After Dumping the Scumbag Top, I Was Relentlessly Chased by a Top-Tier Idol - Chapter 32

Faced with Shen Xu’s steady approach, Lin Yizhou leaned his body back further and further to maintain distance. Hearing the question, he answered without a moment’s hesitation: “No.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Xu’s movements froze, and he stopped closing in.

“I see.” He slowly lowered his head, resting his forehead against Lin Yizhou’s collarbone. Like a drenched puppy, his voice sounded damp and vulnerable. “Zhouzhou, you haven’t felt a heartbeat for me yet, and in the future, my rivals in love will only increase…”

“But I like you so much. What am I supposed to do?”

Perhaps, back then, he should have hidden this person away.

Hearing these words, the hand Lin Yizhou was about to lift paused. His body stiffened in place, his fingers curling slightly against the ground. He lowered his eyes, looking at the person leaning on him.

So, ignoring it doesn’t work either…

No, Shen Xu is just in a fleeting, infatuated phase right now.

He just needed to continue ignoring him; the other would lose interest soon enough.

Just as he was about to push him away, a voice came from outside the tent: “Teacher Lin, Teacher Shen, are you ready?”

Before Lin Yizhou could react, Shen Xu lifted his face first. As if he had instantaneously healed himself, his face already bore his usual effortless smile. Looking completely composed, he stood up and offered his hand to Lin Yizhou: “Let’s go, Captain.”

Lin Yizhou glanced at the hand extended before him. After a moment of hesitation, he took it, used the strength to stand up, and immediately released his grip. “Let’s head out,” he said.

He spoke as he led the way out, lifting the door flap. Outside, the world was bright after the rain; the sun hung high in the sky, and everything was radiant.

It was actually a bit blinding.

By the time Lin Yizhou and Shen Xu reached the gathering point, the other guests had already arrived.

Seeing the two figures from a distance, Pei Yutai bounced over to Lin Yizhou on his long legs, walking alongside them. “Captain, I heard you were livestreaming with Xu-ge?”

Lin Yizhou nodded.

Pei Yutai: “Was it really just playing games on stream?”

Another nod.

Pei Yutai slapped his forehead, looking utterly regretful. “Aww, why didn’t you call me? I definitely could have carried you guys. To be honest, I’m super good…”

Before he could finish, someone suddenly stepped in between them, nudging him aside.

Turning his head, Pei Yutai saw Shen Xu nonchalantly patting his shoulder. Shen Xu smiled and said, “Thanks for the offer, but there’s no need for you to carry us. The Captain already carried the whole team.”

Pei Yutai’s eyes lit up, instantly forgetting that he had been pushed aside. He tried to circle around Shen Xu to get to Lin Yizhou’s other side, but Shen Xu pressed down on his shoulder. He glared at the man in front of him wordlessly, but could only turn his head and ask curiously, “Captain, did you play games before? Should we team up and play sometime when we’re free?”

Lin Yizhou declined: “I don’t play games.”

Pei Yutai was shocked: “Then Xu-ge said…”

Lin Yizhou remained calm: “Just good luck.”

After saying that, he quickened his pace, putting some distance between himself and the two of them.

Pei Yutai wanted to chase after him, but the hand on his shoulder tightened. He sighed, looking at the person beside him in confusion. “Xu-ge, we haven’t seen each other for just a little while, and you’ve turned into a jar of vinegar! Isn’t it a bit ridiculous to be jealous of me?”

Shen Xu shrugged slightly, clearly not thinking so at all. “Until he becomes my boyfriend, every male is a threat to be guarded against. Are you a male?”

Pei Yutai: “…”

His face was full of speechlessness.

Ignoring his expression, Shen Xu smiled and patted his shoulder, his tone rising slightly: “So, don’t make me remind you again.”

With that, he was about to speed up to catch up with Lin Yizhou, but just as he took a step, Pei Yutai suddenly darted in front of him, blocking his path.

Shen Xu looked at him, raising an eyebrow.

Pei Yutai narrowed his eyes, his gaze searching Shen Xu’s face as if trying to find something. His tone was leisurely: “Xu, you seem a bit off.”

Shen Xu looked directly at him, the smile in his eyes unmistakable. “Oh? I’m all ears.”

