Chapter 90. This is...
The atmosphere inside the car was very strange.
Jing Yitong sat in the driver's seat, Fang Xingu sat in the passenger seat, and Xu Subo sat in the back seat, but no one spoke.
After driving for a while, they stopped at a red light. Jing Yitong completely ignored Xu Subo's presence as a guest and suddenly started chatting with Fang Xingu: "Xingu, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll have someone send the ingredients over, and I'll cook later."
Fang Xingu named a few dishes and then instructed, "Make less, otherwise we won't be able to finish them."
"Okay, I also ordered an ice cream cake, it should be home by now. You can eat it if you get hungry later."
Fang Xingu frantically calculated the calories in his mind: "If you keep feeding me like this, I'll gain several pounds. I'm already fat!"
Jing Yitong turned to the side and pinched Fang Xingu's cheek, tugging at it: "It's because you were too thin before. It took me a long time to gain some weight."
Fang Xingu smiled and grabbed his hand, affirming his skill: "You've got a knack for taking care of me."
Xu Subo's gaze lingered on the two people in the front row. She felt like she didn't even need to eat dinner; she was already full from all this PDA. She grimaced and said disgustedly, "Can you stop showing off? Have you forgotten I'm still in the car?"
Fang Xingu coughed lightly, released Jing Yitong's hand, and turned to look at her: "This shows that we don't treat you as an outsider."
Xu Subo sneered: "Heh, it's like you don't treat me like a human being."
Jing Yitong glanced at her: "It's already very kind of you to offer to take you back to your hotel. Did you say thank you after you got in the car?"
"I...!" Xu Subo was speechless. She raised her voice and replied, "Thank you! Are you satisfied now!"
Actually, rather than 'thank you,' I would prefer to receive your blessings, since you are a good friend, both past and present.
Jing Yitong emphasized the words "good friend" and then, taking advantage of the situation, grabbed Fang Xingu's left hand and raised it up. Then he raised his own left hand, and the two glittering gold rings almost blinded Xu Subo.
Xu Subo felt a vein throbbing in her temple: "...I have already blessed the deceased, you do not deserve my blessing."
Jing Yitong shrugged, completely unaffected by Xu Subo's attack.
Xu Subo couldn't swallow this insult. Her eyes darted around, and she unleashed another powerful move: "Hmph, you've been quite busy filming lately, haven't you? So, since your husband is going to Paris for a fashion show the day after tomorrow, I'm going with him."
Jing Yitong: ?
Jing Yitong gritted his teeth and said, "You're going to see a fashion show? What are you going there for?"
Xu Subo feigned smugness: "Getting an invitation is a piece of cake for someone of my spending level, isn't it?"
Jing Yitong lowered her eyes and looked at Fang Xingu with a wronged expression. Fang Xingu immediately explained, "She went to buy a wedding dress."
Jing Yitong finally calmed down: "Oh, a married person buying a wedding dress? I wish you a successful wedding."
Xu Subo rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay any more attention to Jing Yitong. As soon as the car stopped in front of the hotel, Xu Subo walked away in her high heels without even saying goodbye, clearly very angry.
Jing Yitong, humming a song, drove home after a resounding victory. Fang Xingu always suppressed a laugh whenever he watched the two of them banter: "Can I interview Su Bo about when and why she offended you?"
"It's all because of you back then..."
Jing Yitong stopped mid-sentence. Forget it, it's all in the past. He's the one with Fang Xingu now, so there's no need to bring up old grievances.
He changed his tune and shifted all the blame onto Xu Subo: "She was the one who was rude to me first, so I retaliated in kind. Hey, if you feel caught in the middle, I'll change my ways and be more polite to her in the future. I'll suffer a little loss, but I can endure it all for you."
"Who are you trying to fool with this virtuous and gentle act?" Fang Xingu laughed. These two really had their own opinions, so he could only coax, "Alright, I'll bring you a gift when I get back from Paris, okay?"
Jing Yitong pouted: "Are you trying to coax me like a kindergarten baby?"
"So, this big baby, are you buying into this?"
"……eat!"
The two chatted and laughed all the way home. After finishing dinner and cutting the cake, Fang Xingu's phone rang. He looked at Qi Qiu's name on the screen and realized that he had forgotten something important—today was not only his birthday, but also the day his physical album pre-sale started.
It was now 8:30, and the pre-sale had been open for half an hour. Fang Xingu calmly cut the cake before answering Qi Qiu's call: "What's wrong?"
Qi Qiupin's excited voice came from the other end of the phone: "Holy crap! Sales have exploded!"
Fang Xingu was startled by his commotion: "Calm down, explain in detail."
Before Qi Qiu could answer, Jing Yitong, who was standing nearby, took out his phone and searched online, and gave Fang Xingu the answer first: "Sales have already exceeded 100 million."
