Lu Zhihang said nothing. He gently kissed her hair and sat on the sofa with her in his arms for a while.
Not knowing how much time had passed, Lin Wan was jolted awake from her daze by the ringing of her phone. Along with her awakening was her long - empty stomach.
She suddenly covered her stomach, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Lu Zhihang let go of her, gave a soft laugh, and stood up from the sofa. "You sit here. I'll go get you something to eat."
Lin Wan nodded, not daring to look up into Lu Zhihang's face.
Lu Zhihang turned and walked into the kitchen. Lin Wan slumped onto the sofa and took out her phone. There was an unread message on it, from Ye Zi.
After skimming through the content, Lin Wan finally understood why everyone had known overnight that she was the girl Lu Zhihang had confessed to before. It was an apology message from Ye Zi. The content seemed very sincere. She could even imagine the guilty look on Ye Zi's face when editing the message.
But she didn't want to reply now. She felt a bit tired and didn't want to do anything.
From the kitchen came the soft clinking of bowls and dishes, clear and gentle, just like Lu Zhihang himself, adding a touch of liveliness to the room.
Gradually, the sound became a bit faint. Lin Wan turned over, turned off the phone screen, and closed her eyes.
A dozen minutes later, Lu Zhihang placed the cooked noodles on the table. He saw Lin Wan sleeping against the sofa. There was an unusual weariness on her face. Her lips were slightly pursed, and her brows were unconsciously knitted, as if she was not sleeping soundly.
He leaned against the dining table and watched silently for a while. He couldn't quite put his finger on what he was feeling.
He didn't even dare to tell Lin Wan that what had happened tonight was all part of his new agent's plan to get him back into the entertainment industry and to make her back off.
Her eyes itching, Lin Wan frowned and tried to turn over, but she forgot that she was right on the edge of the sofa.
The sudden sense of weightlessness made her open her eyes abruptly. Lu Zhihang had already reached out to support her shoulder. Since he was bending over, his neck to his back formed a beautiful arc. His long, fair neck bobbed slightly as his Adam's apple rolled. Lin Wan was a bit dazed looking at him.
No matter how many times she saw him, Lu Zhihang was always so perfect, so radiant, as if nothing could ever taint him.
"Let's eat," Lu Zhihang said softly when he saw she was awake. He pulled her back to sit on the sofa.
Lin Wan was stunned for a moment. Recalling what had happened before she fell asleep, she suddenly felt extremely hungry. So she nodded and got up from the sofa and went to the dining room.
"Only one bowl?" Looking at the lonely bowl, Lin Wan was taken aback. She thought Lu Zhihang would eat with her.
"Yeah. I'll eat the leftovers from breakfast," Lu Zhihang nodded. He took out the reheated porridge and sat down next to Lin Wan.
Lin Wan sat down silently and looked at the white porridge in his bowl, which was half less than in the morning. After a while, she said, "You seem to be eating even less than before. Aren't you hungry like this?"
Lu Zhihang paused while drinking the porridge. He seemed a bit surprised that Lin Wan still remembered his previous appetite, but he quickly smiled and said, "The filming requires me to lose weight, so I eat a bit less."
Hearing this, Lin Wan understood. Although he was a celebrity, for filming or other things, he actually had to make some physical adjustments according to others' requirements. This was a very normal thing.
However, looking at that small bowl of porridge, she still felt a bit uncomfortable. Actually, she didn't really want Lu Zhihang to be a celebrity anymore, but she didn't interfere with his choice. Because she still clearly remembered that when Lu Zhihang took her back to the apartment after the concert, he had said that the two most serious things in his life were loving her and his acting career. Just because of this, she didn't want Lu Zhihang to give up what he liked for her.
After dinner, Lin Wan habitually went to the study, but when she opened the computer document, she felt deflated.
She hadn't wanted to write recently, and after what had happened today, she was even less in the mood. She didn't even post on Weibo at night. She felt listless and didn't want to do anything.
Lu Zhihang didn't enter the study. He seemed to be dealing with something in the living room.
Finally, Lin Wan logged into Weibo. As expected, because of what had happened outside today, she was once again on the top of the Weibo hot - search list, even taking the top two spots.
She sighed and clicked on the first hot - search item.
Sure enough, the replies were full of scolding. Almost all the people were scolding her and saying they hated her. This made Lin Wan's mood hit rock bottom again. But fortunately, behind many of the scolding messages were one or two words of support.
There were obviously still rational fans on the Internet. Everyone said they supported what Lu Zhihang had said in front of the reporters. They supported his right to free love. After all, celebrities were also human beings and they also had their own lives. As fans, they had no right to demand who a celebrity must like or not like.
When she saw these comments, Lin Wan's mood would lift a bit.
She scrolled through for a while and then went to take a shower. She only stopped when Lu Zhihang knocked on the study door to urge her to take a shower. Because of Lu Zhihang's appearance, Lin Wan forgot about the content on her computer when she left the study and directly rushed into the bathroom.
Lu Zhihang didn't really care what Lin Wan was doing. He just came in to get something of his own, but he never expected that Lin Wan had been in the study alone just to look at the Weibo hot - search list.
The remarks on the screen were very chaotic. People were saying all kinds of things.
"Disgusting! How could someone like Lin Wan be worthy? How could she have the nerve to be with Lu Zhihang?"
"The two of them are so different in status. They're not a match at all. How shameless!"
"Why doesn't Lin Wan just die!"
"I feel sick just looking at someone like Lin Wan. If I see her on the street in the future, I'll beat her up every time I see her! Shameless!"
"Hey, guys upstairs, you're going too far. What did Lin Wan do to you? She's just in a relationship. It's not with you. How could she disgust you?"
"Exactly. Have some morals. It's a free - love relationship anyway. It's not involving you."
"Those keyboard warriors should just get lost. What's wrong with our Lin Wan? Why isn't she worthy of Lu Zhihang? I even think Lu Zhihang isn't worthy of Lin Wan. How come no one scolds Lu Zhihang? Are you just picking on the weak?"
"Be more rational. After all, it's someone else's private matter."
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Looking at these comments, Lu Zhihang felt a complex mix of emotions. He was both angry and helpless. He remembered the dejected look on Lin Wan's face when he first opened the door. He originally thought it was just the after - effect of what had happened tonight and she hadn't recovered yet, but he didn't expect the problem to be here.
It was simply going too far!