Chapter 187 - Curtains! (1/2)

At the motel.

The front desk was clogged with people.

The reporters had their cannons (cameras zooms) ready, with the cameras all set up at the entrance.

“Please leave! Don’t stand around here!” the woman at the front desk said unhappily.

A television station reporter said, “Can you let us see the guest list?”

The front desk staff stared at him, “How is that possible, the guest names are all private!”

Another reporter asked, “Then, did you see a woman go upstairs just now? Which room does she stay in?”

The front desk staff shook her head, “I don’t know, no comments. Are you reporters or policemen? Why are you asking so much? Leave quickly, all of you are affecting our work!” she was utterly annoyed. Zhang Yuanqi? Of course she knew who that was. Would such a famous Heavenly Queen come to such a dilapidated and far off motel that had such poor facilities? Wasn’t this an exaggeration!? Wouldn’t she know what a c.r.a.ppy place this was? Only students who had no means would come to this place. Even those white-collared workers wouldn’t want to come here, the conditions were too bad! And you think a Heavenly Queen would come? Why won’t the Heavenly Queen sleep at a train station instead!?

At this moment, a bunch of people squeezed in from the outside.

“Manager! You are finally here!” the front desk staff nearly cried.

The manager was a middle-aged man, he asked with a straight face, “What happened? What do you all want?” He had found out about the situation over the phone earlier, “Don’t disturb us from our work! Or we will call the police!”

After rambling for a long time, the reporters forcefully agreed to leave the motel. But they stayed around the area watching the motel’s entrance along with over a hundred Zhang Yuanqi fan.

When they left, the female front desk staff complained, “This bunch of people, really!”

The manager also asked puzzledly, “Did the Heavenly Queen really come to our place?”

The front desk staff shook her head, “How could that be? Anyway I didn’t see her. I don’t even know who started the rumor.”

The manager looked outside and pondered, “Let them wait. At least they are giving our motel some publicity, as long as they don’t make trouble.”

The front desk staff bitterly said, “But some of those reporters and fans have already gone upstairs. A dozen or so of them, I couldn’t stop them myself.”

3rd floor.

Room 318

Zhang Ye was sweating profusely as he saw wave after wave of trouble on the internet. Zhang Yuanqi grabbed his phone and logged on to an account.

There was a message.

It was her manager, Fang Weihong, “Sister Zhang! My dear sister! Can you not cause trouble? Can you not do the disappearing act again? Did you see what’s happening online? There’s news of your scandal everywhere! Oh my grandaunt! Can you please spare us? Come back quickly! We are already in a big mess!”

Zhang Yuanqi replied with a smiley face emoticon.

Fang Weihong immediately replied, “You finally appeared! My G.o.d, how long do you intend to keep this going? Why did you even go to a motel? Who are you with!?”

Zhang Yuanqi sent another smiley face.

Fang Weihong accepted that she could do nothing: Alright, I won’t ask about your private matters and I don’t want to know who you are with. Just tell me, when will you be back? We have already released a statement and also posted your selfie on Weibo to clarify. And your friend also helped you to lie, but how long can the lie go on for? You have to show yourself quickly for the matter to calm over!

Zhang Yuanqi typed: I can’t leave at the moment.

Fang Weihong: You have been surrounded? Then think of a way fast, we can’t do much over here. Otherwise, if we go over, the scandal would become true. Forget it, don’t think about leaving for now, those reporters are all too bright, you can’t lie to them. Just wait a little and find a chance to leave!

Zhang Yuanqi: I’m sorry, Hur Hur, I’ve given you trouble again.

Fang Weihong: Sigh, this is part of our job, even if it’s trouble, we still have to do it. Actually, we are already considered lucky. If it were other celebrities, we would be dealing with scandals like this at least once every month. You are already very professional about your work, only having this happen once in over 20 years. But as your friend, let me remind you Sister Zhang, rumors are easy to handle. They are just groundless accusations. It will cool down after some time!

Zhang Yuanqi did not reply. She logged off the account and returned the phone to Zhang Ye.

Zhang Ye coughed, “Ahem! Sister Zhang, why don’t I go out and take a look? We will slip away if there’s a chance, and then… ”

“Shhh! Don’t speak!” Zhang Yuanqi looked at the door.

Zhang Ye quickly shut his mouth as he heard some footsteps outside.

“This is such a rundown place.”

“Would the Heavenly Queen stay here?”

“I don’t know either, but there’s a chance that it could be true!”

“Yes, that would be some big news. Go, go, keep looking!”

“I wonder which room it is? So many rooms here, we can’t possibly knock on every door to look for them right? Before we can even find them, the police would have us arrested!”

“Then let’s wait a little, I don’t believe that they won’t come out!”

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Their footsteps and the chatter slowly disappeared.