Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 21

Besides all this, Zhan Hang also bought a pile of toys and snacks for two furry children. When they left, the shop assistant enthusiastically stuffed a stack of freebies into Zhao Kaile’s hands. Amidst the warm farewells, Zhan Hang stepped into the doors of a bookstore.

Zhao Kaile was already somewhat numb, but seeing this, his heart nearly stopped in fright. He hurriedly followed and said, “Brother Hang, this is not something you can buy by the stack, it’s too heavy!”

Zhan Hang: “I got it, stop nagging.”

Finally, after Zhao Kaile’s earnest and tireless persuasion, Zhan Hang ended this somewhat vengeful frenzy of spending. Zhao Kaile even suspected that Zhan Hang had been cooped up at home and on set for too long and was about to go crazy, having plotted this shopping spree for a long time.

For lunch, Zhan Hang casually chose a Japanese restaurant with few people. The two sat by the window, with a full view of the various shops across the mall hall. In the center was a massive exhibition stage, where events were held from time to time. At this moment, staff members were constantly moving set props and equipment onto it.

Zhao Kaile was half choked to death by wasabi and was desperately drinking water, but he caught a glimpse of a huge poster standing in the center featuring a face he knew all too well: it was Zhang Wenqian making a small funny face. Besides her, there were posters of several other guests, but Zhao Kaile did not recognize any of them. They seemed to be participating in some variety show together, attending one of the outdoor activities at this location.

Zhao Kaile: “!!!”

Zhan Hang: “What kind of expression is that? Seen a ghost?”

Zhao Kaile finally recovered to a state where he could speak clearly, pointed outside the window excitedly, and said, “Zhang Wenqian!”

Zhan Hang glanced over, gave a slight nod to indicate he knew, then continued eating while looking at his phone as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Kaile: “……..”

He could only try hard to suppress his excitement and continue eating, but his mind had already drifted to the ends of the earth with those three words “Zhang Wenqian.”

He never thought he would run into Zhang Wenqian at an outdoor event in this place. Before, being able to see her in person once was already a blessing of three lifetimes, and now he could see her a second time so soon. He wondered if he would have a chance to talk to her later…… no, she probably wouldn’t recognize who he was at all……. or maybe Brother Hang would leave before she even appeared? Oh no, oh no! Ah, but it was also possible that Brother Hang would show up to support her as a friend?…… but how could that be, this super popular beautiful girl doesn’t need him to specially show up for her!

Thinking of this, he abruptly stood up, wanting to go out and ask the staff what time this event started and ended.

Zhan Hang looked up at him as if he were a lunatic, “What are you rushing for? She won’t arrive until the afternoon.”

Zhao Kaile instantly breathed a sigh of relief and went limp as he sat back down, “Brother Hang, how did you know…….”

Zhan Hang took a sip of tea and said, “She and I are friends, what wouldn’t I know?”

Zhao Kaile listened with an envious face, thinking to himself, yes, after all, you two are all clingy and affectionate whenever you meet.

Zhan Hang examined him again, “You like her so much, why don’t you go apply to be an assistant at her management company?”

……..

I would love to! Would they even accept me!

Of course, if he directly said what he was thinking to Zhan Hang, he would be dead for sure. Zhao Kaile said ingratiatingly, “No way, the one I like most is of course Brother Hang.”

Zhan Hang said disdainfully, “You’d better be.”

Zhao Kaile nodded with a sincere face, thinking to himself, anyway, it’s not like you can give me a test question.

Zhan Hang asked, “Do you know what month and day my birthday is?”

Zhao Kaile fell silent, secretly reaching for his phone beside him, thinking to himself, you really are giving me a test?!

Zhan Hang said, “The birthday on Baidu Baike is fake, celebrated with fans. Looking it up is useless.”

Zhao Kaile fell silent again.

Then why the hell are you asking!!

Zhan Hang added, “You can’t lie to your boss in the future.”

Zhao Kaile did not dare look him in the eyes, and mumbled, “Oh.”

They continued eating for a while. Zhan Hang asked, “So, who is your favorite celebrity now?”

Zhao Kaile hesitated and said, “Zhang….. Zhang Wenqian?”

Zhan Hang said coldly, “Ungrateful wolf.”

“……..” Zhao Kaile was about to go mad, stabbing Zhan Hang’s voodoo doll several times in his mind with a sound of chachacha.

Please, this is so childish!

In the afternoon, Zhang Wenqian indeed arrived. Waves upon waves of mountain shattering, sea overturning screams erupted from the crowd. At first listen, her female fans outnumbered her male fans by several times. Zhao Kaile heard the screaming outside and could not help wanting to rush out, but Zhan Hang was still leisurely flipping through his newly bought book, with no intention of speaking.

Zhao Kaile could only sit pitifully in place and wait. He waited until Zhang Wenqian announced the fan interaction segment, and Zhan Hang finally said unhurriedly, “Go.”

“Thank you, Brother Hang!” Zhao Kaile excitedly stood up, swept away like a gust of wind, then whoo hoo whoo hoo charged into the crowd, wildly shouting Zhang Wenqian’s name, vowing to fight the female fans to the end with the dignity of a male fan.

Zhang Wenqian held a microphone, took the sponsored snacks from the host on stage, shook them at the crowd, and smiled sweetly, “They seem pretty good, do you guys want to eat?”

The female voices screamed in unison, “Yes!!!”

