A male student with a full beard charged crazily to the very front of the crowd.
“Baby boy, I love you, I absolutely love you to death!”
But the moment he opened his mouth, his voice was even shriller than a woman’s, giving Lin Hai an instant case of goosebumps.
Holy crap, this sissy boy—does that voice of yours even match that face full of beard?
“Qiangqiang, get back here! What’s so great about this Qin Shou? He’s way worse than me!” A female student with a weird hairstyle grabbed Liu Zhiqiang by the ear and yanked him right out.
“Ouch! Boss Hong, let me go! I want to hug my baby boy!” Liu Zhiqiang struggled nonstop.
“Hug your sister! If you want a hug, hug me! Come on, I’m way softer than him.” Boss Hong gave him a smack on the back of the head.
“Haha, what a pair of goofballs.” Lin Hai laughed.
“Huh? You’re here too, you idiot?” Boss Hong spotted Lin Hai and dragged Liu Zhiqiang by the ear as she squeezed over.
“Whoa, what are you trying to do?” Lin Hai quickly got into a defensive stance, ready for anything.
“What are you so worked up about? You think in my eyes you’re better than a dog?” Boss Hong curled her lip in disdain.
Damn! Lin Hai’s face went dark. He actually got dissed.
“By the way, where’s your dog? When are you gonna bring him out for me to play with?”
“If I really bring him out, who ends up playing with who is anybody’s guess.” Lin Hai pursed his lips.
“Fine by me! I’ve never been played by a dog before. I wouldn’t mind giving it a try.”
Pfft! That was way too fierce. Was she even a woman?
Lin Hai was completely speechless.
“My dear fans, how are you all? I love you!” At that moment, Qin Shou walked over, surrounded by a group of bodyguards. He smiled and kept blowing kisses to his fans, oozing with charm.
“Qin Shou! Qin Shou! I love you to death!”
“Baby boy, I made these underpants for you with my own hands! You’ve gotta try them on!”
“Baby boy, Room 438 at Hanting Hotel—I’ll be waiting for you!!!”
Every move Qin Shou made tugged at the hearts of these girls. A single gentle kiss blown their way sent the crowd into another frenzy.
“Hmm?” Lin Hai suddenly noticed that at the regular exit of the airport, a group of soldiers in peacekeeping uniforms was walking out in an orderly fashion.
But around them, it was strangely quiet.
Aside from a few military officers in uniform and some female soldiers holding flowers welcoming them, along with a banner that read “Welcome Home, Our Peacekeeping Heroes,” there were only a few elderly people standing by and watching.
Lin Hai couldn’t help but let out a sigh. A mere entertainer, and he was more popular than returning heroes.
What the hell was wrong with this nation?
“Thank you all for your enthusiasm. To show my gratitude to my dear fans, I’ve decided to pick ten fans on the spot to have dinner with me tonight.”
The moment Qin Shou finished speaking, the fans went absolutely berserk.
“Baby boy! Pick me, pick me!!!”
“Baby boy! Over here! I can play instruments, sing, do it all…”
“Baby boy! I’ve got mad skills. You won’t regret picking me!!!”
…
Pfft!
Lin Hai shook his head helplessly. What the hell was all this? And “mad skills”? Were they picking escorts or something?
“Qin Shou, pick me, pick me!!!”
“Whoa!” A screech right next to Lin Hai’s ear nearly burst his eardrum.
Turning to look at Lin Yun’s burning gaze, Lin Hai felt like his sister might have lost her mind.
“This fan right here, you’re very lucky—you get to be the first beauty to have dinner with me.” Qin Shou suddenly raised an eyebrow at a sexy woman dressed in revealing clothes.
“Ah! Is it me? I got picked! I got picked!” The woman covered her mouth with both hands, so excited she could barely contain herself.
A bodyguard reached out and pulled the woman into the circle. Qin Shou wrapped his arm around her bare shoulder, gently stroking it. The woman was so happy she burst into tears on the spot and nearly fainted.
