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Chapter 112 Paparazzi Stalking, Trending on Social Media in the Middle of the Night

When Li Yitong returned with the sliced ​​watermelon, the two were chatting about a recently released art film. She quickly handed over the watermelon, saying, "Eat this watermelon! It's fresh from the freezer, so sweet!"

The chilled watermelon was sweet and refreshing, cooling and not too greasy. The three of them ate and chatted until the assistant director shouted from outside, "Get ready to start work!", which ended their short lunch.

"Does Director Lin have any plans for this afternoon?" Gulinaza asked as she packed her lunchbox.

"I plan to visit the Mogao Caves," Lin Feng said.

"That place is worth visiting," Gulinaza said. "It's truly breathtaking. By the way, shall we take a group photo to remember it?"

"Okay." Lin Feng didn't refuse.

Li Yitong stood in the middle, with Raymond Lam and Gulnazar on either side. A phone snapped a photo of them together.

Lin Feng said goodbye to them, "You guys go ahead with your work, I'll contact you tonight." He specifically said this to Li Yitong.

"Okay!" Li Yitong smiled so hard her eyes disappeared.

After leaving the film set, Raymond Lam met up with his driver, Lao Wang, whose rented SUV was already parked by the roadside. "Mr. Lam, shall we go to the Mogao Caves?"

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"Okay." Lin Feng got into the passenger seat. "Navigate there."

The Mogao Caves were even more breathtaking than he had imagined. The murals, which had stood for thousands of years, were still vibrant in color, and the skirts of the flying apsaras seemed to still be fluttering.

He visited more than a dozen caves; this artistic collision across time and space is something no movie special effects can match.

Around 6 PM, he received a call from Li Yitong: "Boss, I'm done for the day!"

"Wait for me at the entrance of the film set, I'll take you to get something good to eat."

Lin Feng drove to pick her up and took her directly to a well-established local restaurant. Hand-pulled mutton, stir-fried eggs with sand onions, roasted lamb chops, and braised mutton with flatbread—the mutton here had no gamey smell, roasted to a perfect crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. Seeing the owner enjoying the meal made Li Yitong happy too. It had been over three months since the end of May, and they could only communicate via video call. It would be a lie to say she didn't miss him, especially late at night when she often thought of the days when she was his assistant, following him around every day.

After dinner, as Raymond Lam was about to drive to his hotel, Xiao Li suddenly whispered, "Mr. Lam, there's a car following us, like paparazzi."

"Damn it." Lin Feng cursed under his breath, glancing through the rearview mirror. A black sedan was following them at a distance that was indeed suspicious.

Li Yitong's face fell instantly. She had been looking forward to spending some quality time with her boss tonight, but now that was all ruined.

"I'll take you back to the film crew's hotel first," Lin Feng decided immediately.

When the car arrived at the hotel designated by the film crew, Li Yitong lingered, reluctant to get out, giving him a resentful look. Lin Feng understood, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Don't rush, I'll come find you tonight."

Li Yitong's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded vigorously before getting out of the car with a smile.

Lin Feng had Lao Wang drive him back to his hotel, and sure enough, the paparazzi who had been following him came in. Two paparazzi from Fengxing Studio were squatting in a corner of the hotel lobby, watching Lin Feng enter the elevator, cursing, "Damn it, is there really nothing going on? We've been following him for nothing all afternoon."

Half an hour later, a bodyguard dressed in Lin Feng's clothes and with a similar build followed Lao Wang out in his car, deliberately circling the hotel twice. The paparazzi lying in wait quickly followed, thinking to themselves, "He's definitely going to see that woman!"

The real Raymond Lam had already changed into a regular T-shirt and jeans, wearing a hat and mask, and took a taxi from the hotel to the hotel where Li Yitong was staying.

Li Yitong's assistant, Xiao Chen, was waiting at the door. Upon seeing him arrive, she quickly went to greet him: "President Lin, this way please."

