He didn't understand Bai Yanfei. He knew Bai Yanfei didn't like it, yet he was still happy about a fake wedding.
Could marriage really change anything? It just adds a certificate, but the relationship between the two won't change. You can get divorced after marriage. He didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, but seeing Bai Yanfei like this, Ling Zeyu started to doubt himself again.
The next morning, a makeup artist came to do their makeup and styling. Bai Yanfei was smiling from the moment he woke up, his face beaming with excitement.
Their wedding was quite different from ordinary weddings. Ling Zeyu tried to keep it simple. He didn't want to make the wedding too grand, so he made up many excuses to keep everything simple.
Bai Yanfei looked even more captivating after his makeup was done. His face was already perfect, and with the added touch of styling, even Ling Zeyu felt a momentary flutter in his heart.
Bai Yanfei looked at Ling Zeyu up close, and his face turned slightly red.
"Let's go, it's time to get out."
At the wedding, as the priest recited his vows, when asked if he was willing to spend his life with his partner, Bai Yanfei answered without hesitation, "I do."
The priest waited and waited, but Ling Zeyu didn't speak. He thought there was something wrong with the microphone. Bai Yanfei was uneasy. Ling Zeyu kept staring at him, and he was afraid that Ling Zeyu would say "I don't want to".
Fortunately, Ling Zeyu came to his senses and said, "I do."
Bai Yanfei breathed a sigh of relief.
Next came the ring exchange. Bai Yanfei extended his hand, and Ling Zeyu bent down to put the diamond ring on his finger. He then put a ring on Ling Zeyu's finger as well.
During the kissing segment, Ling Zeyu only gave him a light kiss on the lips.
Ling Zeyu's lips brushed against his lips like a feather, making his heart itch.
"On your wedding day, at least show a smile," Wen Xiuyuan said with a smile, looking at Su Kai's expressionless face.
"You're the best man, after all. Bai Yanfei wouldn't want to see you with this expression, would he?"
Su Kai took a deep breath and revealed a emotionless smile.
"You know what? The way you look makes me want to love you so much."
Wen Xiuyuan also took the opportunity of the wedding to kiss Su Kai to his heart's content, and Su Kai stood there like a wooden statue while Wen Xiuyuan kissed him to his heart's content.
"It's boring."
Su Kai wiped his lips: "If it wasn't interesting, why did you kiss me? You're really shameless."
"Your mouth is still so disobedient." Wen Xiuyuan wasn't annoyed. Su Kai had already been frustrated enough today, so he didn't want to add fuel to the fire.
After the wedding ceremony was completed, the next step was to face the media for an interview. This was the first time Ling Zeyu had Bai Yanfei appear in front of the camera.
When faced with questions from the media, Bai Yanfei simply smiled and left the questions to Ling Zeyu, as he was afraid of saying something wrong and giving the media something to hold up.
"Mr. Bai, are you satisfied with this wedding?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Bai Yanfei said, glancing at Ling Zeyu with a happy expression.
"I heard that this wedding was decided at the last minute, and that you went to try on your wedding suit alone. Is that true?"
Bai Yanfei's smile froze, while Ling Zeyu's expression remained unchanged, though he glanced at the reporter who had asked the question with eyes devoid of any smile.
"It's nothing, just baseless rumors, so it's best not to spread them."
Bai Yanfei nervously grabbed Ling Zeyu's sleeve. Faced with the reporter's tricky questions, he was at a loss and didn't know how to answer.
After the Q&A session ended, Ling Zeyu immediately had someone investigate the reporter's identity. It turned out that the reporter wasn't a legitimate journalist, but a hoodlum who had somehow infiltrated the group.
However, this issue also became a trigger, and news about Ling Zeyu's fake persona began to appear online, and many photos of Bai Yanfei having dinner with strange men were also dug up.
After the wedding, it was time to enter the bridal chamber. Bai Yanfei was overjoyed to see Ling Zeyu enter the bridal chamber, but a huge scandal broke out online.
This gossip instantly topped the trending topics list, causing Weibo to crash. Many people have already seen the video and saved it.
Ling Zeyu stared at the screenshots and videos his secretary had sent him, nearly crushing his phone in his hand.
The person in the video is clearly Bai Yanfei, and there is another man on top of Bai Yanfei.
What these two are doing is something any adult would know.
Bai Yanfei, who was waiting in the room, had no idea that his past, which he least wanted anyone to know, was already known to everyone. That unbearable past had been turned into a video, which had been seen and saved by many people.
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Chapter 52 Ling Yingdi Wears a Green Hat?
Ling Zeyu's team was going crazy. Although they had tried their best to suppress the trending topic, other websites had already spread the video.
In no time, hashtags such as #LingZeyuWearsAGreenHat, #LingZeyuHasAGreenGrassOnHisHead, and #LingZeyu'sFiancéCheated appeared on major websites and could not be suppressed for a short period of time. Many people were also spreading the video.
Ling Zeyu immediately had someone verify the authenticity of the video. Although the video was blurry, anyone who had seen Bai Yanfei before could recognize that it was Bai Yanfei.
The video was only a dozen seconds long, but it was in those few seconds that Ling Zeyu came to hate Bai Yanfei completely.
He had already convinced himself to accept Bai Yanfei, and Bai Yanfei's actions had helped him let go of many of his reservations. But what happened tonight crossed his bottom line.
Bai Yanfei, who was still waiting in his room, had no idea what was happening outside. There was a banquet scheduled for that evening, but no one had come to inform him.
He felt something was strange, so he went out of the room and saw that most of the people had already left, and those who remained were still whispering to each other when they saw him.
Bai Yanfei didn't know what had happened, but seeing their pointing and whispering made him feel particularly uncomfortable.
