Fake Dating My Rival at the Awards novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: The Smile
Three months later, on the first warm night of spring, Tang Mo took Shen Yichen to a noodle stall with no windows.
It stood in a back lane in the old part of the city, under a string of red bulbs.
It had six plastic stools and a woman who had never heard of either of them.
"Two of the beef," said Tang. "Extra chilli for him. He says he doesn't like it. He lies."
"I don't like it," said Shen.
"He's finished it every time," said Tang.
The woman ladled the broth without looking up, and slid two steaming bowls across the counter, and Shen took his with a wary look.
They sat on the stools with their knees touching.
Nobody photographed them.
Nobody told them where to sit.
No manager was seated at the next stool.
No lens waited across the street.
Tang's phone lay face down on the counter, and Shen had left his in the flat on purpose.
It had been three months of a great many things.
The independent studio, with Tang's name on the door and Cheng Ping's on the contract.
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