You're seriously scary

"But... aren't you celebrities basically covered in advertising space?"

Director Ji looked at Ye Yizhou in confusion and voiced his thoughts:

"A lot of artists wear rings on shows, on all sorts of fingers. It usually doesn't mean anything; it's just part of their styling. Or they might have taken on a brand promotion themselves. Since those brands aren't sponsors of the show, the other guests generally won't bring them up and give them free exposure."

"Uh..."

Ye Yizhou pursed his lips, fell silent, and was speechless.

"Come on, shouldn't you at least consider whether a nobody like me could even land a promotion for luxury jewelry like this?"

Ye Yizhou couldn't help sitting up straight to seriously argue the point with Director Ji.

"Which brand's luxury jewelry is it?" Director Ji studied it carefully for a while. "I don't know much about this stuff. There'll only be something to discuss once the netizens track down the same piece."

Ye Yizhou said, "Forget it."

He'd had this specially made. Where were they supposed to find the same one? It was understandable that they hadn't recognized it.

"So wearing it on your ring finger means it's a wedding ring?" Director Ji wasn't sure, but he had a feeling.

Ye Yizhou waved his left hand and admitted openly, "Yep, I'm married."

"Huh? You already won him over?"

Director Ji was utterly shocked. He shot to his feet, swallowed, and said with a crestfallen face, "Doesn't that comparison make me look completely useless?"

Ye Yizhou raised an eyebrow slightly, his face full of smiles.

"Wait, you're already married, and he still agreed to let you come on a dating show?" Director Ji frowned in disbelief.

"Well, he's abroad on a business trip, isn't he? Don't I have to find myself some fun?" Ye Yizhou looked utterly innocent as he said this.

Director Ji's eyes widened. "Who was calling himself a champion of pure love just now? You stop cherishing him once you've got him? You scumbag!"

"Is it that I don't want to cherish him?"

Ye Yizhou covered his face with both hands and spoke in a pitiful, affectedly high voice. "Was I the one who went abroad on business just a few days after getting married? I won't say who stopped cherishing whom once he'd got him. I'll just quietly bear all the hurt alone, without a single complaint or regret."

"I've already had him. I'm very satisfied, so now I can lower my standards a little and discover that there are other nice guys out there too."

It had sounded pretty sad at first, but why had it suddenly taken such a different turn the longer he listened?

He could even hear Ye Yizhou laughing by the end.

"You're live! Could you show a little restraint!!!"

Director Ji was going crazy!

It was one thing for Ye Yizhou to publicly announce he was married.

But he'd even said outright on a livestream that he'd discovered other nice guys. That wasn't something he could just say!

"Oh, we're live!"

Ye Yizhou lowered his hands, looked at the camera, and thought for a while before saying, "There's no need to keep a separate livestream running for me. Who livestreams their entire outing?"

Director Ji looked utterly miserable.

"But I'll still do what I promised everyone at the start. I'll appear on the livestream on time every day. I keep my word." Ye Yizhou smiled brightly at the camera.

[Huh? What did I just hear?]

[Ye Yizhou is married??]

[He's married and openly talking on a livestream about finding someone else behind his husband's back?]

[He's joking, right? It's all a publicity stunt, right?]

[Surely not. If he really wanted to do something like that, there's no way he'd say it out loud!]

[What Director Ji said just now also indirectly showed that Ye Yizhou's husband has a very high status. There's even less chance he'd let Ye Yizhou do something like this.]

[Ye Yizhou has completely confused me with this move.]

[What's even real? Tell me, what's even real?]

Before the viewers received any definite answers, Ye Yizhou's solo livestream was shut off.

"You really dare to say anything!" Director Ji felt utterly drained. He couldn't keep Ye Yizhou in line at all.

"What's wrong? I'm giving you publicity, and you don't want it?" Ye Yizhou shrugged, completely unconcerned.

Director Ji was a little worried. "Careful this doesn't blow up in your face."

"I'm not doing it for real. What's going to blow up?" Ye Yizhou got up and stood at the railing without the slightest concern.

Director Ji said, "I mean, that man doesn't look like someone you want to mess with."

Ye Yizhou chuckled, a sly gleam flashing through his eyes. "He's the only one you don't want to mess with? I'm dying for him to come back and 'teach me a lesson.' Hahaha."

"You're seriously scary!"

Director Ji couldn't help shivering as he muttered the complaint.

"Seriously, what are you trying to do? You're not actually trying to ruin my show, are you?" Director Ji began to feel a faint concern for the show's future.

"We rise and fall together. Would I have to be crazy to ruin this show? What would I gain from that?" Ye Yizhou was speechless.

"That's true."

Even so, Ye Yizhou's behavior really was impossible to figure out!

"All right, I'm leaving. Send me the activity plans for the next few days. I'll take a look and drop by if anything interests me."

Ye Yizhou turned to leave, waving at Director Ji and the others with his back to them.

When Director Ji returned to the villa, everyone was already seated at the dining table, waiting for everyone to arrive before eating.

"Yizhou has work commitments, so he... uh, why are you back?"

Director Ji had just started explaining Ye Yizhou's absence when Ye Yizhou walked out before he could finish, making him eat his words.

"I came back to get something."

Ye Yizhou walked straight past Director Ji to the sofa in the living room and picked up the watch box he'd casually left there earlier.

"Yizhou, are you leaving for another job?"

Jiang Chuyu asked curiously.

"No!"

Ye Yizhou shook his head in denial, then seemed to remember something a second later. He turned to Director Ji and asked uncertainly:

"Huh? Did Director Ji say I had to leave early because of work?"

Ye Yizhou seemed to suddenly understand what Director Ji meant. He changed tack, his voice very soft and the smile on his face seemingly barely maintained:

"Oh, right. I have another job, so I need to leave first. I hope filming goes smoothly for everyone."

The guests in the dining room instantly focused on Director Ji, their expressions strange and their thoughts varied.

Director Ji: ???

What did Ye Yizhou mean by this?

Why was he making it look as though Director Ji had forced him to leave?

Another hit to his reputation: +1.

"Director Ji, Yizhou..." Jiang Chuyu still wanted to speak up for Ye Yizhou, but Ye Yizhou himself interrupted him.

"Chuyu, don't say any more."

Ye Yizhou walked over to Jiang Chuyu and took his hand, his face filled with gratitude and heartache:

"I know you mean well, but Director Ji still has the final say on this show. It would hurt me to see you go against him for my sake."

"I'm fine. It's not Director Ji's fault. It's all my fault."

The corners of Ye Yizhou's mouth drooped, and his eyes reddened. He looked on the verge of tears, an image that tugged at the heart.

Director Ji instantly felt the gazes on him intensify.

Unable to hold back a roll of his eyes, Director Ji walked up to Ye Yizhou and Jiang Chuyu and raised his hand, his expression cold.