I’m Keeping the Overbearing CEO After He Went Bankrupt [Rebirth] 48

Chapter 48: Qingbao and the Bricklayer

The worst part was the sudden silence in the air.

As quiet as it was on site, the livestream room was in chaos.

XXX: WTF WTF WTF what’s going on!!!!! Ahhh ahhh ahhh is this a secret tryst?! Is this a scene of catching cheaters?!

XXX: Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh Qingqing, Mommy won’t let you fall in love!! You’re still young! Who is that wild man?!

XXX: woc from the clothes, it’s a staff member, right? Which clueless staff member is trying to leech off and seduce our Qingqing?!

XXX: No, wait, it’s the bodyguard…! It’s the bodyguard who’s always by Qingqing’s side!!

XXX: woc did Uncle Bodyguard make it to the top!?

XXX: No, calm down. Since he’s a bodyguard, it’s normal for Qingqing to rely on him, right? Playing around like this doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a couple?

For a time, the livestream room was filled with all kinds of speculation and screams.

“Ha, haha…” Lu Jiayan said with a dry laugh. “Teacher Chu is so lively. What are you playing with your bodyguard?”

Huo Li was very calm. He let go of Chu Qing with a blank expression and said with a smile, “Nothing. It’s just that Teacher Chu wanted to eat, but I hid the food to make him lose weight. He got angry and started a fight with me.”

“Oh, oh…” Lu Jiayan said with a smile. “What’s there to lose weight for? Teacher Chu is too thin. On the contrary, he needs to eat more.”

“Yes, I’ll change,” Huo Li nodded.

Chu Qing, on the side, was so red he was about to bleed.

Deep breath…
Exhale, inhale… exhale, inhale…

qaq
Fck.*

What kind of human suffering is this.

He wished he could dig a hole and crawl into the ground.

XXX: Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh I’m so here for this bodyguard!! It’s the one who saved Qingqing before, right?

XXX: Hahahahaha Qingqing’s face is so red!!!

XXX: Someone made a video compilation. Mr. Bodyguard is always by Qingqing’s side! And he takes super good care of him. The way he looks at Qingqing is so loyal.

XXX: Ahhh ahhh ahhh I’ve seen it too! Mr. Bodyguard is always silently protecting Qingqing, blocking the crowd for him, carrying him into the car, guiding him… ah, there’s too much. After watching it, I really want to be Mr. Bodyguard’s girlfriend qaq

XXX: You’re dreaming. Mr. Bodyguard belongs to Qingqing! His possessiveness over Qingqing, aww, I want all the information on this man within a minute. What does he look like, what’s his background! Can’t we find out?

XXX: We can’t qaq A tech expert took a screenshot of the bodyguard and did a face and eye recognition scan, but the expert suddenly went offline and I don’t know why. Maybe there were no results. Crying

XXX: Ah… my imagination is running wild. The poor and honest big bodyguard was picked up by the clean and elegant artist to be his bodyguard, and from then on, he became a loyal dog by his side, protecting him at every step. Alright, sisters, I’m going to write my own fanfic now

XXX: Sister above…! Let’s talk in private!!

…

For a time, the livestream room was in an uproar. Some were shipping the CP, some were envious of the friendship between Chu Qing and Huo Li, and some didn’t care and just thought it was normal friends playing around…

There were also anti-fans muddying the waters, deliberately uglifying their relationship and saying that Chu Qing was being kept. Of course, this was all dissed back by the others.

“We… are here to livestream,” Lu Jiayan said, glancing at the livestream room. He knew that Chu Qing’s bodyguard was also quite famous and popular in the circle, and immediately said with a smile, “Since Mr. Bodyguard is also here, how about you livestream with Teacher Chu and us?”

Huo Li just stood obediently behind Chu Qing and nodded.

XXX: Ahhh ahhh ahhh so obedient?! Really so good and obedient. A big wolf-dog, I’m here for it!!

XXX: He looks so shy! What kind of cute contrast is this 😭😭😭

XXX: Maybe Mr. Bodyguard is shy on the outside, but on the inside… in bed… he’s particularly fierce? After all, he’s very strong

XXX: Ahhh ahhh ahhh sister, don’t say it, I’m getting a mental image!! Is there any fanfic recommendation for a bottom-up story!

…

In any case, Huo Li didn’t say anything more and just followed behind Chu Qing as usual.

“This, this is my break room. I eat here, um, no… I write songs, no, I eat…”

Huo Li couldn’t help but remind him, “You write songs.”

“Write, write… mmm.”

Lu Jiayan: “…”

Teacher Chu, please calm down…!

He finally suppressed his shame, said a few words about what he did in his spare time in the break room, and then briefly introduced the break room to the audience in front of the camera. After showing his face, the livestream team left.

After all, he was speaking incoherently. If they continued to livestream, they might not even be able to leave him with a pair of underwear.

Chu Qing: “…”

He looked at Huo Li, and Huo Li also looked at him. The two were speechless.

Huo Li cleared his throat and spoke first, “Um… sorry?”

“…It’s okay,” he paused and looked at Huo Li’s shoulder embarrassedly. “Does it… hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt,” he said, patting his shoulder with a smile. “My skin is thick. You can bite me again if you want.”

“…No need.”

…

It was a little awkwardly strange.

Mainly because, after Huo Li had forced him to have some fun before, he could still turn and run. But this time, if he ran… it would seem even stranger.

As if he weren’t embarrassed enough, Huo Li said with a smile, “Qingbao, the question I asked before… was interrupted. Shall we continue?”

Chu Qing: “…”

“Do you like me?” that question.

He lowered his head. “N-No need. I’m… actually hungry. I want to eat. Later, I also have to, have to livestream…”

The mentors all took turns to livestream.

