Just as Lin Feifei said, the profession of a singer is really difficult.

Her career has finally shown a bit of an upward trend, and if her relationship is made public at this time, it would be a significant blow to her career.

Even if she wanted to make it public, the management company wouldn't allow it.

Until they completely squeeze out the remaining value of their artists, the management company will not allow them to date; some artist companies even have strict contracts that impose heavy fines for dating.

Li Xiang understands the situation she is facing, so he's not thinking of making her publicize their relationship.

He doesn't know if the paparazzi release a video of them together, how big of a blow it would be to Lin Feifei's career, and he doesn't want to let others decide.

"What should we do? The company scheduled me for a magazine issue next week, and if a scandal breaks out now, they might cancel the shoot."

Lin Feifei didn't expect that bringing Li Xiang over this time would attract the paparazzi's attention. If she had known there were paparazzi outside her door, she wouldn't have brought Li Xiang home.

It was also her oversight. She had never brought a guy home before, so she subconsciously dismissed the possibility of paparazzi being there until Li Xiang discovered them.

"It's okay, leave this to me. You stay seated in the car."

After giving advice to Lin Feifei, Li Xiang got out of the car and walked straight towards their car.

"Hey, don't get out of the car..."

She wanted to stop him but couldn't. Getting out now means being caught in action, right?

At this moment, the paparazzi in the black Honda car got excited seeing Li Xiang get out: "Boss, we've hit the jackpot, Lin Feifei brought a man back, her pure image is crashing down, we've hit it big, I've already got his face on camera."

"No, he seems to have spotted us, he's walking over here."

"Boss, start the car now, selling this material to any entertainment magazine would fetch a substantial income."

"Selling it to him might fetch a higher price."

Li Xiang tapped on the window, and they rolled it down. "What's up?"

"Playing dumb, give me your camera's memory card, I can buy it off you," Li Xiang said, reaching out a hand.

The paparazzi, hearing that Li Xiang was so on point, immediately asked: "Buy? How much are you offering?"

"The market price for your card is at most two hundred bucks, I'll buy it for two hundred."

"Bro, are you joking? Two hundred bucks, get lost, I'll sell it to an entertainment magazine."

Initially thinking this guy was sensible, but turned out to be a fool. The paparazzi didn't want to be bothered with him anymore and prepared to leave.

"Shooting secretly violates our privacy and image rights, if you don't hand it over, I might call the police."

Li Xiang initially thought that since he caught them, they would be at a disadvantage, but it seems he oversimplified. However, he was not afraid; if there were issues, find the police. He was a policeman after all, although in a different place, he couldn't let Jinling City Public Security Bureau lose face.

"Call the police? We're not scared, Lin Feifei is a public figure and must accept public scrutiny. Even if you solve this case by calling the police, you'll be caught by us one day."

The paparazzi showed a smug expression, shameless and invincible.

He's had encounters with the police before, and even if the photos are deleted this time, what about next time?

Offend him, and next time he'll ruin you completely.

Stars earn tons of money, which already makes people envious. In the public's eyes, even a speck of dust can't be tolerated; any slight negative news is enough to distress them.

So, in such circumstances, celebrities smartly choose alternate solutions.

Li Xiang frowned, these paparazzi weren't that easy to deal with. "So what do you want?"

"Two hundred thousand dollars, buy my camera."

Li Xiang furrowed his brows, this was blatant extortion. "Extortion?"

"How can it be extortion, don't make it sound so ugly, this is business."

"Fine, two hundred thousand, give me an account number and I'll wire it to you now."

Seeing Li Xiang relent, the two paparazzi in the car immediately wore smug smiles.

Selling these photos to an entertainment magazine would fetch one thousand to ten thousand, but directly selling to the person involved brings in scores of income.

Thus, part of the paparazzi's main income comes from this method—one deal lasts three years.

Li Xiang originally wanted to peacefully resolve the matter but didn't expect to encounter such a shady fellow.

With such proficiency, clearly, it wasn't his first time doing this.

Li Xiang didn't go easy on them, so he returned to the car, borrowed two hundred thousand from Lin Feifei, and transferred it to them.

The paparazzi received the money and then handed over the camera with a smile: "Take a look; if you hadn't bought it, these photos would make the headlines of the entertainment tabloid tomorrow."

Li Xiang took the camera and flipped through the album inside. Undoubtedly, they were professional as paparazzi.

They really knew how to capture the angles.

As soon as Li Xiang and Lin Feifei entered the neighborhood, they started taking pictures, especially the view from the front windshield, showing Li Xiang huddling and chatting with Lin Feifei, appearing very intimate.

"So, satisfied? Twenty thousand is not much at all, we'll be leaving now, and look forward to our next collaboration."

With that, they were about to start the vehicle.

Only for Li Xiang to quickly press their engine start button and open the car door: "Police, get out of the car, you are suspected of extortion, please cooperate with the investigation."

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