Chapter 358: Knife in Hand, Kill Zhou Dog

"Lei hou, I am Cai Zhuoyan—"

"No, that's not how you say it in Cantonese."

Asa, laughing until her branches shook, kept correcting Zhou Yi's very non-standard pronunciation, and while chewing on peanuts, she didn't forget to refill the nearly empty beer glass by the man's hand.

"Just right, the last dregs are all in your hands, a good omen."

Just as the last cup was poured, Asa smiled brightly, raised her hand, and called out to the exclusive waiter busy nearby: "Pretty lady, trouble you to bring two more beers, thank you."

"Can you still drink? Aren't you afraid of getting drunk? It's late at night."

Zhou Yi, cracking open a peanut, looked up and met the woman's smiling eyes, joking with a smile: "You aren't that ordinary person who hadn't debuted anymore."

"Not afraid, why should I be afraid?"

Asa, with a silly and sweet face, asked a question she already knew the answer to: "Besides, isn't Zhou Yi you here? If I really get drunk, you'll definitely take me home, right?"

"That is indeed the logic, but I seem not to know where you live. I can't call A-Jiao this late, that would disturb the young couple, which wouldn't be good."

"Hmm? How do you know?"

Asa paused for a moment, then made a hushing gesture with her hand in a low voice: "You haven't told anyone outside about this, right? The company doesn't allow it to be officially announced yet."

Zhou Yi, theoretically, had very little time in Hong Kong.

"Warner has a company in Hong Kong too; my manager often tells me about new things happening in the circle to avoid stepping on mines."

Zhou Yi raised his cup, saying indifferently: "You also know my reputation with the media. I personally don't care, but if someone with a family gets written about wildly by them, I really wouldn't be able to clear my name even if I jumped into the Yellow River."

"That's true."

Asa didn't dwell on this too much.

After all, given Zhou Yi's current achievements, there were indeed many swans and swallows wanting to cling to him, and Warner doing some background checks within the circle was considered normal.

A-Jiao had once been one of the "Yi Girls," and was even more exquisite in appearance than her.

"But it doesn't matter, I can tell you right now."

Asa curved her eyebrows and eyes, smiling brightly, and threw out a probing skill.

Zhou Yi remained noncommittal: "Then why don't you just get in my car? I'll take you home now, so we don't both get drunk and collapse here, which would surely make the news tomorrow morning."

"That won't happen; the privacy here is very strong. Haven't you noticed that this open-air area has only us as guests? The boss specializes in this kind of business."

Asa didn't refuse; instead, she raised her cup and introduced the place to him: "Like before, when Li Ming, Zhang Xueyou, and others wanted to have a group barbecue, they would choose to come here. Brother Chen Long is the exception; he can just sit at any food stall, after all, he has many stuntman brothers."

"It is said that he ate with Deng Lijun like this too, but I haven't seen it, so I'm not sure if it's true; I just heard my father and others mention it while chatting."

"Speaking of which, Asa, your family doesn't seem to lack money, right? Why did you think of debuting as a singer and an actor?" Zhou Yi was genuinely curious: "Don't you feel tired?"

It was funny to say; among the older generation of Hong Kong stars, whether male or female, most started mixing in the entertainment circle because their family lives were financially strained, which is why a batch of female stars like Li Jiaxin and Guan Zhilin wanted to marry into wealthy families.

But by the millennium, among this batch of emerging new-generation Hong Kong circle stars, except for a few like A-Jiao who came from poor families, the rest were either second-generation stars who didn't lack attention or second-generation rich kids whose families didn't lack money.

"Tired? How could I not be tired, especially practicing that signature move of entering with a one-handed side flip; I practiced until I was almost dead from exhaustion."

Asa, whose heart had been touched by the question, put down her wine glass, but her tone was full of excitement: "But I just want to be a star, I want to be famous, I like that feeling of people cheering. Being a bit bitter and tired doesn't matter; it's not as bitter as my father's generation."

Being able to earn big money for oneself and enjoy applause and flowers, just treat it as starting one's own business.

Whether others feel good or not, I don't know, but Asa feels quite good about it.

Moreover, the organizational and operational rights for Twins concerts, fan meetings, and other group activities were all handed over by Ying Huang to her father, Cai Jusheng, to operate, which was also a large sum of income for Asa's family.

"You look quite open-minded about it."

"Of course."

Cai Zhuoyan proudly lifted her head: "I still understand the principle that one harvest comes from one plowing."

Both tacitly did not mention the incident last time when Zhou Yi temporarily left her on the roadside and flew back to the mainland, as if that event had never happened, chatting happily before the wine table.

Until 3:30 in the morning, Cai Zhuoyan, whose steps were already a bit unsteady, leaned on Zhou Yi's arm to prevent herself from falling, taking advantage of the alcohol, while the latter still walked steadily.

