Gu Jianyun seemed to have opened a floodgate of words and continued:
“Shenzhi grew up with his mother since he was a child. I only found him after his father passed away. He has never met anyone worth befriending in his life, except for you.”
"It's rare that you were able to help him wholeheartedly when he was down on his luck. Even loving couples will go their separate ways when disaster strikes. It's his blessing to have someone like you by his side."
"It's just a pity..."
Gu Jianyun's face was filled with heartache. "It's all my fault for being soft-hearted back then and letting that beast go, leaving behind a disaster. I've lived to this age, and it's about time I died. I wouldn't have died in vain, but I never thought it would implicate you, my child..."
Grandpa, what are you saying!
Zhang Yun laughed so happily, "I'm overjoyed to hear you personally agree to be with my brother! My brother should be able to see this, he must be very happy right now!"
Gu Jianyun looked away sadly, as if burned by that smile.
"Grandpa, there are still ten minutes left. Do you think my brother can make it to rescue us in time?"
Zhang Yun glanced down at the countdown timer on his body and asked.
"Even if they arrive, it's too late. They've set up infrared devices outside. Anyone who comes in will be detonated. It will take at least several hours to dismantle them."
Gu Jianyun shook his head sadly.
"Then aren't we doomed?"
Zhang Yun stood up from the ground. "Since that's the case, I'd like to give my last words."
Gu Jianyun looked at him.
Viewers around the world watching the live stream focused their attention on him.
"Dear viewers in the live stream, I am Zhang Yun, and this is Gu Jianyun, the richest man in Xia Country. We have been kidnapped. The kidnappers have attached timers to us and planted bombs all around us. When the time comes, the bombs will be detonated."
"In these last five minutes of my life, I want to say to everyone—"
Zhang Yun paused here, and the viewers in the live stream were on the edge of their seats.
He announced, "The first installment of the science fiction film series, 'Captain Xia 1,' which I spearheaded and stars Gu Chen, will be released across the country on July 15th during the summer holiday season. It will be released simultaneously in both Xia and Mi countries, so please don't miss it!"
Once again, the billions of viewers watching the live stream spat out a mouthful of water!
If Gu Jianyun's hands hadn't been tied behind his back, he would have covered his face long ago.
Where did this weirdo come from?!
Zhang Yun sat back down happily, thinking to herself that Gu Zhentao was such a good person, putting on such a grand show at the very end.
This will save him a lot of money on movie promotion!
"Captain Xia 1" is definitely going to be a box office hit!
Furthermore, the series of films that will be screened subsequently will also benefit from this.
This represents the youth of a generation!
With only one minute left in the countdown, even the usually composed Gu Jianyun had sweat beading on his forehead.
"Are you really not afraid?" Gu Jianyun asked, looking at Zhang Yun, who was calm and composed beside him.
"Don't worry, Grandpa, there's something I'm not sure if I should say."
Gu Jianyun's forehead veins bulged. Why didn't you say something earlier?
"speak!"
Zhang Yunhao said, "Actually, I just discovered that the timers we're wearing around our necks are counterfeit products!"
"I knew you wouldn't believe me. This kind of product isn't sold in stores. Gu Zhentao must have bought it through private channels. It's a counterfeit product; how can its quality be guaranteed?"
"Gu Zhentao misjudged it; he was fooled by the seller. This thing won't explode. Grandpa, if you don't believe me, just wait until the countdown ends and you'll see."
Gu Jianyun: "..."
The audience: "..."
The countdown has begun.
Everyone tensed up.
No one thought Zhang Yun was putting on an act to promote the movie, because Gu Jianyun was the richest man in Xia Country, and so many people knew him. Even those who didn't could easily find out by looking up his information.
How could a billionaire like him, who makes hundreds of millions every second, possibly act alongside someone like Zhang Yun?
They could have just thrown hundreds of millions into advertising, even though an advertising budget of over a billion wouldn't have achieved the same effect.
