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Chapter 14: I heard

Originally, Xu Tangzhou’s ears were red. Now his face turned red too.

When Ling Che called out “Zaizai”, Xu Tangzhou felt at a loss. It felt too intimate and different from how his fans called him. The words “Zaizai” coming from Ling Che’s mouth sounded a bit doting.

Xu Tangzhou tried his best to ignore that strange feeling and focused on the matters at hand: “Then we can’t choose set C.”

If the words “If I appear, the airport will be paralyzed” came from anyone else’s mouth, they would have been regarded as presumptuous. But if the speaker were to be changed to Ling Che, then there would be no problem at all.

One time, the tickets for Ling Che’s concert were incredibly difficult to obtain. Perhaps there wasn’t enough security, but a stampede had occurred.

Each and every time Ling Che appeared in public, there would be hordes of people and many traffic jams.

It truly was Xu Tangzhou’s oversight. If they chose set C’s tickets, then numerous people would surround them while transferring planes or waiting at the terminal. The airport becoming paralyzed would naturally be expected.

“Correct.” Ling Che continued speaking, “There are too many people paying attention to me right now.”

He was referring to the matter of discriminating against Omegas.

The filming assistant Momo was particularly excited. They only wanted to film this topic about Ling Che. They were originally thinking of how to bring it up such that it would sound natural, but who knew that Ling Che would actually speak about it himself?

With his position, Xu Tangzhou couldn’t appear in [Our Perfect Trip]. He was only able to attend because of this matter. Situ Ya accepted the announcement for Ling Che, and repeatedly mentioned taking many shots of Ling Che and Xu Tangzhou in the same frame. In theory, Xu Tangzhou also had a task. To achieve Situ Ya’s desired effect, he should follow Ling Che’s words and say something like: “They are the ones who don’t understand you”, “You’re not that type of person”, or “That’s right, you’ve already got a lot on your plate”.

But Xu Tangzhou only nodded his head: “Set B’s plane tickets are the least cost-effective. Then we’ll choose set A.”

He wasn’t scheming enough to even think of anything more.

Ling Che stood up: “Decided?”

Xu Tangzhou looked up and replied: “Yes, we’ll go there comfortably in first class. Even if we lose in the end, at least it’ll be enjoyable for now.”

Ling Che returned the phone to him: “Since you are fine with this, I’m good as well.”

Xu Tangzhou confirmed again and got up from the floor. He told Momo: “We’ll choose set A.”

Xu Tangzhou used 20,000 of the starting funds to pay for the plane tickets, and the bulging envelope suddenly flattened. He suddenly felt that something was off.

He seemed to have been led on by Ling Che. Ling Che probably planned on buying set A’s tickets from the start!

Xu Tangzhou looked suspiciously at Ling Che, but the other person seemed calm.

The two people, who were standing next to each other, were very eye-catching. The following cameraman couldn’t help but switch a few angles to take some close-up photos.

Ling Che was a little annoyed by the other person circling around them. He grabbed the camera with one hand and said: “Enough.”

He didn’t like being magnified at every second. He already tolerated the other person approaching closer, but who knew that the other person didn't know when to stop.

A reality show does not mean that he couldn’t have any personal space.

“Sorry.” The following cameraman took a few steps back.

“Alright, alright.” The people in the program group were all very clever. Momo waited until they took enough shots before continuing on, “Che Shen, Zhouzhou, since you have chosen set A’s tickets, we’ll be leaving soon. Before leaving, we will take away your communication devices for safekeeping. The program team has given everyone a new phone. While we record the following segments, unless necessary, this phone will serve as the primary method of communication.

The program had already negotiated with the airline, and Momo used their paperwork to handle the tickets.

Now they needed to go.

Ling Che took out his phone and handed it over.

Xu Tangzhou also gave his phone.

After Momo turned off their phones and put them in a sealed bag, Xu Tangzhou remembered that there was still a Flow message he hadn’t had the chance to see. The message still hadn’t been delivered, so what did it say?

