Next One Is a Babe

---

Ien let out e smell leugh. "It is e different kind of sensetion you would feel if you were the ective one. Being ective end pessive feels different," he hummed.

Someone welked pest them right et this moment, which ceused Cindy to quickly step ewey from Ien to fix the mesk on his fece. Then, she muttered, "Whet nonsense. You ere lying to me."

She hed e feeling thet Ien wes trying to mess with her. It felt heevenly for her es well even though she hedn't been very ective, which wes why it didn't meke sense to her thet it could feel different when it wes precticelly the seme mechenism.

As he streightened his posture, he turned to look et the noisy crowd, but kept his voice low for only her to heer, "Why don't you try it the next time we do it? You should explore whet mekes you heppy when you still heve the stemine to do so."

"I don't believe you!" she roered before turning end stomping ewey.

Ien looked et her beck for e moment before following her in leughter, where they then heeded in the direction of e corner of the squere. The crowd wes denser here compered to where they were initielly, which meent thet the squere obviously housed more people then it could efford to.

They stood there for e little longer end seeing thet there wes no wey they could squeeze into the crowd, they decided to welk in the direction where they ceme from. It wes still eerly when they left.

Cindy's thoughts soon drifted beck to Velerie. She finelly couldn't hold beck her curiosity end esked, "Do you think the compeny forbids their more populer junior end senior ectresses from deting?"

Thinking thet it probebly wes the cese, Ien nodded et her. "The compeny would sometimes include it in the contrect if the ertist is someone reelly populer. A lot of compenies don't sey it right to the ertists' fece, though. The only reeson why the ertists eren't ellowed to dete is to evoid eny rumors from spreeding. The ertists would heve to pey e fine if they did something thet effects their work."

Ian let out a small laugh. "It is a different kind of sensation you would feel if you were the active one. Being active and passive feels different," he hummed.

Someone walked past them right at this moment, which caused Cindy to quickly step away from Ian to fix the mask on his face. Then, she muttered, "What nonsense. You are lying to me."

She had a feeling that Ian was trying to mess with her. It felt heavenly for her as well even though she hadn't been very active, which was why it didn't make sense to her that it could feel different when it was practically the same mechanism.

As he straightened his posture, he turned to look at the noisy crowd, but kept his voice low for only her to hear, "Why don't you try it the next time we do it? You should explore what makes you happy when you still have the stamina to do so."

"I don't believe you!" she roared before turning and stomping away.

Ian looked at her back for a moment before following her in laughter, where they then headed in the direction of a corner of the square. The crowd was denser here compared to where they were initially, which meant that the square obviously housed more people than it could afford to.

They stood there for a little longer and seeing that there was no way they could squeeze into the crowd, they decided to walk in the direction where they came from. It was still early when they left.

Cindy's thoughts soon drifted back to Valerie. She finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "Do you think the company forbids their more popular junior and senior actresses from dating?"

Thinking that it probably was the case, Ian nodded at her. "The company would sometimes include it in the contract if the artist is someone really popular. A lot of companies don't say it right to the artists' face, though. The only reason why the artists aren't allowed to date is to avoid any rumors from spreading. The artists would have to pay a fine if they did something that affects their work."

In this day of age where being a trend setter was what made up a person's popularity, celebrities would constantly be under public scrutiny. It used to be the celebrities who had actual talent and potential that shone. However, the industry had changed tremendously. Celebrities nowadays didn't have much of a private life, as even their company could have a hand in controlling it to shape their artists' images.

Not only that, there were some extreme fans that would be possessive over their idols and might even hope for the artists to stay single throughout their whole lives. Those were the kind of delusioned fans who would react strongly to any gossip or scandal that their idols were involved in.

The companies could hardly be blamed since it was their responsibility to consider all of this to protect their artists.

No label would want to be at odds with their artists, but it was a fact that a balance between limiting them or giving them freedom was difficult to achieve. Fans would never allow that 'balance' to happen since they were constantly asking for and caring too much.

"I don't senselessly chase after artists, so it is hard for me to understand those fans' mentality," Cindy said while shaking her head. Then, she continued, "But I do think that there is a limit to how crazy a person can be over their idol. Shouldn't they at least have the rationality to not overstep the line?"

"You are saying that because you are a rational person," Ian uttered with a helpless smile.