Secret Marriage with the King 4
"What exactly did you mean by what you said at the press conference just now?" Xu Mo asked with a frown.
"What I said shouldn't be difficult to understand, right? Do I need to explain it to you again?" Tao Yuan said indifferently. "Well, I'll summarize what I meant. I don't like you, and there's absolutely no way I'd be with you. Your fans' insults and slander have caused me great harm. To reassure your fans, I can guarantee that if I like you or want to be with you, I'm willing to accept any cruel punishment. Do you understand?"
Xu Mo looked at Tao Yuan as if he were a stranger, because the original owner had never spoken to him in such an attitude before. He was shocked and confused, wondering why he seemed like a different person.
Seeing that he was silent, Tao Yuan didn't want to waste time with him, so he turned around and walked out.
"Wait!" Xu Mo stopped him, his eyes blazing with anger. "Why are you doing this? Am I not good enough to you? You embarrassed me in front of so many reporters, and even in front of the entire audience. Have I ever done anything to let you down?"
"What have you done to me wrong? You should know the whole matter clearly, so why do you have to pretend to be confused?" Tao Yuan said with a sneer.
Xu Mo was shocked, wondering if he knew about his relationship with Qin Xiao.
But Tao Yuan continued, "Don't you know how your fans abused and slandered me? I even had to rely on medication to sleep because of their insults. Don't you know how much mental pressure I was under? And yet you've never seriously explained our relationship. You always keep it ambiguous."
"Just because of this?" Xu Mo said with an expression that said you are too naive.
"Just because of this? Ha! It's easy for you to say that. Yes, it's because of this." Tao Yuan glared at him and said, "There's obviously nothing between you and me. Why don't you make it clear to your fans and ask them to stop scolding me? Instead of deliberately leading them to think that way?"
"In the entertainment industry, creating scandals is as common as it gets; it's perfectly normal. The media just wants to write about it, so what can I do? Even if I explain things clearly to my fans, they'll only believe the media and not me. Besides, having a scandal with me will only increase your popularity, which is good for you. Do you know how many male and female celebrities in the entertainment industry want to be associated with me? You're really taking advantage of what you've got."
"I really can't bear such a blessing." Tao Yuan said sarcastically, "I don't like you, nor have I ever thought about being with you, let alone having any scandals with you. Why should I endure the insults and slander from your fans? Whoever is willing to bear such a blessing in the future can do so. I don't want it anyway."
"You don't like me? Do you believe it yourself? Do you think I can't see that you have a crush on me?" Xu Mo's expression was obviously unconvinced.
"You are really narcissistic to a certain extent. Well then, from now on, I will use practical actions to prove to you that I really don't like you at all. I even hate you and your hypocrisy!" Tao Yuan looked at him with disgust, turned around and strode out as soon as he finished speaking.
Xu Mo stared at the closed door, stunned. He began to doubt himself, wondering if he had been wrong. Then he immediately dismissed the idea. He felt certain he hadn't been wrong, because the original owner's eyes always held admiration and love. He couldn't have been wrong. He simply couldn't understand why his attitude had changed so drastically. It couldn't possibly be that he knew about his relationship with Qin Xiao, because they were both extremely cautious. In the presence of others, they never even exchanged glances, acting like strangers. How could they possibly be discovered?
As soon as the press conference ended, news from various media outlets came out. Because many media outlets now conduct interviews through live broadcasts, there were already heated discussions online while the press conference was still going on. After the press conference ended, the popularity directly jumped to the top.
Besides discussing and speculating about the identity of the mysterious celebrity, the most discussed topic was Tao Yuan's words. Netizens were also quite shocked and confused, not understanding why Tao Yuan said such harsh words. No other artist has ever said such harsh words. Some netizens couldn't help but speculate that perhaps he was really wronged to a certain extent, so he blurted out such harsh words.
Various media reports were uploaded, some directly from news anchors, others via online text. While the comments varied somewhat, nearly all of them captured a key point in Tao Yuan's remarks: that because of the abuse from Xu Mo's fans, he had to rely on medication to sleep and was even on the verge of depression.
Various commentators initially analyzed Tao Yuan's remarks objectively, pointing out that he would rather offend Xu Mo than disassociate himself from him, likely due to depression. The discussion then shifted to online violence, analyzing whether fans' verbal abuse of artists is pathological and undesirable.
Xu Mo's fans weren't pleased by Tao Yuan's words; instead, they became even angrier. Tao Yuan's words clearly showed disdain for Xu Mo, and he slapped Xu Mo so harshly in the face, directly blaming them. Even the media singled them out for criticism, making them feel incredibly embarrassed. All of this combined made them incredibly angry. They'd already agreed in the fan group that after the game started, they wouldn't curse him anymore, but would double down on their smear campaigns and influencer tactics to make even more people dislike him.
