After seeing the surprise in Tang Feng’s eyes, Charles’ mood immediately lightened. The sky didn’t appear as dark to him anymore. The wind also wasn’t as irritating. Somewhat impatient, Charles straightened his back in anticipation. He watched as Tang Feng approached him step by step, his eyes never straying from the other man’s face.
He remembered again why he had accepted the deal with Tang Feng. Half the reason was because he was working with Lu Tian Chen and the other half was because Tang Feng’s looks were acceptable. In Charles’ eyes back then, Tang Feng had only had an acceptable appearance. Looking at Tang Feng now though, he suddenly felt that the young actor was quite beautiful. His eyes were beautiful; his nose was also beautiful. Tang Feng was beautiful everywhere he looked.
The more he looked, the more pleasing Tang Feng was to his eyes.
“Hello.” Tang Feng stopped in front of Charles and offered his hand. Charles smiled and grasped the offered hand in a shake, his hand forcefully gripping Tang Feng’s.
“Hello,” Charles replied with the same greeting.
Though the two of them had slept together for an entire month, their sudden meeting was unexpectedly ordinary.
After a simple greeting, they moved on to self-introductions.
“I’m Tang Feng.” Tang Feng flashed a smile.
“You can call me Charles. Please.” Seeming as if he had no interest in prolonging the conversation, Charles released Tang Feng’s hand and indicated that he should go stand with the other celebrities.
After Tang Feng’s turn was over, another celebrity walked out. There was nothing special about Tang Feng’s reaction at seeing Charles. Only the two of them knew what they were thinking inside.
Of course, Tang Feng had been surprised when he first saw Charles standing on the terrace. He’d never expected that someone as arrogant and conceited as Charles would participate in a show like this. On second thought, the director of the TV station was a well-connected man with access to a wide range of resources. Charles had probably received an invitation from Kai to join the show.
Nevertheless, he was still surprised by Charles’ appearance. Although Tang Feng already knew Charles wasn’t someone who put much emphasis on friendship, he would be greatly embarrassed if he were eliminated in the first episode. Tang Feng’s goal was to pass the first three rounds. He didn’t care about what happened afterwards.
If Charles really decided to eliminate him in the first round, then Tang Feng made up his mind to kick him right in the balls after filming ended.
All ten celebrities were lined up in front of Charles waiting for him to decide their order of seating for dinner. Charles walked towards Feng Xiu Jie and held out a hand in a gentlemanly fashion. He personally escorted Feng Xiu Jie to the seat directly to the left of his own. Next was an adorable and relatively famous young man. One by one, Charles escorted each celebrity to their seat at the table.
As before, Tang Feng’s seat was in a spot that wasn’t particularly good or bad. It was a decent seat in the middle of the table. It wasn’t especially close to Charles’ seat, but close enough that Charles could see him easily.
Dinner finally began. The celebrities who were seated closest to Charles had the advantage of being able to converse with him. One of them asked Charles if the island shown in the clip truly belonged to him. Another asked what Charles did for a living. Charles’ answers were as witty and charming as ever. This made him appear all the more charismatic in those celebrities’ eyes.
Tang Feng didn’t speak a word during the entire dinner. He merely focused on eating and having a few sips of wine in-between. He wryly thought to himself that Charles was merely here to fool around and date several celebrities at the same time. It was something that would suit his playboy mentality to the tee. And if that was the case, being the only one who had already had an actual relationship with Charles, he would most likely be the first one eliminated.
The end of dinner also signaled the end of the first episode. It was the climax where Charles would give out nine roses. The person who didn’t receive a rose would be eliminated.