Wei Wucai quickly kept his mood under control and went back into the room, pretending like nothing had happened.
When he closed the door, he heard Yan Zhiqing say, âWhy are you doing things like a straight guy would! You donât care about my feelings at all. You forced me to wake up when I didnât feel like it.â
So it was because of this.
Wei Wucai let out a sigh of relief and responded, âYes. Yes. Yes. Itâs all my fault.â
He continued, âRest after you are done eating. I wonât disturb you until dinner time.â
Yan Zhiqingâs mind cleared up instantly. âThereâs still dinner?â
âAre you not going to eat dinner? You canât not have dinner!â Wei Wucai said immediately.
Yan Zhiqing felt speechless.
Even before it had happened, Yan Zhiqing could already foresee the pain she would feel today.
But this time, Wei Wucai didnât leave right after lunch.
When he saw Yan Zhiqing looking over, he said immediately, âI will leave after youâve taken your medicine. Itâs just so I wonât have to call you and wake you up later. In addition, you canât sleep immediately after eating. I was careless this morning. I didnât expect you to sleep immediately after breakfast.â
Yan Zhiqing felt speechless.
Did he intend to stare at her for half an hour while waiting for her to take her medicine?
......
At this moment, the doorbell rang again.
Wei Wucai got up to open the door.
When Yan Zhiqing saw this, she knew that she couldnât allow that to happen. She immediately stopped him while saying, âYou canât open the door!â
Wei Wucai looked at her with a puzzled expression. Yan Zhiqing thus explained, âItâs my room.â
Wei Wucai then understood.
To someone without any official title, something like this always felt heart-wrenching.
And so, Wei Wucai stayed still.
Yan Zhiqing first put the chain lock on the door.
When she was sure that the people outside would not be able to see Wei Wucai, she then cracked open the door.
She saw Fang Qiaohan standing outside the door with an anxious expression.
âWhat happened?â Yan Zhiqing asked when she saw that it was Fang Qiaohan.
Yan Zhiqing then took off the chain lock and opened the door.
âZhiqing, youââ Fang Qiaohan said while rushing inside the room.
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Wei Wucai inside Yan Zhiqingâs room.
Fang Qiaohan froze. She blinked and her mind went blank for a while.
She stared at Wei Wucai, and then she stared at Yan Zhiqing before she stared back at Wei Wucai.
Her eyes widened and her mouth went agape.
Fang Qiaohan gave Yan Zhiqing a look as she said, âDidnât you say that you guys werenât together?â
Fang Qiaohan said the truth.
But Yan Zhiqing still couldnât help feeling guilty when she had to say it in front of Wei Wucai.
Yan Zhiqing subconsciously looked over to see the expression on Wei Wucaiâs face.
When she saw that he didnât react much, she explained guiltily, âI was sick, right? You were sick too. I just wanted to let you rest. And so, Wei Wucai bought me lunch.â
Fang Qiaohan raised her brow and said, âOh.â
Yan Zhiqing felt speechless.
Fang Qiaohan said, âZhiqing, tell me the truth. You two are not together, right?â
âNo,â Yan Zhiqing said.
âI am courting her,â Wei Wucai said at the same time.
Fang Qiaohan didnât intentionally lower her voice earlier.
Of course, even if she tried whispering, Wei Wucai would have still heard her.
Fang Qiaohan glanced over at Wei Wucai and then at Yan Zhiqing.
The relationship between the two was too horrible.
They couldnât even say if they were actually together.
And now, how were they going to even explain this?
âWhat happened?â Yan Zhiqing asked.
âThe paparazzi gave Elder Sister Mou a call just now. They said they took pictures of you coming out of Wei Wucaiâs room and wearing his pajamas,â Fang Qiaohan said. âTherefore, they asked Elder Sister Mou if she intends to buy these pictures. If she doesnât, they will publish them right away.â
âHow did they take the pictures? They shouldnât have been able to come up here if they are not hotel guests,â Yan Zhiqing said.
âBecause you guys had a scandal. Most of the outlets are waiting outside the hotel or the studio to snap your pictures. But this outlet had invested a lot and even booked rooms in the hotel.â
Fang Qiaohan continued to explain, âThey booked a room on your floor and a room on Wei Wucaiâs floor. Itâs so they can get their pictures no matter which room you go to.
âAnd so, when you came out of Wei Wucaiâs room this morning, they got pictures of you.â Fang Qiaohan took out her phone and showed it to Yan Zhiqing.
âThey sent a picture to Elder Sister Mou when they contacted her,â Fang Qiaohan said.
If the other party hadnât provided any evidence, they wouldnât possibly believe them.
Yan Zhiqing stared at the picture in Fang Qiaohanâs hand.
They had taken a picture right when she had run out of Wei Wucaiâs room while wearing his pajamas.
If one didnât know the truth and only looked at this picture, one would think that Yan Zhiqing had spent the night at Wei Wucaiâs room.
Of course, it was true.
But she had only slept in Wei Wucaiâs room and did nothing else.
Obviously, just by looking at this picture, no one would think that they had spent the night in this room and had done nothing.
âThey want one million,â Fang Qiaohan said. âTherefore, you have to make the decision. You guys are now⦠Sighâ¦â
Fang Qiaohan felt as though words could not express how pressed she felt right now.
âIf you guys were really together, we could have just announced that you two are dating, which means that it wouldnât have mattered to you two if they ended up publishing the pictures. But you two are not together. If the pictures were published, who would believe that there is really nothing going on between you two?
âThe netizens would just think that you two had refused to admit it despite the current situation. You two were either treating the netizens as fools or were merely fooling around with each other and gaining satisfaction from each other. Zhiqing, if thatâs the case, there will be a negative impact on your public image.â
Yan Zhiqing was so angry that she ranted, âThese people are so boring. Whether or not I am dating or whoever I am dating has nothing to do with them!
âItâs fine if they usually just follow me around to take pictures of me. But now, they even came outside my room to wait for me.â The thought of this sent chills down Yan Zhiqingâs spine.
At least she knew about it when they were only following her.
But now, they had waited outside her door while she had no idea.
This was terrifying.
Who knows what other scary things might happen in the future?
There were so many pairs of eyes prying into her personal life.
She had no privacy.
Couldnât she even enjoy a somewhat normal life?
Whether or not she was dating Wei Wucai or when she even started dating, she should have the right to announce it. She shouldnât need to explain anything to those paparazzi.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Itâs her private matter. Why should she be explaining anything to those people?
These people were clearly blackmailing her!
âWhich media outlet?â Wei Wucai asked.
Fang Qiaohan did not know that Wei Wucai was part of the Mount Lan Compound. When Wei Wucai asked this, she just answered, âItâs Hou Wuâs.â
âWait a moment for me,â Wei Wucai said and immediately walked to the door. âI will be back in a bit. Donât worry about this and donât make any decisions now. Letâs talk about it after I come back.â