After the camera incident, even the company was shocked.
Many stars have private fans, and their feelings towards their idols are mostly distorted. They often do some irrational or even scary things, such as following cars secretly, harassing by phone, sending strange items, etc.
Uncle Mai has dealt with many similar situations when he was coaching artists in the past, but this is the first time he has seen such a perverted act as installing a pinhole camera in a teddy bear's eyes.
If He Zhou discovered it in time, Ye Ying would take the teddy bear back to the villa or even put it in her room. Then his actions every night and even some private scenes would be quietly recorded and then transmitted to a pair of eyes in front of the surveillance screen.
Thinking of this consequence, everyone felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts.
Ye Ying also felt comfortable. He had encountered a lot of strong malice, but it was the first time he knew that some twisted and perverted love could make people feel suffocated.
"This is a small matter." Uncle Mai said to Ye Ying in a serious tone, "I think this person is most likely the one who talked to you on the phone last time. He unexpectedly got the opportunity to get 'close' to you, so he resisted the urge to go further and started doing something even crazier."
Xu Qiongzhi was terrified when she heard this: "What should we do? Should we call the police?"
Li Jingfei said coldly: "If we catch someone, we can't call the police."
"Yes." Uncle Mai sighed, "Even if we catch him, we can't handle it even if we call the police. We can strengthen security for now. You should also keep an eye on Ye Ying and try not to let him be alone."
Everyone nodded seriously.
Uncle Mai has also reduced Ye Ying's solo trips recently, because he is afraid that the illegitimate fans will be stimulated and go directly to Ye Ying. The few of them usually move together, and even when walking, they protect Ye Ying in the middle to prevent any possible danger.
But even with this level of caution, an accident still happened unexpectedly.
Ye Ying had a very important endorsement live broadcast on Saturday night, and it was almost ten o'clock when it ended. He pulled in and found He Zhou was already waiting inside.
"You only have to make this trip." Ye Ying apologized for the trouble this matter had caused everyone. "Uncle Chen sent me home directly. The community had to swipe the card, so strangers could enter."
"It's okay. I'm free at home." He Zhou took out a thermos cup from his side and handed it to him, "Drink some water to moisten your throat."
After two hours of live broadcast, her throat was indeed dry and uncomfortable. Ye Ying took the cup and took two sips. She chatted with He Zhou for a while, and then the car arrived at Chunshan Xinbi.
After saying goodbye to the driver Uncle Chen, the two were about to go upstairs when they suddenly heard a faint cat meow coming from the green belt in front of the building.
Ye Ying paused, walked to the green belt, gently pushed aside the grass and looked. Sure enough, under the light of the street lamp, she saw a dirty little kitten curled up inside.
"Stray cat?" He Zhou also looked over.
Ye Ying squatted down and gently touched the kitten's head. The kitten meowed weakly twice and stared at him with wet eyes.
"Brother He, use some food to feed it." Ye Ying felt pained, "It seems like it has been hungry for a long time."
"There seems to be some sausage at home. I'll go get it." He Zhou went upstairs. Ye Ying played with the kitten for a while. She felt dizzy after squatting for a long time. When she stood up, she suddenly found someone standing behind her.
He was startled and just as he was about to turn around, something sharp pressed against his side.
Ye Ying dared to move immediately. Although he didn't see it, he instinctively knew that it was a knife against him.
The person behind me was very tall, wearing a peaked cap. His face was clearly visible in the night. I could hear his familiar voice: "Don't be afraid. I will hurt you."
It turned out to be the fan who called her. Ye Ying's heart sank.
He asked calmly, "What do you want?"
"I wanted to talk to you." The man said in a low voice, "You've been under very strict protection recently. I was almost discovered several times. I can't watch you from a distance like before."
The other person was very tall, and could even help Ye Ying block the night wind, but a layer of chill gradually crept up Ye Ying's back.
From what this person said, could it be that he had been "watching" himself from a distance for a long time?
"Did I scare you?" The man seemed to sense Ye Ying's stiffness, and his tone became gentler. "I can't help it. I really like you too much. How can I be satisfied just looking at you through the screen? So I can find you."
"I am very grateful for your love." Ye Ying said slowly, "If you want to talk to me, I will accompany you and we can communicate well."
The man chuckled.
"You are trying to coax me, Yingying. I know how smart you are," he said. "But you will talk to me properly. You already think I am a pervert, right? If I let you go, you will call the police immediately."
Ye Ying pursed her lips.
"Of course, that's one of the reasons." The man said, "Actually, I want to be rude to you, but you've really pissed me off lately."
His tone suddenly changed from gentle to sinister, and he whispered in Ye Ying's ear, "Are you with He Zhou?"