Pei Yutai adjusted his non-existent collar and cleared his throat, but then leaned in toward Shen Xu, his voice dropping an octave as if he were afraid of being overheard. “Even though you’re throwing random jealous fits, you seem to be in an exceptionally good mood. So, what happened between you and Zhou-ge?”

“Sharing joy is better than keeping it to yourself. I want to know too, tell me quick!”

Shen Xu thought of the scene where he had just leaned on Lin Yizhou and hadn’t been pushed away, and he couldn’t help but curl his lips.

Even though Lin Yizhou hadn’t given an answer, at the very least, his attitude had shifted.

Did this also mean that Lin Yizhou was willing to trust him and start opening his heart?

He glanced at Lin Yizhou’s back ahead of them, suppressed the upward curve of his mouth, and looked at the person in front of him. “You want to know?”

Pei Yutai’s eyes sparkled. “I do, I really do!” He stated his stance, “I’ll definitely be super happy for you!”

Shen Xu: “Very curious?”

Pei Yutai nodded frantically. “Yes.”

Shen Xu crossed his arms and walked past him. “Then stay curious.”

Pei Yutai: ???

He snapped out of it and turned to shout at Shen Xu’s back, “Xu, that’s not playing fair!”

This drew the attention of the nearby guests and staff.

Pei Yutai’s flailing movements froze. He lowered his hands, cleared his throat, and walked over as if nothing had happened. Standing beside Shen Xu, he whispered, “Xu, if you won’t tell me about you and Zhou, then tell me what’s going on between Zhou-ge, Jiang, and that Song Chizheng?”

“Once I know, I can avoid stepping on Zhou-ge’s landmines.”

The commotion between the two caused Lin Yizhou to glance back from the side.

Shen Xu gave him a smile. Once Lin Yizhou looked away, he whispered to Pei Yutai, “Restrain your curiosity, and there won’t be any landmines.”

Pei Yutai: “…”

He seemed unable to argue with that.

But he was still so curious…

Shen Xu turned his head and saw Jiang Siyuan, standing at the far right of the group, staring at Lin Yizhou with an inquisitive gaze. He raised an eyebrow and leaned toward Lin Yizhou’s ear. “Captain, let’s swap places. Pei Yutai is too noisy.”

Pei Yutai, hearing his name: “…”

Lin Yizhou didn’t suspect anything and swapped positions with him.

Once the positions were switched, Shen Xu subtly found an angle that perfectly blocked Jiang Siyuan’s line of sight.

With his view obstructed, Jiang Siyuan looked up, only to see Shen Xu staring at him with a fake smile, a trace of ferocity hidden in his eyes.

Seeing this, Jiang Siyuan simply shrugged slightly, a hint of smugness showing in his expression.

“Ahem!” Director Tu coughed twice into his signature megaphone to grab everyone’s attention. “The rain has stopped and the sky is clear. It’s a new day with a new atmosphere. Did everyone have fun with the livestreaming just now?”

The blue-haired singer cleared his throat and said with genuine feeling, “It was okay, just a bit exhausting for the voice.”

Jiang Siyuan said leisurely, “It was fine. I took the opportunity to officially announce my relationship with my boyfriend.”

His gaze landed on Lin Yizhou.

“Is that so?” Shen Xu stared at him. “Then I wish Teacher Jiang and your partner a long life together.”

Jiang Siyuan nodded, his smile bright. “That’s a given. After all, he and I have been in love for over ten years.”

He phrased it cleverly. Almost everyone present understood the implication instantly.

Damn, he and Song Chizheng have been in love for over ten years, but everyone knows Song Chizheng was with Lin Yizhou for a few of those years. Does that mean… Lin Yizhou intruded on their relationship? And now Jiang Siyuan is back to reclaim his place?

To the person above, I agree. Lin Yizhou definitely has the face of a ‘third party’!

Wait, is the comment section sick? Are we really pinning that label on him already?

Director Tu looked at the group and immediately changed the subject. “Regarding today’s livestreaming, everyone is truly multi-talented. I won’t waste words next, we will announce the guest whose livestream room had the highest popularity today.”

With that, Director Tu looked at a staff member nearby.

The staff member understood and pressed a button on a remote. A white screen slowly descended from a high frame nearby, displaying the names of all the guests.

The staff member pressed the button again, and the numbers above each guest’s name began to roll.

Time passed as the numbers spun. One by one, the numbers on the screen stopped, leaving only the numbers above Lin Yizhou and Jiang Siyuan still rolling.

