The Capital Airport was bustling with noise. Standing amidst the stream of people coming and going, Su Tang felt like a lost lamb.
She patiently tried to figure out the directions for a long time but finally gave up. She decided to just follow the crowd, thinking that she would surely find her way out.
"Excuse me?" Along with the greeting, someone tugged at Su Tang's arm from behind. She turned around and saw a man wrapped up tightly.
He was very tall but rather thin. He was wearing a cloak - like coat, a hat, a mask and glasses. It was almost impossible to tell what he looked like. Seeing Su Tang looking at him in confusion, he took something out of his pocket and stuffed it into her hand. "You dropped this just now."
The voice was so familiar that Su Tang was immediately stunned on the spot. The man in front of her was actually her idol, Ren Qingzhou! Meeting her idol at the airport, the luck index was five stars!
Overwhelmed by this stroke of luck, Su Tang stood there like a character on autopilot in a game.
Ren Qingzhou saw her like this and roughly guessed that she had recognized him. Afraid that she would scream out of excitement after reacting and attract a crowd of on - lookers, he decided to leave quickly. He politely smiled at her, then remembered that he was so well - covered that his expression couldn't be seen, so he just waved at her and then disappeared into the crowd at the airport, thinking to himself that he was finally safe.
When Su Tang snapped out of her daze, Ren Qingzhou was already gone. She was holding the thing he gave her and stood at the Capital Airport like a human - shaped standee for a long time. After coming to her senses, she stuffed the thing into her pocket and hurriedly left the scene.
It was really embarrassing. The first time she met her idol, she didn't even express her love for him. She had acted like a complete fool.
Ren Qingzhou was a well - known idol in the entertainment circle. He debuted as an actor and was also good at singing. Su Tang liked him very much. She came to the capital this time just for his concert. She never thought she would be so lucky to meet him in advance.
Of course, the good luck didn't stop there. It turned out that when a person was lucky, they could be extremely fortunate. For example, after Su Tang finally reached the hotel after a long and difficult journey, she found that the thing in her hand was Ren Qingzhou's ID card.
This was truly a work of magical realism. She had guessed that it was an ID card because of its unique feel. It was just that she was too excited at the airport and stuffed it into her pocket without even looking. It was only now that she realized what she was holding.
"I have my idol's ID card." It would have been such a happy thing if only her own ID card hadn't gone missing. Su Tang was on the verge of tears. She had to put Ren Qingzhou's ID card away first and secretly thanked her lucky stars that she hadn't handed the ID card to the hotel receptionist for registration and thus sent her idol to the top of the entertainment headlines the next day.
"Miss, please show me your ID." The receptionist smiled gently. Without an ID, Su Tang had to leave the hotel first.
Help! What should I do if I swapped ID cards with someone? Would it be useful to call the police?
An hour later, Su Tang returned to the airport again. She found the airport staff and roughly explained the situation. She received a polite reply: "You can leave the other person's ID here. We will notify you when your ID comes back."
"How long will it take approximately? I'm really in a hurry."
"We will contact this gentleman immediately. Why don't you wait over there first?"
Ren Qingzhou was making final preparations for tomorrow's concert. That meant he was extremely busy. His staff were also very busy. It was an hour later when they received the call from the airport.
Ren Qingzhou's assistant, Li Momo, pushed through layers of staff and found Ren Qingzhou on the stage, communicating with the dancers. "Big brother, did you help someone out again today?"
Ren Qingzhou didn't react at first. "Huh?"
Li Momo thought the sound of the stage speakers was too loud for him to hear clearly, so she shouted at the top of her voice, "You swapped ID cards with someone. The airport called. I'll find someone to exchange them back."
Ren Qingzhou was standing quite close to her. Her shout almost deafened him.
"It's in my coat pocket." He paused for a moment, then seemed to remember something and called out to Li Momo who was about to leave. "Wait a minute. I'll go with you to look for it."
The two of them went back to the lounge. Ren Qingzhou rushed straight to his coat that was casually thrown on a chair. Sure enough, he felt out an ID card belonging to someone else.
