CHAPTER 35: DON’T LIE TO ME

She gathered her courage to retort, "I’m here to record the show, but she’s different. She’s like a obsessed fan following you around. You go to the orchard, she goes to the orchard. She’s been to every place you’ve been to. She’s nothing good."

Chi Yu wasn’t in the mood to listen to Li Yan’s ramblings.

But that last sentence... Chi Yu’s face darkened as he asked Li Yan, "What do you mean by what you just said? You’d better explain clearly."

Li Yan: "It’s just that she..."

’Buzz buzz buzz—’

Li Yan’s phone vibrated, a call was coming in.

Li Yan said, "Wait a minute, Brother Yu, let me pick up this call."

The caller was Weng Lan, Li Yan’s manager.

Li Yan answered the call, "Sister Lan, what’s up?"

At this moment, beside Weng Lan stood Yi Shu, looking anxious. Yi Shu went to the orchard and didn’t find Chi Yu. Upon returning, he heard Chi Yu was with Li Yan. They hadn’t brought a cameraman, and he couldn’t reach Chi Yu, so he could only ask Weng Lan to call Li Yan.

Weng Lan asked, "Are you with Chi Yu right now?"

Li Yan instinctively said, "No, I’m alone."

Weng Lan replied impatiently, "Don’t try to trick me. Do you think I don’t know your little scheme? Behave yourself."

Li Yan continued to lie, "Really no, Sister Lan, I’m alone."

"The cameraman saw you leave with Chi Yu, and now you tell me you’re alone? Li Yan, be honest. Where are you with Chi Yu?"

Li Yan was extremely annoyed. She didn’t want to be interrupted, but she was also afraid of Weng Lan. She wanted to spend more time alone with Chi Yu. Suddenly, the voice on the other end changed.

Yi Shu took over Weng Lan’s phone and said to Li Yan, "I know what you’re after. This episode airing would increase the buzz around you and Chi Yu. Pass the phone to Chi Yu, I have something to discuss with him."

Upon hearing Yi Shu’s voice, along with the offer of such benefits, Li Yan finally compromised.

She turned back and handed the phone to Chi Yu, "Yi Shu is looking for you. Strange he didn’t just call you directly."

"My phone’s broken." Chi Yu glanced at the screen, then took the phone and impatiently asked, "What’s up?"

Yi Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Chi Yu’s voice, having at last made contact.

He stepped away from Weng Lan and said over the phone to Chi Yu, "President Gu! I’ve seen President Gu."

Chi Yu’s breath caught, "...Yuanyuan?"

Yi Shu said, "Last night, Teacher Lin and the village chief went to pick up the boss lady. The whole process was recorded by the cameraman. It wasn’t until Xiong Yao watched the edited video that he realized the boss lady they picked up last night was actually President Gu."

Chi Yu’s grip on the phone tightened, his knuckles turning white. When he spoke again, his voice was barely audible, "So, Yanyan is... Yuanyuan?"

Yi Shu: "Yes, Chi Yu, the boss lady is indeed President Gu. She has been staying in Ancient Water Village, and even opened a farm stay here. When we came last night, it was just as President Gu was leaving. Unfortunately, a landslide blocked the road, so she couldn’t leave..."

It was a close call, thankfully President Gu was unharmed, otherwise, Chi Yu would have gone crazy.

At this moment, Chi Yu seemed to hear the sound of his own heart reviving.

His cold, stagnant blood began to flow and boil again.

His breathing was very light, afraid of mishearing, his voice carried an uncontrollable light sob,

"Yi Shu, you can’t be lying to me."

Yi Shu calmly replied, "Chi Yu, I’m at the village chief’s house right now, and President Gu is here too."