"Shi Jing, I'm so scared, can you find me quickly..."

"Chao Chao!!"

Shi Jing cried out in surprise and suddenly woke up from her dream! Her forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat.

"Huff...huff..." He breathed heavily, his eyes wide with confusion and fear, his forehead covered in fine beads of sweat as he stared blankly at Li Weiwan beside him.

Li Weiwan was driving when she heard him make a sound, so she turned her head to look at him and asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

"Hoo..." Shi Jing shook his head, raised his hand to wipe the thin sweat from his forehead, his tense body instantly relaxed, and he lazily leaned back into the soft and bouncy seat.

"I had a nightmare..." His eyes were wide open, his gaze drifting aimlessly.

"What did you dream about?" Li Weiwan asked curiously.

"I dreamt that Chaochao was hiding in a dark, small room, crying." Shi Jing's voice was a little hoarse and choked with sobs. "She cried and told me she was scared, and cried as she looked for me everywhere."

Li Weiwan: "It's probably because she's thinking of you too, which is why you dreamed about her."

"Sigh..." Shi Jing sighed in distress, his eyes suddenly stinging. "Chao Chao has always been timid. How scared she must be to suddenly encounter something like this..."

"Now, I can't be by her side."

"It's alright." Li Weiwan reached out and patted Shi Jing's shoulder. "Although we don't know where Jinzhao is being held by Zhu Xingye, at least we can be sure that Jinzhao is safe now. Zhu Xingye is after people, so no matter what, he won't hurt Jinzhao."

"Try to be optimistic. You must not let yourself fall down before you find a way out."

“…Hmm.” Shi Jing nodded, buried her face in her palms and rubbed it vigorously.

"By the way, Brother Li, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you."

Li Weiwan: "What's the problem?"

Shi Jing lifted her eyelids, staring at him with slightly reddened eyes, a half-smile on her face: "Do you, do you, also like my Chaochao?"

"..." Li Weiwan froze instantly.

Zhu Mingyue, who was resting with her eyes closed in the back seat, suddenly opened them and looked at the two people in the front row with a mixture of gossip and trepidation.

“…Heh.” Li Weiwan chuckled, rubbing her forehead, and explained somewhat embarrassedly, “Before regaining my memories, Li Weiwan did have some feelings for Jinzhao, but after regaining my memories, Li Weiwan has no such feelings for Jinzhao.”

"Restore memories?" Shi Jing frowned in confusion.

Li Weiwan had said those four words many times today. Although he always refused to explicitly say what this "memory" referred to, Shi Jing was really curious, so she asked again, "Brother Li, what memories have you regained?"

“I’d like to ask that too,” Zhu Mingyue interjected. “You’ve been talking about regaining memories all day, but what exactly are these memories? And why do we need to regain them?”

"Hiss..." Li Weiwan narrowed her eyes, having no idea how to explain this problem.

"Well... you'll find out soon enough." He said ambiguously, "The bug in Zhu Xingye's plan is that only by making him remember can I find a way to help you regain your memories as well, otherwise this world will descend into chaos."

"...Huh?" Zhu Mingyue and Shi Jing exclaimed at the same time, "What chaos? What bug? Brother Li, what are you talking about?"

Li Weiwan: "...Anyway, you don't need to worry about it! You'll all understand soon enough."

He couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply decided to openly and honestly deceive them.

They exchanged a knowing glance, both seeing deep suspicion and confusion in each other's eyes.

But no one pressed for details, because it was obvious that Li Weiwan wouldn't tell.

"Alright then." Zhu Mingyue took out her phone and ended the conversation abruptly.

Her phone vibrated several times within five minutes, and when she opened it, she found it was full of trending topics pushed by Weibo.

#Filming of "Let's Be Friends" Season 2 Suspended# [Breaking News]

#Wishing you a sick day# [Breaking News]

#Zhu Jinchao has been urgently transferred abroad for medical treatment# [Breaking News]

#Zhao Yan is about to break#

Due to the overwhelming number of guests terminating their contracts, the second season of "Let's Make Friends" has been forced to halt filming. Related information dominated the trending topics list for an entire day, and its popularity hasn't waned yet.

Zhu Mingyue clicked on the trending topic #ZhuJinzhaoIsSick# and saw the announcement issued by the Zhu Group at the top of the trending topics page.

The announcement was simple: Zhu Jinzhao suddenly fell ill last night, and her physical condition no longer allowed her to continue working, so she had to terminate her contract with the program team immediately. Furthermore, Zhu Xingye had already sent her abroad for medical treatment overnight.

Netizens and fans, unaware of the inside story, all assumed that the Zhu Group's announcement was genuine, and expressed their concern for Zhu Jinzhao's situation on the trending topics page.

Looking at those sincere comments, Zhu Mingyue couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"We've arrived at the Zhu Group."

Li Weiwan parked the car in front of the Zhu Group, unbuckled her seatbelt, and got out of the car first.

After getting out of the car, he realized he wasn't wearing sunglasses and a mask, so he quickly got back into the car to put them on and also put on a baseball cap.

"Tsk, being a celebrity is such a hassle. You have to wrap yourself up in layers of clothing every time you go out..."

Zhu Mingyue closed the car door, put on her sunglasses, and said to Li Weiwan and Shi Jing, "You two wait here for me. I'll go upstairs and see if he's there. If he is, I'll trick him into coming to the underground parking lot."

"Brother Li, will your method work? Are you sure you can control him in one go?"

“Confirmed.” Li Weiwan pulled a pure white electronic pistol from the inside pocket of her down jacket. “As long as Zhu Xingye stands in front of me and obediently gets hit by the rewind gun, I’m sure he can instantly regain his memories.”

“Okay.” Zhu Mingyue zipped up her coat, put her hands in her pockets, and walked quickly into the Zhu Group building.

"I'm leaving. You guys wait here for my news. Be careful not to let anyone discover your identities."

Shi Jing leaned lazily against the car door with his arms crossed: "Okay."

It was already 9 p.m., but the Zhu Group building was still bustling with people and brightly lit.

Zhu Mingyue went to the front desk to report her identity, and then swiped her special elevator card to open the elevator leading to the top floor.

One minute later, the elevator came to a smooth stop.

Zhu Mingyue stepped out of the elevator and headed straight for Zhu Xingye's office.

When Zhu Xingye's secretary, Xiao Chen, saw someone approaching, she quickly came out from the transparent office next door and forcefully stopped Zhu Mingyue.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

Zhu Mingyue took off her sunglasses and looked at him expressionlessly: "It's me."

“…Miss Mingyue!” Xiao Chen was quite surprised. “Why did you suddenly come here?”

Zhu Mingyue: "I came to find my older brother, where is he?"

"President Zhu isn't at the company." Xiao Chen blinked, looking at Zhu Mingyue with a strange expression. "Miss Mingyue, didn't you know?"