Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Everyone is wondering if Mr. Lu is in love...
The autumn nights are already a little cool.
Cheng Yi still felt like he was in summer tonight.
First, he put on a heating patch along the way, and then was taken by Lu Yu to a health restaurant to drink morel and pork rib soup.
After drinking it, my face became rosy, and the essence of the medicinal food was fully developed in my body.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu. I'm cured now. Diet therapy is far better than medicine." Cheng Yi expressed his sincere gratitude and wiped the sweat off his face with a tissue.
Lu Yu looked at his rosy face and glistening lips, still worried: "Are you sure he has fully recovered?"
"Yes, yes, yes, absolutely, " Cheng Yi nodded quickly. Afraid that Lu Yu would not believe him, he performed a set of powerful military boxing in the box.
Lu Yu looked at the revived young man in front of him like a work of art. After a while, he said with a slight smile, "It's OK. It's not advisable to do strenuous exercise right after a meal. Be careful of gastroptosis."
"oh."
Cheng Yi went to the bathroom to wash his face, and Lu Yu was waiting for him in the box.
As soon as the customer left, the clerk came in with a smile on his face, holding a furry pet in his arms.
"Hello, sir. Our store is having an event recently. You can post to your friends to win a love bear." The clerk Balabala introduced the rules. Basically, if a customer posts a message with the store location on his/her friends' circle and gets 20 likes from friends, he/she can win a plush toy bear.
Lu Yu was just about to say no when Cheng Yi came back from outside after washing his face.
"Wow, so cute," he looked at the furry bear in the clerk's hand, his eyes sparkling. He stretched out his hand and pinched the heart in the bear's arms. The bear's mouth suddenly lit up and sang: "biubiu~biubiu~ I love you~!"
"Hahaha, even cuter!" Cheng Yi laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled.
Lu Yu looked at him, then glanced at the little bear: "Do you like this?"
"Yeah, I like it. It's quite interesting." Cheng Yi nodded.
Lu Yu took out his cell phone, took a random photo of the LOGO on the dining table, and posted it on his Moments.
——[Posted because I was forced to participate in the event, 20 likes are required
Location: xxX Road, No. xxx, Medicinal Diet and Health Therapy Restaurant】
"!" This series of operations stunned Cheng Yi.
"No, that's just what I said." He quickly explained, "Just because you like someone doesn't mean you have to own them."
The shop assistant standing nearby was watching with a smile on her face. Wow, the love between these handsome guys is just so sweet!
"I've got 20 likes," Lu Yu showed the screenshot of the Moments photo to the clerk.
"Okay, sir," the clerk handed the Love Bear to him with a smile, "Thank you, take it, and welcome back next time~"
Lu Yu turned to Cheng Yi and handed the little bear back to him like passing a baton: "If you like it, why can't you have it? If you like it, you should fight for it."
As he spoke, his finger accidentally or intentionally touched the "love switch", and the little bear opened his mouth and started singing again.
"biu biu~biu biu~ ~I love you~!"
“…”
Cheng Yi held the little bear in his arms, his expression dazed. He moved his lips woodenly but could not utter a word.
It was not until he walked out of the restaurant and returned to Lu Yu's car that Cheng Yi's slow reaction arc gradually turned around.
Lu Yu’s circle of friends is as empty as a satellite launch base. There hasn’t been a launch in many years. Why is it that today, when he said he liked the Heart Bear, he suddenly became famous? !
And he did it without regard for one's status or position.
What big shot would collect likes on a circle of friends just to get cheap tickets from a merchant? The last time I saw someone do this was by my colleague Xiao Liu, who wanted to buy two eggs for free from a convenience store.
Cheng Yi's mind was filled with numerous thoughts, his fingertips absentmindedly stroking the fur on the little bear's tail. The street lights on both sides of the road reflected his pupils through the car window, but could not dispel the confusion in his heart.
"Where do you live?" Lu Yu's voice suddenly rang in his ears. "I'll take you home."
Cheng Yi came back to his senses in a second: "Uh, I live in..."
He suddenly realized that this was a secret that could not be told.
"Well, just pull over and drop me off after you pass the traffic light ahead," Cheng Yi rubbed his nose and said, "My previous rental has expired, so I'll be staying at the Orange Hotel for the next two days, which is diagonally opposite."
He found a temporary hotel on the street and made up a story.
Lu Yu also saw the hotel: "It looks very small, the conditions should not be very good."
"It's OK," Cheng Yi maintained his social animal persona, "I'm definitely not comparable to you. I can't afford to stay in a five-star hotel, and..."
