I’m Keeping the Overbearing CEO After He Went Bankrupt [Rebirth] 47

Chapter 47: Qingbao is Caught in the Act

We are truly innocent!

Yu Weixi pulled Chu Qing to another break room and found Lu Jiayan and Luo Yucheng, who had just finished their livestream.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Jiayan asked curiously, seeing the two of them rush in. “Is something the matter?”

Yu Weixi walked straight up to Luo Yucheng, grabbed him by the collar, and hissed, “Hand it over!”

“W-What’s wrong! Hand what over?!” Luo Yucheng was startled and stared at him nervously. “Teacher Yu, let’s talk this out!”

“Right, no fighting. Teacher Yu, please let go first,” Lu Jiayan also stepped forward, trying to separate them.

Yu Weixi cursed and pushed Luo Yucheng away.

“I, I don’t know where I’ve angered Teacher Yu again… I’ll apologize first,” Luo Yucheng said, bowing without another word.

Yu Weixi looked at him with disgust. “Stop acting.”

Chu Qing stepped forward and explained, “My notebook is missing… it has my music scores and inspiration in it. The staff said that only the two of you and a student have been in our break room during this time.”

Losing a notebook was no small matter. Lu Jiayan’s expression also became serious, and he frowned. “Which student?”

“Lu Luan.”

He thought for a moment and said seriously, “I suggest… you get a few staff members to search the three of our rooms, break rooms, and lockers, and also search our bodies. The matter is not yet settled, and we don’t know who stole it. I also have to clear my name.”

“Okay,” Chu Qing nodded. “Thank you, Teacher Lu…”

Yu Weixi led the staff to check the two teachers, but found nothing.

“Then it seems…” Lu Jiayan frowned. “Could it be… or is there some misunderstanding? I know this student Lu Luan. He has a good character and doesn’t seem like the type to do this.”

“It’s not him,” Yu Weixi said, glaring at Luo Yucheng and baring his teeth. “I don’t know what tricks you used, you hid it quite well, but it’s not Lu Luan!”

The others looked at him, puzzled, and Luo Yucheng said even more anxiously, “Teacher Yu…! You can’t frame me just because you don’t like me! This is not a small matter. You… you… we haven’t even checked Lu Luan yet. You can’t say that! We have to check him first.”

But Yu Weixi insisted, “No need!”

“Teacher Yu…! We agreed on three suspects. Since you can’t find it on me, shouldn’t you check Lu Luan before making a judgment?”

Seeing them arguing, Chu Qing looked at Yu Weixi nervously. In any case, he didn’t know who had stolen it. Whatever Yu Weixi said, went.

Yu Weixi raised an eyebrow with a smile. “I didn’t say much before, but when Lu Luan came to find Teacher Chu, I had just come back from the cafeteria. I watched him push open the door, look, and then take a few steps forward. When he saw no one, he left. He did go in, but he didn’t go to the keyboard at all! Teacher Luo, you’re so eager for us to check Lu Luan. What are you nervous about?”

“Teacher Yu…! It’s because you keep framing me that I’m begging you to go through the process before making a judgment,” he said, on the verge of tears. “You keep throwing dirty water on me like this. What can I do?!”

“The two teachers, please don’t fight for now,” Lu Jiayan said helplessly. “In any case, we still have to go through the process. Shall we go check Lu Luan’s first?”

Yu Weixi snorted.

The few of them then went to Lu Luan’s dormitory, and one of the staff members found a small notebook under his pillow.

“Huh? This is…”
“Teacher Chu, is this it?”

The staff member took out a small red notebook.

Chu Qing stood frozen in place.

It’s, it’s really Lu Luan…?!

Impossible…

“How could it be…?” Yu Weixi also stared, then turned to glare at Luo Yucheng. “Did you f*cking sneak in and put it there?”

“Teacher Yu! The evidence is conclusive, the truth is right in front of us. Why do you insist on biting me because of your prejudice…” Luo Yucheng said, his eyes red. “I really don’t know where I’ve offended you. I’ll apologize to you, okay? Tell me what I did wrong, and I’ll change!”

“…Then am I blind or something?!” Yu Weixi stomped his foot in anger.

He had clearly seen with his own eyes that Lu Luan had not gone to the keyboard!

“But since the notebook was indeed found in Lu Luan’s room… then… let’s go call him,” Lu Jiayan sighed, a hint of disappointment in his voice.