Ye Yingli was startled. Before she could say anything, she heard footsteps in the corridor. It was He Zhou coming down.
He Zhou never expected that something like this would happen in these two minutes - his brain was so shocked by the image in front of him that it made him "buzz", and time and even breathing stopped. His face was horribly ugly, and he looked away from the dagger on Ye Ying's waist with difficulty, staring at the strange man behind him and said slowly: "Don't be impulsive. If you have any request, you can ask."
The man stared at him sinisterly from under his hat: "Really? Then can I let you die?"
Ye Ying's body moved spontaneously at this sentence, and then the man behind her grabbed her neck and pulled her back. His voice sounded even more gloomy: "Why, are you in pain!?"
"Don't touch him!" He Zhou rushed forward two steps, then stopped abruptly under the man's threatening gaze, gritted his teeth and said anxiously, "Are you his fan? Can you bear to hurt him!?"
The man relaxed his grip a little, but still held Ye Ying's neck. He lowered his eyes and stared at the profile of the man in front of him: "...Yes. I'm his fan."
"Ye Ying, I saw you when you first appeared on the stage of Dream Plan a few years ago. Since then, I have been paying attention to you every day, watching your performances, your life, and all the information related to you... I also know why I love you so much. Every time I see you smile, I even tremble with excitement, because I know that your smile is for me alone."
"I know you think I'm crazy, but I really didn't want to disturb you at first. The most outrageous thing I've ever done was to watch you silently from a distance." The man murmured, "Because I regard you as my God, my salvation, my light... I know I deserve to have you, so if I can watch you like this forever, I will be satisfied."
"But then... you changed."
His fanatical spirit suddenly turned cold, and his eyes moved to He Zhou like poison: "Gods should be equal, but you actually gave birth to selfishness. I saw your actions, your God is hiding a secret--"
"You've fallen in love with He Zhou."
Ye Ying's fingers gradually became cold. She didn't know if it was because of the chill of the knife tip or some other reason.
"How can you like someone else? How dare you like someone else!?" The man suddenly became excited and roared angrily, "What do you want me to do? How can I accept this?!"
"Ye Ying, did you hear me telling you to leave him? You must leave him——"
He was so jealous and twisted that he almost went mad, his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the dagger. Ye Ying suddenly pushed back hard with her right elbow, and while the man was in pain, she struggled to break free from his hold.
The man subconsciously wanted to swing the knife, but He Zhou rushed up and kicked him hard on the wrist, and the dagger flew out.
Ye Ying immediately took out her phone to call the police. The man seemed to be really insane, not caring at all whether he would be caught or not. He roared and rushed towards He Zhou, his face red with jealousy. He Zhou also hated him so much that he wanted to kill him. Without saying a word, he kicked the man to the ground and punched him hard.
The two of them were fighting like crazy, making so much noise that they soon attracted Yuechen Qiushuang and the others. The man was completely subdued, and even though he was beaten black and blue, he still stared at Ye Ying's direction, with a creepy light in his eyes, and kept shouting his name: "Ye Ying! Ye Ying!!"
The police car and Uncle Mai arrived almost at the same time. After understanding the situation, they put the man into the police car and took him away.
"I heard he brought a knife!" Uncle Mai rushed to Ye Ying and checked his condition from head to toe. "Is he injured?"
Ye Ying was wearing the coat that Li Jingfei had just wrapped around him and shook his head: "Uncle, I'm fine."
He raised his eyes and looked towards He Zhou in the distance. His face was pale in the night, without a trace of blood.
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"That man's name is Lin Kai, and he has explained everything." The next afternoon, Uncle Mai arrived at Chunshan Xinbi with a tired face and said to Ye Ying, "He was the one who gave you the teddy bear. He also often followed you privately, so he knew your specific address. The structure of the community's ban card is relatively simple, and he found a way to copy one. He has been hanging around in there for several days, waiting for you when you were alone."
"What a lunatic!" Qiu Shuang slammed him hard, and then asked hastily, "How was the sentence given? Does he count as a knife-wielding thug?!"
"There is also hijacking." Yue Chen added coldly.
"He hasn't been sentenced yet, but the circumstances are extremely bad. I've hired a lawyer and I'm trying to get him locked up for a few years." Uncle Mai also cursed a few times, "This kind of perverted lunatic is a disaster to society. Let him stay in there."
After saying that, he looked at Ye Ying with a worried look on his face: "Are you scared? You look very bad."
Ye Ying smiled slightly amid everyone's worried gazes: "Maybe. It will be fine if someone catches it."
Uncle Mai: "You should take a good rest these two days and recuperate. I will also ask the company to issue a warning to those who dare to mess around again."
