"Who wrote this ad copy!" The young master burst into the backstage, cursing. "Did the person who wrote this touch my butt? Do they know how bouncy it is? This is false advertis..."
He suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Upon seeing Qiao Xi furiously writing, he casually turned away.
Staff: ???
Live audience comments: !!!
[Oh, she has touched it! Trust her!]
[So, Sister Xi wrote it herself? I feel reassured. I've ordered ten sets—one to wear, one to touch, one for the car, one for work, one as a backup…]
[You're such a pervert!]
[What's the problem? If I can't have him, can't I at least touch the pure cotton set that's as bouncy as his butt? Don't think we didn't see your videos of Si Ha Su Yi Jin on your profile! Who's better than who?]
[Upstairs, some things can't be said lightly. There are taboos. You're too young to understand the consequences. Such words can change your life's course. You might not be able to handle it. So, let me say it instead.]
In the office, Li Tao was struggling with Duan Fu Lin's situation when Zhou Ninghuan's manager, Xu Fang, came to visit.
Both belong to the same company, and they've been secretly competing since their last falling out.
Xu Fang asked with a smile, "Hey, Brother Li, still working overtime?"
Li Tao glanced at her irritably. "If I don't work overtime, what would I eat? Prison food with my artist?"
Xu Fang approached. "Oh, come on, don't be so angry. Little Duan hasn't gone in yet, right? I just checked the hot searches, and quite a few fans are still supporting him. Look at this trending topic: Zhou Ninghuan live-streaming frog jumps... selling thermal underwear???"
She clicked on the video in shock!
Zhou Ninghuan, dressed in red, was doing frog jumps with genuine joy on his face: "Look at this elasticity! Look at this flexibility! Honestly, if Duan Fu Lin had been wearing these thermal pants when climbing trees with me recently, I definitely wouldn't have been able to pull him down!"
Xu Fang: !!!
Li Tao: "Hahaha! Congratulations! Sister Fang, your artist has entered the second spring of his career!"
Xu Fang gritted her teeth and rushed out!
She yelled at her assistant, "Get that brat back here! I told him to piggyback on Qiao Xi's popularity, not to change his career! Does he still want to take on idol dramas?!"
The assistant mumbled, "We've already reminded Brother Huan. He said not to worry and even suggested that being shameless is truly enjoyable and recommended we try it too."
Xu Fang: "..."
At the company, Qiao Xi was counting heads, "Why are we missing two people?"
Cheng Dong replied, "Ye Sisi is on leave, and Cheng Xi has gone to become a monk and can't come back temporarily."
"Gone to what??" Qiao Xi turned her head.
"Gone to become a monk," Cheng Dong showed her the phone.
In the video, Cheng Xi, with a shaved head, was striking a wooden fish, bathed in the light of a setting sun.
The young master leaned in to look, "What's going on? Why did he suddenly become enlightened?"
Qiao Xi and Cheng Dong both stared at him.
After a long pause, Cheng Dong dryly asked, "Young master, may I boldly ask, do you really not know why?"
The young master's eyes darted, and he suddenly swayed, toppling straight towards Qiao Xi's arms, "Oh, I'm dizzy again."
Qiao Xi took a step back.
He smoothly pivoted and steadied himself.
After the failed attempt at sympathy, he pretended nothing had happened and complained to Qiao Xi, "Cheng Dong glared at me!"
Cheng Dong: ??
Damn! Yu Siyan, you've lost all your dignity!
Qiao Xi didn't react. "A glare won't make you lose a piece of flesh."
Cheng Dong immediately beamed and stuck his tongue out at Yu Siyan.
Yu Siyan changed his tone, "A man who can glare has charm, indeed."
Qiao Xi: !!!
She immediately gave Cheng Dong a good smack on the head.
"Ow! Young Madam!"
"Behave yourself and stop flirting with him!" Qiao Xi shouted. "Don't you know he's weak-willed!"
Cheng Dong: "Waaaah!"
"Let's go!" Qiao Xi dragged Yu Siyan out, "Let's pick up Sisi."
Yu Siyan walked away with a smug look.
Two seconds later, he returned and tapped Cheng Dong, "I have a question."
Cheng Dong, annoyed, "What?"
Yu Siyan leaned in, "I have a friend whose wife told him to have children with another woman. What do you think that means?"
"What? Young Madam told you to have children with another woman?!" Cheng Dong's voice went up.
Yu Siyan burst out, smacking him with a lollipop bag. "Why so loud? I said it was my friend, my friend!"
Cheng Dong yelped and, after a moment's thought, tentatively asked, "So... in what state did your friend's wife say this?"
Yu Siyan thought for a moment.
"Drunk."
Cheng Dong's expression turned meaningful, "Oh~"
"Whap! Whap! Whap!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Alright, alright, stop hitting me, I get it!" Cheng Dong raised his hand in surrender and whispered mysteriously, "Young Madam must be jealous! She probably thinks you're too close to Ye Sisi. It's like saying, 'You like her? Fine, go be with her! Never come to my bed again!' You get it? Get it?"
Yu Siyan nodded, understanding.
The next second, a fruit knife was pressed against Cheng Dong's neck.
The young master, expressionless, said, "I said it was my friend."
"Right, right, your friend! Your friend!" Cheng Dong smiled placatingly.
After Yu Siyan left, Cheng Dong pulled out his phone and called Cheng Xi, "Can't you just leave the monastery? We agreed you'd do three years, and I'd do three years. You've only done two years. Can't you wait until this year's over before going to the temple? I really can't take it anymore!"
From the other end: "Amitabha, good, good."
Meanwhile.
The car stopped outside Duan Fu Lin's residence.
Yu Siyan turned off the car, and Qiao Xi leaned out of the passenger seat.
"You think," she asked, resting her head on the window, "Ye Sisi can handle Duan Fu Lin?"
She worried the girl might be too soft-hearted and that they might even be kissing by now.
There was no answer from behind.
Qiao Xi turned and saw Yu Siyan fiddling with a pair of silver-rimmed glasses. He casually put them on and looked up, his peach blossom eyes glinting through the lenses.
The youthful aura instantly gained a touch of asceticism, with high cheekbones and fair skin creating a picturesque scene, with a few strokes of dark ink at the eyes.
Not too much, just the right amount to be enticing.
Xiao 6 provided the perfect ambiance: "Wow, wow, wow, he really is a handsome villain!"
The next second, the young master removed the glasses and covered his eyes, "Ow, ow, ow! That old guy's reading glasses really shouldn't be stolen!"
Qiao Xi: ?
Xiao 6: "..."
Xiao 6 raged, "Master, didn't we have some hemorrhoid pills? Give them to him!"
Qiao Xi: "Sure."
"What? No, no, I was joking! I was joking!"
Xiao 6 frantically stopped Qiao Xi, who finally halted.
"Beep beep—beep beep—"
Suddenly, a noise came from a distance.
Qiao Xi and Yu Siyan exchanged a glance and quickly jumped out of the car!
Something had happened!