SFBF CH32

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“Yes, Mr. Gu,” Li Hong replied again, then quickly went down to handle his business.

Although President Gu had just given three instructions, summarizing them, he only needed to go negotiate with Milk Channel. This matter was easy to handle.

After Li Hong left, Gu Huaiyu’s office returned to tranquility.

About another half hour passed.

Knock, knock.

Two knocks sounded; the heavy wooden door emitted a deep, resonant thud.

Gu Huaiyu’s voice was very low: “Enter.”

The heavy door slid open silently, but there was no sound of movement at the doorway, forcing Gu Huaiyu to look towards the door.

He saw the half-open office door and the young man named Shen Qing, his figure half-hidden, clinging to the doorframe and peeking in his direction.

He was clearly handsome and elegant, looking radiant, yet he had a somewhat sneaky and shifty appearance.

“…”

Gu Huaiyu raised an eyebrow slightly, leaning back a bit: “Why aren’t you coming in?”

Shen Qing finally straightened his waist and said: “…Nothing, I was just seeing if you were busy… Didn’t want to disturb you.”

Shen Qing remembered running into Assistant Li on his way up. Assistant Li had said his President Gu was in a bad mood right now.

But looking at him, the big boss seemed to be doing alright?…

After saying that, he walked right in boldly, holding a plastic packaging bag in his hand.

Coming to Gu Huaiyu’s desk, Shen Qing placed the bag directly on the desktop and pushed it in front of President Gu.

He smiled and said, “Here, I brought you a gift.”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

His eyebrows raised slightly, Gu Huaiyu examined the plastic bag—black, ordinary shape; no matter how you looked at it, it was just the most common type of carrier bag.

Not even necessarily made of eco-friendly materials.

Similar to a garbage bag.

“You’re gifting me, a bag of garbage?”

Shen Qing: “…”

Shen Qing felt that maybe it wasn’t just that the big boss didn’t like people, which was why he had never hugged anyone growing up.

Let’s just say, is there a possibility that other people look down on him!

“What are you talking about…” Seeing that Gu Huaiyu had no intention of unwrapping the gift himself, Shen Qing did it for him.

He opened the black plastic bag; inside was a transparent bag, and inside that was a…

An electric hand warmer.

Light yellow.

Shen Qing: “Look, how is it? I’m pretty efficient at giving gifts, right!”

Gu Huaiyu stared at this furry little thing. He was barely satisfied with its color and appearance. A moment later, his eyes suddenly deepened, his expression unfathomable: “Where did you get it?”

Shen Qing: “I asked a delivery guy to buy it at a store.”

Gu Huaiyu: “?”

Shen Qing explained: “Ah, it’s mainly because I felt if I ordered it online, it wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow or the day after at the earliest. It’s faster to buy it at a physical store.”

Shen Qing: Yes, it’s definitely not because I felt you, big boss, have a hard time making choices, so I just directly asked a delivery guy to buy it.

He smiled and said, “Of course, even though it was a delivery guy, I was the one who made the final decision on the color and style. How is it? Look at this tender light yellow. Don’t you think it’s super cute and full of vitality?”

Gu Huaiyu: “…Hmm.”

As long as it’s not pink.

Slowly reaching out, Gu Huaiyu picked up the hand warmer, looked at it, and asked Shen Qing, “What made you think of buying yellow?”

“We voted on it together with Duoduo and Aozai.”

Shen Qing smiled and said, “So this can be considered a gift chosen by the three of us together!”

“Hmm.”

Gu Huaiyu responded again, his fingers gently stroking the light yellow hand warmer for a moment, then he looked up at the young man again: “So those two voted for yellow. You voted for…”

“No, I didn’t!”

Knowing what he was going to say, Shen Qing quickly interrupted.

“Duoduo and I both voted for light yellow, Aozai chose black!”

“Oh?”

This voting outcome was something Gu Huaiyu didn’t expect.

“Duoduo chose this color?”

“Yeah.”

Shen Qing actually didn’t know why Duoduo chose light yellow either. He felt that a profound little kid like Duoduo should like dark colors like black and dark blue.

On the contrary, the soft, sticky, and cute Aozai was more suited for light colors… But well, the little Long Aotian, no matter how soft and cute he looked, it was normal for him to choose a mighty and domineering black.

So Shen Qing’s reaction at the time was similar to Gu Huaiyu’s, both wondering why Duoduo chose light yellow.

But unfortunately, Duoduo didn’t explain.

