SFBF CH31

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[Laughed to death, I bet if things hadn’t gotten out of hand, Shen Qing wouldn’t have posted a panoramic view of his house. You guys even said he was a poser and had delusions. I feel like he’s put all his effort into keeping a low profile hahaha.]

[Agreed! A certain artist surnamed Liu even posted a picture of someone else’s big fireplace, while Shen Qing always tries not to show his background…]

[Yeah, a 2 million yuan table, and he only included a corner of it in his photo… This is way too low-profile!]

An hour later.
#Shen Qing, giving his all to keep a low profile#
shot straight up the hot search list.

Shen Qing: …Wait a minute, I didn’t do all this to get on the hot search, I want to leave the entertainment circle!

I really want to keep a low profile!!!

At that time, Shen Qing was eating with the cubs in the dining room downstairs.

They were using that very table worth 2 million.

…Honestly, Shen Qing only heard some gossip by chance when the servants were cleaning the house, saying that this table was shipped back from Europe, was very valuable, and one of a kind.

But he never imagined it was worth 2 million!!

With a smack, some food fell onto the table.

It was Gu Ao taking a spoonful of steamed egg custard.

His little fist, like a small meat bun, couldn’t hold the spoon well yet, and quite ingeniously, the landing spot of the food avoided the tablecloth, so the spoonful of egg custard was dumped right onto the table.

Shen Qing: !!!…

If it were the past, Shen Qing would definitely feel heartbroken over that spoonful of egg custard.

But now—

“Ah…”

Shen Qing let out a low cry.

The two kids across from him looked up at him with synchronized movements.

Shen Qing… tried to keep a smile, telling himself the child was still young, still young.

He pulled out a tissue to wipe Gu Ao’s mouth, then conveniently wiped the egg custard off the table. Shen Qing educated the child: “Little Aowu, you have to use a plate to catch your food when you eat, understand? Wasting food like this is wrong.”

Gu Ao: “…Aowu.”

Both brothers had gone hungry before, so Gu Ao knew that dropping food was wrong without anyone needing to educate him.

Aozai felt that as a little man, he should dare to take responsibility for his actions. He said to Shen Qing, “Sorry, Auntie. Aozai, next time definitely…”

He was still too young, and Aozai couldn’t quite articulate a complex sentence like “not wasting food.” Gu Ao just turned his head to look at his older brother.

Seeking help.

Gu Duo understood him very well and was very patient: “Definitely won’t waste food.”

He said.

“Aowu!” Aozai repeated very seriously: “Aozai definitely won’t waste master (Shifu)!”

(TN: “Shiwu” means food, “Shifu” means master. Aozai mispronounced the word.)

Shen Qing: “…”

He subconsciously played along with the joke: “Our Aozai works so hard, he definitely won’t cost too much master.”

“Aowu?” Aozai tilted his head to look at him, obviously not understanding the joke.

But he felt like he had been praised, so he started quacking with laughter again.

Gu Duo, on the side: “…”

“Anyway, Aozai is awesome,” Shen Qing praised him.

Then he also praised Gu Duo, whose pronunciation was accurate and who understood his intentions well: “Duoduo is also awesome!”

Gu Duo’s hand holding the small chopsticks paused unnaturally, and then he continued eating as if nothing happened.

Compared to Aozai, who was not deft at all when eating, Gu Duo kept his plate incredibly clean.

Vegetables, meat, and staple food were always placed separately. Not only would they not mix at the beginning, but Shen Qing had observed twice that it seemed every time after a meal, the juices of each dish never mixed together.

Gu Duo always took a bite of vegetable, a bite of meat, and a bite of staple food.

…

Who taught this child to be so organized?

For some reason, Shen Qing thought of their young uncle.

…And suddenly remembered, he seemed to have never eaten with the big boss?

He wondered what the big boss looked like when he ate…

And then, Shen Qing suddenly remembered again—it seemed he had just answered a call from Shen Yuan and then started dealing with the matters online.

After that, he saw Little Aozai downstairs, so he went down to take Aozai back to his room, followed by eating fruit with the cubs while waiting for dinner to be served, and then eating lunch…

Which meant… an hour ago, he seemed to have told the big boss he was just going out to answer a call.

Yet an hour later, he still hadn’t gone back.

He had even left without saying goodbye!

Hiss…

Subconsciously looking up, Shen Qing glanced towards the third floor.

He looked very carefully, confirming that he didn’t see Gu Huaiyu’s figure before giving up.

…Maybe the big boss also assumed he had left.

But what to do, he still hadn’t picked out an electric hand warmer!

…

.

Third floor.

After Shen Qing left, Gu Huaiyu processed a batch of documents, then looked up at the time—thirty minutes had passed.

There was no sound outside.

The house as a whole had been reinforced and soundproofed. When the doors and windows were closed, the people inside and outside could hardly hear each other.

Gu Huaiyu paused, a little curious about what kind of call would make the young man talk for thirty minutes straight.

He continued processing a batch of documents, and another thirty minutes passed.

Gu Huaiyu raised his hand to call his assistant in.

“Mr. Gu, you’re looking for me?” Li Hong knocked on the door and came right in.

Very fast.

And he conveniently closed the office door behind him.

Gu Huaiyu didn’t hear any movement outside.

“Where is Shen Qing.”

He pinched the bridge of his nose: “Is he still outside?”

“Ah? Well, I didn’t see Madam,” Li Hong said.

After thinking for a moment, he added: “Ah, do you mean just now? …About forty or fifty minutes ago, Madam already went downstairs to play with Young Master Ao.”

“Is that so.”

Gu Huaiyu raised an eyebrow slightly—this Shen Qing, he even said he was going to pick out a gift for him.

