Maybe for many people, the final award ceremony is an ending. But for her, it’s the place where dreams begin. She wore an exquisite handmade custom mini dress, hugging everyone and smilingly accepting those compliments and congratulations like the stars surrounding the moon. Tonight, at this moment, everything belonged to her. She didn’t know when the award ceremony ended. It was only when the crowd dispersed and the large hall emptied that she started feeling a bit tired. The luxurious event ultimately came to a close. The lights on the stage went out, and the staff were busy dismantling the set, with occasional shouts echoing. She picked up her camellia handbag and exited from an inconspicuous side door of the hall. Outside was a long and straight corridor, lit by sound-activated lights that were dim at this quiet time of night. Her footsteps were light, careful not to trigger those lights. One side of the corridor had continuous glass windows, some open and some shut, reflecting the quiet greenery and night outside. The cool breeze and the chirping of insects drifted in. As she walked, she suddenly remembered something— Didn’t Lu Shifeng ask her to wait for him after the competition? Her pace slowed down; she walked slowly and then stopped. Should she turn back and wait for him? From his tone on the phone, he seemed unhappy. But if he wanted to confront her about climbing walls and escaping, what should she do? However, if she doesn’t wait for him, the inevitable confrontation is only delayed for a few hours. She would meet him at home anyway, and he might be even angrier. It’s truly a dilemma that leaves no easy choice. Just as she was indecisive, the phone in her camellia handbag rang. Follow current novels on Nove1Fire.net She picked it up, and it was Xia Ling’s voice, as always pure and angelic, "Xingyu, Xingyu, I saw the online broadcast of the competition! You’re amazing! Congratulations on getting first place!" Su Xingyu couldn’t help but smile, "I also have to thank you for helping me this afternoon." "Thank me for what?" Xia Ling’s side seemed noisy, vaguely hearing someone shouting ’start working, start working.’ Then she turned to scold them for being too loud, and instantly the place went quiet. Xia Ling leisurely continued chatting over the phone with Su Xingyu, "Xingyu, I’m telling you, the slightly shimmering pale champagne eyeshadow you used today really looks stunning! It matches your dress perfectly! Someday, let’s go shopping together, and we’ll close out the Supreme Luxury Mall just for us!" Supreme Luxury is the city’s top shopping center, hosting many flagship stores of luxury brands. Someone like Xia Ling, a superstar, naturally needs exclusivity for shopping, or else the flood of fans could overwhelm the whole mall. However, does Xia Ling really need to shop there? She can just buy from mail-order catalogs or even go abroad for shopping sprees! She must purely be bored, feeling uneasy without causing some trouble each day. Su Xingyu softened her tone, "You should give your manager a break." She laughed, "What are you up to? Are you very busy? I think I just heard someone calling you to start working." Xia Ling’s tone was light and cheerful but carried a hint of small complaints, "Not busy at all, today’s moon is so ugly, it’s making it impossible for me to evoke any emotion, how can I shoot an MV ? I’m not shooting! The entire location crew is waiting here, waiting for a few hours until the moon hangs on the tree by the lake and becomes beautiful, only then can I evoke emotions. Ugh, it’s freezing." The sound of her jumping in place came from the other end. The sound paused before her voice resumed with grievances, "Just now two little workers secretly called me pretentious, hmph, I fired them on the spot! I am not pretentious, it’s clearly their lack of dedication to work! How dare they bring me out for a shoot in this kind of moon, do they have any common sense? It’s all their fault that I’m freezing by the lake at night! Achoo! Achoo!" She continued speaking while sneezing twice. Su Xingyu became worried, "Xiaoling, quickly put on more clothes, don’t catch a cold. Let’s stop chatting." Saying this, she glanced outside the window, seeing the crescent moon like a hook in the enchanting midnight blue sky, beautiful like a fairyland. And yet, that girl still thinks it’s ugly? On the other end, Xia Ling lingered, unwilling to hang up the phone, "I’m so bored~ Xingyu, so bored, so bored, so bored..." "Even if you’re bored, put on more clothes," Su Xingyu said with a headache, coaxing her like a child, "If you catch a cold, you won’t be able to come to me for fun. I’m afraid you’ll pass it on." After some soothing words, she finally got the girl to hang up and go add some clothes. Su Xingyu breathed a sigh of relief, deeply feeling that girl is indeed a happy little princess, carefree and willful. However, her own worries were still facing her. Should she go back to the final scene to wait for Lu Shifeng or just go home? She stood there, hesitating for a while, glancing at her watch, noticing nearly an hour had passed since the dispersal. Lu Shifeng should have already come looking for her, right? If he hadn’t, it seemed unlikely he’d still come to the scene at this late hour. It’s better to go home directly. She made up her mind and continued along the silent corridor. Not far ahead was a corner, the lights were all off, only dim moonlight remained. Suddenly, Su Xingyu heard a man’s voice—"You have time to chat with Xia Ling, but no time to reply to my message?" Su Xingyu was unprepared, and the sudden voice nearly caused her to twist her ankle, her quick reflexes letting her catch hold of the wall to steady herself. She held her chest with one hand, still startled, glaring at Lu Shifeng like she’d seen a ghost, "Why did you scare me!" Lu Shifeng, wearing a black suit, his tall figure leaning against the corner of the corridor, seemed to merge with the night. His narrow, deep eyes quietly watched her, saying nothing, not moving. Su Xingyu caught her breath, reprimanding softly, "Don’t scare me again!" He finally moved, striding over to her. His imposing height of 1.87 meters completely enveloped her petite figure in shadows. He bent down slightly, like a hunter stalking prey, his voice low and dangerous, "Why didn’t you answer my call?" His breath was close enough to touch, Su Xingyu’s body stiffened in fright, the courage she had just now was long gone, stuttering, "W-What calls, I didn’t hear anything." His eyes squinted slightly. She nervously took out her phone from her bag, indeed, it showed a missed call and a text message. Both had come during her conversation with Xia Ling, no wonder she hadn’t noticed. She opened the text message and saw he asked: [Where are you?] The time was fifteen minutes ago. She took a deep breath, another deep breath, weakly explaining, "I..." "Su Xingyu, you really have guts, sneaking out over the wall, and now you’re not answering my calls either?" Lu Shifeng interrupted her harshly, "You think getting first place in the finals and can become a photographer, everything’s all set?"