Chapter 168 Let Them Explode

Xu Ya was startled by Zheng Lei's smile, and then blurted out: "You want to ask Xia Anruo for money?"

"..."

Zheng Lei's meaningful smile froze on his face.

It was the first time that he was choked by someone's words. He was stunned for a long time before he said unhappily: "Why do I need money? I want songs! Xia Anruo has so many excellent songs. You can make a lot of money if you get a few of them. Your popularity can also return to the peak. By then, you won't be much worse than Xia Anruo."

"Will she agree? Besides, weren't all her songs written by Tudou? If Tudou doesn't agree, threatening Xia Anruo will be useless." Xu Ya was a little tempted after hearing this, but she felt it was unreliable.

"Don't worry, Potato won't be unwilling." Zheng Lei sat back in his chair confidently.

"Why?" Xu Ya was a little confused about Zheng Lei's inexplicable confidence.

Zheng Lei raised the corner of his mouth and said leisurely: "Because if I guess correctly, this Chu Ze should be Potato!"

Chu Ze is a potato? !
Xu Ya's eyes widened when she heard this: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Nine out of ten, but there's no evidence." Zheng Lei crossed his legs.

If he was still skeptical before, now he can say that he is basically certain.

Some time ago, Zheng Lei discovered that the author of Xia Anruo's song "Legend" was Chu Ze. After the song became a hit, the name Chu Ze disappeared, and was replaced by Tudou.

At first, no one could possibly connect Chu Ze with potatoes. They just thought Chu Ze was a composer with a flash of inspiration. It was not until the later "Sunny Day" that the name Chu Ze appeared in Zheng Lei's eyes again.

It is obvious that Chu Ze is not the kind of contestant who would run out of ideas after writing one song. Why would such a person never cooperate with Xia Anruo again after only working with her once?
This is obviously a suspicious point.

It would be fine if there was a conflict or something like that, but now it turns out that these two are in a relationship, so what kind of conflict could there be? Will there be a conflict next time?

Spear and shield every day.

My boyfriend can write songs but I don't let him do it. Instead, I find a mysterious potato. This is not normal no matter how I think about it.

And if Chu Ze is a potato, this logic makes sense.

"No wonder I said this potato is so mysterious. Xia Anruo is hiding it so deeply. It seems like she is hiding a beautiful girl in a golden house, and she has a little boyfriend." Xu Ya smiled sarcastically, and these words actually solved the doubts she had always had.

"This Chu Ze hasn't even graduated from university yet. Does this mean that Xia Anruo has found or is supporting a male college student? If this news gets out, haha..." Zheng Lei didn't say anything else after saying this, but just laughed.

Xu Ya and Zheng Lei both knew that this was certainly not a case of keeping a mistress, but if this kind of news was exaggerated and misleading, Xia Anruo's reputation would probably be ruined.

"That bitch Xia Anruo is finally in my hands this time." Xu Ya clenched her fists. She felt so relieved for the first time.

"Leave this matter to me, don't worry about it." Zheng Lei said.

"Okay, I don't care what you do, as long as I see Xia Anruo ruined in the end." Xu Ya looked at Zheng Lei deeply and did not object.

She still trusts Zheng Lei, at least he is better than herself at this kind of thing.

……

Chu Ze and his group rarely come to Su City, so they decide to play here for two more days before returning to school.

A group of people were walking and chatting in the ancient town. Chu Wanqing and Chu Ze deliberately fell at the back of the group, talking in low voices.

"Has sister-in-law left today?" Chu Wanqing asked.

"At this time, they should have boarded the plane to Shenzhen. I estimate they will arrive in about an hour." Chu Ze raised his hand to look at his watch. It was almost noon.

Xia Anruo's flight is at 8 o'clock in the morning. It will take more than four hours to fly, and she should be arriving soon.

"So soon, I didn't even have a good conversation with my sister-in-law this time..." Chu Wanqing was a little unhappy.

"It's not like you don't have her phone number. If you want to chat, just call her."

"How can a phone call be the same as a face-to-face meeting? Besides, my sister-in-law is usually so busy, I dare not call her casually to disturb her." Chu Wanqing pouted, and suddenly thought of something, "By the way, did you sneak out to meet your sister-in-law last night?"

"Huh? How did you know? You stayed up late at night and secretly monitored me?" Chu Ze was stunned.

