Chapter 5

The assistant on the other side sounded a little anxious.

Shen Yuqing's expression remained calm. He just said 'I'll be back soon' and hung up the phone.

He put out his cigarette, put on his sunglasses, and drove to the studio with an expressionless face.

Inside the studio.

As soon as Shen Yuqing's hot search came out, it was still negative news, and everyone in the studio was busy and overwhelmed.

The assistant was on the phone explaining to the brands one by one. Just after he finished appeasing one brand, he saw Shen Yuqing pushing the door in.

When everyone in the studio saw him, they looked up at him as if they had found their backbone.

Shen Yuqing: “…”

The employees stopped what they were doing and rushed over.

"boss......"

"The brand we just negotiated with yesterday said they need to reconsider whether to let our studio promote it."

"Sister Li went to talk to the entertainment reporter and negotiated to delete the post."

“…”

Everyone was reporting at once, but Shen Yuqing, who was standing in the middle, had a headache. He held his forehead with his hand and did not speak for a long time.

So noisy.

"..." Shen Yuqing was silent for a while, "No need to make a separate announcement, I will explain to the fans during the live broadcast tonight."

He paused and said, "Everyone can go home after finishing the work at hand."

After saying that, he took his coat and went into the office, leaving the employees looking at each other.

It just so happened that Sister Li, who had gone to the entertainment reporter to negotiate with her about the post, came back. As soon as she came back, she saw the employees gathered together during working hours to discuss the matter.

Li Juan frowned and tapped the table with her fingers: "What are you doing? Don't you want to do this anymore?"

She was an old employee of the studio and was also half of Shen Yuqing's agent. Her words carried a lot of weight in the studio. Seeing this, everyone shut up and returned to their seats to do their own things.

She stopped scolding when she saw everyone had dispersed, and walked straight to the workstation of the young assistant Zhang Xiaotiao and stood there.

Zhang Xiaotiao is Shen Yuqing's assistant and life assistant, responsible for handling some of Shen Yuqing's personal affairs and a small part of his official business.

He had just graduated from college and had been in Shen Yuqing's studio for less than a month, so his influence was not very strong.

Li Juan was also a senior in the studio and had great prestige. Therefore, even though Li Juan was just standing in front of his workstation and didn't even say a word, the young assistant's heart was still trembling.

Although he is a 24-hour personal assistant, Shen Yuqing pays a lot, and everyone in the studio except Sister Li is very friendly, so he doesn't want to lose this job.

"Sister Li..." Zhang Xiaotiao laughed awkwardly.

Li Juan gestured for him to go out and talk to her. Zhang Xiaotiao followed behind Li Juan with a bitter look on his face, and even exchanged glances with Yang Chunchun, an intern working at the next station.

"Help! Help!"

"Xiao Zhangzi, the person on the other end is Sister Li. We can't help her."

'......'

In the corridor.

Li Juan and Zhang Xiaotiao stood face to face.

"Zhang Xiaotiao, tell me the truth. Is Chen Yuqing gay?" Sister Li clasped her hands together, her expression cold and silent. "You can't lie. This is related to the direction of public relations."

"......" Zhang Xiaotiao was also confused. He didn't expect Sister Li to ask this in such a loud manner.

"How is that possible? Brother Chen is definitely straight, and he still has a crush on that girl in the hospital."

“Heh.” Sister Li sneered, “Chen Yuqing is in love.”

"Damn it, I got tricked into saying something." Zhang Xiaotiao's mind raced, trying to make amends for Shen Yuqing. "I mean, Brother Shen doesn't have a partner."

Li Juan didn’t ask any more questions, but rushed into Shen Yuqing’s office.

Zhang Xiaotiao's eyebrows jumped and he hurried to follow.

Inside the office.

"Chen Yuqing, are you in a relationship? Didn't you say you wouldn't consider falling in love within three years?"

"......" Shen Yuqing glanced at the guilty assistant beside him, then looked back at Li Juan.

"Li Juan, whether I'm in a relationship or not is my personal matter. Now is work time. Besides, I'm an anchor, not a celebrity. Whether I'm in a relationship or not won't affect my work."

Shen Yuqing spoke slowly, but his eyes were much colder.

She stared at Shen Yuqing for a long time without saying anything.

Li Juan's voice was so loud that it could be heard throughout the entire studio. When the employees outside the office heard this, they also started talking in groups of three or four.

"The boss is a game streamer, and he's not into looks, so whether he's in a relationship or not shouldn't affect him, right?"

"The main reason for today's incident is that they spread rumors that the boss is gay, right? That's why the impact is so big, right?"

"What is Sister Li doing? If you don't know, you might think Shen Yuqing is her husband and she is catching him cheating."

"You don't even know this? Sister Li has always wanted to bring Brother Shen and her niece together. Now that her little plan has failed, of course she's furious."

When several young employees heard this, they couldn't stop laughing, but they were afraid that Sister Li in the office would hear it and make things difficult for them, so they couldn't hold it in.

Shen Yuqing in the office had a cold look in his eyes. Li Juan finally said nothing and pushed the door open.

Leaving the young assistant Zhang Xiaotiao looking at Shen Yuqing helplessly: "Boss, I was wrong."

Shen Yuqing looked at him with cold eyes.

