Chapter 8 Chapter 008

After a brief introduction to each other, Gu Chen also got a general understanding of the other seven pairs of guests participating in the show.

There are four unmarried couples. The first one is Lu Qingyue and Yu Xingzhou, the top pair from a boy band. The program group has been committed to creating the topic of their sworn enemies becoming lovers; the second pair is Du Ruiqing and Qiao Kunping, the match of a wealthy boss and his young wife; the third pair is a movie actress named Jiang Shuli and her boyfriend who is not in the entertainment industry, and the main theme is a literary and artistic true love; the fourth pair is Mu Yunting, a young man from a wealthy family who entered the entertainment industry, and the younger brother of his old friend, and the topic is a childhood sweetheart romance.

In addition to himself and Li Tingqin, there is a couple of old university professors who have been married for many years, an artist couple from country H, and finally, the most important couple is the famous film queen Lin Yisu and her husband who is ten years younger than her.

In general, there are four same-sex couples and four opposite-sex couples, which is a fairly even split. But under normal circumstances, the percentage of same-sex couples in this issue is actually quite high, and there is also the factor that Du Ruiqing joined on his own and insisted on dragging Gu Chen to join.

After the necessary initial stage of greeting and getting to know each other, people just chat about their own things based on their level of familiarity, like a tea party.

Du Ruiqing still resented Gu Chen for not giving him face to attend the class reunion last time, so this time he deliberately ignored Gu Chen and chatted with everyone, highlighting that Gu Chen was the only one who didn't fit in. He has always been good at this trick. Everyone was not familiar with Gu Chen, and they had already greeted him at the beginning, so naturally they would not pay special attention to him.

Gradually, there was no more comments paying attention to Gu Chen.

This is not the case for Lu Qingyue and Yu Xingzhou. Although their qualifications and works are far inferior to those of some of the seniors present, as top stars, they have the most topics and fans, so they are constantly cueed and forced to join their topics.

Gu Chen saw that the two's attention had been diverted, and he felt that his ears and eyes were quiet. There was a magazine rack next to the sofa in the corner. Gu Chen took out a magazine and slowly flipped through it, and took a sip of black tea from time to time, feeling so leisurely.

Looking at this social occasion, the young people around Lin Yisu showed an expression of "you people are so scary", then took out their mobile phones and started playing games.

When it was almost time for lunch, their topics seemed to have finally come to an end. Lu Qingyue finally sat back down and looked at Gu Chen with envy, saying, "Mr. Gu, you really have a bit of the widowed king buff on you... Why doesn't anyone stop to talk to you?"

Yu Xingzhou patted Lu Qingyue on the head and said, "What buff? Can you please speak properly?"

Lu Qingyue grabbed Yu Xingzhou's hand and said, "How many times have I told you not to pat a man's head?"

As the two of them came over, the barrage finally noticed this side again: [Hahahaha, who is that person in the little corner? His wife didn't come, and he had to be sandwiched between these two. It's too miserable, hahahaha]

[These two people have been fighting openly and secretly, and Mr. Gu is stuck in the middle and fed dog food. ]

[Hey, hey, hey, weren’t you guys about to fight just now? Why are you now arguing in front of Mr. Gu? Hahahaha]

Gu Chen just sat there, watching them, and found it quite interesting.

They are the protagonists of the original story, and I am just one of the background boards that set off their "sweet love". Now it seems that this book is really well written. Although I don't need to use my loneliness and misery as a foil, he is still, in the literal sense - a "background board".

Lu Qingyue looked at the exquisite bone china cup on the small round table next to Gu Chen. In the clear and transparent cup was the clear black tea. He was thirsty after talking for a long time, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he smelled the fragrance of tea. Then he looked at Gu Chen who was flipping through the fashion magazine in his hand slowly. He was elegant, really elegant.

Lu Qingyue asked curiously, "How did you make the recording of this crappy show feel like sitting in a coffee shop? This tea looks really good. Where did you buy it? How much is it per pound?"

Of course, we have to thank Xiao Du. Gu Chen smiled and said, "It's OK. It's only 50,000 yuan a can. I put it in the kitchen water bar. I should bring a kettle."

Lu Qing became more excited now. He stood up and said, "Mr. Gu, wait a minute. I'll go find a pot."

After Lu Qingyue left, Du Ruiqing seemed to finally realize that Gu Chen was being ignored by everyone, and said, "Hey, Xiao Gu, why haven't you said anything today? Don't be so unsociable."

He stood up and picked up the teapot prepared by the program crew: "Come on, let's add some tea for everyone. Don't be afraid, everyone gets along well." His attitude towards Gu Chen still remained at the stage where he treated Gu Chen as a follower, and it wasn't much better in the program crew.

The old professor Kong Fusong frowned slightly, but smiled and said, "No need to add more, Ruiqing, it's almost time for dinner."

Du Ruiqing looked at Gu Chen and said, "It's okay, Master Kong. This is what we younger generations should do, right, little Gu?"

Just as Gu Chen was about to say something, Lu Qingyue came back with the pot and shouted, "Wait! Let me do it! I'm the youngest! I'm the real junior!"

Du Ruiqing: “?”

Lu Qingyue even added some water to Gu Chen's glass and said, "Mr. Gu, you're the boss, drink first."

Gu Chen took a sip and said, "Xiao Lu, the water temperature is high."

"Oh!" Lu Qingyue nodded obediently, "Then I'll pay attention next time."

Barrage: [? ? ? ]

[Who is this person? How could he make Xiao Lu, who is always busy, serve tea and water? ]

I had known about Gu Chen before, and finally got the chance to recommend him: [I don’t know if you have heard of him - the mysterious boss Mr. Gu. ]

Because everyone's cups were filled with tea prepared by the program team, Yu Xingzhou had to help Lu Qingyue get new cups to pour for everyone.

