CHAPTER 130: CHAPTER 131: FORCED TO GO PUBLIC

"Ha, this group of rats in the dark corners really have no idea they’ve kicked an iron plate!"

"I definitely want them to spit out every drop of oil they’ve stolen from me!"

"If I don’t make them lose even their underwear, then I’m not Zhang He!"

"Uh..."

Ruan Xingwen was stunned by Zhang He’s fierce outpour on the other end of the phone.

Why is Sister He so angry? What exactly did they take photos of?

He and Yu Xiaozhe just went back to their old house together, and brought back Ruan Xiao...

Wife... child...

Oh damn! So this gossip is really about himself?!

"Uh, Sister He... was it when I was holding Xiaoqi that we were secretly photographed?"

Although it was a question, Zhang He’s answer was likely just what he was thinking.

Sure enough, Zhang He on the other side of the phone confirmed his guess.

"Yes, it was exactly when you were holding Xiaoqi and coming out of the old house with Old Yu that you got photographed."

"I really didn’t notice there were paparazzi following around there at the time. I shouldn’t have taken the nanny van yesterday! I’m so mad!"

The reason Zhang He was so angry wasn’t because the two of them were rumored, but because this event interrupted her original plan.

In Zhang He’s plan, it should have been discovered today when they went for an audition that she, who no longer planned to take on artists, was actually bringing a new recruit for a supporting role audition.

From her angle, it was supposed to lead to Ruan Xingwen being introduced as her newly signed artist and also the second artist at Yu Xiaozhe’s studio since its establishment.

But this stink rat ruined all her plans.

Zhang He kept feeling that something about this didn’t add up.

The whole thing seemed too coincidental.

How did it just so happen that she had too much to drink, and Yu Xiaozhe got photographed?

How did it just so happen that they took the highly conspicuous nanny van?

How did it just so happen to be with Ruan Xingwen that they were photographed?

The clues of the whole thing all seemed to point to one person—Yu Xiaozhe.

"Hiss..."

Zhang He gasped at the thought, no, she had to go ask Yu Xiaozhe what was really going on!

"Sister He, are you okay?"

Ruan Xingwen heard Zhang He’s gasp, did something happen again over there?

"Ha, nothing, I suddenly found a new lead. Have you had breakfast? If not, go eat. I’ll come by the villa around nine, and we can discuss more then."

With that, Zhang He was about to hang up the phone.

Suddenly she remembered today’s main business and advised:

"After breakfast, properly review the script. I’ll find you later."

"Pop." The call was disconnected.

Ruan Xingwen barely said a few words, and just managed to understand that Yu Xiaozhe’s "wife and child" were actually him and Ruan Xiaoqi.

This is really...

Hehehe, kind of happy.

Stop! Ruan Xingwen, don’t overthink!

Ruan Xingwen shook his head full of wild thoughts and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

The kitchen appliances were all brand new, and he wondered how Yu Xiaozhe managed to set them up so comprehensively in such a short time.

This is the "power of money"!

Tsk, better hurry and have breakfast.

He had bought the ingredients on the way back last night, and Ruan Xingwen simply made a sandwich. He wasn’t skilled enough to prepare anything more complicated yet.

Even with such a simple sandwich, he still managed to overcook the eggs.

But since it was made by himself, he was proudly eating every bit of it.

While Ruan Xingwen enjoyed his self-made breakfast on this side, Yu Xiaozhe next door was enduring Zhang He’s interrogation.

Yu Xiaozhe got up early today as well, holding his freshly made coffee, sitting on a single sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, handling the files his assistant had just sent him.

Just as the computer was turning on and Yu Xiaozhe had not yet begun to download the files, he received a call from Zhang He.

Zhang He’s tone was quite intriguing, having a sense of probing but even more so of certainty.

"Boss Yu, do you think our studio is particularly idle?"

Yu Xiaozhe paused his action of sipping coffee, then calmly took a sip of coffee.

"Indeed."

He admitted? It was really him?

"No way, boss! I know you’re eager to connect with Xingxing, but what you’re doing right now messes up our previous plan!"

Wouldn’t Yu Xiaozhe realize these things? Of course, he would!

"It’s none of my business, just a coincidence."

Indeed, it was a coincidence.

Yu Xiaozhe merely took the keys to the nanny van to accommodate everyone.

He wasn’t comfortable leaving Ruan Xingwen alone, so he went with her back to the old house.

Everything progressed naturally until he noticed the paparazzi but chose not to make it an issue, allowing them to secretly photograph.

The paparazzi probably got quite excited, considering that for many years, Yu Xiaozhe’s team had an incredibly strong sense of prevention, not allowing the paparazzi to dig out even a bit of material on Yu Xiaozhe.

If not, it’s possible that Yu Xiaozhe was genuinely "clean."

But most paparazzi don’t believe it.

A normal man, twenty-eight years old, with no semblance of scandal, not a single girlfriend or boyfriend unearthed.

Honestly, even Yu Xiaozhe finds it unbelievable himself.

But that’s the truth.

Twenty-eight-year-old Yu Xiaozhe has never even had a first love, a pure old bachelor.

Over the years, how many paparazzi secretly followed Yu Xiaozhe, trying to capture some "explosive" news, yet all met with defeat.

Success in work comes from perseverance, and last night they finally caught such a great opportunity.

That Yu Xiaozhe, known as the "white lotus of the entertainment industry," is married?! And has a child?!

And this term "white lotus" is not the derogatory kind, simply describing Yu Xiaozhe’s purity, spotless like a lotus emerging from mud untainted.

Someone so upright actually secretly married and had a child! Yu Xiaozhe’s image is bound to collapse!

After the paparazzi took the photos, they sent them to their company’s boss.

And this boss had indeed some connection with Yu Xiaozhe.

Several years ago, when this boss had just started an entertainment news studio, he wanted to find a collaborator.

At that time, he was full of ambition and naturally sought a collaborator that could "match" him.

So, at a glance, he noticed Huasheng Entertainment.

The next day, he brought his team to discuss collaboration with Huasheng. To his surprise, he never got to meet Yu Xiaozhe himself, only his secretary welcomed them.

As someone who always held himself in high regard, he could not accept it; he didn’t even mention collaboration and left directly. Since then, he’s kept an eye on Yu Xiaozhe, always wanting to report negative news about him.

Unfortunately, one was limited in capability, and two, Yu Xiaozhe had no dirt to dig. But he kept sending his paparazzi to follow Yu Xiaozhe.

For years, he finally caught a slip with Yu Xiaozhe!

Last night, when he received the pictures sent by the paparazzi, he almost laughed out loud to the sky!

He doesn’t believe it; this time with "tangible evidence," how can Yu Xiaozhe deny it?

Little did he know, the "evidence" he acquired was, in fact, intentionally released by them.

In reality, Yu Xiaozhe didn’t expect the trending news to be like this either...

The appearance of Ruan Xiaoqi was beyond his expectation.

However, this is also acceptable, at least it linked him to Ruan Xingwen first.

Rather than waiting for an official announcement later, where they could only be boss and employee.

Now, the only explanation they can give for their relationship is — friends.

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Ruan Xingwen with wild thoughts, Yu Xiaozhe with scheming intentions.

Hehehe~~~