"I never expected him to be this kind of person."
"Yes, yes, you know, President Ling treated him so well, but he did this. How can he face himself and President Ling?"
Bai Yanfei was completely confused. What had he done? And how was it related to Ling Zeyu?
"I don't know where he came from, that dog dared to cuckold President Ling."
Bai Yanfei had originally planned to go find Ling Zeyu, but upon hearing this, his anger flared up immediately.
He loved Ling Zeyu so much, how could he cheat on him? From beginning to end, his only man was Ling Zeyu. Why do these people say such things about him?
Shh—he's coming, don't say anything.
Bai Yanfei stood in front of them. He knew that these people were from the company and had a good relationship with Cheng Xiao. Bai Yanfei immediately understood what was going on.
"Say what you mean to my face. What kind of person are you to talk about me behind my back with sarcastic remarks?"
"You call yourself a whore and you won't let people talk about it?" One of the women stood up and pointed at Bai Yanfei's nose, cursing, "President Ling is so good to you, and even gave you the championship in the competition. It originally belonged to Sister Cheng, but you are still not satisfied. You actually... you actually did such a despicable thing."
Watch your mouth!
He can be scolded, but he can't tolerate anything that tarnishes his feelings for Ling Zeyu.
"Am I wrong? You shameless woman, you openly take advantage of President Ling's favor to get in through back channels, while doing this kind of thing behind his back. We really misjudged you."
"What is it?"
"Are you still playing dumb? Do you think you can get away with this? Let me tell you, President Ling is furious now, he doesn't even want to see you."
Bai Yanfei was stunned: "You don't want to see me? Where's Brother Yu? Where is he now?"
"Hmph, you still have the nerve to ask? President Ling is busy right now, while you, the culprit, are still pretending to be ignorant about the documents. It's disgusting. Just wait to be cyberbullied!"
After saying that, the woman spat at Bai Yanfei, the water stains standing out clearly on his white suit.
Bai Yanfei stared blankly as the men dragged the woman away, searching for Ling Zeyu inside the hotel. There were bodyguards at the entrance, and he was stopped as soon as he approached.
Why won't you let me out?
Bai Yanfei struggled for a moment, but how could his small frame possibly shake the muscular bodyguard? Bai Yanfei's suit was already wrinkled from the struggle, and he returned to his room dejectedly.
The room was filled with wedding supplies, and the whole room was filled with the atmosphere of a newlywed couple, but he couldn't feel any happiness at all.
The curtains on the French windows were closed. Bai Yanfei found the remote control and opened the curtains. The moment the curtains were opened, he saw several drones outside filming the room.
He quickly pulled the curtains back closed. The floor was packed with people; if he wasn't mistaken, most of them were reporters, and bodyguards were trying their best to keep them away.
Bai Yanfei took out his phone, and as soon as he opened the screen, he saw the source of the matter.
Although the trending topic has subsided and the keyword can no longer be found in browsers, he has many fan groups for Ling Zeyu, and he can find out what happened by clicking on any one of them.
The administrators have already banned him from speaking. He had worked so hard to get Ling Zeyu's fans to like him, and now everything has collapsed.
As Bai Yanfei scrolled through the chat history in the group, he became increasingly alarmed. When he reached the top of the chat history, he understood what kind of video had led to this situation.
Bai Yanfei sat blankly on the ground, as if all his strength had been drained away, and he couldn't even stand up.
The video shows him being spotted by someone outside the university when he first entered college. That person found an opportunity to kidnap him and lock him in a room.
He collapsed, clutching his head in despair as unbearable memories flooded his mind. Things he had spent so much time trying to forget were now being unearthed and displayed to everyone on his wedding day.
The man's rough actions and his desperate cries for help flashed through Bai Yanfei's mind. He tried hard to forget the memory; if Su Kai hadn't arrived in time, he might not have survived.
A chill ran through Bai Yanfei, and she couldn't cry. It turned out that when you're extremely sad and upset, there are no tears.
The media were all staking out the area. He was scrolling through news on his phone when he opened the curtains. He had already been photographed, and his blank expression appeared online, with comments full of insults.
After a brief outage, Weibo returned to normal. Bai Yanfei logged into his officially verified account and received many comments. He regretted clicking on them as soon as he opened them.
Someone turned his photo into an emoji, photoshopped his wedding photo with Ling Zeyu into a divorce certificate, and even worse, cropped him out of the group photo and photoshopped him into a black and white funeral photo.
Some of the more graphic and gory images were quickly censored. Bai Yanfei saw Ling Zeyu's Weibo post, and unsurprisingly, the comments section was full of people expressing their sympathy for Ling Zeyu.
Indeed, under these circumstances, it's no wonder that fans were outraged when Ling Zeyu specifically posted a Weibo message saying he believed in him.
He clicked on Ling Zeyu's profile picture, typed a few lines, and then deleted them. Ling Zeyu was probably very busy at this point, so he decided to wait quietly for Ling Zeyu's message.
Even though he knew the comments were all negative, Bai Yanfei couldn't resist clicking on them; his fingers trembled as he scrolled down the screen. The amount of profanity in the comments was the most he had ever seen in his twenty years of life.
The screen suddenly flickered; it was a call from Ling Zeyu.
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Chapter 53 Online Exposure and Personal Attacks
"Brother Yu..."
“I’ll send someone to pick you up. Come out from the back door; there’s a driver waiting for you there. The front door is full of reporters right now, so don’t show your face.”
Ling Zeyu clearly and methodically instructed Bai Yanfei on what to do next, and Bai Yanfei stood up and did as Ling Zeyu said.
Noticing that Ling Zeyu was about to hang up, Bai Yanfei quickly spoke up.