Following Xiao Chen into the elevator, they went up to the 12th floor. The corridor was quiet. Xiao Chen opened the door to Li Yitong's room, said, "I'm going back now," and tactfully left.

As soon as the door closed, Li Yitong pounced on her like a koala: "Boss! You've finally arrived! I've been waiting for so long!"

"Is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?" Lin Feng patted her with a smile.

"Of course I'm anxious!" Li Yitong buried her face in the crook of his neck. "It's been more than three months. I've been waiting day and night for you to come see me."

"Alright, alright," Lin Feng said, carrying her to the bedside. "I promise I'll feed you well tonight." He suddenly remembered something, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Call me boss, do you still have your 'assistant outfit'?"

Li Yitong gave him a charming look: "Of course I have it with me." She jumped down, ran to the suitcase, rummaged through it, and quickly took out a set of clothes.

A short while later, she emerged wearing a white blazer, a black mini skirt, and sheer stockings, with high heels on her feet.

Lin Feng's temper flared up instantly.

"Boss, it's time to get to work." Li Yitong bit her lip, her eyes alluring.

Lin Feng could no longer restrain himself. He scooped her up and threw her onto the bed, then leaned down and kissed her. In the struggle, Li Yitong suddenly whimpered, "Boss, shh—"

"No need," Lin Feng said, and then a "snap" was heard as the stockings were torn.

Afterwards, Li Yitong lay on Lin Feng's chest, panting heavily. Lin Feng stroked her hair and asked with a smile, "Satisfied now?"

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"Not satisfied," Li Yitong looked up and kissed him. "This is nothing!"

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Lin Feng chuckled and rolled over: "Alright, I'll satisfy you completely today."

By the end of the third round, Li Yitong was so weak she was like a puddle of water and couldn't even move her fingers.

Lin Feng carried her to the bathroom to wash up, and watched her fall into a deep sleep in his arms.

He finished dressing, and Xiao Chen was still waiting in the corridor. She pointed to a fire escape and said, "Mr. Lin, no one will see you if you go this way."

At just past midnight, two paparazzi from Fengxing Studio huddled in a rented car, staring at the hotel entrance, their eyes bloodshot from exhaustion.

"Damn it! We followed him all day and didn't get a single thing!" The fat man slammed his fist on the steering wheel. "That Raymond Lam is too damn cunning; he actually used a diversionary tactic!"

Skinny Monkey, a cigarette dangling from his lips, scrolled through his phone irritably. "Who says otherwise? I thought I'd finally get some juicy gossip about him and that Li Yitong, but they acted like nothing happened, each going back to their own hotel." He scrolled through the extras' group chat, trying to see if there were any rumors, then suddenly stopped. "Hey? Look at this!"

The fat man leaned closer and saw on the screen that Guli Nazha and Lin Feng were sitting together, both of them smiling. They looked quite close, and Guli Nazha's head was slightly tilted towards Lin Feng, as if they were whispering something.

"Holy crap! This is like a godsend!" The fat man's eyes lit up instantly. "Gulnazar! Doesn't she have a boyfriend? He even visited the set a few days ago, and photos of them hugging and kissing were trending online. The breakup rumors are fake!"

Skinny Monkey has already started saving the photos: "More than that! Gulnazar and Lu Han are the male and female leads of this movie, and Raymond Lam just beat Lu Han at the box office. Now he's in the same frame as Gulnazar—just think about this headline!"

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing excitement in each other's eyes. Skinny Monkey furiously typed on his keyboard, posting on various platforms using over a dozen alternate accounts:

[Shocking! Raymond Lam visits the set of "Fighter of the Destiny" and has a secret meeting with Gulnazar in a campervan, where they seem to be having a pleasant conversation!]

[Guli Nazha's boyfriend just visited her on set, dispelling breakup rumors, but then he was seen laughing and chatting with Raymond Lam?]

[Lu Han is in an awkward situation! His box office performance is being suppressed, and it seems that Raymond Lam "snatched" the female lead role in the film?]