One second, three seconds… the numbers kept spinning.

Pei Yutai stared tensely at the numbers on the screen, his fists clenched as if he were the one awaiting judgment.

The numbers above Jiang Siyuan stopped first.

Lin Yizhou won!

Before anyone could react, the buzz-cut male actor from Nan Qiguang’s team, who usually had little presence, raised an objection: “I want to ask, how was Captain Lin’s popularity calculated? As far as I know, there were two other guests in his livestream room later on.”

Director Tu: “Regarding livestreaming together since the production team didn’t forbid it before the broadcast, it was tacitly allowed. As for who brought the popularity, that’s not important. What matters is whose room it was.”

Certain guests: “…”

Director Tu smiled. “Does anyone else have an objection?”

Pei Yutai raised his hand excitedly.

Director Tu looked at him. “What’s your question?”

Pei Yutai shouted, “None!”

Director Tu: “…”

Then why did you raise your hand!

“Since that’s the case, everyone has seen the results. As for the reward, we will reveal it when we enter the next phase of filming. For now, everyone please continue your self-survival. Good luck~”

Pei Yutai grabbed Lin Yizhou’s arm, looking as thrilled as if he had won himself. “Captain, congratulations!”

Before Lin Yizhou could respond, Jiang Siyuan walked over to him, his words carrying a hidden edge: “Congratulations, Captain. However, I believe the Captain won’t get arrogant because of this, right?”

Not just Lin Yizhou, but even someone as thick-skinned as Pei Yutai understood the subtext.

You have no right to be smug about a peak popularity score that relied on others.

Shen Xu let out a cold laugh and spoke leisurely, “Teacher Jiang is truly impressive to reach such high popularity on his own.”

Jiang Siyuan naturally caught the sarcasm. He shrugged nonchalantly. “He is mine; therefore, what is his is naturally mine.”

Shen Xu nodded. “By that same logic, Lin Yizhou belongs to Everstar, so everything belonging to Everstar belongs to Lin Yizhou.”

Pei Yutai was startled by Shen Xu’s tone, afraid he might say something even more shocking. He quickly jumped into the conversation. “Alright, stop chatting. Let’s go check if our base camp was washed away by the storm. Otherwise, we’ll be sleeping under the open sky again tonight.”

Lin Yizhou agreed and led the way back into the jungle.

Lol, Shen Xu has such a big mouth. Bro, when you said that, did you ask your boss? Does he agree that everything in Everstar belongs to Lin Yizhou?

I feel like Jiang Siyuan isn’t hiding it at all now. He’s mocking Lin Yizhou left and right. It feels like the ‘official’ partner tearing into the ‘mistress’.

Exactly. This proves from another angle that Lin Yizhou really was the third party!

No way… I was just starting to like Lin Yizhou.

Can you guys have some decency? You can’t just slap a ‘third party’ label on someone like that. People starting these rumors deserve the worst!

Watching these comments, Song Chizheng’s lips curled into a satisfied smile.

A friend sitting on the sofa nearby put down a magazine. Seeing him like this, the friend asked, “Azheng, are you messing with that little star again?”

Song Chizheng neither admitted nor denied it.

The friend took out his phone to look into the situation and frowned slightly. “Azheng, isn’t this going a bit too far?”

Song Chizheng looked up, his gaze cold and sharp. “Too far? Then do you think it’s ‘too far’ for him to blacklist me over and over again in the livestream room?”

The friend sighed and stood up. “To be honest, Azheng, when you went after him before, you could say it was because of Jiang Siyuan. But now that Jiang Siyuan is back, you’re still clinging to him. I can’t quite see through you anymore.”

“I don’t know if you really want to get revenge on him, or if you just can’t let him go.”

“I think you should really ask your own heart. Don’t do something you’ll regret later.”

He spoke as he walked toward the door. “Let’s eat together another time. I don’t think you’re hungry right now anyway.”

The office door closed, and the room fell into complete silence.

The midday sun cast a triangular beam of light through the glass into the room. Dust motes danced in the light. Song Chizheng’s eyes were momentarily dazzled, but he didn’t look away.

To him, Jiang Siyuan was this beam of light, and Lin Yizhou was the dust floating within it.

Regret?

Absolutely impossible. He would only make Lin Yizhou regret.

With things turning out like this, who else but him could prove Lin Yizhou’s innocence?

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