Fang Xingu leaned over Jing Yitong's shoulder to look at his phone. He saw that his fans were already posting battle reports everywhere. About fifteen minutes after the pre-sale started, the sales had already exceeded 100 million yuan, and the number of people had reached a terrifying 600,000. Moreover, the sales were still climbing rapidly, and no one could tell where the final result would be.
Fang Xingu was surprised by the sales figures: "So many? The factory machines are practically smoking from exhaustion."
Qi Qiu slapped his thigh: "You still have the mind to manage the factory? I should have known better than to persuade you to renew your contract with the company. You've really let the company make money without lifting a finger."
Fang Xingu was amused by him: "Are you still Chengfeng's agent? Record what you just said and send it to President Zhong."
Qi Qiu was overjoyed and had no time to care about Zhong Yan's life or death. He guessed that Zhong Yan was probably at the company popping champagne right now. He slumped in his chair and said, "This result is worthy of our efforts over this period of time. Are you satisfied with this birthday gift?"
"Of course I'm satisfied," Fang Xingu swallowed a piece of cake that Jing Yitong fed him. "The studio has been working hard lately, so I'm giving everyone a big red envelope. You can all take a vacation after we get back from Paris."
Qi Qiu hung up the phone with a smile, but Jing Yitong sighed deeply beside him: "Last time my movie was released, you bought me 10,000 online screenings. Do I really not need to buy some of your albums this time?"
Fang Xingu glared at him: "What? We're not colleagues, why should we keep returning the money? Besides, I bought the cloud-based showroom to give back to the audience. If you buy a bunch of physical albums, we'll have to make room for them. You might as well just transfer the money to me."
"...That makes sense."
Jing Yitong directly used his phone to make a sum of money for Fang Xingu. Fang Xingu, who had inexplicably received a large amount of money, said without hesitation, "Okay, I'll use this money to buy you a gift the day after tomorrow."
Jing Yitong pounced on Fang Xingu and pressed him down, laughing as he questioned, "How come you're saying the wool comes from the sheep's back!"
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The day after tomorrow, Fang Xin will fly to Paris.
Perhaps because of the huge success of "Contradiction," there were an unusually large number of fans who came to see Fang Xingu off that day. As soon as they saw Fang Xingu, they burst into excited screams. Fang Xingu waved to them before walking into the airport.
Xu Subo and Fang Xingu bought tickets for the same flight, but after getting off the plane, she put on sunglasses and walked away in a cool manner. If Fang Xingu hadn't had many fans picking her up at the airport in Paris, Xu Subo's demeanor might have made her look more like a celebrity than Fang Xingu.
Fang Xin was invited to the show as a spokesperson for a top luxury brand. The trip wasn't too packed; it was basically just taking some photos and watching the show.
Wei Chun was also invited from China. Wei Chun and Fang Xingu were not actually very familiar with each other, but because of "I Am the Only One Who Is Ecstasy" and "Love Without Limits", the two could still chat for a while.
When Wei Chun saw Fang Xingu at the fashion show, she greeted him: "Congratulations, Teacher Fang! Your new album is amazing. I bought a physical copy, but the sales figures are so outrageous that I don't know when I'll receive it."
Fang Xin thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll give Teacher Wei one? I have a few left."
Wei Chun clasped her hands in surprise: "I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain from coming to the fashion show. I've hit the jackpot."
After exchanging a few polite words, the brand's fashion show began.
After watching the show, Fang Xin attended a brand dinner. After exchanging pleasantries with the brand's senior management and business associates, his trip to Paris came to an end.
Fang Xingu wasn't in a hurry to return to China. After all, he had promised to buy Jing Yitong a gift. In addition, his studio had been busy with his album for several months. Taking advantage of this trip to Paris, he paid out of his own pocket to let his studio colleagues have a fun trip around the area.
Fang Xin also spent two days in Paris picking out gifts for Jing Yitong. He looked at everything from ties to cufflinks, from brooches to watches, always thinking that this one would look good on Jing Yitong and that one would look good on him. In the end, he made a big decision and bought Jing Yitong a bunch of gifts, regardless of whether Jing Yitong would actually use them.
It wasn't until four days after Fashion Week ended that he took Xu Subo, who had finally bought her wedding dress, and together with the studio staff, they boarded a plane back to China carrying large bags and small packages.
The group fell asleep as soon as they boarded the plane, unaware that a major event was unfolding back home.
Initially, a blogger posted a set of photos of Fang Xin Gu getting out of a car online. The shooting angle was a bit strange, but the picture was exceptionally clear. If Fang Xin Gu himself saw it, he would immediately recognize that it was the clothes he wore and the car he drove when he accompanied Xu Subo to the wedding dress shop the day before yesterday.
However, because the photo did not reveal many details, fans did not notice it at first and thought it was a photo of Fang Xin in Paris, so they quickly forwarded it.
