What's This? Xinghan? Let Me Have a Bite

"Wh... what?"

Chu Xinghui stopped struggling. The arms around his waist tightened more and more, as though trying to press Chu Xinghui into his body.

Unable to keep his footing, Chu Xinghui stumbled back a few steps, and Pei Hanmo followed him forward. A gust of wind blew the door firmly shut.

"Xinghui, Xinghui! What happened?"

Gu Kai's voice came from the phone on the bed.

"Nothing."

Chu Xinghui answered, but he had barely said a couple of words before Pei Hanmo covered his mouth:

"Don't talk to anyone else. Talk to me."

Chu Xinghui had encountered this situation before, but that had been a long time ago.

He didn't like him talking to other people.

Chu Xinghui reached up and stroked Pei Hanmo's head twice, his voice soft:

"What's wrong? What do you mean about relying on you?"

At a time like this, if he didn't soothe Pei Hanmo, he might stay buried in the crook of Chu Xinghui's neck forever.

Feeling the hand on his head, Pei Hanmo loosened his grip a little and let Chu Xinghui cup his face and lift it.

There were tear tracks on his face, but Chu Xinghui didn't see any tears.

"Am I not even as good as your fans?"

Pei Hanmo's voice rang out. He couldn't be bothered to pretend to be magnanimous anymore, his jealousy unmistakable:

"You ask your fans for help, but not me. Am I really less reliable than they are?"

Faced with Pei Hanmo's questioning, Chu Xinghui looked flustered for a moment, feeling as though his little thoughts had been discovered, but he soon calmed down again:

"We don't have any relationship right now. At most, we're coworkers. In what capacity would I come to you?"

"That's all?"

Pei Hanmo looked at Chu Xinghui's face, a shrewd gleam in his eyes:

"If we had a relationship, would you be able to rely on me?"

"...That depends?"

Now Chu Xinghui truly couldn't understand. If he wasn't trying to embarrass him, why had he done so much to help him?

He had clearly hurt Pei Hanmo so much.

"Okay." The gloom on Pei Hanmo's face vanished in a second. He curled his lips into a goofy smile at Chu Xinghui. "I understand."

With that, he left Chu Xinghui in the room and headed to his own.

Understood what?

Chu Xinghui kept feeling that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Pei Hanmo hadn't seemed to recover this quickly in the past, had he?

Was he really okay?

He returned to his bed. The video call was still connected.

Gu Kai's face filled the screen as he stared darkly at Chu Xinghui:

"I heard all of that. You're going to tell me now, right? Pei Hanmo's anti-fan?"

Chu Xinghui covered his face and said expressionlessly, "Fine."

"Hey, where did you run off to just now?"

Gu Chupei had been giving Pei Hanmo a work report in his room when the guy glanced at his phone and darted straight out.

When he came back, he even had those disgusting tear tracks on his face.

It didn't take any thought to know that he must have been playing the victim in front of the future CEO's spouse.

In just two days, Gu Chupei had learned that Pei Hanmo had played the victim in front of Chu Xinghui more times than he could count.

If he weren't Pei Hanmo's assistant now, he would even have suspected that Pei Hanmo was going to kill him.

What a joke. Back when Pei Hanmo had been in the greatest danger, with the other person's gun pointed at him, he hadn't shed a single tear. How had he become a frail, pitiful little thing bullied by his family in front of Chu Xinghui?

Future CEO's spouse, you have to keep your eyes open!

Don't be fooled by Pei Hanmo's acting!

He's an award-winning actor!

"I gave up alone time with my sweetheart to help you win over your wife!

"And you actually went off for a secret rendezvous! My heart is broken."

Pei Hanmo walked over to the desk, wiped the tear tracks off his face, and calmly sat down in the chair beside it, raising his eyes with an indifferent look.

It was as though he hadn't been the one acting aggrieved in Chu Xinghui's arms just now.

"What do you know? Back then, he agreed to date me precisely because I cried when I confessed to him."

Chu Xinghui couldn't bear to see him cry.

"I don't know what you're showing off about, but what are you planning to do next?"

On the other side of the video call, Gu Chupei clenched his fists as he faced a huge pile of PR materials.

Whenever he thought of Lan Xiangxian's disappointed expression, Gu Chupei couldn't help softening.

If it hadn't been for the trouble Chu Xinghui's agency had caused tonight, he would have been with Lan Xiangxian long ago.

Chu Xinghui's agency had really overestimated itself, too. They had seen how well Pei Hanmo treated Chu Xinghui, yet they still insisted on smearing him.

"Wait a while before releasing the video. Release the dirt we've collected on Chu Xinghui's agency first."

Pei Hanmo tapped his index finger impatiently against the desk.

"Then talk to their agency in a private capacity. Have these trending topics taken down, on the condition that they terminate their contracts with Chu Xinghui and his manager. I'll handle the rest."

"Fine, fine~ So, boss, when can you give me some time off?"

Despite his complaints, Gu Chupei was still a very reliable subordinate who worked very efficiently.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have become Pei Hanmo's right-hand man.

[Really? Holy shit, don't scare me!]

[It's true, it's true! I heard Pei Holdings is going to sign Chu Xinghui!]

[Did Chu Xinghui put some kind of spell on Pei Hanmo?]

Early the next morning, when Chu Xinghui woke up, the trending searches had already exploded.

#Chu Xinghui signs a contract#

#Pei Hanmo you're way too in love#

#Xinghan shippers became the top ship overnight#

#Apology statement from Chu Xinghui's agency#

The several trending topics on the list left Chu Xinghui dazzled.

What caught his attention most was the apology statement.

He tapped into it, and it really was a statement issued by his agency. His once high-and-mighty boss now sat dejectedly in front of the camera, his eyes brimming with tears.

"Our company has deeply reflected on and apologizes for spreading rumors about our artist Chu Xinghui yesterday."

He rose from his seat and bowed deeply to the camera, then sat back down.

"Yesterday, our artist Gong Wenxuan spread rumors about Chu Xinghui on the show Let's Travel Together. None of the incidents he described were true.

"Chu Xinghui does not have a boyfriend, nor is there any bullying at the company. This was entirely due to our company's poor management. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to Chu Xinghui.

"Effective today, Chu Xinghui's contract with our company will be terminated."

The video had been posted in the early hours of the morning. He didn't know what Pei Hanmo had done last night, but the agency had not only issued a clarification, it had even terminated his contract.

But he hadn't received anything about signing a contract, so how had it already spread on Weibo?

He tapped the trending topic #Chu Xinghui signs a contract#, which contained a screenshot of one of Pei Hanmo's Weibo posts.

[Pei Hanmo: @Chu Xinghui Pei Holdings will always welcome you to sign with us.]

It had been posted at four in the morning, then deleted within seconds.

Below it were nothing but screaming shippers.

[You've got game, Mr. CEO! If I hadn't still been up, I wouldn't have seen your @.]

[What's this? Xinghan? Let me have a bite. What's this? Xinghan? Let me have a bite.]

[Bro, I thought you didn't do couple pairings because you didn't know how. Who knew you were this good at it? Please give us a tutorial.]