Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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On the way down from Dao Ci Temple on Baiyun Mountain, it started to rain for the last time in late autumn.
The chill went deep into the bones, and the rain was dense, soaking the green steps all the way, and finally painting strips of strange scenes on the car window glass.
Gu Nian was protected by Luo Xiu under his coat and hurriedly got into the car.
Along the way, Gu Nian was sitting in the passenger seat, nervously scrolling through topics related to Luo Xiu’s scandal while holding her phone.
Following the collapse of the comment section of Luo Xiu’s account, Mang Zhi also quickly lost ground under this new wave of public opinion offensive. Looking around, the comment section was all discussing the newly exposed gossip news today.
[So, is the rumored financial backer of Luo Xiu really Mang Zhi?]
[Ah, happiness came so suddenly, CP fans are a little overwhelmed for a moment]
[I heard that the villa is super expensive?]
[To Mang Zhi: Rich woman, hungry, hungry for rice!]
[Hungry for rice +1]
[Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I also want to be taken care of by a little fairy rich woman like Mang Zhi, I will look at everything I do]
[Are the unspoken rules still real? Sure enough, there is no love in the circle, only money and sex]
[Are you a roundworm in their stomachs? How do you know it’s just money and sex??]
[So it turns out that the cp I was talking about was not only real, but it is a rich version of a sadomasochistic relationship between a financial owner and a starlet? Woo woo woo, I can do it!]
[If my sister says this, my sister can do it too]
[Who can write a fanfic of the little star version of Xiunian CP’s financial backer! Passing the pen to the boss!]
[Friendly reminder: It is most direct and convenient to let Ms. Mang Zhi write it herself]
[Hahaha, Mang Zhi’s fans are here]
[Mang Zhi +1]
[Mang Zhi + 111 Ms. Come out to work quickly!]
[……]
After opening the comment area, Gu Nian found that the style of painting was not very close to the verbal and written criticism she had imagined.
She scrolled down blankly for a while. Although she also saw a few expected insults, the number was pitiful compared to the messages from CP fans.
Gu Nian watched for a while and couldn’t help it anymore. She turned her head curiously and asked Luo Xiu: “Has BH Media already arranged for the navy to lead the opinion?”
Luo Xiu drove, without looking away from the front, as he asked in a gentle voice: “What?”
Gu Nian shook her phone: “I’m looking at the direction of public opinion, and it’s completely different from what I imagined.”
“What did you imagine it to be like?” Luo Xiu glanced at the rearview mirror and asked with a smile, seemingly casually.
Gu Nian stayed in her imagination for a few seconds before returning to reality with lingering fear: “At least it should be bloody and full of attacks. But the comment section now… Anyway, compared to what I imagined, it is already quite mild.”
Luo Xiu smiled and said nothing.
When they arrived at BH media company, Gu Nian was hurriedly taken to their studio by Jiang Xiaoqing, who had been waiting in the company lobby, while Luo Xiu went to the public relations department floor.
The two sides held emergency meetings almost at the same time, communicating with each other at different times. The meeting went from mid-afternoon to late afternoon, and when the sky turned dark, the meeting was basically over.
After comprehensively considering several options, there was only one general public relations direction determined: denying the unspoken rules and not commenting on the love affair for the time being.
As soon as Gu Nian’s meeting ended and before she left, she found that there were already several missed calls from Ms. Gu on her phone.
Gu Nian called back, but found that the line was busy, so she had to give up temporarily.
Jiang Xiaoqing ended her conversation with the people in the studio and walked quickly to her side: “Something happened again?”
“No,” Gu Nian raised her eyes, “Why do you say that?”
“I saw you staring at your phone.”
“It’s my mom’s missed call.”
“Hey, I thought our PR decided not to release it, but they released the news again.” Jiang Xiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief and turned away, “I almost got PTSD after seeing people use electronic products today. When I saw someone swiping their phone or tablet, I was just on tenterhooks.”
“…”
The two walked out of the conference room side by side.
By the meeting ended, it was already the company’s off-duty time. Those who had no tasks to arrange had left in advance. Half of the floor of Gu Nian’s studio was basically empty.
Jiang Xiaoqing looked around and saw that no one was around, so she took advantage of the two of them being alone to go to the corner of the work area and ask Gu Nian: “I think the public relations department means that your relationship will have to be exposed sooner or later.”
Gu Nian nodded: “I know.”
Jiang Xiaoqing looked at her in surprise: “Weren’t you particularly opposed to this matter before, worried about affecting Luo Xiu’s public attention? Are you not worried now?”
Gu Nian looked up from her still silent mobile phone with a very helpless expression: “Don’t look at the current situation – ‘Luo Xiu’s love affair exposed’ is ten thousand times better than news like ‘Luo Xiu is being kept by a financial sponsor, suspected of hidden rules’, right?”
Jiang Xiaoqing smiled and nodded: “That’s right.”
“…you dare laugh.”
“I can’t cry with you,” Jiang Xiaoqing joked casually, “then Luo Xiu really received a blessing in disguise this time. You were so resistant to exposing your relationship, but now you want to clarify that it is a relationship immediately, right?”
“…………?”
After Jiang Xiaoqing finished speaking, she found that Gu Nian suddenly raised her head at the end of her words and stared at her with an extremely strange and emotionally subtle look.
Jiang Xiaoqing paused for a few seconds under that gaze, then raised her hand and touched her face inexplicably: “Did I say something wrong, or is there something on my face?”
“…No,” Gu Nian turned away after a while and narrowed her eyes slightly, “What you said was very right, so right that I suddenly felt…”
Jiang Xiaoqing leaned over curiously: “What did it make you feel?”
“It’s nothing,” Gu Nian said calmly and quickly packed up her handbag, “I’m going to get off work first, so don’t stay here too long.”
“Huh? You don’t want to wait for news from the PR department?”
“We’ll wait for the rest at home.”
“Okay, see you tomorrow.”
“Well, see you tomorrow.”
Speaking of going home, Gu Nian swiped her card to enter the special high-rise elevator at the far end that could go directly to individual floors. However, she did not go down to the parking lot, but pressed the button for the top floor.
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