Chapter 195: Empathy

The person who ran over was none other than Wang Fei's assistant.

When they played mahjong before, she would sometimes help fill in for a few minutes, so they were very familiar with each other.

"Sorry to trouble you."

Li Luo let go of her hand, nodded with a smile, and said: "I just arrived too, and was just about to call you."

"Follow me."

The other party turned around and waved her hand casually: "Sister Fei is confirming the concert flow and can't spare the time right now. Let's go to the lounge and sit for a bit; Sister Na and the others should be here before long."

She spoke rapidly and walked with a sense of urgency.

Nodding and smiling at the security guard, Li Luo followed her pace.

By the time the reporters on the side reacted and wanted to leave a photo to see who the other party was, the tall back had already disappeared into the passage.

The corridor inside the Coliseum.

Busy staff could be seen everywhere.

There was still over an hour before the concert started, and all work was proceeding in full swing.

The band, backing vocals, lighting, etc. —holding a concert requires a large team behind the scenes providing various support so that the singers can stand on stage and shine to their heart's content.

his state of mind was of course as calm as could be!

"Sister Fei, Sister Fei."

She picked up the walkie-talkie again and whispered into it: "Brother Luo has already arrived backstage and is in the lounge."

"OK."

In less than two seconds, Wang Fei's slightly excited voice came through the walkie-talkie: "I know. You go back to Zone B1 first; there are still some things here that need to be communicated clearly."

"You go ahead and get busy."

Without needing the other party to relay it, Li Luo heard it clearly and immediately said: "I'm fine here."

He was here to support the work,

not to add trouble.

The assistant nodded and continued to run forward with hurried steps.

Li Luo and Wu Yu looked at each other and spread their hands.

When filming gets busy,

they sometimes work in shifts for more than ten hours a day.

However, they have a larger workload, but it's not as urgent; if a shot isn't filmed well, it can be polished repeatedly. Concerts, on the other hand, often require racing against time and cannot afford a single mistake.

Pushing the door open and entering, the lounge was quiet.

Both of them blinked their eyes at the same time.

Looking at the flower bouquets placed against the wall, they were both a bit dumbfounded.

"Faye."

"Wishing you a successful performance!"

"Liu Hua, respectfully congratulates."

A large sign was inserted into a large bouquet of pink flowers. This name was like thunder to the ears; there were many stars more popular than him, but it was very rare to see someone like Liu Hua who had been popular for so long.

Faye.

This was Wang Fei's English name.

The ones placed against the wall were clearly all congratulatory flower baskets.

"Wishing, Faye."

"Faye's Extraordinary Asian Tour, Hong Kong leg, successful performance."

"Jacky Cheung, respectfully congratulates."

This sign was inserted into light blue flowers.

Brother Fly.

Very few people didn't know him.

He didn't know if he was a good actor delayed by singing, or a good singer delayed by acting. His achievements in both acting and singing were extraordinary; he was definitely a big shot.

"Ah Fei."

"GOOD SHOW!"

"Tony Leung, respectfully congratulates."

There was no need to say much about this one either; he had won so many Best Actor trophies that others could only dream of that he had grown soft from holding them.

Looking all the way through, they were all familiar names.

This brought a small surprise to Li Luo.

It was his first time intuitively feeling Wang Fei's connections. Being able to send flower baskets to congratulate her during a concert meant their relationships couldn't be bad; these connections were quite deep.

But thinking about it, it made sense. Wang Fei had been struggling in Hong Kong for over a dozen years.

And she was extremely popular.

It would be strange if she didn't know a few friends!

Moreover, to be honest, Wang Fei was quite popular in Hong Kong, and it wasn't just reflected in record sales.

The media's attitude was the same. If it were any other female singer with her cold and unyielding personality on stage, and her high-profile relationship with Nicholas Tse, she would probably have been blackened beyond recognition.

Yet, gossip magazines had an extremely high tolerance for Wang Fei.

Continuing to look down,

the flower baskets from Xiang Naying and Gao Yuanyuan, whom he met in the morning, were also among them.

Interestingly,

he also saw Li Erpeng's name.

That large frame of colorful flowers must have cost quite a bit.

"Ahem."

Li Luo scratched his cheek and looked sideways at Wu Yu: "It seems there's no flower basket from me here, right?"

"Boss."

Wu Yu understood what he meant and spread her hands innocently: "How should I put it? It's also my first time attending a concert."

Waving his hand, Li Luo stopped dwelling on this.

Everything has a first time; it was normal not to know.