"What's going on with these media? Why don't they focus on Chu Yun's disrespect for his predecessors, but instead analyze and accuse him of online violence?!" Qin Xiao kept flipping through the news from various media on the screen of his computer, and found that the media that had a particularly good relationship with their company were also biased towards Chu Yun from a so-called objective and fair perspective, accusing him of online violence.
"I've asked someone at the company to call and ask. They should get a reply soon." Just as Xu Mo finished speaking, his phone rang. He answered it immediately. "Hello."
Xu Mo frowned after hearing a few words. After the other party finished speaking, he said, "I understand. You guys try to check it out, and then go and test the waters."
"What did they say over there?" Qin Xiao asked after seeing Xu Mo put down his phone.
"Sun Ning said that the senior executives of several media outlets who originally had a good relationship with your father suddenly started to make excuses. They didn't tell the reason and just vaguely declined to meet." Xu Mo frowned in thought.
"How could this happen?" Qin Xiao couldn't help but frown. "I'll ask my dad to go and find out what's going on. This happened so suddenly, there must be a reason. I don't think Sun Ning and the others will get anything out of him."
"Okay, go home and talk to your dad and ask him to treat those bosses to a meal or something."
Qin Xiao nodded.
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After Tao Yuan returned to the apartment, he called He Yucheng. He hadn't seen him for a few days and missed him a lot, so he planned to tease him.
"Hello, Brother Yucheng?"
"Yeah." He Yucheng's voice was low and magnetic. Just one syllable had a charm that could make people tremble.
"Are you free tonight?" Tao Yuan asked.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing... I just want to have dinner with you. Can you come over?"
"Okay, I'll be there when I'm done here."
"Then I've prepared food for you, so you must not come."
"Um."
Since it was almost afternoon, Tao Yuan thought that since he had nothing to do, he went to the kitchen to slowly prepare the ingredients.
He Yucheng has a total of six secretaries and assistants at work. Three of them are now standing in front of his desk, holding important documents that need He Yucheng's immediate signature.
"Let them leave work on time today and they don't have to work overtime." He Yucheng said as he looked at the documents in his hand.
"Chairman, I'm going to a dinner party soon..."
"Let Vice President Zhao go in my place."
"Then I'll go and inform Vice President Zhao to prepare." The secretary put down the documents and turned to walk out.
After He Yucheng finished signing all the documents he was about to sign, he stood up and walked out, leaving work immediately. In the car, He Yucheng also took the opportunity to check the news today. He knew that there was a press conference for Almighty Idol today, and he had assigned everyone to do everything he needed to do. It was only at this time that he had time to read the news. He would be a judge on Almighty Idol tomorrow, so he had to focus on work matters and deal with them quickly.
He Yucheng closed his eyes to rest after reading the news. Every time he thought about it, he felt that suddenly having a younger brother to take care of, and a younger brother related to him by marriage, was really a troublesome thing. But what made him feel strange was that although he felt it was troublesome, he did not feel unhappy. Instead, he was quite willing to do it and even thought it was a good feeling.
He Yucheng sighed, thinking that he might have been so busy that his brain was a little hot and not functioning properly, so he had this feeling.
When He Yucheng came in, Tao Yuan had just finished preparing the meal.
Tao Yuan still had to pretend that he was not familiar with him, and He Yucheng had never been a chatty person, so after just a few words, the two of them ate quietly.
After finishing the meal, He Yucheng finally spoke, "I watched the news on the way here. You said you needed medication to fall asleep. How long has it been?"
"It wasn't very long, just three or four months. That was the time when Xu Mo's fans scolded me the most. In fact, I didn't need drugs to fall asleep every day. Sometimes I could still fall asleep on my own." Tao Yuan was not lying. The original owner was indeed like that.
"I'll arrange for you to see my personal doctor in a couple of days. Go get a checkup and don't take any medicine on your own."
"Now, I don't care what those fans say, it's just..." Tao Yuan looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.
"What is it?" He Yucheng looked at him and asked.
"It's because my grandmother passed away that I feel very lonely. Every time I wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, I feel a little scared when I think that I am alone." Tao Yuan said with his head down.
"Do you want to live with me? My place is big and there are many people. When I'm not around, someone can take care of you. It's better than living alone." He Yucheng's residence has more than ten servants, as well as chefs, gardeners, housekeepers, drivers, etc. Because the place is so big, it is necessary to hire more people to look after it.
"No, it would be bad if people knew about this." After Tao Yuan refused, he asked him, "Can you please not leave tonight and stay with me?"
There were tears in Tao Yuan's eyes, and he looked aggrieved and lonely. With such a look and expression, he didn't believe that He Yucheng would be so cruel as to reject him.
"How? Watch you sleep?"
"My bed is very big. We can sleep on one side and there will still be a lot of space in the middle. We can each cover ourselves with a quilt and separate us with another quilt in the middle. Is it okay to sleep like this?" Tao Yuan asked him expectantly.
He Yucheng looked into Tao Yuan's eyes and remained silent for a long time.
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