Chapter 158 - The Story Between The Female Celebrity And The Male Assistant That Must Be Shared
Hongqiao Hilton might be a five-star hotel, but it was nothing stellar compared to the many hotels under the Hilton Group. The price of a night at the Conrad was double the price of Hongqiao Hilton’s.
After all, there were differences between normal five-star hotels and luxury five-star hotels.
After Su Yang got out of his basement, he Baidu-ed the address and found out the shortest route via public transport. He got onto the subway and then the bus to reach his destination.
Maybe because Shanghai was filled with luxury buildings, the international five-star hotel did not look special except for the glass-filled lobby.
Su Yang reached the lobby, sat down on the couch, and sent a message to Lin Jiali. [I’m in the lobby.]
Lin Jiali replied right away: [Hold on.’]
A while later, she came out from a glass-filled corridor on Su Yang’s left. She looked around the lobby, and eventually, her gaze landed on him.
She wanted to smile at him when she saw him, but maybe because she was troubled by something, she could not smile naturally, hence she forced a stiff and bitter smile which was even uglier than her sobbing.
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In the next two days, Lin Jiali really chatted with him three more times.
The conversation would usually start with something normal like “good morning” and end with “good night” as if the idol was caring for a fan.
She became funnier as she went on like how she complained about how tiring her job was and how she went out every morning with high spirit as if she was ready to take on the entire world.
However, when she came back from work every night, the world conquered her instead of the other way around. Besides auditioning for a role but failing, she worked on a recording for a certain show but no one knew the show at all. She had a feeling that after a whole day of hard work, she gained nothing in the end.
Even though Su Yang was not interested in her life, he was very interested when the number of chats increased rapidly.
Two days later, the number of chats had increased from six to nine, and he was one more chat away from completing the Bronze Mission. He was looking forward to the next chat that would end this series of missions.
To his surprise, before Lin Jiali came to him, he welcomed another good news from Deeny: the new app was done and he could probably earn Point Coins again.
[1] A popular phrase from “Dream of the Red Chamber”. The expression is used in modern Chinese to describe someone usually simple and unsophisticated, who is overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings.