Zhang Chaohe listened intently to his elder brother's footsteps as they receded into the distance, finally letting out a sigh of relief, and guiltily turned off the video software.
What are you looking at! We've already seen the live version, who would want to watch a post-edited and dubbed version?
That's why he didn't see the comments, didn't follow the hashtag, and was unaware that the squirrel faction was gradually evolving into the woodpecker faction.
[Sisters, it seems like we've got it for real! Look, the red-dressed sisters flashed by in the foreground and there was no one next to them, but then Baiwan appeared during Xiao Cheng's performance!]
[And he was especially nervous and concerned!]
[Yes, yes, yes! Then later in the scene "Si Lang Visits His Mother," there's a long shot where you can see that the girl in the red dress is next to an empty space again!]
He specifically went to see Xiao Cheng's performance! So sweet!
[That idiot director even made something out of nothing, cutting up Goose's scenes into several segments and inserting them into the whole show, hahaha!]
Just as the CP fans were enthusiastically shipping the couple, a Weibo side account, whose profile picture was still the original character, posted a new Weibo post in the super topic:
@Whale: [Before the official announcement, please refrain from posting inappropriate CP (couple) comments! After all, Baiwan's family situation is special, and to prevent negative impacts on both parties (those who know, know), please don't dig up too much evidence (praying) (praying)]
This Weibo post immediately woke up some rational CP fans:
[You can ship Qiuyue, but not Hexue!! If Xue-ge gets sidelined, then it'll really be sidelined!]
[My God, this is so sobering! If the PR department finds out and can't solve the problem, they'll just eliminate the person who raised the issue...]
[I hereby declare that He Xue is now a true socialist brother, and no one can taint them with a dirty love affair!]
The few posts that were built very high also immediately edited their Weibo posts, adding a highlighted note: "Do not associate this with real people."
In an instant, the He Xue CP super topic was purified by this east wind of prosperity, democracy and harmony, becoming as pure as distilled water. Even some of the creators encrypted their posts overnight, and the entire super topic went back to the revolutionary period, entering the era of secret codes!
After finishing her training and taking a break, Cheng Jixue, who was logging into the Super Topic to learn new tricks as usual, felt something was wrong: Was the Super Topic about my crush and me suddenly being cracked down on?
A note from the author:
Xiao Cheng: Let me see what new content we have today—wow, why is the super topic almost empty??
Brother: There are new heart attacks every day...
There were so many applicants yesterday! Replying to everyone individually would have resulted in being repeatedly asked to enter verification codes, so I'm just posting this here in order of registration! We'll definitely be dealing with a lot of forum-style content, so everyone has a chance to be affected, hehehe! Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2022-06-20 23:30:11 and 2022-06-21 23:43:30!
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 50
Cheng Jixue was beaten out of the Super Topic by sticks.
It all started when he didn't believe in superstitions and made a trolling comment about a potential couple pairing. Instead of getting support from other fans, he was relentlessly attacked and refuted!
[You weren't sent by Gou Huohua to cause trouble, were you?]
[Friendly reminder: only ship Qiuyue! Hexue's relationship is just standard socialist brotherhood!]
Don't ask, I saw it with my own eyes on the day He Xue became sworn brothers.
Cheng Jixue: ? ? How did you know he wanted to become sworn brothers with me?
He left the super topic feeling depressed, preparing to pick out a cute yet alluring outfit to sweetly walk the dog with Xiao Zhang later. However, Cheng Xuelan suddenly informed him that due to the urgency of the situation, she had arranged a flight for him for the earliest possible time, and asked him to immediately set off with Xiao Wen to join the crew.
Cheng Jixue: It seems that ever since he became determined to pursue Zhang Da'e, the whole world has been against him?
Having missed the last chance to deepen their relationship before joining the crew, Cheng Jixue could only seize the opportunity to make her presence known. Even though he was right downstairs from Zhang Chaohe, she didn't go up to see him, but instead just made a phone call.
He first apologized for having to break his promise, then agreed to meet on set. Zhang Chaohe sounded a little disappointed, but quickly recovered and even asked where Guapi was.
Cheng Jixue thought to himself that Guapi was being taken care of by special people, and his life was practically royal treatment; there was nothing for him to worry about.
However, he still pretended to be strong and said, "I've entrusted the melon rind to Ji Boyang again!"
But all that could be heard was Zhang Chaohe's very regretful "Ah".
A bad feeling crept into Cheng Jixue's heart. He paused for a moment and asked, "What about the vegetable leaves?"
Zhang Chaohe had been waiting for him to say that. He boasted smugly, "I rented a two-unit apartment near the film studio. I can just bring the vegetable scraps over!"
"I was going to ask if you wanted to bring Guapi to stay in the guest room, but since you've already entrusted Guapi to Ji Boyang, then forget it!"
Cheng Jixue: He felt that the most exhausting and desperate moments of his life were concentrated in this summer when he was twenty-five.
Oh, and to fool the goose, he even had to pretend to be twenty-six years old.
Cheng Jixue was deeply reflecting on where he had gone wrong in keeping up with the goose's leaping pace—it seemed to have started from the moment he thought he had grasped the goose's behavioral characteristics, and one wrong step led to another.
When Zhang Chaohe heard him suddenly stop talking, he tentatively called out "Hey" twice, unaware that Cheng Jixue had suddenly woken up and decided to start slacking off, treating Zhang Da'e with her usual calm attitude.
The most sophisticated strategy is no strategy at all. From today onward, as long as you can keep up with the geese hopping happily in the vegetable patch, that's a victory!
Cheng Jixue suddenly chuckled softly, the sound carrying a static tone that came through the speaker, making Zhang Chaohe's tailbone tingle. He sat up uncomfortably, waiting expectantly for Cheng Jixue's next words.
Cheng Jixue simply said "Okay" and hung up the phone.
This time, it was Zhang Chaohe's turn to be restless!
Why did he only say two words? What did those two words mean? Did they have some deeper meaning?
Why did he say "okay" instead of "okay" or "okay?"
If Cheng Jixue knew this, he would probably vomit blood and die—who would have thought that he could easily occupy Zhang Chaohe's time for nearly half an hour with just two words?
But he didn't know that he was just carrying his suitcase and embarking on the journey to join the crew all alone.
Zhang Chaohe, who was jumping around in the office by himself, couldn't find any way to distract himself. He even inexplicably associated the word "okay" with the happy trip of the past few days. Now that he thought about it, Cheng Jixue always seemed a bit strange.
For example, his eyes were sticky and sweet, like some kind of honey that could stretch, yet he always maintained a subtle sense of distance.
This made it difficult for Zhang Chaohe to even confidently say the word "like".
Besides, he didn't believe Cheng Jixue would like him at all—who would like a rogue who wants to keep you as a mistress after just one meeting? Moreover, apart from being a little handsome and a little rich, he didn't seem to have any outstanding personal charm, did he?
Zhang Chaohe thought it was too outrageous. So outrageous that the moment this outrageous thought appeared in his outrageous mind, he firmly rejected it—Cheng Jixue was going to fall in love with Master Ji in the end, the protagonist would fall in love with the real master, and then defeat all sorts of minor villains along the way and live happily ever after.
He didn't have time to think that much; his goal was to survive, not to survive happily. As long as this ridiculous plot existed, he had to be constantly vigilant of every car on the road.
Because he didn't know if any of those cars would take his life in the future.
Zhang Chaohe sat silently for a while, then suddenly became enraged and kicked over a swivel chair next to him. The chair crashed to the ground with a loud bang, leaving only its wheels hanging in the air, spinning wildly.
Assistant Chen outside was terrified. He hadn't expected that Boss Zhang would suddenly lose his temper like that—Boss Zhang seemed to have never lost his temper with anyone before. Although he looked cold and arrogant, his eyes were very pure.
Although every day he spent with Boss Zhang was absurd in different ways, he still liked Boss Zhang very much and was willing to endure one more day without resigning!
Before Assistant Chen could react, he scooped up the lazy little orange cub next to him and rushed into the office!
Xiao Zhang had a red mark on his forehead. He was still in the position of crossing his arms and raising his head slightly, looking in astonishment at Assistant Chen who had just barged in.
Assistant Chen: Oh no! I've accidentally stumbled upon His Majesty's vulnerable side. Will His Majesty kill me to silence me?
He stiffly raised Orange, who was angrily punching the cat, and gave a憨厚可掬 smile: "Mr. Zhang, would you like to hug Orange?"
Zhang Chaohe tried hard to sniffle to stop the snot from falling: Zhang Chaohe: "Yes."
Assistant Chen handed the orange to him, then straightened the poor swivel chair. Like an unfortunate old father caught in his son's rebellious phase, he awkwardly opened a bottle of Coke and handed it to Xiao Zhang: "If you're in a bad mood, have a Coke."