Gu Huaiyu nodded after hearing this, then asked: “So you… your second favorite color is this one, so you chose it?”

Shen Qing: “…What second favorite!”

This misunderstanding about me liking pink will never be cleared up with the big boss, right… Shen Qing almost yelled at Gu Huaiyu.

He said, “I like all colors, okay? I have a broad love!”

Gu Huaiyu looked up at him.

“…Fine.”

Shen Qing honestly explained: “I chose this because when the delivery guy sent pictures, I felt this hand warmer looked like Aozai… quite cute.”

Hearing this, Gu Huaiyu lowered his eyes to re-examine the hand warmer in his hand.

He remembered that Gu Ao did indeed wear light yellow clothes often.

But this looks like him?…

Gu Huaiyu asked, puzzled, “No matter how I look at it, this doesn’t look like a child.”

Shen Qing: “…”

Seeing that the big boss had no imagination, Shen Qing explained further: “It looks very much like the back of Aozai wearing his little yellow padded jacket! Don’t you think it looks like a little duckling? Just soft and fluffy, making people want to pick him up and rub him…”

Rub him raw.

…

Uh.

Shen Qing stopped his words in time, not saying the rest out loud.

Even though it was because he liked them very much and felt that such large human cubs were too cute, making him want to knead and mold them into different shapes.

But he seemed to still have the title of “vicious auntie,” which hadn’t been completely removed yet.

In front of the cubs’ uncle, it was better not to be too wild.

Gu Huaiyu indeed looked at him in confusion.

Shen Qing coughed and said, “Nothing.”

Gu Huaiyu was still staring at him, examining him.

Shen Qing had to touch his nose, avert his gaze, and say: “Cute things need you to intuitively understand, big boss! Others can’t explain it!”

…The big boss must have been raised as a high-achieving child since he was young, resulting in absolutely zero imagination.

He can’t even appreciate cute things.

A bit pitiful.

Shen Qing: “Then, you know how to use this, right?”

He took the charging cable out of the plastic bag again. “Just plug this in, and then… huh? Why isn’t there even a power strip in your room?”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

Raising a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, Gu Huaiyu took a deep breath: “Just leave it here. I’m… not so inept that I wouldn’t know how to use this.”

“Oh, okay.”

Replying, Shen Qing placed the charging cable on the big boss’s desk.

“Oh, right.” He remembered something else: “I still have a gift for you. Wait a moment!”

Saying that, the young man turned around and left the office again.

In a whirlwind.

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

In his memory, the young man had looked like a weak willow trembling in the wind just a few days ago.

Now he was already jumping around and darting all over the house.

…Who is the real little duckling?

Propping up the space between his eyebrows with his fingers again, Gu Huaiyu’s gaze fell on that hand warmer.

At first glance, it seemed a bit shoddily made, but it felt exceptionally soft to the touch. It also had some decorative fuzz on it, truly feeling like a furry pet.

Gu Huaiyu lightly stroked it a couple of times with his fingertips, focused on feeling the texture, then picked it up and gave it a rub.

Then he turned his eyes, picked up the manual that had fallen on the table, opened it, and started reading.

While Shen Qing was away, Tian Yi came in to deliver something to Gu Huaiyu—some newly received mail.

Placing the mail on the desk, Tian Yi saw the light yellow hand warmer and couldn’t help but smile: “Oh, why does this hand warmer look so much like the young master?”

Gu Huaiyu’s hand flipping through the manual paused. He looked at the hand warmer again… Now he also felt it looked very similar.

But would Tian Yi really think it looked alike at first glance?

A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes. Gu Huaiyu, who never thought he lacked imagination: “…”

Tian Yi, standing across from him, felt very gratified. He knew this hand warmer was a gift from Madam, and Madam had specifically asked a delivery guy to buy it today.

Look at their Madam’s efficiency!

The key was that Madam was also thoughtful!

They had been with President Gu for so long, yet no one had ever thought of buying him a hand warmer.

None of the doctors in the medical team had ever suggested this either.

Instead, it was Madam who thought of it!

It seemed Madam really cared about their President Gu!

Then he was relieved.

After all, duty-wise, Tian Yi was primarily responsible for protecting President Gu’s life.

And some time ago, Madam had been close to that problematic Dr. Ling, which meant Madam might do something to harm President Gu. This had made Tian Yi tense for a long time.

…It could be said that as long as there was no funny business on Madam’s end and he treated President Gu wholeheartedly, the heavy burden on his own shoulders would be greatly lightened.

After all, no one else who wanted to harm President Gu could get close to him!