"Get ready. I'm going to broadcast live tonight at my house. Please move the equipment to my house."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaotiao nodded frantically.

*

Unlike the chaos in the studio, Xia Ruirui in the hotel was playing music and taking a nice bath.

She didn't get up until she felt the water in the bathtub was getting a little cold.

She changed into a bathrobe hanging on the hanger beside her, looked relaxed, and slowly walked to the bay window of the hotel and sat down.

While drying her hair, she looked down at the river view below.

Xijing has always been famous for its scenery, the most famous of which is this river. This hotel just happens to include the entire river view.

The longer Xia Ruirui lives here, the more she likes the scenery. She even feels like buying a room with a river view.

The vibration of her cell phone interrupted her thoughts. She looked down at the screen and saw Shen Qingli.

Shen Qingli: [Miss, you are famous.]

Xia Ruirui: [? ]

Shen Qingli on the other end laughed when she saw the question mark Xia Ruirui threw at her.

She knew that Xia Ruirui knew nothing, and she also couldn't understand why her good friend seemed like an old person who was out of touch with the times.

In the past two years, Shen Yuqing has participated in various e-sports competitions, won numerous awards, and accumulated 10 million online fans.

Unexpectedly, Xia Ruirui seemed to be disconnected from the Internet and had no idea about it. It was only when I told her that she found out.

Shen Qingli curled up on the sofa and complained to Gu Zijin, who was working on a laptop beside her: "Gu Xiaojin, do you think Xia Ruirui never surfs the Internet? Even a 2G network is faster than hers."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zijin put down his laptop, took off the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and looked at her with soft and affectionate eyes.

“No matter how powerful Shen Yuqing is, he will be finished if he meets Xia Ruirui.”

Shen Qingli was a little surprised when she heard this: "Why do you say that? Wasn't it Ruirui who pursued Shen Yuqing back then?"

Gu Zijin didn't explain any more, but just smiled and touched his fiancée's head, but the image of Shen Yuqing's embarrassed look back then emerged in his mind.

When filling out their applications after the college entrance examination, Xia Ruirui secretly filled out the application for Beiyi University, while the three of them stayed in Xijing City and were admitted to Xijing University.

At that time, Xijing University had already started school for a month, but something happened that Shen Qingli was completely unaware of.

Xia Ruirui was harassed by a boy in the same major at Beiyi University. After the boy failed to confess his love to her, he stalked her for several days.

This incident was posted on the confession wall of their school by Xia Ruirui's college classmates, and everyone was condemning the boy.

However, this matter was known by Shen Yuqing who was thousands of miles away.

It was only later that Gu Zijin found out that Shen Yuqing had been secretly following the confession wall at Beiyi University. It turned out that he had never let it go.

All along, Shen Yuqing has been paying attention to Xia Ruirui behind everyone's back.

The boy who followed Xia Ruirui was also pinned to the ground and beaten for a long time. Only when he begged for mercy and promised not to harass Xia Ruirui again did Shen Yuqing stop.

At that time, there was no high-speed rail between Beiyi and Xijing, so Shen Yuqing took a green train for a day and a night to get there.

The boy later called the police, and Shen Yuqing compensated him a lot of money before reaching a settlement.

It was a lot of money for Shen Yuqing back then.

Only Gu Zijin who arrived later knew about this matter. Shen Qingli also didn't know. As for Xia Ruirui, how could Shen Yuqing, who was so proud and arrogant, let her know?

This incident became a secret between the two men.

However, on the way back, Shen Yuqing suddenly became very silent, and Gu Zijin saw that his eyes were red.

He didn't shed a single tear, but his eyes were red, as if he had conjunctivitis.

He was in a very miserable state at that time, so miserable that even Gu Zijin was a little scared.

Just when Gu Zijin thought he was going to go to extremes, Shen Yuqing returned to his usual indifference after returning to the dormitory.

It's like having no hope of living, but being pulled by something inexplicably, living like a zombie...

Gu Zijin glanced at Shen Qingli, who was chatting with someone else, with gentle eyes.

He glanced at the chat interface on Shen Qingli's phone and knew that Shen Qingli was chatting with Xia Ruirui.

He seemed to suddenly understand what had changed about Shen Yuqing recently.

Although Shen Yuqing was in much better condition than when he broke up with Xia Ruirui a few years ago, he was still lifeless.

Ever since visiting Xia Ruirui in the hospital, Shen Yuqing seemed to have taken some magic medicine and suddenly became "full of vitality".

It was as if he was not there to serve the patient, but to seek a panacea.

Thinking of this, Gu Zijin felt a little absurd and sighed: “Maybe Xia Ruirui is Shen Yuqing’s panacea.”

Shen Qingli: "...What are you talking about?"

Gu Zijin leaned over, kissed his fiancée lightly on the lips, picked up his notebook and went to the study to work.

*

On the other side, Xia Ruirui in the hotel was looking at the incoherent message sent by Shen Qingli with a confused look on her face.

Obviously Shen Qingli didn't reply to the message, but her phone kept vibrating.

Just when she thought her phone was broken, she exited the chat interface with Shen Qingli with a skeptical attitude.

You will see a spectacular sight of 99+ messages in the message list.

“…” I’ve never felt a phone so hot before.