gangcheng first and chose to leave so late, some choices that are hard to help are never tossing and turning. Besides being tired, they are more determined.
Ren Limeng's decision to send Chen Xingzhi to the high-speed rail station was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but it was also well thought out. In any case, she hoped that Chen Xingzhi, who came to Gangcheng alone with worry in his heart, would feel more satisfied when he left with her by his side, rather than just reluctant to leave.
Ren Limeng quickly raised her hand and covered Shen Xingzhi's slightly open thin lips. She blinked her clear and beautiful eyes, shook her head slowly, and her voice was so sweet and charming that Shen Xingzhi couldn't refuse it.
"Brother Xingzhi, we just officially announced our relationship, and it's only a little after seven o'clock. If I don't send you off, everyone will doubt our relationship. Brother Xingzhi, I don't want to leave any room for gossip."
Ren Limeng spoke righteously, explaining all her impulsive behavior at the moment as normal actions under rationality, and also "returned" the reasons that Shen Xingzhi righteously stated at noon to Shen Xingzhi. Shen Xingzhi stared at Ren Limeng's round smiling eyes, looking at her cute look of pretending to be serious, and suddenly smiled helplessly.
"Well, it's my duty. It's a very thoughtful dream."
As his thin lips curled up slightly, Chen Xingzhi's eyes curved, and a smile almost overflowed from his deep eyes. His cold and distant eyebrows were also completely stained with a bit of worldly smoke.
Chen Xingzhi responded to Ren Limeng without hesitation. Being stared at by such a pair of smiling eyes, Ren Limeng almost thought for a moment that even if she lied with her eyes open and said that the sun was shining outside the window, Chen Xingzhi would nod decisively and maybe even praise her for her sharp observation.
It was a dim moonlit night, the sky was a soft blue-black, the stars were sparsely shining, and a breeze quietly caressed the busy streets. The vehicles passing through it seemed to slow down at a rapid speed.
"Brother Xingzhi, you won't arrive in Jiangcheng until 10 o'clock tomorrow night, right? Do you guys still have rehearsals tomorrow?"
Unconsciously, Ren Limeng felt that she had completely fallen into the gentle and indifferent expression of Shen Xingzhi's eyebrows. She silently held Shen Xingzhi's broad palm that had tightened around her without her knowing when. Suddenly, she noticed the driver Master Wang and assistant Xiao Yang in the front row who were trying hard to be a quiet background. Ren Limeng coughed lightly, and her forward-leaning body subconsciously straightened up. She asked questions with a pretentious seriousness.
Although her relationship with Shen Xingzhi had been made public, and it was normal for young couples to be intimate in the car, the closed environment inside the car made Ren Limeng feel subtly uncomfortable.
Chen Xingzhi saw Ren Limeng's reaction, he suddenly chuckled, and the other hand that was supporting the car window pressed somewhere unknown. The next second, the black baffle between the front and back seats of the car slowly rose.
So advanced?
Ren Limeng didn't say anything, but looked at the rising baffle. The momentary surprise in her eyes was still caught by Shen Xingzhi, or she didn't even want to hide it. Shen Xingzhi nodded, and his bony fingers pointed at the button beside him. Shen Xingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, and signaled to Ren Limeng with his eyes whether she wanted to try it.
She was just a little surprised, but not so surprised that she would try it. After all, she was an adult with dignity and respect in front of others. Even if it was just in front of Shen Xingzhi's assistant and driver, Ren Limeng still had to save some face.
She raised the corners of her mouth somewhat reservedly and shook her head slowly to show her rejection of Shen Xingzhi's kindness. The next second, Ren Limeng raised her eyes and bumped directly into Shen Xingzhi's pair of clear eyes that were like a pool of spring water. Even the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were stained with a faint smile, which made Ren Limeng unable to help but relax her brows and smile.
The warm lights on both sides of the road shine through the car window and fall into Shen Xingzhi's deep smiling eyes. The air in the car seems to be unconsciously permeated with the warm breath, with a hint of ambiguity, trembling slightly, and the quietly resonating heartbeats seem to be intertwined and spread with the strong emotions in the smile between them.
"We're planning to rehearse until after midnight tomorrow. How are you guys preparing for the show?"
Chen Xingzhi tilted his head slightly, his throat rolling slightly. He slowly clasped Ren Limeng's delicate white hand, casually playing with their clasped fingers. His low and hoarse voice broke the ambiguous silence in the room, and his lazy voice answered the question that Ren Limeng had just casually thrown out.
"It's a bit late. It's so tiring. Celebrities look so glamorous and it seems like it's all done so effortlessly, but actually... it's quite tiring. Brother Xingzhi, only people with good genes like you have skin that can handle it. Last week, we rehearsed until the early hours of the morning, and the next day I broke out in two pimples. It really worried the makeup artist."
