Whatever wrongs I committed before, they're all wiped clean now

They were bewildered, and their eyes involuntarily turned toward Huo Yuchen, trying to find an answer in him.

But Huo Yuchen looked like an unfathomably deep pool, impossible to see through no matter how hard they looked...

As those four foolish heads pondered blankly, Xu Su's teasing explanation rang out.

"That evidence? I deleted it ages ago. It was taking up storage."

"..."

Their brains crashed for a moment.

Only after a while did they finally realize they'd been had!

-Xu Su had never had any so-called evidence!

Unfortunately, the young master's threat still rang in their ears. Though they burned with rage, they no longer dared to roar recklessly and could only grit their back teeth and demand in low voices:

"What do you mean, you deleted it ages ago? I bet you never had any!"

"How dare you lie to us!"

"Xu Su! This is fraud!"

The three of them kept yammering over one another, as though trying to drown Xu Su in their spit.

Li Weizhou, the only one who hadn't spoken, remained silent and seemed unwilling to blame him, but the bulging veins at his temples betrayed his anger.

Xu Su waited until those mouths had mostly finished before speaking leisurely:

"How is this fraud? Weren't you all insisting just now that we exchange phones? Did you mention anything else?"

"So what if you recorded it? Didn't I give you my phone? I did, didn't I?"

"Since I gave it to you, what responsibility do I bear? And on what grounds would you sue me?"

Everyone: "..."

The moon shone bright among sparse stars, and the night lay deep in its final hours.

In the little grove a hundred meters from the villa, Li Weizhou and Zhuang Luo started arguing again.

More fiercely than before.

Because that ten million had come out of Li Weizhou's account.

And after handing over the precious diamond and that enormous sum, only to discover that it had all been Xu Su's trap, Li Weizhou came to understand something:

Everything had reached this point because of Zhuang Luo!

If Zhuang Luo hadn't privately egged Xu Su on, Xu Su might never have fallen so deeply in love with him!

Then he wouldn't have been so devastated by Li Weizhou's relationship announcement that his personality changed completely!

And today, he wouldn't have thrown caution to the wind and spouted nonsense in front of the cameras, ruining Li Weizhou's image!

"...Tell me, what exactly were you after? Why the hell did you do this!"

"I told you I didn't! What will it take for you to believe me!"

"If you didn't, why did you make me hand over ten million just now? Did you think I had too much money to spend, so you'd do charity for me and earn me some good karma?"

"I was just worried he'd talk nonsense! You saw him yourself. He's practically gone mad. What wouldn't he say?"

"Zhuang Luo, is telling me the truth really that hard?"

"Before you ask me for the truth, could you take a look at yourself?"

"What did I do?"

"Why didn't you tell me you took his diamond? Why did you hide it from me?"

"I already explained that just now! He forced it into my hand. I didn't take it!"

"If he shoved it into your hand, couldn't you shove it back? Do you have Parkinson's or something, so you couldn't resist?"

At the villa entrance.

Arms folded across his chest, Huo Yuchen leaned languidly against the doorframe, his unreadable gaze directed aimlessly into the distance.

To his left, Xu Su was craning his neck to listen to the drama, his face full of gossip-hungry interest.

"You don't have a habit of stalking people, do you?"

His gentle voice drifted through the cool evening breeze, without a trace of malice in his tone.

Xu Su paused, then turned to look at him. "How do you know I don't? I have all kinds of habits."

Huo Yuchen raised an eyebrow slightly and shifted his gaze toward him. "Such as?"

"For instance, whenever I see a rich person, I like asking him for money." Xu Su lifted his chin slightly.

A hint of amusement entered Huo Yuchen's eyes. "What else?"

"And..."

Xu Su pretended to ponder, then smiled faintly. "I also like lying in bed fantasizing about having eight big, muscular tops lying beside me."

"..."

Huo Yuchen turned and walked away.

Xu Su chuckled, found Director Yu, and asked to terminate his contract.

Director Yu immediately paled with shock.

Although Plain had consistently ranked among the top variety shows in ratings since its premiere, none of its previous installments had come anywhere close to this one's ratings.

And the biggest reason for that was undoubtedly Xu Su, who generated trending topics every day.

Naturally, Director Yu didn't want Xu Su to quit filming in the slightest.

He began bargaining with Xu Su. "A pay raise! One hundred thousand!"

Xu Su refused decisively without a second thought. "No need."

Director Yu gritted his teeth. "An extra three hundred thousand!"

Xu Su remained unmoved. "Really, no need."

Director Yu gritted his teeth again. "An extra five hundred thousand!"

Xu Su's resolve was ironclad. "Really, really, no need."

Director Yu practically ground his back teeth to pieces. "An extra million!"

Xu Su abruptly clasped Director Yu's right hand. "Pleasure doing business with you!"

"..."

After Xu Su left, Director Yu frantically slapped his own forehead, his face filled with regret, looking exactly as he had back when an online romantic partner had scammed him out of 3,800 yuan.

The next day.

Trending topics about the Zhuang-Zhou CP still dominated the rankings.

Although their management company had paid overnight to push several other topics onto the trending list, they still couldn't suppress the topic about them using single personas to gain fans and rake in money.

And so, before dawn the next day, Li Weizhou came knocking on Xu Su's door.

Abruptly woken up, Xu Su was deeply annoyed.

"You'd better have a reason."

Dressed in an old-man-style white tank top and patterned shorts, he leaned sleepily in the doorway, his face full of a wage worker's resentment.

There were faint dark circles beneath Li Weizhou's eyes, and the whites were slightly red. He clearly hadn't slept all night.

But that was fine. It didn't stop him from using his deeply affectionate, manly vocal fry. "Xu Su, I'm sorry."

"?"

After staring blankly for three seconds, Xu Su immediately shut the door. "Get lost."

Li Weizhou reacted quickly, using both his hands and feet to hold the door open. "Xu Su, give me some time. Can we have a proper talk?"

Too lazy to wrestle with him, Xu Su simply let go. "Spit it out."

Li Weizhou took the opportunity to step into the room, closing the door behind him.

"Xu Su, I'm sorry. I was wrong before. I didn't see how you felt about me."

"But deep down, I know perfectly well that you're a very good person. You're kindhearted, gentle, understanding, sweet..."

"Stop."

Xu Su couldn't bear to listen anymore. "May I ask what I did wrong to make you come disgust me before dawn?"

Li Weizhou choked on his words.

But he quickly recovered.

"Xu Su, I know you pursued me so recklessly before because Zhuang Luo egged you on."

"But I also know that during that year of doggedly pursuing me, you really did fall hopelessly in love with me. Otherwise, you wouldn't have become like this because of me."

"But Xu Su, life is long. On this road full of unknowns, you'll meet all kinds of people. You shouldn't destroy someone just because you can't have him."

"You need to understand that the best way to love someone is to watch over him silently from a distance."

Xu Su: "..."

Speechless is my native language.

Closing his eyes and letting out a sigh, Xu Su spoke weakly:

"All right. After listening to all that, whatever wrongs I committed before, whatever sins I committed, they're all wiped clean now."

"..."

This time, it was Li Weizhou's turn to demonstrate his native language.