CHAPTER 42: ROLLING IN MONEY

The room was silent.

Chi Yu lay on the bed, staring absentmindedly at the ceiling.

Yi Shu approached the bedside, reaching out to touch Chi Yu’s forehead. Fortunately, there was no fever.

Medically speaking, when a person becomes overly excited, their heart rate accelerates, blood pressure rises, and the blood vessels temporarily become ischemic. This soon leads to insufficient blood supply to the brain, resulting in fainting.

Such an event happened to Chi Yu this afternoon.

This dual overload, both physical and psychological, was too much for Chi Yu to endure. Coupled with the overly repressive and low spirits he had been experiencing, it suddenly turned into excessive excitement, so...

"What time is it?"

The tense silence was broken as Chi Yu finally spoke, asking Yi Shu for the time.

Yi Shu raised his wrist to check his watch: "A little past seven-thirty. Everyone else has already had dinner. I’ve saved your meals for you. If you don’t have an appetite now, you can eat later. Or do you want some noodles? I can ask Xiong Yao to cook for you."

Chi Yu ignored Yi Shu’s babble, turned to his side, and closed his eyes.

Yi Shu let out a sigh, puzzled. Chi Yu fainted out of excitement after meeting President Gu, so why wouldn’t he look for President Gu now that he’s awake?

What’s going on here??

"Chi Yu..." Yi Shu wanted to probe his mood.

A cold voice responded: "Get out, don’t disturb me."

Yi Shu hesitated for a moment then nodded: "...Alright."

Yi Shu came out of the room, where Xiong Yao was standing outside. Seeing Yi Shu come out with a gloomy look, Xiong Yao asked, "Brother Yu is awake?"

"Yes, he’s awake. Don’t disturb him—let him rest well." Yi Shu said, walking forward.

Xiong Yao followed Yi Shu’s pace, puzzled, asking, "It’s strange that Brother Yu is awake but doesn’t go to see President Gu? He fainted just from seeing President Gu out of excitement. Is he too embarrassed to meet President Gu now because he feels it was too humiliating?"

Hearing this, Yi Shu turned his head to look at the curious Xiong Yao: "Are you so weary of this world that you’re daring to gossip about Chi Yu’s personal life like this?!"

Xiong Yao awkwardly rubbed his nose: "I was just analyzing it from a logical perspective. It’s unusual that Brother Yu doesn’t go see President Gu first thing after waking up, don’t you think?"

Yi Shu nodded.

Xiong Yao leaned closer to Yi Shu and said, "I was the first to discover the truth about the boss lady being President Gu, right? I’m a hero—how are you going to reward me?"

Yi Shu stopped walking, turned to the side, lifted his hand, and knocked Xiong Yao on the head: "Here’s your reward—a knock on the head, like it?"

Xiong Yao rubbed his forehead, grumbling: "You are more stingy than Liu Ru and Weng Lan, and you’re all agents!"

Yi Shu chuckled and went downstairs to boil a pot of water for Chi Yu.

...

Today, the program team had specially arranged a separate room for Chi Yu to make it easier for him to rest.

This afternoon, when the director heard about Chi Yu fainting, he nearly lost his breath: "No way! What’s wrong with this ancestor? If the investors hear that Chi Yu fainted during the show, they’ll kill me with a thunderbolt!!"

An artist like Chi Yu, with his status, is favored by all sorts of investors in the variety shows and movies he participates in because investing in him is guaranteed profit—it’s like counting money while lying down.

Chi Yu’s participation in "Desired Ecology" was backed by high-profile investors, which is why he’s considered a national-treasure-level guest, precious indeed.

Fortunately, Chi Yu was okay; otherwise, the director wouldn’t sleep well tonight.