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"About the forum...I was wrong. I'm sorry."

Letang was stunned. He didn't expect that this was what Zhou Jieyu wanted to tell him.

"It's okay. I don't take it to heart. Besides..." She said it so seriously that Letang felt a little embarrassed. "Didn't I already join the club? Didn't you never send out that post?"

"Not that..."

Zhou Jieyu pursed her lips. She mustered up a lot of courage to apologize, but when she faced Letang's eyes, she still couldn't tell him the real reason.

But if she doesn't talk things out with Letang today, this matter will become a thorn in her heart forever, and they will never be able to be friends again.

Letang hesitated.

"Are you trying to tell me about the post that spread rumors about Lin Nuo?"

Zhou Jieyu looked at him in surprise: "You know everything?"

It wasn't that Letang knew the truth, but rather that he had only guessed. Judging from Zhou Jieyu's reaction, his guess was probably pretty close.

The anonymous post that spread rumors about Lin Nuo was not made by the original owner, but written by Zhou Jieyu.

According to the original owner's personality, he would not seek death so blatantly. Even if he was jealous of Lin Nuo, the protagonist, he would not use such despicable means.

Unless... the anonymous person who compiled the post is someone else, and the original owner is just a scapegoat.

Others may not know, but as someone who has read the novel, Letang knows that Zhou Jieyu is an absolute brother-con. Even her commonly used ID in the forum is related to "brother", which was also an important factor in his ability to find Zhou Jieyu in the forum.

"It's all my brother's fault. He was deceived by that Lin Nuo. He's a man who accepts everyone, but I still hold him dear to my heart." Zhou Jieyu bit her lip and said, "I really can't bear to see my brother being deceived any further, so I wanted to use this incident to make him see Lin Nuo's true face."

Letang's eyes widened: "Could the content in that post be true?!"

Zhou Jieyu looked at him: "Even if it's fake, so what? I just exaggerated it a little, but it's a fact that Lin Nuo is cheating on her. How can I slander him?"

"He takes advantage of being abroad to eat and hang out with different men every day, and is even surrounded by a group of men in online games. While he's flirting with my brother and Kitano Shu and the others, he's also flirting with other men. Is such a person worthy of my brother's love?"

After hearing this, Letang was not indignant at all. Instead, he even felt a little envious of Lin Nuo's life.

Hey, he also wants to be surrounded by a group of men and enjoy the life of being the center of attention.

Lin Nuo's life sounded free and happy. Men, after all, were meant to be played with and entertained with. Just a few of them, and when you got tired of them, you just threw them away...

Of course, he would definitely not say such nonsense to a pure girl like Zhou Jieyu, so as not to corrupt the child's values.

But on second thought, wasn't it Fu Zhixu himself who calmed down the forum incident and put the blame on the original owner?

Since Fu Zhixu investigated the anonymous person, it is impossible for him not to know that the culprit was his own sister.

So even though he knew the truth, he still chose to protect Lin Nuo and Zhou Jieyu. What had the original owner done wrong to deserve this fate?

The fact that someone else had posted the message was also an unintentional guess he made on the day Letang and Zhou Jieyu were kidnapped, but this thought came to him too quickly and he didn't have time to delve into it further.

Being able to sit down and talk with Zhou Jieyu today also helped Letang figure out a lot of things.

"Your brother probably knows about Lin Nuo."

On the contrary, he knew it clearly, but was still willing to be deceived by Lin Nuo and have a tragic love affair with him.

When I watched it at that time, I thought Fu Zhixu was infatuated and loyal, but now from another perspective, it is not the same.

"Are...are you okay?" Zhou Jieyu knew what he was thinking about her brother, and looked at him with some concern.

Letang forced a smile: "It's okay."

"No matter what, it's because of me that you have to bear this blame. I am sorry for you."

Having overcome her initial psychological barrier, Zhou Jieyu suddenly felt that admitting her mistake wasn't that difficult anymore. She said sternly, "I caused you to be kidnapped, and I can't find a chance to make amends, so I'll just keep it to myself. But regarding this matter, I'll get everything back on track as soon as possible."

When Sister Jing came back, she saw the two people sitting face to face and talking, and she felt relieved.

"Letang, are you free next time?"

Tomorrow is the public micro-film selection. The class's micro-film work has basically been completed. Now the only thing left is to decide on the lead singer for the theme song.

Sister Jing said, "I heard you're very talented in music, so I'd like you to try being the lead singer. But time might be a bit tight, as we need to finish the recording today. What do you think? Is it possible?"

Letang naturally agreed immediately.

However, when I followed Sister Jing to the recording studio, I saw Fu Zhixu.

"Mr. Fu is the arranger of the theme song, so the teacher called him over as well," Sister Jing said. "Do you want to go discuss this with him?"

Le Tang only glanced at Fu Zhixu, then looked away and shook his head: "I want to look at the music sheet first and practice on my own."

"Okay then. If you have any difficulties, remember to tell the recording teacher or Mr. Fu."

After saying goodbye to Sister Jing, Letang found a corner to look at the music score.

A speaker was placed on the table in front of Letang.

Letang only needed to take one look at the hand holding the speaker to know who it was.

He didn't look up.

Fu Zhixu's voice rang out overhead: "This is a demo, you can listen to it to get a feel for it."

"Well," Le Tang said softly, without raising his head or even looking at Fu Zhixu. "Thank you."

