Damn it! Chu Xiyue was secretly following the gossip without me!
The paparazzo who broke this gossip also had a Weibo account. He did not directly respond to the rumor, but he liked a related Weibo post. It was not a response, yet it might as well have been.
Before long, the topics #Chu Xiyue Brings Paparazzi Along to Follow Gossip# and #Huang Hongfa Furiously Beats Up the Mistress# both made the trending searches. The former was even more popular than the latter.
Meanwhile, Chu Xiyue herself, who had once again trended because of gossip, knew nothing about it. She was attending the post-film-festival celebration banquet—though it was called a celebration banquet, it was really a gossip feast.
The post-film-festival celebration banquet gathered all sorts of big names from the film industry: mainland Best Actress Wang Shuran, veteran Hong Kong Island Best Actor Liang Zhining... Chu Xiyue also spotted two familiar faces at the banquet: Chen Yi and Su Ye.
Chen Yi had brought a film this time as well, but unfortunately, she had not won an award. Still, she was not disappointed. She raised a glass of champagne and generously told Xu Zhiying, "Congratulations," before the two of them went off to exchange filming experiences.
Su Ye had not been filming recently. He had appeared at the film festival as a judge, with his non-celebrity wife, Jiang Xiayue, at his side.
The system noticed the married couple too. [Hmm, they really know how to have fun. Even at an occasion like this, they can still come up with new tricks!]
Holding her wineglass, Chu Xiyue took a small sip. She looked perfectly serious on the surface, but she was dying of curiosity. "What kind of tricks?"
[Su Ye is wearing a custom-made suit, but underneath it is a full