Chapter 17

Xiao Song worked hard in the desert for several months with Boss Gu. Especially recently, after the premiere of "Super Cute", he had to keep an eye on Jiang Xueru's live broadcast. Although the extra salary given by the boss was very generous, no matter how much money he earned, it was still tiring.

I finally got back to Haishi today, and I was planning to get a good night's sleep, but I was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night.

Xiao Song's first reaction was to hang up the phone.

But it rang again not long afterward.

Xiao Song grabbed it and saw the words "Boss" written in large characters.

Xiao Song immediately answered the phone, and Gu Qingyue's urgent voice came through: "Check WeChat!"

Xiao Song glanced at the time; it was 1:30 a.m.

The boss calling at this hour must mean something big has happened. He immediately opened WeChat and was shocked to see a message from Boss Gu from an hour ago.

Boss: "What if a girl wanted to kiss you?"

Xiao Song: ......

What the hell is going on?!

However, as a seasoned assistant, he quickly calmed down and replied.

Xiao Song wants to get rich quick: "Boss, does anyone want to kiss you?"

Gu Qingyue was silent for a while before replying.

Boss: "No, I have a friend, and I asked for my friend."

Xiao Song wants to get rich quick: "Oh."

Boss: "Oh what? Answer the question!"

Xiao Song wants to get rich quick: "There are probably two possibilities."

Boss: "Go ahead."

Xiao Song rubbed his sleepy, blurry eyes and dutifully continued replying.

Xiao Song wants to get rich quick: "The first thing is that she likes you,"

Gu Qingyue immediately answered.

Boss: "I knew it!"

Xiao Song wants to get rich quick: "I haven't finished yet. The second type is that she treats you like family, like a father, mother, brother, sister, or cousin. How to judge depends on the girl's reaction. If she seems very shy, then it's the first type. If she's very calm and natural, then it's the second type."

Gu Qingyue is no longer replying to messages.

Xiao Song wants to get rich quick: "Boss, who wants to kiss you, no, kiss your friend?"

Gu Qingyue sent Xiao Song a red envelope.

Boss: "Alright, you can leave now."

Xiao Song quickly collected the chat service fee and left.

Gu Qingyue's brain had been working at high speed for three nights, and she was exceptionally clear-headed at this moment.

The hand that Jiang Xueru had just held seemed to still feel faintly warm.

He sighed softly.

—I knew it wouldn't be that easy.

Jiang Xueru keeps strangers at a distance because she doesn't care about others, but she also keeps acquaintances at a distance because she cares too much.

She designated a specific area for everyone who could enter her heart, and if anyone tried to step out of that area, she would retreat far away.

Just like when he went to Jiang Xueru and said that marrying him would stop her father from forcing her into an arranged marriage.

But to his utter surprise, Jiang Xueru rejected him.

Jiang Xueru was not in a good state at the time, but she patiently explained to him, "Marrying me will only be a burden to you. I can handle this myself."

Gu Qingyue was devastated by the rejection, but fortunately she had prepared an explanation in advance: "Ye Sisi has been trying to get me to go on a CP (couple pairing) with her lately. I've been thinking about it and I think the only way to get rid of this clingy thing is to get married directly. How about we become a contract couple? You won't be a burden to me."

Jiang Xueru's eyes lit up for once: "Okay."

Like someone who has been lost in the darkness for a long time, finally finding the light.

It was then that Gu Qingyue made up his mind to protect her well.

You can use any identity.

......

To make the indoor filming sessions more fun, "Super Cute" devised a theme for each day's shooting.

Yesterday, because Qiuqiu pretended to be sick, Jiang Xueru's family's recording was canceled for a whole day.

It's worth noting that ever since Gu Qingyue appeared in Jiang Xueru's live stream, that live stream has become the most popular and has the largest audience.

So many that it crashed twice due to the system's lag.

Missing a live stream for one day means missing out on a lot of content!

That means we've lost so much money!

The production team was heartbroken. Jiang Xueru had finally resumed her live stream today, and they were determined to do something to make up for the losses from yesterday.

So early in the morning, the director who was filming came to knock on the door and saw Gu Qingyue with dark circles under her eyes.

Jiang Xueru's home livestream room was not turned on, but the camera of the director following her was connected to the livestream room.

The moment they saw Gu Qingyue's live stream, everyone burst into laughter.

[Hahahaha, did Gu Qingyue get beaten up?]

Brother, you need to get some rest!

[Even with dark circles under his eyes, he's still handsome, but mind your image, bro! This is a live stream without filters!]

[Don't worry, upstairs. With Gu Qingyue's looks, even with dark circles, he'd still be handsome.]

The production team is preparing for an outdoor live broadcast today, but it won't be a simple outdoor live broadcast.

Besides Jiang Xueru's family, Ye Sisi also lives in Haishi. Since we're going to do an outdoor live stream, why don't we all do a group live stream as a Haishi team?

So the well-funded production team decided to have both groups go to a nearby amusement park for a day of filming.

Qiuqiu was very happy to hear the news.

She had been there before, but when she went with other children, Qiuqiu was usually very obedient and sensible, so she was always in charge of taking care of the other children and didn't have any play experience at all!

