Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Jinjiang Literature City Premiere

On WeChat.

The photos Zhou Zhi sent of changing clothes were not of the clothes Bai Li brought.

The clothes he brought were to be worn during dinner; the ones he was wearing now were the dance outfit Zhou Zhi had prepared for him.

The dance outfit was very pretty. Zhou Zhi, as the queen of the dance world, had very good taste.

Zhou Zhi: "How do I look in the photos?"

Xie Chen: "Very good."

Xie Chen: "Please take good care of Lili."

Zhou Zhi: "Not a problem, you have to come over to take care of him anyway, right, Mr. Xie?"

Xie Chen: "."

Exactly.

In the dance studio, Zhou Zhi watched Bai Li effortlessly perform all kinds of flexible movements and admired, "Your flexibility really is innate."

She had endured a lot growing up training in dance.

But Lili was born with excellent natural conditions—his body was flexible and could perform any movement.

"Alright, continue dancing."

Zhou Zhi’s newly choreographed dance was very unique and a solo.

There were also some partner dances, but Zhou Zhi didn’t have Bai Li perform those.

She didn’t want to arrange a partner for Lili only to cause someone to get jealous.

Halfway through learning the dance, Tan Yi also came along.

Thanks to Bai Li, Zhou Zhi, who usually didn’t teach easily, accepted Tan Yi as well.

Tan Yi looked a bit tired. Bai Li wanted to greet Third Brother but hadn’t opened his mouth before Zhou Zhi already scolded him.

"Lili, don’t get distracted."

Hearing this, Bai Li had no choice but to continue dancing.

Tan Yi was a cat; it was well known that cats were very flexible.

But Zhou Zhi was very dissatisfied with Tan Yi’s performance today. She was extremely experienced, and after teaching Tan Yi for less than ten minutes, her expression turned cold.

"Tan Yi."

Zhou Zhi looked gentle but could also be very strict. She stared at Tan Yi and reprimanded, "Starting tonight, no more indulgence."“Your next drama has a lot of dance scenes. If you don’t practice well, won’t it be a joke when it’s filmed?”

Tan Yi was scolded until his face turned red.

“Teacher Zhou, I-I understand.”

Being called out for indulgence in front of his younger brother by Zhou Zhi embarrassed Tan Yi deeply.

Damn it.

That stupid idiot, he was done for.

Thinking about the culprit, Tan Yi clenched his teeth in anger.

Bai Li overheard their conversation and became curious.

Indulgence.

What is indulgence?

Bai Li also saw Third Brother blush and didn’t understand why that was embarrassing.

The little kitten, not quite understanding, planned to secretly ask Third Brother later.

“Learn from your brother.”

Zhou Zhi was still circling around Tan Yi, watching him perform moves while comparing him to Bai Li.

“Lili’s performance is very good. You’re still young, you can’t always just do whatever you want.”

Listening to this, the redness on Tan Yi’s face never faded.

But fortunately, Zhou Zhi’s words also conveyed one thing.

Xie Chen kept his promise and indeed didn’t touch their Lili.

Under Zhou Zhi’s supervision, Tan Yi’s dance practice was grueling this time.

An hour and a half later.

Zhou Zhi finally said it was over.

Tan Yi plopped down on the floor. Bai Li hurried over and stood in front of him, handing him a towel.

Tan Yi was warmed by his precious little brother.

“Thanks, Lili.”

He took the towel and wiped his sweat.

With no one else around, Bai Li leaned in, lowered his voice, and quietly asked Third Brother: “Third Brother, what does Master mean by ‘no indulgence’?”

Tan Yi: “…”

His face froze mid-wipe.

“Ahem.”

He suddenly stood up, his eyes flickering as he avoided looking at his precious little brother.“Nothing.”

To avoid corrupting his little brother, Tan Yi vaguely said, “That’s adult stuff, little kittens shouldn’t listen.”

Bai Li corrected unhappily, “I’m not a little kitten anymore, I’ve already had my birthday.”

Having had a birthday means becoming a mature big cat.

Tan Yi didn’t think he was mature.

“Well then, let’s go take a shower, change clothes, and then eat.”

Tan Yi forcibly changed the topic and led his brother away.

There was a bathroom here.

Without Xie Chen, Bai Li could still bathe by himself.

After bathing and putting on the specially tailored clothes, Bai Li was led by Tan Yi to eat with Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi didn’t lack people around.

Both Bai Li and Tan Yi were considered her own people, so they were invited to the dinner gatherings as well.

Many people at this dinner were big shots.

She smiled as she introduced Tan Yi; a producer who liked Tan Yi even tried to offer him a new script invitation.

Bai Li didn’t mingle in the entertainment circle; he had agreed with Xie Chen to just focus on his work in the future.

So, these big shots were like cabbage to Bai Li.

Halfway through the meal, Zhou Zhi took a call, glanced at Bai Li, then stood up and left.

Bai Li was picking food to eat; he had to say the food tonight was quite good.

“Bai Li.”

Someone called Bai Li’s name with a smile and poured him some wine: “I saw your dance before, really good. No wonder Zhou Zhi treasures you so much and never shows us.”

Bai Li recognized the compliment and politely responded.

The poured wine was placed in front of him.

Bai Li knew he might get drunk on goat milk, but hadn’t tried to see if he could get drunk on alcohol.

He picked up the glass, about to drink, but Tan Yi took it away.

