Wei Chi picked up Shi Pengpeng and then went back to find Yan Jing.
Yan Jing had just finished meeting with a client.
After listening to Wei Chi’s report, he nodded and asked, “Pengpeng doesn’t seem to have any discomfort, right?”
“Probably not. Miss Shi seems to be in a good mood. She’s already gone to watch the red carpet with her colleagues,” Wei Chi replied.
“Hmm,” Yan Jing smiled, as if he understood, “She always likes to join in the fun.”
Noticing that Yan Jing had been in high spirits lately, Wei Chi guessed that things were going well.
He tentatively asked, “Mr. Yan, when do you plan to formally confess to Miss Shi?”
Yan Jing tapped his index finger lightly on the table, pondering for a moment before saying, “Soon.”
During their time together, he sensed that Shi Pengpeng didn’t reject him.
Given her personality, if she was willing to let him get close, it likely meant she had some feelings for him.
He needed to take things slowly, but the time had come to make his intentions clearer.
Turning to Wei Chi, he asked, “Do you have any suggestions about the confession?”
Wei Chi thought for a moment.
“Does Miss Shi have any particular preferences?”
“Yes, she does,” Yan Jing nodded without hesitation.
“She likes money.”
Wei Chi: ‘What a simple and straightforward hobby. It’s the same as mine. We’ve found a kindred spirit.’
Wei Chi smiled slightly and said, “Perhaps you could book an entire floor of a restaurant by the Luo River and buy the advertising rights for the building opposite it to display your feelings to Miss Shi. Or I could contact a drone company to put on a performance over the river…”
“Is it that ostentatious?” Yan Jing frowned slightly.
“Did you confess to your girlfriend this way?”
“I’d love to,” Wei Chi’s smile remained, but he ground his molars a bit, “but I don’t have the financial means.”
“Oh,” Yan Jing continued tapping the table, then shook his head after a moment.
“I don’t think that’s appropriate.”
Such a grand confession would be too high-profile.
He had seen those guys in school who would shout under the girls’ dormitory windows or surround a girl with a circle of candles.
Even just passing by and glancing at it, he could tell the pressure it put on the girls.
If the girl happened to like the boy, it was fine, but some girls, who didn’t know what was going on, felt like they were being roasted alive.
Some people might like that kind of approach, but Shi Pengpeng definitely wouldn’t.
Yan Jing didn’t want to use external atmosphere to influence her decision.
Confession should be private, allowing her to think it through and follow her true feelings.
‘Even if it fails, I’ll just keep pursuing her.’
“I’ll arrange it myself,” Yan Jing made up his mind.
He wanted to find a private setting, when it was just the two of them, to say it.
Checking the time, he saw there was still some time before the banquet started, so he got up and said, “Where is Pengpeng? I’ll go see her.”
The banquet began, and Shi Pengpeng, Xiao Pan, and Xiao Lingshu sat at a table close to the stage.
Apart from them, the rest of the people at the table were top bloggers from Yutian Culture.
Yutian’s top female blogger, Huixi, sat next to Xiao Lingshu, while the person in charge, Meng Zhen, and the top male blogger, Xu Qin, sat on Shi Pengpeng’s side.
Ouyang Jue was also invited today, but given his exceptional status, he sat with the executives of Cat’s Paw.
“Pengpeng!” As soon as Xiao Pan sat down, she couldn’t contain her excitement.
She tugged at Shi Pengpeng’s sleeve and whispered, “He’s so big!”
Shi Pengpeng: ‘Is that something we can say publicly?’
Xiao Pan added an explanation, “I mean his abs.”
Shi Pengpeng: ‘Oh. You better be careful!’
Xiao Pan shyly continued, “When can I take a photo with him?”
“Hold on,” Shi Pengpeng said, casually scanning the room with her peripheral vision.
Her gaze met Xiao Lingshu’s.
Xiao Lingshu winked at her and mouthed, “They’re so superstitious.”
It seemed he had noticed too.
Several of the bloggers signed by Yu Tian had amulets or fox spirit pendants, and one even had a tattoo on their collarbone that was clearly a religious symbol.
Compared to them, the top male and female bloggers of Yu Tian were relatively decent, just dressed a bit more revealingly and not wearing any unclean items.
However, those talismans, though a bit unclean, were just common protective amulets and nothing particularly unusual.
Xiao Lingshu continued to mouth, “Should I persuade them to turn back from their misguided ways and join our Yuan Yi Temple?”
Shi Pengpeng pretended not to see him, turned her head, and pretended to look at the scenery around.
“Miss Shi, nice to see you again,” Meng Zhen greeted her politely, “It seems we have quite the fate to keep running into each other.”
“Yes,” Shi Pengpeng asked suspiciously, “Why do I keep running into you everywhere? Did you arrange for Cat’s Paw to seat us together?”
Meng Zhen: “……I don’t have that kind of power.”
Shi Pengpeng: “Haha, you’re so modest.”
Meng Zhen: ‘I do often do such things, but I didn’t this time!’
Xu Qin timely poked his head out and asked, “Manager Meng, may I ask who is this………………?”
“Ah, she is Miss Shi Pengpeng from Fuxi E-commerce,” Meng Zhen quickly turned around to introduce her, implying something as he said, “She is a good friend of Mr. Yan. You must be polite to her.”
“Understood.”
Xu Qin nodded, smiled at Shi Pengpeng, and extended his hand, “Miss Shi, I’m Xu Qin. Nice to meet you.”
Xiao Pan hovered over like a ghost, whispering behind her, “Pengpeng, abs, abs, abs……”
“I don’t dare to teach you, but my colleague really likes you……” Shi Pengpeng calmly raised her hand, about to shake his, when suddenly a loud “bang” came from the side.
