Way back to Our Past

32. The VIP Guest

Translator: Snowball

Qu Wan didn’t take Lin Yiyi’s words seriously. The next morning, when she walked into the studio as usual, she saw an extra seat for the male guest.

Though she hadn’t watched TV these few days, Qu Wan was aware of how popular this program was and she saw nothing strange in the temporary addition of a male guest seat.

As the room was lit up along with the music, the hostess strode on the stage like a model walking the catwalk. After declaiming the advertisement slogan, she started promoting the show.

“Our show broke this year’s rating record after only one episode, and because so many people have signed up for it, if anyone else wants to join, he’ll have to wait three months.” After that, she suddenly changed the topic. “You must be wondering why there’s an extra seat here. It’s because we are going to have a VIP male guest!”

As all the male guests were selected after several rounds of screening, by rights, the program group should treat them equally. Now that they had made a sudden exception, the audience couldn’t wait to see who the VIP guest was.

“This male guest enrolled at Stanford at 18 and Harvard at 21, majored in MBA… After graduation, he became an executive director of a multinational company and was hailed as one the most outstanding young entrepreneurs…”

Everyone craned their necks to see this talented young man.

“Here comes our VIP guest, Mr. Wang Zicheng!” the hostess announced.

Qu Wan was curious about this male guest as well, but when she heard the name of Wang Zicheng, she instantly froze on the spot.

“Gosh! What the hell?”

“Wang Zicheng is only a foppish childe who farts around every day. Was the hostess really talking about him just now?”

Before she could tell what was going on, Wang Zicheng had walked onto the stage in casual clothes. Given his tall, slim figure and handsome look, he attracted everyone’s attention as soon as he showed up.

Those female guests looked at him with love in their eyes, hearts pounding. “Wow, he’s handsome and rich. I hope this decent man will choose me!”

“The decent man?”

Qu Wan snorted. Wang Zicheng had nothing to do with the ‘decent man’!

If those female guests knew that he was a dandy who lingered among women every day, they wouldn’t have been so excited.

As far as Qu Wan was concerned, Wang Zicheng was an uninhibited childe who always stared at her with a lustful leer, so she wasn’t used to his sudden getting serious as if he were a successful young businessman, and she even had a feeling that the man in front of them wasn’t Wang Zicheng at all.

As soon as Wang Zicheng took his seat, all the other male guests paled in comparison with him. Those female guests cheered up at once. They leaned forward to show off their hourglass figure,  hoping that they could get Wang Zicheng’s favor.

Some people were already howling cheerfully among the audience.

Only Qu Wan stood farthest from the center, showing no intent to attract his attention.

Curving his lips up slightly, Wang Zicheng eyed up and down the female guest No.1 on the far left.

Everyone, including the host and hostess, followed his gaze in tension and they could even hear their own hearts beating.

The female guest No.1 was a model who had a tall, curvy figure. The program group brought her in with a lot of money in the hope that she would attract more audiences.

Most of the male guests gave their roses to her on the last show, which made her a household name overnight.

As a model, she was well-informed and experienced, and as soon as Wang Zicheng showed up, she recognized him. He seemed to have a particular fondness for female models and she heard that several of his girlfriends were models. “Did this Mr. Wang especially come to confess his love to me?” she wondered.

She was so pumped that she almost burst into laughter. If Wang Zicheng confessed to her, she would go with him without hesitation.

However, to her disappointment, Wang Zicheng’s gaze only lingered a short while on her before he turned to the female guest No. 3.

Unlike No. 1, No. 3 wasn’t a hot girl but was more like a pure student with a tenderness in her eyes that would melt the heart of anyone.

Unfortunately, her excitement lasted only a few seconds before Wang Zicheng shifted his gaze from her to the female guest No. 5, who was standing in the middle of the row.

No. 3 deflated like a punctured balloon in an instant. She had been thinking about making a pose by biting her lip with an innocent look, but it turned out that the other party didn’t intend to give her a second look!

Sizing No. 5 up with his enchanting eyes, Wang Zicheng put on a smile, which made her blush in an instant. She was so thrilled that she almost blacked out!

Qu Wan frowned. “It’s a dating show, but how come Wang Zicheng is acting as if an emperor is selecting his concubines? What did this dandy come here for? Doesn’t he have anything else to do?”

Exchanging glances with No. 5, Wang Zicheng rose to his feet with a smile and picked up the roses in front of him.

Everyone was in an uproar, and some of them gasped with surprise, wondering if Wang Zicheng was going to choose No. 5.

Though she was neither as sexy as No. 1 nor as sweet as No. 3, No. 5 looked neat and gorgeous, like a mature professional woman. Actually, she was an executive in a multinational company.

Watching Wang Zicheng walk to her, she felt her heart beating fast and couldn’t help but fix her gaze on the roses in his hand.

Qu Wan had seen the true color of this woman in the lounge behind the stage. It seemed that she was Wang Zicheng’s type, but she didn’t like her.

As a rich woman who had a successful career, No. 5 always threw her weight around. And when she saw Qu Wan dress like a village girl, she made no secret of her contempt for the latter.

She even mocked at Qu Wan in her face. “How can a divorced mother take part in such a show? Is she taking the studio as the wet market? I feel ashamed even to stand by her side!”

Qu Wan didn’t argue with her. She had gone through all the hardships and she wouldn’t be bothered by a few sarcastic remarks. Moreover, she didn’t want to explain to such an arrogant person.

As Wang Zicheng had been focusing on No. 5, Qu Wan guessed that they must have known each other. “Maybe this woman once worked in his company and Wang Zicheng came here especially to root for her.”

With a bunch of roses in his hand, Wang Zicheng moved to the female guest No. 5 quickly with a brilliant smile.

Everyone guessed he would give the roses to that woman, but to their surprise, Wang Zicheng only asked, “Miss, do you like the roses?”