Huo Xingye chuckled softly and looked up, meeting Luo Nan's eyes. His smile vanished, and he returned to his usual air of refinement, seemingly warm but actually keeping everyone at arm's length.
Luo Nan: "..."
"Ahem, GY Group released a statement acknowledging Nan Zhou's identity. Now everyone online is saying you paired up with him on the variety show for money." Luo Nan handed him the tablet.
Huo Xingye lowered his eyes and glanced through it.
Just then, a new Weibo post appeared under the trending topic about him being kept by Nan Zhou.
@Nan Zhou V: Bro, promise me you'll go to the hospital after posting this, okay? Neurology, ophthalmology, ENT, psychiatry-get yourself checked at all of them.
He had reposted a particularly nasty Weibo post.
The blogger had portrayed Huo Xingye as an utter snob, as though all his achievements had come from latching onto rich women and wealthy young heirs.
"So cute," Huo Xingye murmured.
Luo Nan looked utterly bewildered.
Wait, how did you find anything cute in a trending topic smearing you? Are you reading it wrong, or am I?
He took out his phone and opened the trending topic. His eyes widened at what he saw.
...That was Brother Nan for you. His sharp little tongue had an endless supply of comebacks.
"Brother Nan's mouth really is..." Halfway through, Luo Nan noticed something off about the way Huo Xingye was looking at him and changed tack. "Especially cute."
"He's super cute," Huo Xingye stressed.
Luo Nan: "..."
Beauty really was in the eye of the beholder.
Although Nan Zhou was indeed quite good-looking, his tongue was truly venomous.
Then again, sharp-tongued as he was, that little mouth seemed coated in honey whenever he spoke to Luo Nan's artist.
Thinking of what he had seen on