A moment later, the staff brought him.

He was a little surprised to see a large group of people gathered in his room.

“What’s wrong…?”

Lu Jiayan got straight to the point. “Teacher Chu’s notebook with his music scores and inspiration is missing. The staff said you went to Teacher Yu’s and Teacher Chu’s break room when they were not there, so we came to check your room. And… we found the notebook under your pillow.”

Hearing this, his entire face turned pale.

“N-It wasn’t me!” he said in disbelief. “Was it really found under my pillow?”

Lu Jiayan had been observing his expression. “Yes.”

“R-Really, was it really found in my room… I didn’t take it…!”

“It was found in your room.”

“Could it be… that someone put it there?” he said, raising his hand. “I swear to God I didn’t steal it! I really, really didn’t! Can you please help me investigate and ask if anyone has been in my room during this time!”

Lu Jiayan sighed. “We can’t ask. There are four people living in this room, and this is not like a mentor’s break room. This is an open space, and other students and staff are coming and going.”

“…” he looked at Chu Qing, his face pale.

Lu Jiayan shook his head. “Lu Luan, if this is true, the production team has the right to cancel and take back your center position, and even your eligibility to compete. I hope”

“I really didn’t!!” he said anxiously. “Why would I steal it! I’ve been in the practice room with the others all along. I have an alibi. I really haven’t been back to the dorm.”

Lu Jiayan paused, found a few students to confront him, and found that he really had not been back to the dorm.

Now it was difficult. The thing was with him, but he had an alibi. Everyone seemed to be innocent.

He frowned. “Could there be a fourth person…? It’s just that the staff didn’t see.”

“Um…” Chu Qing said, “How about we just let it go… it’s okay. It’s good that we found it.”

“This…” Lu Jiayan frowned slightly.

He was the producer and also the representative of this show. A mentor’s thing had gone missing, and he had not given an explanation. He was naturally a little concerned.

“It’s really okay. It’s good that we found it…” he said with a smile. “Lu Luan is innocent. You guys don’t blame him. It’s good that we got the thing back.”

Lu Luan looked at him gratefully.

…

The matter was barely over, and he got his notebook back.

“Damn it,” Yu Weixi muttered all the way back to the break room. “That notebook must have been seen by someone. It’s probably Luo Yucheng. Isn’t he also preparing for a new album recently? I suspect he took your notebook, took pictures of what’s inside, and then framed Lu Luan.”

“Mmm…” Chu Qing opened the notebook, flipped through it, and then said with a smile, “It’s okay.”

“What?”

He stood on his tiptoes and whispered a few words in his ear.

“Ah…?” his eyes widened.

He winked at him.

“…Alright then,” he “tsked” and couldn’t help but curve his lips. “Then we’ll just wait.”

After that, he went to the contestants’ practice room to take a look, and Chu Qing continued to play the piano alone in the break room.

A moment later, he heard a knock on the door.

“Come in.”

When the door was pushed open, it was the performance group’s mentor—Best Actor Feng Yan.

He was a little surprised. After all, the performance teacher had basically no work this week.

“Hello, Teacher Feng,” he said, and immediately stood up to greet him.

He nodded. “Hello. May I ask where Xixi is?”

“He went out to teach the students… in, in the practice room,” he said, a little nervous. After all, he was usually serious and steady, distant with people, and also much older than him and Yu Weixi.

“Alright,” he said with a smile. “Can I wait here?”

“You can…!”

He sat for a moment, and Yu Weixi still hadn’t come back. He turned to him and said, “Um… you’re close with Xixi. Can I ask you a few questions about him?”

“Okay!” he immediately sat up straight.

“I want to ask…” he paused. “The child next to Xixi… is he his relative or?”

Chu Qing: “…”

That’s your child!

But Yu Weixi had always hidden it from him, so he didn’t dare to say it. “I don’t know… Xixi says he’s his nephew.”

“Alright then.”

He was actually very confused. Yu Weixi clearly liked him, and they had even had a one-night stand four years ago because they were drunk. But after that, he didn’t recognize him, and he didn’t tell him either.

Why didn’t he say it…?

Could it be because he likes Luo Yucheng?

Just as he was lost in thought, he continued to ask, “Then… does Xixi hate me?”

Chu Qing: “???”
Chu Qing: “…”

He said helplessly, “I don’t think so…”

He asked again, “Then does he like Luo Yucheng?”

