Could They Have Shared a Bed Last Night?!

Chu Tian jolted in alarm, his mind going blank for an instant.

If this wasn't Little Cai's home, then whose home could it be?

Thinking back to the scattered fragments still lingering in his memory, he seemed to have gotten drunk and clung to someone, even calling him "handsome guy"?

Good heavens, he hadn't gotten drunk, randomly grabbed a passerby, and gone home with him, had he?

But when he remembered following them to Qingjing Garden yesterday without getting out of the car, with Little Cai waiting in the parking lot, Chu Tian felt that was unlikely.

With Little Cai there, even if he had insisted on going home with some strange man while drunk, Little Cai would definitely have stopped him.

Still shaken, Chu Tian picked up his phone to ask Little Cai what had happened after he got drunk yesterday, only to have his attention caught by a string of trending news alerts.

Police received a tip-off and raided Qingjing Garden, apprehending several industry big shots engaged in group drug use and debauchery on the spot?

Whoa!

Chu Tian sucked in a sharp breath. Such huge gossip—and he had actually been at Qingjing Garden yesterday without getting to see it!

Chu Tian was devastated. Drinking really did ruin things!

Yet after opening the trending article to read the details, the more he read, the more something felt wrong.

The paparazzi were incredibly capable; they had even published the name of the private room the police had raided. It was unmistakably the room next to theirs yesterday.

As he scrolled further down, Chu Tian spotted Li Yu in one of the photos and immediately sucked in another breath.

The predetermined plot had happened. Although the process differed somewhat from the original description, Li Yu and the others being arrested was an indisputable fact.

Chu Tian frantically scrolled through the article, terrified that because drinking had delayed him from stopping it, he would find Gu Shiyan's name listed among them.

Fortunately, after he finished reading the article, there was no mention of Gu Shiyan anywhere.

Chu Tian let out a sigh of relief, then suddenly thought of something and quickly pulled out his phone to message Little Cai.

[Where did you take me yesterday?]

Little Cai replied quickly.

[Little Cai: Young Master, you're awake? Yesterday, you got drunk and insisted on going home with Brother Gu, so I took you both there.]

Chu Tian: "!"

This really was Gu Shiyan's home!

As Chu Tian sucked in a breath, he couldn't help cautiously looking around, filled with curiosity about everything connected to Gu Shiyan.

Wait—

Chu Tian suddenly thought of something and sharply lowered his head to look at the loose, oversized pajamas he was wearing.

So Little Cai hadn't changed his clothes for him yesterday. Gu Shiyan had!

Gu Shiyan had even washed and dried his clothes for him!

And he had slept in Gu Shiyan's bed. Then where had Gu Shiyan slept?

There was no second bed anywhere in this one-bedroom apartment. Could they have shared a bed last night?!

Chu Tian's body stiffened, and his neck instantly turned red.

With a blank stare, he found his clothes on the rack in the living room, hurriedly changed, and fled Gu Shiyan's home as though escaping for his life.

But after thinking it over, he had been completely unconscious from drinking yesterday and had no idea whether he had made a drunken scene. Gu Shiyan had taken care of him without minding this drunkard, so wasn't it rather inconsiderate for him to run away without even saying hello?

After agonizing over it for a long time, Chu Tian slowly took out his phone and sent Gu Shiyan a message.

[Chu Tian: Sorry for causing you trouble yesterday. I'm leaving now. Thanks for having me.]

Gu Shiyan did not reply, presumably because he was busy.

Chu Tian pressed his hand against his burning cheeks and returned to the spacious apartment under his name.

The joys of being a rich second-generation heir showed themselves in that moment. He sprawled in a beanbag chair before the floor-to-ceiling windows, happily munching on chips while admiring the river view. Life could hardly get any better than this.

Of course, if he had some gossip to go with it, that would be even better.

Chu Tian lazily opened his phone and saw that the guest group chat for Soul Shocker had practically exploded, with over 99 unread messages.

With Li Yu suddenly getting arrested, no one even knew whether the show could continue.

What if the investors all pulled out... The guests were paid in installments, and they had not received all their money yet!

[Chu Tian: Don't panic. The investors haven't made any moves yet, so don't be afraid.]

[Tian Qianqian: They probably haven't done anything because they're still stunned. Once they come to their senses, they'll definitely pack up and run. That was drug use! The director is beyond saving. He's absolutely doomed!]

Given Huaguo's widespread legal education, everyone knew what would happen once someone's involvement with drugs was exposed. Li Yu would never be able to make a comeback in this lifetime.

It did not matter if he fell alone, but he had dragged down the entire production team. Everyone would have to pay the price for him.

[Chu Tian: I can't speak for anyone else, but CC Mobile won't pull out. Relax.]

Seeing Chu Tian speak so confidently, the others in the group fell silent for a moment before asking whether he had already received some insider information.

[Chu Tian: Insider information, not exactly. But have you forgotten what my surname is?]

What was his surname?

Tian Qianqian and the others were confused for a moment. Chu Tian's surname was obviously Chu. What else could it be?

Wait!

CC Mobile was a business under a certain tech conglomerate, and that conglomerate seemed to be... Chu Corporation?!

Damn, they could only marvel in disbelief.

They had previously known only that Chu Tian came from a good family. Even Li Yu, the director, had treated him with great care and courtesy.

But Chu Tian himself kept a low profile and never flaunted his family background, so everyone had been so close to the truth without realizing it!

[Song Qiang: No wonder I heard the biggest sponsor was originally XX Milk, but they thought Director Li's "supernatural" gimmick was too risky and could easily get banned by the authorities, so they pulled their investment at the last minute. The project nearly died...]

As an industry insider, Song Qiang knew far more detailed information than Tian Qianqian and Wen Lan.

When he heard the news, he had been preparing to sign the contract, but his agent urgently stopped him and told him to wait and see.

Then CC Mobile entered the picture right afterward, directly becoming the title sponsor. He later heard that the guest lineup seemed to have changed as well.

Once he learned the show could proceed smoothly, Song Qiang signed the contract, but he had not paid attention to any other news.

Looking back now, everything had left clues behind.

CC Mobile had not invested because they saw potential in the project. It was purely because the young prince wanted to experience life, so they had come specifically to escort him!

[Chu Tian: What young prince? The entire Chu family empire belongs to my brother. I'm just a freeloader who still has to live off my brother for now.]

The more Chu Tian thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He had even ambitiously declared that he would earn more money and support his brother someday.

Yet all his efforts had been for nothing. He had done plenty of work, but the money he got was not even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.

Thinking of this, Chu Tian gave the others in the group another dose of reassurance.

[Chu Tian: I gave my brother a heads-up beforehand. I think our show is pretty good—it has decent buzz and potential. Our company has recently expanded its hiring, so if it's suitable, we can take over this show. It would be such a shame for it to die like this.]

He knew Li Yu would definitely get into trouble; it was only a matter of time. So he had told Chu Maoming long ago to hire people for the entertainment company, and now it had allowed him to pick up the pieces.

Now that the company's facilities and staff were all in place, no one who saw it would dare call it an "empty shell" again.

Just as Chu Tian was about to comfort the others a little more, his phone suddenly began ringing loudly.

The instant he saw the caller ID, his hand trembled. His phone dropped to the floor with a smack and automatically answered.