"No, I knew it right away. My sister-in-law left early this morning. If you want to see her privately, you can only do it in the middle of the night, right?" Chu Wanqing reasoned reasonably.

"Then how do you know that I will definitely go to see her?" Chu Ze asked curiously.

"I don't believe you can hold it in." Chu Wanqing stuck out her tongue and made a face.

"..."

Indeed, your brother is young and hot-tempered. He has been a little irritable recently and needs to find your sister-in-law to help him cool down.

However, when this was mentioned, Chu Ze was also thinking about what happened last night. He didn't know if he was secretly photographed last night. He hoped that everyone was okay.

He also paid special attention to the news about Xia Anruo on Weibo today, but he has not found any news that has exposed them.

After Xia Anruo got off the plane, Liao Qing was also paying attention to the news on the Internet.

"There is no related news so far, but at least it's good news." Liao Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

This shows that the photo was not taken by a passerby, otherwise such explosive news would have been released overnight.

The current situation is that either Xia Anruo heard it wrong last night, or the person who took the photos had other intentions, perhaps asking for hush money or something like that.

That would be easy if it were true.

Problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

"Has anyone contacted you?" Xia Anruo asked casually.

"not yet……"

Just as Liao Qing was saying this, his cell phone beeped and an email came into his mailbox.

The email had no title, only a few attachments. When I opened the attachments, they were photos of Xia Anruo and Chu Ze from last night.

Liao Qing's expression changed, and he was about to show it to Xia Anruo, when at the same time a scream was heard.

At the exit, there was already a large group of fans and reporters blocking the door. They were there to pick her up after knowing Xia Anruo's schedule.

Liao Qing could only put away his phone and watch Xia Anruo go over to greet the fans, sign a few autographs, and then go out and get on the business car that had been arranged long ago, leaving the airport for the hotel.

Only when they were some distance away from the airport did Liao Qing take out his cell phone and show Xia Anruo the photos that had just been sent in the email.

"Look at these... You didn't hear it wrong last night, it was really photographed." Liao Qing said with a helpless tone.

No matter how hard we tried, we still couldn't prevent it.

She couldn't understand how someone could sneak in and take the photos?
Xu Min said later that she couldn't figure out how the other party slipped in...

You have no idea what's going on. It was you who put it in there.

Xia Anruo slid her fingers across the screen and looked through them carefully for a while: "These photos are quite nice and beautiful." "Is this what you are focusing on now?"

"What I mean is that these photos are so good that they must have been taken by professional paparazzi. A mobile phone can't produce such an effect." Xia Anruo explained, and then she didn't know what she thought of. Her nimble jade fingers operated on Liao Qing's mobile phone and shared these photos directly to herself on WeChat.

She remembered that she seemed to have never taken a photo with Chu Ze. This time the paparazzi took it for them. It looked pretty good, which saved them a lot of trouble.

Look, she even has to thank us.

"Since he sent the email, it means he must have a purpose. Ask him how much money he wants and give it to him." After saving the photos, Xia Anruo returned the phone to Liao Qing.

"Okay, let me ask."

Liao Qing immediately replied to the email and asked the other party what conditions would allow them to delete the photos.

After a few minutes, Liao Qing did not receive a reply, but instead received a strange phone call.

"Hello, who are you?" Liao Qing picked up the phone.

"Hello, Miss Liao. I'm Zheng Lei from Guanghui Entertainment. I wonder if you have heard of me?" A hearty male voice came from the microphone.

Liao Qing frowned, thought for a while, and had a rough impression. He quickly said politely, "It turns out to be Mr. Zheng from Guanghui Entertainment. What is the matter with you calling me?"

"Ms. Liao, have you seen the photos I just sent you?" Zheng Lei said straight to the point.

Liao Qing understood immediately and asked in a deep voice, "Did you take these photos? As the vice president of an entertainment company, are you trying to do this?"

"Ms. Liao seems to have misunderstood. I got these photos by chance. Someone came to me and wanted to trade them for money, so I bought them." Zheng Lei said with a smile.

Of course Liao Qing couldn't believe his lies.

Since Zheng Lei revealed his identity right away and felt confident, he naturally would not admit that he did it.

"So what do you want?" Liao Qing didn't want to listen to his nonsense.

"Don't be so aggressive. I think your An Ruo should thank me."

"Thank you?" Liao Qing almost laughed out of anger when he heard this.

