After cheating on the big boss, they went on a dating reality show together.
Qi Shen found Zhen Li and said directly, "I'm not participating in this program. Qi An'an is coming with me."
When the other directors heard the young master speak like that, they merely turned to look at him before continuing to focus on their work.
They all seemed nonchalant, but they were clearly all quietly perking up their ears.
Zhen Li stood up, tugged at the hem of her wrinkled shirt, and said, "Let's talk inside."
The two walked up the steps to the side and entered a small lounge. There were two empty wine bottles on a small round table.
Zhen Li crossed her legs and sat wearily on the sofa. "Just a few days, and you've already reached your limit?"
"Don't give me that nonsense. You didn't know that Qi An'an was being cyberbullied?"
"Your message is a bit outdated. Would you like to take a look before you speak?"
As she spoke, Zhen Li tossed the tablet to Qi Shen, "And are you sure Qi An'an will still want to talk to you after you leave here?"
"Then I should thank you for creating this opportunity for me?"
Qi Shen was extremely irritable, but after he opened the data on the tablet, he suddenly froze. "What is this?"
Zhen Li lifted her eyelids to look at him, "Your ex-girlfriend's school days, huh? It seems you don't know much about her."
Qi Shen felt as if cotton was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't make a sound.
He had naturally investigated Qi An'an, but only about her family background, her romantic history, and even her messy part-time job experiences. He wasn't interested at all and didn't even glance at them.
After all, all he wanted was for her to have a clean social circle and be obedient.
"So, you uploaded that video online?"
Zhen Li nodded. "I know that there are many people investigating her, including you. I just got there faster."
Qi Shen asked, "Who else?"
Zhen Li didn't answer directly, "People who are curious about her."
The chaotic, shrill sounds coming from the tablet annoyed Zhen Li. "Have you finished reading?"
After a long silence, Qi Shen finally put down the tablet. "Does she know about these things online?"
Zhen Li got up and went to the counter, opened a bottle of wine, "I don't know whether to say she's honest or stupid. She foolishly handed over her phone and never asked the staff about anything outside."
In other words, apart from Qi An'an, the person involved, all the other guests had the opportunity to access information online.
Qi Shen approached him, his voice hoarse, "Why did she agree to come here?"
Zhen Li: "For money, for people, who knows?"
A 10-day live stream for 50,000 yuan should be quite attractive to Qi An'an.
After all, when he asked the assistant director to make the invitation, she was clearly tempted after hearing the price, but she kept asking about the male guest, as if she was rather averse to having too much contact with men...
Qi Shen: "She's not short of money. Even if you sell all the gifts I gave her, she could live a life of luxury."
"That's true, a watch worth over two million, you just give it away like that."
"..." Qi Shen choked, grabbed the wine glass from Zhen Li's hand, tilted his head back and drank the wine in one gulp.
Zhen Li reminded her, "Take it easy, the live stream isn't over yet, you should go home first."
Qi Shen acted as if he hadn't heard, slamming his wine glass down. "Pretend I didn't say anything."
Just as Zhen Li said, if he left this place, he probably wouldn't even have a legitimate reason to look for Qi An'an.
Zhen Li raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly, but said nothing.
Qi Shen has always changed girlfriends very quickly, and he has never seemed to have any lingering feelings for any of them. I never expected that he would actually fall for someone this time.
But Qi Shen, a man who only enjoys physical pleasures and has seen too many flattering and vain faces, how could he possibly understand the dreamy and pure feelings between men and women? By the time he realizes it, it will probably be too late.
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Lin Xiaoke sat on the toilet, scrolling through Weibo while saying to her male secretary on the phone, "Such a big thing happened, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Male secretary: "...I can't find an opportunity."
Lin Xiaoke angrily hung up the phone, then continued to browse Qi An'an's trending topics and couldn't help but gossip about it.
[It's confirmed: the video of Qi An'an leaving the bar was released by Liang Di's team. They were the ones who stirred up trouble and forced Qi An'an to leave the show.]
[The person who impersonated Qi An'an and spoke ill of her before even had Liang Di's poll link forwarded on their homepage!]
