Chapter 109

"It's nothing."

"Is it really nothing? You look like your complexion isn't very good."

"I'm really fine!"

If it's nothing, then it's nothing; why be so loud about it~

Bai Liang looked innocent, watching the suddenly impatient Dilraba, not knowing what he had done wrong.

However, he was good at thinking, so he naturally associated it with the pool incident, and thus looked at his left index and middle fingers.

Hmm... it shouldn't be that, right? He was still quite respectful to girls; it was impossible he really did that kind of thing in the pool.

And if it were really that outrageous, wouldn't she have jumped up and slapped him?

Who would have thought that this action of his would be interpreted differently in Dilraba's eyes.

The act of rubbing his fingers together looked exactly like pinching her ear and rubbing it...

Come to think of it, it's really strange; she never knew her ears were so sensitive.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got; for a moment, evil intentions arose...

"We're here~"

As the car drove back to the hotel, Bai Liang ejected like a student rushing to the cafeteria when the bell rang.

Dilraba's "hand of sin" hadn't even touched his ear yet, and this guy had already bolted.

Her hand was still hanging in mid-air at this moment.

"Reba, we're here. Go back and get some good rest, don't catch a cold."

"Ah, okay~"

She retracted her hand in some embarrassment; one moment of extroversion traded for a lifetime of introversion.

She didn't know if anyone else in the car saw this scene... anyway, she was both ashamed and annoyed.

After returning to her room in a daze, she placed the swimsuit she had worn on the bathroom vanity.

Since she had worn it against her skin, she naturally wouldn't return it to the crew.

She kept her arms crossed for almost a minute, but in the end, she couldn't help but pick it up and take a sniff... naturally, there wouldn't be any smell.

She couldn't help but mutter: Was it a hallucination?

Just then, a call from the company came in, and Dilraba hurriedly answered.

A few minutes later, her expression was strange; it was hard to tell if she was happy or sad, but her features were vividly scrunched up~ even more innocent than Bai Liang in the car earlier.

Regarding the matter of sounding out whether Bai Liang had thoughts of signing with a company... it clearly wasn't within the scope of her work as an artist.

If it were before, she probably would have started humming.

But this time~ she had to hum too.

Hum in a different way.

"Eh? Did you hear a strange sound?"

Bai Liang in the hallway turned to look at Yanzi, asking with a suspicious look.

"It seems... someone is singing a folk song?" Yanzi said, not quite sure.

"It's definitely a folk song, it sounds like that 'Old Driver, Take Me Along'..."

"Brother Xiao Bai, you really don't have to sing it out."

Yanzi clearly couldn't hold it together anymore, feeling that the person hiding in some room singing folk songs and her own boss in front of her both had some serious issues.

"You, you need to broaden your aesthetic tastes; folk songs are quite interesting, especially Yunnan folk songs," Bai Liang said solemnly.

"Ah? You've studied this too?"

"It's quite interesting, like 'Two Wives and One Husband,' 'Pinching Your Crotch,' 'Sixty-Year-Old Grandma Marrying a Handsome Guy'..."

Just as Bai Liang was enthusiastically explaining to Yanzi how fun Yunnan folk songs were, the door in front of them opened.

Dilraba was carrying a bag, seemingly also about to go out.

And what she was still humming was that familiar melody from just now.

"What a coincidence, you're going out too?"

"I'm sending my clothes to be dried..." Dilraba subconsciously hid the bag containing the swimsuit behind her back and squeezed out a smile.

"Alright, see you~"

Bai Liang gave a simple greeting; the reason he had moved so fast when getting out of the car earlier was because he had to rush to the airport.

The leave he requested started tomorrow, but he had to fly out tonight.

Dilraba watched eagerly as Bai Liang passed by her; her mouth moved, wanting to say something, but she couldn't get it out.

After his figure disappeared around the corner, she subconsciously wanted to slap herself.

Just then, Bai Liang suddenly poked his head back around the corner. "Do you want me to bring you some snacks?"

"Ah? Yes!"

"Alright~"

Bai Liang made an OK gesture, and this time he was really gone. Yanzi felt very surprised. "I always thought Dilraba was that kind of cold, glamorous girl..."

"Is she cold?"

"I haven't had much contact, and I haven't been staying on set lately. I feel like she doesn't talk much; she just smiles when dealing with people on set."