Lately, Madam had been coming up the most frequently… although most of the time it was President Gu who called him up first.

Right, through observing for a while, Tian Yi found that Madam wasn’t actually that clingy to President Gu.

For the vast majority of the day, Madam moved around on his own.

If there was nothing special, Madam wouldn’t even see President Gu once all day.

That was exactly why Madam specifically buying a hand warmer for President Gu and specially bringing it up made Tian Yi feel so gratified.

—Setting aside his status as President Gu’s bodyguard and assistant, Tian Yi also felt that their President Gu’s life was too boring, too busy, and too depressing…

“President Gu, you haven’t eaten lunch yet. Should I have someone send something up?” Tian Yi asked with concern.

“Not for now.” Gu Huaiyu said, “Go find a power strip and bring it here.”

“President Gu wants to charge it?”

Tian Yi looked at the power bank: “I’ve used this before. A short charge can last for several hours. How about I charge it for you…”

His voice stopped abruptly, and Tian Yi quickly corrected himself: “Yes, President Gu, I’ll go find a power strip right away.”

Gu Huaiyu looked away and continued reading the manual.

Tian Yi hurriedly left.

Shen Qing came back very quickly.

The two of them happened to bump into each other in the hallway.

Tian Yi: “Madam?!”

This was already the third time today Madam had come up to look for President Gu!

Looking at the food tray in Madam’s hands, Tian Yi’s tough-looking face almost broke into an ‘auntie’ smile—

No wonder President Gu hadn’t eaten even though it was past noon.

He was waiting for Madam to feed him!

“Assistant Tian,” Shen Qing smiled at him.

Tian Yi said, “I’m going to find a power strip for President Gu. Please go ahead, Madam.”

Knowing that President Gu didn’t like others touching his things, Tian Yi only opened the office door for Shen Qing but didn’t offer to take the tray from his hands.

Shen Qing said, “Thank you.”

Because Assistant Tian opened the door, Shen Qing didn’t knock again, just breezing in like a whirlwind.

The moment he entered, Shen Qing seemed to see the big boss hide a stark white piece of paper under his desk.

He didn’t overthink it, carrying the tray directly to President Gu.

“Ta-da, afternoon tea is here.”

Gu Huaiyu: “?”

Shen Qing had already unloaded the items from the tray—a small four-inch cake, a pot of hot health-nourishing tea, and some tableware and cups.

The small cake was still covered with white cream, but ingeniously, a carrot was drawn crookedly on top.

The health-nourishing tea was brewed with jujubes, goji berries, and the like. Shen Qing had asked President Gu’s newly appointed attending physician, who said he could drink it.

Gu Huaiyu stared at that white cake with a vertical stick drawn on it in colorful cream, and his expression froze.

“…What is this?”

“Afternoon tea. …Or you can treat it as lunch?”

Shen Qing: “I heard from Assistant Li that you haven’t eaten anything for lunch yet…”

He and the cubs had all finished lunch, yet President Gu hadn’t eaten anything.

How could his health improve like that!

Gu Huaiyu continued staring at the small cake: “I’m asking you what this is.”

“A cake!” Shen Qing smiled, a face full of pride: “I made it myself!”

Last time he gave President Gu a cake, Shen Qing had indirectly inquired later. It seemed President Gu didn’t throw it away but ate the whole thing.

Doesn’t that mean he liked it!

The big boss liked it, but was too embarrassed to admit it. His words said no, but his body was honest.

But it didn’t matter. Everyone has times when they want to save face, just like how Shen Qing was too embarrassed to admit he was the children’s auntie outside.

He understood it all.

So this morning, when Aunt Zhang was making small cakes for Duoduo and Aozai again, Shen Qing, who was standing by, saw that she had some cake batter left over. So he found a small four-inch baking pan, poured the batter in, and baked it along with the big one prepared for the cubs.

…Rounding it off, it could be considered he made it himself.

After all, although the outer layer of white cream was applied by Aunt Zhang—Shen Qing’s handiwork truly looked like a dog gnawed on it.

He drew the carrot on top!

He just! Purposefully drew it!

Looking at the carrot that looked more and more like a stick, Shen Qing explained: “I used carrot juice to tint the cream, so it’s a bit runny. Also, this four-inch cake is too small; it restricted my performance. Anyway, big boss, you should be able to tell that I drew a carrot, right?…”

He regretted asking as soon as the words left his mouth.

He just remembered, Gu Huaiyu had no imagination!