But this time we can have some fun!

When the production team first prepared for the outdoor live broadcast, they only prepared Jiang Xueru and Qiuqiu, because they did not expect Gu Qingyue to come back to participate in the recording.

Gu Qingyue originally thought he would only stay for a day after returning, but something happened to his film crew, and the originally planned filming location could no longer be used.

However, the production team was well-funded and preferred to choose a suitable filming location rather than start filming as soon as possible. Finding a new filming location would take some time, so the team decided to take a break in place and start the second phase of filming once a new location was found.

Therefore, Gu Qingyue was able to stay in Haishi for a while longer.

The production team was naturally very happy about this.

After all, when Jiang Xueru was invited beforehand, Gu Qingyue was not required to participate in the recording. Now that Gu Qingyue is appearing for free, they are taking as much of this free traffic as possible.

So much data!

Lots and lots of money!

The production team enthusiastically asked Lu Qingyue if she wanted to participate in this maritime team activity.

Before Gu Qingyue could speak, Jiang Xueru explained for him, "He has something to do, he's not going."

Gu Qingyue: ?

"I'm fine, I'm going."

Jiang Xueru asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you were going to look at the script today?"

Gu Qingyue coughed softly, "I...I stayed up all night watching it..."

His tone was a little bit unconvincing, but everyone believed him.

Because Gu Qingyue still had two big dark circles under her eyes.

If it's not to read scripts, what else could be the reason for staying up all night?

It can't be that I couldn't fall asleep because I was thinking about random things.

Qiuqiu immediately jumped up with joy.

She's going to the amusement park with her parents today!

The production team initially planned that Jiang Xueru's side would only include Jiang Xueru and Qiuqiu, while Ye Sisi's side would include the whole family of three. However, the actual outcome was completely the opposite of what was expected.

The total number of participants was the same as expected, but everyone from Jiang Xueru's side came, while Fang Yi did not come from Ye Sisi's side.

Ye Sisi stammered and explained that Fang Yi had something to do and couldn't come.

The live stream chat exploded instantly.

[Weren't Fang Ye and his wife supposed to be the sweetest couple? Why aren't they participating in any outdoor activities together? Gu Qingyue is here, but Fang Yi isn't?]

[Didn't Sisi already say she couldn't come because of something?]

[Gu Qingyue actually had something to do, but she stayed up all night reading scripts with Jiang Xueru. Look at those dark circles under her eyes.]

[I've noticed Fang Yi seems quite relaxed these past few days during his live streams, spending all his time interacting intimately with Ye Sisi.]

The person upstairs is right, they are genuinely intimate, but a bit too much so; it looks greasy.

[They livestream for 10 hours a day, holding hands dozens of times, kissing five or six times, and even hugging, spun around, and you'd think they were filming an idol drama. Seriously, is this the kind of sweetness you Fang Ye couple are shipping? I think it's not as natural as that contract couple over there.]

[Don't say Qingxue and I are a contract couple! Qingxue and I are the sweetest contract couple ever!]

[...]

The live stream was noisy. Others might not know why Fang Yi didn't come, but Ye Sisi knew the answer better than anyone.

This morning, before the live stream even started, Ye Sisi and Fang Yi had a fight.

Ye Sisi has recently been seeing a lot of posts on forums about how her and her husband's public image has collapsed, and she is really angry about it.

She felt that his performance in this matter was perfectly fine, but Fang Yi's attitude towards her had been so perfunctory lately that even she could sense it, let alone the onlookers.

So today, Ye Sisi finally couldn't hold back anymore and, before the live stream was turned on, she dragged Fang Yi and gave him a good scolding.

“I’ve told you so many times, can you be serious? Even if you have no feelings for me, I am still your legal wife, the mother of your son, and a model couple that everyone envies.”

Fang Yi has been told off by her many times recently, and his attitude has become increasingly perfunctory. He always just gives a weak "I know" or "okay" and that's it.

This time, Ye Sisi wasn't so easily fooled. "If you're really so unwilling to cooperate with me, I think your Fang family doesn't need my dad's help anymore."

The Fang family has not been doing well in any aspect lately. If it weren't for the Ye family's help, they probably wouldn't have been able to maintain their status as an upper-class financial family.

Fang Yi sneered: "Your father? Ye Sisi, don't forget, you're an illegitimate child. If Jiang Xueru hadn't refused to marry into the Fang family, do you think you would have had the chance to become a member of the Fang family?"

Ye Shengren originally wanted to choose someone from the Fang family to marry Jiang Xueru, but Jiang Xueru refused, so the opportunity fell to Ye Sisi.

Ye Sisi was instantly enraged: "His surname is Jiang, and mine is Ye. I am the only eldest daughter of the Ye family."

Fang Yi said helplessly, "Whatever. If you want to deceive yourself like this, then so be it."

After saying that, he slammed the door and left.

Ye Sisi and Fang Yi have each had their own purposes since their marriage. Although they have never had any feelings for each other, they still enjoy acting.

After all, neither of them can deny that they owe their current position to the title of "model couple in the Chinese entertainment industry".

This was the first time the two parted on bad terms, and Fang Yi was nowhere to be seen when Ye Sisi was about to leave for the recording.