The little lamb looked at him with a smile, then stuffed the photo back into her pocket: "I wasn't planning on sending this to them anyway."
Yi Heye was getting anxious. He said, "We can't waste any more time. If we drag this out any longer, something bad might happen."
Upon hearing this, the little lamb turned around and blinked at him: "But I don't care if those people get into trouble."
His round eyes revealed a sense of innocence, but saying such things with such innocent eyes made it all the more unsettling.
“I’m a notorious criminal,” said the lamb. “Why would I care about the lives of you humans?”
Yi Heye stared at him for a long time without saying a word—that's right, he was a wanted criminal, prey that he was determined to catch.
They are natural enemies, how could I have forgotten that?
This thought made him feel a little down.
But soon, Xiao Yang casually changed the subject: "You're going to be a big star, how can you not know how to take pictures?"
His topic changed so quickly that Yi Heye didn't know if he had just been making fun of himself.
But then he thought about it and realized that what Xiao Yang said made sense—if he had to take photos as the mission progressed, he might not be able to hold out until the truth came out in his current condition.
So, under the guidance of the little lamb, Yi Heye gritted his teeth and took several more sets of photos.
Gradually, he finally got used to looking directly at the camera. Although his expression was still not very natural, at least he wouldn't have a stiff, lifeless face in the photos.
After snapping away at his face with a flurry of close-up shots, Xiao Yang finally felt that was enough. He spent a long time picking and choosing from a huge pile of photos before finally picking one out with a heavy heart: "Damn it, they're all so beautiful, I don't want to send any of them to them."
Yi Heye smiled but didn't say anything. He just sent Pei Xiangjin a message asking Xiao Yang to copy the photo.
When Pei Xiangjin and the others returned to the office, SHEEP had left again, leaving behind a group of distraught officers: "Damn it, the firewall detected SHEEP's intrusion again, but we just can't find his exact location."
Yi Heye didn't dare to say anything, and just waited quietly for them to end the topic on their own initiative.
Pei Xiangjin finally remembered him and asked, "Are the photos taken?"
"Hmm," Yi Heye sent the negatives over, waiting nervously for his feedback.
"Not bad!" Pei Xiangjin looked at the photo and praised very seriously, "You really have the makings of a star!"
Yi Heye waved his hand, indicating that he shouldn't flatter him, and then urged him to quickly upload the photos to his account.
For this campaign, Pei Xiangjin specially invited the most professional marketing masters in the industry.
You won't believe it until you listen. Once you hear it, you'll realize that all those so-called "accidentally popular" internet celebrities in recent years have had him behind the scenes pushing them to fame.
"In today's traffic-driven environment, it's difficult to gain public attention without marketing." The master imparted his knowledge and answered questions.
To avoid making the marketing overtly obvious, experts opted for some conservative marketing approaches, including but not limited to choosing the right time to expose themselves and adding high-traffic keywords.
But they found that none of this seemed really necessary.
Not long after Yi Heye posted his photo, he received a like, a follow, and a private message from a man in the same city: "Hey beautiful, wanna hook up?"
Yi Heye's face immediately fell.
Pei Xiangjin nodded, then said sarcastically, "Like attracts like."
Yi Heye's fist hardened, yet he couldn't refute it—it has to be said, he was truly too attractive to this kind of person.
Looking back on his experiences of being harassed by men since childhood, he suddenly realized that his homosexuality seemed to have been foreshadowed long ago.
After the marketing guru prepared the marketing copy and placement strategy, a few more likes and follows appeared spontaneously.
At this point, only 10 minutes had passed since the photo was posted.
"Did someone buy you exposure?" the master asked, looking at the data with some doubt.
"Aren't we looking to buy from you?" Pei Xiangjin asked. "You mean, you haven't even started yet?"
The expert hurriedly grabbed his proposal and carefully checked the user IDs in the comments section—
"These aren't paid trolls, these are all real users!" The expert exclaimed in astonishment, looking at the soaring data. "Damn, this data looks like it doesn't require any manipulation at all."
—It seems that Yi Heye has really become popular.
Initially, the post received only a few likes from netizens who simply scrolled through it. However, after it was reposted by a well-known beauty blogger, the number of views on the post exploded.
Within half a day, countless people flocked to view Yi Heye's photos like a tidal wave.
"Holy crap, this little brother is so cute!"
"The white-haired guy has my XP completely under his thumb!"
"Ahhh, how can someone have facial features that are both cute and fierce!"
"Ladies upstairs, make way! My gaydar is going off like crazy right now. Trust me, Ono is a treasure for us gay men..."
Pei Xiangjin pointed to the last one: "See, it's not just me saying that."
Yi Heye glared at him and finally retorted fiercely, "Are you gay? And what about Gaydar, this thing that identifies people of the same kind?"
Pei Xiangjin immediately shut his mouth, no longer daring to speak to this dangerous gay man.
Perhaps due to the involvement of several prominent bloggers, Yi Heye's photos spread at an alarming rate.
The marketing guru who just said "it's hard to get into the public eye without marketing" is now frantically taking notes: "This has shattered my traditional understanding of the internet."
"He Ye" became popular too quickly, but these statistics made the members of the special task force present somewhat worried.
Yi Heye's good looks attracted a lot of private messages from film and television companies and talent scouts. One of them was even an invitation from a famous entertainment company in Area A. They wanted to find the one with criminal suspicion among them, which was almost as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
The entire mission took a strange turn—the star, who was originally just there to create a celebrity, seemed to have actually been created, but because the creation was too successful, it completely blocked the mission's path.