He was very curious, even to the point of wanting to ask Ling Che.

But Ling Che already said that the person who registered the account was Situ Ya.

“It’s too late to regret now.” Ling Che misunderstood his actions, “You’re already on this pirate ship.”

TN: Pirate ship is net slang for a dubious undertaking (Like you’re getting scammed)

“I’m not.” Xu Tangzhou gave up wanting to ask. At any rate, he could look at his phone after returning.

Ling Che turned on the new phone and casually said: “You will.”

Xu Tangzhou: “.....”

Did he really have to pour cold water before they left!?

*

On the way to the airport, they didn’t drive long before Ling Che started to close his eyes to rest.

As “friends”, Xu Tangzhou and Ling Che were arranged to sit in the back seat together. When they weren’t filming, they didn’t have anything to talk about. Ling Che acted like two different people in front of the camera and behind the scenes, although Xu Tangzhou somewhat couldn’t get used to it, he did understand.

Truly dedicated. He said internally.

Xu Tangzhou looked sideways out of the window. The rare winter sunshine shone on his face making others unable to take their eyes off of him.

The following cameramen discovered that point and decided to record some material. Momo chatted with Xu Tangzhou according to some pre-planned questions: “Zhouzhou, did you go to an island before?”

According to the documents, Xu Tangzhou was from Qinan which was inland and not close to the sea at all.

Xu Tangzhou kept Huang Qian’s words in mind to manage his expressions well and not appear too distant.

He looked back with a faint smile: “No.”

There was no such memory in his recollection.

As a beta, Momo was shocked by that smile, and said sweetly: “Is that so? Che Shen likes to go to the beach for vacations. You two haven't gone together?”

Another pit.

Xu Tangzhou internally let out a curse and said innocently: “I needed to go to school, and our schedules never lined up. Studying is the number one priority!”

“That’s right.” Momo said, “Then when would you two usually hang out?”

Huang Qian taught him how to answer this question.

Xu Tangzhou recited: “When we're both not busy, we would hang out with a few friends from outside the circle.”

“Is that so? Were there more Alphas or Omegas?”

“Both, although it depends on the situation. Sometimes, there would be more Betas.”

“In an interview, Che Shen once said that Ying Chen was the one he usually hangs out with. Has Zhouzhou met Ying movie emperor yet?”

Xu Tangzhou came prepared, and he also knew how to recite this question: “We've met once or twice before. However, we weren't very familiar. Each time we've met, there were a lot of people, so he might not remember me.”

All of these questions were flawlessly answered.

Xu Tangzhou regretted that he didn't follow Ling Che’s example to close his eyes and rest. As Lu Chengan said, he was too naive, and this show was not kind at all.

As he thought of Lu Chengan, Lu Chengan called him.

The phone the show gave them contained the phone numbers of all the guests. When Xu Tangzhou’s phone rang, he was a little surprised. After Momo's signal, he pressed the answer button and put it on speaker mode.

“Hello? Senior Lu?”

“Zhouzhou, have you guys decided yet?” Lu Chengan’s side was very noisy, but he could not discern where the other person was.

Xu Tangzhou said: “We did. What about Senior Lu?”

“We still haven't decided yet.”

The two people exchanged some small talk first.

Lu Chengan finally got to the point: “Which flight will you two choose? Perhaps we can choose the same flight and leave together.”

“We… Mmf!”

A hand suddenly reached out to cover Xu Tangzhou’s mouth, while the other hand took his phone.

He only heard the Alpha beside him warn: “Senior Lu, don’t try to steal information from Xu Tangzhou while I’m taking a nap.”

After speaking, Ling Che raised his eyebrows and looked over. His eyes didn’t have a hint of sleepiness in them.

Xu Tangzhou: “???” As expected, he didn’t sleep!

Ling Che glanced at Xu Tangzhou and then glanced over the other people in the car, hinting that no one should make a sound.

Xu Tangzhou subconsciously held his breath.