"Su Tang, female, born on October 31st, 1994. It's really the girl I met. The ID photo doesn't look much like her in person." Looking at Su Tang's terribly taken ID photo, Ren Qingzhou couldn't help but recall her confused state at the airport yesterday. Although she didn't seem very smart at the time, she looked much more intelligent than in the ID photo.
"Her name is the same as your fans' name?" Li Momo took the ID card and glanced at it. "It's the 'Tang' from 'Tang Dynasty'."
"Sis, have you ever met anyone with the surname 'Su' (which sounds like 'sugar' in Chinese)?" Ren Qingzhou's fans were called "Sugar Cubes" (Su Tang in Chinese). Their name had nothing to do with his own. It was because he loved eating candy and gave out a certain brand of sugar cubes to his fans at the airport, and he did it twice!
"Quickly find someone to send it over, sis. Also, check if this girl has booked tickets for the concert. If she has, I'll consider giving her a special treat." After Ren Qingzhou said this, he left the lounge. Li Momo found a bag to put Su Tang's ID card in. Since she couldn't leave at the moment, she had to ask a staff member from the team to go straight to the airport.
The rehearsal didn't end until the wee hours of the morning. As soon as he got in the car, Ren Qingzhou started asking, "How about it? Did you find her?"
Li Momo was completely confused by his question. "Find what?"
Ren Qingzhou was helpless. "Find that girl."
Only then did Li Momo remember what he had said before. She almost wanted to strangle him. "Stop calling her 'girl' all the time. What do you want to do? Play with her feelings? Have a one - night stand? You're an up - and - coming artist. You can't have any negative news related to your fans."
"Ms. Li Momo, I have to admire your imagination. You always manage to fit me into some cheesy playboy plot."
"Don't you think you have a face that looks like a playboy's? I've been wondering for years why no director has ever asked you to play such a role. You'd be perfect for it." Ren Qingzhou didn't have the kind of regular good - looking face with thick eyebrows and big eyes. His facial features were extremely three - dimensional, and he had fair skin, looking a bit like a mixed - race person. When he didn't smile, he was on the verge between innocence and sensuality, looking both good and bad.
"Stop. You've got the wrong idea about my artistic career." Ren Qingzhou thought he should stop Li Momo's wild speculation in time. "Her name is the same as my fans' name, and she has the same birthday as me. Don't you think it's a coincidence? It's quite normal to choose her, isn't it?"
Li Momo thought Ren Qingzhou's words made sense. She did have a copy of the concert ticket - purchasing information form. So she quickly opened the document and searched. Sure enough, she found something. "She is really your fan. Look."
Li Momo turned the tablet around for him to take a look and then exclaimed in surprise, "You're really a prophet."
"Her eyes were shining when she saw me at the airport, okay?"
"There's an interactive session in tomorrow's concert. I'll arrange for her to participate then." Li Momo chose to ignore someone's arrogance.
"Remember to call her over in advance so that I can take a look at her." After Ren Qingzhou said this, he leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest. He had been rehearsing non - stop since getting off the plane and was so tired that he was completely exhausted.
Li Momo firmly believed that Ren Qingzhou must have some improper thoughts about that little girl. Thinking of the rather plain - looking face in the ID photo, she thought men were truly unpredictable creatures.
This was a beautiful misunderstanding, but the ending wasn't beautiful. Su Tang sat on the hard chair at the airport for five hours before she finally got her ID card back. When she returned to the hotel, she fell into bed and went straight to sleep. She had flown all the way here to see her idol, but instead, she and her idol had jointly trapped her at the airport for five hours. The hard chair had made her whole body ache. She was so sleepy that she didn't even eat dinner before going to bed. She was woken up by hunger the next day.
When she woke up and checked her phone, it was already twelve o'clock. Oh well, it was time to get up and get ready to go out.
