Tao Zhiyan had clearly set his alarm for seven in the morning, but when he opened his eyes, it was already nine.
What the hell? Did my alarm even go off?
Tao Zhiyan picked up his phone and checked. As it turned out, it had indeed gone off-he had just turned it off himself.
Tao Zhiyan rubbed his eyes and lay in bed scrolling through his phone for a while.
Ever since he had created his Weibo account, he had received 99+ notifications every day, with countless netizens replying to him.
Some praised him, some insulted him, and others were curious about him.
Right now, plenty of people were tagging him.
Tao Zhiyan tapped through and discovered it was about Su Liran. The related hashtags were still trending.
#Su Liran accuses Zhang Shenzhou of rape#
#Zhang Shenzhou sues Su Liran for extortion#
*???*
Tao Zhiyan could understand the first one, but the second left him baffled.
He was suing Su Liran for what? Extortion??
How did Zhang Shenzhou have the nerve!?
Tao Zhiyan opened the second hashtag. The first post in the feed was an announcement from a major verified entertainment account.
[Big Eye Entertainment V: Zhang Shenzhou has officially sued Su Liran for extortion!
A video has also leaked, and it does not look good for Su Liran!
In the video, Zhang Shenzhou deliberately asks Su Liran how much money she wants, making her state the amount herself. He even repeatedly asks, "Will you retaliate against me if I don't pay?" leading Su Liran into saying that she will.
This conduct constitutes extortion, and Su Liran may face up to seven years in prison.]
The news sent the internet into an uproar.
[I told you! Su Liran is no saint either. She even extorted him! They're both rotten!]
[LMAO, people seriously think Su Liran is a victim? Wake up. How innocent could she possibly be?]
[Anyone got a link to Su Liran's video?]
[It's all dark down there anyway. What's there to look at, bro /smirk/smirk/smirk]
[Guys! Su Liran responded! Go look!!!!]
Tao Zhiyan hurriedly opened Su Liran's Weibo page.
[Su Liran V: @Zhang Shenzhou V Extortion? So what if I'm convicted of extortion? I'll give you seven years as my parting gift. [Video] You can spend the rest of your life in there!]
Su Liran was taking him head-on. It looked like she had something damning.
Tao Zhiyan opened the video.
It showed a group of men sitting in a private club, taking illegal drugs.
Several were already high out of their minds, lying on the floor and laughing, clearly no longer lucid.
Tao Zhiyan only recognized Zhang Shenzhou, who was sitting in the middle. He was unfamiliar with the others around him.
Only when he opened the comments did he realize that Su Liran had taken the whole lot down in one go!
She had blown the entertainment industry wide open!
[Holy shit????? Is that the award-winning actor next to him?????]
[It is. There's also a Golden Song Award-winning king of pop beside him, plus that boy band that's been blowing up lately...]
[Holy shit, your entertainment industry is way too messed up???]
[Oh my god, she really took them all down!? Girl, you're the only queen I recognize!!]
[So Zhang Shenzhou falsely accused Feng Yiqian of sleeping with fans and taking drugs because he was doing it himself???]
[The entertainment industry is about to be turned upside down! Tremble, you 2.08-million-a-day celebrities!!!]
After reading both posts, Tao Zhiyan was rather stunned too. He had never expected Su Liran to fight back this fiercely.
She really was cleaning up the entertainment industry.
With this video out, the industry might genuinely undergo a complete shake-up.
Once he had caught up on the drama, Tao Zhiyan put away his phone, got out of bed, freshened up, and left his room.
By then, Feng Yiqian was home, holding the cake and happily stuffing himself.
Of the more than half a cake left last night, only a quarter remained.
"Oh, Butler Tao, you're awake!" Feng Yiqian pointed at the cake on the table. "Did you buy this cake? I helped myself."
Tao Zhiyan nodded, walked over, and asked, "Don't celebrities have to watch their weight? You can eat cake?"
"We do, but I'm washed up already." Feng Yiqian had debuted as a child star and had restricted his diet for over a decade, almost never eating his fill.
"It's just cake. I'm going to stuff myself!" Feng Yiqian shoved another bite into his mouth and narrowed his eyes. "So good!"
Feng Yiqian had been strict with himself before because he needed to look good on camera, but now that he had no work, there was no reason to keep depriving himself.
So for the past few weeks, Feng Yiqian had been enjoying beer, soft drinks, and barbecue every day. Even his face had filled out.
Tao Zhiyan smiled. "You're really taking it in stride, Third Young Master."
"I've always been an optimist." Feng Yiqian bobbed his head, then seemed to remember something and asked Tao Zhiyan, "Oh, right, Butler Tao, did you make up with my eldest brother?"
Tao Zhiyan raised his eyebrows slightly.
How could he tell?
"Yes." Tao Zhiyan nodded and answered, "We talked last night."
Then he asked curiously, "How did you know?"
Feng Yiqian answered as though it were obvious. "I could tell."
When he had arrived home that morning, he had run into Feng Ze leaving for work.
Although his brother wore the same expressionless look as always, Feng Yiqian could still tell that Feng Ze was in a good mood, as if something nice had happened.
At first, Feng Yiqian had not been sure why, but before Feng Ze left, he had specifically told him, "Don't disturb Butler Tao's rest."
Never mind how absurd it was that he, the Feng Family's third young master, had been ordered not to disturb a servant's rest in his own home.
The smile on Feng Ze's face when he mentioned Butler Tao was enough to give it away.
They had definitely made up.
Tao Zhiyan's opinion of Feng Yiqian improved a little.
Apparently, Feng Yiqian was not quite so oblivious after all.
Curious, Feng Yiqian blinked. "How did you make up?"
Before Tao Zhiyan could answer, Feng Yiqian went on, "Did you promise my eldest brother you'd never get a fever again, so he forgave you?"
Tao Zhiyan: "."
Tao Zhiyan smiled. "Please just eat."
"Oh," Feng Yiqian said, lowering his head and continuing to stuff cake into his mouth. He muttered, "I seriously don't get you two. You're so weird."
"It's just an employer-employee relationship, but you make such a ceremony of it. He even had to post on Moments after you made up. My eldest brother has never posted on Moments before!"
"No way. Why should he only post about you?"
"I'm going to make him post about me on Moments too!" With that, Feng Yiqian pulled out his phone and began relentlessly pestering his eldest brother.
Hearing this, Tao Zhiyan quietly raised his eyebrows.
What had Feng Yiqian said? Feng Ze had posted on Moments about them making up?
He stole a glance at Feng Yiqian. Seeing him furiously sending stickers to Feng Ze, he quietly moved away.
Tao Zhiyan walked somewhere Feng Yiqian could not see him, turned his back, took out his phone, and opened Feng Ze's Moments.
He had indeed made a post.
One picture, accompanied by a single word.
[Feng: Sweet.
[Photo]]
The photo showed two empty cake plates, with the forks resting quietly on the table.
Feng Ze must have taken it after Tao Zhiyan went upstairs.
In the photo, the living room lights were already off. Only moonlight spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows, lending the scene an inexplicable sense of tranquility.
Tao Zhiyan unconsciously tightened his grip on his phone.
He opened the photo and looked at it several times.
Then he stared at the word "Sweet," his heart beating a little faster for no clear reason.
Finally, he tapped like.
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