If he didn't send one, he didn't send one.

What was there to be embarrassed about?

Withdrawing his gaze from the flower baskets, Li Luo strolled toward the middle of the lounge. A cold buffet table was placed there, with all kinds of exquisite food and fruit, making his appetite open wide.

Colorful cocktails were also placed on the side, undoubtedly for guests to take.

As the final show of the Hong Kong leg,

there should be quite a few people coming to join in the fun tonight.

"Hmm~"

He speared a slice of Spanish ham and chewed it gently. The salty, rich flavor exploded on his taste buds, making his eyebrows twitch.

"Eat up!!!"

Picking up a cocktail and taking a sip, Li Luo immediately greeted Wu Yu: "We're here to have fun today, so relax. Don't save money for your Sister Fei; she's a little rich woman anyway."

"You can't eat her poor!"

"Whoa~"

A slightly hoarse voice rang out from behind: "You're quite unceremonious."

The tone was very unfamiliar.

But the Mandarin was as fluent as could be.

Wu Yu, opposite him, had a very surprised expression, as if she had seen someone she was very familiar with but never expected to meet. Joy, surprise, and panic flashed in her eyes.

Spearing two more slices of ham and putting them in his mouth, Li Luo turned around with his wine glass.

"Ahem~"

He was almost choked.

There were two people standing behind him; the woman was dignified and gorgeous, and the man was also handsome. Both of them had faint smiles on their lips.

It was just that the former was generous and open, while the latter was a bit shy.

"Hahaha."

Carina Lau reached out her hand and greeted him with a full face of smiles: "Are you also a friend of Ah Fei?"

"I just heard you speaking Mandarin, so I made a little joke."

"Please don't mind."

This was an extremely resilient woman. Like Jet Li's wife, she moved from the mainland to Hong Kong in her teens and then entered the entertainment industry, suffering from ridicule and discrimination.

The latter chose to retreat.

But this woman in front of him lived a wonderful life with a resilient heart.

"Of course not."

Li Luo held the other party's hand and shook it gently: "Hello, Sister Carina, my name is Li Luo, and that is my assistant."

"Li Luo?"

Carina Lau frowned slightly and muttered to herself: "Your name is so familiar."

The Best Actor beside her also perked up and looked over.

A look of thought flashed in his eyes.

"How could it not be familiar?"

A voice with a slight nasal tone broke straight into the lounge. The protagonist of the night made a shining appearance. The woman came up and complained: "This is the guy who won hundreds of thousands from me playing mahjong."

"Sister Carina, you have to avenge me!"

Hearing this, Li Luo laughed dumbly.

Seeing Wang Fei's look at this time, he almost couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Thick white eyeshadow was applied to her eyelids.

It was as if she were wearing an eye mask.

"It's you!!!"

Carina Lau held Li Luo's hand and exerted force, her eyes shocked: "You're the one who was almost kidnapped a while ago and then successfully escaped???"

Some painful memories quickly surged in her mind, and her figure couldn't help but tremble.

Having a common experience,

she felt absolute empathy for this kind of thing.

Sensing her abnormality, Tony Leung strode over and nervously supported her, his expression full of concern.

This reaction,

Li Luo of course knew why.

In the early years, in order to make money in the film and television industry, Hong Kong socialites would stop at nothing.

Any low-down means could be used.

"Not escaped."

Li Luo held the woman's hand firmly and said in a steady tone: "It was a counterattack. I knocked their teeth out, crushed their shoulders, and broke their ribs. All three kidnappers were seriously injured by me."

The specific injuries of the kidnappers were not disclosed to the media.

In fact, Li Luo didn't know.

Originally,

there would have been an injury report.

But as he said at the press conference that he would donate three hundred thousand, this matter was left unsettled.

Every sentence Li Luo uttered

boosted Carina Lau's spirit.

Hearing that the robbers were all seriously injured, she became sharp and agile again, not feeling at all that the other party had been too heavy-handed. Now, the more she looked at Li Luo, the more pleasing he was to her eyes.

"Well done."

Carina Lau squeezed her arm until the veins popped out: "You're not just Ah Fei's friend; you're my friend now too."

"I'll have a drink with you!"

After letting go, she deftly picked up a cocktail.

"Clink~"

Under the smiling gaze of Tony Leung and Wang Fei, the two wine glasses collided heavily, and they drank the cocktail clean in two or three gulps.

Showing the bottom of the glass, Carina Lau revealed a look of relief.

The whole person looked,

as if she had unloaded a heavy burden, becoming much more relaxed.

