The Witch's Taste

Chapter 172 New Year's Promise

Tsukimiya Suzuna.

Xia Zili didn't like this person.

Before, it was just a hazy feeling, like when she first met Chen Ziang, she had a familiar impression of "I've seen this brother before", and she also had some kind of inexplicable rejection of Yuegong Suzuna.

Of course, after all, Xia Zili's nature was too kind, so she suppressed this abnormality subconsciously.

But after seeing the email she sent to Chen Ziang, this strong sense of rejection suddenly surged up from the bottom of his heart uncontrollably.

Suppressing the discomfort in her heart, Xia Zili tried her best to smile and asked:
"What did it say in the email?"

Chen Ziang looked at her in surprise, because Xia Zili used to speak and act just right, making people feel like a spring breeze, but this time it seemed a little too much.

Private emails, after all, belong to the category of personal privacy.If others don't take the initiative to mention it, it's not good for you to ask rashly.

However, this email does not have any sensitive content, and Chen Ziang doesn't like to care about these things, so he said casually:
"Nothing, she recently took a trip on a survey ship and shared with me about her travels."

"Oh." Xia Zili also realized that she had lost her composure, and hurriedly made up for it, "Actually, I also envy her, hahaha, I really want to take a trip as soon as I say it."

"Isn't it?" Chen Ziang said with a smile, "You are a well-known star, don't you have the money to go on an interstellar trip?"

"The point is, let's go, okay?" Xia Zili said with a wry smile, "Try to sign an agreement with the firm, and you will find that the company wants to treat your 24 hours as 48 hours, and will not leave you much free time at all."

"Is that so?" Chen Ziang smiled suspiciously, "Then your visit to my house is also part of the firm's schedule?"

"Ahem." Xia Zili said awkwardly, "Celebrities are also laborers, and it is necessary to resist capital once in a while."

"Indeed, I guess the capital behind you will not dare to resist you." Chen Ziang said with a chuckle, "With your current social status and popularity, if you terminate the contract with the firm, firstly, fans will definitely stand with you and condemn the firm, and secondly, there will inevitably be countless companies who would rather pay you sky-high liquidated damages than poach you to sign a new contract."

This is not to compliment her, but Maki Kiritani has indeed not had any black material since her debut.

She doesn't smoke, drink, perm her hair, have tattoos, go to bars, or gossip with other men. She even lives reclusively most of the time. She never goes out to socialize or entertain. She also speaks softly in variety shows, and doesn't even publish any controversial topics... Except that she is not black and straight, she perfectly meets the various requirements of the island people for Yamato Nadeko.

Once such a nearly perfect star terminates the contract with the firm, everyone's first reaction must be that the firm has done something wrong.

After all, if Kiritani Maki took the initiative to terminate the contract, you must have done something wrong, otherwise why would she terminate the contract?
If it was proposed by the office, okay, you dare to terminate the contract with our family Maki, you must resist... In short, unless the president has a problem with his mind, he will keep Kiritani Maki even if he sells everything.

"It's not to that extent." Xia Zili blushed a little, and argued, "The main reason is that my sister will protect me."

So, Xia Qingyu is a sister-in-law?
Chen Ziang thought seriously.

It's not that he can't accept that Xia Qingyu has something in common with him, but he feels that she treats her sister differently from him, and for a moment he doesn't know which one is her true nature and which one is just pretending.

"Actually, I think Chen Ziang, you and your sister are the same type of person." Xia Zili said softly, "I fell into the water that day, and you jumped down to save me without hesitation, didn't you?"

"It's just saving people." Chen Ziang replied, "After all, I can swim."

"What if you can't swim?" Xia Zili blinked, "Wouldn't you come to save me?"

Chen Ziang fell silent.

If I can't swim...

Then I will definitely go to rescue him, I can't watch Xia Zili drown in front of me, right?

"Speaking of this." He showed a somewhat depressed expression, "Actually, you can swim, so you didn't need me to rescue you at all."

