It seems that although Song Qianqian always acts like an airhead, she is quite efficient when it comes to matters related to Zhao Youting.
At this moment, accompanied by Tu Qinqin, Qin Qiao'er had arrived at the shooting location for the second episode of Let's Date. She checked around to make sure that Zhao Youting and Song Qianqian were really not there. After asking the production team and confirming that they really couldn't come, she felt a hint of secret joy in her heart.
In this way, one big trouble was out of the way. No matter what, things would be easier to handle.
"Hey, are you so happy just because Mr. Zhao isn't here?"
As Tu Qinqin spoke, she casually slapped Qin Qiao'er on the back of the head, interrupting her daze.
The two kids had just finished their schedule for the day and gone back to rest, so they didn't come to this new off - site shooting location.
"You brute! You scared me! You messed up the hairstyle Cody just did for me."
Qin Qiao'er was about to fight back, but Tu Qinqin dodged. So she started to fix her hair herself while still bickering.
"Haha, that's right. What, do you have a problem with it?"
"Of course not. Our great star Qin is so brilliant with her strategies. What can I, your little agent, say?"
"You're being sarcastic again. Whose side are you on, Tu Qinqin? If you hadn't signed the contract for me directly back then, I wouldn't have had so much trouble."
"How was I supposed to know you'd suddenly not want to be on stage with this big boss Zhao? Everything was fine before, and he did bring in so much popularity." Tu Qinqin mumbled in a low voice, deliberately loud enough for Qin Qiao'er to hear.
Qin Qiao'er had just fixed her hair and was about to enter the venue. She walked side by side with Tu Qinqin.
Hearing Tu Qinqin's words, a flicker of hesitation crossed her eyes, but she still stubbornly said, "Mr. Zhao must have his own business. He can't keep pestering me all day long. Plus, he has some connection with Song Qianqian. If things go on like this, something bad will surely happen sooner or later."
"Oh—so that's it. I thought you were struggling so much because he hit the nail on the head about you being jealous."
"You! Did Qin Xiaobao and the other one say something again!"
Qin Qiao'er glared at Tu Qinqin with a hint of annoyance and saw Tu Qinqin's mischievous smile of victory.
"Alright, alright, go on. The shooting is about to start. If you don't want something, just let it go. As long as you've made up your mind, that's fine."
Qin Qiao'er responded and walked towards the first makeshift set.
She thought that she had been a bit hard on Tu Qinqin. As her agent, Tu Qinqin had been doing her job conscientiously and there was nothing to complain about.
With a bit of apology, Qin Qiao'er still felt more happy. The incident in the coffee shop last time had really lowered her impression of Zhao Youting. At least, she didn't want to see him in the near future. Humph.
But when she walked onto the stage with a smile, she couldn't keep smiling when she saw the participants.
"I thought the crowd around here was acting weird before. Except for Zhao Youting, the other male stars participating shouldn't have much popularity. So why are there so many female fans?" Qin Qiao'er couldn't help but mutter.
Now that she took a closer look.
"Li Shanen?!"
Why is he here?!
The director on the side heard Qin Qiao'er's little exclamation and remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to inform her about the change of participants. So he stepped forward to explain.
"Director, this—"
"I thought you knew when you asked about Mr. Zhao before, so I didn't tell you. Since Mr. Zhao couldn't come, Mr. Li said he 'wanted to give it a try', so he replaced Mr. Zhao himself for this program."
Qin Qiao'er looked at Li Shanen in disbelief. Unexpectedly, he heard her exclamation. He just turned around and gave her a smile.
This shooting location was outside the studio, in a shopping mall hall. So among the randomly selected on - site audience, there were many of Li Shanen's fans. Seeing his smile, there was a burst of screams around.
"Wow! Mr. Li smiled. Did you see that?! He was smiling at me, right? Right?!"
"Come on! He must be smiling at me!"
"He's so handsome! I'm so jealous of Qin Qiao'er who's going to be his CP in this show. Sob sob."
The voices around almost drowned Qin Qiao'er out, and she was stunned for a moment.
The director was quite satisfied with this effect.
He originally thought that with the departure of a big popularity draw, the show might flop after just the first episode, and he might lose a lot of money. But with this replacement, he might even make more money than before. A show that had two big - name bosses on it couldn't possibly not be popular!
It was simply a huge success in terms of popularity!
Seeing the director's satisfaction with the reaction, Qin Qiao'er knew that her opinion basically didn't matter. So she had no choice but to go along with the situation.
She sighed silently in her heart, but still managed her expression and walked onto the stage with a proper smile.
Shi Xinyan, Zhou Yuxun and the others greeted her and then consciously left the seat next to Li Shanen for Qin Qiao'er.
Ignoring the somewhat ambiguous looks exchanged between her and Shi Xinyan, Qin Qiao'er was more worried about how to deal with Li Shanen.
Unexpectedly, Li Shanen was quite friendly. He greeted her as soon as he came: "Ms. Qin, we meet again."
Qin Qiao'er was in a complicated mood at this moment. After all, this was her own doing. She could only reply with an embarrassed smile: "Yes, Mr. Li."
Li Shanen seemed quite familiar: "Hey, don't be so formal. You can just call me by my name like you did just now."
Qin Qiao'er quickly waved her hand: "Mr. Li, I was being rude just now. That wouldn't be appropriate." We're not even that familiar. But she didn't say the last part out loud.
Li Shanen was quite sensible and didn't continue the awkward conversation. He just smiled and looked at the camera.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Hello everyone! Welcome to the shooting site of the second episode of Let's Date. I'm Uncle Hong!"
The audience around applauded cooperatively.
Then the rules were explained. It was actually for Li Shanen's benefit, since the other participating stars had already known about them.
Originally, Qin Qiao'er thought that as long as it wasn't Zhao Youting, even if she didn't really enjoy this "date", at least she didn't dislike the time spent with a handsome guy, whether it was just acting or getting along.
But now!
Now!
What's the difference with Li Shanen! It's just awkward and even more embarrassing!
She still didn't understand what had happened back then. And now she had to spend so many days with this person who seemed to know nothing but was actually closely related to her!
What should she do!
Qin Qiao'er was on the verge of tears in her heart and complained countless times.
Li Shanen, on the other hand, listened to Uncle Hong's explanation seriously, seemingly enjoying it and nodding from time to time.
Qin Qiao'er didn't listen at all. Her eyes wandered around. Finally, she found Tu Qinqin who had been squeezed to the side by Li Shanen's fans, only to find that she also looked completely confused.
The thousands of words in their hearts could be summed up in one sentence -
What on earth is going on!