Gu Huaiyu had shifted his gaze from the cake to the young man’s face. He looked at him silently, then very graciously responded: “Hmm.”

“But did you misunderstand something?”

Gu Huaiyu covered his lips with his hand and coughed lightly twice: “I think I said before, I don’t like sweets.”

“I know.”

Shen Qing blinked at him, then picked up the exquisite bone china tea set and poured President Gu a cup of tea: “I forced you to eat it.”

“You forced me?” Gu Huaiyu didn’t understand again.

“Yeah, it’s all me. I’m willful, coquettish, and a little drama queen, insisting my husband eat cake with me!”

Saying that, he placed the teacup in front of President Gu: “Is that okay now?”

Gu Huaiyu: “…………Cough cough cough!”

Shen Qing continued smiling brightly: “Big boss, drink some tea.”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

Later, Gu Huaiyu still took two bites of the cake under the “little drama queen’s” expectant gaze.

Because the outside was entirely covered in cream this time, he didn’t taste the actual cake body until his second spoonful.

Still eating slowly, he chewed over thirty times before swallowing.

Gu Huaiyu: “It tastes about the same as last time.”

Shen Qing nodded: “Yes, it’s exactly the same.”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

“Alright, I’ve had some. Thank you,” Gu Huaiyu said again.

After speaking, he looked up at him, implying, Is there anything else?

Gu Huaiyu also noticed that the young man was appearing in front of him quite frequently today.

When the young man was good to others, most of the time it seemed genuine and spontaneous, not looking like he was after anything.

Just like how he would defend Duoduo and Aozai in front of Gu Huaixiang, personally carry a sleeping Aozai back to his room, and subconsciously worry that Duoduo loving studying too much would affect his health.

But precisely because of this, when he deliberately did things for a purpose, it was very obvious.

From the moment he brought the hand warmer and peeked through the door before entering, Gu Huaiyu had noticed the young man acting differently than usual.

—If it were normal, Shen Qing would have walked right in immediately.

Now he had given a return gift and also given a cake with a carrot drawn on it.

So…

Shen Qing indeed revealed a hesitant expression and said carefully: “I have another matter I want to tell you about, big boss.”

Gu Huaiyu wasn’t surprised: “Speak.”

Shen Qing: “It’s about people scolding me online. You already know…”

“Hmm.”

Gu Huaiyu sat up a bit straighter, remembering that Shen Qing shouldn’t know yet that he had already asked someone to contact Milk Channel…

He couldn’t help but blink and prompted: “What about it?”

Originally a bit hesitant, Shen Qing had to bite the bullet and say, “To clarify this matter, I posted two pictures of this villa.”

“Yes, and?” Gu Huaiyu prompted again.

Shen Qing: “Nothing, just that.”

Gu Huaiyu: “…?”

Shen Qing lowered his head slightly: “I just felt I should let you know… mainly because that 2-million-yuan dining table is now exposed on the internet…”

Actually, when he first posted the pictures, Shen Qing really didn’t think he needed to report this to the big boss.

His intuition told him Gu Huaiyu truly wouldn’t mind.

But ever since he posted those two pictures, the people in his circle who knew about his current relationship with Gu Huaiyu—aside from coming to eat melons and pretending to ask how he was doing—mostly asked him: Does Gu Huaiyu know you posted those two photos?

Miao Feiyu had also asked this at first.

Shen Qing treated it as him talking nonsense.

But now that so many people were asking, Shen Qing also started to doubt…

Does the big boss have some taboo? Is it really that forbidden to expose anything about him, which is why those people who came to express false concern asked so nervously?

After thinking about it, Shen Qing had no choice but to come and “turn himself in.”

Shen Qing briefly explained his experiences over the past few hours, summarized the current online environment, and promised: “Besides that table and that mural, really nothing else was dug up. It shouldn’t affect you, right?”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

He listened silently.

Seeing that the big boss didn’t speak, Shen Qing had no choice but to walk around the desk again and run over to the big boss to massage his legs.

He looked up at Gu Huaiyu, revealing his perfect features and the sharp, clean lines of his jaw: “Big boss? If there’s anything you’re unsatisfied or uncomfortable with, just say it. I’ll pay attention next time.”

“I was impulsive this time and didn’t consider things thoroughly…”

While Shen Qing was still muttering and reflecting on himself, Gu Huaiyu’s low voice came from above: “Who told you I would mind this?”

“…” Shen Qing’s voice stopped abruptly.

He wanted to say: Everyone says so!

Gu Huaiyu looked down at him: “Get up first.”

