Chapter 944: Staying at a Foreign Airport
There were many Chinese people in the airport waiting hall today.
Most of these Chinese people were very young, completely different from the locals or other tourists. Their unique temperament and demeanor were not found in many other places, making them very easy to distinguish.
Therefore, when they recognized their fellow travelers in the vast crowd, they would naturally move towards the same waiting area.
Therefore, it was inevitable that Xiao He and others would become more conspicuous.
"Ah! It's Xiao He, isn't it Xiao He?"
The two girls sitting next to Zong Jiwei screamed in hushed tones.
Zong Jiwei was somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting such a coincidence. He immediately turned his head to look in that direction and, sure enough, saw Xiao He and the others.
Xiao He was dressed casually, with a pillow around his neck, and was playing on his phone while talking to his assistant next to him.
His agent and driver were sitting not far from him.
This lineup is quite simple.
Zong Jiwei never expected that his schedule would coincide with theirs.
That's pretty lucky, isn't it?
As Zong Jiwei thought about it, his hand unconsciously reached into his pocket, preparing to take a video and send it to his daughter.
Immediately afterwards, he felt that the two girls talking next to him sounded familiar.
So I turned my head and looked—
Wow, what a coincidence! These two girls are the same two girls who sat next to me while watching "The Root of All Evil" yesterday!
No wonder it sounded familiar.
The two girls turned their heads and glanced over, then realized it was someone they knew, and looked surprised: "Ah! Hello, Uncle! What a coincidence!"
"We are all very destined to meet!"
Zong Jiwei smiled helplessly and pointed to Xiao He's side: "I didn't expect that we would see each other on stage yesterday and then be able to get up close again today."
At this moment, the other Chinese people who discovered that Xiao He was also on the same flight slowly gathered around him, trying to strike up a conversation.
There was no other way; they would have to wait about two hours for their flight, and everyone had to kill time in the meantime.
So suddenly, the Chinese people who were originally scattered all gathered around Xiao He's side to watch.
Xiao He and the others had originally found a corner spot where there were few people sitting nearby, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, everyone gathered around and filled the nearby seats.
"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao!"
Someone pulled out their support sign and waved it happily at Xiao He.
Xiao He looked up and waved in that direction with amusement.
So this was like a signal, and several people walked over from their seats, wanting to ask Xiao He for autographs and photos, while others looked over expectantly.
Xiao He naturally wouldn't refuse.
Liu Rulan glanced around and found that there weren't actually that many people here. Most of them were sitting scattered around nearby, just restraining themselves from taking pictures with their phones and not crowding over to bother her.
The scene was very orderly, and taking turns signing autographs and taking photos didn't take too long.
So she nodded to Xiao Chen and instructed, "Tell them to keep a low profile, come over quietly to sign, and then go back to their seats after they're done."
"OK!"
Xiao Chen nodded and went over to maintain order in the queue, preventing everyone from crowding together.
However, the anomaly was quickly noticed by local airport staff.
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Eljan's eyes widened, his gaze fixed on the scene like that of a discerning hawk, as if these uncouth and terrifying Chinese were about to commit some heinous and horrific act.
Oh my god, what are these damn Chinese people doing gathered together?
So almost as soon as Xiao He picked up the pen and signed a few names, Erzhan walked over without any politeness and dispersed the crowd—specifically the five young girls gathered there.
"Why?"
This immediately sparked dissatisfaction among fans.
“We haven’t made a sound, nor have we disturbed anyone else; we’ve simply been standing here! Please tell me, what is the reason for asking us to leave?”
One of them refuted the staff's attempts to drive them away in fluent English.
The fans who have both the drive and the financial resources to follow Xiao He all the way are either capable big spenders or extremely loyal die-hard fans. Their quality is already quite high, and they are unwilling to damage Xiao He's public image abroad. Therefore, they have been very restrained from beginning to end, for fear of disturbing others and attracting strange looks.
They said that their gathering was disturbing other people waiting to board, but they were already in a corner, making no other noise, and there were only five people standing there.
They simply couldn't understand why these staff members had the right to come up and drive them away.
However, it's unclear whether the staff member was pretending not to understand or genuinely couldn't, but when faced with the fans' attempts to reason with him, he just kept babbling in the local language, then used gestures to drive everyone away, and pointed at the "Quiet" sign in the distance repeatedly and harshly, even making circles on his face, seemingly suggesting that they get their eyes treated when they return to China.
This immediately caused a commotion at the scene.
The other passengers around looked over with considerable surprise.
The other fans who were still seated were also getting angry. Even the other male passengers from China, who weren't fans of celebrities, frequently glanced over, warily observing the situation and giving the staff member a stern warning to be on guard against him bullying the young Chinese girls.
As for Xiao He, who unintentionally caused this conflict, he also stopped writing, smiled reassuringly at the angry fans, and said, "Sorry, it's really inconvenient in public. How about this, you can all find a seat now, and I'll have my assistant collect the things you want autographed. If anyone really wants a photo, we can do that separately when we get to our airport, okay?"
When you're abroad, it's best to avoid trouble if possible.
It's not good to cause other people to chase after celebrities in the airport, and that staff member was clearly malicious, so Xiao He naturally didn't want the fans to continue to have conflicts with the staff member.
Fortunately, Xiao He's words were very effective, and the fans couldn't cause trouble with the staff. They could only murmur amongst themselves and disperse, finding a place to sit down.
The staff member glanced at Xiao He a few more times, but in the end said nothing more and turned to leave.
But in reality, he didn't go far. Instead, he stood next to a pillar in the area and guarded them.
Xiao Chen was furious: "What does he mean? This targeting is going too far!"
"Ahem, never mind." Liu Rulan coughed lightly. "Xiao Chen, go around and get the things that everyone wants to sign. Try to get scraps of paper and greeting cards. Don't take any gifts or big items. Try to calm everyone down and tell them to wait until they get off their flight back home."
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded.
Xiao He narrowed his eyes, glanced at the staff member, and then instructed again, "Old Qi, please go with Xiao Chen too. Be careful and keep a low profile. That person isn't very friendly to us, so try not to cause any conflict."
Old Qi stood up, nodded to Xiao He, and then took Xiao Chen to pack up their things.
Perhaps the small conflict earlier had quieted down the other fans, so Xiao Chen and the others were able to collect the items very smoothly and quickly gathered a stack of paper scraps.
Since he had nothing better to do, Xiao He took out his pen and slowly signed each name one by one.