"You can live in my house," Lu Yu interrupted him, paused and added, "As your boss, I should care about my subordinates. Before you find a house, you can stay at my place temporarily."
Cheng Yi was shocked again.
Hiss, why does something seem to be getting more and more wrong?
Even if it is out of concern from the boss, will he extend his care to his subordinates directly at home?
Even though he had spent the night at his boss's house before, both times were due to irresistible external factors.
"Well, maybe not," Cheng Yi lowered his eyes, and subconsciously pinched the little bear's tail hair with his fingers, "I am your employee, and my current relationship with you has already made me feel a little bit over the limit. Thank you very much for taking care of me tonight. Please stop the car in front and drop me off."
Lu Yu pursed his lips, and a dark emotion was hidden in his dark eyes. A word seemed to be swirling on the tip of his tongue, about to come out, but in the end he swallowed it back into his stomach.
The air in the car fell silent, and no one spoke. The red light at the intersection turned green. Lu Yu looked straight ahead, crossed the road, and slowly pulled over to the side of the road to stop the car.
"Thanks, Mr. Lu," Cheng Yi unbuckled his seat belt, curled his lips, and shook the stuffed bear in his hand, "See you tomorrow, and be careful on your way back."
Lu Yu nodded, turned the steering wheel and left.
Cheng Yi held the teddy bear in his arms and walked towards the Orange Hotel. He did not dare to look back, for fear of seeing Lu Yu standing not far behind him.
His mind was in a mess, and Lu Yu's shadow flashed through his mind from time to time. He had a very strange feeling in his heart that some kind of subtle relationship was forming between him and his boss...
When he was about to reach the hotel entrance, suddenly, someone patted him from behind.
"Hey, why is it you!"
Cheng Yi turned around and saw Zhao Xiaolang with dyed golden hair.
"I...walk the bear." He patted the stuffed bear in his arms.
Zhao Xiaolang burst into laughter: "What kind of childish thing is this? It's holding a big red heart. Did you just get home from kindergarten?"
He was laughing so hard that his body was shaking. The cigarette in his hand was dropping ash, and the ashes were blown everywhere by the wind. Cheng Yi was afraid that the ashes would fly onto his little bear, so he quickly turned sideways and protected it with his arms.
"I don't think it's childish." He rolled his eyes at Zhao Xiaolang, had nothing to say to him, and turned around to leave.
"The cooperation between our two companies is about to begin." Zhao Xiaolang called him again from behind.
Cheng Yi paused.
"You rejected me before, so I took it as you playing hard to get. If you agree to date me now, I will tell my dad to make our partnership more solid."
Cheng Yi turned his head: "What if I don't agree?"
Zhao Xiaolang exhaled a puff of cigarette and shrugged his shoulders. "It's your company that's in urgent need of funds. We are the financial sponsor. You should think carefully."
Cheng Yi didn't want to say anything anymore. He waved to stop a taxi and left without looking back.
Several rich second-generation scoundrels came out of the hotel. They were all Zhao Xiaolang's friends. A white-haired guy put his arm around his shoulders and teased, "Who are you looking at? A new date?"
"I haven't got it yet," Zhao Xiaolang snorted and laughed, "My family's company is about to go bankrupt, and you still don't cling to my thighs. What a fool, you don't know the current situation!"
His friends cheered and said that his business skills had declined and he couldn't even handle a young master whose family was going bankrupt.
"Get lost, you guys, it's easy to talk without any pain in your back," Zhao Xiaolang spat, "His face is prettier than a celebrity's. If anyone can make him follow me, the reward is 100,000 RMB."
"Oh, look at your lack of ability," White Hair whistled and mocked him, "Okay, okay, for the sake of being a bounty hunter, I'll give you a 10% discount and teach you a useful trick..."
Cheng Yi took a taxi back home, and the villa was dark and empty.
In order to save money, Cheng's father changed all the live-in domestic servants to an 8-hour work system, and only kept two security guards, who worked in 12-hour shifts.
The breath of loneliness was overwhelming, and Cheng Yi turned on all the lights in the house. Then I thought it would waste electricity, so I turned off a few more and left only one.
No one was at home and no one was talking. He just rubbed the teddy bear for a while, took a photo and posted a Weibo.
He slid his finger downwards, and suddenly a message that appeared in the recommendation list caught his eyes.
Today's explosive news - a boss named L from a technology company pushed a female star named C to the ground in a hotel.
The message was posted by a marketing account, claiming that a boss named L from a certain technology company had an argument with a female star named C in a hotel and pushed her to the ground in anger. Some onlookers at the scene heard their conversation. The female star questioned the boss why he had been using cold violence against her all these years, not taking the initiative, not refusing, and not taking responsibility, which made her extremely painful and caused her mental problems.
