Chapter 80 Response
Ren Limeng didn't want to understand Guan He's meaning at all.
She pursed her lips slightly, stood at the corridor, looked at the backs of Shen Xingzhi and the other two as they left, withdrew her gaze silently, and pushed open the door of the training room.
"Li Meng, you're back?"
Li Qingzi's expression darkened for a moment, then she smiled and looked at Ren Limeng who pushed the door open. Her voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the training room.
Ren Limeng had intended to quietly enter and return to her own corner of the sofa, waiting for the second round of team formation. As Li Qingzi's voice rose slightly, she suddenly felt the full attention focused on her. Her right hand, which was gripping the door handle, paused slightly, then slowly let go and walked in generously, "Sister Qingzi."
As if she didn't feel everyone's subtle gazes, Ren Limeng raised the corner of her mouth in a friendly manner, and her calm smile directly met the vaguely hostile gazes in the room.
"Li Meng, you just missed a great show!"
Ren Limeng looked towards the voice. Tang Chuqin, who was standing next to Li Qingzi, had a pair of narrow, almond-shaped eyes and a smile on her face as if she was joking, but Ren Limeng could hear some ill intentions behind the camera.
Tang Chuqin Yigong is a member of Zheng Chuanbai's team. As a self-media blogger, her exquisite imitation makeup is matched with her humorous and sarcastic voice-over complaints, and she is called the "strongest mouth substitute" by many netizens. Ren Limeng remembers the homework she did, but she has the impression that they had little contact inside and outside the show.
Why did Tang Chuqin suddenly speak to her?
"oh?"
Ren Limeng said calmly with a calm expression.
"Guan He was just waiting for you to come back, saying that you two agreed to team up together. You almost rekindled your relationship with Shen Xingzhi!"
Tang Chuqin spoke with a smile on her face, and the other people in the room also stared at Ren Limeng intently.
"Rekindle our past relationship? Chu Qin, I don't quite understand what you mean."
Tang Chuqin and Xu Chichi were about the same age, but Ren Limeng only called her "Chuqin" softly. Her neither humble nor arrogant questioning left Tang Chuqin speechless for a second. "I'm just kidding, Limeng. You're not serious, are you?"
The scandal between Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi has been the hot topic dominating all major social media platforms this week. Tang Chuqin secretly curled her lips in her heart. It was obviously the gossip that she was madly marketing, so why was Ren Limeng pretending to be stupid here at this moment?
If she hadn't been concerned about the camera, she would have pointed it out long ago. Ren Limeng is so lucky!
"Is this a joke from Brother Kaixing?"
Ren Limeng had a faint smile on her lips. She directly ignored Tang Chuqin's question. Her friendly tone of voice and somewhat puzzled eyes made Tang Chuqin's smile freeze. Chen Xingzhi was not Ren Limeng. She dared to admit that she was making fun of Chen Xingzhi. When the show was broadcast, Chen Xingzhi's fans could directly kill her in the comment section.
Ren Limeng clearly knew what she was talking about!
Tang Chuqin felt very aggrieved. She had just been actively recommending herself to Chen Xingzhi, and Chen Xingzhi rejected her without hesitation. Now even Ren Limeng, who had no fame or status, dared to confront her directly. Does Ren Limeng know any rules?
It's just that the scandal of her throwing herself at Shen Xingzhi has gained some popularity!
"Li Meng, where did you go just now? Brother Xingzhi just came in to form a team, and I didn't see you anywhere. Do you have other plans, Second Master?"
Li Qingzi's gentle voice interrupted the subtle confrontation between Tang Chuqin and Ren Limeng, interrupting their subtle atmosphere. She looked at Ren Limeng with some worry, frowning slightly, and showing her sincere feelings.
"I was here just now. I was telling Sister Chen Xi that Brother Xingzhi is very popular. I wonder who he will choose as his team member."
Ren Limeng opened her wide, slightly bewildered eyes, as if she didn't understand the deeper meaning behind Li Qingzi's question. She smiled with emotion, but suddenly her smile turned a little shy. "Then... I went to the bathroom. What a pity, I didn't get back in time before Brother Xingzhi finished selecting people."
Her explanation was very natural. People have three urgent needs, and it is normal for guests to go to the toilet during the recording. Looking at Ren Limeng, who had a look of regret and embarrassment on her face, Li Qingzi lowered her eyes secretly.
"Brother Xingzhi seems to want to team up with you, Li Meng. It's such a pity that you missed out. Are you deliberately avoiding Brother Xingzhi? This is Brother Xingzhi, Li Meng, what are you thinking? You're acting a bit like a big shot!"
As Tang Chuqin kept exclaiming, the training room suddenly became quieter. Even Li Qingzi couldn't help but glance at Tang Chuqin beside her.
Just now, Chen Xingzhi had clearly only invited Guan He to form a team. Where did Tang Chuqin get the courage to lie and directly say that she guessed that Chen Xingzhi wanted to team up with Ren Limeng? And without further explanation, she directly labeled Ren Limeng's behavior of going to the bathroom as avoiding Chen Xingzhi?
Sure enough, compared to celebrities who are always cautious in their words and actions, self-media bloggers are better at attracting attention, generating traffic and discussion.
No matter what Tang Chuqin's idea was, Li Qingzi was happy to see it happen. Especially when she saw Ren Limeng trying hard but unable to get a word in and could only let Tang Chuqin finish speaking, a hint of interest flashed in Li Qingzi's eyes.