[Liang Di has a lot of online trolls; after all, her mother is a marketing expert. It's obvious she wanted to use Qi An'an to pave the way, but it backfired.]
[In today's poll, Liang Di had the most paid trolls, dropping him from third place to last...]
[Please be kind with your words, everyone. Didi had no idea what was going on on the show!]
"Laughable, how could I not know..." Lin Xiaoke mocked.
Although Lin Xiaoke disliked Qi An'an, she now disliked the pretentious Liang Di even more.
Of course, it was fortunate that Liang Di was there to shield her today; otherwise, her vote-rigging would definitely have been brought up and criticized as well.
Lin Xiaoke put her phone aside and calmed herself down.
Anyway, netizens don't care who they criticize, as long as they don't criticize her.
Compared to Lin Xiaoke's calmness, Liang Di was already furious and was cursing loudly in the bathroom. Where was her gentleness and tenderness?
She just doesn't get along with Qi An'an!
Qi An'an was born into an ordinary family and didn't have much ability. Liang Di always felt that he could crush her with a single finger... But the other party retaliated so quickly, there must be someone helping her behind the scenes.
Liang Di thought of Wen Qin, such an exceptional man, who had actually taken a liking to Qi An'an!
Could it be that he's helping her?
Liang Di paced back and forth, tapping her phone in her palm. No matter what happened online, she had to pretend nothing had happened.
Yes, it was all arranged by her family.
She knew nothing; she was innocent.
Soon, Liang Di put on a gentle smile, even slapping her cheeks twice to give her skin a rosy glow, before walking out.
After taking a shower, Qi An'an started applying a face mask. Fu Jiu and Yi Nanshan had not yet returned.
She leaned against the headboard, listening to Xiao Hei enthusiastically read out the comments from the live stream.
【Ahhh, did An'an's face get kissed by an angel?】
Those long legs, wow!
[Why hasn't Dr. Fu come back yet? Hehehe...]
[Where did my wife buy that tank top? I want to buy it; it makes her chest look so good.]
Is it possible that An An was just naturally beautiful?
[I feel so sorry for An An. Her entire outfit cost less than 100 yuan, while all the other female guests were dressed in luxury brands. Sigh...]
Qi An'an, who had been resting with her eyes closed, heard this and silently pulled her orange and black plaid shirt tighter, muttering, "Why do I suddenly feel a little cold..."
She tore off the face mask and jogged into the bathroom.
It was almost nine o'clock when Xiao Hei suddenly got angry.
[Mission progress -2%! An'an, something's happened!]
The task progress suddenly jumped from 77% back to 75%. Qi An'an and Xiao Hei looked at each other in bewilderment. How could the progress have gone backward?
What blow did Fu Jiu suffer?
Qi An'an thought for a moment and then walked out of the room.
She knew that nearly a hundred people in the entire crew lived on this floor, so there were almost no cameras installed outside the rooms unless they were being filmed.
As she passed a room, she vaguely heard a familiar voice.
If she hadn't been called by her name, she would have ignored it. But after hearing the name "Qi An'an," she turned her head and peered through the slightly ajar door.
The room was brightly lit, but there was no one there; only strange chanting could be heard coming from behind the door.
With a soft "bang," the door was suddenly slammed shut, followed by a man's suppressed growl.
Qi An'an: "??"
She stood there stiffly, her mind still reeling. Was it Qi Shen?
She couldn't quite recognize the girl's voice.
But this is still amazing, okay?!
Also, why did Qi Shen call her by her name?
How disgusting!
Qi An stared quietly at the door that had made a muffled thud, wondering whether she should kick it to scare the person inside. But suddenly someone approached and pulled her arm.
It's Fu Jiu.
A chilling aura hung between his brows, and his lips were clenched. As he looked at the door, he clenched his fist and slammed it against the door.
Two loud bangs echoed down the corridor.
The ambiguous sounds behind the room door ceased.
Qi An'an opened her mouth slightly, quickly grabbed Fu Jiu's hand, and hurriedly ran away.
How embarrassing would it be if the person inside opened the door!
"We went the wrong way."
