thefictionvixens Chapter 54 Oda: Something Feels Wrong
Chapter 54 Oda: Something Feels Wrong
Lin Feng immediately messaged Li Yi: "Have the PR department promote Yi Tong's dance video, buy some related trending topics, and encourage casual viewers to participate."
"Received!" Li Yi replied instantly.
After finishing all that, it was already dark. Tian Xi rubbed her stomach and said pitifully, "Brother Feng, I'm hungry again. Let's go eat hot pot?"
"Let's go," Lin Feng said, picking up the car keys.
The hot pot restaurant was still bustling, with Tian Xiwei eating the most heartily, her chopsticks never stopping, muttering to herself, "This tripe is so crispy! Brother Feng, you have to try it!"
Li Yitong picked up a piece of shrimp paste for her: "Eat slowly, don't burn yourself."
Tian Xiwei was so engrossed in devouring the meat in the pot that she leaned back in her chair with satisfaction, her stomach bulging as she ate. "I'm so full... I can't walk anymore."
"I'll take you back to your hotel." Lin Feng paid the bill.
Upon arriving at the hotel entrance, Tian Xiwei suddenly looked up and asked Li Yitong, "Sister Yitong, where are you staying?"
Li Yitong paused for two seconds, then subconsciously said, "I rented a single room."
"Oh." Tian Xiwei didn't think much of it, waved, and said, "Then let's go upstairs. Goodnight, Brother Feng and Sister Yitong!"
"Good night."
Only after the car drove away from the hotel did Li Yitong breathe a sigh of relief, turning her head to ask Lin Feng, "Do you think... Xiao Tian figured something out?"
"So what if they can tell?" Lin Feng said casually, gripping the steering wheel. "We're both single."
"You're so carefree," Li Yitong said reproachfully. "That girl Xiaotian has been close to you since she was little. If she knew we were together, who knows what kind of trouble she would cause."
"What's the big deal?"
"No, we can't let her know now." Li Yitong frowned. "The movie promotion is about to start, and it wouldn't be good if she threw a tantrum and it affected my work. I think... I should rent another place outside, so she won't see us."
"what ever."
Not long after returning to his rented apartment, Lin Feng's phone rang; it was a video call from Tian Xiwei.
"Brother Feng, have you arrived yet?" Tian Xiwei's hair was messy on the screen, and she had a satisfied look on her face after eating.
"Just arrived." Raymond Lam turned the camera around. "What's up?"
"It's nothing, just asking."
"Get some rest, we're going out to play tomorrow."
"Oh, right. You should get some rest. We're going to climb the Great Wall tomorrow!" Tian Xi waved and hung up the phone.
Lin Feng had just put down his phone when Li Yitong's phone rang; it was Tian Xiwei again.
"Oh no, she's definitely suspicious!" Li Yitong exclaimed in alarm, rushing to the second bedroom while turning back to warn, "Whatever you do, don't make a sound!"
She closed the door, took a deep breath, and answered the phone: "Weiwei, what's wrong?"
"Sister Yitong, are you home yet?" Tian Xiwei's voice came through the receiver.
"We're here. Your brother Feng just dropped me off downstairs." Li Yitong tried to make her voice sound natural.
"Oh," Tian Xi paused slightly, "Sister Yitong, why is your room so empty? There's not much stuff in there?"
Li Yitong's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly made up an excuse: "I've been running around doing events lately, and I haven't had time to pack a lot of things. Besides, I'm planning to move to a bigger house, so I've already packed a lot of things."
"I see," Tian Xiwei didn't ask any more questions. "Then you should get some rest. You're going to climb the Great Wall tomorrow."
"Okay, you should go to bed early too."
After hanging up the phone, Li Yitong leaned against the door, letting out a long sigh, her heart still pounding. She walked out of the second bedroom and saw Lin Feng leaning against the sofa, laughing. She was furious: "Still laughing! We almost got caught!"
