Did Assistant Xie Make the Trending Searches Today? - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: I Yield

Xie He-ting stared blankly at the groups of children holding their parents’ hands, skipping and hopping past him.

He looked up again at the main gate above. On the cutely styled gate, several large characters were written in a playful, childlike font: “Ruby Monkey Children’s Playground.”

Xie He-ting recognized all these words.

Although he didn’t know what a “Ruby Monkey” was, he understood “Children’s Playground” it was a place for kids to play.

“Brother, are we… having our date here today?” He turned his head to look at Shi Jixing, his eyes filled with bewilderment.

The cameramen and staff following behind were stifling their laughter so hard they were about to burst.

Shi Jixing hadn’t expected the GPS to bring him to this place either. Feeling awkward, he didn’t dare look at Xie He-ting and explained in a low voice: “…I saw that whenever you had free time, you were watching the playground on TV. I thought you liked it here.”

“The one I put into the GPS was the playground closest to us, but I didn’t expect…” Shi Jixing turned his face away in embarrassment, a flush appearing on his handsome face: “…that this was actually a children’s playground.”

Xie He-ting remained bewildered: “Eh? When was I watching the playground?”

“Lately, when you watch TV, you’re always watching that drama set in a playground. I guessed you liked them, so that’s why…” Shi Jixing lowered his head.

That drama was an old, terrible flop. No one knew how Orange TV had dug up such a piece of junk, but Xie He-ting seemed to watch it with great interest every day.

Shi Jixing thought: Xie He-ting can’t possibly be watching it for the plot, right?

Even a three-year-old wouldn’t watch something that boring.

Therefore, Xie He-ting must watch it because he loves playgrounds.

Xie He-ting suddenly realized.

He was watching the drama, but that drama was called Romance at the Playground, and it told a love story set in an amusement park.

Moreover, the reason he watched it was because he couldn’t find the TV remote and had no way to change the channel.

Ah hahahahahaha, what kind of person takes someone to a children’s playground for their first date?

Shi Jixing, you really are something!

Truly the top-tier dating idiot of the entertainment industry, I yield.

Li Lesheng is Shi Jixing’s manager. These past few days, whenever he had time, he stayed glued to the screen watching the Heartbeat Signal livestream.

He couldn’t help it; he had to worry for this romantically challenged artist of his.

When Li Lesheng signed Shi Jixing, the boy was 18. Shi Jixing had never had a single romantic scandal. At first, Li Lesheng was quite happy, thinking this kid was low-maintenance.

But four years have passed without a single rumor, without him contacting a single man or woman. He lived a life more ascetic than a monk’s.

Was this reasonable?

What 22-year-old boy doesn’t want to fall in love?

Last time, they collaborated with an exceptionally beautiful female artist. She was clearly interested in Shi Jixing and asked him to dinner. This kid didn’t take the bait at all, stating he had to go back and practice his instruments.

When the boy starts practicing or locks himself away to write songs, he won’t eat or sleep for days. It scared Li Lesheng to death, fearing the boy would one day fall into a “demonic obsession.”

Furthermore, after four years, Shi Jixing’s results were excellent, and his songs were very popular in the market.

But gradually, Li Lesheng discovered a major problem.

Music conveys emotion. Shi Jixing’s songs were good, but they lacked a bit of “feeling.”

Li Lesheng hoped he would participate in this variety show not to force him to fall in love, but to help him “enlighten.”

On his first date, Shi Jixing successfully matched with a guest, and Li Lesheng was happy for him.

Seeing Shi Jixing take the initiative to fasten Xie He-ting’s seatbelt, Li Lesheng felt comforted, like an old father watching his child grow up, shedding tears of relief.

He secretly felt he was even more excited for this date than Xie He-ting, waiting to see where Shi Jixing would take him.

Never in his wildest dreams did he expect—it would be—a children’s playground!

Li Lesheng grit his teeth and pulled out his phone to start messaging Shi Jixing.

The viewers had long since fainted from laughter in front of their screens.

Especially when the surroundings were filled with children’s voices like: “Daddy, Daddy, I want a marshmallow, the Monkey King one~~” and “Mommy, I want to ride the carousel, I want to ride the carousel! I want to ride it! One hundred times!” Everyone was going crazy with laughter.

The embarrassment on Shi Jixing’s face increased by two degrees.

“Um, Brother He-ting, should we… change places?”

“Ruby Monkey Playground” was mainly designed for little kids. It didn’t have extreme rides like the Mega Drop or the Pendulum; it only had a roller coaster where the ticket-taker was dressed as the Bull Demon King, a carousel, and some very simple, gentle attractions.

When Xie He-ting had seen the thrilling roller coasters on TV earlier, he had actually been terrified, fearing he would be flung into the sky.

But he was actually quite moved by these gentle rides.

If kids can play on them, they must be very safe!

After a short period of being stunned, Xie He-ting was incredibly satisfied with this place.

He looked at Shi Jixing with sparkling eyes: “Brother, should we go play on that?”

Shi Jixing followed his gaze to the pink, beautiful, shimmering carousel and the children dancing with joy.

