"Junior, it's past three in the morning. I want to go to sleep."
Lin Mu sent Feng Bingbing a helpless message.
Candied Hawthorn Skewers: "You really don't want to see? It's very revealing, the kind that's practically see-through."
Mumu Mu: "I really don't!"
Candied Hawthorn Skewers: "So you don't like lace, Senior? Then should I change into a JK outfit?"
Candied Hawthorn Skewers: "If you're not saying anything, that means you want to see, right, Senior?"
Candied Hawthorn Skewers: "! Then I'll go change."
Candied Hawthorn Skewers: "! Senior?"
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Candied Hawthorn Skewers: "! Senior, did you block me??"
At the same hotel where Zhou Yiyi had been caught cheating, in the same room.
Zhou Min and the burly men had already left. Only Zhou Yiyi remained, lying on the bed and groaning, his face bruised and swollen.
"How did this happen? How did President Zhou find out?"
Guo Yan's face was pale as she scolded the two assistants:
"Didn't I tell you to keep watch?!"
The two assistants replied sheepishly, "Sister Guo, President Zhou brought so many people. How could we two dare stop them?"
"Then why didn't you warn Zhou Yiyi in advance?"
Guo Yan demanded angrily.
"We called Brother Zhou, but he didn't answer," one assistant said timidly.
Guo Yan's face darkened. She could easily guess that when the assistant had called Zhou Yiyi, the idiot had been busy having a group sex session!
Guo Yan felt the same way. She knew Zhou Yiyi had been carrying on like this, and that this day would come sooner or later, so she hadn't thought any further about it.
"So what? Zhou Min and I have already broken up. From now on, I don't have to worry about anyone when I do what I want. Ow..."
Zhou Yiyi's "pretty face" was purple and blue as he lay on the bed. His swollen lips tugged when he spoke, making him wince in pain.
After Zhou Min had a group of men beat him up, she'd said they were breaking up and left.
Zhou Yiyi was upset. He assumed he'd accidentally let something slip, never considering that someone might have been pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Guo Yan was the same. She knew Zhou Yiyi's wild behavior would catch up with him eventually, so she hadn't looked any deeper into it.
"Yiyi, now that you and President Zhou have broken up, it'll probably be difficult to get the company to invest in you. Have you thought about what you'll do?"
What Guo Yan was more concerned about now was Zhou Yiyi's future prospects—and her own—without the young heiress's support.
"What's there to worry about? Zhou Min cares about her reputation. She wouldn't dare tell anyone about this. I'm so popular now. Why would I need the company's resources?"
Zhou Yiyi's expression twisted, partly from the pain and partly from hysteria.
"I'm going to start my own studio!"
Guo Yan was taken aback, then fell into thought.
Zhou Yiyi's contract with the company was about to expire. Now that he'd fallen out with the young heiress, the company certainly wouldn't keep promoting him.
And because she hadn't kept a close enough eye on Zhou Yiyi, she'd landed on the company's blacklist too.
If that was the case, then they might as well...
Guo Yan gritted her teeth and said to Zhou Yiyi, "Fine! We'll do it ourselves!"
"Good. Ow! You damn well better be gentle!"
The assistant was applying medicine to Zhou Yiyi. He cursed, then continued:
"Once I have my own studio, I'll never have to worry about anyone's opinion again! I'm a top star. Soon, we'll see who's sucking up to whom!"
The next day, at the house Lin Mu had rented.
A ringtone woke him up. He picked up his phone and saw an unfamiliar number.
Lin Mu frowned and answered. "Hello?"
"Am I speaking to Zhang Hen?"
A voice dripping with seduction came from the other end.
Lin Mu said, "Miss Zisu, this is Zhang Hen. What can I do for you?"
"Nothing. I just miss you, handsome."
Zisu's voice was so seductive it was practically dripping with honey.
Lin Mu: "..."
"Hehehe, I'm teasing you. I'm calling to let you know that the next recording session has been postponed by a day."
Lin Mu said, "All right, got it. Thanks."
"Handsome, don't you want to know why..."
Beep, beep, beep.
Zisu was still talking, but Lin Mu had already hung up.
In fact, Lin Mu had expected the recording to be postponed.
A major incident had happened, and they'd changed mentors at the last minute. They might even cut down the content of the first two episodes and remove some of Zhou Yiyi's footage.
With so much to deal with, the Pure Voice production team was probably already overwhelmed. Delaying the recording by only a day was pretty efficient.
Knock, knock, knock.
"Brother Mu, Brother Mu, are you awake? We've made money again!"
Fat Tiger's voice came from outside the door.
Lin Mu got dressed and left the bedroom. Fat Tiger had already handed him his phone.
Lin Mu looked down and saw that Zhou Min had just sent Fat Tiger two hundred thousand.
She'd also sent a message: "Interested in becoming friends?"
Lin Mu smiled. "This young heiress has a pretty high opinion of herself. She thinks twenty thousand is enough to get Sky Curtain to work for her?"
Businesspeople didn't hand out money for no reason. Zhou Min's family had business interests in the entertainment industry, and she'd clearly set her sights on Sky Curtain's influence in that world.
She wanted to use Sky Curtain to protect her family's entertainment business.
Zhang Hen chimed in, "There's also the hush money."
Fat Tiger sneered. "Twenty thousand to shut us up, and she wants us at her beck and call too? Pah! Unless that chick spends a night with me, Fat Lord, it's a no-go."
Lin Mu glanced at Fat Tiger. "You looked into Zhou Min?"
Fat Tiger grinned. "That woman sent people to investigate us too, so of course I had to get the full scoop on her. And I'll tell you, she's got a pretty nice figure."
Zhang Hen snorted. "All lust and no brains."
"You damn pretty boy, what did you just say?!"
Lin Mu raised a hand to stop the two men from starting another fight, frowning slightly.
"When that video comes out, blur Zhou Min's face. We're all here to make money. There's no need to make an enemy for no reason."
Then he turned to Fat Tiger. "Keep your distance from Zhou Min from now on. Be careful, or someone might swallow you whole, skin and bones."
Hearing Lin Mu say that, Fat Tiger could only nod. He grinned lecherously and asked, "Brother Mu, what about Chen Xin? Surely I can see her?"
Lin Mu nodded and cautioned him, "If you're genuinely interested, pursue her openly. Being paparazzi is our job, not our whole life."
"Yes, Brother Mu!"
Just then, Zhang Hen looked at his phone and said, "Brother Mu, you're trending!"
Lin Mu took his phone and had a look.
Sure enough, at number forty-six on the trending list was the title:
"Quiet, Dawei Tianlong."
When he clicked on it, he saw that the official Pure Voice account had recently posted a promotional video.
It showed clips of several contestants who had received S cards during the preliminaries.
Wu Tian, whose stage name was Xiao Bai, and Lin Mu, whose stage name was Dawei Tianlong, had given the strongest performances.
Their original song, "Quiet," sung with acoustic guitar, had also caught many people's attention.
Quite a few entertainment influencers reposted the video, and netizens were curious about who "Dawei Tianlong" really was. They started discussing him online.
Just like that, Lin Mu had made the trending list for the first time in his life.
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