I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 160: Becoming the Staring Cat

The people from the program team had mostly left. In the hotel building, besides a few rich kids who weren’t interested in the entertainment industry, there was no one else.

Cheng Zhirang took Mu Qiu directly down to the negative first floor via the elevator. The assistant had parked the car in an inconspicuous spot, and there was temporarily no one visible in the underground parking lot.

From the moment they exited the elevator, Cheng Zhirang put on the black mask he was carrying. When they got to the car, he clicked down the suitcase handle with one hand then, his arm muscles tensed, he easily put Mu Qiu’s suitcase into the trunk with both hands.

Mu Qiu stood beside him, her eyes fixated on the muscles of his arm beneath the white t-shirt. She swallowed and put on her mask, following the assistant’s indication to sit in the car.

Cheng Zhirang got in last, sitting beside her with his head down, turned to the side before shutting the door with a thud.

"Drive."

The assistant at the front had been waiting and waiting for these words, and Cheng Zhirang didn’t even sit in the front passenger seat.

The assistant sighed again.

The two people in the back didn’t know what he was thinking or perhaps never intended to pay him any mind at all.

The car smoothly exited the underground parking lot, and as light entered the car, Mu Qiu was about to pull down her hat, when Cheng Zhirang softly reminded her.

"The car windows have a special coating; no one outside can see in. No need to worry."

Mu Qiu paused, changing her action from pulling down her hat to taking off her hat and mask.

"Sorry to trouble you, Brother Cheng, for a ride."

She had originally planned to stay in Yun City for just two days. Firstly, there wouldn’t be as many people paying attention to her here as in Hai City, and secondly, she could use this chance to meet Zhao Yu, the prince charming she happened to meet around the corner.

But Cheng Zhirang had understood her plans earlier, simply looking at her with a slight frown, and said, "I still suggest you go back to Hai City with me first," causing her to surrender without resistance.

Someone so good-looking, just a slight frown made her feel she was being unreasonable.

So, just like that, she abandoned Zhao Yu, getting in Cheng Zhirang’s car, preparing to return to Hai City to move house as soon as possible.

In this situation, where both involved parties in the hot topic are sitting in the same car, besides saying trouble and admiration, she didn’t know what else to say.

All she could think to herself was: Zhao Yu, sorry.

Cheng Zhirang merely said, "No worries."

Then the car fell silent.

The gentleman with distinguished bearing sat quietly there, making others unconsciously hold their breath, fearing they might disturb him. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The assistant thought so and even braked with extreme caution.

But clearly, Mu Qiu wasn’t thinking that way.

She lowered her head, eyelashes downturned, her eyes boldly and directly focused on his hand resting on his thigh.

In contrast with the black leather seat, his hands had a cool-toned aesthetic to them.

Her thoughts emptying, she now wasn’t so sure if the description in her book, meant for women, of fingers like onion stalks, was wrongly used.

Obviously, it worked perfectly for a man as well.

Long fingers, not too bony, nails clean and tidy, lightly draped across his thigh, exposing a portion of wrist, and that was good-looking too.

Mu Qiu continuously added descriptive words and sentences about these hands, intending to store them in her materials library.

And those hands being hotly stared at moved slightly with some discomfort.

The hand withdrew, leaving only the back of the hand for her view.

Mu Qiu paused and turned her head, moving her gaze away.

Cheng Zhirang only felt his hand almost being burned through by the gaze.

He couldn’t really understand how Mu Qiu managed to keep such a hot and intense gaze on him for so long each time.

Did she find it good-looking?

He glanced at his own hand, fingers moving slightly, not thinking it particularly attractive.

So why did she keep staring?

This question puzzled Cheng Zhirang throughout the journey, even as he boarded the plane back to Hai City; he still hadn’t figured it out.

In the end, he could only conclude that this was a peculiar quirk of a peculiar writer.

The two parted ways at Hai City Airport, Cheng Zhirang watched Mu Qiu get into a taxi, helping to put her suitcase inside and ensuring her safety before getting back into the car driven by Assistant Wen, watching the car drive away through the rearview mirror.

Once the car left the mirror’s view, he nodded for Assistant Wen to start driving.

"To Half Mountain Villa."

The car left the urban area, entering the Half Mountain District.

This was a wealthy villa area under Changtong’s management, with a big gate at the entrance of this area, where paparazzi and unfamiliar cars to the security couldn’t gain access.

Back when Assistant Wen first drove this car here, they had been questioned three or four times at security, but now they could enter unimpeded.

After entering the gate, there was about a twenty-minute drive left, nearly no other vehicles on the road, allowing Assistant Wen to relax entirely, and start reporting work to Cheng Zhirang.

"Sister Chen went back to pick up Chengcheng, and probably won’t be staying at that complex anymore."

"A brand contacted the studio the day before yesterday, submitting a proposal for an advertisement, I’ve sent the information to your email, Brother."

"Also, the newcomer Sister Chen has been managing lately seems quite promising, working hard. The company might be aiming to develop a second version of you, Brother Cheng."

After reporting this relatively light news, he glanced at Cheng Zhirang’s expression through the rearview mirror, then moved onto things of more significance.

"Did you see today’s clarification, Brother? We didn’t mention much of Miss Mu’s personal information..."

"She just graduated from Yun City University last year, and I saw her once at the airport before recording the show, fainted, hospitalized, and helped to take care of Chengcheng," Cheng Zhirang looked up at Assistant Wen’s eyes in the rearview mirror and said, "You think we did not disclose enough?"

Assistant Wen replied sheepishly, "But without clarifying, Cheng Zhi can’t be convinced."

"Does Cheng Zhi trust our clarification or me?"

"...Trusts you."

"That’s someone else’s personal information. It shouldn’t be released without their consent. What if they’re unwilling? Even if someone eventually discovers it, I believe the information shouldn’t be leaked from us."

Assistant Wen nodded like a pecking chick.

"Watch out next time. Don’t make such mistakes again."

"I understand, Brother Cheng."

Silence resumed, and as they approached the Half Mountain Villa, Cheng Zhirang suddenly said, "Let Sister Chen handle her issues with Chengcheng and think them over carefully."

Assistant Wen’s spirit lifted, nodding quickly.

Following the divorce incident, Sister Chen indeed seemed to have a big secret, making others anxious just seeing her.

Today’s clarification was hesitant and irritable, genuinely not simple at all.

It would indeed be wise to think things over; her work capability has largely declined recently, and if a mistake happens, a stricter boss could replace her.

Cheng Zhirang said nothing further as the car stopped at the villa entrance, he adjusted his mask before stepping out.

Assistant Wen did not linger, watching him enter the villa before heading back the way they had come.

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Qiuqiu: In front of Brother Cheng, who is Zhao Yu? Can he be eaten?

Zhao Yu: So even the prodigal son cannot inspire your nostalgia for kinship anymore, right? Do I have to fly over and introduce myself at your doorstep for you to remember me?