I Just Wanted to Add You on WeChat

Chen Xin snatched up her phone and grabbed her purse.

"I have to go!"

She called out to her two best friends, then hurried out of the private dining room.

"Sis Xin! Sis Xin?"

Zisu and Li Lan called after her, but Chen Xin had already hurried out of the restaurant and driven away.

"What's going on?"

The two women looked at each other.

"Could she have a man on the side?"

Chen Xin drove away from the restaurant, her face pale. After driving for a while, she nearly ran a red light because her mind was elsewhere.

In the end, she simply pulled over to the side of the road.

After taking a few breaths, she quickly pulled out her phone and opened the pictures she had received in the text again.

The pictures seemed to be screenshots from a video, and the resolution wasn't great.

But the camera had been so close that it was still easy to make out the disheveled Zhou Yiyi, his face full of terror, and on the bed behind him,

three women who were even more disheveled!

Chen Xin's face went from pale to red, then turned a livid shade of green.

"Fuck you, you fucking idiot!"

The usually elegant and composed Director Chen let loose with a string of curses. It was hard to tell whether she was swearing at Zhou Yiyi or the person who had sent the message.

After cursing and letting off a little steam, Chen Xin tried to calm herself down.

Her expression shifted back and forth. At last, she scowled and called the number from earlier.

"Director Chen, heh, did you need something?"

The other person picked up quickly. Their voice was a mechanical male one, altered by a voice changer—and it sounded exactly like the voice changers the contestants used on Pure Voice.

Hearing it now, the resemblance felt rather significant.

Veins rose on Chen Xin's fair forehead. She gritted her teeth and asked,

"Where did you get these pictures? What are you after?"

The other person chuckled. "I just want to add you on WeChat."

Chen Xin didn't believe him for a second. If those pictures got out, they would cause an absolute uproar in the entertainment industry.

Zhou Yiyi's diligent, shy image would be ruined.

Whether his future could be salvaged had nothing to do with Chen Xin.

She only cared about her show!

Thanks to the huge success of the first season of Pure Voice, she had worked her way up from a stagehand on the production team to a rising director the station valued.

She had planned to make a big splash with the second season of Pure Voice and take her career to the next level.

But who could have guessed that before the show even aired, one of the mentors would drop such a massive bombshell on her?

If those pictures were exposed, the production team wouldn't dare let Zhou Yiyi continue as a mentor.

But they'd already filmed two episodes!

The show was going to air in just a few days.

Could they really find a new guest in that short time, coordinate with the other three mentors, and re-record two episodes with all the contestants?

How was that even possible?!

On top of that, the station had poured so many promotional resources into the show, only for this huge mess to erupt right before it aired.

And then there was the question of what would happen to her position as director...

Just then, a notification chimed on Chen Xin's phone. She looked down and saw a WeChat friend request from someone named Fan Circle Gecko.

"Director Chen, could you accept my request?"

The mechanical voice came through the phone. Chen Xin got the impression the guy was rather excited.

"What exactly are you after?"

"Director Chen, I have the full video. It's very exciting—more than enough to nail Zhou Yiyi for good."

The guy on the other end chuckled and drawled,

"If you're still holding out hope for him, then all you can do is let that idiot drag your show down with him. I'm helping you!"

Chen Xin gritted her teeth. Her mind finally began to clear, and she asked,

"Are you going to expose the video?"

"Of course."

"When?"

"After your first two episodes air. So you still have time to find a mentor to replace Zhou Yiyi."

At that, Chen Xin couldn't help looking surprised. She asked,

"Why are you telling me all this? What do you want?"

The other person chuckled. "Didn't I tell you? I just want to add you on WeChat."

"..."

Chen Xin felt that the guy wasn't telling her the truth, but the show's fate was in his hands now, and there was nothing she could do about it.

"I'll hang up now. I'll add you on WeChat right away."

"Okay, I'll be waiting."

Chen Xin hung up and immediately accepted Fan Circle Gecko's friend request.

The other person sent her a video, too.

Chen Xin opened it, and her face darkened again.

"Zhou Yiyi has a girlfriend?"

"Not only did he cheat, he hooked up with three women at once?"

"And one of them is his fan??"

"..."

"What a piece of trash!!"

Chen Xin cursed, her fair cheeks flushing red.

At the same time, she thought Zhou Yiyi's girlfriend—who was probably his ex-girlfriend now—looked a little familiar.

That was it!

She quickly remembered that at the station's annual party last year, the woman had sat at the same table as her father and the station director.

Chen Xin couldn't help messaging Fan Circle Gecko:

"Do you know who Zhou Yiyi's girlfriend is?"

"Of course."

"Then aren't you afraid of retaliation?"

"Why should I be? I'm the one who told her Zhou Yiyi was cheating."

He even added a see-no-evil monkey emoji.

Chen Xin looked at the emoji, which usually seemed rather cute, but now it sent a chill down her spine.

Fan Circle Gecko had planned the whole thing: Zhou Yiyi getting caught cheating, then being recorded!

Chen Xin felt a chill rise from her tailbone and shoot straight up to the top of her head.

Who was this person?

"Stop spacing out and hurry up and find a new mentor. You're running out of time."

The other person kindly reminded her.

Right, she needed to take immediate steps to fix this!

Chen Xin came to her senses. She was decisive, and a plan immediately took shape in her mind.

To avoid further complications, she would combine the first two episodes featuring Zhou Yiyi into one, while finding a guest to replace him before filming the next episode.

"Thank you."

Chen Xin thanked him. Whatever Fan Circle Gecko's motives were, he had at least helped her.

He could have simply exposed the video himself without caring whether Pure Voice lived or died.

By giving her advance warning, he had at least given the production team time to react.

"You're welcome. Let's grab tea sometime! Good night."

The other person said it teasingly, then fell silent.

Chen Xin immediately called the deputy director.

"Notify everyone else to come to the station for a meeting. Yes, now. Right now, immediately!!"

Kyoto, late at night.

At Liu Qiang's home.

A phone rang urgently in the bedroom. Liu Qiang jolted awake and quickly picked up his phone, pressing the silence button.

He glanced at his wife beside him. Thankfully, she hadn't woken up.

His wife's pregnancy symptoms had been getting worse lately. She had morning sickness, slept a lot, and wasn't feeling well.

Liu Qiang was afraid of waking her and making it harder for her to sleep.

The phone was still vibrating. Liu Qiang quickly got out of bed, left the bedroom, and gently shut the door.

"Who the hell is calling so late?"

He looked down. It wasn't a phone call; Dawei Tianlong was calling him on QQ voice chat.

Liu Qiang quickly answered.

"Big brother, hello. Did you need something?"