Outside Kyoto International Airport, there was a sea of people, with a cacophony of noise rising and falling.
Jiang Mo and his group were startled by the sight as soon as they got out of the car.
"What's going on? Why are there so many people outside the airport?" Li Xiang frowned, looking at the crowded people ahead.
Wu Teng stood on his tiptoes, trying to see the center of the crowd: "It seems like they're picking someone up, but isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"
Jiang Mo was also a bit confused, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, noticing many people holding up cheering signs with the large characters "Liu Mingsheng" written on them, and some even shouting slogans like "Liu Mingsheng, I love you."
"Liu Mingsheng? Who is that?" Jiang Mo muttered softly.
Li Xiang took out his phone, quickly searched, and then realized: "Oh, it's Liu Mingsheng! He was the Champion of the last All-Alliance Gorgeous Competition, and now he's a popular star who has appeared on many TV shows."
"No wonder so many fans are here to pick him up." Wu Teng shrugged, "But this is too crazy, isn't it?"
Just then, a commotion came from the airport exit.
A tall, handsome man, surrounded by a group of security guards, walked out.
He was wearing a well-tailored suit, with a gentle smile on his face, occasionally waving to the fans around him.
"Liu Mingsheng! Liu Mingsheng!" The fans' screams instantly reached a climax.
Jiang Mo glanced at him and couldn't help but exclaim, "His popularity is really high."
Lu Jiyin curled his lips, saying indifferently, "Isn't he just a star? What's so great about that?"
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than he heard Jun Jun's voice coming from not far away: "Jiang Mo Ge Ge! I'm over here!"
Jiang Mo looked over at the sound, only to see Jun Jun squeezing out from the crowd, a brilliant smile on her face.
Not far behind her, Liu Mingsheng's gaze was fixed on her.
"Jun Jun!" Jiang Mo waved, signaling her to come over.
Jun Jun quickly ran to Jiang Mo's side, saying with a bit of embarrassment, "Sorry for making you all wait, I had a small incident on the plane earlier."
"What incident?" Lu Jiyin immediately leaned over, a hint of nervousness in his tone.
Jun Jun glanced at him and said casually, "Nothing much, Mr. Liu Mingsheng just invited me to walk with him and said he wanted to treat me to dinner."
"Liu Mingsheng?!"
Lu Jiyin's voice instantly rose by an octave, "He invited you to dinner?!"
Jun Jun nodded: "Yes, but I refused. I said someone was picking me up, so there was no need to trouble him."
Lu Jiyin's face immediately turned ugly, and he glared at Liu Mingsheng not far away.
At this moment, Liu Mingsheng was walking towards them, still wearing that gentle smile on his face.
Liu Mingsheng's gaze was fixed on Jun Jun.
He had noticed this lovely and pure beauty in the first-class cabin of the plane earlier, and she had been looking at magazines related to the Gorgeous Competition. From this, he concluded that Jun Jun was also a Gorgeous Competition enthusiast.
Since she was a Gorgeous Competition enthusiast, she must know his name, so on the plane, Liu Mingsheng took the initiative to chat with Jun Jun, and successfully struck up a conversation with her using his excellent professional knowledge.
In the past, if he had been so proactive, those crazy female fans would have already thrown themselves into his arms, but Jun Jun was different.
Although she knew him, she didn't seem very excited, which piqued his interest slightly.
He hadn't had any fun for a long time and had wanted to try something new. Now that he met a beautiful woman who was quite challenging, he wanted to try to conquer her even more.
"Miss Lin, have your friends come to pick you up?" Liu Mingsheng walked to Jun Jun's side and asked gently.
Jun Jun nodded politely: "Yes, thank you for your concern, Mr. Liu."
Liu Mingsheng's gaze swept over Jiang Mo and his group, finally landing on Lu Jiyin.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, seemingly surprised by Lu Jiyin's hostile gaze.
"This is?" Liu Mingsheng asked, feigning curiosity.
"I am Jun Jun's friend, Lu Jiyin."
Lu Jiyin said coldly, "Jun Jun has someone to pick her up, no need for your trouble."
Liu Mingsheng smiled, a hint of mockery in his tone: "So it's Mr. Lu. However, for an excellent girl like Miss Lin, it's a good thing to have more friends, don't you agree?"
Lu Jiyin's face grew even uglier, and he was about to retort, but Jiang Mo stopped him.
"Mr. Liu, thank you for your concern for Jun Jun, but we have things to do, so we'll be leaving now." Jiang Mo said lightly, with a hint of undeniable authority in his tone.
Liu Mingsheng glanced at Jiang Mo, a flicker of displeasure in his eyes, but he quickly returned to his gentle smile and said, "In that case, I won't bother you. Miss Lin, I hope we can meet again."
Jun Jun nodded politely: "Goodbye, Mr. Liu."
Liu Mingsheng turned and left, and the surrounding fans immediately swarmed him, their screams rising again.
"That Liu Mingsheng, you can tell he's no good!" Lu Jiyin said indignantly, "Jun Jun, don't let him fool you."
Jun Jun glanced at him, pouting, and said, "I don't know if he's a good person, but is someone who left without a word and lied to me a good person?"
Lu Jiyin was speechless, his face flushed, unable to utter a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Jiang Mo quickly intervened: "Alright, alright, Jun Jun just got off the plane, she must be tired. Let's go back to the hotel first."
Li Xiang and Wu Teng also chimed in: "Yes, let's go back and rest first."
The group got into the car, Lu Jiyin was still sulking, while Jun Jun looked like she didn't want to bother with him.
On the way, Li Xiang took out his phone, quickly searched for Liu Mingsheng's information, and then said, "This Liu Mingsheng is not simple. Not only is he the Champion of the Gorgeous Competition, but he is also from the Liu family."
"The Liu family?" Jiang Mo frowned, "Which Liu family?"
"It's that Liu family!"
Li Xiang lowered his voice and said, "The top family of the Shenzhou Alliance. Their patriarch is the Vice President of the Shenzhou Alliance, a rank equivalent to the Four Heavenly Kings, except that the Vice President primarily handles administrative matters."
Wu Teng also reacted and added, "Oh, and one of the hot Champion contenders for this High School League, Liu Tianyu, seems to be Liu Mingsheng's younger brother."
"Liu Tianyu?" Jiang Mo repeated the name thoughtfully.
Li Xiang nodded: "That's right, Liu Tianyu is the grandson of the Liu family's patriarch. It's said that the legendary resources for this League Champion were secured by the Liu family, specifically prepared for him."
Lu Jiyin couldn't help but let out a cold snort when he heard this: "So what if it's the Liu family? My Lu family isn't any worse than them!"
He was joking, he was the eldest young master of the dignified Lu family, with an Elite father, his status was in no way inferior to Liu Mingsheng.
Jun Jun glanced at him and said indifferently, "Liu family or not, I'm not interested at all."
Lu Jiyin immediately beamed with joy: "Jun Jun is right! Those empty titles are just fleeting clouds, we don't care about them!"
Jiang Mo shook his head helplessly, but he felt a heightened sense of vigilance towards Liu Mingsheng and the Liu family.
He knew that as a top family in the Shenzhou Alliance, the Liu family had immense power. As a scion of such a family, what kind of women hadn't he seen? And Liu Mingsheng's behavior today clearly showed he had designs on Jun Jun.
"It seems I need to be careful." Jiang Mo thought to himself.