It took three transfers to get from the hotel to the concert venue. At this moment, she just wanted to blame herself for booking a hotel so far away. She didn't know where she had gotten the confidence that she could find her way around. Considering that she couldn't even find the exit at the airport yesterday, well... it was better to leave early.
As soon as she got on the bus, she received a call from Ren Qingzhou's studio. She learned that she had been selected as a lucky audience member and needed to arrive at the venue early to exchange her ticket. She was glad that she had left early. Sure enough, the early bird catches the worm.
As soon as she got off the bus, she saw a staff member waving at her. The girl ran over enthusiastically. "It's really you!"
Only then did Su Tang recognize that she was the girl who had brought her the ID card yesterday.
The girl seemed to be a kind - hearted person. She looked at Su Tang with a big smile. "Come with me."
"Aren't we just exchanging tickets? Can't we do it outside... Why do we have to go in..." Su Tang didn't say the rest of the sentence.
The girl also hesitated for a moment. "There are still some procedures that we need to confirm with you. Anyway, you have to come in with me."
It was Su Tang's first time in the backstage. A group of people were bustling back and forth. There were all kinds of things piled up on the ground, and she had no idea what they were. The lights were also very dim.
The girl walked very fast in front. Su Tang carefully avoided the items on the ground. After walking for a while, she saw a door.
"This is the place." The girl pushed the door open. Su Tang saw Ren Qingzhou sitting on the sofa. Despite the noisy crowd, he still heard the sound of the door opening and looked up in this direction.
He had been holding a stack of materials in his hand. When he saw Su Tang come in, he casually put the script on the side of the sofa.
"It's really you. We're really destined." Ren Qingzhou let out an exclamation.
It was a good thing to be noticed by one's idol, but being over - noticed wasn't necessarily a good thing. Su Tang knew very well that an idol was a kind of magical being that should be admired from afar and not be trifled with. Facing Ren Qingzhou's sudden approach, she was nothing but terrified.
Looking at the inexplicably surprised expression on her idol's face, she always felt that his image in her heart was about to collapse.
"I'm really sorry about what happened yesterday. It must have caused you a lot of trouble. Fortunately, God gave me this chance to make it up to you in person." This gentle and elegant Ren Qingzhou was more in line with his public image. His excessive enthusiasm made people feel rather uncomfortable.
"Hello. Your name is Su Tang, right?" Li Momo couldn't stand Ren Qingzhou's pretentiousness any longer and interrupted their awkward conversation in time.
Su Tang was really grateful to her from the bottom of her heart. She knew Li Momo was Ren Qingzhou's assistant. While thinking that a star's assistant must be very perceptive, she replied, "Yes, I am."
Li Momo had actually been secretly sizing up Su Tang. She also thought that Su Tang looked completely different from the photo. In person, she was more elegant and was indeed the type that Ren Qingzhou liked. He liked girls with a more Japanese - style cute look, like Su Tang, who had a round face and two shallow dimples when she spoke, looking like a pure middle - school student.
Li Momo felt that she had digressed. They didn't call Su Tang here for a blind date today. There were still a lot of procedures for the concert to confirm. They could talk about the blind - date thing later. She decided to get back to the main topic. "Well, there's an interactive session in the concert. Qingzhou will fulfill a wish of a lucky fan. You can propose something that's easy to carry out, like putting on lipstick or giving a hug."
This was a rare opportunity for fans to get close to their idol. In the past, the fan club would always arrange a suitable person to participate. Although it was pre - arranged, they were all real fans.
After all, if they really randomly selected someone on the spot, there would be many uncertainties. If these uncertainties were positive, it would be okay, but if they were negative, it would be very difficult to deal with.
Li Momo felt that this was the first time it seemed that Ren Qingzhou was trying to take advantage of someone rather than giving a fan a special treat.
What answered her was Su Tang's long silence.
She wasn't excited at all. Instead, she seemed to be really thinking hard about something. Finally, she said a bit shyly, "Is it still too late to change someone?"
The situation had taken a turn. Now it should be - Ren Qingzhou tried to take advantage of someone, but was rejected.
This was truly a magical turn of events.