A few minutes later, Nan Xing and Ning Ran accompanied Zheng Lunlun who was now wearing a mask to the parking lot and was about to get in the car.
Feng Minsheng who had been lurking in the parking lot immediately took out his phone and made a call, reporting what he saw to the person on the other line as soon as he saw Ning Ran come out.
There were too many cars in the parking lot, so Ning Ran and Nan Xing didn’t notice that someone was watching them.
As soon as the car drove out of the parking lot, Zheng Lunlun cried out in joy. He was too excited as he hadn’t come out for a long time.
Seeing Zheng Lunlun so happy also made Ning Ran and Nan Xing happy.
“I’ve made a reservation at the hotpot restaurant. We’ll have a seafood hotpot! However, because of our late notice, the boss had already accepted too many reservations so he couldn’t clear the place for us. But, he promised to give us the best private room. That’s fine with you two, right?”
“Only rich people like you would book the entire restaurant for a meal. I’m fine with it since no one there would recognize me anyway.” Ning Ran said.
“My main concern is Lunlun. He’s a huge star and if he gets discovered, things could go very badly, so we must protect him well. If anything happens to him while we take him out for a meal, we would have a hard time explaining it to my brother.” Nan Xing was still somewhat worried.
“It is fine.” Zheng Lunlun on the other hand, seemed rather calm.
When they arrived at the restaurant, they found it to be very crowded.
After parking the car, the manager guided them into the restaurant through the back door towards their private room that was prepared for them beforehand.
After entering the private room, Zheng Lunlun took off his mask and let out a deep breath.
Ning Ran too, let out a sigh of relief as they were finally safe.
Zheng Lunlun grabbed the tablet and ordered a lot of dishes which soon filled the table.
The environment was still alright. Each person had a pot and the candles used were specially made. They exuded a fragrance and there was almost no smoke.
Zheng Lunlun wolfed down his food as he had been having bland food in the hospital for too long.
Ning Ran kept looking at her watch from time to time as she had to go pick up the kids so she couldn’t stay for too long.
They heard knocking on the door and thought it was the waiter so they told them to come in.
But when the door opened, a few young girls came rushing in and started taking pictures of them with Zheng Lunlun.
“What are you doing?! Stop taking pictures!” Nan Xing quickly stood up and tried to stop them.
“It really is you, Lunlun! Where did you go when you disappeared again recently? Are you leaving the entertainment industry?” Someone started to ask.
Another girl started live streaming, “Dear friends, I was having hotpot with my sisters today, and came across a treasure! Look who it is next to me! It’s the Beauty Zheng!”
Ning Ran was confused. Encountering an entertainment news reporter and a live streamer here? Why are we so unlucky today?
How did these people know that Zheng Lunlun is here?
Realizing that they were now appearing live on the internet, Ning Ran motioned at Nan Xing to calm down.
“Now that you’re here, how about we eat together?” Ning Ran invited them with a smile.
“You’re Ms. Ding, right? I remember you had some gossip with Lunlun and even ended up on the hot topic searches. What is your relationship with him?” The entertainment news reporter suddenly asked.
“Friends, we’ve always been good friends.” Ning Ran said calmly.
“Lunlun, she says you are friends. Is that true? Are you two boyfriend and girlfriend? Or some other type of friend?” She pressed on.
Zheng Lunlun dared not speak, and Ning Ran gave him a look of encouragement.
Zheng Lunlun took a deep breath and said, “We are friends.”
His limit was three words, any more and he would start stuttering.
“You mean boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“The normal kind.”
Ning Ran let out a sigh of relief. Luckily Zheng Lunlun was not stupid and knew to use three word answers to handle the situation.
“Then how is Sir Chen related to you?”
These people probably mistook Nan Xing as Nan Chen. Not everyone was familiar with their iconic black suit and white suit preferences, after all.
“We are friends.” Ning Ran responded calmly.
“Ms. Ding, rumors on the internet say you cheated on Sir Chen, stole Luo Fei’s boyfriend and got rid of her. Is that true?”
“That’s nonsense. We are all friends. I didn’t get rid of anyone nor did I cheat.”
Ning Ran wasn’t sure if this person was a journalist, an internet celebrity or just a keyboard warrior.
So, she forced herself to keep calm in order to not make the situation worse.
“Sir Chen, did you get rid of Luo Fei and make her disappear from the entertainment industry for good because you took a liking to Ms. Ding?
“Don’t believe that nonsense! There is no such thing!” Nan Xing was starting to get impatient as well.
An otherwise nice hotpot dinner had been ruined by these people rushing in and bombarding them with questions rudely. Nan Xing was already losing his temper at that point.
“Then what is going on? Please explain, Sir Chen. Why has Luo Fei suddenly disappeared? Where has she gone?”
“Miss, we’re having a meal here, and this is our private room and space. Isn’t it too much of you to just barge in and question us like that?” Ning Ran asked.
She realized a problem. These people had come prepared and wouldn’t give up easily.
She was going to be polite to them but they only seemed to become more aggressive, like a typical shameless person.
“Ms. Ding, please answer my question.” That person wasn’t backing off in the slightest.
“We’re eating right now. We’ll talk about your questions during work. I have no obligations to answer your questions right now! Please leave.” Ning Ran was losing her temper.
There are always nasty people causing trouble. You give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.
“Look, everyone! Someone’s mad and trying to kick us out! Isn’t she polite? She became a third wheel and yet she’s acting so self-righteous……” The streamer started her act.
The effects of the livestream was clearly great, as a barrage of likes and comments appeared on the screen.
It was already considered amazing if someone like Zheng Lunlun or Nan Xing were to appear in a livestream. Now the both of them were appearing live on the same stream with a beautiful woman, which made the livestream even better than ever.
Netizens had started to criticize Ning Ran.
There were simply too many brainless young people on the internet these days. They didn’t care about the truth and would start cursing as soon as someone starts a scene like this.
“Look, everyone! This woman is the third wheel who got between Luo Fei and Sir Chen! Now she’s even shamelessly gotten together with Lunlun! I wonder if they’re here today to discuss their relationship……” The streamer had started to attack them personally!
Lunlun could not stand it anymore. He stood up, grabbed the streamer’s phone and threw it into the boiling hotpot.
Everyone was stunned and there was a brief moment of silence.