The marketing account used the name of a big man named L and a female star named C to refer to people, but it is not difficult to see from the photos taken from a candid angle that they are Cheng Ranxing and Lu Yu (cosplay version).
The shooting angle is also very tricky. Cheng Ranxing is in tears and falls to the ground. The man stands aside, looking down at her coldly, with his hands in his pockets.
Grass! Cheng Yi's heart sank as he watched this, and he seriously suspected that there was something wrong with her third sister's mental state.
Lu Lingyi said in WeChat that the substitute plan has been implemented. Although Cheng Yi thinks that he is doing something unnecessary, the plan was designed to seek benefits and avoid harm.
According to the plan, Lu Lingyi would definitely reveal his identity to Cheng Ranxing and tell him that he was not Lu Yu.
So you knew you were hitting the wrong person but you still went ahead and hit him? What an operation! Did his third sister rub her head on the ground to make it hot?
The comment section under this revelation from the marketing account was also very lively.
The first hot comment was from a person who claimed to be the best friend of actress C. She revealed that C had paid a lot in this relationship and was very infatuated. Tonight, she saw the big man named L chasing the male star in public at the cocktail party, asking for autographs and photos. She wanted to step forward and ask what was going on with the relationship between the two over the years, but was pushed to the ground. She had a mental breakdown and went to the hospital for treatment overnight.
Someone also posted a picture of Cheng Ranxing's back at the hospital entrance and a registration receipt from the hospital in the comment section.
As soon as the marketing account broke the news, the popularity skyrocketed. Cheng Yi frowned as he read the comments and found that many passers-by were being led by the rhythm.
[@最爱杨枝甘露]: I feel sorry for my sister. How could she have the heart to eat such a scumbag?
[@炸饭吃不得得]: Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you pushing girls? This is a violent man. I can’t tolerate it!
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【@大脚怪】: When I saw the love-brained essay posted by crx before, I thought it was hype. Okay, I admit that I was too loud to her before. Now there are pictures and the truth. I must support her and bring down the scumbag. I hope he will be put in jail as soon as possible! !
【@风声子】：I’m C! Lu Tuoshidai's CEO ly, right? What a beast in human clothing. I used to think he was such a handsome guy, but what's the point of being handsome if he doesn't behave like a human being!
【@玉木脑还进水】: It’s all because my sister is too young and can’t tell whether she is a human or a dog
【@When will I succeed in losing weight】: Oh, I always feel like something is not right, I feel like I am in a fog. In this post-truth era, I better wait for another round.
【@草莓西米露】: So your sister had a relationship with LY, but he was always playing ambiguously and not confirming the relationship? ? Now my sister went to seek justice and was brutally pushed to the ground? ? Damn it, this is something a human would do, call the police, you must call the police! ! !
[@你IP是震王殿]: From today on, I will boycott any products of Lutuo Times. I just bought a 3D gaming headset last month [throwing cup]
【@地地佛】: @法制日报, come out and work, a tech company boss violently beats up a female star
[@Your dad is trying to steal your husband]: @Tech Company Alliance, a tech company boss domestically abused a female star, causing her to fall into a coma. She has now been hospitalized for treatment. Why don’t we unite to boycott such a company and such a boss? ? ?
Cheng Yi was about to have a heart attack and wanted to switch to his secondary account to fight back for Lu Yu.
But the Italian artillery had already been pulled over, but they didn't know how to fire.
The person who committed the fraud was Cheng Ranxing, his third sister. If he made the truth public, it would be tantamount to killing his own sister for the sake of justice.
But if I do nothing and ignore everything, I will just watch Lu Yu being criticized by netizens, which will make me feel even worse.
I was sitting at home, and the pot came from the sky. I wonder if Lu Yu has seen the Weibo at this moment. If he has seen it, he will probably be so angry that he can't sleep. Lack of sleep will cause migraines. If he is not here and can't give massages, will it be more painful...
After being in such a dilemma, Cheng Yi finally decided to do what he thought was right.
He sent a WeChat message to Lu Lingyi, asking him to clarify the matter as soon as possible and not let Lu Yu be blamed.
He then found the phone number of Cheng Ranxing's agent, which he had saved in his contacts at some unknown time, and dialed it.
…
At 10:30 in the evening, the lights were still on in Lu Yu's villa. The man's face was gloomy, and the screen of his mobile phone was lit with the Weibo hot search page.