Yanzi shook her head. "The one hiding in the room singing folk songs just now was her, right? Her voice was quite loud~"

"Who doesn't have some hobbies, and she isn't very cold either," Bai Liang evaluated fairly and impartially.

Yanzi rolled her eyes. "To you, Brother Xiao Bai, of course she isn't cold~"

You two kissed the first time you met, eh~ how cold could she be.

And then they had to act "unfamiliar" on set; the fact that they actually managed to act out that process, Yanzi was quite impressed.

Because of this, Yanzi rarely came to the crew hotel to find Bai Liang at night.

Mainly worried that after knocking on the door, there would be more than one person inside.

This wonderful misunderstanding would likely continue until the day it became reality.

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On the way to the airport, the car stopped halfway, and someone got on.

It was the person Yanzi had been wanting to recruit into the company recently.

The person had already been interviewed, and Yanzi felt he was quite reliable.

However, since the studio was just starting up, she felt she had to let Bai Liang meet him in person.

But as soon as they met, Bai Liang almost laughed out loud. "Old Zhou?"

"Hey~ Brother Liang, it's me."

"You guys know each other?" Yanzi said, feeling a bit incredulous.

Old Zhou smiled but didn't answer, instead looking at Bai Liang.

Tsk tsk, a smooth operator~

"I was a male model before I started acting. Not only do I know him, but Huang Jingyu also knows him; he used to be a model agent! No wonder you said he has fashion resources and is familiar with the business side of things here in Shanghai."

"What a coincidence~" Yanzi exclaimed.

Seeing that Bai Liang didn't mind at all talking about his time as a male model, Old Zhou seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and put on a smile. "It's not a coincidence; I came specifically for Brother Liang. Our studio is called Bai Liang Studio, how could I not know who it is."

"You're not doing model agent work anymore?"

"It's very hard to do now. After you and Huang Jingyu became famous, the batch of people I originally had under me couldn't sit still one by one..."

Old Zhou's tone was somewhat resentful; this matter indeed had something to do with Bai Liang and Huang Jingyu.

The thoughts of those male models weren't actually strange: everyone is a male model, they can become famous, why can't we?

All of a sudden, Old Zhou's "resources" tree fell and the monkeys scattered; the higher the quality of the male model, the cleaner they left.

He himself was quite decisive; since it was getting hard to do, then just don't do it!

Male models yearn for the entertainment industry, wanting to become the next Bai Liang or Huang Jingyu; Old Zhou was even more direct: I'll just defect to them.

He still had some confidence in his heart; on one hand, he really wasn't bragging.

Having been in this industry for so long, he really did have fashion resources; he had relationships with various fashion magazines to some extent, and even had friendships with people from some luxury brands.

Of course, the level he operated at wasn't very high.

He was even more familiar with the business side, after all, he was the man who could take Bai Liang and the others to business karaoke to host events...

Upon hearing this, Yanzi's eyes widened!

"Don't you mess around! If you dare to arrange any strange gatherings for Brother Xiao Bai, I'll kill you!"

The little tiger was showing her claws.

Yanzi had, in a way, "rolled through swords and guns" with Bai Liang; one of her greatest strengths was that she dared to bare her teeth at anyone.

Old Zhou was actually intimidated and said honestly, "I'm not a pimp... those kinds of business karaoke gigs are very rare, and I never let models go sleep with rich women. You can ask Brother Liang about this; he knows."

"Ah? I don't know~" Bai Liang said with an innocent and confused look.

"No, that time at Sister Yang's gathering, you devoured so many fruit platters, and they didn't say anything; it was just to join in the fun."

"Sister Yang?"

Yanzi immediately understood something, feeling like she had heard some big gossip.

So that's how Bai Liang and Huang Jingyu met Sister Yang~

Upon hearing Old Zhou say Bai Liang "devoured fruit platters," she already believed it completely.

This was definitely something her Brother Xiao Bai would do.

Leisurely devouring fruit platters in a business karaoke full of male models? This style... as expected of him.

"Brother Xiao Bai, should we take him?" Yanzi was a bit unsure herself and asked Bai Liang.

"You decide for yourself; I trust your judgment."

Yanzi: I don't really trust myself!

"Just this once, next time I'll decide myself, please~"

Bai Liang thought for a moment: "Hey, Old Zhou, do you have a driver's license?"

"How could I not? I even have a B1 license. When I first started in this industry, I used to drive the minibus myself to take models to gigs."

"Welcome to the studio!"

(End of this chapter)