In the end, the person just disappeared without a trace.

But if it was forty or fifty minutes ago… that meant the young man had talked on the phone for ten or twenty minutes at most.

He couldn’t have gone to play with Aozai before finishing his phone call.

Gu Huaiyu nodded, the furrows on his brow relaxing slightly without leaving a trace. He handed the processed documents on his desk to Li Hong: “Organize these and process them further.”

“Yes, Mr. Gu.”

Gu Huaiyu paused, then said, “Do you know about Shen Qing being smeared online?”

“Ah?” Li Hong knew that President Gu had always been a man of few words, and sometimes it took enough concentration and IQ to understand him.

But lately, President Gu’s words had become even harder to understand.

Mainly because the questions President Gu threw out were really jumpy and abrupt!…

Moreover, Li Hong hadn’t forgotten that yesterday when he and President Gu were upstairs secretly… ah no, watching Madam and the others eat, President Gu suddenly asked him gloomily if he paid a lot of attention to Madam.

…It gave him a stress response!

As soon as he heard it was about Madam, Li Hong’s first reaction was to shake his head quickly: “I don’t know, sigh.”

Gu Huaiyu: “Look into it.”

“Yes, Mr. Gu.”

Saying that, Li Hong wanted to take the documents and leave first.

President Gu’s rule was to get away as soon as possible if there was nothing else, and not to stay here and disturb him.

But this time, Gu Huaiyu looked up: “Look into it right here.”

Li Hong: “Ah? Now?”

Gu Huaiyu glanced at him again.

Li Hong quickly pulled out his phone.

Then he finally realized—what, Madam was being smeared?!

Such an upright, kind, and beautiful Madam, who was smearing him?

Who was so bold?!

No wonder President Gu took it so seriously.

He was going to see exactly what was going on!

Li Hong was quite experienced in doing this kind of thing. After all, he was an all-around assistant.

President Gu actually had an entertainment company under his umbrella. Back during the hellish internship period of changing positions every two months, Li Hong had also interned there, so he was quite experienced in investigating these things.

It was nothing more than browsing various social platforms, searching for keywords, and then he would have everything.

While he searched on his phone, Gu Huaiyu sat with a straight back behind his desk, arms crossed over his chest, waiting.

Looking at his appearance, he seemed to be pondering something.

“Got it,” Li Hong quickly spoke up.

Gu Huaiyu looked up.

Li Hong: “…Well, Mr. Gu, Madam seems to be on the hot search.”

Gu Huaiyu: “?”

Li Hong: “Madam was smeared before. It’s still because of that variety show, it’s his agent…”

Gu Huaiyu raised his hand, stopping his report, and said: “I already know all this.”

He directly issued an order: “Deal with it. I don’t want to see any more curses online. As for Shen Qing’s agency… he will handle it, leave it for now. Contact Milk Channel and have them issue a statement.”

“Okay.”

Li Hong listened to everything one by one, jotted it down, and then said, “But Mr. Gu, Madam seems to have handled all the previous matters himself, just over an hour ago…”

Gu Huaiyu: “?”

Gu Huaiyu raised his hand, signaling Li Hong to show him the phone.

President Gu didn’t use a smartphone, so Li Hong quickly and respectfully handed his phone over.

Gu Huaiyu saw the photos Shen Qing posted, and also saw the technical posts and clarifications by several big Vs (verified accounts) on the square of Shen Qing’s super topic.

Li Hong: “The current trend has shifted towards Madam being screwed over by his company. But that big V named ‘God of Sharpness’ appeared too fast. Ordinary netizens can’t tell, but an old pro can tell at a glance that he’s a marketing account hired by Madam’s side…”

“Hired by Shen Qing?” Gu Huaiyu raised his eyes slightly after hearing this.

“Well, not necessarily.”

Li Hong said objectively, “It could also be someone else hiring them for Madam…”

Shen Yuan.

Gu Huaiyu thought of this name immediately.

In his line of sight, on Assistant Li Hong’s phone screen, was Shen Qing’s selfie with the house as the background.

The young man had re-buttoned his coat, hiding that pink diamond brooch. In the photo, Shen Qing’s eyes held a smile, and the corners of his lips were turned up.

Such a Shen Qing.

A Shen Qing who had always been too lazy to care about online gossip and didn’t mind being talked about at all.

After receiving a phone call, he had personally stepped forward and handled this matter with extreme efficiency.

…

“Shen Yuan…” Tapping his fingers rhythmically on the table twice, Gu Huaiyu slowly and somewhat thoughtfully called out this name.

“What?” Li Hong didn’t hear clearly.

Then he realized that President Gu didn’t seem to be talking to him.

Because for a moment, he saw President Gu narrow his eyes, his gaze not only deep and profound but also cold and sharp.

Like a lion king patrolling his territory and sensing an anomaly.

…The last time Li Hong saw President Gu like this was two years ago, before that accident happened.

Later, President Gu lost all interest in life, becoming lifeless, as if nothing mattered.

He had never shown such an expression again.

Li Hong subconsciously straightened his body again.

Afraid that he would suffer the consequences if he did something wrong.

A moment later, Gu Huaiyu snapped out of it: “What ‘but’ were you saying just now? Continue.”

“Oh, oh.”

Li Hong reacted quickly: “But that big V looks like a water army hired by Madam. Milk Channel might not be happy about it. After all, their President Song is quite… you know, quite petty.”

“Then let their President Song know. Cough, cough.”

Gu Huaiyu still had no expression on his face. His phoenix eyes were slightly lowered, his double eyelids very obvious; it was an upright and handsome face.

Only, looking from the side, his gaze was sinister and sharp: “Shen Qing, is not someone he can afford to provoke.”

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