“Alright,” Huo Li said, not saying much more, and just went out to buy food with a grin.

After he finished eating, he went to livestream with Lu Jiayan and Luo Yucheng.

“Teacher Chu and Teacher Luo from the Vocal group have also joined us!” Lu Jiayan said with a grin, holding up his phone. “Where shall we go next?”

The dance group’s assistant, a beautiful girl group’s main dancer named Tian Yawei, said with a smile, “Let’s go to the dressing room! I see someone in the bullet comments saying they want to see what the dressing room is like. Teacher Yu seems to be in the dressing room.”

“Alright then.”

The few of them went to a dressing room that the mentors used most often and saw that it was empty, but there was still makeup remover and scattered bottles and jars on the table.

Tian Yawei said with a smile, “That makeup remover is the XXX brand that Teacher Yu often uses. It’s also this year’s limited edition.”

The few of them started talking about the things on the table, and the livestream room was also planting grass.

“Someone wants to see the changing room,” Lu Jiayan said, turning to Chu Qing. “Can you help?”

He was holding the livestream camera and couldn’t do it himself.

“Good.”

Chu Qing went over and pulled open the curtain of the changing room.

“…”

He stared blankly at what had suddenly appeared in everyone’s vision, Yu Weixi and Feng Yan, who were hugging each other in the changing room.

The two of them were squeezed into the small space, their postures stiff. Because of the space, they were pressed tightly together, their four eyes staring blankly at Chu Qing, as if they were facing this dark world.

Chu Qing: “???”

…

…

The worst part was the sudden silence in the air again, again, again.

“I… I…” he stared with wide eyes, subconsciously let go of the curtain, and took a few steps back. He bumped into a pillar on the side with a “thump,” and he clutched his head in pain.

Yu Weixi: “…”
Feng Yan: “…”

“Oh my! What’s wrong, Teacher Chu? Oh my god! Such a big bump. Does it hurt?” Lu Jiayan went over with concern, and his other hand very, very naturally pulled the curtain shut with a “shhhlick,” as if there was no one inside.

Then all the mentors swarmed up to comfort him and escorted him out of the dressing room together.

It was just a small bump. His forehead wasn’t even very red, but the mentors made it seem like he was about to have his head blown off and be sent to the hospital.

Chu Qing: “…”

That night, the show quickly went on the trending topics, and Weibo almost exploded.

And after he went back home, took a shower, and lay down, he was completely stunned when he opened Weibo.

— Shocking! The talent show recording site has become the mentors’ secret tryst scene! A series of train wrecks. Is it the ugliness of human nature or the loss of morality?!
— Yu Weixi and Chu Qing are exposing each other?! Is the little boat of friendship about to capsize?

Yu Weixi and Feng Yan had filmed a romance drama a few years ago and had become a very popular national CP. But later, the two had a falling out, and their ship sank spectacularly. Now, not only were they in the same frame, but they were also caught in such a strange way, which was naturally sensational.

And Chu Qing, the innocent one, was also brought up. The heat of his ship with the bodyguard was still high, and someone had even created a super topic for them called “Rubik’s Cube CP.” The heat soared like a wild horse, and everyone was digging up old materials of him and Huo Li. After all, he was not an idol but a singer, so his fans did not have a strong reaction to his partner, not to mention that this was not necessarily a partner.

He watched as many fanarts, fanfics, and fan videos of him and Huo Li appeared on social media.

And… smutty fanfics and smutty fanarts.

Chu Qing: “…”

His hand holding the phone was trembling slightly.

Small scene, small scene. Don’t panic.

He thought, I’m a man who has been through Huo Li’s recommended fanfics.

At this moment, Huo Li was in the shower, and he was huddled in his bed. He timidly clicked on a fanfic with a title that was different from the others, unique and with a strange style.

Sponsor’s Palm Pet: The Forced Loyal Dog

He is the high and mighty, talented artist, Long Aoqing.
He is the tall and burly, honest bricklayer from the construction site, Zhuge Dali.
The symphony of fate brought them together in a season of flying cherry blossoms.
Long Aoqing walked up to Zhuge Dali, threw a stack of checks in his face, and said from on high, “Lick.”
“Don’t forget your status. You’re just a dog of mine.”
Little did he know that this loyal dog would eventually fight back…
Zhuge Dali pressed Long Aoqing onto the bed, his eyes full of hatred. He said, “Long Aoqing, you humiliated me. I will make you pay the price. Heh, do you think you can escape?”

…

Chu Qing: “…”

He had been baptized in his worldview and cognition.

This indirectly led to him blushing and not being able to help but laugh when he saw Huo Li come out of the shower in a bathrobe.

Huo Li: ?

“Hahahaha…”

He was shaking in his bed.

“What are you doing?” he said, going over and hugging him. “Is there something written on my face? Hmm?”

He was still laughing.

Seeing him happy, he was also happy. He grabbed his wrist and started to tickle him.

“Silly Qingbao.”

He was a little tired from the fuss and lay on the bed, looking at him blankly.

He stood up. “I’m going to change.”

But he reached out and took the corner of his clothes.

“Hmm?” he turned his head and looked at him gently.

“Mr. Huo…” he paused, then let go. “It’s nothing.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Little vixen, are you still playing hard to get?”

“…”

He smiled and lay down again. “No more fooling around. Let’s sleep.”

“Didn’t you say you were going to change?”

“I’m not changing.”

He loosely wrapped his arms around him. “Let’s sleep.”

“Mmm…”

When he fell asleep, there was still a smile on his lips. This was a sight that Huo Li had not seen when he had first met him.

The night grew deeper.

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