Lu Qingyue said as he poured the tea: "This is the black tea I bought from Mr. Gu for 50,000 yuan a can." Although he also earns a lot of money, he would not spend it on drinking tea, so he still found it quite strange.

Barrage: [Lu Qingyue: Thank you everyone, this is my and Xingzhou’s Heytea. ]

[Hahahaha, I laughed my ass off, but the scene of the two of them pouring tea together really looked like they were handing out wedding candies, oh no, pouring wedding tea.]

Gu Chen drank tea and served as a quiet passerby in the background.

[Xiao Lu and Xiao Yu are the youngest in the program group, and they are indeed juniors in the circle. I really don’t know what Du Ruiqing meant by ordering Mr. Gu around. Old classmates can’t be so rude, right? ]

[But I think this little Gu is not very sociable. He didn't say much this morning. ]

【Qingqing has always been very enthusiastic. Seeing that the man’s wife didn’t come, she also wanted to liven up the atmosphere and let him integrate into the group.】

After having lunch together and taking a short break, the program team arranged for everyone to sit together and the married couples would share their love story with everyone so that the unmarried couples could understand, judge and choose.

Starting with the elders, Yu Hong, wife of old professor Kong Fusong, recounted the story: "When Professor Kong and I were young, we were both PhD students at the same university and had a crush on each other, but we didn't know each other. One time, Professor Kong deliberately brought a problem that had not been solved in the academic world to me and wanted to discuss it with me. I wanted to show my best side in front of him and didn't dare to show my timidity. I went back to look up information and did experiments for days and nights before I dared to discuss it with Professor Kong."

Teacher Kong continued with a smile: "After listening to Teacher Yu's argument, I couldn't follow her line of thought at all. I felt so ashamed and embarrassed in front of her that I took it back and studied it again for half a month before I dared to go to her again. In this way, we studied and studied, and a year passed, and I still haven't made a statement, and the problem has not been solved."

At this point, Teacher Kong changed the subject: "But, in the end, our teacher achieved significant results on this issue, and finally liberated us, hahahaha..."

Everyone started laughing. The love in that era was really beautiful and pure.

Gu Chen looked at the two old men, and his eyes, which were always calm and leisurely, fluctuated slightly.

Gu Chen is a kind of enthusiasm that is unswerving and reckless.

But he had played others in the past, spent a long time in missions, pursued everything in all fields, and all his enthusiasm had been exhausted. Now that he can finally "play himself", a leisurely and peaceful life is indeed what he expects, but as a real person, what else should he ask for?

Yu Xingzhou, who was holding his chin, also said, "That's great..."

After the two finished speaking, it was Lin Yisu and his wife's turn. She leaned back on the sofa, curled her hair with her fingertips, raised her red lips, and said happily, "Xiao Yuan and I met while playing games..."

After listening to Lin Yisu's slow talk, Gu Chen learned that her husband Chen Yuan was a professional e-sports player.

Their love story is not about a young boy and a queen of the screen, but rather they played games together for a long time and then discovered each other's identities and got together. Everyone exclaimed that it is so sweet.

Many viewers watch this program precisely to hear the stars share their love stories. After all, before this, Lin Yisu had never participated in any interview programs to reveal her love history.

Next came the artist couple from Country H. They were sharing their love story, sure, but their pride in their country’s art and their disdain for other countries made everyone frown.

Finally it was Gu Chen's turn. Gu Chen was still sitting on the sofa in the corner. The audience in the live broadcast room could only see his crossed long legs and listen to the sounds.

Du Ruiqing thought: Here it comes, the part he has been waiting for has finally come, let's see what Gu Chen can say about it.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said bluntly: "Boss Li and I are in a business marriage. He has been on a business trip recently, so we don't live together."

Du Ruiqing: “?” Can this be said directly?

Barrage: [Hahahahaha I knew it would turn out like this. Mr. Gu can make any love story wither. ]

[I shouldn't have expected anything from you, Mr. Gu.]

[What's wrong? For so many years, marriage first, love later has always started like this. Don't say that with your eyes open. It's hard for young couples. Hahahaha]

Amid everyone's expectant eyes, Gu Chen added: "This morning, at the request of the program crew, I video-called him for the first time and found that he was quite good-looking. I said good evening to him and he said good morning to me."

Everyone waited for him to continue speaking, and after waiting for a long time, they found that he stopped, as if he had finished speaking.

Lu Qingyue asked with a burning gaze: "Is it over?"

Gu Chen nodded: "It's over."

Du Ruiqing opened his mouth and said, "Uh... is this a love story?" How could Gu Chen say with such a clear conscience that President Li didn't love him and didn't care about him?

Gu Chen did not refute and said, "It really doesn't count. After all, we just got married, and this is the only thing that happened between us."

"Why isn't it a love story?!" Lu Qingyue said excitedly, "Coach, I want to learn this! Mr. Gu, I've decided, I'm going to choose you!"

Barrage: [Hahahahahaha Xiao Lu, in your eyes, the label of Mr. Gu as a widower can’t be torn off, right? ]

[Yueyuezi, I advise you not to learn it. I think it’s wrong. It’s really wrong.]

[Yueyuezi, I advise you to run away!!! When I heard about business marriage, I thought it was the beginning of a script of marriage first and love later. You are really too naive, hahahaha]

[Listen to what they say. They think Mr. Li is good-looking. They say good evening and good morning. Don’t you think it’s a little sweet? ]

[Good evening, good morning, greetings across time zones, it's really sweet, isn't it? ]

[Only in time to happen? Does that mean you still want it to happen~]

[Wait a minute, there are so many sweet real couples in front of us, why do we have to pick the sweetness in Mr. Gu’s two-sentence “love story”? ]