【I just went to Baidu and came back. The Jiang Corporation is not involved in the entertainment industry, and the controlling shareholder of Chunqiu Entertainment also has nothing to do with the surname Jiang. So there is no way Mr. D just happened to pass by and princess-carried Shen Fu (report over).】
【Help! I also tried searching. For what Kuang Yueyi mentioned, the time Shen Fu went to the hospital should be three years ago, around August 15th, 2019. Looking at Liang Xiaochun’s Weibo, she posted “accompanying an artist to get an IV”, so I’ll blindly guess that the artist was Shen Fu. Then I checked Jiang Corporation’s official website for August 2019, and there were many posts about business cooperation matters in Los Angeles. At that time, the young master should have already inherited the family business, right? Continuing to blindly guess, he was in Country M, so how did he “heroically save the damsel” by coincidence while being abroad? Unless he knew something happened, panicked, and flew twenty thousand kilometers back!! (↑All of the above are random CP-brain guesses, not responsible for authenticity.)】
The real-time ratings skyrocketed, rising even redder than last year’s bull market stocks.
The program team was stunned.
There were already hundreds of threads analyzing the direction of Limited Time Heartbeat on major forums and Douban. Just that tiny bit of footage in the storage room instantly opened up more than a dozen new threads.
On Weibo Super Topics and LOFTER, the tag #ShenFuJiangShu# appeared in an instant.
This tag later surged ahead, climbing the ranks like crazy.
Unlike the fresh drama that happened every day on the livestream before, which made viewers curious about “what will happen next”…
Although that curiosity dangled viewers forward like carrots, most casual viewers outside the fans just watched for fun.
But once this photo of Shen Fu and Jiang Shu came out, it made viewers claw their hearts out wanting to know “what exactly happened”?
What exactly happened? Why did the rumors say Jiang Shu disliked Shen Fu, and even now on the show the two seem not to get along, speaking sharply at each other. But when Shen Fu was sick, it was Jiang Shu who rushed over and sent her to the hospital?
Hitchcock said suspense is when two people sit at a table and the audience is told there’s a bomb underneath. But this was no longer telling the audience there’s a bomb, it was telling them the bomb had already exploded!
It was killing them with curiosity!
【Don’t rush to ship them yet. Maybe it really was a coincidence. He happened to run into an old acquaintance fainting from illness, and since there were no other men around to help, he lent a hand and took her to the hospital……】
【Do you think that’s possible? Chunqiu Entertainment aside from staff, there are dozens of male trainees alone, okay? Why bother the heir who “just happened to pass by”? And is D the type to lend a helping hand just because someone asks? Anyone remember when Gu Qingshuang needed something from him, and he practically had “Don’t bother me” written on his sunglasses?】
【D to everyone else: you’re all idiots. D to Shen Fu: fine, I’m the idiot.】
【Hahahahaha you’re killing me.】
There were already several moments when the atmosphere between Jiang Shu and Shen Fu felt strange, and the barrage had questioned it before. But every time, the haters who couldn’t stand Shen Fu gaining popularity suppressed it.
Now a bunch of curious, CP-shipping casual viewers couldn’t hold back anymore.
【I swear I wanted to say these two were weird a long time ago! During the spring date hidden mission, Jiang Shu completed it silently for Shen Fu. During the gift selection, he also headed toward Shen Fu’s side. And later, setting aside how many times he roasted Chu Wei, did no one notice that the day he rushed to Cuirujia, he immediately pulled out a chair to sit next to Shen Fu?!】
Someone once questioned why in the villa Jiang Shu insisted on occupying that one seat at the dining table. If someone else sat there, he would scowl and make them get up.
At first some fans said it was because Gu Qingshuang sat opposite, so he was sitting there for her. But later seeing he had zero interest in Gu Qingshuang, Chu Wei’s fans tried to save face by saying the young master was used to fixed seating and didn’t like change… fine, that explanation worked. But then why did he also have to sit next to Shen Fu in Cuirujia?!
There was no Gu Qingshuang opposite him in Cuirujia!
【You guys are only noticing now…… Betting one hundred bags of spicy strips, something definitely happened between these two in the past. Definitely not just old enemies who disliked each other.】
【My gossip soul is burning. D*mn it, didn’t they attend high school in the same city before? Isn’t there anyone who knows some inside story?】
Just then, a never-before-seen ID “4525245” suddenly posted: “My senior in the lab seems to have attended that super expensive high school. He might know something. I’ll go ask. I’ll come back after asking. See you on the forum next Monday at the latest.”
【Holy sh*t!】
【Holy sh*t! A hidden master among the viewers! If the senior knows the young master’s circle, the senior must also be rich. From this moment, he is my senior.】
The post by ID4525245 immediately got more than eight thousand replies, all waiting for the truth.
