CHAPTER 491: CHAPTER 491: MR. SONG’S FIRST TAKEOUT REQUEST

But no one dared to interject more.

Bamboo Garden has the highest security and secrecy within Fuyuan. Compared to the Garden of Plum Orchids and Chrysanthemums, the waiters responsible for the Bamboo Garden’s private dining have been carefully selected, and the private information of political figures and celebrities who dine there is strictly forbidden from being disclosed.

Moreover—

The person who reserved the private dining room at noon was not officially Song Baiyan.

This implies that Song Baiyan came in private.

Now, having witnessed Song Baiyan and a new actress behaving intimately, even if they returned to the small kitchen, they wouldn’t dare gather and secretly discuss this.

The waitresses are generally young and use social media platforms. They naturally knew that last night, Tang Li, this actress, was almost condemned by the entire internet. Even though the crew of "Phoenix Concubine" later clarified, the majority of netizens still think that Tang Li is an artist with personal moral issues.

Compared to the initial airing of "Original Sin", now the netizens’ opinions of Tang Li are mixed, and it can even be said that there are more people disliking her than those who support her.

Who could have imagined that today, Tang Li would be dining in the private room with Song Baiyan.

Observing Tang Li’s demeanor, she seemed totally unaffected by the public opinion.

—One can only say, she’s really thick-skinned.

One of the waitresses came out with soy sauce pork ribs and just happened to hear Tang Li saying, "The pan-fried dishes here taste great; I want to take some back."

Song Baiyan instructed her, "Please have the kitchen prepare two more baskets of pan-fried dishes to take away."

Before he was elected, Song Baiyan was the Finance Minister, and he didn’t come to Fuyuan often to eat; it was the first time he requested packaging, and it was for a woman.

This sort of political figure would typically finish eating and leave, let alone make take away requests. The tables often had untouched dishes. The waitresses were surprised, not by Song Baiyan’s instruction, but by Tang Li’s request; to see a female companion at Bamboo Garden, especially one brought by someone else, wanting to take food home after eating was truly unheard of.

A quarter of an hour later, the takeout arrived.

Tang Li thanked them and put the takeout boxes of pan-fried dishes aside.

"Are these for your roommates?" Song Baiyan put down his chopsticks.

Tang Li nodded, "I told them I was going out to eat. It wouldn’t be right to come back empty-handed."

She got along well with her classmates and knew how to make friends; Song Baiyan was pleased to see this. A girl in her teens or twenties, being too isolated isn’t good for her social circle development or personal character growth. Life should indeed be colorful; being too monotonous is ultimately not beneficial.

Tang Li was sent back to school around 2 p.m.

Fuyuan’s takeout boxes had no logo, and Yu Sui and Wu Xuehan didn’t ask much, each grabbing a box and starting to eat.

Wu Xuehan told Tang Li, "By the way, the producer of ’Phoenix Concubine’ has attended an interview. He said your role was changed without his knowledge; it was the director’s own decision."

"Who knows if they are just playing good cop, bad cop."

Yu Sui chimed in.

That very afternoon, a bungee-jumping accident in Lishan suddenly topped the trending searches.

The cause—

A netizen posted on the entertainment section of a forum, revealing that an assistant of a certain celebrity had accidentally fallen while bungee jumping. As an eyewitness on the adjacent platform, he saw firsthand that the assistant hesitated before jumping, as if knowing something would go wrong, but still took the leap.

This post caused a huge stir on the forum.

Soon after, another netizen confirmed the authenticity of the revelation. She was an employee at Lishan People’s Hospital and had seen Lai Yuaner three days ago in the hospital. Lai Yuaner’s assistant had fallen into the water causing pulmonary bleeding and was still staying in the VIP ward of the hospital!