latelenovela Chapter 225 is finished...
Chapter 225 is finished...
Pei Jiyue noticed the unnaturalness on the other person's face and took the initiative to ask:
"What's wrong, Chengkai? Is there something you want to tell me?"
“Yes, Jiyue,” Zhang Chengkai’s expression turned serious again, “Actually, what I wanted to say was…”
But Zhang Chengkai was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"Where is he? How come we still can't find him?"
"That's impossible. It should be around here. I watched their fish turn into the alley. I even asked a few residents who were passing by, and they said they saw a man and a woman carrying a fish lantern walking this way."
"Then why is no one here? If there were fish lanterns in this place, you would have spotted them immediately."
"It must be around here, let's look again."
An Ling was shocked when she heard those voices.
Those badgers haven't given up yet!
If they applied this kind of obsessive fascination with gossip to other areas, they could succeed at anything!
An Ling silently lowered her body a little further and shrank back a bit.
Suddenly, she realized a problem.
[Oh no! What if my cousin and Zhang Chengkai get caught?!]
An Ling quickly took out her phone to send a message to Pei Jiyue, but she was too late.
The group had already scattered to search for An Ling, and one of them spotted Pei Jiyue and Zhang Chengkai standing in the woods.
"Holy crap! Isn't that...who was it again? Zhang Chengkai!!"
"Wait, is that... Pei Jiyue?"
Pei Jiyue often attends business events, and as those who just got their hands on Pei family gossip yesterday, how could they not know what Pei Jiyue looks like?
The two people whose names were called were completely bewildered, unable to understand why several people had suddenly appeared in the grove.
"Hurry up!" Pei Jiyue reacted first, turned around and ran, not forgetting to remind Zhang Chengkai to follow.
But it was too late. The other badgers, drawn by the smell of melons, arrived and quickly snapped photos of Pei Jiyue and Zhang Chengkai.
"My God, what is this? This is a secret we only know about!" someone exclaimed excitedly. "I told you that following the King of Cha would bring you juicy gossip!"
"Should we follow them then?"
"Go ahead and ask! Since we can't find An Ling anyway, asking Pei Jiyue won't make a difference!"
After they had all run far away, An Ling no longer had to hide.
She stood up, feeling completely lost, with only one thought in her mind.
[That's it...]
How could one person cause such a huge mess?
If these badgers were to post about seeing Pei Jiyue and Zhang Chengkai having a secret rendezvous in the woods online, everyone who saw it would definitely think the two were in a relationship!
“It’s okay,” Yan Yu said. “Anyway, they’re not dating. As long as they both come out and clarify, things shouldn’t get too big of a deal.”
An Ling looked at Yan Yu suspiciously: "How do you know they're not dating?"
Yan Yu: It's over...
"I just felt that if Pei Jiyue were in a relationship, she wouldn't hide it from you. I could tell you didn't know either, so I just guessed that."
Yan Yu racked his brains but couldn't come up with a good explanation, but fortunately An Ling didn't have time to dwell on it right now.
She first called Pei Yuning and told her the whole story.
Since Pei Yuning retired from acting, she has been managing the entertainment-related businesses of the An and Pei families. Letting her directly notify the public relations department to handle the matter is the best option at present.
Furthermore, this matter would be more effective if handled in cooperation with Zhang Chengkai's side, and it would likely go much more smoothly if Pei Yuning sent someone to handle it.
The most important thing is to prepare a clarification announcement before things escalate, and to make arrangements for removing the trending topics just in case.
Since it was just a rumor anyway, this whole thing basically solves the problem.
After discussing a plan with Pei Yuning, An Ling called Pei Jiyue again to explain the situation.
Upon learning that Pei Jiyue and the others had successfully shaken off those gossipy friends, she finally felt relieved and left with Yan Yu to reunite with Pei Jiyue.
After what happened, they lost interest in continuing to stroll around, so they found the exit, left the lantern festival, and returned to the parking lot.
When An Ling got on the bus, she found that Pei Jiyue was the only one there.
"Where is Zhang Chengkai?" An Ling asked.
"I told him to go back first."
Pei Jiyue looked even more worried. She had wanted to confide in someone because she couldn't get rid of the pain in her heart, but misfortune struck again, and her worries only increased.
“He is a public figure after all, so he will definitely be affected. This time, I’ve dragged him down with me,” Pei Jiyue sighed.
【That's not your fault. Zhang Chengkai himself arranged to meet you there.】
Pei Jiyue: It's over...
It seems Xiaoling has found out about her secretly being a fan of celebrities...
"It's alright. I've already talked to my mom about it. Once we contact Zhang Chengkai's company, we can discuss it and issue a clarification announcement for you. After a while, no one will remember this."
Pei Jiyue nodded.
She herself was fine, but she was mainly worried about affecting Zhang Chengkai. She had already secretly decided in her heart that she would give Zhang Chengkai more resources in the future as an apology.
"What are you still doing here?" An Ling said to Yan Yu, who had followed her. "We're going back first."
"Okay, I'll be going now. See you in Haicheng." Yan Yu knew that An Ling and the others had something to do, so he didn't linger with her any longer and took the fish lantern that An Ling had given him.
That's right, he has already unilaterally decided that it was given to him by An Ling.
Yan Yu thought shamelessly: Anyway, An Ling handed it to him personally, so what's wrong with giving it away?
The Pei family arrived in two cars. An Ling and Pei Jiyue each sent a message to their brother and asked the driver of one of the cars to take them back to the Pei family first.
When they arrived home, Pei Yuning had already arranged all the work to be done.
“Jiyue, don’t worry. We just need to wait for Zhang Chengkai’s company to reply. They are definitely more anxious than we are about this. They will be eager to clarify this matter immediately and should reply soon.”
"Okay, thank you, Auntie."
Just when everyone thought that nothing unexpected would happen, something unexpected still did happen.
The next day, gossip about Pei Jiyue and Zhang Chengkai's secret rendezvous in the woods behind the lantern festival had spread across the entire internet, with several marketing accounts making a big deal out of their relationship.
Perhaps fearing that the Pei family would sue them for spreading rumors, the marketing accounts went to great lengths to craft their narratives, never explicitly stating their affection, but subtly implying their intentions.
In short, although it wasn't said explicitly, it was implied that Pei Jiyue was Zhang Chengkai's girlfriend.
"Mom... what's going on?" An Ling was completely bewildered when she saw the trending topics on Weibo this morning.
Pei Yuning's expression was also very unpleasant.
“Zhang Chengkai’s company has not responded. I have also sent people to their company, but although the people there are polite on the surface, they just won’t let us see the person in charge.”
They said the problem was too big, the person qualified to make the decision wasn't there, and they couldn't get in touch with them.