Chapter 1967 — Hiring a Star to Perform
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"What? Hire Xu Shilan?" Bai Weituo's eyes went wide. "Brother Lin, you're not joking with me, are you? Xu Shilan! She's never even held a concert in Donghai City — you think she'd come to our school for a freshman gala?"
"Don't know. I'll ask and see," Wei Zhao said, pulling out his phone and starting to scroll through his contacts.
Bai Weituo, Zhao Shengji, and Song Xiaodao all stared at Wei Zhao in disbelief. They simply could not figure out how Wei Zhao knew Xu Shilan.
Or was it that he knew someone else who knew Xu Shilan?
He dialed the number. On Xu Shilan's end, no one picked up for a long while, and a recording kept repeating, "The number you have dialed is temporarily unanswered." Wei Zhao shook his head and hung up.
"Brother Lin, how'd it go?" Bai Weituo hadn't held out much hope, but he couldn't help asking anyway.
"No one answered," Wei Zhao said.
"Eh!" Bai Weituo had never really believed Wei Zhao could reach Xu Shilan anyway, so hearing no one had answered, he wasn't surprised. If just anyone could get through to a big star's phone, she wouldn't be a big star. "It's fine. If it really doesn't work out, I'll just give up. There are plenty more fish in the sea..."
Seeing Bai Weituo like that, Wei Zhao shook his head and said, "Never mind, I'll try calling once more."
With that, Wei Zhao picked up his phone again, ready to dial — but his ringtone sounded first.
Looking at the caller ID, Wei Zhao smiled faintly and answered.
"Wei Zhao, you were looking for me?" Xu Shilan's sweet voice came through from the other end. "I was busy just now and my phone was with Sister Wang. She told me you'd called, so I called back right away."
"Oh, I was just about to call you again," Wei Zhao said flatly.
Xu Shilan's enthusiasm met with a few indifferent words from Wei Zhao, leaving her a little put out. She was a big star, after all, and what she'd just said was meant to earn a bit of credit from him. With anyone else, she wouldn't have bothered calling back — yet Wei Zhao seemed not the least bit flattered!
Then again, whenever she went to his house, Wei Zhao basically just greeted her and then went off to his room without another word to her. It made Xu Shilan feel, every time she saw him, that her charm had somehow diminished.
"Is something the matter...?" Xu Shilan asked, somewhat helplessly.
"Do you have any free time lately? Come over and do me a favor," Wei Zhao said.
"A favor? Sure — even if I didn't have time, I'd make time for you." Xu Shilan was deeply grateful to Wei Zhao. He had cured her headaches, and he had seen through the Medicine King's conspiracy — if she had actually taken the Medicine King's potion, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
"Oh, our school has a freshman gala. Come over and put on a performance with my classmates. That's all," Wei Zhao said.