Fu Jiu grabbed her and led her toward the sea-view room.
Qi An'an: "..." Hurry up and go.
The carpet silenced their footsteps. She had been holding Fu Jiu's hand, but now his palm was tightly clasped around hers.
Back at the door of the sea-view room, Fu Jiu suddenly stopped.
Qi An'an couldn't stop in time and her head hit his back.
Fu Jiu turned around, placed his palm on her forehead, and gently rubbed it. "Don't worry, no one will chase after us."
Anyone with a sense of shame wouldn't dare to chase after them.
Qi An'an recalled what had just happened, her expression quite strange. After hesitating for several seconds, she finally spoke, "Wouldn't it be inappropriate for bad people to be in such a mood?"
Mentioning this, Fu Jiujun's face grew even colder. He had also heard Qi Shen call out her name.
He withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "Don't overthink it, go inside."
But he himself remained standing motionless at the door, his phoenix eyes fixed on her, seemingly unwilling to return to the camera.
His eyes were more profound and unfathomable than ever before, and the corners of his eyes were a little red. Remembering Xiao Hei's reminder, Qi An'an asked, "Where did you go just now? You haven't come back yet."
"Wander around."
"Oh... um."
Qi An'an asked a completely useless question.
Standing there like that wasn't going to work, so seeing Yi Nanshan walking back, she pushed open the door and went inside.
Fu Jiu followed her inside and closed the door behind her.
A short while later, Yi Nanshan returned with a complicated expression. His short, platinum-blonde hair was a bit messy, and it was unclear what had happened to him.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Qi An'an glanced at him.
Normally, Yi Nanshan would definitely have retorted, but this time he just pursed his lips and said nothing.
[Did I go over time tonight? I haven't sent a text message yet.]
[Consider the overtime a bonus, hehehe, An Jiu came back together!]
[It's rare to see Yi Nanshan not arguing with people.]
[It's reasonable to suspect that Yi Nanshan suffered brain damage from the fall; he's been acting very strangely ever since.]
[I've fallen in love with my wife, hahaha!]
Who doesn't love An'an, who's beautiful and can do an over-the-shoulder throw!
Qi An'an was scolded so badly during the day, but now the screen is full of compliments.
Soon, the production team brought the phone over.
Still in front of the sofa, Qi An'an quickly sent a message, then looked up at Fu Jiu.
Fu Jiu put down her phone.
Yi Nanshan hesitated for a long time before sending the message.
He looked up at Qi An'an countless times during that time.
Qi An'an guessed that he must have seen the news online and was feeling sorry for her.
The guests' expressions of interest are sent collectively to the director, who then forwards them out, resulting in a time lag.
After sending the message, Yi Nanshan threw his phone aside and went to take a shower.
He had barely gone in when a cacophony of screams erupted, loud enough for viewers in the live stream to hear: "Qi An'an, are you crazy? Taking a bath in 45-degree water?!"
Live stream chat: Pfft, hahaha!
Qi An'an: "..."
Fu Jiu: "..."
Qi An'an is used to this temperature when taking a bath; it's too cold and she'll easily catch a cold.
When Fu Jiu first came to her place, he was shocked by her messy room. He spent half a day tidying it up for her. Because he was sweating, he used her bathroom to take a shower.
He cried out from the heat at that time.
Qi An'an still remembers that flustered look on his face.
When Yi Nanshan emerged, steaming in the heat, Qi An'an received two text messages that sparked her interest, as did Fu Jiu.
Yi Nanshan... No.
He seemed to have a premonition as well, and he wasn't as frustrated as he was yesterday.
Today, the live stream from the ocean view room remains the most popular. Given the attention from netizens to Qi An'an, the program team has extended the live stream until midnight.
As Qi An'an lay in bed, all she could think about was the director's veiled remark, "More money, more money."
She had originally intended to stay awake for a while and talk to Fu Jiu, but listening to Yi Nanshan's soft snoring, she quickly became sleepy and her consciousness became hazy.
In a blur, she felt as if her hand was enveloped in a ball of fire, burning hot.
Never mind, we'll talk about it tomorrow.
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