Chapter 44 Are you kissing?

Ada was the only survivor of the car spontaneous combustion accident on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. When getting off the car, Zhuang Youlin was almost engulfed by the shock wave in order to protect her. He was rushed to the hospital but died.

The entire luxury car was burned to a frame, and it also affected multiple cars in a chain rear-end collision. The scene was tragic.

For a long time, Ada was receiving psychological treatment. In the public interview materials, she said that she had dreamed of the day of the accident countless times, with sirens, thick smoke, ashes... Her life stopped at that time forever.

Later, she made a comeback. With the halo of Zhuang and the public's attention to this incident, her acting career has been rising steadily. Some people even began to dislike her and thought that she was just selling misery to gain popularity.

Ada didn't dare to say that the reason why she was desperately active in the public eye was that she was worried that one day she would disappear silently.

Because the general public's attention to a certain event is limited, only the parties involved will pursue it relentlessly.

From the day the crew received the threatening letter with bullets backstage, she had only one thought: to survive.

"I know who is behind this, just like you think, but I dare not come out to testify." Without her delicate makeup, the once beautiful female star looked haggard, kneeling on the ground and crying with her face covered, "The reason why I want to get close to the Zheng family is because I know that she dare not touch anyone in the Zheng family..."

Zhuang Youkai looked at her calmly. There was no one to talk to about these words, and the pressure of hiding a secret for ten years can be imagined.

"Mrs. Zheng forcibly took away my child and threatened to ban me. I really have nowhere to go." Ada's voice trembled, and she wanted to grab him, "Akai, I know I shouldn't make a deal with you on this, but I have no other choice. Please help me, you must help me..."

When her thin hand was about to touch his arm, Zhuang Youkai took a half step back and pressed his back against the cold door. Ada certainly had her own fault for what she has done, but ordinary people who are forced to get involved in the power game are also in the same dilemma as her.

"Show me the thing first. If it's real, I'll agree to all the conditions."

Finally hearing his words, Ada wiped her face as if she had been pardoned, and stood up tremblingly, "Okay, okay, wait for me."

She ran back to the bedroom, opened the safe deep in the closet, and took out an old mobile phone. It was placed together with other priceless jewelry, property deeds, and asset certificates, which was enough to prove the holder's attention.

I never thought that one day it would be taken out and exchanged for a way to live.

The recording had a little electric sound. The woman discussed the vehicle breakdown with the insurance broker, and a few words of Zhuang Youlin's voice were interspersed.

It was still so warm and steady, like the evergreen pine and cypress. Just hearing it, Zhuang Youkai couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"Self-connected circuit? No. ... Oh, I lent the car to Aliang a while ago. I'll go ask him..."

The voice was cut off.

As if he had experienced a snorkeling, Zhuang Youkai was finally able to breathe deeply.

He closed his eyes, put his fist to his forehead for a long time, and then spoke in a hoarse voice, "Okay, I agree to your conditions."

Ada knew that he couldn't go back on his words, so she put forward the conditions without hesitation, "I want to go to the United States, and I need to use the identity of a third party to buy a house. After that, you need to pay me one million US dollars every year."

"Okay."

"Mr. Zhuang is really a straightforward person."

Zhuang Youkai raised the corner of his lips, "It's too early to say anything. In the business world, you must give and take. I offer a high price, not just to buy the evidence in your hand."

As he expected, Ada's expression changed.

"You have to testify in court to prove that the whole thing was an accident caused by human factors, and that Chen Peishan and Zhuang Youliang were the masterminds behind it."

"But..."

His eyes were cold, "Chen Peishan is a demon that crawled out of hell. If you can't kill her in one go, do you think she will let you go?"

*

Zhao Manzhi came out of class on the third floor of Fan Zhiming and saw Chen Muchuan at the corner of the stairs. She thought about it, turned around and went into the bathroom next to her. She hesitated for five minutes, but still couldn't avoid him.

"Zhao Manzhi, wait for me to say one word to you, just one word!" Seeing her trotting down the stairs, Chen Muchuan also strode to catch up, "Is it really going to come to this now that we can't even be friends?"

She stopped, grabbed the handrail, and looked up at him at the corner of the stairs half a floor below, "I'll give you five minutes."

"Okay." Chen Muchuan made up his mind seriously, but decided to make it short, "Fang Ling confessed to me."

Zhao Manzhi was not particularly surprised by this, "Then, congratulations."

"But I still like you." He walked down a few steps and approached her, "I told her to think about it. With just one word from you, I can reply to her immediately."

"Don't!" This call, I don't know if it was a rejection of his love or a fear that he would get closer, but in the end it worked. Chen Muchuan was stunned in place, not daring to move again. Zhao Manzhi was tired of the love affair between them and just wanted to hide away, "You don't need to tie me down in any decision."

From the good allies who worked together all night on the project to today's strangers, Zhao Manzhi felt it was a pity.

But people will change after all, whether it's her, Chen Muchuan, or Fang Ling.

They become indifferent, selfish, and petty.

Few people dare to hold their sincerity and try to exchange sincerity.

Chen Muchuan stared at her deeply, and after a moment, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Zhao Manzhi, you are the one who rejected me the most times."

In the past, as long as he liked a girl, he would be successful in pursuing her.

But he failed so many times with her.

