After signing the contract, Zhang Yuqi felt a little weird. She was someone who would never do anything on a whim, and this was the most whimsical decision she had ever made in her life.
But she had nothing to lose anyway.
Looking at Lu Zitian's icy face, she felt a strange sense of security. How could a man she had met only two times give her this kind of feeling? She must be going crazy!
Just then Lu Zitian's voice brings her out of her thoughts.
"Yuqi, I'll pick you up at 10 am tomorrow morning."
"Yes", she said subconsciously, then she froze. What did he call her?...Y-Yu-Yuqi? How can he go from being distant to calling her this way in such a small time?
"Mr. Lu, where are we going tomorrow?"
Zhang Yuqi was feeling really nervous. They had just signed the contract today and he wanted to take her out the next day? Was she going to meet the elders? Or the media? Heck!...she didn't know what to do!
On the other hand, Lu Zitian furrowed his brows listening to her scared and distant tone. Was she scared? Was he that scary?.....Did she not understand when he said that he wanted a true relationship? He stood up and placed his hands in his pockets casually. Due to him standing up, he looked more overbearing. Then he looked at Zhang Yuqi, who had sat up straight on the sofa like a student waiting for her punishment. Seeing that little scared bunny, his lips curled up into a faint genuine smile.
He asked, "Are you scared of me?"
"Who in this country isn't afraid of you Mr. Lu?", a meek voice spoke up.
"Zitian."
Yuqi looked up at Lu Zitian with widened eyes. "huh??"
"Call me Zitian."
Zhang Yuqi gulped hard. How could she dare to call the great devil by his first name?
"Hard to pronounce?"
Was his name hard to pronounce?.....definitely not! She was not frozen because of that! It was freaking nerve-wracking to imagine calling him by his name!....Forget it! She had experienced more nerve-wracking things!
"L-Lu Zitian."
Lu Zitian gave a satisfied grunt and turned to leave.
Just then, Zhang Yuqi remembered the most important thing she hadn't told him yet.
"Hey, Lu-Lu Zitian, umm...that...can I request something?"
Lu Zitian stopped in his tracks and gazed at her in silent approval.
"I...umm....you know that I am a singer right?.....I hope we can keep our marriage a secret." Zhang Yuqi blurted out.
At this point, this relationship going public would make all of her efforts go waste. Tomorrow the official weibo of 'Walking to you' would announce the list of cast and singers. A no name like her got such a role, there was bound to be discussion, but, it would be thousand times worse if she was found to be in a relationship, especially with someone very rich. She couldn't risk her career. It was the most precious thing to her. Her dream. Her mother's dream.
Lu Zitian looked at Zhang Yuqi as she stood lost in her thoughts, the yearning, the determination in her eyes, was really striking. For the first time in his 30 years of life, he felt his heart flutter, it beat fast and wild.
He knew how important her dream was to her. From Ye Chen's investigation, she had lost her mother 12 years ago, and her mother was a really good singer, but she couldn't win the Golden Nightingale Awards, the highest honour for a singer, because of a scandal. It was not her mother's fault.
Zhang Yuqi wanted to get to that position and get back her mother's honour and find out who had made her mother lose that award.
Lu Zitian's eyes held a gentle gaze as he told her, "I agree....but not forever."
'One day I want to hold you in my arms and call you mine before the whole world.'
At the same time he realized, there was no going back. He had fallen for her.