Chu Xinghui still looked dazed when he came out of the livestream studio.
How had his heart rate gone over 100?
My disguise was clearly... no, I hadn't even felt my heart beating faster?
Holding the gift the host had given him, he walked outside.
Pei Hanmo's car sat unobtrusively by the entrance, in the same spot as when he had arrived.
He opened the door and got in, only to find that the atmosphere inside wasn't very good.
Pei Hanmo and Gu Chupei seemed to be at an impasse over something. Neither spoke.
Seeing Chu Xinghui return, Gu Chupei immediately broke the strange silence:
"Xinghui, are you taking these gifts home?"
He meant the gifts from fans in the car.
Chu Xinghui nodded.
After all, his fans had put their hearts into these gifts. He couldn't let them go to waste.
Pei Hanmo shifted aside to make room, signaling for Chu Xinghui to sit beside him.
But Chu Xinghui wasn't falling for it.
There's so much room over here. Why do I have to sit next to Pei Hanmo?
He sat opposite Pei Hanmo, waiting to hear what he had to say.
Sure enough, Pei Hanmo asked:
"Do you have a livestream coming up?"
"Yep."
"You're going to wear women's clothes?"
"Yes."
"Let me see them when they arrive. The company's artists need to mind their image."
Chu Xinghui: ?
Gu Chupei: ?
That wasn't what you said when Gu Mingyue wore a maid outfit.
Chu Xinghui stuck his hands in his pockets and said:
"Why should I let you see? Have you worn them before? Got plenty of experience?"
Gu Chupei was sweating buckets as he drove up front.
Only Chu Xinghui could talk to Pei Hanmo like that.
"No,"
Pei Hanmo answered honestly:
"I just want to see whether the new artist looks good in them. Maybe I can offer some advice."
Advice, my ass!
Chu Xinghui turned his head away and took out his phone to contact Wen Liangtian:
"No need for your help. What I wear will definitely pass muster."
[Chu Xinghui: Are you coming today or some other time?]
[The Landlord's Foolish Son: I'm free, but why the rush? Don't tell me you're cross-dressing on stream tomorrow?]
People really did laugh when they were utterly speechless. Chu Xinghui couldn't understand it. How did everyone know he was going to cross-dress on stream??
Man Feiluan had even privately sent him over a dozen links. Did Yuan Zhanpeng know about this stuff?
That couple really gets adventurous!
He lowered his head, his fingers tapping away on his phone.
[Chu Xinghui: The clothes arrived, but they're probably not the women's clothes you're imagining. Just tell me whether you're coming today.]
[The Landlord's Foolish Son: Yes, yes, yes. Send me your address.]
By the time Pei Hanmo and the others arrived downstairs at Chu Xinghui's building, Wen Liangtian had arrived too.
He had already changed into black punk-style clothes and wore a little pair of black sunglasses, looking cool.
Chu Xinghui almost didn't recognize him.
Wen Liangtian strode casually over to Pei Hanmo's car and knocked on the window:
"Pei Hanmo, open up! Chu Xinghui's spending tonight with me!"
Pei Hanmo's hands paused over the keyboard, as though he hadn't expected to hear Wen Liangtian's voice here.
Then he turned to Chu Xinghui:
"Older Brother, are you really going to teach him to cook?"
"What else? Teach you?"
Holding his gifts, Chu Xinghui wriggled forward.
Hearing the car door, Wen Liangtian immediately opened it for Chu Xinghui and took the things from his hands, deliberately speaking loudly:
"Let me carry your gifts. No need for anyone in the car to see us off. I'll take Huihui home~"
During the livestream, the two of them had competed over gifts, with Pei Hanmo insisting on fighting him for the top donor spot.
But today, he had won.
"Are you going to put this gift away? It looks pretty expensive."
Wen Liangtian helped Chu Xinghui sort through his gifts, taking out the ring.
"This person's called Xiao Tu... what a strange name."
"He's followed me since the very beginning. He's always been encouraging me."
Chu Xinghui carefully put the ring in his drawer, which also had a lock on it.
"What about this plushie?"
Wen Liangtian held up the stuffed bear:
"Where should I put it?"
"On the bed."
There were several plushies on Chu Xinghui's bed, most of them gifts from the fan called Xiongxiong.
Once they finished tidying up, Chu Xinghui took a photo of the room and posted it on Weibo.
[Chu Xinghui: Thank you for all the gifts. I've got everything sorted! I'll finish reading the letters within three days!]
[There are more and more bears on Huihui's bed, hahahaha.]
[Xiongxiong really loves giving bears.]
[What does that mean? I'm a new fan. Can someone explain?]
[Xiao Tu didn't show his face again today. So sad...]
"All right, let me teach you how to cook fish."
He led Wen Liangtian into the kitchen:
"It's actually very simple. Just follow my steps.
But why did you come to me to learn?
Your family shouldn't be short of chefs, right?"
Logically speaking, the chefs in a family as big as the Wen Family surely cooked better than Chu Xinghui.
Besides, why did a young master like Wen Liangtian insist on learning to cook?
"You don't understand. That stepmother of mine is an expert at sowing discord. She says I'm no good at this or that, putting me down in front of my father."
Wen Liangtian grew angry at the mention of it:
"She even interferes with my love life. None of the handsome guys I dated before were good enough. She even tried to push me toward those old men!
You know? It's so disgusting!"
Chu Xinghui understood at once. She was trying to mold Wen Liangtian into the gentle, gracious type that rich men's sons liked!
He had seen it in novels.
That also explained the innocent, delicate image the company had given Wen Liangtian.
After all, that could attract more people.
"Actually, at first I was blinded by the need to compete, and with the rumors at the company... I went and tried to seduce Pei Hanmo."
Wen Liangtian still felt very apologetic about it:
"I just wanted to prove to Dad that I had value, that I wasn't actually useless."
Chu Xinghui stopped cleaning the fish and put it in a bowl:
"Then that's all the more reason not to stay in show business, isn't it?
Fight your stepmother for the family fortune."
He washed and dried his hands, then solemnly patted Wen Liangtian on the shoulder.
This was clearly a trap Wen Liangtian's father and stepmother had laid for him.
They wanted him to enter show business to compete for his father's love. Not only could he attract wealthy marriage prospects, but there would also be one less person fighting for the family fortune.
Wen Liangtian clearly had never suspected his father. He nodded:
"But because of what happened with Lan Xiangxian, I've decided I should fight for it after all."
With Chu Xinghui so close to Pei Hanmo, Wen Liangtian didn't believe he was unaware of what had happened with Lan Xiangxian.
Sure enough, Chu Xinghui nodded:
"When I got into the car after the livestream just now, I noticed something was off between Pei Hanmo and Gu Chupei. Gu Chupei probably knows that unforgettable love of his is coming back."
The two exchanged a look and decided to tell Lan Xiangxian about it.
Before the person in Gu Chupei's heart came back.
Lan Xiangxian was already too fragile to withstand any blow.
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