Perhaps what truly unsettles is the bomb that has yet to be detonated.
The moment the boots landed, He Ci became surprisingly calm... He even calmly looked at all the evidence released by the mysterious man.
It appears that Xie Jinshen's account records and specific data on his voting activities, including the amount of money he spent, were obtained through some means.
Of course, none of these were as impactful as Cen Yu's remarks.
Even though it wasn't the first time He Ci had heard these remarks, he still felt suffocated. He tried for a long time to process them, and finally looked at Cen Yu, "Don't you have anything to say?"
“AI-generated?” Cen Yu pondered for a moment. “But I doubt anyone would believe it.”
Xie Jinshen stood by the side the whole time, looking at Cen Yu with concern, seemingly unsure of what to do.
The three of them were in Cen Yu's room.
He Ci's phone was ringing off the hook, and Cen Yu's phone was ringing even more. Both of them simply turned off their phones. Xie Jinshen looked at a loss and stayed in the room with the two of them.
Now that things have come to this, it seems that saying anything would be futile.
Cen Yu sat on the edge of the bed, still wearing his costume, which was dirty. Qian Aige had been seriously injured in the last scene, and was covered in abrasions... Cen Yu took off his coat and threw it aside, "I'm going to take a shower first."
"You're still in the mood for a shower right now?" He Ci felt his blood pressure rising again.
Xie Jinshen remained silent, sitting there until He Ci turned his attention to him—
"...You and Yan Chongning are really no good."
Xie Jinshen remained silent, even putting on a panicked expression, as if he didn't know what to do.
"...Should Xiao Yu retire from the entertainment industry?" Xie Jinshen asked hesitantly. "Can he still continue to be a star?"
"Are you dreaming?!" He Ci cursed inwardly. "Do you really think you own the entertainment industry?"
Xie Jinshen shut up again, looking as if he was too ashamed to speak because He Ci had scolded him.
“Why bother scolding him?” Cen Yu found it amusing. He realized that Xie Jinshen was probably really young—compared to the protagonists of other worlds, he was still somewhat naive—Cen Yu thought almost indifferently.
He picked up a change of clothes before asking, "Aren't you sad?"
Cen Yu looked at Xie Jinshen, "How could I treat you like this...?"
"You should have heard what I said."
Cen Yu and Xie Jinshen put on an act, with Cen Yu feigning innocence, saying, "This is not what I truly believe."
"I just wanted to tell He Ci that you won't turn around and bite me," Cen Yu said, looking at Xie Jinshen. "Right?"
"You said you wouldn't tell anyone."
Xie Jinshen nodded calmly to Cen Yu, "I did say that."
"I won't tell anyone."
He Ci felt that the atmosphere between the two was particularly strange... He took a deep breath, really not wanting to get involved.
Now that Cen Yu's incident has come up, the most troublesome thing is the already recorded album, but it's not a big problem, the album part can be re-recorded.
As for the rest... Cen Yu's public image has been damaged, and he will probably have to pay the brand a penalty for breach of contract.
He didn't think Cen Yu could argue with him. From his perspective, abandoning Cen Yu at this time was the wisest decision. But what he really couldn't understand was how ambitious Cen Yu was on the phone, even if it meant stepping on Xie Jinshen to climb up.
But when he knew his acting career was about to be ruined, he calmly accepted it, as if he knew this day would come sooner or later.
For some reason, He Ci suddenly remembered when he first approached Cen Yu, and how Cen Yu reacted with almost complete resistance when he learned that he was on the cover of a magazine.
But this is just too absurd—
It can't be that Cen Yu knew this day would come sooner or later, and that he would have to slink away from the entertainment industry, which is why he didn't want to appear in magazines.
What does this mean? Can Cen Yu predict the future?
He Ci leaned back in his chair, rubbing his temples with a headache, feeling that he was overthinking things.
In less than half an hour, he had made his decision. He Ci stood up from his chair and straightened the hem of his clothes.
"It's certain that you'll be leaving the group."
"The company will draft a statement for you, and you don't need to worry about anything after that."
Yunxing is a large and powerful family, and similar news has happened before. In He Ci's career, this is not the most difficult thing to deal with.
"As for what happens to you after that..."
"I will discuss it with the company again."
He didn't completely shut things down after all. On one hand, he still thought highly of Gu Hanyin's movie, and on the other hand... He Ci looked at Xie Jinshen, still feeling that this matter was too strange.
It was clearly just him and Cen Yu when he made the call.
Where did that recording come from?
He Ci was even more surprised that Jiang Jueming knew about this, and yet he didn't tell him?!
...
He Ci arrived in haste and left in haste.
He had originally planned to leave the filming location with Cen Yu and the others and head to the airport, but now it seemed better for him to go back first.
After the phone was restarted, calls came in again, and He Ci calmly handled the next arrangements.
Cen Yu, still muttering to himself in the room, looked at Xie Jinshen and asked, "Don't you find it strange?"
"How exactly were my phone calls with them recorded?"
He looked left and right. "Could it be that someone has planted a listening device in the room?"
"Stalker? Paparazzi?"
Cen Yu pondered, "If there really was a bug in the room... just how much of what I said was overheard?"
Xie Jinshen avoided Cen Yu's gaze, "...Should I ask the hotel staff to take some photos and investigate?"
Cen Yu waved his hand, "This hotel owner is old enough to be my second uncle, how can we investigate him?"
"Never mind," he sighed.
"I brought this upon myself, and I have only myself to blame."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jinshen's expression became even more worried, as if he feared that this was Cen Yu's sarcastic remark made in anger.
"But it's alright."
Cen Yu spoke again.
Xie Jinshen looked at him.
“…It didn’t come from you.” Cen Yu smiled. “I told you at the time that if I found out you were the one who leaked it, I would never let you off the hook.”
"Luckily, you weren't the one who broke the news."
Xie Jinshen was too young after all. After hearing Cen Yu's words, he felt a strange unease in his heart and couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you let me go back then?"
He seemed genuinely curious, but his tone carried a hint of urgency.
In the original work, Cen Yu said that if Xie Jinshen revealed this matter, he would slash Xie Jinshen's face.
He wasn't Cen Yu from the original work, so he smiled.
"nothing."
"I just wanted to..."
"If I find out you were the one who told everyone, I will never see you again." Cen Yu said, pushing open the bathroom door and walking in. "Luckily, it wasn't you who told everyone."
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