I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 281: Half for You, Half for Me

The whole internet was in shock.

A top celebrity being in a relationship always draws attention, not to mention it’s the one highest on the High Peak Snow list.

The comments were a mess. Mu Qiu frowned as she read on, treating it as a precautionary measure for herself.

If one day her relationship with Cheng Zhirang got exposed, it might be even more severe than this.

Just halfway through, she got a call from a hardcore fan of Su Yan.

As soon as she picked up, the wailing echoed through the room, making Mu Qiu’s ears hurt.

"Ah, my love!!!! It’s gone!!!"

"......" She rubbed her ears and continued to eat, "Which love are you referring to? The real or the imagined one?"

"Both are gone!!!"

Mu Qiu paused her chopsticks, "You broke up with Zhang Zhi?"

"We did! Broke up this morning, why keep such a man?!"

She was silent for a moment, wiped her mouth with a tissue, and said, "My condolences."

"...But I still had another love!"

"Didn’t you say to keep your distance from celebrity lives? Weren’t you prepared for him to start dating?"

"But this is too sudden!" Zhao Yu lamented, "I just broke up, and now I see this kind of news, such overlapping sadness! I can’t take it all at once!"

It made sense. Just went through a breakup, with such a humiliating reason, and then your idol of several years gets exposed in a relationship straightaway.

Reality was hard to face, and fantasies were shattered, adding up all at once was indeed quite distressing.

Mu Qiu could only comfort her, "It’s alright, there are thousands of handsome guys in the world..."

Zhao Yu choked up and continued her sentence, "You have half, and I have half."

"Exactly. So, it doesn’t matter, and it doesn’t stop you from pretending to be his girlfriend in your dreams."

Zhao Yu’s mood was still a bit low, "I didn’t feel consoled at all. Maybe you should use your usual method, analyze rationally for me."

"Is it okay to be sharp?"

"Just go ahead."

"Alright then."

Mu Qiu put down her chopsticks and sat up straight. Her tone shifted from previously caring to cold and detached like an outsider.

"First, you should be glad that what’s exposed is just a normal relationship, not something scandalous, like cheating, deceiving a girl, or solicitation.

You should also be thankful he’s not into drugs or breaking the law. With a broader perspective, you’ll realize that him dating is nothing.

Secondly, his love life is none of your business. He’s a free person. Who he dates, how many times he dates, it’s all his own affair and has nothing to do with you.

He doesn’t even know you and doesn’t need to consider your feelings. Even if you cry to death on the street, it wouldn’t affect him.

Thirdly, you are just a fan who appreciates him and have no right to interfere with his life, otherwise the news you might hear is Su Yan quitting the industry.

Also, his partner Lin Banyan is Jiali Entertainment’s prized Princess. Just looking within the modeling circle, it’s hard to say who’s more noble. Perhaps more people think Su Yan doesn’t deserve Lin Banyan?

Finally, you’ve liked him for so many years, are you going to unfan him just because he’s in a relationship? Is what you liked all this time his girlfriend’s role?

Look at your room full of posters and endorsement products. Count the money you’ve spent on him. Do you really want to act so cheaply?"

After the call ended, Zhao Yu took a deep breath on the other end.

"Though it makes a lot of sense, I really feel like hitting you right now."

Mu Qiu touched her nose, "Weren’t you the one who asked me to say it? Woman, you are so capricious."

Zhao Yu, "I just admire your style, analyzing everything like solving a complex math problem."

"That’s called..."

"That’s called rational analysis," Zhao Yu didn’t wait for her to finish before completing the sentence naturally, "I get it. Everyone has a rational side, but you are rational in every way."

No, to be precise, their whole family is excessively rational.

If they were in a war-torn or apocalypse era, everyone in their family would be the ones to survive till the end.

Mu Qiu picked up her chopsticks again. The food was getting cold. She ate and spoke intermittently.

"I’m not rational in every way. Are you feeling better now?"

"Even worse," Zhao Yu said.

Mu Qiu, "Oh, that’s normal. As doctors say, to feel better, you have to squeeze out the pus inside first. It’s a necessary painful process."

"... You’re quite a talker. Alright, hanging up. I need to get back to battling it out in my office."

"Wish you all the best, General Manager of the Foreign Trade Company."

That finally cheered Zhao Yu up, "Thanks for your kind words. Hopefully, I’ll gain fortune in the financial battleground."

After hanging up, Mu Qiu continued eating and drinking while watching live streams and browsing Weibo.

Meanwhile,.

Cheng Zhirang was leaning slightly back in his seat, listening attentively to the host and other award presenters on stage.

His phone was on silent, with both hands crossed over his abdomen, looking straight at the stage, without a trace of fatigue.

It’s his habit to give others the minimal respect in formal occasions.

Behind him, young actors kept checking their phones, sitting lazily, and some even looked uncouth.

He was the only one sitting elegantly, not checking his phone.

So before it ended, he didn’t know what happened online.

Of course, he didn’t need to know. If it’s unrelated to him and Mu Qiu, it doesn’t mean much whether he sees it. He was no longer the youngster who loves to join in the clamor.

Until the TV festival ended, and as his assistant guided him towards the lounge, Chen Song told him.

They didn’t have to make a move; Su Yan and Lin Banyan’s relationship suddenly got exposed, triggered by them holding hands at the magazine shoot entrance.

Then poor Li Yang got dragged into the mess. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Chen Song was quite helpless, "It was initially planned to be used when you guys were in trouble, but now it got exposed out of nowhere."

Wouldn’t a top celebrity hide a relationship deeply? How come lately male artists seem so nonchalant about dating?

"No need," Cheng Zhirang took out his phone to check messages, and he asked Chen Song, "Are there any bad news online?"

The assistant beside had already gone out to get food.

Though there’s a gala at night with dinner prepared by the organizers, in such events, eating isn’t the main thing, and you can’t eat much, so it’s better to have some snacks before it starts.

Chen Song watched the assistant leave, withdrew his gaze, and said, "There will definitely be some. This time you came to Yun City, plenty of marketing accounts guessed if you’ll show up with Mu Qiu."

An invitation and filling in for Qiu Shuang, these two reasons alone wouldn’t be enough to get him here.

The gap in popularity between Qiu Shuang and him is so vast? The company surely knows better. If they wanted him to attend an event, they’d save this ace card for when it’ll be most effective.

Even slightly smarter people can guess.

If these reasons aren’t enough to bring him here, then there must be other reasons.

Mu Qiu just happens to be in Yun City, and she just returned a few days ago, and her schedule wasn’t secretive.

After a show wrapped up, only four people returned to Hai City on a chartered flight by the program team, and the next day, someone spotted Mu Qiu on the streets of Yun City.

Chen Song sighed inwardly, just thankful they switched cars and weren’t caught with Cheng Zhirang entering Mu Qiu’s house.

Otherwise, the ones making headlines today would have been them.