Long time no see? Lin Xinyan raised a brow. “Are you talking to me?”
“Is there anyone else in the car other than us?” Li Zhan grinned.
Lin Xinyan racked her brains but couldn’t find any instance that she’d met with Li Zhan before.
“Have we met?”
“You really can’t recognize me?” Li Zhan asked.
Lin Xinyan turned back to study the handsome face. Other than him being really good-looking, she could not remember meeting him. If she really had met him in the past, it would be impossible for her to forget a face that was hand-carved by God.
The car soon parked outside the biggest mall in the city center. Banners with Li Zhan’s name on them could be seen everywhere.
“This should be the right place.”
Li Zhan nodded and put on his sunglasses and face mask. “Can you come in with me?”
Lin Xinyan thought about it and nodded. Since she was looking for Li Zhan to endorse her product, this would be a great chance to get close to him.
Li Zhan smiled. “Let me make a phone call.”
Since many fans were waiting outside the mall, his path would be blocked by them if he were to go down now.
Lin Xinyan understood his situation and did not argue with him.
The celebrity quickly dialed a number and told the people on the other side that he’d arrived.
“Where are you?”
“Main door.”
“What’s the model of the car you’re in? The person I sent to pick you told me they couldn’t find you.”
Li Zhan raised his head and asked Lin Xinyan, “What’s your license plate number?”
“A88066.”
Li Zhan repeated the plate number before he hung up.
“They’ll send someone to get us,” Li Zhan sighed as it was something that happened often to him.
Lin Xinyan smiled to express her understanding. They waited for a few minutes before someone knocked on the window. Since the back door was also being crowded by fans, they had no choice but to go in through the front.
The bodyguards quickly forced the fans back and formed a path for Li Zhan to walk into the mall.
“Li Zhan!” the fans screamed at the top of their lungs as soon as they saw their idol. Lin Xinyan walked next to Li Zhan and could feel the obsession the crowd had for the celebrity. She couldn’t help but shiver – she could not understand why they would go crazy for him.
She even believed that these fans would run over her to get to him if the bodyguards weren’t there to stop them.
Li Zhan held a fan meeting at the mall because he had signed a contract with the owner to help boost their sales. Li Zhan was one of the most popular celebrities out there, so the owner believed that the crowd that came because of Li Zhan would also spend inside the mall after the event.
All of the usual decoration in the main hall was replaced by a stage for Li Zhan. Escorted by the screams of his fan, the celebrity entered the mall and took his face mask and sunglasses off as soon as he went up the stage, which only garnered more cheers and shrieks.
Lin Xinyan stood among the crowd as she watched Li Zhan host the event. She admitted that he had the looks and build to receive such attention. It felt as if Li Zhan were shining on the stage, a glow that only the main character of a story would have.
“Thank you for all your love!” Li Zhan smiled and bowed. “Thank you for attending my fan meeting event! To show my gratitude, I have a surprise!”
“Yay!” the crowd cheered, and one of the fans quickly asked. “What’s the surprise? Is it a kiss?”
“She’s right! We want your kisses!”
The crowd immediately flew into chaos. Even though Lin Xinyan was standing below the stage with the fans, she felt like an outsider. She crossed her arms as she looked around in amusement.
Li Zhan finally spilled the beans and told everyone his surprise. “I’ll pick a fan to stay by my side for twenty-four hours!”
His surprise instantly made the fans go even wilder. It was something much more lucrative than receiving a kiss from him.
“Alright. Calm down now.” Li Zhan quickly stopped the crowd from going out of control.
“Thank you, Mr. Li, for announcing the surprise,” the host took over the mic. “We’ll be pointing the lucky winner with our spotlight over there. Everyone, please remain quiet and be patient.”
Everyone who wanted to be the lucky one quickly stopped moving. Many people closed their eyes and prayed to their God for a chance to spend a full day with their idol – maybe even become his wife someday in the future.
The spotlight slowly lit up as Li Zhan whispered to the host.
“Which one?” the host asked in a low voice.
Li Zhan quickly turned to look at Lin Xinyan. “Her.”
“Consider it done.” The host nodded.
The hall was quiet as the light flashed through the crowd; it was so quiet that even their racing hearts could be heard.
The host had already notified the person in charge of the lighting to shine the light on the lucky one.
“Let’s began the countdown! Ten, nine, eight, seven…”
The fans tensed up as the number decreased.
“Three! Two! One!”
The light stopped on Lin Xinyan once the countdown ended. Her eyes widened in disbelief, wondering why the light would stop at her.
“Let us welcome the lucky winner onto the stage!” the host yelled.
Lin Xinyan wanted to argue that she wasn’t a fan of Li Zhan and that it would be a waste if she was the lucky winner. Yet, she also knew she might embarrass Li Zhan if she did so.
Upon seeing Lin Xinyan hesitating, the host spoke again, “Miss? Are you okay?”
Li Zhan glared at Lin Xinyan with a bitter taste in his mouth. He was used to being surrounded by his fans; it unconsciously became something he was proud of. Lin Xinyan’s troubled expression wasn’t a sight he was fond of seeing.
Lin Xinyan could not reject the offer. If she did, she would lose all chance to ask Li Zhan to endorse her products.
Lin Xinyan frowned and proceeded onto the stage as the crowd let out sighs of disappointment while glaring at the lucky woman enviously.
When Lin Xinyan was on stage, the host asked, “Miss, can you tell us what of Mr. Li’s character captivated you the most?”
Li Zhan immediately froze at the question; he was curious about her answer as well.