The barrage discussing Jiang Shu and Shen Fu finally dispersed a little, and the topic slowly returned to Zuo Mei’s agency.
【Here’s the problem: why did Zuo Mei’s agency send Kuang Yueyi onto the show?】
【And earlier someone was stirring things up saying Shen Fu bullied Kuang Yueyi. Didn’t expect it to be the complete opposite. That company just slapped itself with a boomerang. Hilarious.】
Zuo Mei was arranging flowers on the terrace, completely unaware.
In the handbag set aside, her phone suddenly vibrated.
Probably her manager calling to report good news.
She smiled at the program team beside her: “A friend is calling. I’ll go back to my room to take it.”
The filming crew didn’t dare say a word.
“Film Empress told us to send Kuang Yueyi onto the show. Now she’s fallen into her own trap. What do we do? Will she hold a grudge against us?”
The producer wiped his face: “How can this be blamed on us? We did exactly what she told us to do.”
When Zuo Mei returned to the room and answered the call, her agent on the other end was already in a panic: “Kang Yueyi is really a pig teammate!”
After asking clearly what exactly had happened just now in the storage room, Zuo Mei’s face turned pale. She sat down on the bed with a thump: “Isn’t this all your fault? What kind of person did you find? What kind of plan did you set? With this level of skill, you wouldn’t survive three episodes in a palace-drama!”
“……”
The agent was scolded so hard that everything she wanted to say was swallowed back.
She thought, didn’t I discuss inviting Kang Yueyi onto the variety show with you beforehand? Didn’t you also know? Now that things have flipped over, you’re putting the whole blame on the company?
“What do we do now?” Zuo Mei snapped. “Say something!”
The agent took a breath and said, “From now on, you act like you know nothing. I’ll make sure you are completely cleared.”
After Zuo Mei’s comeback, her popularity indeed wasn’t what it used to be. But even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. She was still the company’s most profitable pillar.
Not to mention that upper management couldn’t possibly abandon her now. The agent had worked with her for so many years, finally turning her into a golden brand. She couldn’t just watch her fall at the feet of someone like Shen Fu.
【It’s over】 someone in the barrage said: 【Yinghua Media’s official Weibo has explained what happened.】
They said the “Yinghua Media sent her onto the variety show” statement from Kang Yueyi was all a misunderstanding.
It turned out a senior executive at Yinghua Media was a relative of Kang Yueyi. Helping her pull strings was purely personal behavior and unrelated to the company.
Yinghua Media not only apologized, but also said they would deal with the executive who abused his power.
Kang Yueyi had no idea what kind of storm she had stirred up online.
When she came out of the storage room, the scolding voices were endless.
【She did it on purpose. She didn’t mention half a word about pulling strings through a relative, and immediately blamed Yinghua Media the moment she opened her mouth. Was she trying to pin the blame on the Film Empress?】
【And it turns out the real bully is her】
The production team saw everything.
Zuo Mei came out of the room holding a bouquet with light steps, still smiling, as if she had only gone inside to change clothes.
Several staff members couldn’t help glancing at her.
“……Anyone who climbs to this level really has skills.”
The whole internet was busy discussing today’s drama, except Shen Fu’s fans, who were being tortured to tears.
Some newly-arrived fans couldn’t help searching for Shen Fu’s older content.
That so-called girl group never actually debuted. It disbanded a few months after its announcement, and the members all went solo.
So before Shen Fu filmed the idol drama, she had very little material.
Even the earliest fans only had a few scattered behind-the-scenes photos of her.
All were accidentally taken by other fansites back then.
In the photos, Shen Fu and several teammates were stretching in the dance studio. Her face was clean and bare, still the same calm expression, no different from now.
Seeing these early photos, some fans felt healed. Even though the past seemed difficult, Shen Fu looked like she didn’t care at all? Truly their girl.
Some more sentimental fans felt even more heartbroken. From these photos alone, you couldn’t see any sign of her being ostracized by her teammates! If they didn’t know about this incident, then how many other hardships were there they also didn’t know?
In short…… they fell even deeper into the pit.
……
Shen Fu came out of the storage room and returned to the open kitchen to continue washing vegetables.
Tonight she and Chu Wei were making dinner.
Chu Wei had no idea what had happened. He just felt the production crew behaving strangely. In the ten minutes he was gone, probably some guest made the hot search again.
Hot searches happened so often they got used to it.
Ever since joining this show, who here wasn’t a regular on the hot search?
Chu Wei didn’t bother asking.
He held the apron in his hands, looked at Shen Fu, and tried to break the ice: “Want me to tie it for you?”
Shen Fu seemed lost in thought and walked right past him with her basket of vegetables.
Chu Wei: “……”
Sometimes Shen Fu spaced out like this to avoid the other guests’ drama.
But this time, she was truly spacing out.
Jiang Shu?
Impossible, right?
