Chapter 261: Feeling Wronged But Unable To Say It
On the morning of departure, when Ye Xun walked out of the subway station, she didn’t see a certain someone waiting for her here. She tightened the backpack on her back, stood in a place out of the sunlight, and took out her mobile phone.
The young girl saw Wang Heng’s latest WeChat reply: 【Have you arrived? I’ll be there right away, right away.】
After waiting in the shade under the street trees for about two minutes, Ye Xun finally saw Wang Heng running over quickly.
Stopping in front of the young girl, Wang Heng caught his breath and said, “Sorry, I’m a bit late.”
Ye Xun shook her head: “Sorry, I arrived early. Where are we going now?”
Wang Heng: “They’re bringing the luggage downstairs. We’ll go over first, then take the car to the airport. Give me that bag of yours.”
He originally wanted to take Ye Xun’s backpack, but the young girl twisted her body and dodged his hand, keeping the backpack on herself.
“It’s not like I can’t carry it, it’s fine.” As she said this, Ye Xun lifted her short sleeve, flexed her arm, and showed off her biceps.
Her arms were relatively slim among girls her age, but as soon as she exerted a little force, the outline of her muscles became quite obvious, without any jiggling excess fat.
A ray of sunlight projected through the gaps in the branches and leaves shone on the young girl’s arm, where two drops of sweat on her fair and healthy skin reflected a golden glow. But obviously she wasn’t sweating much; even getting close and sniffing carefully, one could only smell a faint fragrance, unsure if it was from shampoo or body wash.
Wang Heng muttered a little complaint: “The main muscles used for carrying a schoolbag don’t seem related to the biceps, right?”
Ye Xun tilted her head slightly and smiled as she asked back: “Then do you want to see my back muscles and core muscles?”
Wang Heng quickly waved: “Forget it, no need for that. Your core strength is so strong, no need to see.”
From his reaction, Ye Xun seemed to have found some new amusement.
The young girl’s smile became even brighter: “How would you know without looking?”
Wang Heng: “I’ve been hit by you before, I know clearly, no need to see again. Besides, taking off clothes on the street isn’t great.”
Of course, during the first playthrough, let alone core muscles, he had even seen her groin and glutes. That overall coordinated and streamlined muscular beauty, he had never seen on any other girl. Of course, gymnasts on television had that feel too, but in reality, the only one he knew was Ye Xun.
The two walked toward Pei Ningle’s apartment like this.
The distance was only a short few hundred meters, but this morning was clear and sunny, and the sun at the end of June was really quite harsh, so soon Ye Xun’s forehead started to sweat.
As for Wang Heng, his back was already soaked from running over.
He couldn’t help but start imagining that if he quickly helped fof get the shared bicycle out, that would be great.
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After meeting up, the four got into the booked private car and headed straight to the airport.
On the way, Wang Heng sat in the front passenger seat, and the three girls in the back seat seemed to chat some whispers, but he didn’t want to eavesdrop.
After two hours, when they boarded the airplane, the situation changed a bit. Because the music festival organizer was reimbursing, they were sitting in business class with two seats per row this time.
Since it was two per row, naturally one girl had to sit with Wang Heng. Regarding the choice, Han Yixuan arranged for Pei Ningle. From a risk control perspective, this was obviously the most appropriate.
Otherwise, if Pei Ningle and Ye Xun sat together, Han Yixuan worried that Pei Ningle might accidentally reveal key alliance information while chatting with her. As for letting Ye Xun and Wang Heng sit together, Han Yixuan said that was impossible.
Of course, this arrangement had a small issue: the girlfriend shield identity toward Ye Xun. After all, logically, two lovers sitting together seemed more normal. But when arranging seats, Han Yixuan just brought up ‘Agent Wang Heng has serious business to discuss with Pei Ningle’ and explained it away.
When the airplane took off, Han Yixuan and Ye Xun were already chatting.