Looking at his nose, nose looking at his heart, the driver waiting in the car wearing sunglasses late at night didn't ask a single extra question: "Boss, back to the hotel?"

"No, take Young Lady Cai home first."

???

I've given you such a chance, and you're still taking me home???

Aren't you afraid my dad will use a beer bottle to crack your skull?

Cai Zhuoyan was now truly a bit confused.

Wait, what exactly is going on with this Zhou Yi?

Is he reserved?

He doesn't look like a reserved person; which reserved person could do so many things that earned such a reputation?

Or does it mean... am I that bad?

That bad???

Although she indeed didn't plan to go that fast tonight, just wanting to give Zhou Yi a little taste; tasting lightly is the only way to effectively hook a man's heart.

But now, if the occasion weren't inappropriate, Cai Zhuoyan really had the impulse to pin him down and ask him properly.

She, after all, is an idol who has lit up half of Hong Kong, how could she not bring him even a shred of a sense of conquest??

The stubbornness rising in her heart, Cai Zhuoyan now had a bit of a petulant little thought—

Could it be that my hint wasn't obvious enough?

That doesn't seem right either.

In this world, it's not just men who have a sense of conquest over women; women actually have it over men too.

The simplest example is Zhou Yi himself.

At this point, many women willing to squeeze their heads through to sleep with him are no longer simply about seeking warmth, getting money, or boosting fame; he is more like a trophy—

Zhou Yi is awesome, right?

An international superstar, a world Guo Tianwang, and yet he still slept with me, Old Lady!

Once truly sent home, Cai Zhuoyan, whose dizziness, weak legs, and sore arms vanished instantly, cautiously paced to the bedside, poked half her head out, and watched as Zhou Yi's driver and bodyguards' car slowly drove away below, disappearing to the end of her line of sight.

Last time Zhou Yi truly had business; what about this time?

Cai Zhuoyan was already pondering whether to drug Zhou Yi and just give up.

She admitted that this man had indeed sparked her competitive spirit; she simply didn't believe Zhou Yi couldn't see her intentions.

………………………………………

"Hey, did you hear? Twins' A-Sa is with Zhou Yi."

"What the heck, these two are together?"

"Look for yourself, the front-page headline of the gossip weekly."

"……"

The next day, as Hong Kong citizens who had risen early began their new day, a heavyweight piece of news from the entertainment circle was exposed by paparazzi who had long stationed themselves around Hong Kong's major stars—

"Exclusive Secret Report! Zhou Yi worked hard drilling for three hours! Left A-Sa's house at four in the morning!"

"……"

What the hell, worked hard drilling for three hours!

Cai Zhuoyan, is it?

Thanks to Twins' popularity in the Hong Kong region, this news caused a huge uproar in Hong Kong shortly after being exposed—

"Damn! I knew it! Zhou Yi, you scoundrel!"

"Wuwuwu A-Sa, my A-Sa..."

"Thanks to scheming Sa, A-Jiao is safe."

"Don't get happy too early; why can't it be A-Jiao and A-Sa together? Or split up Saturday and Sunday?"

"……Where's my knife! Give me the knife! I want to chop up Zhou Yi, this heartless radish!"

"That's the vibe, that's the vibe, this is the real Zhou Yi. Going abroad once, he finds a Premier League football goddess, finds a diva to flirt with; how could he possibly stay quiet during a trip to Hong Kong..."

"Twins fans, don't argue first; according to custom, generally after evidence-based rumors about Zhou Yi being photographed surface, it usually means he will write or is conceiving a new song. I advise you not to be ungrateful; a new song is more important, maybe it's written for your idol..."

"How can a genius's affairs be called rumors? This is called finding inspiration!"

Twins fans: "……"

Hotel.

Qian Jiang, with a strange expression, placed the gossip weekly in front of the person involved: "You went for three hours?"

"No."

Zhou Yi was unashamedly righteous.

"Then this..."

"For a woman like Cai Zhuoyan who likes to play dumb and sweet, if I made the first move, the fun would be much less."

Zhou Yi, smiling at the corner of his mouth, walked out of the shower bare-chested, a white Mao Jin draped over his shoulder:

For a woman like A-Sa, the fun lies in watching her slowly peel off her dumb-sweet disguise from pretending to be foolish and awkward, until she gets anxious and changes her attitude proactively.

Commonly known as: contrast.

"Oh right, don't forget to push it further using this heat; I just simply sent her home. Yinghuang should be happy to cooperate too, after all, nothing was done." Zhou Yi, waiting for the rabbit by the stump, didn't forget to exploit this heat he had created himself once more.

(End of Chapter)