How to Tame a God and the Lucky Beasts-Chapter 159 - 160: Starlit River

"Clap, clap, clap."

Zhang He stood on a makeshift platform and clapped her hands forcefully, drawing everyone’s attention to herself.

She cleared her throat and said loudly:

"Everyone quiet down! Yes, Xiao Xu, put down the chicken leg first! You haven’t been shorted usually, look at you acting like you’ve never seen the world!"

Below the platform, Xiao Xu, who was called out, quickly hid the big chicken leg behind him, scratched his head with a silly grin,

"Sister He, I just haven’t eaten yet today, hehehe!"

Zhang He glared at him with a smile and continued her speech:

"Today is the official announcement day for our star, Ruan Xingwen! Although the contract was signed a few days ago, and this wasn’t our planned timing, a meeting is fate! Moreover, we are now one family! From now on, Xingwen will be one of only two artists in our studio, so everyone take good care of my adorable little brother!"

After Zhang He said this, someone from the crowd below chimed in for fun:

"Sister He! Will we be getting two salaries from now on!"

Zhang He pretended to be angry, squinting at the man who spoke up,

"Xiao Wang, I remember you! You want two salaries, huh? I’ll fulfill your wish!"

Xiao Wang felt a chill down his spine when looked at, wishing he could slap his own mouth, daring to say anything!

Xiao Wang quickly grinned, "Hehe, Sister He, I was just joking! One is enough! One is enough!"

Zhang He glanced at him askance, raising an eyebrow: "Really enough? Don’t be shy!"

Xiao Wang nodded and bowed:

"Enough! Definitely enough!"

He successfully received a good-natured eye-roll from Zhang He.

Everyone below the platform also burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became lively instantly.

"Ahem, kid, come up and say a few words!"

Zhang He called Ruan Xingwen, who was watching the fun, onto the platform.

Ruan Xingwen had never seen such a scene before.

Back in school, he rarely attended gatherings with classmates, partly to save money, and partly because he just couldn’t handle such situations. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

After entering the entertainment industry, his terrible luck let him avoid many social events.

You could say that today’s large gathering was the first of its kind in Ruan Xingwen’s life.

He was very nervous!

But he knew how to hide it; after all, he’s an actor now!

The others only saw Ruan Xingwen walking steadily, looking naturally calm.

Only Yu Xiaozhe, standing next to Ruan Xingwen earlier, saw that he had already started to break out in a cold sweat.

His dark eyes brimmed with amusement.

Acting composed, Xingxing was also very cute.

On stage, Ruan Xingwen appeared composed, but in reality, he had no clue what he was saying.

"...Everyone eat as much as you like, I’m covering the bill today!"

After saying this boldly, Ruan Xingwen was finally able to get off the stage.

Below the stage, everyone cheered because of his words.

The feast had finally begun.

Seeing everyone enjoying eating, Ruan Xingwen breathed a sigh of relief, walked to a corner of the hall, and prepared to take a break.

Such a scene is really overwhelming; a few more times, and he might have a heart attack!

What did he just say?

Glad to meet everyone?

Heavens, he hasn’t even been to the studio yet!

Truly embarrassing...

Yu Xiaozhe came over, holding a dessert, heading towards the corner where Ruan Xingwen was.

Just when Ruan Xingwen was feeling regretful, a dessert suddenly appeared in front of him.

He looked up at the person approach.

As expected, it was Yu Xiaozhe.

Ruan Xingwen showed a relieved smile, naturally accepting the plate from Yu Xiaozhe’s hand.

Yu Xiaozhe also casually sat down next to him.

The two didn’t say much, but the atmosphere was inexplicably congenial.

Others in the hall felt the same way.

"Hey, Wang, have you seen the boss?"

The person being called was exactly Xiao Wang, who had been scared by Zhang He earlier.

By this time, he had transformed fear into anger, anger into appetite, and was happily chomping on a steak with his left hand and a chicken leg with his right.

Suddenly asked a question, he choked a bit.

Xiao Wang quickly took a swig of the drink placed at his side, pounded his chest vigorously, and finally recovered.

"What’s up! You scared me! Why are you looking for the boss?"

"Hey, you’re such a blockhead, always thinking about money and food!"

The guy saw Xiao Wang didn’t get it, muttered a complaint, then turned to find others to gossip with.

"Wow! I never knew our boss was so gentle!"

"Look, look! He accepted it! He accepted it!"

"Ahhhh, so much love! Sob sob, this feeling of having a CP on company funds is just too good!"

"Exactly! Did you notice? When Xingwen was on stage just now, his eyes kept looking at the boss!"

"Eww~~~"

Three women make a scene, so what about more than twenty women now!

The atmosphere, already lively, was further heightened by their shared interests, even people who didn’t get along before were now calling each other sisters.

Yu Xiaozhe himself didn’t expect that his employees would become unprecedentedly united by shipping him and Ruan Xingwen as a CP!

Xiao Wang snorted disdainfully, what a scary bunch of women.

The boss and Ruan Xingwen were obviously good friends, yet they were misunderstood to be that kind of relationship by these women.

Tsk, but what does this have to do with him?

The chicken leg is still delicious.

The office ladies were still discussing eagerly.

Suddenly, a husky familiar voice came from above them:

"What are you chatting about, chirping so loudly?"

The young woman who was talking hadn’t realized who had come yet, still excitedly babbling about her findings:

"Talking about the affection between the boss and Xingwen! I just noticed recently that every time I deliver files to the boss’s office, I see him looking at his phone with such tender eyes that water could drip out!"

"Pss..."

The other girls looked at the woman unaware of the impending "disaster" with sympathetic expressions, gesturing with their eyes for her to stop talking.

But someone engrossed in shipping the CP, how could she notice anything else?

"Let me tell you, balabalabala..."

She rambled on and only noticed something was off when nobody chimed in with her.

Following the gaze of the others, she slowly turned around and saw Zhang He behind her, smiling.

The woman stood up with a start, bowing 90 degrees:

"Sister He! Sorry, I was just talking nonsense! No, it’s just my imagination! I was wrong, I won’t say anything next time!..."

Zhang He interrupted her: "Oh, don’t stop! What you said makes sense, some things I didn’t even notice! Keep going! I’m curious too!"

The women exchanged glances, unsure whether what they heard was true.

Zhang He decisively sat down among them, determined to discuss the boss’s romantic issues with them.

Finally, one woman cautiously asked what was on everyone’s mind:

"Sister He, do you ship Xinghe CP too?"

Xinghe CP?

That’s a new term.

But it does carry a certain poetry.

Zhang He promptly nodded, "Come on, tell me all those details I missed!"

The office ladies, seeing that their boss not only didn’t reprimand them but eagerly joined their discussion, felt relieved.

They buzzed around Zhang He, sharing their observations, reviving the lively atmosphere in their little group.

However, Zhang He wasn’t just simply shipping a CP.

She wanted to see just how eager Yu Xize—who usually acted all serious—looked in the eyes of outsiders!