What little wifey?! I'm a totally straight guy! Shen Xuanrun roared helplessly.
Shen Xuanrun began scrolling through the comments below.
Brows painted with longing: Oho, those long legs, that inverted triangle, every inch of President Gu screams "I'm the ultimate top." Hah, hah.
Get rich overnight: Apparently President Gu is the president of Gu Group. They just moved their main company back from overseas.
I want to sleep: Is it the Gu Group I know? But there seems to be only one famous Gu Group overseas. Oh my god, that's amazing (｢･ω･)｢ hey.
Family harmony brings prosperity: Shen Xuanrun is so beautiful. I'm obsessed with his looks. Let me lick my screen first.
Runrun, the fairest flower in showbiz: Our Runrun is back with fan content! Tossing flowers, tossing flowers! Those two have such a great vibe in this photo. I'm changing my username to "Gu and Shen are the world's best pair." Hah, hah.
My ship is the world's best: Ooh, look at President Gu's hand on Shen Xuanrun's slender waist (points accusingly). Take that hand off him and let me do it~(￣▽￣~)~.
My ship got a bad ending: I'm ready to ship again. I really want to push President Gu's head down and weld them together. Where's my 520 glue?
Be rational about idols: Person above, shouldn't that be 502 glue?
Deng Yingying had just woken up that morning when she saw the ship she had only become a fan of yesterday posting fan content on Weibo. She immediately opened the comments and began tapping away.
Leave me alone, let me ship: Although I can't make out President Gu's gaze, my intuition tells me it must be so tender and full of love!
When Shen Xuanrun saw that comment, he instantly remembered the "burp" he had let out in front of Gu Weichen yesterday. His embarrassment flared up. Please arrange a hole in the ground for me.
...Dear commenter, you're really reading too much into this. His eyes were full of nothing but bewilderment. As someone who had been there, Shen Xuanrun stated that the situation had actually been very awkward.
Gu and Shen are the world's best pair: I'm back. By the way, are any talented writers writing fanfic? Hah, hah, please, someone feed us some fic.
Shen Xuanrun's face twitched, and he kept reading.
No ship can escape my pen: Here it comes, here it comes! Freshly baked fanfic is here.
A link was attached below.
Make it eighty thousand: Finished reading and came back to review. It's seriously delicious ε٩(๑＞ ₃ ＜)۶ з.
Runrun is the most beautiful: Really, really? I'm going to read it too.
Shen Xuanrun: ...Give me a break, guys.
My ship can't have a bad ending: Guys, Shen Xuanrun's official account has responded. Everyone, go take a look.
Shen Xuanrun's official Weibo #I'm very sorry that everyone has gotten to know me again in this way. President Gu and I are simply friends. There was water in the stairwell at the time, and President Gu helped steady me out of humanitarian concern. Please don't read too much into it.#
Leave me alone, let me ship: I don't believe it. My ship can't split up.
Gu and Shen are the world's best pair: I don't believe it. We only just got some sweet moments. How can it end badly already T_T?
Make it eighty thousand: I don't believe it.
Be rational about idols: I don't believe it. Comrade 520, hurry up and bring the glue to weld them together.
My ship can't have a bad ending: I don't believe it. I changed my username. I'm right here @Be rational about idols.
The string of "I don't believe it" comments below successfully left Shen Xuanrun feeling depressed.
Soon, Sister Chen called.
"Did you see what happened on Weibo?"
"Mm."
"The response seems a little less than ideal... I'll contact President Gu's assistant in a bit. Hopefully they'll agree to post an explanation on Weibo together with us. That would be more convincing," Sister Chen explained.
A little less than ideal? It's clearly absolutely terrible Ծ‸Ծ. Shen Xuanrun declared that he really couldn't understand these commenters. He was obviously so handsome, so why was he the little wifey?!
"Sister Chen, you can put in my PR statement that my family and Gu Weichen's family are old friends, and that I should be calling him Uncle Gu," Shen Xuanrun said indignantly.
Sister Chen: Why does that "Uncle Gu" of yours carry so much resentment?
"All right. Don't worry too much, either. Just focus on filming for now." Sister Chen offered some reassurance before hanging up.
After Sister Chen had hung up too, Shen Xuanrun exited Weibo. Out of sight, out of mind. He turned and went out to get ready for filming.
Gu Group's office.
Gu Weichen was working when he heard his assistant knock.
"Come in."
"President Gu, someone took a photo of you and Mr. Shen on set and posted it on Weibo. It's trending now," the assistant said to Gu Weichen, adjusting his glasses.
"We suspect someone on the production team took the photo secretly. President Gu, do we need to deal with this?" the assistant asked dutifully.
"All right, I understand. You can go now." After dismissing his assistant, Gu Weichen took out his phone, downloaded Weibo, and began waiting.
That's right. Our icy, aloof, domineering President Gu, who only ever cared about work, didn't even have Weibo installed on his phone.
Once Weibo finished downloading, he registered an account. After successfully logging in, he opened the search page and immediately saw those two trending topics.
First, he opened #Shen Xuanrun latching onto someone powerful#, marked explosive, and saw a screen full of speechless six-dot ellipses...
After those six little dots successfully brainwashed him, he opened #Shen Xuanrun and Gu Weichen#, marked hot, and was stunned by the commenters' bold remarks ⊙▽⊙. Gu Weichen seemed to have discovered a whole new world.
Until he saw the link to that fanfic.
After hesitating for a few minutes, his hand still couldn't stop itself from opening the link. Then... then he began reading with relish.
Gu Weichen: My hand made the mistake first. It has nothing to do with me.
Suddenly, he heard his assistant knock again. He immediately switched off his phone's screen and placed it facedown on the desk. (President Gu, what happened to your persona? Points accusingly.)
"Ahem, come in," Gu Weichen said, outwardly composed.
"President Gu, Shen Xuanrun's manager just contacted me. They would like your permission to post an explanation together with us on Weibo."
Seeing Gu Weichen's slightly flustered expression, the assistant was a little surprised, then continued working hard. I'm just an emotionless work machine (ง •̀_•́)ง. Nothing can interest me. Only money can make me happy.
Gu Weichen remembered the fanfic he had just read on Weibo. His hand tightened nervously around his phone, and then he continued pretending to be composed as he said,
"All right, go arrange it."
"Then, President Gu, do we need to track down the person behind this?" the assistant continued working coldly and emotionlessly.
"No need. I know who it is."
After Gu Weichen finished speaking, his expression instantly darkened. He remembered vaguely sensing yesterday that Jiang Yi had been following him all along. It seemed that hadn't been his imagination.
Jiang Yi, is it? I'd almost forgotten about him. Gu Weichen recalled what the young man had said in his mind during the costume photo shoot, and his expression darkened further.
"Contact Cheng Hao and let him know that I want to replace the male lead. Then go dig up some dirt on Jiang Yi," Gu Weichen instructed coldly.