Just as Pei Xiangjin was at a loss looking at the sea of talent scout invitations in front of her, the emergency call operator suddenly ran over.
"Captain Pei," the operator said, "we've received several requests to withdraw reports today, and I think it's necessary for you to know."
Pei Xiangjin flipped through the withdrawal receipt in front of him, his brows gradually furrowing:
"What? They've found everyone?"
Today, the security department received more than one message from missing persons reporting them withdrawing their cases. Their reasons were all very simple, without exception, that the missing persons had already been found.
“My husband just video-called me today. He has now immigrated to Area A. He hasn’t been in contact with me during this time because of the confidentiality agreement in Area A,” one of the complainants said. “We may get divorced later because we live apart, but it doesn’t matter. He has been found and the money has been paid in full, so I won’t bother the officers anymore.”
Pei Xiangjin listened to the call log one by one and found that all the calls claimed that the missing person had immigrated to Area A, and that they had not been able to contact their families in time because of confidentiality regulations.
"So they still haven't met with their families, right?" Pei Xiangjin said.
Everyone present understood Pei Xiangjin's meaning. This collective withdrawal of the case was really strange, making it hard for the team members, who were still in the early stages of the investigation, to accept such a result.
"Please stop investigating," another person who withdrew their case pleaded. "My son finally got to go to Area A, and I don't want it to be ruined because of my report."
Almost all those who withdrew their cases held this attitude and refused the Security Department's request to investigate further—after all, immigrating to Area A was an honor that even one wouldn't dare dream of, and no one wanted to lose such a stroke of good luck.
But the task force members were somewhat perplexed—was this really the truth? Was immigrating to Area A really that simple? Was their investigation truly over?
Not long after, Gu Wenwen called.
As they expected, Ke Yu also contacted Gu Wenwen, telling her that he was fine, that he had successfully immigrated to Area A, and that he had even sent her a sum of money. He didn't mention going home again.
Pei Xiangjin thought Gu Wenwen was also going to drop the case, and was about to advise her to reconsider, when the girl said:
“Officer Pei, please find Ke Yu as soon as possible. I’m 100% sure the person on the other end of the phone isn’t him—he couldn’t have abandoned me and suddenly immigrated. He would never do such a thing.”
Although the reason of "unbreakable love" seems somewhat weak in a money-driven society, and the so-called understanding of the husband and so-called intuition have mostly failed to hold up in past cases, in the eyes of the skeptical task force, this sentence became the sole driving force supporting them to continue their investigation.
“Okay,” Pei Xiangjin said. “Please send us your husband’s video call logs, and we will have our analysis team study them immediately.”
At this moment, Mr. Yi Heye, a newly popular internet celebrity, was holding Xiaoyunduo and filtering the private messages sent by talent scouts.
Pei Xiangjin turned around and joined in the worry: "Damn it, how come you attract so many suitors? How are we supposed to find someone now that you've attracted so many unwanted attentions?"
Yi Heye clenched his fists again, but he held back.
At this point, there were too many and too varied individuals to screen, and then the issue of withdrawing the case came up, causing everyone present to become agitated.
Completely at a loss. Looking at the seemingly identical selfishness before him, Yi Heye felt a cold sweat break out on his brow.
Just then, the office phone rang, and Pei Xiangjin exploded: "Who the hell wants to drop the case this time?!"
After he finished speaking, he remembered that the office used an internal phone line, and the case withdrawal call wouldn't come directly here, so he raised his chin in annoyance: "Put it on speakerphone."
As soon as the hands-free mode was turned on, a familiar, refined voice came through: "Hello?"
Yi Heye suddenly raised his head, forgetting even to look at the private messages in front of him.
"Hello," the person on the other end of the phone said, "I would like to provide your organization with some useful clues for reporting a case."
Yi Heye listened to the person's voice and gently held his breath.
"Hello?" Pei Xiangjin sensed something was off about the call and frowned as she asked, "May I ask who you are?"
“I had the honor of meeting you, Officer, before. I wonder if you remember me.”
The person on the other end of the line spoke slowly and deliberately, making all the straight men in the office feel as if they were basking in a gentle breeze.
“I am Mr. Yi Heye’s ‘ex-boyfriend’, and my name is Jian Yunxian.”
Author's Note:
#Drama Queen Guy Conjures Up a Heartbreaking Breakup Drama All by Himself and Successfully Wins Over the Girlfriend#
Chapter 94, number 094
After Jian Yunxian finished his self-introduction, the entire office fell into an eerie silence.
Yi Heye was still immersed in the surprise of suddenly hearing the voice when he came to his senses and realized that everyone around him was staring at him.
He stared blankly at everyone for a moment before belatedly realizing what the person had just said on the phone.
...What the hell is this guy saying?!
Yi Heye's ears suddenly turned red. He had no idea what this guy was up to, only that he had once again put himself in some kind of predicament.
At this moment, he felt from the bottom of his heart that Jian Yunxian should be glad that he wasn't standing in front of him, otherwise he might not have been able to save his entire hand, let alone his fingers.
Pei Xiangjin, who believed she was well aware of Yi Heye's sexual orientation, was clearly much more accepting of the matter.
He quickly recovered from his shock, looking at Yi Heye with an inquiring gaze while casually gossiping, "Ex-boyfriend? Is that what you mean?"
Yi Heye was extremely nervous. He had no idea what Jian Yunxian meant by those words. Was it simply to provoke him, or did he have another purpose? How should he answer this question? Would he inadvertently reveal something?
Just as he was struggling with this dilemma, a calm voice came from the other end of the phone: "You can ask Ono; he has the final say on this matter."