In that instant, Zhang Chaohe suddenly felt wronged and wanted to cry. Why did he have to choose a name that sounded like that of a vicious cannon fodder? Not only could he not even like the person he liked, but he also had to worry about being punished for no reason.
However, he managed to maintain his aloof and domineering CEO demeanor by glaring at her, without actually shedding a tear.
Assistant Chen continued his rambling, thoughtfully inserting a straw into the can of Coke, and then proceeded to offer his advice: "Mr. Zhang, if you're unhappy about anything, just make money. If you're in a bad mood, make a hundred million. If you're still not happy, make another hundred million! Once you're busy and have a goal, many troubles will disappear on their own."
"You still have us! If you really can't solve it, let's work together to find a solution!"
You still have us.
"That's right!" Zhang Chaohe suddenly realized—he wasn't alone. He had his father, his older brother, and Ms. Zhao, as well as his assistants Chen and Jiang, and so many projects that were already running and ready to make money!
He still has the entire Jiasheng Group to support!
Zhang Chaohe, how could you waste your time on romance! You still have your grand ambition of making money to achieve, have you forgotten the saying that wise men don't fall in love?!
It's normal to have a liking, and it's even more normal to like outstanding people; you can have many likings, but you only have one chance to make money!
Zhang Chaohe jumped up, startling Chengzai and Assistant Chen. The previously dejected young CEO Zhang now had a gleam of fighting spirit in his eyes, and he slammed his hand on the table: "!!"
Assistant Chen was stunned by his sudden outburst: the orange kitten was dumbfounded. It scrambled out of the arms of this mentally unstable two-legged creature and rushed to its beloved human!
Mr. Zhang, taking a deep breath, said, "Give me another hundred documents! I need to approve all the documents for next week today!"
Assistant Chen: I really didn't need to worry about him.
He coldly dampened Xiao Zhang's enthusiasm for work: "No need for next week, you still have more than thirty documents to review this week. Why don't you approve these thirty documents first?"
Zhang Chaohe, after a moment of affectation, happily received thirty documents and worked overtime until seven o'clock in a drunken stupor. While signing them numbly, he called over his assistant, Chen, and asked him to help find a trainee who hadn't left yet to go over the lines.
He would never lose to Cheng Jixue at work! Since acting together is work, he would first straighten out his lines and then create a perfect genius persona to outshine him!
Just roll it up and you're done!
If Cheng Jixue knew that Zhang Chaohe had come to such a brilliant conclusion after only half an hour of seclusion, she would probably be furious. But Zhang Chaohe was quite pleased—the trainee that Assistant Chen had found for him not only seemed very intelligent and quick-witted, but he also bore a slight resemblance to Cheng Jixue?
Good-looking people may all look a bit alike. Although his eyebrows and eyes are not as elegant and refined as Cheng Jixue's, with a hint of sharpness, their overall shape is somewhat similar. Moreover, he has his own very distinctive features. He has a very energetic and upright appearance, which makes people think at a glance that he must be a clever person.
So Zhang Chaohe only noticed their resemblance at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they were almost identical.
Zhang Chaohe thought to himself, "Does my company have such a promising talent?" He asked with great interest, "What's your name?"
The other party answered politely, "My name is Chu Juying."
He was taken aback—the name sounded familiar, but he certainly hadn't seen it recently.
So where exactly did he see this trainee's name before?
Zhang Chaohe couldn't think of anything, so he tentatively asked, trying to elicit more clues to trigger his memory: "Did you just sign the contract recently?"
However, upon hearing this, the other party's expression suddenly seemed to stiffen: "Yes, Mr. Zhang."
That's even more inappropriate. He hasn't even looked at the contract recently, so how could he feel familiar with this very uncommon-sounding name?
Zhang Chaohe closed his eyes to rest, searching his mind for the name with all his might—the next second he was so shocked he almost jumped up!
Chu Juying giggled and fed Zhang Chaohe a grape. A greasy smile crept across Zhang Chaohe's handsome yet cold face. He beckoned and called out, "My beauty..."
—He is the young man that the original author, in order to forcibly maintain the "double purity" setting, made the original owner get tired of Cheng Jixue and then turned to keep as a mistress!
Zhang Chaohe immediately took three steps back, looking at Chu Juying warily... How could this young man, who looked so ambitious, have gone along with the lustful original owner?