Qin Yuanyao and Chi Baiyi, the central figures in the incident, were unaware of the online commotion. After the live stream ended, they both went to sleep.

It wasn't until almost midnight that Qin Yuanyao was jolted awake by Yao Mu's phone call.

Awakened by the noise, Qin Yuanyao first glanced at Chi Naozi sleeping next to her to make sure Chi Naozi wasn't woken up before quietly taking her phone to the living room and answering Yao Mu's call.

Yao Mu heard Qin Yuanyao's sleepy voice on the phone, and after a moment of silence, she said, "You don't know what's happening online, do you?"

"What is it?" Qin Yuanyao asked.

"Don't you know that Chi Naoqi mentioned in the live stream that you bought underwear for Chi Baiyi?" Yao Mu asked again.

Qin Yuanyao, who was still very sleepy, was startled awake by Yao Mu's words: "What did you say?"

"Go online and see for yourself; I can't explain it to you in just a few words."

Qin Yuanyao quickly opened the trending topics.

A few minutes later, she finally learned what had happened and what a bloody storm was brewing online.

Chi Cheese was in the bathroom in her room when she said those words, so she had no idea.

Moreover, when Chi Nao came to sleep with her after the live stream ended, Chi Nao was perfectly normal, and there was no indication that she had said those things in the live stream just over ten minutes earlier.

However, it's normal that people can't see it, since Chi Nao is just a little kid and she doesn't understand the impact of what she said in the live stream.

"Now you know what happened," Yao Mu said. "The salesperson at the store where you bought the pajamas has also come forward to confirm it. You did buy pajamas and disposable underwear for President Chi, didn't you?"

"Yes, but the situation at the time was..." Qin Yuanyao briefly explained the situation at the time.

However, she didn't tell Yao Mu why the three of them went to N City together.

"What exactly is your relationship with President Chi?" Yao Mu asked.

"We're not really related, at most we're just colleagues," Qin Yuanyao said.

Yao Mu fell silent.

In fact, ever since she took over Qin Yuanyao's management job, she has discovered something.

When the show "Little Family" first started airing, Qin Yuanyao and Chi Baiyi trended on Weibo, but the related trending topics quickly disappeared. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was most likely Chi Baiyi's side who removed the trending topics.

However, starting from the second season of "Little Family", Qin Yuanyao and Chi Baiyi have been trending on social media again, and their trending topics have never been removed.

When Yao Mu discovered this, he assumed that Chi Baiyi knew Qin Yuanyao was different from the rumors. He thought that even if they both trended on social media, Qin Yuanyao wouldn't take the opportunity to do anything or cause him trouble, so he didn't care.

However, after seeing what happened today, Yao Mu had a different guess.

It seems that Chi Baiyi has fallen for Qin Yuanyao.

That's why he wore the pajamas Qin Yuanyao bought for him when he went on the TV show, and he also tacitly allowed Qin Yuanyao to buy him underwear, even though it was disposable underwear.

But clearly her artists haven't realized this yet, and still foolishly believe that she and Chi Baiyi have nothing to do with each other.

Yao Mu has never interfered in the private affairs of the artists under her management.

Moreover, she had no intention of guiding Qin Yuanyao down the path of becoming a popular celebrity.

If Qin Yuanyao wants to date, and the other person is reliable, she won't stop her.

However, Yao Mu had no intention of telling Qin Yuanyao about her guess...

"Are you going to respond to what's going on online?" Yao Mu asked.

"Of course we should respond. If this continues, the misunderstanding will only get worse," Qin Yuanyao said.

Yao Mu: "..."

She guessed that President Chi might actually be hoping the misunderstanding would grow bigger and bigger.

"How are you going to respond?" Yao Mu asked again.

Qin Yuanyao was stunned: "Sister Mu, shouldn't public relations be involved at a time like this?"

Yao Mu: "..."

Yao Mu coughed lightly, trying to hide her desire to just watch the show.

“It’s the middle of the night, the PR team is already asleep. Just post a Weibo message yourself to explain,” Yao Mu said.

"Huh? Is it that casual?" Qin Yuanyao was even more stunned.

"Okay, now that you've finished posting on Weibo, you should get some rest too. Tomorrow is the last day of your live stream."

After Yao Mu finished speaking, he hung up the phone, leaving Qin Yuanyao alone, bewildered.

With such a huge gossip story and such a fierce online uproar, why is her manager so nonchalant about it?

Qin Yuanyao no longer had the mind to dwell on these things.

She looked at her phone and started thinking about how to write the statement.

Chi Cheese's statement is true, the employee's revelation is true, and the photos the employee posted are also true.

She can't deny these things; doing so would not only fail to quell the gossip but would also fuel it even more.

Qin Yuanyao hesitated painfully for a long time before finally posting a Weibo message—

[Qin Yuanyao v: Single, only want to focus on my career]

Her Weibo post went viral and quickly became a trending topic, with the comments section growing exponentially.

[That's it??? Did you buy disposable underwear for CEO Chi? Why don't you respond to this??]

[Single? So they're still in a flirtatious relationship, not officially together yet??]

[Does this mean you're only interested in your career? Are you subtly declining Mr. Chi's offer?]

【No, you've already bought underwear for CEO Chi, even if it was disposable, it's still underwear! CEO Chi has been wearing the pajamas you bought him at his little home, and now you're saying you're single, don't you think that's a bit cheesy?】

[Exactly! You've already won him over, and now you're saying you only want to focus on your career? Does that make any sense?]

Are you using a feigned retreat to pressure CEO Chi into confessing his feelings to you?

Qin Yuanyao scrolled through the comments below, but the more she read, the more confused she became, and the less she wanted to read them.

She really is single! And she really just wants to focus on her career!

Although she felt that it was a bit tactless of her to say this after she had bought pajamas and disposable underwear for Chi Baiyi, what she said was all true!

Sigh, I should have just pretended to be dead instead of issuing any statement.

Qin Yuanyao, wanting to avoid the problem, simply turned off her phone and went back to sleep.

...

The next morning at 6:30, what woke Chi Baiyi was not only the sound of Director Jiang banging a gong outside to wake them up, but also Mu Hai's WeChat message.

Chi Baiyi picked up her phone and saw the WeChat message from Mu Hai, which instantly sobered her up.

The information Mu Hai sent him was exactly what happened online last night, as well as Qin Yuanyao's Weibo statement.

[Mu Hai: Mr. Chi, should we issue a statement?]

[Mu Hai: Should I remove everything from the internet?]

[Mu Hai: Mr. Chi, are you awake? Did you see the message I sent?]

[Mu Hai: I've already had my PR team draft several statements. Would you like to see which one we should release?]

After saying that, Mu Hai sent over five different statements.

Chi Baiyi didn't read the message Mu Hai sent, but instead opened Weibo.