Chunshan Xinbi got into a police car late at night, and many people heard it. In order to avoid rumors, Fenghua directly issued an announcement to the fans to announce the incident of a private fan entering the community with a knife, and attached the verdict of Lin Kai's three-year imprisonment. In very serious terms, it advised fans to be rational in chasing stars and not to try to violate the privacy of artists, let alone commit illegal and criminal acts.
After the announcement, fans were shocked and worried, and quickly rushed to the official blog to reply:
[Is this person crazy? He held someone hostage with a knife and still claimed to be a fan!?]
[Oh my god, I was so scared when I saw the announcement! Is Yingying not injured?! How is he?!]
[Stalker fans must die!! People like this should be put in jail for life!!]
[Stalkers are actually fans! They are just a bunch of selfish perverts!]
[Some community ban cards are indeed easy to crack. It is recommended that the company communicate with the property management to replace them with encrypted cards. Never let similar incidents happen again! ! ]
[Is Yingying okay? I'm really scared to tears! Please protect him, company! !]
Fans were extremely worried, and almost flooded the official Weibo with messages. It was not until Ye Ying showed up and posted a Weibo to report that she was safe that the fans were able to let go.
Fortunately, there are not so many perverts and psychopaths in this world. There are only a few extreme fans like Lin Kai. Ye Ying's life has finally returned to normal. But his mental state has always been bad, as if something is wrong. Everyone thinks he was affected by that incident. After all, it is difficult for anyone to be traumatized by being held hostage by a madman with a knife.
So everyone tried different ways to coax Ye Yingkai every day.
Xu Qiongzhi found a ready-made material and pulled He Zhou over to show Ye Ying: "Although his posture of bravely fighting the knife-wielding bandits is very handsome, his bruised and swollen face is really funny, hahahahaha!"
It's an exaggeration to say that his face was bruised and swollen, but He Zhou was indeed injured. The fanatical illegitimate student showed no mercy when facing his "rival in love", and his body size and strength were far inferior to He Zhou's, leaving bruises on his forehead and mouth, which really looked miserable.
Ye Ying looked at He Zhou, pursed her lips, and didn't smile or speak.
He Zhou's eyes fell on the boy's face, but he didn't say anything.
Xu Qiongzhi laughed to herself and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was right, and she gradually became happy too.
He looked to the left and then to the right, frightened by the silence of the two men, but he understood what was going on. Finally, he followed his instinct and took two steps back, leaving the space to them while he slipped away.
Ye Ying was silent for a while, then asked in a low voice: "Does it hurt?"
"It hurts." He Zhou said, "It's a minor injury. It will heal in two days."
Ye Ying nodded and said, "I'll go up first."
He didn't look at He Zhou again, turned around and went upstairs.
He Zhou looked at his back. He could sense that Ye Ying was avoiding him these days.
If it was before, he would have gone up to her and asked her the reason. But this time he didn't do that. He just stood downstairs and watched Ye Ying's back disappear from his sight.
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"I told Uncle Mai that I was going to participate in that street dance variety show."
Two days later at the dinner table, He Zhou suddenly dropped a piece of news.
Ye Ying's eyelashes trembled, and the hand holding the chopsticks suddenly stopped.
No one was too surprised. Li Jingfei said, "This is a rare opportunity. We should go."
"Don't worry about the album. I'll wait for you to come back. At most, I'll take two days off for the New Year this year." Qiu Shuang said with a smile, "Just compete well and try to finish those other things!"
Xu Qiongzhi said hypocritically: "Go ahead. I will think about you."
Yue Chen asked, "When are we leaving?"
"It's afternoon."
"Is this urgent?"
"Yeah. The organizer has urged us several times." He Zhou said, "This variety show is completely closed. You have free time at night and can make phone calls."
"Okay! We'll start a video chat in the group!" Qiu Shuang said, "Speaking of which, I haven't done it yet!"
Several people started chatting about the topic of going out and variety shows. At the lively dinner table, Ye Ying was staring at the dishes and chopsticks in a daze, not saying a word.
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Because they were leaving soon, He Zhou had to deal with Li at night. Yue Chen watched him press the blue starfish on the bedside into the box and asked, "What happened between you and Ye Ying?"
He Zhou put two more pieces of clothes in and raised his head: "Nothing."
Yue Chen heard his tone sound like he was angry or in a cold war, and he figured it out: "Ye Yingqing's good relationship must have something to do with you. Did you have a fight?"
"No." He Zhou closed the suitcase and zipped it up. "Don't make blind guesses. What do you, a bachelor, know?"
Yue Chen: "..."
He thought, I really have nothing better to do than to care about this bitch's love life.
