Chapter 199: Run Away Quick
The scene became lively again, but unlike the previous situation, now a circle of staff surrounded Xie Yun, coaxing her one after another.
These staff had already seen what Xie Yun was like when she lost it, so they didn’t dare to be as perfunctory as when they were breaking up the fight earlier.
The Chief Director thought for a moment, then personally stepped in to coax and persuade Xie Yun, mediating the conflict between the two female guests.
Of course, this wasn’t because Xie Yun was that important, but because he was considering the program’s sponsor dads.
Other matters could be settled later; there was a live broadcast tomorrow, so they couldn’t afford any incidents.
Since even the Chief Director had stepped in, even the crazed Xie Yun had to give him some face, and the other Wen Zhu could only accept the loss.
The other guests watched the drama up to this point, then started making excuses about being tired and left one after another.
After confirming Xie Yun wouldn’t go crazy and rush over again, Zhou Shiqing turned to look at Xuan Xia and said grumpily, “Why are you pulling such a bitter gourd face?”
Xuan Xia snapped back to reality and wanted to ask where she was pulling a bitter gourd face; she had just turned back to rethink the forecast Chang Xi had given.
If Zhou Shiqing hadn’t stepped up to block Xie Yun, Xuan Xia would have suspected there was still something wrong with Chang Xi’s forecast.
Of course, she still had her doubts now.
But thinking that it was Zhou Shiqing who had stepped forward at the critical moment, Xuan Xia didn’t mind his sharp tongue calling her bitter gourd face.
She even explained, “I’m not; I’m just thinking about something.”
“Thinking about what?” Zhou Shiqing pressed.
“……The way of nature.” Xuan Xia blurted out.
This answer was both perfunctory and not perfunctory.
Zhou Shiqing kept a straight face: ……What the hell is the way of nature.
An Qi saw the guests leaving and her partner had gone too, so she asked Xuan Xia, “Xuan Xia, are you heading back to the hotel? Shall we go together?”
Xuan Xia agreed with a “Sure,” then turned to look for Ji Ziyao and the others.
Seeing this, Yang Wanxiu quickly hugged Xuan Xia’s bag and walked over.
Following the direction Yang Wanxiu came from, Xuan Xia quickly spotted Ji Ziyao and Jiang Feng.
The two seemed to be talking, but it looked like only one was speaking while the other just listened.
Xuan Xia guessed that Jiang Feng was probably explaining the matter of the sneaky photo during dinner earlier.
Just then Yang Wanxiu reached them, and Xuan Xia asked her, “What is Teacher Jiang saying to Brother Ji?”
Yang Wanxiu glanced at Zhou Shiqing and An Qi, hesitating whether to answer.
Xuan Xia didn’t mind and asked directly, “Is Teacher Jiang apologizing to Brother Ji for the sneaky photo during dinner last time?”
Yang Wanxiu immediately looked at Xuan Xia in shock. “Xia Xia, you know about it?”
Xuan Xia said no more, took the bag from Yang Wanxiu’s hand, and told her, “Let’s head back to the hotel first.” Then she called An Qi to go together.
Just after calling An Qi, with a glance, Xuan Xia saw Zhou Shiqing frowning, his eyes scrutinizing her.
Xuan Xia was baffled by his stare. “What are you looking at?”
Zhou Shiqing spoke sarcastically, “You get snapped by paparazzi during dinner—what game are you two playing? Don’t tell me you two…”
Xuan Xia: “……” Speechless.
“Let’s go.” Xuan Xia didn’t want to deal with Zhou Shiqing’s wild imagination anymore and called An Qi and Yang Wanxiu to leave.
“You…” Zhou Shiqing was so angry his teeth gnashed; he hadn’t even finished asking.
Was it really what he was thinking!
But Xuan Xia was already chatting away with An Qi as they walked far off.
On the way back to the hotel, Xuan Xia curiously asked about Hu Yue’s recent situation; after the thing with Ren Tongli, Hu Yue seemed to have been very busy.
Xuan Xia was busy herself, so she didn’t keep in much contact with Hu Yue.
“She’s been really busy lately; she’s been negotiating a luxury endorsement for a long time, and it’s finally about to close this period. Next, she’s going abroad to watch shows.” Since it was Xuan Xia asking, An Qi spoke freely without reservations, though she still lowered her voice to avoid being overheard.
“And she has some plans of her own, wanting to break into a bigger circle.”
“A bigger circle?” Xuan Xia didn’t know how to interpret that.
An Qi lowered her voice a bit more. “Hu Yue wants to break into the film circle and has been pulling strings lately.”
“But.” An Qi changed tack. “It’s pretty tough. I’ve only just realized how many obstacles there are to getting good resources, whether endorsements or work resources. Sigh, I hope she succeeds.”
Xuan Xia listened quietly, but since this was an area she didn’t know much about, she didn’t offer any opinions.
But knowing specifically what Hu Yue was busy with put her at ease.
“Yeah, I hope she succeeds.” Xuan Xia followed up, then asked An Qi, “What about you?”
“Me?”
“Yeah, this program is almost over. Have you planned your next steps? Not thinking of catching up to Hu Yue?” Xuan Xia asked seriously.
But because she asked so seriously, it stumped An Qi.
An Qi touched her head sheepishly and said without much confidence, “I’m not like Yueyue; she had popularity right from debut, and she’s bold and driven…”
“I didn’t tell you to treat her as your rival. What’s with that deflated look?” Xuan Xia was helpless yet amused. “I hope you take her as a role model. Look, you know she’s bold and driven— isn’t that enough to make her your learning target?”
An Qi smiled embarrassedly; she knew Xuan Xia made a good point and was thinking of her as a friend. But she’d never considered it before, so suddenly asked, she really didn’t know how to respond.
Xuan Xia knew she’d brought it up too abruptly, but getting An Qi to think about it was enough.
She was just about to change the subject when the back suddenly got noisy.
And this noise was quickly approaching them.
Xuan Xia couldn’t help turning back to look—it was still Wen Zhu and Cui Xiaobai.
This time, it was Wen Zhu and Cui Xiaobai arguing.
It sounded like Wen Zhu was blaming Cui Xiaobai for some bad idea that made her the victim.
Cui Xiaobai, meanwhile, looked righteous and refused to admit Wen Zhu’s accusation.
Seeing this, Wen Zhu’s anger flared up again. The two started shoving each other.
Xuan Xia frowned watching this—what was up with these two female guests the program group invited?
She’d never seen artists so unconcerned with their image, freely exploding with emotions like this.
But besides that, she noticed the shoving pair was getting closer and closer to their side.
They were now in the hotel’s water play area, surrounded by swimming pools, with the walking path less than 1.5 meters wide.
The deepest part of the swimming pool water was 1.5 meters, but that wasn’t the point. The point was the forecast Chang Xi had given earlier.
Xuan Xia suddenly had a bad premonition and grabbed An Qi, saying, “Run, quick.”
An Qi: ???
Seeing Xuan Xia already running ahead, An Qi didn’t understand but chose to run after her.
As An Qi started running, Yang Wanxiu and An Qi’s assistant followed suit.
After running a short distance, they heard a few exclamations, followed by the sound of splashing water.