Zhao Kaile and a group of male fans roared defiantly, “Yes!!”

Several girls squeezed together beside him could not help but roll their eyes at him, forcefully pushing him aside a bit. Zhao Kaile was successfully squeezed out of the crowd and had to find another place to squeeze in. The security guard in front kept shouting loudly, “Don’t move forward anymore! Don’t move forward anymore, everyone!”

Zhang Wenqian said again, “Then shall we randomly invite five little friends on stage?”

The female fans screamed, “Yes!!!”

Several male fans in the back row roared wildly, “I am the little friend!! Wenqian Wenqian I love you!””Zhang Wenqian! My angel!””Zhang Wenqian marry me!!!”

The nearby female fans could not help cursing, “Get lost!”

Zhang Wenqian smiled and led five children on stage, distributed snacks, and started playing games. The mothers and older sisters of the children wept with joy, recording videos of the stage and sending them to all their Moments and family group chats.

However, Zhao Kaile simply could not squeeze past these veteran star chasers. He could only find a high place to stand and watch, his gaze enviously following those children who could play games with Zhang Wenqian.

Zhang Wenqian’s appearance fee was too expensive, so she did not stay long. After finishing the games, she performed a small love song and then exited. After she went backstage, the crowd actually decreased by more than half. It seemed that half of this event’s popularity was indeed supported by her fans. Although the happy time was very brief, Zhao Kaile still showed a blissful smile and returned to Zhan Hang completely satisfied.

Zhan Hang was on the phone, and after hanging up, his expression did not look very good.

Zhao Kaile asked timidly, “Brother Hang……. what’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Zhan Hang said, “Done watching? Let’s go.”

Zhao Kaile picked up the bag and followed him. They had not walked a few steps when a waiter chased out, calling, “Sir! Sir, your card!”

Zhan Hang took it and said thank you. That waiter watched the two leave with a puzzled expression, seeming to feel that Zhan Hang looked very familiar. After leaving the mall, Zhan Hang did not head straight for his car. Zhao Kaile was full of question marks, but did not dare ask much, only silently following. Before long, Zhan Hang turned into a security passage, entered a compartment, and inside was actually a small makeup room.

Several men were about to stop them, but Zhan Hang took off his sunglasses and smiled at them, and the bodyguards lowered their hands.

Several female voices inside exclaimed in surprise, “Zhan Hang?””Teacher Zhan Hang!”

Zhao Kaile followed in confusion, and saw Zhang Wenqian sitting in the middle, turning back to greet them, “Hello Brother Hang!”

“……” Zhao Kaile was shocked. He did not expect Zhan Hang to directly bring him backstage, his mind screaming this works this works this works??

Zhang Wenqian said, “Hello, Zhao Kaile.”

Zhao Kaile could not even speak properly, “H h h hello!!!”

Zhan Hang found a place to sit by himself, “The director gave me a day off, so I came by to see you.”

Zhang Wenqian said, “Oh my, too polite, how did you come empty handed.”

Zhan Hang was rarely embarrassed, “Next time I’ll definitely make up a gift for you.”

Several makeup artists laughed. Zhang Wenqian’s assistant poured water for the two of them and stuffed a bag of snacks into Zhao Kaile’s hands.

Zhao Kaile was overwhelmed by favor, as if he had completely lost the ability to speak.

Zhang Wenqian smiled and said, “Sponsored by the sponsor, there’s plenty, eat up.”

Zhan Hang said, “If she gives it to you, take it.”

Zhao Kaile nodded with a moved face and accepted it.

“I heard your drama is going to change its female lead, is that true?” Zhang Wenqian blinked her eyes and asked, “Did Director Zhang reveal any hints?”

Zhan Hang asked, “What’s wrong, you want to act in it?”

Zhang Wenqian said with a bitter laugh, “I think Director Zhang’s films are good, I’ve always wanted to work with him, but he looks down on me. He definitely thinks I’ve always filmed TV dramas and can’t make it onto the big screen.”

Zhan Hang said with a smile, “That’s not it, maybe his next film will look for you.”

Zhang Wenqian asked again, “Did Lin Yiyi really faint?”

“She was drenched in the rain for half a day. Given her personality, it probably wasn’t fake.” Zhan Hang said, “I’m not sure if Zhang Zheng will change the female lead because of this, after all, Lin Yiyi was his own choice.”

Zhang Wenqian said, “I saw the photos, her face was covered in mud, she must have cried to death……”

Zhao Kaile completely could not hear what they were talking about, his mind full of happy pink bubbles. He tried hard to restrain himself from using a lovestruck expression to look at Zhang Wenqian, lest they treat him as a creep and kick him out.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Wenqian’s makeup was also done. Zhan Hang got up to say goodbye, and Zhang Wenqian promised to visit him on set next time.

On the way back, Zhao Kaile hugged the bag of snacks she gave him with great reluctance. Zhan Hang saw this and was furious, ordering him to put the snacks in the trunk and eat them at night.

Amidst the regret of one group of people and the wild joy of another group, Lin Yiyi finally “due to illness” withdrew from the “Green Robed Guest” production crew.

Zhao Kaile was sighing with emotion, guessing who Zhang Zheng would find to salvage this role, when he saw Li Siyi and her agent arrive with her assistants in a commanding manner. After greeting the actors she was familiar or unfamiliar with, those whose names she could call, she walked toward Zhang Zheng with a face full of smiles.