Chapter 2 I'm Not His Friend

Under the thin, cold light.

Shen Jixing looked around the cold-toned apartment in front of him, which had a strong smell of being single.

The light fell on his straight shoulders, like a proud, white bird inspecting his future new home.

What does it have to do with me if I don’t have friends?

I'm not his friend!

Zhou Yili leaned against the wall with his eyes narrowed in displeasure, not understanding why someone suddenly gave way to him and let him pass.

The next moment, the little white bird's gaze fell on his face.

What?

Do you want me to be censored by you? Do you have the guts to kick me out?

"Are you going out?" Shen Jixing looked at him coldly and bluntly from beginning to end, and finally stopped at the bunch of car keys.

Zhou Yili then remembered that he had to go out.

He snorted coldly, "Hmm."

"Where are you going?"

Look at that cold and arrogant tone.

Is it possible for this person to change his bad habits?

"What does it have to do with you?" Zhou Yili leaned against the back wall with his long legs crossed, his tone perfunctory, sneering and impatient.

Shen Jixing calmed down.

Before he could even open his mouth, he heard Zhou Yili coldly throw out two words, "Supermarket."

"oh."

oh?

"Bring me a cup of coffee, three parts sugar, no milk."

Shen Jixing raised his hand and touched his pocket, but didn't feel his wallet. Most likely he dropped it when he left in a hurry.

He raised his eyes and said, "My phone is out of battery. I'll pass it to you after it charges."

Perhaps because he was living under someone else's roof, Shen Jixing rarely added a gentle word: "Is it okay?"

Under the bright light, his cold white skin was as thin as ice and snow, his long black eyelashes were graceful and sharp, and he still had a cold and arrogant dead face.

However, because he was asking for help from others, he showed a rare bit of gentleness and peace.

Zhou Yili stared at him for a few seconds, sneered, and slowly straightened up.

"Can't."

He stretched out his long legs, twirled the car key lazily around his index finger, and walked out of the apartment without looking back.

Shen Jixing sighed silently and said, "Whatever."

After he charged his phone, a screen full of messages popped up.

Shen Jixing really doesn't have many friends. Apart from the half-true and half-false tentative concerns, most of them come from the company team and his assistant.

[Xiongxiong]: Brother Shen, where are you now?

[Xiongxiong]: You haven't gone home yet, I'm surrounded downstairs in your house. If you are at home, don't come out!

[Xiong Xiong]: Our address has been leaked by the paparazzi. Why don’t you go to my place first? I have a new home prepared for my future daughter-in-law, but it’s not decorated yet. I’m sorry to bother you…

…

[S]: No

【S】：At a friend’s house

Friend’s house?

The assistant has been with him for quite some time, but he has never seen him contact any of his close friends.

[Xiong Xiong]: Brother Shen, is your friend...reliable?

[Xiong Xiong]: Nowadays, unscrupulous marketing accounts out there are buying your first-hand information at high prices. Will your friend... Well, that's not what I meant. I'm just a little worried about you.

[S]: No

The reply came almost instantly, and my heart was relieved.

[Xiongxiong]: That’s good, that’s good

Anyone who can gain Brother Shen’s trust must be a good person!

The assistant wanted to say something to comfort him, but Brother Shen obviously didn't need it.

Having been stuck in this quagmire of greed for too long, Shen Jixing is more rational and clear-headed than anyone else.

【S】: Go home early. I will discuss this with Brother Pei later.

Brother Pei is his agent.

An assistant is not very useful at this time.

Shen Jixing wanted to quit WeChat, but suddenly there was a ding dong sound.

[Xiongxiong]: Yes, no matter what, I will always be with you!

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Shen Jixing chuckled, then his eyes fell on the word "no".

He was also surprised at his own unwarranted trust.

To be fair, his last meeting with Zhou Yili was not a pleasant one.

It can even be called bloody.

“——Blah.”

