Official Announcement
Although Sister Qian contacted the company to refute the rumors as quickly as possible, the other party still refused to give up. Neither giving money nor sending a lawyer's letter could sway the other party in the slightest.
For a time, opinions on the matter were split evenly online, but most people were just watching the fun and there were not many comments favorable to Letang.
Because of this incident, the number of views of Director Xu's short drama plummeted, and there were many internet trolls in the comment section who were chasing after Letang and scolding him, giving him a very bad reputation.
Sister Qian lit a cigarette, held it between her fingertips without smoking, and let the ash fall.
She has been sleepless these days, staying up all night for several nights, and she is too lazy to put on makeup. Her face is haggard and cannot be concealed.
"After all, the core issue is still your relationship with Fu Zhixu."
The other party insisted that Letang tried to forcefully interfere with Fu Zhixu's relationship with his schoolgirl sweetheart while he was still in school, which was the main reason why netizens were scolding him.
Letang lowered his head and said nothing.
How can I prove this to myself?
"I'm sorry, I've caused trouble for everyone."
Ever since this incident happened, Director Xu has been so angry that he has been jumping up and down. He even used his own account to chase and curse the other party. After his account was directly blocked, he switched to a small account to continue cursing. When he was tired of cursing, he drank nutritional supplements to stay alive. He has not closed his eyes until now. He collapsed on the sofa with no expression on his face. He really has no strength left.
"I really don't know why the two of you are still holding on. Wouldn't it be better if you just admitted it earlier?"
Sister Qian looked at him puzzledly: "Who are you talking about?"
"Him and Fu Zhixu." Director Xu looked at Letang. "If these two kids officially announce their relationship, won't everything be solved?"
Sister Qian looked at Letang with even more doubt: "Are you and Fu Zhixu together?"
Letang hurriedly shook his head: "Nothing."
The little spark of light that had finally ignited in Sister Qian's eyes was immediately extinguished. She glared at Director Xu angrily: "You've lost your mind from being a fucking internet troll, haven't you? You've started talking nonsense, haven't you?"
Director Xu suddenly had an idea and jumped up, grabbing Letang's hand: "Dear, how about you pretend to be with Fu Zhixu?"
Seeing Letang's embarrassment, he simply acted like a rogue: "Please, dear! Just think of it as a publicity stunt to hype up your relationship. You can just say you two broke up later! Look how pitiful I am. I worked so hard to film this drama with my own money, and I can't let someone with ulterior motives ruin it like this - ah!"
Before he could finish his words, Sister Qian hit him on the head with a stack of scripts and he fainted.
Letang was so frightened that he quickly checked his breathing: "Director Xu? Director Xu?"
Sister Qian scratched her head irritably: "Don't worry about him, he won't die. He hasn't slept for many days, let him sleep for a while."
"Sister Qian, why don't you take a rest for a while? Your health is more important."
"Hey." Sister Qian put out the cigarette she hadn't taken a few puffs of and rubbed her brow. "Okay. And you, don't blame yourself too much. This isn't your fault, understand?"
Seeing Letang nodded, Sister Qian felt relieved. She turned around and went to the lounge, but when she opened the door, she found Fu Zhixu standing outside.
"You're here? Why don't you come in?"
"Just arrived."
Fu Zhixu smiled slightly. Ever since the incident on the crew, he was the only one who remained calm and composed, as if the mundane affairs could not affect him in the slightest.
However, Letang knew that Fu Zhixu had also made a lot of efforts in private to clarify things for him, and even used his own account to say a lot on Letang's behalf.
Thanks to him, the crew's losses were minimized under the current circumstances.
Letang was also very grateful that he could speak up for him.
When he looked up, he met Fu Zhixu's gaze, and Letang smiled at him.
Fu Zhixu walked over, his pace slightly quicker, and no one except himself could notice the subtle difference.
Fu Zhixu sat down next to him, and the soft sofa cushion sank down. "What were you talking about just now? Is there any way to resolve those rumors?"
There was no way Le Tang would tell him Director Xu's nonsense, and Sister Qian was even less likely to say, "Nothing, your Director Xu was just talking in his sleep."
Fu Zhixu smiled: "Really?"
The next morning, Letang was shocked when he turned on his phone.
Why so many messages?
Not only from the crew, but also from many classmates at Peace College, including Ning Ruotong and Fu Jieyu.
Even Liang Shi had sent quite a few messages, but before Letang even clicked on them, he saw a bunch of his frantic groundhog screams:
What should I do if the Director finds out?!
What to do? Know what?
Letang vaguely felt that something big seemed to have happened while he was sleeping, and it was definitely something related to him.
He knew that Ning Ruotong was the most concise and sent the fewest messages, so he clicked directly into Ning Ruotong's chat history.
Suddenly, I saw a very impactful question:
[Are you and Fu Zhixu together? ]
Letang:?
What, what the hell?
Letang saw that she sent him a Weibo link, and clicked on it with a puzzled look on his face. It turned out to be Fu Zhixu's homepage.
The pinned post was actually the "official announcement" between him and Letang!
The content is also concise and to the point, just like his usual style: [Happy 1st Anniversary @乐桐]
A bolt from the blue.
He posted this Weibo post in the middle of the night. Within just a few hours, it topped the trending search list, and the comment section exploded instantly. The hottest topics on major media platforms were about him and Letang.