The fat man contacted the studio's back office and spent money to buy some traffic for push notifications. Although it was the middle of the night, the internet is never short of night owls, especially for gossip with labels like "celebrity" and "scandal," which instantly attracted the first wave of gossip enthusiasts.

"Quick, quick, check the comments!" Skinny Monkey tapped the screen.

Someone on Douban's entertainment group has already reposted the post: "??? Raymond Lam and Gulnazar? How are these two connected?"

"Just a few days ago, Naza's boyfriend came to visit the set, and the paparazzi took a bunch of intimate photos, saying that the two of them had a great relationship. How could things have changed so much in just a few days?"

"Upstairs, are you here to dispel the breakup rumors? I've had a feeling something was off between them for a while now; they've been interacting less and less."

"The main point is Raymond Lam! Didn't his movie just break 1 billion? How come he's off flirting with someone else's girlfriend?"

"What do you mean by 'flirting'? Maybe it's just normal chatting? The photos look pretty normal."

"Do we really need to have a normal conversation in a campervan? There are so many other places on set where we can't stay?"

"Where are Lu Han's fans? Come see your idol's love rival! He's dominating the box office, and now he's even trying to steal the female lead in the drama?"

On Weibo, the hashtag #RaymondLamGuliNazhaSecretRentalinRV# began to slowly climb. Although it was the middle of the night, the reposts and comments were increasing rapidly: "My god! What's Raymond doing? Getting cocky after just a little success?" — "Doesn't GuliNazha have a boyfriend? This photo looks so ambiguous—" — Entertainment Industry Reporter "Just a passerby, just want to ask: Who is Raymond Lam? Why is he making such a fuss?" — Bystander "Hehe, someone's stirring up trouble again, isn't there? This photo is obviously a trick, deliberately creating drama!" — @RaymondLamFansClub "Lu Han is so pitiful, his box office is getting crushed, and now his leading lady is being stolen away, I feel so sorry for Lu!" — @LuHanGlobalFansClub "Am I the only one who noticed how handsome Raymond Lam is? Even a white T-shirt and jeans can't hide his handsomeness!" — Fatty, a late-stage looks-obsessed person, grinned from ear to ear looking at the data: "Great, bro, this is getting hot! Add some more juicy stuff at dawn, and it'll definitely be trending!"

Skinny Monkey stubbed out his cigarette: "Absolutely! We need to get some dirt on Raymond Lam and show him what we're capable of."

The two divided the work: one continued to use a secondary account to stir up trouble, fabricating false information such as "Raymond Lam took extra care of Guli Nazha on set" and "Guli Nazha's gaze towards Raymond Lam was strange"; the other contacted a familiar marketing account to prepare for a collective attack in the morning.

At 3 AM, #RaymondLinGuliNaza# had quietly climbed to the bottom of the trending topics list. The comments section was even more heated: "Where are Zhang Han's fans? Come and fight! Your idol has been cheated on!"

"Can we please stop bringing Zhang Han into this? Maybe they've already broken up, and besides, this photo doesn't prove anything."

"Heh, Raymond Lam's fans, stop trying to defend him. Did nothing really happen? The two of them were in a campervan?"

"Hey upstairs, why are you sneaking around when you're visiting the set for a meal? There are so many people on set watching!"

"I bet five cents that this is a publicity stunt by the 'Fighter of the Destiny' production team! They're riding on Raymond Lam's popularity!"

"+1, Raymond Lam is currently very popular, so it's normal to use him for publicity."

As dawn broke, Fatty finally saw #RaymondLinGuliNazha'sSecretRentalVehicleMeeting# trending. He patted Skinny Monkey on the shoulder: "Done! Call it a day! Go back to sleep, wait for the big show this morning!"

Skinny Monkey yawned: "Damn, I'm exhausted. I'm sure I'll get a big bonus this time."

My phone vibrated on the bedside table this morning. It was a message from Li Yitong: "Boss, are you awake? Did you see the news?"