After all, given Shen Yutong’s personality, calling Zhou Wang was a first. Normally, just sending a message was already commendable.
Last time, after she replied to Zhou Wang, she increased the frequency of her greetings a bit. However, what often left Zhou Wang helpless was that she couldn’t change her cautious nature. Her messages always began with "Am I bothering you," or if Zhou Wang didn’t reply within ten minutes, she would add a suffix like "No need to reply, I’m going to work now"...
"Hey, Tongtong?"
Hearing Zhou Wang answer the phone, the two sisters held their breath and moved lightly.
On the other end, Shen Yutong paused for a moment, seemingly unaccustomed to Zhou Wang’s affectionate address. Then she quietly said,
"Zhou Wang, did I...?"
"I’m free, and I happened to be thinking about you. You can say whatever you want and as long as you like."
"..."
Shen Yutong got stuck again.
After several seconds, Zhou Wang suddenly heard a sob. Though faint, it didn’t escape him.
"You’re crying?" Zhou Wang couldn’t help frowning.
"No, I’m not... I’m just touched... Zhou Wang, thank you."
Shen Yutong instinctively wanted to deny it but realized it would be fake, so she hurriedly explained.
"So what exactly is it?"
At this point, Zhou Wang already realized Shen Yutong probably didn’t know he was heading to White City, and this was about something else.
"Just... today I had a little conflict with another actor in the crew, and my sister..."
Shen Yutong must have rehearsed beforehand. Although she spoke hesitantly, her logic was clear, so Zhou Wang quickly understood the whole story.
"Are you saying the person who helped you... was someone named Chen He?"
Zhou Wang was slightly puzzled.
"Yes, he’s the third male lead in our drama, a straightforward and enthusiastic person. So, Zhou Wang, could you..."
"Don’t worry, I got it."
Hearing Shen Yutong’s evaluation of Chen He, Zhou Wang’s expression turned a little odd. Then he reassured Shen Yutong,
"No problem, just do your thing, I’ll handle it."
"Okay."
Shen Yutong didn’t ask how Zhou Wang would solve it. Just hearing his straightforward response made her immediately relieved.
"Then I’ll hang up first, I have something to do..."
"Okay..."
Shen Yutong became a bit disappointed.
"Oh, by the way, if you have time today, take a bath."
"Okay... huh?"
Shen Yutong was left a little confused again.
But Zhou Wang didn’t explain further, just hung up the phone.
When he rolled up his sleeves and refocused on the cards in front of him, he realized that because he had been distracted, the situation had turned irreversibly, and the two sisters were chuckling at him...
"Damn, forget it, I’ve lost..."
Zhou Wang helplessly took out his phone and sent each sister a red envelope, then signaled they could put their clothes on.
As Yun Rou and Yun Lan held their clothes, clenched their legs, and ran into the car, Zhou Wang thought for a moment, took out his phone again, and made another call.
"Hey, Ruan, there’s something you might need to be informed about..."
...
At one o’clock in the afternoon, the Costa Mona Lisa slowly drove into downtown White City. Miao Ying navigated the car into a seaside restaurant called "Day and Night Shadow."
As soon as they got out of the car, a young man dressed fashionably, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, greeted them with a big smile.
"Brother Dog, it’s been a while, but maybe because you’ve made such a stir lately, it feels like it’s been ages since I’ve seen you!"
"Hey, Wei, good to see you again."
Zhou Wang smiled and hugged him. "Sorry for having you come all the way here, but I might really need your help today."
The young man was Ruan Jinghong’s cousin, Ruan Jingwei, who had hosted Zhou Wang’s last trip to Li City, and they had kept in touch afterward.
Ruan Jingwei ran Xinghui Travel (Li City) Company, whose business also covered White City, Shangri-La, and other places. After all, these locations were all on the same route, and visitors rarely went to just one.
"Got it, no worries, Brother Dog, I’m all in to support you!"
Ruan Jinghong immediately patted his chest and said.
At this moment, a person who had been waiting in the restaurant for a while saw Costa arrive and quickly came out to greet them.
"Mr. Zhou, I’ve been longing to see you!"
From afar, the laughter of Mr. Ma from Daxia Film and Television could be heard.
"Mr. Ma..."
Zhou Wang went up to him, and after a firm handshake with Mr. Ma, he smiled and said,
"I have an unreasonable request."
"Oh?"
Mr. Ma was surprised and then laughed out loud, "Go ahead, Mr. Zhou!"
"Let’s change the director."
Zhou Wang said with a smile.