It wasn't until a while later, when fans started analyzing his outfit as usual, that they realized something was wrong. Fang Xingu's clothes didn't seem to be from that luxury brand, and he was also wearing a ring on the middle finger of his left hand.
The problem was first discovered by fans themselves:
"I didn't notice it before, but now that I look at the photo, it's clearly a street in China."
“The photo shows Suizhou. I pass through here every day on my way to and from get off work. I was just thinking, how come Paris is so down-to-earth, hahaha.”
"That was a private trip, right? You were followed and photographed again? Can't you just have some peace and quiet?"
"Wait... why are you wearing a ring on your left middle finger? You can't just wear that anywhere!"
"Forgive him, the child is still young and probably doesn't understand that this means engagement [laughing and crying emoji]"
"Twenty-five isn't young anymore; it's an age when you can get engaged. What if it was intentional?"
"How come fxg came back wearing an engagement ring after only a few months in Guangzhou? JYT, do you have any clues? [thinking]"
"It feels like we're being slowly boiled like frogs... Oh well, let's just wish this ex-couple well."
"You know how easy it is to fool yaoi fans! It's just BL (Boys' Love), but some people actually believe they'll date and get married [black face]"
"@Jing Yitong @Fang Xingu, someone's suspecting you two are having a fling again, hurry up and show off your big stuff!"
Online CP fans were excitedly discussing the ring on Fang Xin's left middle finger, while solo fans had long since resigned themselves to their fate, with only a few toxic solo fans still jumping around.
Someone, seemingly enjoying the drama, bought a trending topic for "Fang Xin's engagement ring," instantly bringing the matter from the fan community to the public eye and attracting many onlookers.
Just as the discussion was reaching its peak, the blogger who posted the first set of photos updated with another set of pictures. Judging from their outfits, this set of photos was taken after the first set. At this moment, Fang Xingu had already walked to the car and was walking towards the wedding dress shop with a slender woman.
Because of the photos just now, many of Fang Xin's fans thought this blogger was a new fan site, so they followed him.
Fang Xin's fan base was huge; this blogger already had thousands of followers. But when this new set of photos was released, everyone was dumbfounded—what is this?
Fang Xin, wearing an engagement ring, walked into a bridal shop with a woman.
Not only were the CP fans stunned, but even the solo fans were bewildered:
"They're probably just staff or friends, right?"
"Hmm...the two of them don't seem particularly close; they're not even standing close together."
"Although, she doesn't match up with anyone in the studio, and the staff wouldn't dress like that, would they?"
"tdd is filming Fang Xin's private schedule all day long, what are you guys trying to do? I've already reported you."
"If the sky falls, the fans and CP fans will hold it up. What do you think a man of marriageable age would do if he went into a bridal shop alone with a woman? Buy some dresses?"
"Congratulations, Gu Si! So this is the real sister-in-law! She has a great figure! [tongue out]"
"I can't take it anymore. Just now, someone was confidently saying that Fang Xingu was engaged to Jing Yitong [laughs]. Are the CP fans still being stubborn now?"
"How can you be sure this is really your sister-in-law? Fang Xingu isn't crazy, openly going into a bridal shop with someone to order a wedding dress?"
"It means you love each other openly and honestly. Back when Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong were being promoted as a couple, weren't you CP fans the ones who loved to say that the most?"
"Stop making assumptions based on pictures. The photo only shows Fang Xingu and this lady standing together, it doesn't necessarily mean there were only the two of them."
At this point, because there were only a few photos, the fans' arguments were still somewhat valid.
A while later, some fans who had picked her up and dropped her off at the airport a few days ago felt that the woman in the photo looked somewhat familiar. They looked through the album and found that this woman had flown to Paris with Fang Xingu before, and today she was on the same flight back to China with Fang Xingu. Obviously, they went there and returned together.
This can no longer be explained by coincidence; the internet is in an uproar: "Holy crap, the real sister-in-law is here!"
"So Fang Xin's previous large wheat bran was to cover for his real sister-in-law?"
"My sister-in-law's move to assert her dominance is ruthless; she flew directly to Paris with me [laughing and crying emoji]"
"How many times do I have to be fooled before I finally learn to be honest? Straight men who engage in BL (Boys' Love) are cursed with divine retribution [smile]"
"fxg, do you know how long it took me, as a solo fan, to accept JYT? And now you've pulled this stunt on me? So you were just playing us all along?"
"I cried for several nights before I could accept that fxg likes men, so what is the truth? I'm really unfollowing him this time..."
"No, you can accept male sisters-in-law, but not female sisters-in-law???"
"Who's unfollowing? Those fake fans whose profiles are completely blank, please stop pretending!"
"The studio should stop playing dead and respond now!"