If Kang Yueyi hadn’t shown that photo taken at the dorm door, Shen Fu wouldn’t even have known that Jiang Shu had been to their company that day.
What did he come for?
Passing by? No way the old man told him to meddle in the entertainment industry.
Or was it because she got sick, Liang Xiaochun couldn’t find her emergency contact, and dialed the first number in her phone?
It had been less than a year since she left the Jiang family. Jiang Shu indeed was still her emergency contact.
Later, he wasn’t anymore.
Then why hadn’t Liang Xiaochun mentioned it to her?
She could only wait until nighttime to ask Sister Liang in the room.
Shen Fu didn’t think as much as the barrage.
Sending someone to the hospital wasn’t a big deal.
If Jiang Shu, or anyone, collapsed on the ground, she would also princess-carry them to the hospital. Of course, whether she could actually lift them was another matter.
What she found strange was why, after reuniting on the show, Jiang Shu never mentioned it.
It wasn’t like him.
Based on his personality, shouldn’t he have used this chance to mock her?
Shen Fu originally thought he would sneer something like, “You insisted on leaving the Jiang family. Tasting hardship now, aren’t you?”
Jiang Shu and Wang Xuanheng came out of the room and also sensed the strange atmosphere.
“I’m heading out,” Wang Xuanheng said as he walked toward the elevator. Seeing Xiang Lingyun on the sofa with a glass of red wine, he couldn’t help reminding Jiang Shu: “The production team actually has a whole wine cellar. Don’t grab the wrong drink.”
One Jiang Shu, one Shen Fu. These two really were destined to collide everywhere.
They all have terrible behavior when drinking.
Jiang Shu could be tolerated; after drinking he was at most a young master who turned into a little wife. But Shen Fu was outrageous, usually looking fair and soft, yet once drunk she would actually grab someone’s head and force a kiss.
“Am I mentally deficient? Can’t tell alcohol from sparkling water?”
Jiang Shu had no idea why he was nagging like this here.
Seeing him constantly staring at Shen Fu, Jiang Shu displeasedly kicked him into the elevator, telling him to hurry up and get lost.
Chu Wei hadn’t managed to strike up a conversation with Shen Fu. When he saw Gu Zhidai walking over, he awkwardly greeted him, “You flying guests are leaving?”
“Mm, see you next time.” While speaking, Gu Zhidai glanced at Shen Fu.
The flying guests left one after another, leaving eight people in the villa again.
At the entrance near the shoe cabinet, Jiang Shu turned back and glanced toward the open kitchen.
He wanted to go over and talk to Shen Fu, but couldn’t think of an excuse for the moment.
Seeing Chu Wei try again and again, persistently, to talk to Shen Fu, he finally couldn’t help striding over.
He squeezed into the middle, searching for something to say. “Why isn’t dinner ready yet?”
Shen Fu: “Are you a rice bucket?”
Jiang Shu: “……”
Jiang Shu couldn’t help frowning. “Are you snapping at me?”
Why did she suddenly seem like she was full of anger toward him? He even helped her during the hide-and-seek game this afternoon.
Shen Fu: “……”
Oh. “You just had to leave the Jiang family, now you’ve suffered, haven’t you”, seemed to be something she had just imagined. Jiang Shu never said that.
She had almost gotten angry over her own imagination.
Shen Fu calmed the tide of thoughts inside and said, “Go wait over there. I’ll be quick.”
Jiang Shu asked again, “Is there anything I can help with?”
Before Shen Fu could answer, Chu Wei quickly said, “No.”
Jiang Shu: “……”
Jiang Shu’s face darkened as he glared at Chu Wei from behind his sunglasses.
He was asking Shen Fu, why are you butting in?
You help? The kitchen might explode later.
Shen Fu was mentally roasting Jiang Shu, but didn’t show it on her face.
She wasn’t very good at cooking either, but for this segment she could just muddle through, two or three dishes would be enough.
Eight people meant at least ten dishes; the production team obviously wouldn’t let the guests make everything.
“Go sit on the sofa and wait.” Shen Fu jerked her chin toward the sofa.
No matter how he heard it, Jiang Shu felt like she was kicking him out.
But if he really left and let Chu Wei stay alone with her, he wouldn’t feel at ease.
“The apron isn’t tied.” Jiang Shu pointed at the loose apron strings behind her.
“Oh.” Shen Fu didn’t react much.
Why wasn’t he leaving?
Jiang Shu walked over and lifted his hands to tie a bow.
Without looking, Shen Fu already knew it must be an ugly, crooked bow. Three dark lines silently fell in her mind as she used her clean hand to casually tie up her hair to make it easier for him.
Jiang Shu finished and left.
Chu Wei, beside them: “……”
Barrage: 【Ahhhhhhh】
What the h*ll? Why does it look so natural?
And the two of them didn’t even realize how natural it was?
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