Everyone was startled and looked over to see that Huixi had accidentally knocked the pre-dinner fruit platter off the turntable.
The platter shattered on the ground, and the sliced watermelon and grapes were scattered all over the floor.
People at the surrounding tables were also frightened and glanced over.
Xiao Lingshu was exasperated:
“Miss, you didn’t have to go that far, did you? I just wanted a piece of watermelon……”
It turned out that he had been talking to people all around and his throat was a bit dry.
When the fruit platter came, he wanted to grab a piece of watermelon to quench his thirst.
However, Huixi had also set her eyes on the platter and was very domineering.
She fixed the entire platter in front of herself and when Xiao Lingshu reached out, she blocked him, saying, “This is mine. You’re not allowed to eat it.”
Xiao Lingshu was puzzled and didn’t expect a big influencer to be so particular about a plate of fruit.
He thought she was just being abstract.
Since he was also a playful person, he immediately played along: “I insist. Bwahahaha.”
Upon hearing this, Huixi frowned and said, “I told you this is mine. Everyone in our company knows I love watermelon the most. Are you trying to copy me by saying you love watermelon too?”
“……What?”
Xiao Lingshu was completely baffled.
This girl was too abstract, and he couldn’t keep up with her act, so he gave up and said, “Alright, stop messing around. I’m really thirsty. Can you give me the watermelon?”
As he leaned forward and used the agility he had learned from school to grab the watermelon, Huixi became furious and shouted, “You shameless thief——”
But Xiao Lingshu was quick.
He speared two pieces of watermelon with his chopsticks.
Huixi, in a moment of panic, yanked the platter too hard and sent it flying.
On the scene:”…..”
Meng Zhen’s face darkened as he shouted, “Huixi, what are you doing?”
Huixi, startled by his yell, reluctantly stopped and stamped her foot in discontent, “He insisted on taking my watermelon………………”
“Uh……………”
Xiao Lingshu was truly stunned now.
Watermelon wasn’t a rare item, and this big influencer didn’t seem like someone who couldn’t afford it.
Why was she making such a fuss over it?
The situation was so awkward that he didn’t even want to argue.
He awkwardly chuckled, “No, I thought the watermelon was for everyone. I didn’t know it was yours………………”
Huixi: “Now you know……………”
“Enough is enough.” Meng Zhen glared at her and stopped her in time, “Do you want to make us even more embarrassed?”
“Humph.” Huixi rolled her eyes but didn’t argue further, just grumbled under her breath, “Damn it.”
The farce ended awkwardly.
Xiao Pan was deeply shocked and still couldn’t recover, saying blankly, “Pengpeng, this Huixi is so domineering!”
“Hmm.” Shi Pengpeng also took a closer look at Huixi.
She had thought Huixi only liked to stir trouble online, but it turned out that her possessiveness in real life was just as strong.
She would even fight over a worthless fruit platter.
“Miss Shi, I’m really sorry,” Meng Zhen pulled her attention back, apologizing sincerely, “Huixi has been spoiled by our boss and is quite willful. I apologize on her behalf. Please forgive her.”
Shi Pengpeng clicked her tongue, with a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes, “Miss Huixi has done this before. A few days ago, she even got our company’s video taken down. If you want to apologize, just saying it won’t do.”
“That was just a misunderstanding,” Meng Zhen’s expression froze for a moment, but considering Shi Pengpeng’s relationship with Yan Jing, he swallowed his pride and said with a forced smile, “Alright, what are your demands? As long as they are reasonable, I will do my best to meet them.”
“Rest assured, it will be reasonable,” Shi Pengpeng stroked her chin, her gaze falling on Xu Qin, and she smiled sweetly, “I heard that in the past, when you met your top male blogger offline, you could touch his abs. I wonder if this benefit still exists now?”
Meng Zhen: ?
Xu Qin: ???
Meng Zhen didn’t expect Shi Pengpeng to make such a request and was stunned for a moment.
Xu Qin felt humiliated.
The pleasant expression on his face just now was replaced by a hint of anger.
Before he could respond, a cold voice suddenly rang out: “I forbid it.”
Then, a tall shadow was cast over Shi Pengpeng.
“Brother, why did you come………………”
Shi Pengpeng turned her head, but before she could greet him, her arm was grabbed by Yan Jing.
Shi Pengpeng was taken aback: “What for?”
Yan Jing’s eyes were filled with a thin layer of anger, and there was a hint of grievance.
With a stern face, he pulled her up, brought his handsome face close, and indignantly scolded, “How can you touch someone else’s abs?”
Shi Pengpeng: ?
Yan Jing had taken advantage of the brief break before the banquet started to come and check on Shi Pengpeng.
As soon as he arrived, he overheard her asking the male blogger from Yu Tian for a favor.
In an instant, anger, annoyance, reluctance, and grievance all surged into his heart.
These days, he had been carefully getting closer to her, painstakingly creating opportunities to spend time with her, and even paying attention to the tone of his messages, for fear that the slightest impetuosity would make her uncomfortable.
And yet, she so casually asked a strange man for a favor in public?
If he had known she was into this kind of thing, why had he bothered to restrain himself so much!
As soon as Shi Pengpeng heard this, she knew he had misunderstood.
She quickly explained, “Ah, it’s not………………..”
But Yan Jing’s mind was already clouded by jealousy.
All his emotions turned into a strong sense of possession.
Without waiting for her to finish, he pulled her into his arms and declared domineeringly, “I don’t care. You’re mine. If you want to touch, touch me.”
Shi Pengpeng: ???
On the scene: ?!!!!