3, 2, 1, 0!
The stopwatches on the two of them showed a countdown timer of 00:00.
However, nothing happened.
"Holy crap! Holy crap! You scared me!" The comments section was flooded with messages like this.
"Could it really be that I bought counterfeit or substandard products?"
"Yun-ge is okay! Holy crap, that scared me to death! This is the first time in my life I've ever thanked someone for being fake!"
"Long live counterfeiting! Long live substandard products!"
"..."
The comments section was filled with praise that was distorted in its values.
About ten minutes later, the search and rescue team finally found them and rescued Zhang Yun and Gu Jianyun.
After locating the two individuals, rescuers quickly cut off the live stream camera.
Faced with a black screen in the live stream, netizens who witnessed this drama, which was no less than a world war, couldn't contain their excitement and started surfing the internet!
"Ladies, Yoon-ge has come out!"
"I don't know why, but I have a sense of taking it for granted."
"Could they be truly in love?"
"Since Mr. Gu has already acknowledged and offered his blessings, everyone can go home now!"
"I knew all along that they were definitely having an affair!"
"Ahhh! Sisters, let's raise the banner of Yunchen's support!"
"Get out of the way upstairs! It's clearly Chen Yun!"
"Waaaaah, my favorite is Cheng-Yoon..."
"Drag out the heretics upstairs and burn them!"
"Shouldn't the focus of everyone's discussion be on how Mr. Gu and Brother Yun almost got bombed to death in the United States?"
"..."
Perhaps moved by Zhang Yun's optimistic attitude before his death, netizens were surprisingly tolerant of his coming out, and there was no mass exodus of fans as expected.
Not only that, these fans seem to have spontaneously transformed into CP fans, collectively going to Zhang Yun's Weibo to ask for sweet moments.
...
At the rescue site, Zhang Yun and Gu Jianyun had been taken to a temporary safe area where the timers on their bodies were removed.
US police have cordoned off the area around the abandoned factory, and a team of bomb disposal experts is conducting a search with their equipment.
Media reporters, alerted by the news, swarmed in with their cameras and microphones, only to be stopped by bodyguards and police.
People from the Chinese embassy in the United States also arrived.
Gu Jianyun and Zhang Yun are both figures with international influence. If something were to happen to them in the United States, it would be a major event that shakes the relationship between the two countries.
Gu Shenzhi had thrown away his suit jacket, his leather shoes were covered in dust, and his short hair was soaked with sweat. He looked like he had just run from a formal business meeting.
He roughly parted the reporters and the crowd, and walked all the way to the two people who were surrounded by people asking them how they were doing.
Gu Shenzhi hugged Zhang Yun, who took a step back after seeing him, instinctively trying to keep his distance from him in public.
"Fool, this is bad influence." Zhang Yun's eyes reddened.
"Let them know," Gu Shenzhi said, his voice choked with emotion, "that I will never let go of you again."
After saying that, he cupped Zhang Yun's head in one hand and lowered his head to kiss him forcefully.
The surrounding media took photos frantically.
...
Gu Zhentao was captured by Gu Shenzhi's men, and all of his forces were wiped out, leaving him with no chance of a comeback.
Otherwise, Gu Zhenhai would not have chosen such an extreme way to retaliate against him.
After investigation, US police discovered a large amount of explosives in an underground warehouse of an abandoned factory. They were terrified, realizing that the consequences of the explosion would have been too severe!
Because it had already been broadcast live, all the media outlets wanted to know the truth, and it was impossible to hide it, so they had no choice but to reveal the truth.
The news shocked netizens in both countries.
Although it was suspected that the live stream was unlikely to be staged, the official confirmation is different from netizens' wild guesses online.
"When there was only one minute left in the countdown, Gu's father was sweating, but Yun was still laughing. How could he dare to do that!"
"When he was promoting the movie, I really thought it was just a publicity stunt!"
"Yun-ge's luck is unbeatable!"
