Read Novel Full Chapter 851: Scam Artists are Not Cute! (19)
Chapter 851: Scam Artists are Not Cute! (19)
In the past, it was always Shi Sheng who spread the PDA, but this time Xia Ling was spreading it all over the streets. Shi Sheng felt a bit unaccustomed to it.
After getting used to it, it wasn’t such a big deal.
Xia Ling had a few interviews recently, and Yu Sheng watched him every day, afraid he might cause trouble.
But lately, Xia Ling had been quite well-behaved, causing almost no trouble, which made Yu Sheng see him in a new light.
“After today, you’ll get a few days off.” Yu Sheng patted Xia Ling’s shoulder. “Don’t cause any trouble.”
Xia Ling arrogantly raised his chin and didn’t respond to Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng shook his head and turned to talk to the other staff.
The interview started quickly. The host, a top-notch industry host, first asked Xia Ling a few harmless questions with a gentle attitude.
“Mr. Xia, do you really have a girlfriend?” The host suddenly changed the topic, sounding a bit gossipy.
Xia Ling nodded. “Yes.”
“It seems Mr. Xia and your girlfriend are very much in love. How long have you been secretly dating? Does your girlfriend feel troubled because of you?”
Xia Ling looked at the host indifferently. “Why should she feel troubled?”
Host: “…” ‘Because you have so many haters!’
Of course, the host didn’t dare to say this out loud and politely said, “Being a celebrity inevitably comes with all kinds of difficulties.”
Xia Ling abruptly snorted coldly. “I won’t let her have any troubles. If anyone has a problem, they should come at me. Bullying a little girl, what kind of skill is that?”
Host: “…” ‘Damn it! He’s provoking his haters again, isn’t he? Definitely!’
The industry’s evaluation of him was that he constantly provoked his fans.
‘No wonder he has so many black fans.’
The host coughed. “Mr. Xia, you are so good to your girlfriend. I heard your girlfriend is the lyricist Chen Yan? Is that true?”
“None of your business!”
Host: “…” ‘I’m hosting this show, and you’re telling me it’s none of my business?’
“This is quite a private question. Since Mr. Xia doesn’t want to talk about it, we will respect your wishes. Now, our next question…”
The host paused. “… I heard that the disbandment of SHINE was because of you. Is that true?”
As soon as the host asked this question, the set fell into an eerie silence. Even everyone backstage went quiet.
Yu Sheng stared in disbelief.
‘Why this question again?’
‘Why this question again?’
‘Why this question again!?!?’
Xia Ling had been sitting casually, but when the host asked the question, he slowly sat up straight, his gaze fixed on the host.
If the earlier Xia Ling was like an unruly little lion, full of nonchalance, now he was like an enraged lion, with deep, cold eyes. A chill gradually permeated the host’s skin.
She felt a bit scared, but she gritted her teeth and quickly asked, “Back then, you betrayed SHINE and lost the opportunity to study in Country H. What made you do that? Can you explain, Mr. Xia?”
Xia Ling suddenly stood up, ready to deliver a beating. He didn’t care whether she was a woman or a man; if provoked, he’d strike.
The host didn’t expect Xia Ling to have the guts to actually hit people on air and screamed as she ran backstage.
Yu Sheng led people to stop Xia Ling, scolding him coldly. “Xia Ling!”
Xia Ling stared ominously at the host being protected, his fists clenched with a cracking sound.
Yu Sheng quickly had Xia Ling taken to the lounge, while the host patted her chest in fear. ‘What a lunatic!’
“What’s wrong with you?” The director rushed over to her from the other end. “Who told you to bring up SHINE’s disbandment?”
The host was dumbfounded. “Didn’t you give me the script?”
The director was also dumbfounded. “The script we prepared didn’t have that question.”
The director quickly realized what happened.
Someone had swapped the scripts.
The director scolded the host a bit and hurried away. The host’s lips curled into a smug smile, but when she turned around, she suddenly saw a baby-faced girl.
The baby-faced girl was smiling at her, and the host found her somewhat familiar but couldn’t immediately place her.
While she was still thinking, the girl spoke up. “I see a dark aura around you; you might encounter a disaster soon.”
“… Lunatic.” The host snorted and sashayed towards the elevator.
Shi Sheng pouted and headed to Xia Ling’s lounge.
The lounge was crowded, probably to prevent Xia Ling from causing a scene.
As soon as Shi Sheng entered, the coldness around Xia Ling dissipated, and he silently watched her.
“Xiao’guai, when did you get here?” Yu Sheng was surprised, then looked at Xia Ling, lowering his voice to Shi Sheng. “Talk to him, don’t let him cause trouble.”
Yu Sheng was well aware that Xia Ling listened to Shi Sheng.
Anything he said was basically useless, but just one word from Xiao’guai, and Xia Ling wouldn’t argue.
‘Mysteriously obedient.’
Yu Sheng took the others out and closed the door.
“Why so angry?” Shi Sheng walked over and brushed aside his fringe, revealing his handsome eyebrows.
Xia Ling silently embraced Shi Sheng.
Time passed, and Xia Ling didn’t know how long he maintained this posture. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Finally, he closed his mouth again without saying a word.
“If you don’t want to say it, then forget it.” Shi Sheng patted his back.
Xia Ling let go of her and asked with his head down, “Don’t you mind that I’m hiding something from you?”
“It’s not something important.” Xia Ling’s expression changed slightly, then he heard her next sentence, “As long as you’re okay now, that’s all that matters to me.”
Xia Ling suddenly smiled and kissed Shi Sheng on the cheek. “Yeah, you’re the most important.”
‘She always manages to calm me down.’
He sat on the sofa with Shi Sheng in his arms. “Two years ago, the group had a chance to study at the famous music academy in Country H. At that time, there were two other groups competing for the opportunity. At the final interview, we found out that the other group’s song was exactly the same as ours.”
Xia Ling paused. “So we lost the chance to study there. When we got back, for some reason, the leak was blamed on me.”
Because of this, the group had constant conflicts during that period. After An Chen found a better opportunity, he paid the penalty and went solo.
In the group, An Chen was the lead singer. With the lead singer gone, was there any point in the group continuing to exist?
So in the end, the group disbanded.
Shi Sheng squeezed Xia Ling’s fingers. “Who do you suspect leaked it?”
Xia Ling was silent for a few seconds. “Cui Liangye.”
During that time, Cui Liangye’s mental state wasn’t good. He thought it was because of the group’s situation. Later, he overheard Cui Liangye on the phone, seemingly arguing, and in anger, Cui Liangye mentioned the name of their song.
But by that time, An Chen had already left, and he had no evidence. Cui Liangye was usually very tight-lipped, impossible to get any information out of.
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