For a moment, all those who had previously scolded Letang disappeared, and public opinion quickly became one-sided.
[One year anniversary, were they together since their school days? I'm so excited]
[Wait, didn't the person who posted the smear campaign against Letang keep saying Fu Zhixu had another lover named Lin? What's going on?]
Fu Zhixu has come out and clarified things himself, so what else can I say? I can only say that he's spreading rumors about his entire family.
[The above person is too aggressive, but he deserves to be scolded for spreading rumors.]
[Could it be that Lin who spread the rumor? He called our Tang Bao a "dream boy," but I think he's the one who did it. He was yelling so loudly before, but now he's silent. Doesn't his face hurt?]
[Tang Bao is too pitiful to be treated as an imaginary enemy by such a person. Go and get rid of the bad luck.]
Director Xu was so happy about this that he posted a video. He didn't even wash his face or comb his hair. He stood with his hands on his hips and laughed wildly, full of sarcasm.
The previously low viewing rate has therefore rebounded greatly, leaving the second place on the hot list far behind, and has opened up a gap of more than a little bit.
However, Letang did not breathe a sigh of relief, but instead broke out in cold sweat on his back.
He first called Lin Shaoxing, but the other party didn't answer, and his heart sank to the bottom.
Calm down, calm down.
He called Liang Shi again, and the other party seemed to be waiting for his reply. Almost half a second after the ringing, he immediately picked up the phone: "Boss, what's going on?"
Letang couldn't explain it to him for a while: "Where is your director?"
"The director performed three surgeries yesterday and is probably still asleep. Even if he were awake, he probably wouldn't have seen the news. After all, he's a new media insulator and doesn't usually surf the internet."
"Ah, that's good..."
Letang breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's going on?" Liang Shi was still anxious. "Is your crew deliberately hyping this up for publicity?"
Because of his job, Liang Shi rarely goes online on weekdays, so he is not clear about what happened to Letang before, and naturally has only a vague understanding of this matter.
After Letang explained it to him, he finally felt relieved: "It's okay, it's okay. If you... Oh, let's not talk about it for now, I still have to go to work. It's really not easy for you to be public figures. If the director finds out, I will explain it to him on your behalf. Don't worry."
After hanging up the phone with Liang Shi, Letang originally wanted to call Fu Zhixu and ask him why he did this.
The phone rang just once and he hung up first.
After all, Fu Zhixu must have done this because he heard what Director Xu said, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence.
He could only have done this to relieve the current urgent problem, and there could not be any other reason.
This was the only way Letang could comfort himself. He didn't dare to think too deeply about the rest, nor could he.
However, just after hanging up the phone with Fu Zhixu, he called back himself.
Letang hesitated for a long time, but finally accepted the call.
"Are you free? Should we talk?"
Fu Zhixu originally wanted to invite them to a coffee shop to chat, but when Letang thought about the fact that they were now the center of a hot topic, it was not convenient to meet outside. He was afraid that someone would take a photo of the two of them and post it online, which would cause an uproar. So he invited Fu Zhixu to his house to chat.
These days, while running around to the crew for filming, Letang also found time to look around for houses. He finally found a small villa with a garden, which was similar to the house his grandmother described where she lived when she was a child. Letang bought it immediately.
The house has been cleaned up in the past two days, and Letang has moved in first. After all, it's not good to stay in the hospital all the time. Once grandma is discharged, we can move in together.
Since Fu Zhixu was not a resident, the security guard would not let him in, so Letang went to the door to pick him up, but found that he had been waiting there since early morning.
Although it was not the hottest time of the day, it was summer vacation after all and the sun was scorching. Le Tang felt pain in his body after walking in the sun for a while, but Fu Zhixu seemed not to feel it, and his skin was very dazzling under the sun.
"Is it hot? Come in."
As soon as he entered the room and brought a glass of water to Fu Zhixu, Letang couldn't help but ask, "Why on earth did you do this?"
Unexpectedly, before Fu Zhixu could answer, his cell phone rang.
Kitano Collection?
"Hello?"
As soon as Letang picked up the phone, Fu Zhixu's gaze fell silently on him, but Letang lowered his head and didn't see it.
After the call was connected, Kitano Ji was still silent. Letang glanced at the phone and saw that it hadn't been hung up.
After asking a few more times, Kitano Ji finally spoke.
"Where are you?"
Letang was startled. Kitano Ji's voice was so hoarse and rough that for a moment he didn't recognize him.
"I..." Letang glanced at Fu Zhixu's silhouette, walked to the balcony, holding his phone in one hand and covering his mouth with the other, "I'm at home."
There was another long silence.
"Really?"
Letang pursed his lips, looked at Fu Zhixu in the living room and drank a sip of water: "If everything is fine, I'll hang up first?"
Kitano Ji didn't let him hang up: "Guess where I am now?"
"Where?"
At the same time, Fu Zhixu's voice sounded from behind. Letang was startled and realized that he had stood at the balcony door without knowing when. He was holding the half-filled glass of water that Letang had poured for him. "Who's calling?"
"ah……"
Letang didn't have time to answer.
The doorbell rang.
Before he could hang up the phone, the same doorbell sounded from the other end.
Kitano Ji's voice in his ear sounded particularly cold: "Open the door."
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