The Phantom's Heartbeat in the Limelight Chapter 7

After the meeting, Alex Xia returned to the office. As soon as he turned on his phone, a call came in. It was from an unfamiliar number. He answered it casually. The other party's clear and smiling voice came over: "Boss Xia, I'm Blake Ji, do you remember me?"

Alex Xia's eyelids twitched. Of course Blake Ji remembered. How could he not remember someone who had had lunch with him yesterday? He just felt that nothing good would happen if he was pestered by him.

"What's up?"

"Ah, I found my wallet missing when I got home yesterday. I called the restaurant we went to yesterday and asked about it. They said they didn't find it. I took it out when I paid the bill. It must have fallen on your car. Could you please help me check it?"

Alex Xia was speechless: "Wait a moment, I'll go look for it in the car and call you when I find it."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Boss Xia's call. Bye."

Blake Ji's tone of voice was so sweet that Alex Xia felt uncomfortable. After hanging up the phone, he thought, could it be that this guy deliberately left his wallet in his car and then did this?

Just because Blake Ji used his phone to forward the Weibo post, Alex Xia was almost certain that he did it on purpose, so he was not surprised at all when he found Blake Ji's wallet under the passenger seat of the car later.

Alex Xia didn't mean to rummage through other people's wallets, but it was no wonder that he accidentally saw what was inside when he picked it up. Stuffed in the transparent layer was actually a photo of him, a side profile photo, which should have been taken by Blake Ji on the anniversary party. Alex Xia was stunned when he saw it, and he didn't know what subtle emotion spread in his heart in an instant, and even his heartbeat seemed to speed up.

Blake Ji called again. Alex Xia was stunned for a long time before slowly picking up the phone. The person on the other end smiled and asked him, "Boss Xia, have you found my wallet?"

"...found it."

"Oh, you are in the company, right? I will go there in a bit. I will go to the downstairs of your company and ask Boss Xia to personally deliver it to me... Don't give it to anyone else. There are some things in it that cannot be shown to others. Please help keep it confidential, Boss Xia."

"...good."

Less than twenty minutes later, Blake Ji sent a text message saying that he had arrived. Alex Xia was staring at his wallet in a daze, feeling uneasy. After reading the text message and hesitating for three seconds, he got up and went downstairs.

Blake Ji was wearing huge sunglasses that covered most of his face, and a baseball cap on his head. He was kicking stones out of boredom outside the cold drink shop downstairs in Yaoxing Building. When Alex Xia came down and saw this scene, he felt his heartbeat speed up for no reason again, and he almost wanted to turn around and run away. His palms holding the wallet were sweating. However, Blake Ji, who turned around, had already seen him and waved at him with a big laugh: "Boss Xia, this way."

After hesitating for a while, he finally walked forward. Blake Ji also came forward with a smile, saying, "I'm sorry to trouble Boss Xia to make this trip in person."

Alex Xia handed the wallet back to him: "Please check if there is anything missing."

"No need to look, there's nothing valuable in it anyway," Blake Ji stuffed the wallet directly into his trouser pocket and asked Alex Xia with a smile: "Are you free? I'll treat you to a meal as a thank you."

Alex Xia coughed lightly: "No need, didn't I already invite you yesterday?"

"It's different. This time I'm thanking Boss Xia for helping me get my wallet back."

"I'm going to the film set in the suburbs at noon."

"Oh, then this afternoon?"

"I've already made an appointment."

"Tomorrow afternoon?"

Alex Xia felt a little helpless, thinking, you are a very popular idol, how can you be so idle?

"...talk later."

"Okay, I'll call Boss Xia tomorrow afternoon," Blake Ji said with a smile, "Thanks, see you later."

Alex Xia looked at him until he got into a taxi and the car merged into the rolling traffic and disappeared. Then he shook his head and turned back.

As soon as he got in the car, Blake Ji called Ryan Shen: "Where are you? Are you free? I need you for something."

"If there is good news, it will come. If there is no good news, there is no need to say anything."

"Then I'll tag you on Weibo and express my love to you in a high-profile manner."

"Don't... just come on."

Satisfied with the address Ryan Shen reported, Blake Ji hung up the phone and told the driver to change the route with a smile.

Ryan Shen was filming on the set, and Blake Ji went there in the name of visiting the set. He didn't know many people there, so he just greeted the director and pulled Ryan Shen, who was taking a break after filming a scene, aside to talk.

"You haven't finished filming this play yet?"

"Soon. I'll be joining Director Deng's crew next month."

"Oh," Blake Ji nodded and changed the subject: "Do me a favor."

Ryan Shen immediately became alert when he heard this. Blake Ji asked him for help, which must be something bad. "What can I help you with?"

