Chapter 12 Did you eavesdrop on our conversation?
Chu Ruofu remained silent.
She wasn't unaware of Shen Wuyang's constant gaze upon her, but she simply didn't pay much attention to it.
Faced with Shen Wuyang's expectant and apprehensive gaze, she was a little unsure how to answer him.
Shen Wuyang cautiously continued, "Can you tell me?"
He almost blurted out, "Could you send me the text message that makes my heart flutter?"
Shen Wuyang didn't want to force Chu Ruofu to choose him, worried that she would be unhappy and hate him, so he could only watch her longingly.
The sound of footsteps going downstairs grew clearer and clearer.
Chu Ruofu and Shen Wuyang stood in a secluded corner of the corridor, avoiding the live broadcast cameras, creating an eerie feeling as if they were having an affair behind the audience's back.
She couldn't stand the sticky, damp atmosphere.
"Not written yet."
Shen Wuyang's heart, which had been in his throat, settled back down. As long as she hadn't thrown the ball, he still had a chance.
Opportunities are earned through one's own efforts, whether through honorable means or despicable methods. As long as one succeeds in seizing them, the opportunity belongs to oneself.
Shen Wuyang's ears burned, and he pleaded, "Could you vote for me?"
His handsome face flushed slightly with shyness as he whispered, "I want to go on a date with you."
Bang bang bang.
My heart was pounding like thunder, as if it were about to burst out of my chest.
Shen Wuyang was so nervous that he was at a loss for what to do, even more excited than when his first book sold its copyrights to various companies.
Chu Ruofu was momentarily stunned. Her suspicions were confirmed, and she had an indescribable feeling in her heart. She never expected that Shen Wuyang would have feelings for her and take the initiative to come to her to confess that he wanted to go on a date with her.
The atmosphere fell silent once again.
Shen Wuyang didn't hear a reply. His wildly beating heart gradually calmed down, as if it had been thrown into a cold, icy lake, crystallizing and freezing into a block, so cold that he couldn't breathe.
Chu Ruofu's silence was tantamount to rejecting him.
Shen Wuyang's aura turned gloomy. He raised his dark eyes and stared intently at her, saying, "You don't want to go on a date with me?"
Chu Ruofu didn't want to date any of the male guests, not specifically targeting him: "I..."
"I understand." Shen Wuyang's gaze fell on her face, and he asked with difficulty, "You like Lu Xubai? You want to send him the message that expresses your affection?"
Chu Ruofu shook her head: "No."
Shen Wuyang wanted to ask for clarification.
The sound of a door opening came from not far away.
Song Yi, wearing an apricot-colored camisole and long skirt, walked out and was slightly taken aback when she saw the two of them.
Chu Ruofu and Shen Wuyang stood together, like a young couple secretly dating on campus. She hesitated for a moment before slowing down to greet them.
"You two are chatting here?"
Chu Ruofu quickly said, "We just happened to run into each other, so let's chat for a bit."
Shen Wuyang remained silent.
Song Yi, with a knowing yet unassuming expression, smiled and said, "I still don't know what to eat tonight. I'll go downstairs and see. Do you want to come down and discuss it with me?"
Chu Ruofu said, "The air conditioning is a bit too cold. I'll go back to my room and put on a cardigan."
Song Yi: "Then I'll go down first."
After watching Song Yi leave, Chu Ruofu said to Shen Wuyang, "You can go down now. I'll go back to my room to get my clothes."
Shen Wuyang glanced at her, nodded, and turned to go downstairs.
Chu Ruofu let out a soft breath, went back to her room, took out a pure white cardigan from her suitcase, put it on, and then went out.
Just as she was about to go downstairs, a tall, slender figure blocked her way.
Chu Ruofu was suddenly stopped and looked up.
The man was wearing a floral short-sleeved shirt and trousers, with a few buttons undone at the collar, revealing glimpses of his sexy chest muscles, and exuding a carefree and unrestrained air.
Chu Ruofu was forced to stop as the man's long arm blocked her path, a hint of impatience flashing in her eyes.
Seeing the forbearance on her face, Li Yichen narrowed his fox-like eyes and said, "It seems you really hate me, that's why you treat me so badly."
Chu Ruofu thought to herself, "It's good that he has self-awareness."
Li Yichen smiled and said, "It's okay if you hate me. You'll see me every day during this variety show recording."
Chu Ruofu stared at him with the eyes of someone looking at a madman, really wanting to ask, "Is he mentally okay?"
“I overheard you chatting with Shen Wuyang just now,” Li Yichen suddenly blurted out.
Chu Ruofu looked ashamed and indignant, and said, "You were eavesdropping on our conversation?"
“That’s not eavesdropping.” Li Yichen chuckled, giving a pointed reminder: “Next time you two have a private chat, find a secluded place, otherwise anyone passing by can hear you.”
Chu Ruofu's face flushed as she looked at the flamboyant and handsome man and said, "You can walk away and not listen."
Li Yichen raised an eyebrow and said, "Why should I leave? This is a public place."
Chu Ruofu looked at him awkwardly.
Li Yichen is right, the second-floor corridor is indeed a public place, not a private area.
"I'm curious, why didn't you vote for Shen Wuyang and Lu Xubai?" Li Yichen leaned closer, his amber eyes fixed on her, and asked, "Then who are you going to vote for with your 'heart-fluttering' message?"
Looking at the handsome face so close to her, Chu Ruofu noticed a faint beauty mark under his left eye, and his beautiful eyes were alluring and captivating.