Meanwhile, Zhou Xiaoyou, who stayed at the Beijing studio, was almost in tears. He wanted to resolve the matter, but who could tell him how to respond?
He didn't know who that woman was either!
Zhou Xiaoyou knew in his heart that the blogger had definitely timed the timing of Fang Xin's flight takeoff to break the rumor, just to take advantage of the time difference.
Although there is Wi-Fi on the plane now, Zhou Xiaoyou has sent a bunch of messages in the studio's group chat, but no one has replied. He doesn't know if these people are not connected to the internet or what they are doing.
Zhou Xiaoyou gripped his phone and scratched his hair in frustration. He really wanted to send a message to Jing Yitong to ask if he knew what was going on, but he felt a little uneasy.
He knew that Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong were really talking, but what if Jing Yitong didn't know about this woman's existence?
Fang Xin wouldn't be two-timing, would he...?
Just as Zhou Xiaoyou was about to break down, a phone call came in. When Zhou Xiaoyou saw the caller ID, his heart skipped a beat—Jing Yitong!
Zhou Xiaoyou swallowed hard. Was Jing Yitong here to save him from his predicament, or to interrogate him?
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Author's note: Right now I'm rescuing people from suffering, but soon I'll be questioning them. [Okay]
Let's immediately uncover the truth behind Teacher Jing's seven-year-long jealousy! [Panda head emoji]
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"Mr. Xie, how could you fall in love with a body double!"
A seemingly respectable but actually ruthless and controlling top (Xie Sui) × A hedonistic, reborn bottom who doesn't care what kind of play you play as long as he's happy (Lu Mingwei)
(Main character is the receiver; the text and title are still being worked on.)
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Ever since he hired a new assistant, Xie Sui has noticed that the way his colleagues look at him has changed.
Every day as he walks around the company, he can hear the employees whispering amongst themselves, even though they think it's being discreet.
"How could President Xie find a substitute for President Lu to keep by his side?"
"This stand-in looks so much like President Lu, from appearance to personality. Could this be a scam?"
"I really misjudged President Xie. President Lu has only been gone for a few years and he can't hold back anymore? No, it's been eight years."
"Sigh, men really are all fickle."
Xie Sui turned a deaf ear and only showed great care for the "stand-in" assistant.
Not only did he let the stand-in move into his home, but he also personally took care of the stand-in's daily life. He even became so infatuated with love that he wanted to give his shares to the stand-in.
Upon hearing the news, Mingsheng employees erupted in a shrill outcry: "President Xie, how could you fall in love with a body double!"
Mingsheng is President Lu's life's work, and now you actually want to use Mingsheng to curry favor with the substitute? How can you face President Lu?
Xie Sui stubbornly insisted: "Stop arguing, I can tell whether he's a stand-in or not."
staff:……
Oh no, Ming Sheng is really doomed now!
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In his previous life, Lu Mingwei worked diligently for the company, but died of illness at the age of twenty-eight, only to be met with countless cries of "Heaven is jealous of talent" at his funeral.
When Lu Mingwei opened his eyes again, he found himself eight years in the future.
This time, he was reborn as a penniless man who looked very similar to his original self. However, he was unloved by his parents, owed a huge amount of money to loan sharks, and was even coerced and lured by his creditors to become someone else's substitute.
Creditor: "As long as you infiltrate Mingsheng Group and become Xie Sui's stand-in for Lu Mingwei, stealing Mingsheng's internal secrets, our debt will be wiped clean."
Lu Mingwei: ?
Mingsheng, isn't that my company?
Xie Sui, isn't that my student?
Lu Mingwei... isn't that just me?!
Lu Mingwei is not suitable as a typical stand-in.
But he definitely wants to see how outrageous it is that someone would infiltrate his own company and act as his student's double. :)
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In order to find out the details of the creditors, Lu Mingwei disguised herself and rejoined Mingsheng, becoming Xie Sui's assistant.
However, Lu Mingwei believed he knew Xie Sui very well and thought that Xie Sui would never be deceived by the so-called "stand-in" trap.
However, upon returning to Mingsheng, Lu Mingwei discovered that Xie Sui's attitude towards him, his "stand-in," was becoming increasingly strange.
She not only tricked him into living with her at home, but also took care of his food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and even tried to lure him into bed.
Lu Mingwei fell into deep thought: Something's not right. Does Xie Sui want to sleep with the substitute or with me?
Lu Mingwei sensed something was wrong and packed her bags, preparing to flee Xie Sui's house that very night.
As soon as he opened the door with his suitcase, he was blocked at the door by Xie Sui, who looked like a ghost.
Xie Sui looked at him with a gloomy expression: "Teacher, are you going to leave me alone again?"
Lu Mingwei's Adam's apple bobbed. Before he could even think about when he had been exposed, he felt a chill creep up his back.
Wait... so Xie Sui wants to sleep with me? ???
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