The flashlights nearly turned the night into day, and the reporters were frantically pressing their shutter buttons, some even losing their grip on their microphones from too much excitement.
"Mr. Jian, are you and this lady good friends?"
"Mr. Jian, how long have you known each other?"
"When exactly are you going to announce your relationship?"
"Is this lady pregnant, and do the two of you plan to have a shotgun wedding?"
A barrage of questions flew at them like cannonballs, bombarding the two.
A man and a woman walking in the back garden—no one would believe they were just clearing the air in such a secluded place.
Moreover, relationships in the entertainment industry were always spoken of in euphemisms.
Just met might mean they had already gotten married.
So-called friends might mean a child was on the way.
"You're thinking too much; we're just friends," Jian Hao said.
This completely out-of-control scene took him by surprise.