"If I hadn't bought these photos, I wouldn't know who that person would sell them to. I don't know what that person would do with these photos. After all, not everyone is as kind as me." Zheng Lei said it in a high-sounding manner, and it sounded quite reasonable.

"Since President Zheng is so kind, what's the meaning of sending that email?" Liao Qing sneered.

"Just a kind reminder to you. You just got involved in a scandal because of the couple watches not long ago, and now you've been photographed secretly dating. You are too careless." Zheng Lei's words sounded somewhat sarcastic to Liao Qing.

But we have to admit that it was indeed their mistake.

"Mr. Zheng, please just say what you want to say. What conditions do you want for you to delete these photos?" Liao Qing asked directly.

"Don't say it so harshly, as if I'm blackmailing you with the photos." Zheng Lei said with a smile.

"Isn't it?" Liao Qing asked with a sneer.

"I'm here to discuss cooperation with you." Zheng Lei said calmly.

"Cooperation? What cooperation?"

"I'd like to ask An Ruo to sell us some good songs."

“Selling songs?”

"Yes, I don't ask for much. How about ten excellent songs?" Zheng Lei said in a light tone.

When Liao Qing heard this, he took a breath.

You are really asking for too much. You big shots can just say it is a threat, but you have to call it cooperation. Does it sound better?

These are ten great songs, why not grab them?

It is hard to say how many singers have ten excellent songs in their lifetime.

But since the other party had the upper hand, Liao Qing suppressed the urge to curse and said sarcastically, "Boss Zheng must have made a mistake. Our An Ruo is not a singer-songwriter. How could she sell you any songs?"

"Miss Liao, you must be joking. It's obvious to all that An Ruo has sung so many excellent songs this year. It shouldn't be difficult for her to sell us a few of her good songs, right?"

"Mr. Zheng is so concerned about our An Ruo, you should know that these songs were written by Tu Dou, right? It seems that you have found the wrong person to buy songs from our An Ruo."

"I know, but I think looking for Tu Dou and looking for An Ruo should be the same." Zheng Lei changed the subject and said something with hidden meaning.

"What do you mean?" Liao Qing frowned, and he also heard that he seemed to be hinting at something.

"It's okay for you to understand. If Tudou doesn't work, don't we still have Chu Ze? It's the same anyway. He can write songs, can't he?" He didn't say anything clearly, but Zheng Lei emphasized the last few words.

Liao Qing's face changed when he heard this, but he still tried to remain calm: "I still don't understand what Mr. Zheng means."

"Forget it if you don't understand. I bought these photos with good intentions and wanted to discuss cooperation with An Ruo, because I think this is a win-win situation. We get the song, and you have less trouble." Zheng Lei paused and said, "But since you have no intention, then I certainly can't do a loss-making business. After all, these photos cost me a lot of money. I'm not a charity. I can only see if there is any media that wants it so that I can get my money back..."

"Wait!" Liao Qing understood Zheng Lei's naked threat and interrupted him directly.

She took a deep breath and continued slowly: "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to discuss it with An Ruo."

"Okay, I'll wait for good news." Zheng Lei chuckled and hung up the phone.

Liao Qing put down his phone, took a long breath, and looked at Xia Anruo beside him.

"What's wrong?" Xia Anruo frowned. She could tell from Liao Qing's words that the situation was definitely not good.

"Let's talk about it when we get to the hotel." Liao Qing glanced at the driver and shook his head.

After half an hour.

The vehicle arrived at the hotel, and Xia Anruo and the other two entered the room. Liao Qing locked the door and then repeated to Xia Anruo exactly what Zheng Lei had said to her.

"Zheng Lei? Is he the vice president of Guanghui Entertainment? Isn't that Xu Ya's company?" Xia Anruo felt disgusted when she heard the name.

This Xu Ya really kept staring at her.

"It looks like Xu Ya is messing with you again, Sister An Ruo." Xu Min said angrily.

"I guess they arranged for someone to follow me in and take these photos secretly. They wanted to find something to hold against me to blackmail me." Xia Anruo nodded.

"What should we do now? Should we really ask Teacher Chu Ze to write a song for them?" Xu Min asked.

"What can we do now that they have caught us? Unless we don't care about them exposing the information." Liao Qing also sighed.

This kind of thing is indeed tricky.

Upon hearing this, Xia Anruo walked to the bedside and slowly sat down. She closed her eyes and pondered for a while. Then she opened her beautiful eyes with determination, as if she had made a decision:
"Then let them explode."

(End of this chapter)