"It's hard to say." Xia Zili said with a playful smile, "What if my leg cramps?"

"In short, I believe that if I encounter any danger, you will definitely protect me like my sister. That's why I will rush over immediately when you need me."

This is indeed true, whether it was asking her to take care of her younger sister last time, or asking her about family information this time, Xia Zili readily agreed.

Combined with her mother's words, it is obvious that due to some reasons (maybe it is a mysterious factor, or it may be simple attraction of opposites), Xia Zili's affection for her is rapidly increasing.

Thinking about the witch again, Chen Ziang felt a little overwhelmed, so he simply changed the topic again, and said casually:
"By the way, it's almost the end of the year. You should be invited to participate in this year's Red and White Song Contest, right?"

Gao Tianyuan's red and white song reunion battle is an innovative thing created by the island people on the basis of the traditional Chinese New Year custom of the empire—that is, the Spring Festival Gala.

The program group divides the participating singers into a red team and a white team, and then engages in duet PK in turn, and asks the audience to send text messages to vote and score (text messages will charge fees), and finally decide the winner based on the total score.

This thing satisfies the needs of three types of people at the same time: the needs of the masses to chase stars, the needs of singers to be famous, and the needs of the program group to attract money, so it is almost a fixed reservation item of the Gaotianyuan Spring Festival Gala every year.

Of course, any program with a long lifespan, because there is no need to worry about cutting it in half, will often fall into the hands of the TV station's affiliates, resulting in a rapid decline in quality.

In recent years, the red and white song reunion battle has been frequently exposed to various problems such as "specially recruiting experienced singers", "manipulating SMS ratings" and "too many advertisements", but it is still one of the programs with the highest ratings during the New Year.

"No." Xia Zili shook her head and said.

"Really?" Chen Ziang asked in surprise, "They didn't invite Maki Kiritani, are they planning to be criticized and denounced by thousands of people?"

"That's not true." Xia Zili explained, "Ping'an Jing TV Station has greeted our office, saying that considering my influence is too great, whether I am assigned to the red team or the white team, it will almost directly establish the victory of that team, which will cause the show to lose suspense, so this time the red and white song will not plan to invite me."

"Is that so." Chen Ziang was speechless.

At first, I thought it was something tricky inside the TV station, but it turned out that the TV station didn't dare to invite this great god, and it was absolutely impossible.

"But the first song on the program list of the Spring Festival Gala is mine." Xia Zili said happily, "It is said that it is going to draw the audience in front of the TV at the very beginning."

This Chen Ziang can also understand: For example, the hardest part of following a novel is getting readers to click in, and the hardest part of TV program ratings is getting viewers to come to your channel.

After all, as long as the audience is not watching the Spring Festival Gala, they are probably watching programs on other channels, and the possibility of coming is greatly reduced.

"Then I wish you a good start." Chen Ziang said with a smile, "I will watch the Spring Festival Gala then."

"It's none of my business after singing." Xia Zili said immediately, "Can I come over and watch the Spring Festival Gala with you? I've done the math. I can arrive at about 9 o'clock, and I can still catch up with the New Year's Eve dinner."

The Spring Festival Gala starts at 7:[-] p.m. on New Year's Eve, and it takes only an hour and a half from Ping'an District to Qunma District. This is after singing and returning to the backstage to remove makeup, so I have to rush here non-stop...

Chen Ziang was a little hesitant, but thinking that this person might be a witch, he could only bite the bullet and agree in order not to irritate her:

"Okay, as long as it doesn't conflict with your itinerary. But it doesn't matter if you can't come, after all, the TV station may ask you to film an after-event program interview or something..."

"It's okay, I can turn it down." Xia Zili said with a smile like a flower, as if she didn't understand the hint in the second half of his sentence, "Then make an agreement like this, let's celebrate the New Year together~"

Chen Ziang: ……………

He finally understood that although this Xia Zili was not as proactive as Yuegong Lingnai, two out of three sentences would tease you... But it does not mean that she is a fuel-efficient lamp.

(End of this chapter)