“My little brother is still young, I’ll drink this cup for him.”

Tan Yi smiled and downed the glass in one gulp.

But these people seemed not to understand his hint and kept trying to feed Bai Li wine.

Tan Yi smiled on his face but cursed silently.

Every time someone handed Bai Li a glass of wine, Tan Yi accepted it and drank it all for Bai Li.

Because of Zhou Zhi, they couldn’t just outright refuse the wine and had to be polite.“Third Brother, don’t drink anymore.”

Bai Li held Tan Yi’s hand to stop him from drinking more.

Third Brother’s face was already flushed red from drinking, and Bai Li was afraid he would get drunk.

Tan Yi patted his brother’s hand, soothing him and refusing to let him interfere.

While drinking and chatting,

Bai Li also heard them mention Yan Shuang.

Yan Shuang was the root cause that made Zhou Zhi’s favored disciple quit the industry, causing Zhou Zhi to become depressed for several years.

Last time Bai Li even said she was ugly.

“Yan Shuang trying to make a comeback is basically impossible,” a big shot sighed, “She begged me before, but what use is that?”

“I was curious, who did she offend?”

“The Xie family one.”

When someone said this, they deliberately glanced at Bai Li and hinted, “Bai Li should know about this, right?”

Bai Li: “?”

His eyes were confused. “What are you talking about?”

He hated Yan Shuang, but knew nothing about her affairs.

Seeing his reaction, the person was also stunned: “Mr. Xie dug up Yan Shuang’s past deeds, got her into legal trouble, so she can never be involved in the dance circle again.”

“You didn’t know all this?”

Bai Li frowned. “No.”

Xie Chen had never told him, and Bai Li himself couldn’t remember if he ever reported Yan Shuang to him.

Since they couldn’t get anything from him, they didn’t bring it up further.

The wine started being passed around again.

This time, Bai Li caught on that although on the surface they were offering him wine, their real target seemed to be his Third Brother.

“My Third Brother can’t drink anymore.”

Bai Li blocked the wine. “If you want to drink, I’ll drink with you.”

He added, “Although I can’t really drink much, it’s okay—Master will come pick me up tonight.”

After he said this, no one dared to urge them to drink anymore.

The “Master” Bai Li mentioned was undoubtedly Xie Chen.

If Xie Chen saw them getting Bai Li drunk…

They definitely didn’t want to face the consequences.

Though no one urged more wine, Tan Yi was already drunk.After Zhou Zhi returned and saw Tan Yi’s condition, her gaze immediately turned cold.

“Li Li, your Third Brother isn’t feeling well. Take him to rest first.”

“Okay!”

Bai Li helped Third Brother up without saying a word and headed outside.

There was a resting room here. Bai Li supported Tan Yi’s arm and led him to open the room door.

Just as the door opened, before they could enter, a small figure dashed inside.

Bai Li: “...”

Bai Li was stunned.

Did they still get to enter the room?

From the corridor behind came hurried footsteps. The person who had just entered the room curled up in a corner, trembling as if begging them for help.

“Save me, don’t let anyone see me.”

Following his cat instincts, Bai Li decisively instructed the trembling boy, “Go hide in the bathroom.”

The footsteps stopped behind them.

Bai Li turned and saw the owner of the footsteps approaching him.

“Sorry to bother you.”

The man was dressed in a suit, looking refined and polite: “Excuse me, did you see a boy run by here?”

“He’s a bit taller than you, wearing gray clothes.”

“No,” Bai Li answered.

The man in the suit smiled, “But I seem to have seen him run by.”

Bai Li didn’t change his answer: “I didn’t see him.”

“Then please let me in to look for him.”

“No.”

Bai Li looked at him, showing no respect: “You said it yourself, this is trouble.”

“So, I don’t want you to trouble me.”

The man in the suit didn’t expect such a seemingly easy-to-talk-to youth to refuse him so bluntly.

He narrowed his eyes and scrutinized Bai Li’s face.

Bai Li clearly distinguished between kindness and hidden malice.

He held Third Brother’s arm tightly; Third Brother’s head rested on his shoulder, eyes closed.

“Don’t stand outside my room anymore. I’m going back inside.”

“What if I have to go in and check?”The man in the suit didn’t back down, stretching out his hand to press against the door, preventing Bai Li from closing it.

Bai Li met his gaze: “Do you really want to come in?”

“Yes.”

Bai Li blinked: “Wait a moment.”

He pushed Third Brother into the room. The floor was carpeted, so he didn’t have to worry about Third Brother falling.

Without the burden of Third Brother, Bai Li relaxed his shoulders and looked back at the man in the suit.

The man didn’t understand what Bai Li was about to do.

“Bang—”

The next second, Bai Li punched him hard, pushing him backward fiercely.

The man in the suit never expected such a well-behaved-looking boy to strike so fiercely.

Bai Li threw the punch with all his strength.

He had a good temper but was no pushover!

This was his resting room, and whether there was anyone else or not, he didn’t want to be threatened and have someone forcefully come in to inspect.

No matter how small a kitten was, they still had a sense of territory.

In the kitten’s territory, good people were allowed, troublemakers were not.

After pushing the man back, Bai Li turned and ran into the room, slamming the door shut.

The man in the suit, now bruised around his eye, looked as dark as coal.

He raised his foot to kick the door, intending to force it open.

But suddenly—

A slender, beautiful hand pressed down on his shoulder.