142 The Ran (1/2)
”You... you're a fan of Lin Guiying?”
Hearing Zhou Lei's strangely enthusiastic voice, the stranger didn't know how to respond. ”Um... yes. So what?”
While on Lin Guiying's side, she had no idea how to respond either. 'This guy... he's gonna go on another long tirade.'
Sure enough, her predictions were spot-on.
Zhou Lei held the person's hands tighter, his face not even bothering to conceal the smile that grew wider by the second. ”M- me too!”
”I'm a big fan of Lin Guiying. I dare say I'm the number one fan of Lin Guiying. If I say I'm second, no one would claim first!”
The person, who was too dumbfounded to notice the tightening grasp on her hands, stuttered with her words. ”Wh- what's that got to do with me?”
Unfortunately for her, Zhou Lei started to rant already. With enthusiasm that could trump a seal's that had just been given a ball to play with, he opened his mouth, and a continuous string of words came out.
”Do you wanna know why I like... no, love Lin Guiying? Of course you do, let me tell you all the reasons why she's a goddess. Wait, wait, wait, that's an impossible task, for the reasons are endless! Well, I guess I'll try to list some of the reasons... but don't think that it's limited to these only!”
Lin Guiying felt two emotions right now: embarrassment and, well, embarrassment.
The first being felt as a third party watching two people converse about an idol. No, it wasn't even conversing, it was more of one person forcing the other to listen to him. Well, the embarrassment she felt was worse, since she knew the person who was speaking like a fanatic, and moreso, she was her best friend...
The second kind of embarrassment had something more to do with her secret identity. Hearing someone speak so highly of her, even if she grew a thicker skin than she had right now... scratch that, even if she grew the thickest skin on the planet, she still wouldn't be able to bear the praises that she heard almost every day! What's more was the fact that, again, the one spewing those praises was none other than her previous friend.
With her brain not being able to handle these two kinds of embarrassment at once, Lin Guiying short-circuited, and she raised her leg and stepped away like a robot. Her mechanical walking garnered no attention, and she successfully slipped out of the stressful situation she was in. Soon enough, she found herself outside the arcade, whistling her worries away without anyone caring about her.
This was because of the fact that everyone's attention was focused on Zhou Lei, and his actions that looked like it was harassment... Both his wide palms covered the petite ones of the girl in front of him, and he was unknowingly inching his head closer.
”...and did you see Episode 16 of Comet Garden where Lin Guiying turned around in a spectacular fashion? Her hair swayed with the wind; oh, it was such a beautiful moment that I had to record it in my memory archives.”
His statements became more and more outlandish, making the spectators think that he was weird.
”In her concert last year, did you see how she extended her foot and placed it down on the floor...? Oh, that was absolutely phenomenal footwork, I cant imagine anyone else doing it other than her!”