CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 36: TRENDING SEARCH

[Brother Zeng’s Red Bean: Yue’er, if you slander my Brother Zeng, I’ll break up with you!]

Zhang Yue, the little stagehand, was full of disdain for Zeng Xu and felt her friend was not worth it. She worked hard every day to boost his popularity, only to find out her friend was a fan of such a person!

"Zhang Yue, you need to arrange this here again!" Hearing the team leader’s instructions, she ignored the message and walked directly into the set to start working.

After setting everything up, Zhang Yue walked to the side of the set, awaiting further instructions from the team leader. She took out her phone again to message her friend, only to find she had been blocked...

Zhang Yue couldn’t help but wonder if her friend became a fan of Zeng Xu, had she also become "poisoned" like him???

On set, Yu Xiaozhe, playing Yang Shu, and Xu Yang, playing Zhao Chengyu, completed their first scene as police officers according to the script. Both actors’ performances were solid, but Director Wang felt the camera angle wasn’t right, so he reshot it and finally called, "cut!"

Just these two scenes took the entire morning. At noon, the crew began to serve lunch. Yu Xiaozhe wasn’t picky about food and usually ate with the crew. So, when it was time, Li Mu went to get his lunch.

The line for lunchboxes was long, and the people in front of Li Mu were chatting while waiting,

"Hey, do you think Zeng Xu is going too far? He left this morning and hasn’t come back. Is he waiting for Director Wang to invite him?"

"Shh, don’t talk nonsense. Not everyone is someone you can gossip about. Zeng Xu is no ordinary person; better not offend him."

"Yeah, yeah, I heard from a friend who worked with him before. He was even more arrogant back then. If he was in a bad mood, the whole crew had to wait for him!"

"Alright, alright, you guys can’t stop talking even while eating. Stop gossiping and get your lunch!"

Finally, the head of the props team ended their discussion, and the group took their lunch and found a corner to eat.

Li Mu, standing behind them, remained indifferent to their conversation. He only cared about Yu Xiaozhe’s matters and had no time or energy to be concerned with others. After receiving two lunchboxes and expressing his thanks, he turned and headed to Yu Xiaozhe’s lounge.

Given Yu Xiaozhe’s current status, every crew would prepare a separate lounge for him.

At the moment, Yu Xiaozhe was sitting in the lounge, staring at his phone, lost in thought. He wanted to ask Xingxing what she was doing but didn’t know how to start, and he remembered he still hadn’t found that meme from Xingxing.

The sound of knocking, "knock knock knock," interrupted him.

Yu Xiaozhe put away his phone and looked up, saying, "Come in."

"Brother Yu, it’s time to eat." Li Mu said while placing Yu Xiaozhe’s lunchbox on the table in the lounge, taking his own to join the crew in a corner for lunch.

Yu Xiaozhe stopped him, "I told you already, next time don’t go out. Eat here." He pointed to the chair opposite him, gesturing for Li Mu to sit down.

"Thank you, Brother Yu."

These two were truly conversation killers, each speaking less than the other. Yu Xiaozhe had a habit of not talking while eating or sleeping, so the meal was exceptionally quiet.

With a sudden "bang," the lounge door swung open.

"Brother! I’ve come to see you! You must have missed me!" Yu Yue burst in from outside, making a gesture for a hug.

However, the two inside remained unresponsive. Well, not completely unresponsive; Yu Xiaozhe paused briefly in his action of picking up food, then continued as usual, while Li Mu nodded slightly at Yu Yue before turning back to his meal.

Yu Yue curled his lips and complained, "Tsk, you guys are really no fun." He casually closed the door, sat down on the lounge’s sofa, and instead of continuing to make a scene, he quietly played on his phone, waiting for the two to finish eating.

Half an hour later, Yu Yue was on the verge of losing his temper when the two finally finished their meal. Li Mu cleaned up the lunchboxes, took them out to dispose of them, and provided the two brothers with some private space.

Yu Yue couldn’t wait to speak, "Brother, didn’t Sister He want to take on another artist? Let me recommend someone for you! The other day I hadn’t finished talking, and you hung up the phone." He sounded a bit aggrieved by the end.

"No need, I already have someone in mind." Yu Xiaozhe maintained his rock-solid indifferent expression.

Yu Yue grew a bit anxious, "Brother, the person I’m recommending is definitely good and well-known to us. After these days of interaction, haven’t you gotten to know Xingxing?" He paused for a moment, "Actually, you haven’t interacted; it’s been me talking with Xingxing."

Yu Xiaozhe’s face darkened for a moment, then returned to indifference, thinking, "Tsk, this annoying guy, makes me want to punch him..."

Yu Yue, oblivious to his brother’s change of expression, continued to speak enthusiastically, "Brother, won’t you at least consider Xingxing? He’s really great, not only is he nice, but he’s also handsome. Sister He, who loves good looks, would definitely be happy!"

What does whether Zhang He is happy or not have to do with him, Yu Xiaozhe...

"I get it. Is that all you came for?"

"Not exactly, I dismissed the caregiver for Grandpa’s house. Do you want to hire someone else, or should I take care of it?"

Yu Xiaozhe thought about how this was already the fourth one this year and spoke helplessly,

"Let you handle it? Are you aiming to change five within the year? Should we get blacklisted by the housekeeping agency?"

Yu Yue scratched his head awkwardly, chuckled a bit, and dared not say a word.

"Knock knock knock"

"Come in."

Zhang He stormed in, her tone also filled with anger

"Xiao Ze, have you checked Weibo? When I find out who’s behind this, I’ll skin them alive!"

Yu Yue felt a bit lost, asking Zhang He while also taking out his phone to open Weibo,

"Sis, what’s up... Holy sh*t! Who’s got the guts to spread rumors about my brother?!"

Yu Xiaozhe ignored him and turned to ask Zhang He,

"What’s going on?"

Zhang He took out her phone, tapped it a few times, and handed it to him,

"See for yourself, the first hot search."

Yu Xiaozhe took the phone and opened a Weibo post titled "[Yu’s scandalous hotel meeting with ’mysterious fresh meat’]" It featured a photo of him opening the door to welcome the "mysterious fresh meat" into the room. The photo was clear of him, but the fresh meat was just a blurry back. Clearly, this hot search was meant to target him.

Seeing that he had an idea of what was happening, Zhang He teased,

"What, our Yu is really in love? Can’t wait to start a sweet romance? But there was no need for it to be this ’sensational,’ and in such a bizarre exposure way?" She paused, curious, raising the same question Yu Yue was curious about

"By the way, who’s the other male lead? Is it that you’re not planning to go public, and he’s getting impatient?"

Yu Xiaozhe understood what she meant, essentially asking if the other person in the photo was the one leaking it.

He shook his head and denied it firmly, "It’s not him, I have an idea of who it is."

Just as he finished speaking, the lounge door was knocked again, and his lounge seemed especially popular today.

"Mr. Yu, may I come in?"