"Unfortunately, I'm uncultured; all I can do is say 'fuck'!"
"I heard my brother Yun is gay, does that mean I have a chance?"
"Hey upstairs, you'd better watch out or you might get stuffed into a sack by President Gu and thrown into the river!"
"..."
The international event dominated Weibo's trending topics, but all media outlets uniformly avoided reporting on Gu Shenzhi and Zhang Yun's relationship.
Normally, the exposure of Gu Chen and Zhang Yun's homosexual relationship should have caused a major earthquake in the entertainment industry.
Why is no one reporting this?
Think about it carefully and you'll understand. Putting aside the behemoth that is the Gu Group, with its entire professional legal team, if you dare to report on the Gu Group casually, they will send you a court summons!
Considering Zhang Yun's status in the industry, exposing his relationship won't affect him much. At most, it might cause him to retire from acting and singing. He can still appear on shows, write songs, make movies, and so on.
Zhang Yun now represents absolute popularity, and they make a living by riding on Zhang Yun's popularity, so how dare they be the first to speak out on this matter?
For all these reasons, it's astonishing that no media outlet dared to proactively report on this topic, which anyone with a discerning eye could see would become a huge hit if it were reported.
Some netizens edited their own captions and posted them on Weibo, but strangely, they didn't get any attention.
But the media all know that Zhang Yun will definitely hold a press conference about this. Various media outlets are contacting Cheng Jin, hoping to do an exclusive interview. Even if they can't do an exclusive interview, they are asking for tickets to the press conference.
Cheng Lujin is overwhelmed with dealing with various media outlets!
Since the incident in the United States ended and they returned to China, they have lost contact with each other!
Cheng Jin even asked Li Cheng to use his connections to contact Old Master Gu to inquire about Zhang Yun's whereabouts, only to be told that even Gu Chen had disappeared, and the Gu family itself was overwhelmed with public relations problems.
The media reporters outside are waiting for them to hold a press conference.
The only saving grace is that the combination of Zhang Yun, the second largest shareholder of Xingchen and a genius director, musician, actor, and singer, with the new president of Gu's Group, can definitely be described as a powerful alliance. Therefore, although outsiders are curious about their relationship, they are very optimistic about the future development of Gu's Group and Xingchen Company.
The two companies' stock prices not only did not fall, but actually rose significantly because their relationship was exposed.
At the entrance of a fourth-floor apartment in an old residential complex in Haitian City, Lu Chengjin frantically pounded on the door with the hand that was wearing his newly replaced Bulgari watch (genuine).
"Hey Gu, open the door! I know you're in there! If you don't open the door, I'm not leaving! Open the door now!" Cheng Lujin said angrily.
"Are you going to open it or not? If you don't, I'm having someone break the lock!"
As soon as those words were spoken, the old-fashioned security door finally opened a crack.
Cheng Lujin pushed the door open and squeezed himself inside.
The balcony's floor-to-ceiling glass doors were closed, and the curtains were drawn, making the living room very dimly lit even in broad daylight.
There were clothes scattered on the floor and packaging bags with the word "extremely thin" on them, and some suspicious marks could be seen on the sofa.
The room was filled with the scent of male hormones, making it easy to guess what had happened there.
At first glance, this place looks like the scene of a crime committed by a sasaeng fan who kidnapped their idol.
Gu Chen stood to one side, wearing a bathrobe and with his arms crossed.
"Where is Zhang Yun?!" Cheng Lujin asked, barely suppressing his anger.
Gu Chen frowned unhappily: "Keep your voice down, he just fell asleep not long ago."
He just fell asleep? It's already 10 o'clock! He just fell asleep?!
"Are you even human?!" Cheng Lu Jinfei was furious. "Do you know you're committing a crime?! This is illegal imprisonment, and you're even doing this to him..."
"Get out of the way, I'm taking him back!" Cheng Lujin walked over to open the master bedroom door, but was blocked by Gu Chen.
Cheng Lujin said, "You want to fight, don't you?"
