Caught in Affairs with Superstar-Chapter 93: The Beginning of the Scandal

He Yong kept calling Zhou Yun, but Zhou Yun wouldn’t pick up any of them.

Soon, a WeChat message came.

A huge chunk of text, which Zhou Yun had no interest in glancing at, she could guess what it was about.

Half an hour later, Zhou Lan called Zhou Yun.

"He Yong called me just now."

"I guessed as much." Zhou Yun sat on the sofa and asked, "What did he say?"

"What else could he say? It’s just him wanting me to persuade you."

"He thinks this can be settled just by persuading?" Zhou Yun asked in surprise.

"Of course, he knows it won’t be that easy to settle. I guess he’s also gauging your reaction, to see if you’re just angry for the moment or if you really won’t let this go. If you just vented your anger, he would be happy to let it pass, and the matter would be resolved."

"Wishful thinking."

"Then he’ll probably come to talk to you soon about his compensation."

"Let’s wait then." Zhou Yun sighed, "I really don’t feel like flying to Beijing this afternoon, I want to rest."

"If you really want to rest, should I cancel the shooting in Beijing?"

"Ah, everyone is ready and just waiting for me to go; it’s not possible to postpone at this time." Zhou Yun yawned, "I’ll take a nap, I won’t talk to you anymore, see you tonight."

At seven in the evening, Zhou Yun met Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan’s face was filled with joy and pride; it seemed her conversation went well.

Sure enough, during dinner, Zhou Lan brought up "After the Scandal."

"The theme of this variety show is quite interesting, it’s never been done before in domestic variety, plus with your and Song Chi’s topic, it’s bound to blow up."

Zhou Yun said, "But Sister Lan, aren’t you afraid that the more the scandal with Song Chi spreads, the bigger it will get?"

"I’m telling you, Xiao Yun, spreading rumors is subjective. For you, it’s definitely more beneficial than harmful. For Song Chi, it’s more disadvantageous than advantageous, but it’s exactly at this crucial time he needs a visible topic and popularity for the investors, so periodically, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks." After Zhou Lan analyzed, she added, "Your scandal with Song Chi, from the company’s perspective, is not a bad thing. Besides, with that little interaction between you and Song Chi, I don’t believe the company didn’t add fuel to the fire behind the scenes."

Zhou Yun thought about it, and it made sense.

Just these past two months, because of the popularity, she took on so many jobs, earning the company a lot of money.

The change in He Yong’s attitude towards her was evident.

The company wouldn’t want to see her popularity drop.

"So if I take this show, how should we film it?" Zhou Yun asked.

Zhou Lan said, "The production team will arrange a director and a photographer to follow you for three months."

"Three months?" Zhou Yun was shocked, "That long?"

"Yes." Zhou Lan nodded, "Actually, what this program wants to capture is the daily life of the two of you, sort of revealing the private side of celebrities, aiming for that kind of gimmick."

"So Song Chi and I will be filmed on two separate tracks?"

"Filmed separately, but according to the production team’s request, we still need to film some interactions between you two, like getting together for a meal or something, because most of the audience are here for your scandal with Song Chi, after all."

"The result is they click in and see that it’s not at all what they expected, then they curse us out for false advertising." Zhou Yun complained.

Zhou Lan shrugged and said, "What can you do? You and Song Chi aren’t really together. I’ve already suggested you two might as well just date, but you won’t, so there’s nothing I can do."

"Enough from you."

"I’m far from done. Let me tell you, Song Chi is also in Beijing now, do you want to contact him?" Zhou Lan asked.

Zhou Yun hesitated.

"He’s in Beijing, too?"

"Yeah, I saw his agent post on Moments, saying he’s got work in Beijing today."

Zhou Yun remembered she still owed Song Chi a dinner.

After hesitating for a moment, she messaged Song Chi, asking: Are you in Beijing?

Song Chi quickly replied: You’re also here?

Zhou Yun: Yeah.

Song Chi: Here to piggyback again?

Zhou Yun: To assassinate you.

Song Chi’s call came through.

"You really can’t take a joke." Song Chi complained.

Zhou Yun looked at Zhou Lan opposite her, wearing a maternal smile, and suddenly felt somewhat at a loss for words.

She decided to go somewhere else to talk to Song Chi.

"What are you doing in Beijing?"

"A brand event, what about you?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Song Chi let out a loud, mocking laugh and said, "You’re something else."

"Can you come out tonight?" Zhou Yun asked.

"What do you want to do? Inviting me out in the dead of night?" Song Chi said, "You really are relentless."

"Why don’t you go die?" Zhou Yun snapped back.

"Ptu ptu ptu, you’re always cursing me." Song Chi said, "I still have a bit to do here, probably can wrap up around nine or ten o’clock, where shall we meet?"

"Who said I want to meet you?" Zhou Yun’s tone became sarcastic, "I’m just asking if you can make it, not that I’m going out."

There was silence on Song Chi’s end for two seconds.

"You’re ruthless." Song Chi took a sharp breath, "Then I’m hanging up."

"Wait, I’ll send you the address." After saying that, Zhou Yun hung up the phone, not giving Song Chi the chance to call her out for being contradictory.

Thinking about it, it was really quite amusing.

Every time she talked to Song Chi, she couldn’t help but snap at him, like a primary school kid. Zhou Yun had thought about it; she could relax so much and even be so unrestrained in front of Song Chi, maybe it had something to do with the things Zhou Lan had said. Zhou Yun did have some good feelings towards Song Chi, and she was sure that Song Chi had some good feelings towards her as well, a mutual liking.

But they couldn’t be together now, a relationship now would be a hindrance.

So, in these repeated encounters, taking advantage of the little understanding that had not been explicitly acknowledged, they probed each other.

Unable to truly hold hands, they teased along with some secret, unspeakable sentiments.

Zhou Yun started to laugh.

Her laughter was truly beautiful, with bright eyes and white teeth shining brilliantly, as if there was a lake in her eyes, with the sunlight sprinkling on the surface, glistening like crystals.

"Are you Zhou Yun?" A timid little girl’s voice sounded behind her.

Zhou Yun became alert, put away her smile, and turned around.

A ponytailed, oval-faced little girl who appeared to be a middle schooler.

"You really are Zhou Yun!" Before Zhou Yun could respond, the little girl confirmed her identity, "Can I ask you for an autograph?"

Zhou Yun asked, "Are you my fan?"

The little girl shook her head and said, "I’m not your fan."

"Then why do you want my autograph?" Zhou Yun asked.

"Because you’re a celebrity." The girl had an obvious air of taking it for granted.

Zhou Yun shook her head, "If you’re not my fan, I’m not signing for you; better you focus on your studies."

She patted the little girl’s head and left.

The little girl looked confused and muttered, "So stingy?"

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