Throughout their lives, people have to continuously make choices and each choice they make would bring about completely different results.
What kind of choices would these three men make?
The darkness of night invaded the city, bringing with it dark clouds that floated across the inky sky. Like a painter’s brush, the chilly wind blew through the clouds and smeared them all over the skies. It was a misty night yet the city was brightly lit by numerous lights.
A black car slowly pulled up to the door of S City’s most luxurious hotel. A youth dressed in white glanced at the man sitting beside him whose appearance was hidden by the shadows. The youth spoke up reluctantly, “I’m going up.”
“Okay.” The man’s voice couldn’t be called apathetic, but it wasn’t caring either.
Ge Chen reached out and forcefully squeezed the man’s hand. “Tian Chen, don’t forget what you have promised me.”
“I know,” Lu Tian Chen replied simply.
Ge Chen opened the car door and was escorted to the hotel’s entrance by a bodyguard. Lu Tian Chen rolled down his window and stuck his head out to look at the high-rise building in front of him. What a coincidence! Tang Feng was currently filming in this exact Hanging Gardens Hotel.
A hint of a smile appeared on Lu Tian Chen’s face. He leaned back in his seat and pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and slowly took a drag. When he had finished around half of the cigarette, he flicked it out of the window, opened the door, and got out of the car, crushing the half-burnt cigarette underfoot.
“When Ge Chen comes out you can take him home. If he asks where I went, just tell him I had something important to do.” After leaving an order for the bodyguard, Lu Tian Chen walked into the hotel.
He took the elevator up to the highest floor. When he approached the door that led out onto the terrace, he noticed a few staff members crowding around it. Thinking that he was a normal hotel guest, the staff members informed Lu Tian Chen that the terrace was closed off for filming and would only be open for normal use after midnight. Lu Tian Chen turned around and made a call on his phone. A minute later, he was allowed onto the terrace without any further obstruction.
Meanwhile, the filming of the first episode of Dream Lover was still going on. It was the most important segment of the episode. From a nearby flowerbed, Charles plucked nine roses. After he handed out the roses, the person who didn’t receive one would unfortunately have to leave the show.
Lu Tian Chen was slightly surprised when he saw Charles standing on the terrace. He knew what kind of show Dream Lover was. He also knew that the producer of the show, Kai, had an amiable relationship with Charles. But he did not believe that Charles would do Kai the favor of joining the show just because of their friendship. Everything Charles did had a purpose; he definitely had a goal for participating.
Did Charles join Dream Lover because he wanted to play around? Or was it for something else? Lu Tian Chen’s eyes moved over the crowd. His eyes narrowed when they settled on Tang Feng, who was sitting quietly at the dining table.
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Inside a studio some floors below, Kai put down his phone.
Beside him, Wang Nan asked curiously, “Kai, who called you? What kind of a person was it to have you personally call the staff members above?”
“The president of Tian Chen Entertainment, Lu Tian Chen.” Kai glanced at his phone screen. He narrowed his eyes and smiled. “From what I know, it’s very rare for this big company president to ask after his employees and inquire about their work progress. It’s even rarer for him to personally visit them at work. But this is the Hanging Gardens Hotel. Perhaps President Lu had just finished a business meeting here and decided to make a visit along the way.”
“From the tone of your voice, you probably don’t think that’s the case.” Wang Nan laughed and pulled on Kai’s sleeve. She pointed at the monitors in front of them and said, “President Lu is probably here to visit Tang Feng. Judging from the things that have been happening lately, we all know the Tian Chen Group is starting to promote Tang Feng. I don’t know if this Prince Charming will let Tang Feng stay until the last episode though.”
On the screen, they saw that Charles was just starting to hand out the roses. Deliberately seeking to raise the tension and mystery, Charles took a walk around the dining table first. After pausing a bit, he gave the first rose to the adorable young man who had been sitting nearest to him. A blush quickly rose up on the young man’s face. He lowered his head and mumbled shyly, “Th-thank you!”
“You’re welcome. You are very adorable. I enjoyed chatting with you over dinner.” Charles chuckled.
Wang Nan wasn’t surprised at Charles’ choice. She said, “Going along with the seating arrangements, the next one to receive a rose should be Feng Xiu Jie, right?”
Would it be Feng Xiu Jie? Just when everyone thought that Charles would give the second rose