Fu Zhixu frowned and turned away.

The subsequent recording work went surprisingly smoothly.

When the recording teacher first heard that the lead singer was a student who had no systematic music training, he was ready to work overtime until late at night.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Letang opened his mouth, he was so shocked.

--Angel!

The untrained voice was perfectly childish, clean and pure, as if someone had gulped down a whole bottle of perfectly iced soda in one gulp while nearly melting in the desert...

Awesome! So awesome! My entire soul has been elevated!

Fu Zhixu leaned against the wall behind the main console, quietly watching the figure in the recording studio wearing headphones and looking particularly well-behaved.

It was he who recommended Letang to Sister Jing.

According to the original plan, they wanted to find a popular new idol to be the lead singer of the theme song, but unfortunately the idol had a sudden announcement to rush to and did not come.

When Sister Jing asked him if he had any friends who were musicians and could help him out, for some reason, Fu Zhixu's mind suddenly popped up of the day when Letang played with him.

And Letang lived up to everyone's expectations and won everyone's praise as soon as he opened his mouth.

It seemed that only when he came into contact with music, this person who had always been timid and cowardly suddenly became a different person.

So confident, so calm, and glowing.

but.

Letang was a little strange today. Different from usual.

This made Fu Zhixu feel inexplicably unhappy.

After the theme song was recorded in one take, the recording teacher smiled a brighter smile than ever before: "Call it a day!"

When Letang emerged from the studio, everyone burst into applause. The recording instructor looked at him like a treasure, even adding him on WeChat and asking if he was interested in pursuing further studies in the music field.

Letang thought for a moment and said, "I want to focus on the college entrance examination now. I'll deal with other things after the exam is over."

The recording teacher said with some regret: "Well, if you have any ideas, you are welcome to contact me anytime!"

Letang nodded and looked at Fu Zhixu beside him.

Fu Zhixu subconsciously stood up straight.

The look in Letang's eyes this time when she looked at him was not as passionate and direct as before, and the love that could not be hidden was about to overflow; the look in her eyes this time when she looked at him was calm and firm, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"Are you free? I'd like to talk to you."

Fu Zhixu agreed for some unknown reason.

The two walked to the open-air rest area on the second floor of the art center. It was dusk, and from here they could see the red clouds on the horizon.

What Letang wanted to ask was simple: "Fu Zhixu, why do you hate me so much?"

Fu Zhixu didn't expect him to ask so directly, and frowned.

There was no answer, which was something Letang had expected, so he didn't feel disappointed.

Actually, this question is redundant. If they didn't dislike the original owner, why did they choose her to take the blame?

He could use the excuse that "the original owner had no family background and no one to support him" to make excuses for Fu Zhixu; but that was what happened to the original owner, and Fu Zhixu owed the original owner, so he had no way to make choices for the original owner.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't answer." Anyway, no matter what, the original owner would never hear Fu Zhixu's apology again.

"I have another question." Letang looked at Fu Zhixu in the orange sunset, his eyes as bright as glass. "Since you hate me, why do you pretend to be nice to me?"

The rescue at the class meeting and the various things that happened during the micro-film shooting process.

He is in love and will be overwhelmed by Fu Zhixu's masculine charm, but after he wakes up, his heart is brighter than anyone else.

"You did it on purpose to show off to others and make Lin Nuo jealous, right?"

Fu Zhixu pursed his lips tightly.

He just felt irritated.

It wasn't because Letang was wrong, on the contrary, everything he said was right. He even knew the reasons better than him, the person involved. He tore it all apart and laid it out in front of him, forcing him to admit it.

He could sense that Letang's previous love for him was not fake, and that expression of only him in his heart and eyes could not be faked.

But at the same time, now that he was standing in front of him, the affection in Letang's eyes was gone, and he was so calm as if he was looking at a stranger, which was also not fake.

I don't even enjoy acting anymore.

Fu Zhixu believed that as long as he was willing to pretend to lie to him and find a random excuse to get away with it, Letang would definitely be devoted to him as before.

The words came out, but it became: "Yes."

"What you said is all right."

The setting sun completely sank below the horizon, and the warm colors of the sky gradually faded.

The light in Letang's eyes also dimmed.

"Okay, I understand."

He turned and walked out, so determined. There was no crying or arguing, and his steps did not pause for a moment as he left.

Letang walked down the stairs one step at a time.

I saw a figure at the corner of the stairs.

Kitano Collection.

Letang wanted to go around Kitanoji, but was stopped by him.

"Why that expression?"

Today, he really didn't have the energy to deal with these rich young men. Letang looked at him and asked, "How can you eavesdrop on other people's conversations and still be so confident?"

Seeing his aggressive tone, Kitano Shu was not angry. On the contrary... he felt a little gloating.

Yes, gloating.

He was waiting to see Letang crying, but he didn't expect that this heartless boy not only looked unhappy, but also had no tears in his eyes.

"I don't think you're that sad. It seems your feelings for Fu Zhixu are just this level."

Letang glared at him: "What exactly do you want to say? If there is nothing else, please let me leave."

Kitano Ji put his hand on the stair railing, his bent knuckles only a centimeter away from Letang's shoulder.

A pair of almond-shaped eyes raised slightly and looked at Fu Zhixu who was standing on the stairs at some point.

"Hey, Letang, how do you like me?"