To prevent the situation from escalating into cyberbullying, Gu Weiwei made a rare phone call to her agent, Qiao Lin, asking him to steer the situation in a more positive direction.
Qiao Lin agreed without hesitation and immediately arranged for his team to control the comments and reduce the heat. He also invited influential figures to steer the narrative in a favorable direction.
Fu Shiyi rushed out in the afternoon and searched everywhere Ling Jiao might appear, but he couldn't find her. He didn't return until after 10 p.m.
As soon as he entered the house, he went to find Fu Shiqin, who was drowning his sorrows in alcohol, and snatched the wine from his hand.
Fu Shiqin was already in a bad mood, and immediately tried to snatch it back.
"I'm heartbroken, and you won't even let me have a drink?"
Fu Shiyi tilted his head back and downed a glass of vodka, then said in a deep voice.
"Even I'm heartbroken."
Fu Shiqin stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then poured him another glass out of sympathy, and clinked his own bottle against his.
"As brothers, even if you're heartbroken, you should still be together."
Fu Shiyi took a few more sips and sat down next to Fu Shiqin.
"You know, isn't it just that our brother is unlucky for us? He's getting married, and we're both heartbroken."
"Why did you break up with your boyfriend?" Fu Shiqin asked.
Fu Shiyi took a sip and said with a bitter expression.
"News broke online saying that Ding Dongdong is the chubby girl I chased after after losing a bet when I was in school, and that she had plastic surgery and stuff, so I called her. Before we could even exchange two words, she wanted to break up with me."
"Moreover, she said she came back to me on purpose, to get revenge for the time I dumped her."
...
Fu Shiqin patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, offering words of comfort.
"She's driven by love turned to hate. At least she genuinely liked you. I'm in a much worse situation. She doesn't like me at all and even says she likes someone else."
As she spoke, she became so sad that she almost cried.
"No, you two have been together for so long, it's no wonder you've developed feelings for each other over time," Fu Shiyi reassured her.
Fu Shiqin took a couple of sips of wine and decided to be frank.
"Actually, we were never really together."
"Ling Jiao is just someone I hired to put on a show of affection so you wouldn't laugh at me."
"Later I really wanted her to be my girlfriend, but she just didn't like me, he just didn't like me."
...
"Damn, I knew it, you guys were having a fake relationship." Fu Shiyi stared at him with disdain and said, "Of course she'd break up with you if you did that."
Fu Shiqin stared at Fu Shiyi for a few seconds, then said with a solemn expression.
"Third Brother Fu, there's something I've been keeping from you too."
"What's wrong? You've just broken up with your boyfriend? I'm fearless," Fu Shiyi said.
Fu Shiqin drank some more to bolster his courage, and then spoke.
"Actually, I've known about Ding Dongdong for a long time. My brother and I knew about it when you two first got together, but... we never told you. We wanted to see how you would feel when you found out."
Upon hearing this, Fu Shiyi put down his wine glass, grabbed Fu Shiqin, and pinned him to the sofa, preparing to strangle him to vent his anger.
"You kept this from me for so long. Now that I've broken up with you, are you satisfied?"
"You've cheated me on other things, but you've cheated me on my life's work."
...
Fu Shiqin raised his hands in surrender, "Who told you to show off in front of me back then and even rub salt into my wounds as a single dog?"
"Serves you right for being single," Fu Shiyi said angrily.
“You’re single now too,” Fu Shiqin retorted, “Why should single people make things difficult for other single people?”
Fu Shiyi thought about it and agreed. Since they were both heartbroken anyway, he let go, and the two of them continued to drown their sorrows in alcohol.
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