She wanted to see how Ren Limeng would deal with this situation.
Ren Limeng was not at the scene just now, so she didn't know Shen Xingzhi's choice. She didn't know if Ren Limeng would believe Tang Chuqin's nonsense.
There were many guests who were just watching the fun like Li Qingzi. Even if someone wanted to secretly remind Ren Limeng, the guest next to him would stop him calmly just as he was about to speak.
Except for Hong Qingli and Zheng Chuanbai, all other guests to be selected are in room four. Hong Qingli obviously wants to choose Chen He as the captain, and Zheng Chuanbai has already expressed his intention to choose Fan Ranxin. It can be said that all the team members that Chen Xingzhi can choose have gathered in this fourth training room.
However, Chen Xingzhi left the first round empty-handed due to everyone's enthusiasm. There seemed to be no better explanation except that Ren Limeng was not in the room at the time. What's more, Ren Limeng was not only Chen Xingzhi's college junior, but also a team member of Chen Xingzhi's first stop. The two even set up a CP super topic.
The guests exchanged glances tacitly, and everyone went straight to Shen Xingzhi. At this moment, they felt a little resentful, but it was not as obvious as Tang Chuqin's. However, no one was kind enough to help Ren Limeng out of the predicament. They also wanted to know what Ren Limeng was thinking.
Are you trying to refuse but still accept?
Ren Limeng calmly noticed the secretive and eager gazes in the room, and felt a little embarrassed. She understood everyone's mood at the moment, but she was also helpless!
It wasn't her fault. What on earth had Shen Xingzhi done that was so "outrageous" that she should have stayed in the corridor for a while, at least secretly asking the staff about what happened before coming in.
Ren Limeng didn't believe Tang Chuqin's words. Shen Xingzhi's indifference towards her was so obvious, how could he possibly express his desire to team up with her in front of everyone?
Although she was a little unsure about Shen Xingzhi, she still had some self-awareness.
"Chuqin, I think this is the first time we say hello."
Ren Limeng's expression was frank yet bewildered. "Why do you keep trying to spread rumors about me and Brother Xingzhi? I didn't say a word, yet you called me a big shot? Is there some misunderstanding between us?"
Ren Limeng's words were very tactful, but her meaning was very clear. Her gentle smile revealed helplessness and confusion, and she met Tang Chuqin's suddenly sharp gaze with neither arrogance nor servility.
Tang Chuqin didn't expect that Ren Limeng would directly point out her words under the sharp gaze of everyone, without caring about the consequences at all. Could it be that... Ren Limeng has someone backing her up?
But I heard that she was just a small host who took advantage of the opportunity to help An Ling. Tang Chuqin didn't understand why Ren Limeng could still be calm at this moment. She stared at Ren Limeng, and a subtle tense atmosphere filled the air.
Ren Limeng just smiled gently, without asking any further questions. She tilted her head slightly and looked at Li Qingzi, "Sister Qingzi, do you have other plans? Didn't you choose Brother Xingzhi?"
Li Qingzi was slightly stunned. She didn't expect Ren Limeng to suddenly turn around and look at her, and she didn't expect Ren Limeng to ask such a question.
Her eyes darkened for a moment, and she quickly understood Ren Limeng's intention to change the subject. Li Qingzi didn't want to respond, as she wanted to continue watching the confrontation between Ren Limeng and Tang Chuqin, but the questions raised by Ren Limeng were too much to her liking.
"Brother Xingzhi and I are so familiar with each other that we agreed to separate at this station before we came here. I thought Bai Wei would enter this room, but I didn't expect Brother Xingzhi to come in first."
Li Qingzi spoke with regret as she quickly explained to Ren Limeng, or rather the camera, why Shen Xingzhi had not chosen her, as if Shen Xingzhi's decision not to stay with her for even a second was just a pre-arranged understanding, and they were still close fellow disciples.
The sisterhood with Yan Baiwei was originally a very important marketing topic for Li Qingzi. At this moment, it naturally became Li Qingzi's shield, and she successfully explained to other guests why she was not chosen. Even though some guests smiled knowingly, no one exposed Li Qingzi's words, as if she was Shen Xingzhi's good junior sister.
Tang Chuqin's chest rose and fell slightly, the corners of her mouth drooped slowly, her lips tightly closed, listening to Li Qingzi's "sweet talk" explanation, still looking straight at Ren Limeng who was already talking and laughing with Li Qingzi, especially when she saw Ren Limeng seemed to glance at her inadvertently.
The natural indifference was obvious. Beneath the gentle smile was a nonchalant disregard, as if he was just glancing at a clown, with an indifference that was not worth mentioning, which successfully angered Tang Chuqin.
But Li Qingzi had already spoken, and the subtle tension in the air completely dissipated.
Li Qingzi is not Ren Limeng.
Li Qingzi is backed by Hanxing, one of the four major brokerage companies, and is a female star that Xu Jiao strongly supports. Tang Chuqin didn't dare to be as casual as she treated Ren Limeng, and it was even more impossible for her to continue to be inexplicably excited in front of the camera. Tang Chuqin looked at Ren Limeng with a sneer on her lips. She had made a note of this.
Ren Limeng could feel Tang Chuqin's anger. She was certainly not as indifferent as she appeared, but she was not a "soft persimmon" or a "punching bag" in anyone's eyes.
Whether it's Tang Chuqin or Li Qingzi, she is not afraid and will not give in.
She is a gentle and generous host in front of the screen, but a host also has her own edges!
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