"Have you eaten too much salt? You have nothing to do." Lu Yu scolded Lu Lingyi, and was speechless about his younger brother cosplaying as him.
Quite a lot of marketing accounts were posting live pictures of "him" chasing after male stars. Lu Yu had a heart attack every time he saw it, as if a huge stone was blocking his chest.
It was too indecent, jumping up and down like a monkey. His image had suffered unprecedented damage. This made him more unhappy than Cheng Ranxing's rumors and slander against him.
Fortunately, Cheng Yi was with him tonight, so he wouldn't think of him as the other people did, that he was that kind of...immature man who lacked stability.
"Brother, I didn't mean to do that. I just couldn't help myself when I saw my favorite idol."
Lu Lingyi carried a feather duster on his back and apologized: "But putting aside the issue of idol-chasing, I became your stand-in to help you find out who is trying to scam you."
"If you hadn't been my stand-in, this fraud would never have happened." Lu Yu said seriously.
Lu Lingyi: “…”
What you said seems to make sense.
"But when Cheng Yi discussed the substitute plan with me..." Lu Ling stopped talking halfway, realizing that he had let something slip.
When Lu Yu heard the word "Cheng Yi", he raised his eyelids suddenly: "Cheng Yi? Cheng Yi is also involved in this matter?"
"Ugh..." Lu Lingyi was secretly annoyed with himself for being such a big leak, and he wanted to slap himself twice, but now that the leak had come out, he had no choice but to confess.
"Yeah, but brother, you actually made money, so you should be happy." He quickly tried to make up for it by saying something nice.
Lu Yu: “?”
Lu Lingyi then explained the whole story in great detail. It has layers and focuses, avoiding the important issues and placing the core focus on Cheng Yi's feelings for his brother.
"Cheng Yi, he really cares about you. Even I, an outsider, can feel it," Lu Ling gestured, as if he knew the person better than the person involved. "If he didn't care about you, who would he care about? It's because he cares about you that he tries his best to protect you."
"So brother, if you keep trying harder, you might be able to get her soon~~"
After hearing what he said, Lu Yu finally loosened his lips.
Does Cheng Yi really want to protect him because he cares about him?
If so, he should be happy indeed.
but……
"How did Cheng Yi know that someone wanted to scam me? Did anyone warn him?" Lu Yu thought of the key question.
"I don't know about that," Lu Lingyi shrugged and said, "Oh, why think so much? It's rare to be confused. Anyway, it's enough for you to know that Cheng Yi has you in his heart."
“…”
Lu Yu did not question Lu Lingyi any further, nor did he punish him with a feather duster. He felt a little better than before, but he still had a question.
This scene seemed familiar. At the previous Innovation Conference, Cheng Yi seemed to have followed the prophet's script. First there was the PPT incident, and then there was the honey trap.
Every time I can help him avoid risks accurately.
Why?
*
After the scandal of the big boss surnamed L and the woman surnamed C continued to ferment for several hours, Lu Ling posted on Weibo in the middle of the night.
Following what Cheng Yi taught him, he first described in detail the cause of the cocktail party incident in his blog post, and posted two comparison pictures of the "real and fake Lu Yu".
【@陆令一是一】: Hi everyone, I’m my brother (bushi). Look, this handsome guy is called Xiaoyi. I accidentally saw my brother’s invitation to a cocktail party and suddenly got playful and addicted to cosplay. It was he who attended the meeting on behalf of his brother, it was he who chased stars on the spot, and it was he who "pushed the female star to the ground". Oh, no, he doesn’t recognize this plot. It was clearly a female star who fell on her own while standing on stilts. What’s even more interesting is that he clearly told the female star who he was and even showed her his ID card, but... in the end, it was his dear brother who took the brunt of it all. Let us ask, @扒瓜去你家 @程然星星, you know that I am not Lu Yu, but you still treat me as Lu Yu and insist on spreading rumors and slandering me. What does that mean? My brother (Lu Yu) did not show up at the cocktail party tonight. What are your intentions?
Soon, several big-name entertainment media outlets reposted Lu Lingyi’s Weibo post, and the popularity soared again.
But soon keyboard warriors started to criticize:
【@跳跳爹】: I’m dying of laughter, they’re acting out the real and fake Monkey King!
[@棉糖给妹妹吃]: How do you prove that it was you who was there, and not LY?
[@星星要走花路啊]: Stop trying to cleanse him. A scumbag is a scumbag. He is an emotional scumbag and violent. How dare he do it but not take responsibility for it? He even uses a stand-in to take the blame. Do you think you are writing a novel?
