CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER 26: BIRTHDAY PARTY (PART 2)

Afternoon, Yanchuan Stadium.

Zhou Huaiyi followed Yang Li to the rehearsal site. Following Xiang Qichen’s advice, she wore a mask and hat, walking timidly behind Yang Li, feeling somewhat uneasy.

When they arrived at the lounge, Zhou Huaiyi was about to take off her hat and mask to relax. As she opened the door, she found a very professional woman sitting inside.

Zhou Huaiyi slowly put down the hand about to remove her hat, taking a closer look. The side profile looked somewhat familiar.

"You’re here, Qi Chen." The woman just happened to glance over, with a faint smile on her lips.

Zhou Huaiyi suddenly remembered—it was the woman who took her coffee with Xiang Qichen on the set that one time.

"Mm." Zhou Huaiyi wasn’t quite sure of her identity, so she didn’t dare to greet her abruptly and just responded softly.

"Where’s Yang Li?" Yan Qing put down the materials in her hand and walked over to him, casually asking.

Zhou Huaiyi instinctively took a step back, guiltily averting her eyes, and said, "Oh... he went to the restroom."

Yan Qing went straight over and opened the door: "Then let’s head to the front desk first."

Zhou Huaiyi silently cried in her heart, nodded, and followed her.

So... who exactly is this sister to Xiang Qichen T^T

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After dinner, Xiang Qichen waited outside for Kang Xuan to come out of the restroom.

He stood in front of the reflective glass outside the mall, looking at himself in a T-shirt and shorts, and sighed long... still...

Incredible...

A "buzz" sounded, and a WeChat message came in on his phone.

Xiang Qichen didn’t need to look to roughly guess who the sender was. As he unlocked the screen, sure enough.

[Zhou Luobu: God... save me T^T]

Xiang Qichen stretched out his finger to type a few words on the keyboard, then deleted them all, glanced at the time, and calculated in his head.

At that moment, Kang Xuan happened to emerge from the restroom, and unexpectedly, gave his shoulder a fierce pat from behind, startling Xiang Qichen: "Yo! Little fairy!"

Xiang Qichen: "..."

He rubbed his temples and turned to ask her, "Do you want to see Xiang Qichen?"

Kang Xuan: "?"

Xiang Qichen: "Want to go see Xiang Qichen rehearse?"

The air was silent for about five seconds.

Kang Xuan suddenly burst out a laugh, then gave him a hard slap on the shoulder, chuckling, "Getting bolder huh, Zhou Huaiyi, your nonsense is so gutsy now!"

Xiang Qichen: "......"

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Stadium stage.

Zhou Huaiyi seriously rehearsed according to the birthday party director’s requests. Yan Qing watched from behind the curtain at Xiang Qichen, who was a bit uncoordinated today, and headed to the lounge looking troubled.

On the way, Yan Qing unexpectedly received a WeChat message from Xiang Qichen—

[Xiang: Sister Yan, I have two friends coming over, could you ask Yang Li to meet them at the entrance?]

Yan Qing stared at the message, frowned, and returned to the front desk, her gaze falling on Xiang Qichen, who was talking to the director, muttering to herself for no reason, "Why not just come over and say something..."

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Kang Xuan thought she must have been crazy to believe Zhou Huaiyi’s nonsense, standing at the stadium entrance. She glanced at the empty lobby inside, gave Zhou Huaiyi a disdainful look, and sarcastically applauded, "Zhou Huaiyi, today I give your nonsense a perfect score."

Xiang Qichen glanced at her as well, too lazy to explain.

After about another five minutes, Kang Xuan couldn’t take it anymore, grabbed Zhou Huaiyi’s arm, and started pulling her out, saying, "Zhou Huaiyi, I can understand you being crazily desperate to see Xiang Qichen, but you have to realize there’s no way you’ll even see a hint of Xiang Qichen here. Let’s just wait for tomorrow’s birthday party and buy a scalper ticket, okay? We’re not short of a dozen hours."

"..." Seeing the situation wasn’t good, Xiang Qichen figured explaining was probably useless, so he simply broke free of Kang Xuan’s grip, ready to send another WeChat message on his phone. As he looked up, he just happened to see Yang Li rushing over.

Instinctively, he called out loudly, "Yang Li."

Kang Xuan looked in confusion in the direction Zhou Huaiyi was staring at.

Yang Li paused for a moment, looking at the girl in front of him, who seemed somewhat familiar, and then realized, "Oh, it’s you, Zhou Huaiyi! I was wondering who it was."

Xiang Qichen gave a polite nod and smile, "Mm."

"Come on, come on, Qi Chen’s busy rehearsing so he sent me out to greet you." Yang Li laughed, then suddenly cast a gossiping look, "When did you get so close with Qi Chen?"

Xiang Qichen responded in an orderly manner, "When you weren’t around."

Yang Li: "..."

Xiang Qichen turned back to give Kang Xuan a gentle pull on the arm, calmly saying, "Let’s go."

Kang Xuan: "......"