Footsteps approached from afar.
Ordinarily speaking,
When footsteps sounded outside the door, people inside the room usually wouldn’t pay much attention.
But this time, it was different.
Inside, Manager Leo Li, Zane Liu, and the others all instinctively stopped talking and turned toward the door.
Lynn Chen seemed to guess who it was and looked over as well.
It didn’t take long.
The door was pushed open from the outside.
“Sorry, I’m a bit late.”
Evan Lin looked at Lynn Chen sitting over there and nodded.
This time coming to Beijing, Evan Lin’s goal was simple.
He just wanted to check in on Lynn Chen and Jill Jing.
“And you are?”
Zane Liu frowned.
Manager Leo Li’s expression also turned a bit playful.
But it was Maggie Sun, sitting next to Lynn Chen, who recognized Evan Lin at first. She blinked, then suddenly seemed to remember something and blurted out, “Aren’t you that guy I saw in Linyan’s neighborhood before?”
“Hey, how do you know Linyan?”
It was honestly just a coincidence that Maggie Sun even remembered Evan Lin.
That day, she’d gone to hang out with Lynn Chen, and when she saw Evan Lin in the neighborhood, he’d just been cornered by Trevor Liu and his crew, looking all dirty and disheveled.
So Maggie had looked at him a few extra times, and the impression stuck.
It’s just that Lynn Chen never mentioned knowing Evan Lin that day, so Maggie Sun was a bit confused for a moment.
“Linyan, could he be...?”
Maggie Sun glanced at Lynn Chen, only to realize that Lynn’s gaze was locked onto Evan Lin and hadn’t moved.
Lynn didn’t answer her.
“So you’re Lynn’s boyfriend, right? Perfect timing—have a seat, let’s all chat together.”
Zane Liu was the first to react, standing up with a smile: “We’re all Lynn’s junior-high classmates. This is Manager Leo Li, general manager of Starlit Tang Entertainment.”
Zane Liu made sure to do the introductions.
Manager Leo Li sat there, arrogantly nodding.
He was still sizing up Evan Lin.
His gaze swept across the room.
His clothes looked decent, but there was no watch on his wrist—just a ring that didn’t seem worth much.
Manager Leo Li took one look and instantly decided this kid probably didn’t have any real backing.
He’d expected Evan to come over and politely greet him.
But to Manager Leo Li’s surprise, Evan didn’t even glance his way—he just looked back at Lynn Chen.
Boyfriend?
Hearing that, Evan Lin was momentarily stunned.
Lynn Chen, under Evan’s gaze, suddenly got flustered. She twisted her hem and sat there with her head down, feeling awkward and not knowing how to explain.
Luckily, Evan didn’t ask.
That made Lynn secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Evan sat beside Lynn Chen, while her other classmates sized him up from across the room.