Shen Qing: “…”

Although you say you don’t mind, your tone sounds exactly like an ancient emperor telling his kneeling male concubine to rise!

This tone is so aggressive!

Seeing Shen Qing not getting up, Gu Huaiyu continued to look at him with a gloomy gaze and suddenly asked, “Do you also think I am a selfish, narrow-minded, and cold-blooded person? Someone who chooses to turn a blind eye to things he could resolve with a lift of his hand?”

Shen Qing: “…”

The way the big boss used the word “also”… Wait, what are you connecting this to?

Shen Qing quickly shook his head.

He didn’t know what Gu Huaiyu had experienced, but having just witnessed Old President Gu pointing at President Gu’s nose and cursing him, Shen Qing figured that words like “narrow-minded” and “cold-blooded” were probably what Old President Gu and the others used to evaluate him.

But the problem was, he absolutely didn’t mean that.

Even those who asked if President Gu knew he had secretly posted pictures didn’t mean that.

—They were probably just targeting him, feeling that he was unworthy and not the male master of the house, and that secretly exposing President Gu’s life would displease the big boss.

That was the idea.

So, this time, President Gu was overthinking again…

Shen Qing: “I didn’t…”

Gu Huaiyu had already said: “I said before that this house is also yours, and the things inside are naturally at your disposal. If you still feel uneasy or worried, I’ll have Li Hong transfer the title of this house to your name tomorrow.”

Rarely, the big boss spoke very fast.

Shen Qing: “I don’t…”

“So get up.”

Gu Huaiyu had already turned ruthless: “If there’s nothing else, get out.”

…He returned to his calm and indifferent expression.

He even simply looked away, refusing to look at him.

Shen Qing: “…”

The big boss has such a huge temper!

He really is scary when he’s angry!

“…Fine, I misunderstood.”

But of course, Shen Qing wouldn’t just get up like that.

Not only did he not get up, but he also continued to massage the big boss’s legs, switching to a tearful tone: “Wuwuwu, Hubby, don’t be angry. Isn’t it just… isn’t it just because I’ve always had an inferiority complex and feel heavily unworthy, I… wu.”

Shen Qing tried his best to maintain the tearful tone: “I won’t do it next time. Now I know. Please don’t be angry, getting angry is bad for your health…”

The room fell into brief silence.

Afterwards, Gu Huaiyu turned his eyes back and asked him: “What do you know now?”

Shen Qing: “…I know that you are super loving, super righteous, and super good to me, and you don’t mind me posting those two photos at all!”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

Gu Huaiyu wanted to say that next time, the young man could really just come directly to him with such problems, so he wouldn’t have to post pictures himself.

But on second thought, he remembered that Shen Yuan again.

After another period of silence, Gu Huaiyu tapped his finger on his chair’s armrest and suddenly asked Shen Qing: “You have a pretty good relationship with the young master of the Shen family, Shen Yuan.”

Although it was a question, he used a declarative tone.

Shen Qing: “It’s alright, I guess…”

Not wanting to talk about Shen Yuan, Shen Qing asked Gu Huaiyu instead: “Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

Gu Huaiyu: “I just feel that after I die, you can still seek refuge with him.”

His voice was calm, as if he wasn’t discussing his own life and death.

He even nodded slightly at the end and said expressionlessly, “That’s not bad either.”

Shen Qing: “…Ah, no, no, no.”

Right now, Shen Yuan’s romance with Lu Jingyi hadn’t been fully exposed; perhaps the big boss hadn’t heard about their relationship yet.

But the protagonist gong and shou’s love was stronger than gold. Shen Qing declared he wouldn’t get involved.

He hurriedly said, “No matter what, I could never trouble Shen Yuan again. Yeah, if it weren’t for the fact that I didn’t want him to help me today, I wouldn’t have been in such a rush to clarify this matter!”

“Oh?”

His slender fingers pausing in mid-air, Gu Huaiyu leaned diagonally against his wheelchair, the young man crouching by his feet and looking up at him.

He asked, “Didn’t ‘your young master’ tell you to clarify this matter as soon as possible?”

Shen Qing rolled his eyes. Although he didn’t understand why the big boss suddenly asked this, he was indeed “forced” by Shen Yuan to clear his name.

So he nodded: “That is true.”

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but after he nodded, he felt the room temperature suddenly drop by several degrees.

Shen Qing subconsciously rubbed his arms and said, “You don’t know, Shen Yuan is too warm-hearted. He only gave me a day… If I couldn’t handle it today, he would help me handle it tomorrow.”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

After another moment of silence, Gu Huaiyu asked: “Then why not just let him help you.”

