After a Contractual Marriage, Little Taotie Went Viral!-Chapter 201 - 199: How Miserable for These Two Guys
He instinctively lifted the quilt to take a glance and found he was fully dressed, with nothing inappropriate having happened.
Upon closer inspection and realizing it was Wang Sirui, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It’s Wang Sirui. Last night, a few of us had a gathering, drank a bit too much..." Chen Yao rubbed his temples, and memories of last night flooded back, especially the part where he and Wang Sirui were hugging a lamppost, making him speak with difficulty.
"Wang Sirui? Why is he sleeping with you?" Chen Yao’s manager sighed in relief but wasn’t entirely at ease.
"His manager’s planning to get him a part in a fantasy adaptation, so he sought my advice. I drank a bit too much last night... In short, nothing happened, we just purely slept." Chen Yao said, feeling extremely troubled.
After saying this, he recalled what the manager had mentioned earlier, and asked aloud, "By the way, what did you mean by trending topic?"
"See for yourself," Chen Yao’s manager said after a few seconds of silence.
With that, he hung up the phone.
Wang Sirui, on the other side, was yawning sleepily, "Who’s that? So early, what’s going on?"
"My manager. We got photographed last night and made it on the trending topics. Quickly, check your phone, your manager is probably looking for you too." Chen Yao said while opening Weibo.
Upon hearing this, Wang Sirui was no longer sleepy. He immediately flipped up from the bed, fumbled his phone out of his pocket, pressed a few buttons, but it was unresponsive—no battery.
"Oh no, oh no, I’m doomed. Lend me your charging cable." Wang Sirui said, looking utterly anxious.
Chen Yao looked at the top trending topic: #ChenYaoAndWangSiruiStreetBrawlOverLampPost#
The accompanying photos were of the two fighting over the lamppost, with Chen Yao pressing down on Wang Sirui, making it seem like they really were having a brawl over a lamppost.
The top-liked comment from fans directly struck a nerve with Chen Yao.
[Hahaha, this is killing me. What are these two doing? Dating a lamppost?]
[I’ve heard of two men fighting over a woman, but fighting over a lamppost is a first for me... Is this a new routine?]
[Poor guys, there’s another lamppost at the side, let’s not fight, let’s split it up! There’s enough for everyone! Hahahaha...]
[Died laughing! I started the day as a miserable worker, but this show made my day, Chen Yao’s image in my heart completely crumbled! Didn’t think you’d be this kind of Chen Yao...]
[Hahaha, silly kids are normal, but how did a reality show turn Chen Yao into this? Oh dear, oh dear... Amitabha.]
[Brother Yao, I have plenty, do you want more? I can deliver them to your house.]
[The one above offering to deliver lampposts is too much!! I’d bet Chen Yao never wants to see those three words again, but you want to deliver them to him? With Chen Yao’s muscles... are you trying to come in vertically and leave horizontally?]
After reading, Chen Yao was silent: "..."
Seeing the fans’ comments, he felt like his soul had left his body.
"What are you thinking? Hand over the charger quick, if I’m late, my manager might just chop me up." Wang Sirui hastily crawled out of bed, seeing Chen Yao’s empty stare as if he’d lost his soul, waved his hand in front of him, urging.
"Your manager... probably wants to chop you up right now..." Chen Yao said, handing him the phone, filled with despair.
Wang Sirui: "??"
He took the phone with a puzzled face, looked at it, then immediately tossed it aside, lying flat on the bed.
"Weren’t you going to charge it, here." Chen Yao took out a charging cable and handed it to him.
He said seriously, "I think I’m not suitable to turn it on now."
If he turns it on, his manager will scold him to death.
This trending topic was making his scalp tingle.
Who was it! So inconsiderate! How could they spread rumors about such things!!!
They weren’t fighting over a lamppost! They were clearly demonstrating how to act for a scene!!
And dating a lamppost? Who came up with that!
No normal person would think that way...
"I better head back to my room first, it doesn’t feel too safe here. If your manager knows I’m here, if my manager finds me here, I’m finished. If we’re photographed with anything else, we really won’t be able to explain it." Wang Sirui said, immediately sitting up and heading out with his phone.
"Before going out, please check if there are any reporters... It won’t be easy to explain even if they don’t photograph us together but catch you coming out of my place." Chen Yao also said rather seriously.
Wang Sirui: "..."
Hmm... poor guys indeed.
As Wang Sirui sneaked back to his room, he unexpectedly ran into his manager scolding an assistant...
Just as he closed the door and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he looked up only to meet his manager’s angry gaze.
Their eyes met.
Wang Sirui felt a sadness rising in his heart.
Why did he come back?
Wasn’t staying at Chen Yao’s place just fine?
Coming back to face the fury, what was he thinking, coming back?
"Brother, you’re finally back... Where did you go? I’ve been looking for you," the assistant hurriedly called out.
The manager, exuding authority without anger, stared at him, "You’re back?"
"Uh-huh..." Wang Sirui timidly responded, "Last night’s incident wasn’t my fault; I just asked Brother Yao for some tips on dealing with directors. Who knew paparazzi would be around that late..."
"Where did you sleep last night? Why are you only coming back now? How much did you drink last night? You smell heavily of it." The manager walked over, a meter away already able to smell the alcohol on Wang Sirui.
"At Brother Yao’s place... Just now, Brother Yao’s manager called, my phone was dead, so I thought to come back in case you couldn’t find me." Wang Sirui responded like a good boy, looking guilty.
"Really? I thought you came back because you were afraid I’d call Chen Yao." The manager smirked coldly.
Only then did Wang Sirui notice, the first call on his manager’s phone was from Chen Yao’s manager.
Which meant, if he had been one step later, his manager might have gone downstairs to find him at Chen Yao’s place.
He breathed a sigh of relief instantly, thank goodness he came back.
Otherwise, it would have been worse, a situation where he couldn’t even explain.
"No, really, if I was afraid, why wouldn’t I just stay upstairs and still get your call directly?" Wang Sirui played the innocent card.
The manager crossed his arms, glancing at him, "This matter isn’t a big deal for you, as your fans already know your goofy personality. The impact on Chen Yao might be greater. However, if handled well, it could actually help in a potential image shift. I came mainly because the assistant said you went missing, and also to tell you that I’ll be sticking by you closely recently to regulate your behavior. And starting today, quit drinking for me!"
"What??" Wang Sirui looked as though the sky had fallen.
