Dating?!
Getting close?!
Those two sentences made Xie Chen blush. He hurriedly took a step back and looked down, only to see two or three boys and girls looking up at them with innocent yet appraising gazes.
They looked at him, then at Huo Wenye.
Then they started asking and answering their own questions.
"From the looks of it, probably."
"Mm-hmm, adults love this kind of thing. They like each other but refuse to admit it, leaving everyone in the dark to guess!"
"Can't they just be more straightforward? I think they make a great match."
"What is this? Are they getting more roundabout the older they get?"
"..."
Xie Chen finally could not stand the change in roles any longer. He glanced at Huo Wenye as he tried to look fierce. "You little brats, stop making wild guesses. What do you know?!"
"They do have good taste." A deep, magnetic voice suddenly cut in. Xie Chen looked over in disbelief and saw Huo Wenye purse his lips before the corners of his mouth lifted in an almost imperceptibly pleased curve.
"I'll wait for you outside."
Without waiting for a response, he turned and left, his tall figure gradually receding down the hallway.
Xie Chen's gaze unconsciously followed him, his expression blank.
The little brats turned in the same direction as him, staring after Huo Wenye in a daze.
The cameraman filming them captured the scene, and the livestream viewers began discussing it.
[Huh? What just happened?! Why were they surrounded by kids?!]
[Come on, Mr. Cameraman! Can you keep up next time? Can't you tell these two are likely to drop some huge gossip?!]
[When are we going to get some progress? I'm dying from the wait! If nothing happens soon, I'm starting rumors!]
[Calm down, commenter above. Did