Chapter 1985 — Going Alone
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"Heh, this time a very good friend invited me. I had no choice but to go..." Xu Shilan smiled. "Besides, work has been terribly busy lately. Getting out for some fresh air will do me good!"
"Then aren't you afraid... afraid that... something might happen?" Cheng Yiyi had meant to ask about her headaches, but suddenly remembered that there was an outsider in the car. Xu Shilan's headaches were known only within the company. As her junior fellow apprentice, Cheng Yiyi naturally knew about them too, but she had to be more circumspect in asking.
"Don't worry, I have medicine. Dr. Guan's painkillers, remember?" Xu Shilan said.
"No wonder you stood up for them so firmly." Cheng Yiyi nodded. "By the way, the two of us haven't gone out together in ages. Since we have the chance, let's go have some fun!"
"That sounds good. My flight is tomorrow at noon. Which hotel are you staying at? I'll come find you." Xu Shilan agreed readily. She and her junior fellow apprentice got along well. Both were girls who kept themselves respectable, and Xu Shilan consequently enjoyed spending time with her.
The other stars at the company were a different matter. Some envied Xu Shilan's success and put on false warmth whenever they dealt with her; others were promiscuous by nature. Xu Shilan had no desire to associate too closely with any of them.
"All right. But tomorrow I'll be coming with my personal driver and bodyguard, Feng Sanmang. Please book him a room as well," Xu Shilan said.
"What? You're bringing your bodyguard too? That will be so inconvenient. It's just the two of us girls, and if you bring a grown man, how are we supposed to arrange things? It will be a nuisance whenever we go shopping!" Cheng Yiyi complained. "Besides, we don't even have a car. There's no need to bring him; my friend has a car here. And what danger could there be? We're only attending private events."
"Well... all right." Xu Shilan thought it over. Wei Zhao had a car too, and since she was not bringing one this time, Feng Sanmang would not be of much use anyway. She nodded. "Then I'll come by myself..."
"All right. I'll wait for you," Cheng Yiyi said.
After hanging up, Cheng Yiyi shrugged and said to Zhang Duopan, "Young Master Pan, Senior Sister is really coming this time, so I'm afraid it will be impossible for me to get you first place. Should we still take part in the performance?"
"Of course!" Zhang Duopan had anticipated this result long ago. He already believed that Xu Shilan would be coming tomorrow, and was merely confirming it with Cheng Yiyi now. He was not especially disappointed. "We have to take part! If we can't win first place, it will be because our popularity can't compete with your senior sister's, not because we didn't work hard. But refusing to participate would send the wrong message!"
"You certainly take it well. Then I'll do my best to help you," Cheng Yiyi said with a nod.
The best hotel near the school was the Xueshang Hotel. Zhang Duopan booked Cheng Yiyi a double presidential suite there. It was not as luxurious as a five-star hotel, but it was the finest accommodation the hotel offered. Fortunately, Cheng Yiyi did not seem to mind and checked in without complaint.
Zhang Duopan did not pester Cheng Yiyi any further. He merely arranged to pick her up the next day and take her to the school to rehearse, then left the business hotel.
Xu Shilan had originally planned to travel to Donghai City with Sister Wang and Feng Sanmang. But since Cheng Yiyi was there, she had to admit that the girl had a point. For a private event, bringing a driver and an agent served no purpose, so she booked a ticket for herself online...
In the Ancient Feng Family, Feng Tianhu sat quietly beside the hospital bed. Feng Nitian's injuries were extraordinarily severe; his meridians had been completely severed, leaving him little different from a vegetable. He had fallen into a coma after the trial at the Ice Palace and had never woken.