【@Can you have more hair?】: Come on, give me some proof of Lu Yu's alibi. It's clearly Lu Yu in the photo. You can just say that I wasn't there. If you weren't there, then something must be wrong! !
Lu Lingyi held his cell phone in indignation.
【@陆令一一】: Please ask friendly forces to send proof! Please God, distinguish between loyalty and treachery! !
Before the trolls could rant again, the "friendly forces" brought up Lu Yu's alibi:
[@风破智能制造]: [Picture] Mr. Lu posted a location to his friends tonight, dining at a herbal health restaurant. I was shocked when I saw the trending search. I thought Mr. Lu had split.
【@智物人形机器人】: At the cocktail party, I felt that Mr. Lu Yu was not Mr. Lu Yu. Little Lu's cosplay skills are very high, but his body is still a little bit off (top pot lid) @陆令一一, if you want to reach your brother's body, you have to do more weight training
[@Vatti Group]: I am the organizer of this cocktail party. Half an hour after the party started, I received a message from Mr. Lu. He had something urgent to do at home and unfortunately could not attend. But "General Lu" was already there at the time, and I realized then that this "General Lu" might be a knockoff version. Oh, of course, it's not Comrade Lu's fault, he was just chasing stars [laughing and crying][laughing and crying]
【@XX Health Restaurant】: I, I, I raise my hand! That night, our store welcomed the two most handsome customers in history. One of them was Mr. Lu. He and another young handsome man had dinner with us and participated in the likes collection activity, winning a love plush bear~
【@东鹏传媒】: Wait, Mr. Lu is having dinner with another handsome guy, and he even collected likes to win a heart-shaped plush bear! ! Melon within melon? Is this edible?
The brand hotel that hosted the cocktail party also issued a statement, saying that it had retrieved the surveillance video and after careful review, there was indeed no "pushing down" as the marketing account claimed. The actress surnamed C accidentally fell and had nothing to do with the other party involved.
Lu Ling looked at the evidence on the screen one by one and laughed loudly. He ran happily to report to his elder brother.
The hot search exploded again and public opinion began to reverse. After the big guys posted on Weibo, netizens all stopped in their tracks and turned their keyboards to target Cheng Ranxing again.
【@千足鸟】: My goodness, female stars are always so dramatic, they are both green tea and white lotus. Let’s see how you act now!
[@水箱里有翔]: @程然星星, so what are you trying to achieve? Are you crazy about becoming famous? ?
【@一头水牛】: This is a bit confusing, so vague, so ambiguous, not naming anyone, but letting the marketing account leak someone else's photo. Oh no, that person is not the person involved at all, so they just expose it without any evidence, ex
【@Hit me up now】: @Cheng Ran Xingxing, big sister, I just noticed that the photo of your hospital registration receipt seems to be for the ophthalmology department. You had a mental breakdown and went to the ophthalmology department. Hahahaha, you are a comedian, right?
【@大胯痛】: Haha, you lose more than you gain. You better be careful @程然星星, I feel like you've been cursed by something
【@天倒了】: I used to like you, but now I’m a hater. I hate people who try to hype you up. I wish you a smooth road ahead. @程然星星
[@A person who commits fraud will be poor and crazy all his life]: @Cheng Ran Xingxing, don’t you still have a live broadcast tomorrow? We are waiting for your reversal, come on! Write a better script tonight.
【@呱叽呱叽】: Yes, hahahaha, this sister will be doing a live broadcast tomorrow, let’s see what else she can create!
Lu Yu glanced at Weibo casually and put his phone down.
"This reversal is awesome, isn't it, brother?" Lu Lingyi ran over and rubbed his brother's neck and shoulders in a fawning manner.
"It's what he deserves. There's nothing great about it." Lu Yu pursed his lips. He didn't take Cheng Ranxing seriously in the first place.
At this time, the public opinion director called.
"Mr. Lu, let me report to you that the company's legal department has already dealt with that marketing account. There are now two public opinions in total, one of which is Cheng Ranxing..."
"Don't mention this anymore, it's boring," Lu Yu said indifferently, "What about the other one?"
"Another thing is, uh," the public opinion director hesitated for a few seconds, and suddenly quickened his pace, "Many people in and outside the industry are curious about Mr. Lu's circle of friends who have collected likes, and the loving plush bear..."
"Speak slower," Lu Yu interrupted him, sitting up straight, tapping the table with his fingertips, "So."
The public opinion director took a breath, and this time he kept his boss' instructions in mind, speaking slowly and enunciating each word:
"So everyone is guessing whether Mr. Lu is in love or not."
Lu Yu; "."
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