Chapter 43 : Patron, Please Keep Me 23 (2/2)
Lu Qingyun preferred dealing with Shi Sheng over his grandfather. At least the most she made him do was pay for her expenses and didn’t interfere in his affairs.
By the time Lu Qingyun had reached the place Shi Sheng had mentioned, he saw a table full of untouched food as well as the person who was still busy ordering more. His lips couldn’t help but twitch. ‘Just how bored are you?’
“Yi? You got here so fast? I only ordered one round though.” Shi Sheng closed the menu. The waitress cast a glance at Lu Qingyun who had entered before quickly leaving the room after making sure Shi Sheng wasn’t going to order any more.
She was a long-standing employee but she had never seen this kind of customer who would order food just for fun. ‘Isn’t it a waste?’
“Do you really like spending my money that much?” Though she made him buy clothes and bags for her, he had never even seen her wear or use them.
Shi Sheng blinked her eyes innocently. “Spending my own boyfriend’s money is to be expected. What’s wrong with that?”
Lu Qingyun’s smile froze before he pulled up a chair beside her. His gaze swept over the contract on the table. “You’re acting in a new show?”
“There’s no choice ah, I have to work hard for the crown of Top Actress!” Shi Sheng’s face fell. “Patron-sama, why don’t you buy me a Top Actress title?”
Lu Qingyun “…” ‘Why don’t you just get me to buy you another Earth for you to play with?! You clearly don’t want to yet you still force yourself to do it… Are you sick in the head or something? It’s the same as how you keep getting close with me despite not liking me…’
Lu Qingyun’s eyes darkened. The only thing he was certain in their period of interaction was that she really wasn’t a spy sent by others. As to her motive, he had only unlocked one: To spend his money.
Shi Sheng left the table full of food for the waiters and waitresses to eat as she left while holding on to Lu Qingyun’s arm. She left behind a crew of bewildered waiters and waitresses who all shared this thought: ‘Rich people sure are capricious.
Wait a second… Why did that person just now look so familiar?’
By the time they realised who it was, she was already long gone.
……
Not long after Lu Qingyun escorted Shi Sheng back home, a new headline made its way online.
#Revealing the Rising Star, Jiang Wan’s, Secret Backer#
Shi Sheng saw that the picture was very blurry. It was a picture of Lu Qingyun standing beside the door he had opened for her as she got on. Only Lu Qingyun’s profile had been caught.
Perhaps it was on purpose that Lu Qingyun’s features were blurred out while hers were crystal clear. Her news these past few days hadn’t been few so this immediately started a flame war.
Tang Yin called her to ask if she needed help from the company or if she could resolve it on her own. He also lectured he about not noticing people taking pictures of her while she was outside.
Shi Sheng just hung up before going on Weibo and posting.
Jiang Wan ‘V’ : Goodnight patron-sama Lu Qingyun {don’t bother clicking}.
The fans who had been waiting for a new development saw this post and immediately got excited as they clicked on the link to the person’s page.
Lu Qingyun’s Weibo account wasn’t a verified one. There was only one post and it was a link. There wasn’t even a single word. This caused these busybodies to be confused.
‘This person who doesn’t even have a verified account is Little Meatball’s patron? That link just brings you to a page that looks like a login screen; There are places to enter username IDs and passwords. But there isn’t anywhere to sign up for an account! And what’s with this domain name?! Were we tricked?’
The group of hater fans had already begun rubbing their fists in anticipation when they saw the list of Lu Qingyun’s followers. What they saw stunned them. Not only were there influential media companies, there were also influential veteran businessmen. There were even some with alluded ties to the government.
Scanning the list, pretty much all they saw were those accounts with blue and yellow ‘V’s[4].
‘Who the hell is this guy?!’
[1] People paid to write comments in China. Here’s the Wikipedia page:
[2] This is pinyin for ‘安居’.
[3] I know I made it sound like she was talking about killing him off but I swear she’s not… Maybe.
[4] Don’t ask me what these are. I don’t know either. I’d guess there are different rankings of verified accounts?