Ren Limeng raised her other hand and gently poked Shen Xingzhi's delicate and soft cheek. She sighed softly, a trace of helpless worry flashed in her eyes, but she also understood that staying up late to rehearse is the norm for recording this kind of variety show. It seems that there is still a whole day to prepare on Sunday, but during the day, she needs to put on exquisite stage makeup, make final adjustments before the performance, shoot promotional materials, etc. There will not be enough time, and there will not be any spare time.
Ren Limeng frowned slightly as she spoke, her hand casually brushing across Shen Xingzhi's thin lips, slowly touching his angular jawline, and continuing downwards. When she was about to gently touch Shen Xingzhi's Adam's apple as she had imagined, Shen Xingzhi suddenly used his other hand to keenly catch Ren Limeng's "taking advantage" action. He did not speak, but just listened quietly to Ren Limeng's seemingly coquettish complaints, and suddenly turned around and put her rebellious hand into the palm of their clasped hands.
"As for our team, we've practiced our performance numerous times, so we're sure there won't be any problems with the program. We've also carefully designed the vlog. If there's a competition, it'll probably put a lot of pressure on your team. We were aiming for first place!"
Ren Limeng paused, her eyes unconsciously falling on her arms which were firmly held by Shen Xingzhi's big hands as she followed Shen Xingzhi's movements. She stuck out her tongue, and her high-spirited words were accompanied by a grinning tone, as if she didn't have much regret about the cancellation of the competition.
She was in favor of changing the third performance into a gala, not only because it was what should be done in the face of a disaster, but also because she increasingly understood that reality shows were not just about the competition.
In the past two days, Ren Limeng obtained the data analysis of her marketing on major social platforms and media since the launch of "Shan Hai" from the Guaxing Studio, and conducted a self-review and summary of the programs that have been broadcast. Ren Limeng must admit that apart from the unexpected popularity of the live broadcast of saving people, her biggest increase in fans came from the editing content that was secretly made by the program crew when the scandal with Shen Xingzhi was fermenting.
Even though she gained a lot of fans in the Huangmei Opera part of the second public performance, it was more of a momentary favor from passers-by, and was not directly reflected in the subsequent active data. Most of her fans came to her from the subtle undercurrents in the team relationships that appeared in the broadcast footage when the rumors about her CP became trending.
These could not be seen during the recording process, but were very clear and intuitive in the broadcast editing footage, so intuitive that Ren Limeng had to confirm once again that entertainment hosting and news hosting are indeed different. If she wants to transform into an entertainment channel host, she must first adapt to the rules of the entertainment industry.
At the very least, she cannot reject trending searches like she did at the beginning of the show. She must have a certain level of exposure like she does now in order to firmly hold the microphone under the spotlight.
"Of course. With Captain Li Meng around, I can't win."
Chen Xingzhi casually took over Ren Limeng's words, his face still full of smiles, and his somewhat lazy tone showed that he didn't care much about the show at all, making Ren Limeng feel that her "big words" just now seemed to hit cotton, soft, and her heart unconsciously softened.
"Hosting a live evening party? Would you be... a little nervous?"
Chen Xingzhi remembered that Ren Limeng always had a moment of anxiety before going on stage to host a party in college. Even though Ren Limeng's back was always very straight in front of people, and she seemed steady and smiled brightly on the stage, he did not forget that she subconsciously took a deep breath every time she was in the dark.
After the reunion, Ren Limeng performed perfectly in the few times she hosted the show "Shan Hai". However, after the first public performance of a rapid oral broadcast of one minute and fifteen seconds on the stage, Shen Xingzhi did not ignore the moment when Ren Limeng's shoulders rose and fell when she stepped down, and the tense back made him unforgettable.
At that time he could only watch secretly, but it was different now.
Chen Xingzhi grabbed Ren Limeng's hand and spoke seriously about his stage experience. "Although it's a live evening party, the camera will have a focus, just like when we host a school party in college. When performing on stage, the focus is on the guests on stage, and generally the camera won't cut to the audience. The staff will also remind them in the headset before cutting. The audience has also signed a confidentiality agreement and can't use their phones. The host is usually not seen by the audience in the dark. Don't be silly and keep hosting all the time. You have to learn to be lazy quietly."
Chen Xingzhi's voice was low and slightly hoarse. He patiently instructed Ren Limeng, who was about to host an entire live variety show for the first time. His nagging words were filled with deep concern, making his usually cold face particularly lively and moving, and Ren Limeng could not help but hold his hand tightly.
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