“Congratulations, you’re number two!”
“You, number three!”
“This beauty, you’re very lucky—number four!”
…
Qin Shou kept pointing at fans in the crowd, and every time he pointed at someone, that person would let out a shriek and cry tears of joy.
As for those who hadn’t been picked, with the number of spots dwindling, each of them trembled with tension, not even daring to breathe loudly.
“You, number eight.”
“This beauty, number nine is yours.”
“One spot left. Let’s see which lucky lady will get the final bit of fortune.” Qin Shou paused and scanned the crowd with his eyes.
“Pick me, baby boy!!”
“Baby boy, pick me, please, I’m begging you!”
“Baby boy, I specially got all clean this morning, so pick me already!”
With only one chance left, the fans went wild, staring at Qin Shou with desperate eyes and screaming at the top of their lungs.
“Hmm?” Qin Shou’s gaze suddenly stopped on Lin Yun.
“Congratulations, my lucky goddess—you’ve got the last spot.”
“Ah! Aaaaaah! You mean me?” Lin Yun covered her mouth, trembling with excitement, hardly able to believe it.
“That’s right, you! The last lucky one.” Qin Shou gave a gentle smile.
“Brother! I got picked! I got picked, you hear that, Brother!!!” Lin Yun seemed to have gone crazy, tugging at Lin Hai’s arm, her little face flushed red.
“Ah.” Lin Hai let out a sigh. It was just having dinner together, was it really that big a deal?
“Then go ahead.” Lin Hai waved his hand at Lin Yun. After all, with so many fans around, the fact that Lin Yun got picked was pretty lucky in itself.
The ten fans, along with Qin Shou, were surrounded by bodyguards and, under the envious, jealous, and hateful gazes of countless fans, left the airport. They got onto a Toyota Coaster and drove off.
“Baby boy, why didn’t you pick me? I truly love you from the bottom of my heart! I’m so heartbroken, boohoo…”
“What are you crying for? Didn’t you see he only picked pretty girls? Come on, let’s hit the arcade.” Liu Zhiqiang was crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, but Boss Hong grabbed him by the ear and dragged him away.
The speaker didn’t mean anything by it, but the listener took it to heart. Boss Hong’s words suddenly made Lin Hai alert.
Damn it. All ten people Qin Shou picked were indeed beautiful women. Not a single guy or average-looking girl in the bunch. Could this guy have some ulterior motive?
If that were the case, wouldn’t Yunyun be at risk?
But soon, Lin Hai shook his head again.
After all, Qin Shou was somewhat of a public figure, and it wasn’t like Yunyun was going alone. Nothing should happen.
Besides, picking pretty women to have dinner with was only natural. If it were him, he wouldn’t pick a bunch of rough guys or ugly women either—that would just kill his appetite.
With that thought, Lin Hai felt relieved. He got in his car and left the airport.
Tianhui International Hotel was decked out with festive decorations out front. On the lobby’s LED screen, big red letters read: “Warm Welcome to the Judges of the 6th Jiangnan City Youth Singing Competition—Staying at Tianhui International Hotel.” A few security guards stood rigidly at the entrance, looking extremely tense.
“Squeal!” The sound of brakes rang out as the Coaster came to a stop. A security guard hurried over to open the door.
“Ladies, please head to your rooms to rest. See you tonight.” Qin Shou said goodbye to the ten fans and left under the guidance of hotel staff.
Lin Yun, along with the other girls, was led by an attendant to their rooms to rest. Soon, the girls started chattering excitedly, and every word out of their mouths was about Qin Shou.
Qin Shou followed the staff all the way up to the fourth floor. As he stepped out of the elevator, he nearly collided with a young man at the corner.
“Damn it, are you blind or what, you—” Qin Shou had only gotten half his curse out before he swallowed the rest. Then he put on a groveling smile.
“Mr. Meng, Mr. Meng! You’re here too?”