He noticed that Ling Che’s palm was warm and dry and his fingers were long and slender. A single hand covered almost half of his face without any intention of letting go.

“What do you mean by stealing information?” Lu Chengan warmly spoke from the phone, “I was thinking that the flight would be really long and the four of us could pass the time together.”

Ling Che said: “Thank you. It would be very interesting, but we don’t need to pass the time.”

Lu Chengan: “Really? What interesting things would you do? Why don’t we do it together?”

Ling Che: “My apologies, it can’t be done with too many people. It’s only fun when two people do it.”

Lu Chengan: “Hm? Why do your words sound so strange…”

Ling Che hung up the phone.

Xu Tangzhou’s mouth was still covered: “Aye no! Doos Soonir Wu--”

“Say it again.” Ling Che took back his hand. A soft and moist puff of air seemed to linger behind and he slightly cupped his hand.

As soon as Xu Tangzhou was released, he repeated it again: “I said I know! Does Senior Lu want to find out how much money we have left?”

“Otherwise?” Ling Che said, “There aren’t any good people on the show.”

“I almost fell for it.” Xu Tangzhou let out a sigh of relief. He remembered Ling Che had said that Lu Chengan wouldn’t choose set A’s ticket. He curiously asked, “Right, why did you say that Senior Lu wouldn’t choose set A’s ticket?”

Ling Che said: “When people get older, they prefer to seek stability.”

“Pfft!”

Perhaps it was the cameraman or the driver, but someone in the car couldn’t hold back their laughter.

Xu Tangzhou: “......”

Lu Chengan was only 35 years old. Mr. Superstar, are you sure you wouldn’t be smeared to death by his fans?

Obviously, Ling Che didn’t care if anyone smeared him. He reminded Xu Tangzhou: “Another one.”

Xu Tangzhou looked down, and Xia Yue called this time. Speechless, he said: “As a scheming little prince, are they looking down on me?”

Why was everyone calling him? They’re definitely only choosing to pinch the soft persimmons!*

TN: So persimmons are soft = easy to pick on, and pinching is to bully XD

As expected, Xia Yue was asking about their flight. However, she didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point: “Zhouzhou, which ticket did you guys choose?”

Xia Xing was clamoring beside her: “Why are you even asking them! Sister, hurry up!”

Xu Tangzhou was indignant. This time, he answered the phone himself: “We still haven’t chosen it yet.”

Xia Yue: “How come you haven’t chosen anything yet?”

Xu Tangzhou lowered his voice: “I’m currently alone…”

Xia Yue let out a gasp: “Hah? What about Che Shen? You… Did you two fight?”

Xu Tangzhou held back his laughter: “En.”

Xia Yue said: “How could this happen? Che Shen he…” Perhaps she remembered that she was still on the show, but Xia Yue changed the topic before she could finish saying any insults. “Then what will you guys do?”

Xu Tangzhou said: “I don’t know what we’d do. Can you let me know which set you chose so I can refer to it?”

Xia Yue seemed to have softened her heart: “En… I think we might choose set B. But you guys still have a lot of money, there’s no need to go with our choice.”

The two people hung up.

“Xia Yue Jie is still lying to me.” Xu Tangzhou had a cold appearance, but his eyes were fervently sparkling. “I also know how to lie!”

Ling Che leaned on the edge of the car window and rested his forehead lightly against his hand.

Xu Tangzhou sensed that he wasn’t too happy.

Ling Che: “I heard.”

The author has something to say:

Ling Che: How could he know how to lie? He’ll probably be good after being marked.
P.S. No worries, my dumb son (Ling Che) will know that Zaizai lost his memories.

But he still hasn’t faced his feelings yet and he’s also a tsundere, so he doesn’t want to understand Zaizai and only relies on his previous impressions.

TN: Chinese terms as pinyin in this chapter

“Jie” (older sister, could be used as a respectful address for female acquaintances as well)

“Shen” (literally: god, but mainly for a highly respected and revered figure)

See glossary for more info.

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