Chapter 123 - Red Carpet 2 (2/2)

At the end of the corridor where nobody paid attention to, after the voice-activated light was turned off and all was dim, Xiang Yi did not continue to talk to him. The atmosphere was quiet, yet Jiang Chen felt extremely safe.

He squeezed the suede pillow that was soft and warm.

The rich fragrance of milk bloomed on the tip of his tongue as his dizziness subsided, his vision and physical strength beginning to slowly recover.

He couldn’t help but glance inside the dressing room through its half-open door. Vaguely, he could make out the hem of a girl’s skirt, red as the freesias in his mother’s garden back in their hometown, which looked brightest at full bloom.

She… was quite different from the rumors.

If he were to open the door a bit more, he would be able to see what the girl was doing.

Playing on her phone? Dozing off? Fixing her makeup?

But Jiang Chen’s eyes burned for only a moment before dimming again.

When Ah Nan came to pick up Xiang Yi, Jiang Chen was already gone.

A few pieces of candy wrappers were on the chair standing in attention as if in a military position, neatly placed as if done by a person with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Inside the van.

Ah Nan held Xiang Yi’s purse for her. Feeling the bag constantly vibrating, he hurriedly pulled out the mobile phone.

“Sweetie, maybe someone has an emergency and needs to talk to you.”

Xiang Yi opened the message to find a text message from an unknown contact.

When she opened it, they were pictures of Xiao Naofu. No more, no less—nine photos altogether.

Followed by two lines of text:

— It’s behaving very well.

— In my arms, watching the stream.

*Translator’s note: Abbreviation of “Traditional Chinese Medicine” used for easier translating