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With Jiang Beinian as a comparison, even Zhao Xizhou looked much more pleasing to her.

Jiang Beinian's face flushed, then turned pale. He had not expected Chen Yi to have told Chu Xiyue even this.

A flicker of surprise crossed Chen Yi's eyes as well. She had never told Chu Xiyue about this, but since Chu Xiyue even knew Jiang Beinian's plans, it was perfectly normal for her to know other things too.

She had not wanted anyone else to know about this before, but since Jiang Beinian had plotted against her, she no longer needed to save him any face.

Out of the corner of his eye, Jiang Beinian caught sight of the pitch-black camera aimed straight at them. Pretending not to hear Chu Xiyue's remarks, he said to Chen Yi, "Yiyi, I think you've misunderstood me. Let's go outside and talk. Don't let people laugh at us here."

"I don't think this is funny," Chen Yi said with a scoff, crossing her arms. "Let's clear things up right here. What's going on with today's Weibo trending topic?"

Jiang Beinian knew Chen Yi well. She looked fragile, but she was actually extremely strong-willed. Once she made a decision, she would not easily change it.

Jiang Beinian knew this matter would not end well. Since that was the case—

Jiang Beinian's expression darkened. Since that was the case, he might as well make Chen Yi's affair a settled fact right here.

Jiang Beinian took a deep breath and looked at Chen Yi with an expression of someone whose heart had been shattered by love. He portrayed a man betrayed by his wife vividly and thoroughly. "Yiyi, that's what I wanted to ask you. We've been together for nearly eight years, yet I never expected you to think of me this way—"

Crack— The crisp sound of someone cracking sunflower seeds shattered the mournful atmosphere Jiang Beinian had created. He glared furiously in that direction.

Chu Xiyue was cracking sunflower seeds she had somehow gotten hold of, wearing an eager spectator's expression. "Go on. Don't mind me."

As she spoke, she even stuffed a handful of sunflower seeds into Li Fan'er's hand.

Li Fan'er hesitated for a moment, but eventually joined the seed-cracking crowd.

The veins at Jiang Beinian's temples throbbed. He took a deep breath before he could stop his expression from cracking.

He asked the director for a phone. After thinking it over, the director handed it to him.

After turning it on, Jiang Beinian found the photo on Weibo, enlarged it, and held it before Chen Yi. Ignoring the endless sound of seeds being cracked beside him, he said, "I did see this photo before. A paparazzo sent it to me, trying to get hush money from me. But I thought the photo had been edited by the paparazzo. I've always trusted you completely."

"But now... I just want to ask you this: is the person in the photo you?"

Chu Xiyue asked the system as well, "Where did Jiang Beinian get this photo?"

Chu Xiyue no longer suspected Chen Yi of having an affair. She had assumed Jiang Beinian had hired someone to edit the photo.

[That's not the case. The paparazzo sent him this photo, along with another photo taken a few minutes later of Chen Yi leaving the hotel alone. That one wasn't released. Jiang Beinian knew Chen Yi hadn't had an affair.]

[Jiang Beinian is asking this so Chen Yi will admit that the person in the photo is her. Once she admits it, she'll have no way to prove that she and the man in the photo were innocent. She'll be forced to take the blame for cheating during the marriage.]

Proving one's own innocence was difficult to begin with, unless there had been a third person present at the time.

[But Jiang Beinian's plan is definitely doomed to fail. The person in the photo is actually Chen Yi's cousin.]

Chen Yi glanced at the phone, entirely unruffled. "The person in the photo is indeed me."

Jiang Beinian put on an expression of disbelief.

Chen Yi looked at him. "You definitely didn't look closely at the photo. The person in it is my cousin."

Jiang Beinian did not believe her. He had met Chen Yi's cousins before. Wearing a wounded expression, he asked, "Are you still lying to me even now?"

"Jiang Beinian," Chen Yi said coldly, "open your damn eyes and look carefully. The man in the photo is my uncle's eldest son, my oldest cousin, who just returned from the United States."

Jiang Beinian looked at the phone screen. After Chen Yi pointed it out, he vaguely remembered that she really did have such a cousin. They had met once at his and Chen Yi's wedding five years ago.

But several years had passed, and his memory had become blurry. On top of that, Chen Yi's cousin was thinner than he had been five years ago, making him even harder to recognize.

Jiang Beinian's plan had never had any chance of succeeding from the start.

Jiang Beinian's expression changed several times. In the end, he took a deep breath and forced an ugly smile. "So it was Cousin. Yiyi, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you."

Chen Yi looked deeply at Jiang Beinian, then smiled. "It's fine. As long as we've cleared things up."

Jiang Beinian let out a breath of relief, though for some reason, he still felt uneasy.

Chen Yi also borrowed her phone from the director. The director had not seen the married couple start fighting, and while he was relieved, he also felt a little disappointed.

He was relieved because it looked like the show could keep filming. He was disappointed because the ratings probably would not be very high.

Only Chu Xiyue knew that this was not over yet. Chen Yi's counterattack had only just begun.

Chen Yi lowered her head and typed out a post on her phone. Less than ten minutes later, she tapped publish.

@Chen Yi V: Regarding the recent online rumors that I cheated during my marriage, I would like to respond as follows:

1. The person in the photo is my cousin. I left after seeing him to the hotel that day. My cousin's wife was also with us. Throughout the duration of my marriage, I have never done anything that betrayed my marriage or violated moral standards. I hope netizens will follow gossip rationally and delete false statements. I will also entrust this matter to a lawyer and file lawsuits against those spreading rumors!

2. Mr. Jiang Beinian and I have known each other for eight years and have been married for five. During our marriage, Mr. Jiang Beinian failed to fulfill the responsibilities expected of a husband and repeatedly maintained ambiguous relationships with multiple women. Our marriage has now reached its end, and we will be divorcing soon. When I decided to join this dating reality show with Mr. Jiang Beinian, I concealed this fact from my fans, viewers, and the production team. For this, I sincerely apologize.

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