Chapter 145

The woman watched Jiang Cheng's minivan drive away, then saw the minivan make a U-turn ahead and drive to the opposite side of the road.

Then it stopped in front of that woman on the opposite road.

The minivan and the black sedan parked beside the road formed a stark contrast.

"What's up with this kid? How did he even drive over to pick someone up?"

The woman was surprised for a moment, then found it somewhat funny.

The young man was riled up by her, lost his cool, and drove the battered minivan straight across to pick someone up.

Would anyone even bother with him?

He'll definitely get scolded later!

But the minivan only stopped there for less than ten seconds, then he hit the gas and drove off again.

"Sure enough, he's still too young."

Huh?

No!

What about that woman?

The woman stood there, eyes wide open.

The pretty woman who had been standing across the road talking to the man in the black sedan was gone!

Only the man in the suit remained, looking bewildered at the receding minivan's back.

"Did he really just pick her up and drive off?"

No, how did he manage that?

Now minivans are this popular?!

Li Shuhan on the opposite road, watching the minivan drive away, was also unable to wrap his head around it.

He glanced at his own car, then at the minivan.

Su Manyao just got picked up by that broken minivan?

Things happened too fast; he didn't even have time to react.

All he saw was a minivan darting over like a big black rat, then it stopped.

The young man sitting in the vehicle poked his head out and told Su Manyao to get in.

Then Su Manyao, without any hesitation, opened the passenger door and got in.

Then the minivan vanished from his sight?

Li Shuhan rubbed his face.

Making sure he wasn't just dreaming!

…

In the car, Jiang Cheng didn't speak, just drove seriously.

From the moment Su Manyao got in until now, he hasn't said a word.

Su Manyao sat in the passenger seat, her long legs together and slanted.

She fastened her seatbelt, placed the bag slung over her shoulder on her thigh, glanced at Jiang Cheng, then turned her gaze outside and said seemingly nonchalantly:

"That was just a friend I knew from many years ago; I happened to run into her on the roadside."

She felt this didn't count as an explanation—how could she possibly explain herself to Jiang Cheng?

Besides, there was nothing to explain; what's there to explain? Heh, really laughable.

"Oh."

Jiang Cheng acknowledged with a sound, then fell silent.

After a while, Su Manyao turned her face and said, "Hey, what do you mean? I already said that was a friend I knew from years ago!"

After she finished speaking, out of the corner of her eye she saw someone still sitting in the minivan's back seat.

She turned her head and saw—wasn't that Ye Qing? She knew Ye Qing, who used to be an employee at her company.

Although she had never interacted with Ye Qing, she had still paid attention after Ye Qing went to Jiang Cheng's studio.

Upon seeing Ye Qing, Su Manyao immediately turned her face away, leaned back against the seat, and looked out the window.

But at that moment, no one noticed her earlobes slightly turning red.

Ye Qing, sitting in the back, was stunned!

She never expected that the friend Jiang Cheng said he was picking up would be Su Manyao!

This was her former company's boss! Moreover, she had overheard the conversation between Su Manyao and Jiang Cheng just now; as a normal person, especially a normal woman.

Of course she could sense Su Manyao's emotions.

This is hardly just a platonic friendship; to anyone it looks like a boyfriend—seeing his girlfriend talking to another man makes him jealous, and when her explanation fails, he shifts from anger to embarrassment.

However, when she left the company earlier, the company had given her compensation, and Li Qinqin told her that if she ever saw Su Manyao outside, she must pretend not to know her under any circumstances.

Although she didn't know why Li Qinqin had made such a demand, she had received benefits from the company; as an employee who hadn't contributed much labor, she still got severance after being fired, so she naturally agreed to the request.

So, although she was surprised, she did not greet Su Manyao.

Jiang Cheng, who was driving, also sensed the change in the car's atmosphere.

He turned his head, glanced at the back seat, and said, "This is Ye Qing, my studio's employee—you've met her before, and she's also one of the contestants arranged for this show."

Then he added, "This is Su Manyao, my friend."

His introduction of Su Manyao was brief, but in this situation, the brevity itself signals something out of the ordinary.

Moreover, even if he hadn't introduced her, Ye Qing had already sensed that their relationship was anything but ordinary.

!

Ye Qing, somewhat at a loss, said, "Hello, Sister Su Manyao, I'm Ye Qing, an employee at Jiang Cheng's studio."

Ye Qing introduced herself again.

Su Manyao, sitting in the passenger seat, said somewhat unnaturally: "Hello."

This wave almost scared Yujie to death.

Although Ye Qing was arranged by her to go to Jiang Cheng's studio, she had already known of Ye Qing's existence.

But when they just got in the car, they really didn't notice there was another person in the car.

That would have been fine, but seeing Jiang Cheng driving.

Otherwise, she would have smashed her bag on his head and reached out to twist his waist!

Then she would really have to find a place to hide!

Yujie, sitting in the passenger seat, pressed her bag tightly with her embarrassed hands, and her feet in high heels curled up tightly.

Fortunately, Jiang Cheng took the main road, and the minivan soon stopped in front of the building where the program team was recording.

Jiang Cheng let Ye Qing and Su Manyao get out first, wait for him in the first-floor lobby, and he went to the nearby underground parking lot to park.

The two women got out of the car, both stunningly beautiful, especially Su Manyao, whose demeanor was extraordinary and otherworldly.

It gives people an inviolable feeling, as if encountering a celestial maiden under the moon.

As the two walked toward the lobby, they instantly attracted everyone's attention around them.

After Jiang Cheng parked, he took the elevator up to the first-floor lobby, met up with the two women, and then together they went to the program recording team.

The lobby had many people coming and going, including audience members invited by the program team, and someone recognized Ye Qing.

"Isn't this Ye Qing, who came in first place last time as a performer?"

"Her voice is really nice to listen to, I love it! That song is now in my playlist, the first choice for repeat playback!"

"Look, the woman next to her is even more beautiful—who is she?"

"I haven't seen her before—then who do you know? If they were on the last show, I would definitely remember!"

"Did you see that guy? He seems to be Ye Qing's composer."

"Come on, his trashy song only sounds good because of Ye Qing's voice; anyone else singing it would be a lowly street pop tune."

"I heard that in this episode, the performers and composers will be randomly paired; I think Ye Qing will still be first place, but as for Jiang Cheng, forget it."

The lobby was quite spacious, and some of the discussion inevitably reached their ears.

But Jiang Cheng paid no attention, leading Ye Qing and Su Manyao to take the elevator upstairs.

Whether the variety show audience approves of his songs doesn't matter much, since he doesn't want to debut himself; as long as Ye Qing debuts, it's fine.

However, Lu Jia Jia, who openly said his songs were trash last time,

This time she will definitely fail!

(End of chapter)