The champagne tower collapsed in memory, shattering into a strange mess of broken pieces all over the ground.

The rock musician known as the new devil has the most wanton and flamboyant smile, and his unruly wildness makes him like a gust of wind sweeping through the domestic entertainment industry.

But he acted like a wolf in front of him.

"Is it necessary?"

Blood flowed out from his dyed blue hair, across his well-defined eyebrows, and his eyes, which were always smiling, were stained scarlet.

He asked in a low voice: "Is it necessary to go to this extent? Shen Jixing."

The young man raised his eyes indifferently, his Adam's apple rolled, and it seemed that something was dripping from his chin.

Look at him through the blood-stained eyes.

"Do you dislike me so much?"

Shen Jixing closed his eyes slightly.

The phone buzzed twice, fell from my hand, and hit the carpet with a dull thud.

He came to his senses, bent down, picked up the phone twice, and answered it.

The agent Pei Ming shouted angrily on the other end: "I called you so many times, why didn't you wait until I was dead before answering?"

"Don't answer if he's dead." Shen Jixing said calmly, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Me fucking?

Pei Ming couldn't argue with him, so he suppressed his anger and said, "I heard that you left the event midway. If it's safe now, go online to Tencent and hold an emergency public relations meeting with the team."

Shen Jixing raised his eyes and looked at the clock. It was twelve o'clock.

"You guys don't want to sleep?"

"What a shitty sleep!" Pei Ming went crazy.

What a mess it is outside, who the hell can still sleep?

Shen Jixing rubbed his brows. Without the help of caffeine, he was obviously a little out of energy.

He doesn't like to make any decisions when he is not sober.

Looking up at the closed door, he thought Zhou Yili was probably out fooling around.

"I don't like to exploit employees after get off work. The meeting will be held tomorrow."

Pei Ming: “???”

amazing.

Pei Ming asked back, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

As a ruthless gold medal broker in the industry, he knows better than anyone that every minute counts in crisis public relations.

Are you beginning to show sympathy for the people now?

Shen Jixing just said calmly, "Any reply at this time is of little use."

"Because--"

As a gold medal agent in the industry, Pei Ming has made countless stars famous.

He has always had a sharp and critical eye, but when he first met Shen Jixing, he firmly believed that he would become a top star and be famous all over the country.

Some people are born to be the center of attention, and everyone eclipses them the moment they appear.

As Shen Jixing expected, he had reached an unattainable peak. He had created his own myth and had not had a single scandal in his eight years of debut.

Excellent, wise, humble and dedicated.

Apart from his overly cold and aloof personality, he is as perfect as a carefully crafted robot.

Pei Ming never thought that one day there would be so much negative news about Shen Jixing.

This is ridiculous.

The next second, something even more absurd happened.

Shen Jixing said: "Everything on the trending searches is true."

Because everything on the trending searches is true.

“…”

His voice was so calm and indifferent that Pei Ming nodded along, "Ah, is this all true?"

Shen Jixing raised the corners of his lips, "Well, go to bed early, I will go to the company tomorrow."

"No, wait...!!!"

Pei Ming reacted and yelled, "Is this all true??!!!"

"Everything is true!? What is true???!!! Explain it to me clearly——"

“Beep, beep, beep.”

There's a busy tone on the phone.

Pei Ming called again with trembling hands, but the smart ancestor had already shut down and gone into hibernation.

"Fuck?" Pei Ming was forced to swear.

It’s all true…really true.

Not to mention the first two trending searches, the last one alone is backed by a mysterious sponsor and a male fan who slept with her.

Are they all true?

Pei Ming felt dizzy for a moment and held on to the desk unsteadily. The image of him as a cool and noble top-tier figure in his mind completely collapsed.

"My great Tang Dynasty..."

In the brightly lit office building late at night, a middle-aged man suddenly shouted in despair.

"Shen, Ji, Xing! Which male fan did you sleep with???!!!"