I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Nine o'clock.

Qin Yunshang suddenly panicked: "The hotel stops offering free breakfast at 10 o'clock!"

Chen Ya said, "Do you still need to eat this?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qin Yunshang rolled her eyes at him. "Hurry up, get out, I need to change my clothes."

Chen Ya was pushed out the door and was about to leave when Qin Yunshang's room door opened again, and she ran out and grabbed him.

"What are you doing?" Qin Yunshang asked him, glaring at him.

"Didn't you tell me to leave?" Chen Ya said.

"I told you to wait outside, not to leave! Wait for me!"

Qin Yunshang looked at Chen Ya as if he were a good-for-nothing virgin who couldn't even go on a date.

"So that's what you meant."

Qin Yunshang pointed at him: "Stand outside the door and don't leave. You'll take me to eat later. I feel bad eating alone."

After saying that, she slammed the door shut.

Chen Ya stood outside the door, looking at the silent corridor, and suddenly realized that if someone he knew saw him standing at Qin Yunshang's door so early in the morning, wouldn't it be easy for them to misunderstand?

Just as I was thinking about this, I suddenly heard a noise from the door across the way. Then the door opened, and Jin Lan came out. The two met face to face.

For a moment, both of them felt a little awkward.

Jin Lan stared intently at him, stuffed the room key into her back pocket, said nothing, and slowly left.

She walked to the elevator entrance outside the porch, but then, as if remembering something, she turned back and stood in front of Chen Ya.

"What do you want to do?" Chen Ya asked, looking at Jin Lan's provocative expression, wondering what kind of trouble this woman was up to now.

However, Jin Lan is no longer in his group, so her antics won't affect him anymore, and he's not too worried.

Jin Lan gave him a provocative look, then said coldly:

"Oh, you're here so early in the morning to report on the composition to Miss Yunshang'er?"

Chen Ya replied nonchalantly, "Of course, the early bird catches the worm."

Jin Lan couldn't help but sarcastically remark, "You're the only one who's stupid, okay? Yun Shang'er is being dragged down by you."

Chen Ya said, "You should know who's the biggest drag on the team!"

Jin Lan knew he was about to say she sang off-key again, but she had now learned to ignore criticism from Chen Liang and said:

"You're reporting so early? Why didn't you come to my room to report when we were in the same group?"

Chen Ya almost rolled her eyes: "Not much boobs, but quite the grand entrance. You want to hear reports from above?"

Jin Lan clenched her fists and said, "You're just playing favorites! Yun Shang'er is famous, so you fawn over her, but I'm not as famous as others, so you try to manipulate me like crazy!"

Chen Ya was initially too lazy to pay attention to her, but he couldn't stand Jin Lan's inexplicable confidence, so he said:

"You're not inferior in terms of fame, but in terms of singing skills, looks, and figure, you're not as good as others."

Jin Lan was deeply shocked. She clutched her chest, unable to breathe for a long time before finally saying:

"It's unbelievable. You lie without batting an eye. I don't believe a word you say anymore."

Believe it or not, it's up to you.

"Hmph! Talking to you is like casting pearls before swine!"

Jin Lan clenched her fists, turned around, and left.

After walking a few steps, he turned back.

She was mainly seething with anger, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

She felt she had lost the argument because she hadn't gained the upper hand. But she couldn't just admit defeat like that.

She returned and pointed at Chen Ya, saying:

"Look at you, standing here pitifully like a dog waiting at someone's door, and they don't even acknowledge you. If it were me, I wouldn't do this, okay?"

Chen Ya nodded, a rare occurrence: "Yes, that's right, I won't wait at your door like this."

Jin Lan's temples bulged with veins: "Is that what I meant? I meant, it's shameful to fawn over others who look down on you!"

“What do you mean you look down on me? Not everyone is like you,” Chen Ya said. “I’m waiting for her to change her clothes. Don’t stand here. People who don’t know better will think we’re close.”

Her face flushed with gold, blue, and red, she stomped her foot angrily, turned around, and left.

Not long after she left, the door opened, and Qin Yunshang came out and asked:

How's this outfit?

Chen Ya looked her over and saw that she was wearing a dark blue sweater dress, which was sleeveless and exposed her rounded shoulders, and black high heels.

"Isn't it a bit too mature?" Chen Ya cautiously offered his opinion.

"Really?" Qin Yunshang looked at him.

"It's similar to your sister's style, unlike yours. Of course, I don't know your style very well either, it's just my feeling."

Chen Ya is good at offering opinions that sound reasonable but have little substance, but make the girl feel valued.

Having spent so much time with Jiang Xinhai and Gu Yuqing, this skill has almost become a passive skill.

Qin Yunshang ran back into the house. Chen Ya saw through the open door that clothes were scattered all over the floor, creating a mess.

Qin Yunshang accurately pulled out a pair of over-the-knee stockings from the clothes scattered on the floor, sat down on the bed, and put them on right in front of Chen Ya.

With toes pressed against the top of the sock, and hands pulling upwards forcefully, the shape of a chubby little foot is outlined through the black stockings. This is the packaging process for dark chocolate ice cream.

Chen Ya was startled and quickly closed the door.

Qin Yunshang looked at him in surprise: "What are you doing?"

"What if someone sees you wearing stockings with the door open?"

Qin Yunshang asked in astonishment, "Then why did you come in and then close the door? Didn't you see it yourself?"