"What are you afraid of?" Lin Feng pulled her to sit down. "Even if they find out, the sky won't fall."
"You don't understand," Li Yitong nudged his arm. "That girl Xiaotian seems carefree, but she's actually very thoughtful. If she knew we were together, who knows what she'd think."
Lin Feng held her hand: "Alright, don't worry. We'll climb the Great Wall tomorrow. If she has fun, she won't have time to overthink things."
Meanwhile, in her hotel room, Tian Xiwei hung up the phone, but her brows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" Liu Haochun asked as he came out of the bathroom.
"Haochun, I have a feeling something's not right." Tian Xi sat cross-legged on the bed. "Don't you think... Brother Feng and Sister Yitong's relationship is a bit too intimate?"
Liu Haochun's heart skipped a beat, but he pretended to be calm and asked, "How did you get intimate?"
"When we were eating hot pot just now, Feng was peeling shrimp for Yitong!" Tian Xiwei said. "And when we were practicing dance at the company, Feng kept staring at Yitong and smiling. His gaze was... weird."
The more she talked, the more she felt something was wrong: "And Sister Yitong said she lives in a single room, but when I looked at her room in the video just now, it didn't look like anyone lived there long-term at all; it was empty."
Liu Haochun's heart was in her throat. She had gone out with Lin Feng alone for a day last time, but she hadn't told Tian Xiwei about it. If Tian Xiwei found out, she would definitely blame her.
She composed herself and advised, "Maybe you're overthinking it, Brother Feng. We peeled shrimp for the two of us too, and it's normal for them to have a good relationship after all, they've worked together for so long."
"Really?" Tian Xi hesitated slightly. "But I always feel..."
"Okay, stop thinking about it!" Liu Haochun quickly changed the subject. "We're going to climb the Great Wall tomorrow, so we have to get up early. What should we bring? Sunscreen is a must, the sun is so strong; and water and snacks too, we'll definitely get hungry climbing the Great Wall..."
Sure enough, the mention of climbing the Great Wall immediately drew Tian Xiwei's attention: "Oh right! I need to find my sneakers, otherwise I won't be able to climb; I also need to bring a hat, otherwise I'll get a tan..."
She pulled out her backpack and started stuffing things inside: "Haochun, do you have any extra sunscreen? I think I forgot to bring it."
"Yes, we'll use it together then."
"Very good!"
The two began discussing tomorrow's itinerary. Tian Xiwei gradually put her earlier doubts behind her and chattered on and on, her eyes full of anticipation for climbing the Great Wall.
Seeing her excited expression, Liu Haochun breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little uneasy. She hoped that Sister Xue and Lin Feng were really not involved, and at the same time, she didn't want Xiao Tian to discover her feelings.
"Haochun, what are you thinking about?" Tian Xi gently nudged her. "Tomorrow we must climb to the top and take lots of pictures!"
"Okay, sure." Liu Haochun smiled, suppressing his complicated emotions.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Tian Xiwei woke Liu Haochun up. "Get up, get up! We're going to climb the Great Wall!"
After they finished washing up, the two went downstairs, where Lin Feng and Li Yitong were already waiting in the lobby.
"Let's go," Lin Feng said with a smile, "Let's go early, there will be fewer people."
As the car drove towards the Badaling Great Wall, upon arriving at its foot, she gazed at the winding, undulating walls and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! It's so magnificent! Much more breathtaking than the pictures!"
"Let's go," Lin Feng said, taking the lead in climbing up. "Let's try to get to the eighth floor of the north building."
When they first started climbing, Tian Xiwei was full of energy and ran in the lead the way, not forgetting to turn around and take pictures of them.
But after climbing to the fourth floor on the north side, she was exhausted and leaned against the city wall, panting heavily: "I can't... I'm too tired..."
"Take a break," Lin Feng said, handing over a bottle of water. "Climb slowly, no rush."