No matter what they thought inside, at least on the surface, both were friendly, affable, polite, and sensible girls, so maintaining a friendly atmosphere was naturally normal. Plus, this time Han Yixuan didn’t forget to take some motion sickness medicine, and with the experience Wang Heng had taught her before, there were no motion sickness symptoms.
Meanwhile, Wang Heng and Pei Ningle talked softly about a slightly heavy topic.
“I still can’t quite accept a group of people shouting ‘wife’ at me,” Pei Ningle said glumly, “Even if the ones shouting are all girls, I still don’t feel great about it.”
Wang Heng asked softly: “Do you feel like they’re disturbing you?”
Pei Ningle touched her earlobe, thought for a moment, and said: “On stage, as long as they don’t throw rotten eggs at me, it’s not a disturbance. Mainly, I hope everyone listens to my songs, but not focus on me as a person…”
Wang Heng understood and continued: “You don’t want others attaching extra things to you; you hope to just be yourself, and let everyone only pay attention to your work.”
Pei Ningle nodded quickly: “Exactly, exactly, that’s the meaning!”
However, Wang Heng sighed: “If that’s your thought, then I can only say, too naive.”
Pei Ningle: “Naive?”
Wang Heng: “Yes, naive. In the past, people only focused on stars’ works not because they weren’t curious about the stars themselves, but because there was no internet back then, no such developed information channels as today, so they couldn’t focus on the stars themselves. Nowadays, as long as your work arouses everyone’s interest, you yourself will definitely get attention.”
Pei Ningle: “Because of the internet…”
Wang Heng: “Of course, independent musicians not signing with companies will have less commercial operation, and while losing a lot of income, they’ll also avoid a lot of annoyances, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be scandals and gossip. Even if you don’t actively operate, there will definitely be many rumors as long as you have fame.”
The young girl still pouted as if feeling aggrieved, but her eyes already showed deep contemplation.
After thinking, Pei Ningle suddenly said: “I get it. If fame grows bigger in the future, all kinds of rumors will increase. It’s okay now; at least yuri rumors aren’t unpleasant. There might be more rumors later.”
Wang Heng: “Exactly.”
Pei Ningle continued: “But what I can do is be myself, nothing more. Keep writing songs when I should, go on stage and sing when I should; no need to care too much about the rest.”
Wang Heng looked gratified: “Exactly, leave the other matters to me and Xiao Xuan.”
Pei Ningle thought for another moment. At this point, she felt there was still one issue worth hesitating over.
So the young girl asked again: “Then do I still need to act yuri with Xiao Xuan? We’re clearly not.”
Wang Heng: “Have you two ever acted seriously?”
Pei Ningle was stunned: “No…”
Wang Heng shrugged: “The misunderstanding is just because of that one song; just don’t write songs so easily misunderstood in the future. If you don’t want fans fixating on that gossip, just downplay it, don’t bring it up actively, and deny it when asked. Over time, everyone will naturally forget about it.”
“Makes sense,” Pei Ningle suddenly laughed, “Like you said, with information so developed now, there’s news every day; who would keep staring at my outdated gossip?”
Wang Heng: “Right, but also pay attention to one thing: if you don’t want to stir up scandals, be a bit careful in daily life.”
The young girl’s smile suddenly stiffened: “What do you mean?”
Wang Heng pointed at himself: “I need to lower my presence around you and maintain distance appropriately.”
“No need to maintain distance so extremely, right? You can just say you’re my older brother.” Now, her smile wasn’t just stiff; it disappeared completely.
Wang Heng: “People will dig into your background; you being an only child can’t fool paparazzi. So you get it now—for your career’s sake, at least keep a good distance from me in front of others. For example, next time on the airplane, sit with Han Yixuan.”
Pei Ningle didn’t speak again, just turned her head to look outside the window at the sea of clouds under the wing, not letting him see the aggrieved expression on her face.
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Fell asleep at the desk halfway through typing… tsk, slept, goodbye.
