Chapter 88 Zuo Shandiao Makes a Move

"You little rascal, why are you suddenly being so hesitant with me?" Director Xu said with a smile.

"Teacher, when I arrived, Professor Luo Jia... he was smoking..."

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Du finally managed to tell the truth with some difficulty.

After saying that, Xiao Du lowered his head, a sense of guilt for "sorrying to Teacher Luo Jia" welling up from the bottom of his heart.

He had assumed that Director Xu would be furious upon hearing about this.

Unexpectedly, Director Xu slapped his thigh and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, this kid is really too bold. He's so open about his bad habits on my show. Isn't he afraid that I'll expose them and his henchmen will catch him?"

"Uh...??" Xiao Du was momentarily confused by Director Xu's reaction.

However, he couldn't say for sure what Director Xu was thinking at that moment; what if he was laughing in anger?

"Well... teacher, I don't think Teacher Luo Jia did it on purpose. No, he definitely didn't do it on purpose! After all, he was just frightened and injured. It's understandable that Teacher Luo Jia would smoke a cigarette to calm down."

Xiao Du explained to Luo Jiayin with some trepidation.

After all, he felt that Teacher Luo Jia had a really good temper and was very polite to everyone, and he really didn't want Teacher Luo Jia's reputation to be damaged.

As someone who's practically in the industry, Du himself hasn't missed a thing about Luo Jia's recent trending topics and explosive news.

The recent program brought up the feud between Luo Jia and Lin Manxi again. If Luo Jia is then exposed for having a smoking habit, his career might be over...

"Haha, you..." Director Xu shook his head with a smile, "You've been with me for so long, can't you tell if I'm really angry or not?"

"Uh...??" Xiao Du blinked, looking at Director Xu with a confused expression. "Then you..."

"Don't worry, I'm not angry."

"This kid is really interesting. His personality is just my type. The Chinese entertainment industry should have some backbone and artists who act like ordinary people," Director Xu said with a smile.

Xiao Du was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was going on.

Director Xu didn't blame him, and he breathed a sigh of relief for Luo Jia: "Teacher, you're not angry, so I'm at ease."

Director Xu waved his hand: "Alright, go check the set. I think it's about time, we should be wrapping up soon."

"Okay, teacher, I'll head over now."

"Um."

Xiao Du left the room. Director Xu watched Xiao Du's hurried figure, shook his head with a smile, and then turned back to continue observing the monitor screen.

...

On set.

After Luo Jia stormed off the set, the director did not give the order to pause the program, and the staff from various departments had no choice but to let the live broadcast continue.

The celebrity guests present had no choice but to stand there awkwardly.

Lin Manxi stopped complaining about leaving and instead sat down to rest.

She clutched her chest with one hand, her breath rising and falling with each breath, her eyes brimming with tears, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Logically speaking, Gu Yishen and Lin Manxi belong to the same company and are both artists under Sega. At this time, Gu Yishen should at least take care of Lin Manxi.

But Gu Yishen just sat there steadily, looking like he was "surrounded by a thousand enemy troops, yet I remain unmoved," showing no concern or worry for Lin Manxi whatsoever.

So the other guests could only rack their brains to say some comforting words to Lin Manxi to ease the awkward atmosphere.

Song Rui, in particular, was constantly attentive to the condition of each guest and took care of everyone's emotions, which exhausted him.

Song Rui was inwardly groaning, even jokingly thinking to himself that this episode had taken more energy than all the previous ones combined. He wondered if he should go and have a serious talk with Director Xu about this…

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The atmosphere on set was awkward, but the viewers in the live stream were having a lively discussion in the chat.

The fans of Lin Manxi, Luo Jia, Gu Yishen, and the CP fans of Luo Jia and Gu Yishen are all arguing so fiercely that it's become a complete mess, and they're starting to lose their sense of friend from foe.

Lin Manxi's fans are cursing Luo Jia for being "insidious and vicious," while Luo Jia's solo fans are defending their idol while mocking Lin Manxi as "the finest Biluochun tea" and "a pure white lotus."

CP fans are doing their best to help Gu Yishen clear his name of the relationship with Lin Manxi, and are trying to find "clues" from all angles to prove that Gu Yishen and Luo Jia are the ones who are "in love".

Only a small group of Gu Yishen's die-hard fans were relatively quiet, only constantly urging other fans to "stay away" and "please leave Actor Gu alone."

Gu Yishen glanced at the time and secretly estimated that Luo Jia should have finished packing by now.

So he stood up, walked unhurriedly to the edge of the venue, and said to the staff watching the scene, "Excuse me, could you please ask the director to come over?"

When the staff member who was asked saw that the person who came was Gu Yishen, he immediately nodded and then quickly took out his walkie-talkie to call the control room.

The staff relayed Gu Yishen's message to Director Xu. After receiving confirmation from Director Xu, they also told Gu Yishen that they had notified Director Xu and that Director Xu had said he would come over immediately.

After receiving a reply from the staff, Gu Yishen politely thanked them and returned to his seat to wait for Director Xu's arrival.

Not long after, Director Xu strolled over leisurely, carrying his thermos.

When the viewers in the live broadcast room saw Director Xu appear on camera, they all began to speculate whether he was there to announce that today's program was over.

Just as Director Xu entered the filming location, Gu Yishen was moved.

Yes, they saw that Gu Yishen, who had remained as still as a mountain bandit throughout this accident-ridden program, actually made a move.

Gu Yishen walked up to Director Xu and nodded slightly, looking very respectful and somewhat apologetic.

"Director Xu, this time, due to some inappropriate behavior by our company's artist Lin Manxi, the normal progress of the program has been affected. On behalf of Sega Entertainment, I would like to apologize to you."

Gu Yishen paused, then said sincerely:

"After I get back, I will tell the company what happened today. Please believe me, Sega will give you a satisfactory explanation."