“That sounds reasonable.” Chen Ya stared intently. “But ultimately, it’s still your fault. You shouldn’t have worn stockings with the door open like that.”

Qin Yunshang rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not wearing pantyhose, why would I need to close the door? Aren't you overthinking this?"

Chen Ya nodded: "Okay, it was my fault, I'll go out."

"Alright, alright, you don't need to pretend to go out anymore. I'm already dressed." Qin Yunshang said with a look of disgust.

She stood up, and Chen Ya glanced at her and said, "Damn, why are your stockings glowing?"

Her black stockings did indeed radiate a white light like a halo, and her two long, slender legs formed a huge black hole in the backlit silhouette against the light from the window, as if trying to suck the gaze in.

Qin Yunshang lowered her head, picked up her sock, flicked it with a "snap," and said:

"Horse oil socks, huh? That's how it is. This is different from my sister's style, isn't it? She's not usually this sophisticated; she always dresses so formally."

"We seem to have some disagreement about your sister's style..."

"I haven't worn these socks in a long time. They're almost worn out. I'll wear them one last time. Consider it a bargain for you."

As Qin Yunshang spoke, she checked the snags on her socks; fortunately, they weren't very noticeable.

Chen Ya waited for a moment, then said, "I thought you were saying I was getting a good deal, but the next sentence was that you would give it to me after you finished wearing it."

"??? You wish!"

"Luckily you didn't want to give it to me, otherwise I would have had to refuse you."

You'd better know how to refuse!

Qin Yunshang rummaged through her shoes, then added after a while:

"I threw it in the trash after I finished wearing it. If you want it, go find it yourself."

"..."

Finally, Qin Yunshang changed into a pair of high heels, no longer wanting to change her clothes, and pushed Chen Ya out:

"Okay, okay, I won't change it anymore. If I change it again, I won't have any breakfast. Let's leave it at that."

Once outside, the two went to the hotel's first-floor restaurant, one after the other. The reason they went one after the other was that Qin Yunshang refused to walk alongside Chen Ya.

She insists on going to the restaurant together to avoid the embarrassment of being late; yet she refuses to walk side-by-side, afraid people will think they're close. That's just how women are—naturally cold and selfish.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, the two sat at the same table, facing each other. Breakfast was buffet style, so they helped each other get plates and cutlery, which went quite smoothly.

After sitting down, Qin Yunshang tapped his bowl with her chopsticks and said:

"You ate so much?"

"Oh, it's growing."

"How old are you? Are you still growing?"

“17 years old,” Chen Ya said.

"How much?" Qin Yunshang tilted her head in disbelief.

Chen Ya said, "17 years and 130 months."

Chen Ya discovered that Qin Yunshang was just like her sister—quite naive and believed everything she was told; she wasn't the type to be joked about lightly. Otherwise, she might actually believe it.

Qin Yunshang counted on her fingers for a moment, then covered her mouth and chuckled, saying:

“You’re 28 already, and you still say you’re 17? You’re shameless! ...Oh right, I remember now, my sister said you’re 28.”

"How old are you?" Chen Ya asked.

Qin Yunshang blinked: "I'm 17 too."

"Oh, you're 28 too?" Chen Ya said casually.

Qin Yunshang slammed her fist on the table in anger: "I'm not that old! I'm 17 years old... I'm 23 years old."

She's bad at math; she can't even figure out "zero." Chen Ya said:

"That's shameless of you. You secretly subtracted a year from your age; you're clearly 24."

Qin Yunshang blushed and said, "How do you know I'm 24? Who told you?"

"Your sister said it. She said it the first time we met. Don't you remember?" Chen Ya said, taking a sip of soup.

Qin Yunshang blushed and said, "Can't I forget? I haven't been 24 for very long."

Chen Ya stared at her for a while, then moved his plate over to her.

"Then eat more walnuts to nourish your brain."

"You're the one who needs brain-boosting supplements!"

...As luck would have it, at this very moment, a certain untimely Jin Lan was also in the restaurant.

And they were sitting not far from the two of them.

Jin Lan watched the two of them chatting and laughing, and she was so angry that she kept biting her chopsticks.

She doesn't know why, but her mentality is very distorted now. Seeing Chen Liang and Qin Yunshang getting along well makes her inexplicably angry.

If it were Lu Chujiu, she wouldn't be this angry. The main reason is that she can't stand seeing Chen Liang doing well, especially not better than herself.

Thinking of this, she also wanted to contact Jia Yi, but Jia Yi had told her last night that he was going into seclusion to write songs and that she shouldn't bother him for the next three days.

So Jinlan could only sit there silently, sulking.

After dinner, Yu Xiaoxiao happened to arrive and asked Chen Ya and Qin Yunshang:

"Would you like to go out for a walk later?"

Qin Yunshang looked up and asked, "Where are we going?"

“Go to the streets around Shinjuku,” Yu Xiaoxiao said. “There’s a show where you walk around there and it’s broadcast live. Then the staff pretend to be talent scouts and invite you to visit a talent training center.”

"It's a training center under the company, right?" Qin Yunshang blinked and asked.

“Yes.” Yu Xiaoxiao smiled. “You’re really smart.”

“Okay, that sounds interesting.” Qin Yunshang nodded repeatedly.

Yu Xiaoxiao turned to look at Chen Ya: "What about you?"

"I think I'll pass," Chen Ya said, not wanting to go.