How should I put it?

Some things, even if you couldn't do them yourself,

when you see others do them, you can always disperse some of the shadows.

"Thank you."

Tony Leung thanked Li Luo silently.

He hugged Carina Lau gently in his arms, whispering some soft words.

This warm scene

touched the hearts of the few people in the room.

A few seconds later, Li Luo smiled and opened his arms to Wang Fei: "Sister Fei, congratulations on the successful concert."

"Hmm!"

The coldly dressed woman shook her head and stepped back slightly:

"I have a cold."

"I'm immune."

Li Luo let out a slip of the tongue and said a big truth.

Rolling her eyes, Wang Fei suppressed her excitement and stepped forward to give him a hug. It looked very much in line with social norms, but in reality, the force was so heavy that only Li Luo knew.

"I missed you."

The diva's voice with a nasal tone hummed softly in his ear.

"Hmm."

Li Luo smiled and quickly took something out of his pocket: "I brought you a little gift."

The two touched and separated.

Wang Fei brushed his palm.

Looking down, she found it was a golden bracelet inlaid with small, blood-red gemstones. The girl was instantly overjoyed, her smile couldn't be brighter.

As long as it was a gift from Li Luo, she liked it.

As for the price,

to be honest, she didn't care; she was richer than him anyway.

The thought was what mattered most.

Spending over fifty thousand to win a beauty's smile, Li Luo also felt the money was well spent.

The two looked at each other, their gazes quickly entangled.

If there was no one around now,

Ahem~

After Carina Lau recovered, she excitedly pulled Li Luo to a chair on the side, unable to wait to know more details.

Hearing that those robbers not only had knives and guns but also grenades,

both big stars were dumbfounded.

They couldn't imagine that under such circumstances, Li Luo had actually found an opportunity to counterattack.

As they chatted,

Li Luo also observed these two big stars of the Hong Kong circle.

Carina Lau was similar to Xiang Naying, both having relatively straightforward personalities, but there were some differences; in a few words, one could feel that her emotional intelligence was more than a star higher than that big fool.

As for Tony Leung, this guy was becoming more and more like his childhood friend.

He didn't know if it was because he had poured too much energy into his movies, but both Stephen Chow and Tony Leung were becoming increasingly reticent.

Giving people a sense of social phobia.

When Li Luo spoke, he would just smile from time to time and nod occasionally.

He looked exactly like Chen Yongren in *Infernal Affairs*.

Wang Fei also introduced her relationship with Carina Lau. In fact, because they both developed from the mainland to Hong Kong, they quickly became familiar and friends.

As time went on, they became closer and closer.

In terms of relationship,

it was about the same as her and Xiang Naying.

They would play cards and go shopping together when they were free, counting as the two female friends she was closest to.

As they were talking,

there was another cheer in the lounge.

Xiang Naying, Gao Yuanyuan, and others pushed the door and entered. They laughed and presented the flowers they were holding to Wang Fei. After some idle chatter, Sister Wang grabbed the walkie-talkie and left in a hurry.

She didn't have much time to stay here; she had to go prepare for going on stage.

Next,

people arrived one after another.

Actors, singers, or songwriters plus assistants, the whole lounge became noisy.

Some were acquaintances, some were not.

Li Luo was interested in greeting them at first, but after a while, he picked up a cocktail and stayed in the corner of the room. He wasn't the kind of social creature who was smooth and slick, and he was too lazy to spend effort to build relationships with others.

Let everything come and go as it will.

Don't force it!

Seeing this, Miss Yuan also walked over with a wine glass.

The two clinked glasses lightly, their fingers touching each other without a sound.

Chatting idly.

"Li Luo."

Just as he and Gao Yuanyuan were drinking leisurely, Sister Na walked over quickly with her phone.

"Tell you something."

Under Li Luo's gaze, Xiang Naying put her hands together and said: "Be calm in a while, don't always be prickly when you speak, can you give Sister Na some face?"

"He is also...?"

Gao Yuanyuan licked her lips.

"Hmm!"

Xiang Naying looked at Li Luo and said meaningfully: "Actually, Old Wang didn't call anyone; the few people from the 'Class of 61' thought they'd give her a surprise."

"Can you understand what I mean?"

She had to explain.

Don't let any misunderstandings happen later, making things impossible to clean up.

"Understand."

Li Luo smiled and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

As the winner,

The mindset is, of course, as calm as can be!

Thanks to Brother Time 1979 for the 500-point reward, thank you! ===== CHAPTER 196 =====