Li Yichen's slightly magnetic voice was pleasant to the ear, tinged with a hint of pleasure: "Are you going to vote for me?"
Chu Ruofu leaned back slightly, turned her head away, and said, "No."
"No?" Li Yichen's tone rose.
The girl in front of me was wearing a thin cardigan and a suspender dress. The high-quality long dress was held up by two thin straps, revealing her sexy collarbones and delicate, snow-white skin, like a flower covered in dew, shy and beautiful, exuding an alluring fragrance.
Li Yichen stared at her face, which was flushed with a beautiful blush, and said, "If you don't vote for me, are you going to vote for Gu Junsheng?"
“You don’t know him at all,” he said with certainty.
Chu Ruofu took a step back.
Li Yichen approached gradually and said, "I met you a long time ago. You clearly know me, so why are you pretending not to?"
"Trying to get my attention on purpose?" Li Yichen looked at her leisurely and asked, "Or do you have another motive?"
Chu Ruofu has the original owner's memories, so without the system's introduction, she actually knows Li Yichen.
Last winter, she played a villainous supporting female character in a period drama, a role that caused trouble for the female lead but didn't last more than a few episodes.
The entertainment industry is a murky place, and dirty tricks often play out. One of her few fans traveled a long way to visit the set and was almost tricked and raped by the crew. She has a quick temper and got into an argument with them on the spot.
She used her own money to call a car to safely take her fans away, which caused a grudge with the worker. The worker secretly made things difficult for her, almost causing her to fall and get injured. The work-related incident was attributed to her, and the production crew wanted to fire her.
At the time, Li Yichen, who made a special appearance, was present. He said a few fair words to her. As a popular movie star in the entertainment industry, he could decide a person's fate with just a few words. As a result, that staff member was fired, and she ended up having a few more scenes on screen.
She was very grateful to Li Yichen. Since she didn't have Li Yichen's contact information, she wrote a thank-you letter by hand and made a gift to send to his RV.
At the time, it was Li Yichen's assistant who accepted the gift.
One was a top-tier actor in the entertainment industry, and the other was an unknown actor in a film studio. They never saw each other again.
Chu Ruofu secretly vowed to work hard in acting and aspire to become a movie queen. Only by standing higher can she have a voice, protect the people she wants to protect, and bring happiness to the people she cares about.
When her best friend Xue Fangfei saw the handwritten letter and the handmade gift, she mistakenly thought that Li Yichen had a crush on her, and tried every means to get her a spot as a guest on a dating reality show.
Li Yichen did indeed help her a lot back then.
After clearing her mind, Chu Ruofu said, "I have no ulterior motives towards you."
Upon hearing this, Li Yichen's smile faded slightly.
Chu Ruofu said, "You helped me out of a predicament on set back then, and I didn't get a chance to thank you in person, so I sent you a thank-you letter and a gift."
"A gift?" Li Yichen thought carefully, but couldn't remember it at all.
Every day, Li Yichen receives a lot of gifts from enthusiastic fans, including many expensive ones. He usually leaves them to his assistant to handle, keeping the expensive ones as keepsakes and getting rid of the cheaper ones.
He's not the only one who does this; most celebrities handle fan gifts in the same way.
If I were to collect every gift from every fan, there would probably be nowhere to put them. I would have to hand them over to my assistant to handle, either reselling or discarding them.
Li Yichen's expression instantly turned sour. His assistant hadn't mentioned this to him at all. Perhaps the assistant mistook Chu Ruofu for a woman trying to seduce him and disposed of the gift privately.
Seeing his uncertain expression, Chu Ruofu said, "Your assistant accepted the gift, so we're even."
She turned to walk past him downstairs.
"Wait!" Li Yichen quickly grabbed her hand.
Chu Ruofu looked at him with a puzzled expression. Everything was clear. If he still narcissistically thought that she wanted to get his attention, then he was really seriously ill.
Chu Ruofu thought of the original plot, where Li Yichen and Qiao Yimo used the guests as part of their reconciliation storyline, and she didn't want to participate in such a melodramatic plot.
"I really didn't mean to get your attention. Stop using me as a shield to annoy Qiao Yimo."
When Li Yichen recalled their first meeting, he did want to use the female guests to announce to everyone that he wanted to avoid Qiao Yimo's entanglement. Among the female guests, Chu Ruofu seemed to have the best personality.
So he chose her.
"My relationship with Qiao Yimo isn't what you think," Li Yichen said, trying to explain.
Chu Ruofu had no interest in hearing his love story; she was really hungry. "Fine, fine, do whatever you want, that's your business."
She shook off his hand. "I'm going down."
Caught off guard, Li Yichen watched her fleeing figure, feeling a suffocating sensation in his chest, as if he had suddenly gained a treasure and then lost it in an instant.
This is a feeling I've never had before.
Even though he knew it was being recorded live, he couldn't maintain his usual smile and looked extremely anxious.
Chu Ruofu had actually given him a gift.
Li Yichen picked up his phone and dialed his agent's number: "Go check if anyone gave me a gift last winter on the set of 'Flying in the Snow'."
"My goodness, half a year has passed, and you've received countless gifts. How am I supposed to investigate?" The agent felt a headache coming on.
Li Yichen ordered: "Find out the truth within one day."
The agent was extremely curious: "Whose gift is it that you're in such a hurry?"
"Stop asking, just go check it out." Li Yichen hung up the phone in frustration.
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