"You can only say this now. If Fang Ling hears it, she will be suspicious again." After all, she couldn't bear it, and Zhao Manzhi reminded her again, "Fang Ling has never been in a relationship, and her mentality is different. If you want to accept it, you should be serious about her."

"So you still regret having a falling out with her, right?"

"No." Zhao Manzhi said calmly, "Since you can say it, you can naturally pay for the consequences of your decision. I won't regret it, and I hope you will too."

"Goodbye."

Her figure disappeared in the winding stairwell, leaving only Chen Muchuan standing there, as if staring at a dry well.

Zhao Manzhi came out of the discussion with a few classmates about the idea of ​​the rebranding project, and her phone was bombarded with messages.

In the Lychee Mousse group, Chen Muchuan and Fang Ling officially announced the news of leaving the pool. Everyone congratulated and cheered, and privately sent a series of private messages to Zhao Manzhi: No, why is Chen Muchuan with her? Hasn't he been pursuing you?

During the time she disappeared, this triangle relationship has evolved into "an ordinary girl counterattacks and becomes Cinderella, and the former goddess is sad and does not participate in the group chat discussion." It can only be said that everyone is not busy enough in the finals, and they actually have time to fabricate such gossip and anecdotes like third-rate tabloids.

Zhao Manzhi was not interested, but she still had to clarify the rumors, so she just popped up in the Lychee Mousse group to say congratulations, and there was nothing else, and she didn't want to say anything.

Li Ke was idle. Zhao Manzhi came out one second, and she sent a private message to her the next second, with a gossipy expression.

Zhao Manzhi: Are you joining in the fun?

Li Ke: What are you thinking, look at this.

As he spoke, he shared a link with a very explosive title -

"Touching Hong Kong Island! The banker helps the poor again, and the public housing girl wins the first prize!"

The accompanying picture is that day when Zhuang Youkai smoked in front of the car door, and there is another picture of him leaning over slightly, just covering the face of the girl in the car.

But looking at the slender and smooth legs sticking out of the car door, you know that the one who can make the top young man fall in love must be a beauty.

Zhao Manzhi was full of black lines, what does public housing girl mean, the community she lives in is not a public housing!

I also remembered Zhuang Youkai's complicated ridicule at that time, "You underestimate their ability to write stories based on pictures."

This is really a person who has been through it, and he had already expected the ending.

Even so, her appearance was not exposed, and the close-up shot did not reveal the housing information. Except for Li Ke who accompanied her to see the house in person, almost no one could recognize that the heroine at the center of the gossip was sitting next to him.

Seeing the parties so calm, Li Ke's gossip heart was ignited, "So what were you doing at the time, kissing?"

Zhao Manzhi, who was still immersed in the shock brought by the bold and venomous tongue of the Hong Kong media, was suddenly very lucky to see this sentence. Fortunately, it was not a news written by Li Ke, otherwise she would not be able to clear herself even if she jumped into the Hong Kong River.

"How is it possible, it is just..." It is just that they were close enough that their breaths could brush against each other's earlobes and noses, and their heartbeats could be heard clearly.

She couldn't explain it, so she typed and deleted all the words in the input box.

The person on the other side who was eager to watch the show was already impatient, and threatened through the screen, "Okay, Zhao Manzhi, you're keeping me in suspense!"

"I'm going to save this report, and I'll read it out to you next time we meet."

Zhao Manzhi was not moved at all, "Okay, let's see who is more embarrassed by doing this

." What's more, she heard from Cynthia that Zhuang Youkai had been entangled with bad peach blossoms in the past. At the beginning, Huanye's public relations department needed to set up a special team to deal with Zhuang Shao's gossip news, and it could be deleted from the entire network within 24 hours.

It was only those paparazzi and marketing accounts raised by Zhuang Youliang that were able to revive and resurrect.

But this newspaper is not well-known, and it should not be the work of the Zhuang brothers. Such a small size dared to report such explosive news. I think it was intended to become famous through this battle, so as to accumulate traffic and popularity.

Unfortunately, under the oppression of capital and power, those without foundations can only be crushed into dust. Not to mention the reputation gained through small gains, it is fortunate that they are not sued for defamation.

Li Ke probably did not have the opportunity to read it in front of her once.

But Zhao Manzhi was not the only one who suffered such torture.

"… Everyone knows that Mr. Zhuang is young and rich, and many beauties have been vying for him. But this time, he fell for Cinderella and was willing to go in and out of ordinary communities. The two of them were chatting and laughing in front of the car, and the public housing beauty

had beautiful legs. But Mr. Zhuang was so stingy? He didn't even buy a luxury house for his girlfriend. It seems to be 'true love'!" Lam Cheuk Man read and laughed while choking, and it took him a long time to recover, "I didn't expect that you would be scolded for being poor one day."

"It's Zhao Manzhi, who can't afford this or that all the time." Zhuang Youkai pressed his eyebrows, "Otherwise, it would be more convenient to choose a spacious house. As for being photographed there?"

"But many people commented that it was fake and scolded the media for being unethical. I don't think it needs to be deleted, because no one believes it."

Is it so ridiculous? It's so outrageous that most people think it's made up, saying that all the young models and celebrities in Hong Kong Island have been written about, so they started to make rumors about amateurs.

But some people also replied that they felt that the snapshot had a movie atmosphere, especially the hug at the car door, and it felt like they should kiss in the next second.

Zhuang Youkai paused to read the comments and raised his lips unconsciously, "Then I won't delete it."