CHAPTER 52: CHAPTER 51: PRESS CONFERENCE

Huaiyi saw that he didn’t seem to have much of a reaction, and suddenly felt bolder. She tentatively asked, "Qi Chen, you have an ex-girlfriend, right?"

Huaiyi carefully watched him, waiting for his answer.

Xiang Qichen paused with the cup raised to his lips, glanced at her from below his eyelids, took a sip, and tacitly agreed.

Huaiyi pushed further, "It’s Gu Qingyi, isn’t it?"

Xiang Qichen almost spat out the water in his mouth, immediately choked, and burst into a coughing fit.

Huaiyi realized she might have asked too much, rushed forward to pat him on the back and help him catch his breath, "Are you... alright?"

Xiang Qichen wiped his mouth, blushed, and put down the cup, shaking his head to signal he was fine.

The coughing gradually subsided. Huaiyi, feeling guilty, bit her lip, secretly cursing herself for being insensitive, then turned and ran to the room, "I’m going to wash my face."

...

After freshening up and changing clothes, Huaiyi looked at Xiang Qichen, who was reading a script on the sofa, and asked, "What are we... going to eat?"

Xiang Qichen looked at her as usual, "What do you want to eat?"

Huaiyi glanced at the fridge, "Is there anything in the fridge that we can cook?"

"Can you cook?"

"I can manage..."

Xiang Qichen thought for a while, then stood up, "I don’t know, let’s take a look."

Huaiyi opened the fridge door before him, "There’s pasta and tomatoes... but with just these two, we can’t make much..."

Xiang Qichen was unconcerned, "There’s a supermarket in the neighborhood. If we need anything else, I can buy it."

"Really! Then I’ll trouble you." Huaiyi’s eyes sparkled as she smiled brightly, "I’ll make spaghetti Bolognese, will you eat it?"

Xiang Qichen, "Okay."

So, Xiang Qichen took the shopping list and headed out.

An hour later, the pasta was ready.

Huaiyi placed the plate in front of him, watched eagerly as he took a fork, twirled some pasta, put it in his mouth, chewed a couple of times, swallowed, and leaned in excitedly, "How is it?"

Xiang Qichen, "Not bad."

Huaiyi was very satisfied, immediately swelling with pride, "You’re too kind, hahaha."

Keep up the good work and strive to capture the heart of the dream guy!

Xiang Qichen, "..."

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After eating and tidying up the dishes, the two got dressed and headed downstairs to get the car to go to the conference venue.

Before leaving, Xiang Qichen specifically went to the cloakroom to get a baseball cap and put it on Huaiyi, "To cover your face and protect from the sun."

Huaiyi, "...You’re even more particular than I am."

Xiang Qichen, "..."

When they arrived at the venue’s dressing room, Yang Li and the team were already there, and the clothes to be worn on stage were all prepared.

Yan Qing saw them coming together and was quite curious, "Why did you both come together?"

Huaiyi was stunned and hadn’t thought of a response yet when Xiang Qichen answered first, "My friend’s place is near Qi Chen’s, so I caught a ride with Qi Chen."

Yan Qing, "Oh."

Yang Li stood aside with a knowing smile but said nothing.

The film "Spring Breeze Gentle Love" tells the romantic love story of a fresh engineering graduate, Shi Yao, and a newcomer in the entertainment industry, Li Lulu. Xiang Qichen’s portrayal of Shi Yao is persistent, kind-hearted, and intelligent, extremely diligent and hardworking in his career, but rather sloppy and disorganized in life. The female lead, an up-and-coming star Li Lulu, is played by the popular actress Jiang Wei, who is beautiful, elegant, and passionate.

The movie was shot a year ago, and compared to the characters he previously played, Shi Yao was a departure from Xiang Qichen’s usual gentle and refined image and was quite grounded.

Xiang Qichen and Jiang Wei’s acquaintance also stemmed from the filming of this movie.

It wasn’t long before Jiang Wei arrived at the venue’s lounge, dressed in a sharp white suit, her hair neatly tied in a ponytail, with exquisite makeup.

Huaiyi was initially amazed and then came to her senses to greet, "Hi, Teacher Jiang, nice to see you again."

Jiang Wei couldn’t help but laugh, pretended to think for a moment, and joked, "Hmm, it seems we’ve been meeting quite frequently lately—at filming, at the dinner party, and now at the conference. Oh Xiang Qichen, you’re so annoying."

Huaiyi laughed out loud, responding very earnestly, "You’re right, it’s really so annoying, hahaha..."

Xiang Qichen, "..."