He Zhou made a mess of the closet when he cleaned it up. Yue Chen, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, saw this scene and picked up a towel to go to the gym on the third floor. Before leaving, he forgot to remind him: "Put the room back to its original state after cleaning up."
He opened it and unexpectedly saw Ye Ying standing outside the house.
He immediately understood: "He's dealing with Li. Come in." After saying that, he left neatly.
Ye Ying walked into the room and closed the door. When He Zhou saw it was him, he immediately stood up.
"What time is the flight this afternoon?" Ye Ying asked.
"Two and a half." He Zhou said, "We have to leave from here at noon."
Ye Yingtou said: "I'll take you there."
He Zhou smiled: "."
Ye Ying looked at the two large boxes he had packed and asked, "How long will it take?"
"Seventy-five days, maybe." He Zhou said, "I'll know if I can come back in the middle. I'll see when the time comes."
"Is it because of me?" Ye Ying suddenly asked.
He Zhou was slightly startled, and was about to deny it when he saw Ye Ying's face suddenly turn red.
It was no exaggeration. At that moment, he immediately felt pain. He strode over, held Ye Ying's arm, frowned and said, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
Ye Yingli looked at him with tears in her eyes, and her voice became hoarse: "I was avoiding you on purpose. Brother He, I was deliberately..."
He continued to speak, tears falling uncontrollably, his dark eyelashes wet. He Zhou couldn't stand his look, and finally held back and pressed him into his arms, rubbing his hair and saying, "I know. I know."
Ye Ying closed her eyes on his chest, her fingers tightly grasping the corner of his clothes.
He had a really hard time these past few days. He was indeed affected by that illegitimate fan, and it was not because of the shock that everyone thought, but because of a few words from the other party.
"Gods are supposed to be equal, but you gave rise to selfishness."
Of course, Ye Ying might presumptuously crown herself as the "god" of her fans, and be bewitched by Lin Kai's extremely absurd theories. But this sentence still touched upon something hidden, imaginary, and something that he dared not face directly.
His feelings for He Zhou.
At the beginning, his feelings towards He Zhou were simple, with admiration, respect, and of course, gratitude. If He Zhou hadn't extended his hands, he knew where he would be now.
It is unknown when these simple emotions gradually became complicated, and even he who was rational began to make sense of it. Perhaps because He Zhou gave him too much warmth, he wanted to get closer and closer. When he realized it, he found that he had deviated from the normal course and was already stuck in the mud.
As Lin Kai said, God hides secrets. He would always subconsciously look for He Zhou in the crowd, and he would feel at ease when he found him; he was used to opening WeChat and seeing the chat box with someone, and he would stare at it stupidly even if he was sending messages; he liked to perform one stage after another with He Zhou, looking into each other's eyes when changing formations, secretly savoring the tacit understanding that only they could understand; he liked the words that He Zhou said to him with a smirk, he appeared calm and restrained, but he was already very happy inside.
He likes He Zhou.
I like it so much that every time I silently say this name in the room, I can't help but secretly smile.
But he knew he should, so he suppressed his feelings from beginning to end and responded. But He Zhou was as timid and hesitant as he was. That man had a natural aggression in his bones, always testing and attacking, trying to break his barrier of resistance.
So Ye Ying lost, lost miserably. That unspeakable night after being drugged, that leaf kiss on the deserted island, that suppressed jealousy, and that crazy hand holding on the quiet path...
His defenses retreated again and again, and finally collapsed completely. He had to admit that no matter how much he resisted, it was just a superficial act. He had long been completely captured by He Zhou, and he indulged himself again and again, immersing himself in the ambiguity that only the two of them understood.
But the appearance of Linkai made him realize from all the ambiguity and beauty that this was as it should be.
He should accept the gazes, expectations and love of so many people, and at the same time quietly hand it over to another person.
This will disappoint a lot of people.
It hurt a lot of people.
"I'm sorry..." Ye Ying choked up with tears, "Brother He, I'm sorry..."
"I should be sorry." He Zhou rubbed his hair and face vigorously, frowned and looked at his tearful eyes, "My Ren put too much pressure on you, right?"
Ye Ying shook his head vigorously. He Zhou wiped the tears from his cheeks with his palm and hugged him tightly in his arms again.
"It's okay. We still have plenty of time. It's okay."
In the past, He Zhou would lose face and go into the cold war with Ye Ying because of her deliberate alienation, and would do whatever it took to demand that the other party reconcile with him.
Now, He Zhou has learned to retreat. He cares about others, but he wants to make the people he cares about suffer.
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The next day was a nice day.
He Zhou boarded a plane to Midea for a two and a half month stay.
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