Yu Jingchen frowned slightly but remained silent.

Yu Shishu then asked directly, "You like Ye Yingying."

It wasn't a question; it didn't even ask Yu Jingchen.

Just as Yu Jingchen was about to retort, Yu Shishu said sullenly, "I used to be like that too. I was happy to have my name displayed alongside hers, and I secretly hoped that I could appear with her name for a longer period of time."

Yu Jingchen smiled and said, "Xiao Shishu, I'm different from you. I just think that since I'm planning to work in the entertainment industry, I should learn about these things—"

“If you want to know, you can just find anyone. Why do you have to do it yourself?” Yu Shishu continued, “Your smile is stiff. I can tell.”

Yu Jingchen: ...

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

After a long time, the younger brother, heartbroken from his failed relationship, said, "You used the wrong method to pursue her. You shouldn't have done it this way and then secretly gloated over it. She was in a terrible mood and tried everything to get the trending topic removed. She's not suitable to be trending with you now. A lot of haters will find this to attack her. They're even spreading rumors that she got the role in my drama because of your relationship with her."

Before Yu Jingchen could even say a word, Yu Shishu continued to lecture him, "She already had a bad impression of you and clearly didn't like you much. Every time you came to the set to flirt with her and talk to her, if it weren't for your status, she probably wouldn't even want to talk to you. But after this incident, she definitely won't like you any more. Your situation is much worse than mine. I'm only in a bad situation because she already had someone she liked before, while you haven't even started yet. You're already losing badly from the very beginning. You're not even as good as that Xu Yanshen."

Yu Shishu gave her brother a stern lecture, then seized on a fatal flaw, "You forgot the worst part. Have you thought about how Mom will feel when she sees you in the entertainment industry and that you're being linked to a girl I had a rumored relationship with before? She might not even feel anything for her anymore. Knowing Mom as I do, she'll definitely go straight to Ye Yingying after she sees this. At that point, not only will she have a bad impression of you and not like you, she'll definitely get a negative score."

Yu Jingchen: ...

He smiled. "Xiao Shishu, have you finished analyzing it for your brother?"

Yu Shishu snorted coldly, "Forced smile."

"I've already said it, I only see her as a young girl, at most a college student. We're so far apart in age, how could I possibly be interested in a college student?"

"An old ox becomes tender grass."

Yu Jingchen choked for a moment, then rubbed his temples and said, "You're worrying too much. It's just that by chance I took the opportunity to look at the entire trending topic mechanism in the entertainment industry and study how this show captures the audience's psychology, so that I can be more accurate when making investments next time."

Yu Shishu sighed, "I've said everything I wanted to say. If you refuse to admit it, that's your problem. I know you're well aware that you can't win her over, so you're just comforting yourself with the excuse that you're not interested."

Before Yu Jingchen could say anything more, Yu Shishu hung up the phone.

Yu Jingchen: ...

Looking at his phone, which was now just a busy signal, he could only rub his temples again and call the secretary-general in. He first asked her to post a clarification, and then told her to pay attention to removing all the trending topics that needed to be taken down.

As the secretary was about to leave, Yu Jingchen stopped her, "I have a question for you."

"President?"

"Was my smile stiff?"

The secretary-general was stunned for a long time, as if he finally understood what Yu Jingchen meant. He carefully examined Yu Jingchen's expression and said with a forced smile, "No... no, the president is very gentle when he smiles."