I Joined a Fake Variety Show (GL) - Chapter 7

In truth, before seeing Zhou Xi leave, Bai Mo, like Han Shutong, had glanced at Zhou Xi’s table while heading upstairs.

However, she hadn’t recognized her then.

If she hadn’t seen Zhou Xi’s profile as she opened the door to leave, Bai Mo probably wouldn’t have recognized the person she had just met.

Recognizing Zhou Xi, Bai Mo naturally looked over at the spot where Zhou Xi had been sitting.

Instantly, Bai Mo noticed Yan Meng Nuo’s sophisticated charm.

Somehow, Bai Mo suddenly felt she should tell Han Shutong about this. So, after completing her task and going upstairs, she recounted everything to Han Shutong, word for word.

Han Shutong nodded silently upon hearing it, confirming in her heart that her earlier identification hadn’t been wrong.

Han Shutong wanted to leave, but the business conversation wasn’t finished. She could only tell Bai Mo to sit down and wait until Luo Shuiqiu was done with the work discussion before leaving.

However, the words Bai Mo continued to speak after sitting down made Han Shutong abruptly stand up and announce her departure, completely ignoring Luo Shuiqiu’s calls from behind.

Bai Mo had said: “Sister Tong, Sister Zhou’s friends are so beautiful~ You’re beautiful, and the person who was having dinner with Sister Zhou just now is also very beautiful. Do you think if I become friends with Sister Zhou, I’ll also become beautiful?”

At this point, Han Shutong was still unmoved.

Seeing that Han Shutong merely sipped her water and ignored her, Bai Mo felt somewhat embarrassed, and her neck slowly turned red.

To relieve the awkwardness, Bai Mo added, “Okay… I admit I was overthinking it… But Sister Zhou’s friend is really nice. She even said she would walk Sister Zhou home.”

Han Shutong’s grip on the water glass loosened slightly, and she asked in a low voice, “Really beautiful?”

Bai Mo nodded vigorously. “Beautiful, beautiful! And she’s very caring toward Sister Zhou. She rushed out after Sister Zhou left…”

Her words came to an abrupt stop.

Because the listener had left her seat.

“Shutong? What are you doing?” Luo Shuiqiu was happily chatting with the client when she suddenly felt the person next to her jump up. Before she could react, Han Shutong was already at the door.

Bai Mo quickly realized what was happening and followed Han Shutong out of the private room. Reaching the doorway, Bai Mo bowed apologetically to the client, then looked up and told Luo Shuiqiu, “Sister Qiu, Sister Tong has a stomach ache! I’m taking her to the hospital!”

Luo Shuiqiu’s inner thoughts: Help, could you make the excuse more believable? Han Shutong is walking so fast she could enter a race walk competition. Who’s going to believe she has a stomach ache?

Back to the present.

Zhou Xi fastened her seatbelt and replied, “Oh, that was my boss.”

“Sister Zhou, your boss is so pretty!” Bai Mo naturally thought of Luo Shuiqiu and secretly compared the two women’s looks in her mind.

“Really? I guess she’s okay?”

Zhou Xi was also stunned by Yan Meng Nuo’s beauty when they first met, but after seeing her often, she seemed to have developed an immunity. Now, she felt nothing when she saw her.

“I feel like if she was in the entertainment industry, she would have a lot of fans,” Bai Mo added.

“Hmm? Your Sister Tong is sitting right next to me, and you’re talking about how many fans someone else has? Aren’t you afraid of getting your salary docked?” As she spoke, Zhou Xi held her hands up in a cupping shape. From Bai Mo’s perspective, it looked as if Zhou Xi were cupping Han Shutong’s chin.

Zhou Xi continued with a chuckle, “Isn’t our Shutong beautiful? Doesn’t she have many fans? Why don’t you praise our Shutong?”

Zhou Xi was only focused on teasing Bai Mo. She didn’t notice the rapidly beating pleasure beneath the calm exterior of the person beside her when she heard her words.

My Shutong?

Someone automatically filtered out one word.

Han Shutong’s lips unconsciously curled up. The next second, she suppressed her smile and slightly parted her lips. “What did you say?”

The question was directed at Zhou Xi.

Han Shutong wanted to hear Zhou Xi’s words again.

But the two people in the car misunderstood.

Hearing Han Shutong’s “questioning,” Bai Mo instantly panicked and urgently explained, “Sister Tong, I didn’t mean it that way! Please don’t overthink it.”

Zhou Xi chimed in, “She’s right, she didn’t mean it that way. She was just complimenting someone else’s looks.”

Bai Mo, who was still figuring out how to explain, immediately covered Zhou Xi’s mouth upon hearing what she said, sputtering, “Sister Zhou, you’re making me look bad!”

Zhou Xi pulled Bai Mo’s hand away. “Alright, alright, just kidding. Shutong won’t take it to heart.”

Han Shutong had a cold personality and wasn’t as fond of joking as she was.

Compared to the mature and composed Han Shutong, she seemed more like a high school student in her adolescence.

Of course, Zhou Xi wasn’t saying she was young, but that she was a little bit childish.

After Zhou Xi spoke, both she and Bai Mo thought the moment had passed when a cool voice rang out.

“Who said that?” Han Shutong asked, looking at the hand Zhou Xi was holding.

Zhou Xi looked up at Han Shutong, then followed her gaze to her own hand.

After removing Bai Mo’s hand from her mouth, Zhou Xi was busy talking to Bai Mo and momentarily forgot to release Bai Mo’s hand.

Bai Mo’s gaze also shifted to Zhou Xi’s hand. “Uh… Sister Zhou, why are you holding my hand?”

“Just checking, your hand is quite pretty.” With that, Zhou Xi quickly let go.

Bai Mo happily spread her hand out and examined it. “Really? That’s the first time anyone has complimented my hand!”

Upon hearing this, Han Shutong glanced at Bai Mo’s hand, and then…

The big celebrity Han Shutong made a move that was completely unexpected by the two people in the car—

Han Shutong extended her hand toward Zhou Xi and quietly asked, “What about mine?”

Han Shutong’s hand was naturally beautiful.

Her fingers were slender and fair, and her fingertips were perfectly rounded. Many hand-related advertisements had approached her for collaboration, but Han Shutong had rejected them all.

Zhou Xi looked at the hand in front of her, then looked up through the gaps between her fingers at Han Shutong, and finally lowered her gaze to the hand again.

Zhou Xi slowly raised her hand, opening her fist into a palm, and gradually moved it closer to Han Shutong’s hand.

The other two watched Zhou Xi’s movements.

Han Shutong’s eyes sparkled, and the hand held in the air trembled slightly.

Just when Bai Mo thought Zhou Xi was about to place her palm against Han Shutong’s, pressing their hands together, Zhou Xi gripped her palm, raised her thumb, and declared forcefully, “Super beautiful!”

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Although the anticipated event didn’t happen, having received the compliment, Han Shutong hummed and said, “Yours is… beautiful too.”

Zhou Xi retracted her hand. After complimenting both hands’ beauty, she suddenly remembered something and lowered her head to use her phone, not speaking again.

Since Zhou Xi was silent, Han Shutong didn’t speak either.

And so, the car fell into silence.

But the quiet lasted only a few minutes.