Gu Chen didn't speak, but his body language showed no sign of backing down.
Just as Cheng Jin was about to make a move, the door behind Gu Chen opened.
Zhang Yun peeked out from behind Gu Chen, "Brother Cheng."
The young man looked extremely tired, and he could barely stand by leaning against the door frame. His collarbone and neck, exposed at the neckline of his bathrobe, were covered with a mix of old and new teeth marks and hickeys, making it almost impossible to see any intact skin.
Gu Chen turned around, reached out and hugged his waist, and Zhang Yun leaned against him.
In Cheng Lujin's eyes, this scene was like an innocent little animal running into the mouth of a wild beast and letting it eat it.
"You! You! He bullies you like this, and you still want to stick with him? People outside are going crazy looking for you!" Cheng Lujin said with a look of disappointment.
"Hmm..." Zhang Yun's voice was soft, as if she would faint at any moment, "Set a time and tell us, my brother and I will definitely attend."
"Are you sure?" Cheng Lujin asked with great doubt.
"Don't worry, Brother Cheng, when have I ever broken a promise to you?"
Zhang Yun finally woke up a bit from her drowsiness and smiled at him.
Seeing him like this, Cheng Lujin felt very sorry for him. "...Are you really not coming back with me?"
As soon as he asked that question, Gu Chen tightened his grip on Zhang Yun's waist.
"Ugh, it hurts..." Zhang Yun gasped.
Cheng Lujin quickly said, "Where does it hurt? Come back with me, I'll put some medicine on it for you."
"It's alright, no need," Zhang Yun quickly said. "Brother Cheng, you go back first, I'll be taken care of here."
It's precisely because he takes care of you that I'm worried!
"But you..."
“Brother Cheng, this is between my brother and me,” Zhang Yun interrupted him.
Cheng Lujin met his clear, bright eyes for a few seconds, then nodded. "I understand."
He then glared at Gu Chen, "The press conference is scheduled for next Saturday, there are still four days left, you two better... prepare yourselves! All the well-known media outlets will be there, if you two are in this state, then you might as well not show up!"
“…I understand.” Gu Chen nodded after a moment of silence.
"Well... I'll be going now." Cheng Lujin looked at Zhang Yun again, trying to find some hint of distress from him—
If you've been kidnapped, blink twice!
However, Zhang Yun did not give him any hints until he walked out the door.
After Cheng Jin left, Gu Chen picked up Zhang Yun, who was leaning against him, and jokingly said, "Your legs can't even stand up straight, why did you insist on coming out?"
"If I don't come out, you'll all start fighting."
Zhang Yun put her arm around his neck and said, "Besides, I don't like you being misunderstood."
"It wasn't exactly a misunderstanding on his part."
Gu Chen carefully placed the person in his arms on the bed and lay down himself. "I've wanted to do this to you for a long time, to imprison you like this, so that no one else can find you, only I can see you, and you belong only to me."
"You're such a pervert!" Zhang Yun kissed his cheek before his expression changed. "I love it~"
Gu Chen's eyes darkened, and he embraced and kissed him, "A-Yun, I've done this to you, imposed my desires on you, imprisoned you, and...aren't you afraid?"
Will you hurt me?
"No, the last person I want to hurt in this world is you! But I really can't control myself. Just thinking about that day when I almost lost you makes me..."
Zhang Yun pressed her finger against his lips, preventing him from saying what he was going to say next.
"Brother won't lose me. I promise I'll always be with you. So many days have passed, can't you still not rest assured?"
Zhang Yun's eyes met his. "Then let's continue, until you can rest easy, brother!"
"What if I can never have peace of mind for the rest of my life?" Gu Chen raised one of his legs, his handsome face showing a dangerous yet alluring expression.
Zhang Yun wrapped her arms around his neck and laughed, "Even in the next life, I'll still be there for you!"
The young man's sweet words added fuel to the fire that had finally shrunk, and the dim room was ablaze again.
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