Blake Ji smiled: "Don't look like I'm going to eat you, okay? It's not that exaggerated. I just asked you to help me find two reporters and take a few photos."

"...You want to stir up a scandal?"

"I guess so. Tomorrow night I'll treat Xiao Mo to dinner and then take him to a nightclub. You can just ask the reporters to take a few photos and talk about it."

Ryan Shen felt a chill when he heard this: "Don't yell at me so disgustingly. I'm the boss of Yaoxing after all..."

"What's so corny about that?" Blake Ji kicked him. "I've known him since I was seven years old. I've called him that since I was a kid. It's weird."

Ryan Shen looked at him incredulously: "Seven years old?"

Blake Ji rolled his eyes: "We met at the age of seven, fell in love at the age of thirteen, and went to bed at the age of fifteen..."

"Uh," Ryan Shen interrupted him, "I'm not interested in your love history, but I'm saying that now he doesn't remember you at all. You're being too hasty by using this method. Aren't you afraid of offending him? In his eyes, your behavior now is like you're eager to get close to him and get something from him. He must be fed up with you. I think you might as well just tell him about your past."

"No," Blake Ji refused. "If he can't remember, forget it. I don't want to tell you. At worst, I can start over. Besides, he might not believe me even if I tell him."

"So you'd rather he dislike you?"

"How could that be?" Blake Ji smiled smugly, "He won't be disgusted by me."

This time it was Ryan Shen's turn to roll his eyes: "How come he doesn't dislike you when he doesn't even remember who you are?"

"He doesn't remember who I am," Blake Ji pointed to his chest, "but he remembers this place."

"...I'm about to throw up the food I ate the night before."

Blake Ji shrugged. Even if Ryan Shen didn't believe him, what he said was the truth. He didn't have much chance of winning by using shameless and persistent methods. But after these few contacts with Alex Xia, he was sure that Alex Xia had feelings for him. Even if she didn't remember him, she still couldn't reject him and would soften her heart unconsciously. Because of this, he didn't want to give in even more.

"I say," Ryan Shen hesitated and said, "You suddenly became active on Weibo and asked reporters to secretly take photos so that everyone knows about it. Are you declaring war on the goddess? Aren't you afraid that she will cause trouble for you?"

Blake Ji snorted lightly: "Does she dare? I just want to tell everyone who Xiao Mo belongs to. We have never talked about breaking up. She has occupied my man for seven years, and it is time to return him."

Blake Ji kicked him impatiently: "Are you going to help or not?"

"last question..."

"Loved..."

"Get away from me," Ryan Shen said, annoyed by his dishonesty: "Why don't you ask your agent to do it? Why do you have to find me?"

"Do you think the onlookers are stupid or do you think my little Mo is stupid? Which of the media outlets that are familiar with Say Brother will not be considered hype if they report on it? Mr. Shen, the great actor, has such a wide network of contacts that if you find someone to do it, they will definitely not be able to contact you."

"...What if I don't agree?"

Blake Ji tapped his chin and thought for a moment, then smiled: "I saw the notice given by Say this morning. There is a show to be recorded tomorrow, and it seems that your male god will be among the people on the show..."

"I'll do it." Ryan Shen agreed almost gritting his teeth: "I really owe you, my little ancestor, in my previous life."

Blake Ji patted his shoulder with a smile: "Okay, I'll take a few more photos for you tomorrow."

Ryan Shen waved his hand away: "Get lost!"

Blake Ji was very happy that the matter was settled. He hugged Ryan Shen affectionately, took two close-up photos and posted them on Weibo. When the other party stared at him blankly, he blew him a K!ss and left in style.

******

Alex Xia didn't know what was wrong with him. He had refreshed Blake Ji's Weibo homepage for countless times from yesterday to today. He read every one of his Weibo posts from beginning to end, and roughly knew who he was familiar with in the circle. Watching him interact closely with those people, he felt indescribable annoyance, and even he himself couldn't tell the reason. Until now, he refreshed the page again, and the two new photos posted by Blake Ji suddenly appeared on the phone screen.

Blake Ji and Ryan Shen seemed very close with their faces close together. They were laughing wildly, but it was a bit irritating to Alex Xia. He subconsciously clicked on the comments, which were full of jokes such as "Let's be together", "Let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau", and "I'll pay for the share of the money". He felt even more uncomfortable and simply turned it off, thinking out of sight, out of mind.

Blake Ji's text message came in at the right time: "Boss Xia, I'm afraid you'll regret it. I've already booked a restaurant for dinner tomorrow night. I'll send you the address later. See you there."

There was a smiley face emoticon at the end. Alex Xia was stunned for a moment, saved his number, and replied to him: "OK."