Chu Qing: “…”

Seeing that he was not speaking, he said to himself, “I always thought he liked Luo Yucheng, but seeing him dissing people recently, it seems a little strange. Usually, you wouldn’t do that if you like someone.”

Chu Qing: “…Isn’t it you who likes Luo Yucheng?”

“What? How is that possible?” he said with a frown. “I’m not Xixi, that inexperienced child. How could I be deceived by Luo Yucheng’s tricks?”

Chu Qing: “…”

Just as they were talking, Yu Weixi came back.

“What are you doing here?!” he said, baring his teeth when he saw him. “What are you doing! Harassing Qingbao!”

“Don’t be naughty,” he said, shaking his head.

Yu Weixi said rudely, “Get out!”

“…I won’t,” he said with a smile. “Teacher Lu asked us to livestream with him. I specially came to call you.”

He stood up with a “thud” and said with a smile, “You guys chat! I… I’ll go to the practice room to take a look!”

He took his notebook and ran away.

Yu Weixi: “…Come back!”

But he had already run away, not even a shadow to be seen.

Yu Weixi: “…”

…

The production team had actually prepared a total of six break rooms, but the mentors preferred to use them together, so many were empty.

He chose an empty one and was about to rest on the sofa for a while.

After lying there for a moment, his eyes were covered by a hand.

“CEO Chu, get up and sign the contract. If you sleep for another minute, the Chu Corporation will lose a hundred million.”

It was Huo Li’s voice.

Chu Qing: “…”

When will this ever end.

“H-Mr. Huo…”

He pushed away his hand and sat up. “Why are you here…”

“I brought you a Michelin lunch,” he said, holding a bag of food with a smile. “Get up and eat something.”

He sat up and frowned. “Don’t, don’t call me that…”

“How should I call you?”

“…Just, CEO Chu.”

It’s embarrassing to even say it.

“Then how do you want me to call you?” he said, raising an eyebrow and smiling in his ear. “Man?”

Chu Qing: “…”

His whole body stiffened.

“Man… the smell on you is so damn sweet,” he said, suppressing his laughter, his voice hoarse, and his warm breath on his ear.

He was a little angry and embarrassed, his hands clenched into fists, and his face red. “You, you stop it!”

He reached out and took his waist.

He remembered what had happened in the dressing room that day and immediately felt like he was about to boil over.

“Mr. Huo!!”

He wanted to push him away, but he was held tightly instead.

“Qingbao, when you were drunk, you said you liked me,” he said, lowering his gaze. “Do you like me?”

“…!” his eyes widened.

“I… I…”

How much trouble did he cause when he was drunk!

“Qingbao, I’ve been thinking about it. This sentence has been in my mind and I can’t get rid of it,” he said with a smile. “I’m very happy.”

“I… I was drunk…”

“Mmm,” he said, lowering his head to kiss his delicate collarbone.

“Ngh…”

The kiss moved up, to his collarbone, and then to his chin.

“Huo… Mr. Huo, stop.”

His legs were weak, and it seemed like what had happened in the dressing room was about to happen again.

He had no choice but to stand on his tiptoes and bite his shoulder hard.

Thump—

At the same time, the door of the break room was pushed open.

Lu Jiayan, Yu Weixi, and Feng Yan all walked in. Yu Weixi even said with a smile, “Qingbao! We’ve brought everyone to visit your break room!”

Lu Jiayan was holding a selfie stick and was livestreaming with his phone.

The mentors’ livestreams were all for fan benefits. They would usually take the fans on a tour of the recording venue, or introduce what the other mentors and students were doing.

At this moment, the three of them were frozen by the door, staring blankly at the scene in the room—

Chu Qing was pulling on Huo Li’s sleeve, hanging on him and biting his shoulder fiercely, revealing a row of teeth. Huo Li was standing on the side, his hand still supporting him to prevent him from falling.

The two of them stared blankly at the camera, both stunned.

Huo Li was a little embarrassed. It was all his fault for having eyes only for him, and being so emotional that he couldn’t notice the sounds outside.

Yu Weixi: “…”

Fck, what did I walk in on now.*

Feng Yan: “…”
Lu Jiayan: “…”

The two were also wondering if they had opened the door the wrong way.

The scene was a little awkward. Huo Li tried to ease the atmosphere and said, “Um, Chu Qing, he… is hungry.”

…

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