Shen Qing: “Why should I let him help? He’s not my husband.”

Shen Qing spoke very casually.

Then, realizing he hadn’t used his brain, he casually flattered the big boss again…

He felt very smug!

Gu Huaiyu’s long fingers, hovering in mid-air, curled back, subconsciously forming a fist. He looked down at the young man: “You really think that.”

“Of course,” he replied while concentrating on massaging the big boss’s legs.

Gu Huaiyu pondered: “So that means he didn’t hire the marketing account either.”

“Marketing account?”

Now it was Shen Qing’s turn to be surprised: “You know I hired a marketing account?”

Gu Huaiyu was noncommittal.

…His legs were numb from squatting, so Shen Qing just stood straight up.

Standing up suddenly made him slightly dizzy. Shen Qing forcefully steadied himself and looked at the big boss suspiciously: “Do you already know about my clarification online?”

Gu Huaiyu nodded directly without hiding it: “Hmm.”

Shen Qing: “…”

He felt rather fortunate that he came to “turn himself in.”

Although the matter he came to “confess” was completely insignificant to the big boss, Gu Huaiyu had already noticed his online operations, which meant the other party was still paying attention to him.

…If the big boss really minded and he hadn’t come to tell him, that would have been awkward.

Shen Qing always felt that it was better to speak openly about problems than to hold them in. Now that the communication had reached this point, there was nothing he couldn’t say, so he simply told the big boss about the bloodbath currently happening online.

Gu Huaiyu still listened carefully, and concluded at the end: “You deliberately combined previously posted photos to take pictures of the dining table and the mural… just to let people dig, to prove that you don’t lack a big villa.”

Shen Qing: “Yes, I’m being smeared across the entire internet right now. No one would believe anything I say to clarify it myself. This kind of reversal has a much better effect.”

“Quite smart,” Gu Huaiyu evaluated objectively.

“Haha.” Receiving this praise, Shen Qing remembered that he had paid the marketing account to leak the fact that he hadn’t signed a contract, and suddenly felt a bit of heartache: “I even transferred a huge sum of money to him… I used the money from your card.”

Speaking of this, Shen Qing wanted to massage the big boss’s legs again.

Although it was a large sum of money, it was only he who felt it was expensive; it wasn’t actually that much—after all, this could be considered exposing a scoop. If he hadn’t been in a rush to clarify, the marketing account should have been buying the intel from him.

Shen Qing was extremely certain the big boss really wouldn’t care about this little bit of money, so he hadn’t even mentioned it when he came to “confess” just now.

Gu Huaiyu indeed didn’t care.

Instead, he nodded approvingly and asked him, “Is there still enough money on the card?”

“Enough!”

Shen Qing was already feeling embarrassed; how could he dare say it wasn’t enough?

Besides, it was indeed enough.

Gu Huaiyu added: “You did well in other aspects, but regarding the variety show, your way of handling it was a bit extreme.”

“Hmm?” Shen Qing tilted his head to look at him.

Sitting with his back straight, Gu Huaiyu exuded a full big-boss aura when he spoke seriously. He said objectively: “Although the variety show side acted unjustly first, and you plan to leave the industry and don’t care at all, behind that variety show is a television station.”

“Haven’t you heard? Two years ago, a small artist in your circle exposed some dirt on Milk Channel. He was ruthlessly blacklisted, then subjected to sexual rumors across the entire internet. The small artist eventually committed suicide by jumping off a building.”

Shen Qing: “…”

He really didn’t know this.

Shen Qing: “I didn’t expect that Milk Channel to be so despicable!”

Seeing the young man staring at him blankly, Gu Huaiyu didn’t want to scare him.

He just felt the young man was still young and needed to be warned where appropriate.

Having given the warning, he added: “But you don’t need to worry either.”

Before he could finish, Shen Qing had already said: “But even if I’m subjected to sexual rumors, I will live on strongly.”

Gu Huaiyu suddenly looked up at the young man.

Shen Qing said seriously: “Being the subject of rumors isn’t my fault. I won’t give up my life because of it.”

“You only have one life!”

“…Hmm.”

Gu Huaiyu slowly lowered his eyelashes: “You are right.”

Shen Qing: “Besides, I live such a reclusive life now. If they make up sexual rumors about me, it could only be about you and me making headlines together, big boss. I don’t think they’d dare do that, right?”

Gu Huaiyu: “…?”

“Cough cough cough cough!”

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