Suddenly, he felt there were too many people here; he felt like he couldn’t breathe properly.

The “Stars” (Shi Jixing’s fans) were also going wild.

Xie He-ting, do you even hear yourself? If you don’t care about your reputation, our Xing still does!

Letting our Little Star play in a children’s playground? That’s too hilarious! And he has to accompany him on a carousel. Xie He-ting, you have some nerve; you just want to steal the spotlight, don’t you?

Relax, relax. An ID called “Star-Picker” was an old fan of Shi Jixing and one of the heads of his fan club. She was a regular at every livestream.

Seeing the discussion in the chat, she typed with composure:

It’s impossible for Little Xing to play these things. See his resistant expression? I bet coming to a children’s playground is just the production team’s script. Everyone, don’t take it to heart; it was probably just a casual suggestion.

Star-Picker: Little Xing is just being polite and accompanying him for a bit. Rest assured, everyone knows he hates spinning rides the most; they make him dizzy.

Uh—Sister Star-Picker, is your internet lagging? Shi Jixing just got on.

The smile on Star-Picker’s face froze.

Shi Jixing actually did accompany Xie He-ting onto that damn carousel!

Has he been hexed by Xie He-ting??

Shi Jixing’s old fans were calling out in disbelief.

The production team knew how to stir things up. Because of the bizarre date location, this group had very high heat. To force everyone to buy SVIP, the main camera cut to the other two groups of guests.

A portion of the viewers in the livestream opened their memberships while cursing, while another portion followed the main camera to watch the performance of the other two groups.

Shen Ji and Zhou Yanrong’s date location was a lounge bar.

Since it was only around 10:00 AM, there weren’t many people in the bar.

People coming and going all knew Zhou Yanrong; seeing him enter, they smiled and greeted him.

Hhhhh, how much does this guy love clubbing? He actually chose this place.

The last “unforgettable” place was actually a bar? So, a ONS (One-Night Stand)?

Impossible, how could a ONS be “unforgettable”?

The date location for this group was chosen by Zhou Yanrong. Shen Ji had no objection.

Both had been in the industry for years and knew the rules of variety shows well. They were very relaxed in front of the camera, chatting casually—polite, distant, and formal. Occasionally they would drop a bit of “inside info” about each other to keep things from being boring, but they never overstepped each other’s boundaries.

The camera cut to the third group of guests.

Uh—

The first thing that caught the viewers’ eyes, as if in an action movie, was a cool silver sports car speeding down the asphalt road, looking as handsome as could be.

Except in the context of a dating show’s date segment, drag racing on the road seemed a bit hilarious.

Laughing to death, is this group out on a date or out for The Fast and the Furious?

Hhhhh, curious where Jin Huaifeng will take Lan Chi.

Pity there’s no camera inside the car; we can’t see what they’re saying at all. It’s nerve-wracking!

Lan Chi’s confession to Jin Huaifeng was still fresh in everyone’s memory, followed by that big argument. This was their first one-on-one time since “severing” their relationship; it sounded like it would be very interesting.

In fact, there was nothing interesting to see.

A deathly silence permeated the car.

Jin Huaifeng wore a pair of sunglasses on his high nose bridge, his lips pressed thin, and one hand impatiently tapped the steering wheel rhythmically.

With Jin Huaifeng as the center, the air pressure was terrifyingly low; the surrounding temperature felt two or three degrees lower than outside.

Lan Chi, with his lively personality, really couldn’t take this silence for half an hour. He spoke up aggrievedly: “Hey, why are you being like this? It’s not like I wanted to draw your name. Who told you your luck was so bad?”

“I’m not mad at you.” Jin Huaifeng’s voice was chilly, making one’s back feel cold.

Lan Chi sniffed and complained: “Then why take me for a car ride? Do I love riding in cars that much? I want a date too.”

Mentioning the date was a mistake. As soon as it was mentioned, Jin Huaifeng thought back to the uncomfortable feeling in his heart when he saw Xie He-ting sitting in Shi Jixing’s car before they left.

Lately, he was being seriously affected by Xie He-ting.

His gaze would unconsciously follow the boy. Seeing him interact with others actually made him jealous.

This was too ridiculous.

It was just a variety show. He participated only because his company had an investment and they hadn’t found a more “explosive” commoner guest yet, so he was forced into it.

He couldn’t let Xie He-ting lead him astray anymore.

Jin Huaifeng had a secret.

Everyone knew Young Master Jin was a playboy, with the men and women by his side changing constantly—female artists who needed hype, “vases” (arm candy) for business social events, and well-matched partners to shut up his relatives…

But only those who had truly stayed by Jin Huaifeng’s side knew that he was extremely ascetic.

His “lover boy” father had set too many “examples” for him growing up.

Coupled with a strange experience several years ago, he no longer cared for the illusory thing called love.

However, at this moment.

A pair of clear, black-and-white eyes involuntarily surfaced in his mind, their gaze as transparent as a lake.

Then he thought of the way they had brushed past each other.

Physical contact, intertwined breath.

He looked at Xie He-ting’s eyes.

He actually… wanted to kiss him.

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