“I said, can you have a little sense of proportion!”
Guan Zifan finally got through the phone and unleashed a torrent of words right away. “Even if you’re going out to play, you have to say something! What if something happened? What if someone took pictures? You didn’t say a word—how am I supposed to cover for you! Say something! What? You dare to run away from home but don’t dare to speak now?”
There was dead silence on the other end of the line. Guan Zifan waited for a good while before Yu Xi’s muffled voice came through. “Hello? Guan Ge? What are you saying? Did I speak? Did you hear anything? Hello?”
Guan Zifan: “…”
Guan Zifan expressionlessly hung up the phone.
As long as the kid was alive, it was fine. If the child wouldn’t listen, he could just lock the door at home and beat him later.
On the other side, Yu Xi and Yi Chen exchanged a glance and couldn’t help bursting into laughter.
“You’re too mean,” Yu Xi laughed. “You actually made me pretend the signal was bad.”
“What else? Should I just watch you get chewed out by Guan Ge?”
Yu Xi: “It’d already be good if he didn’t pour oil on the fire.”
Yi Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. “You have to believe in our lip friendship.”
Yu Xi didn’t take the bait. “If the house collapses, you can rebuild it. You’re the one who can’t be rebuilt.”
The ocean gradually receded in the rearview mirror, and the salty sea breeze slowly dissipated. After bidding farewell to the blue sea and clear skies, they returned to the city and had to face an endless stream of work once more.
Yu Xi started spinning like a top again.
He had to shoot a new promotional video for D·A·Y, the lead actor for The Boundless was officially announced, Wang Hui sent over the full script, and Dawn CP was growing hotter by the day—it had reached the point where it trended without needing alt accounts or big data pushes.
Related hot searches for Where to Go This Weekend also lingered on the charts for several days.
The more Fu Leyue dug, the more thoroughly he collapsed. Some netizens clipped every frame of him from Where to Go This Weekend and analyzed them frame by frame—his downfall had left traces everywhere.
Then there was Wu Zhiqi.
It wasn’t Wu Zhiqi herself, but her parents. Seeing their daughter go abroad and unable to find her, they simply contacted the media, accepted interviews from various outlets, and tearfully complained on camera.
“I’ve raised her for so long, and she’s never contributed to the family. Now she even ran away!”
“I’ve never wanted anything from her. Everything we did was for her own good! We arranged a good marriage for her so she could live comfortably for the rest of her life without showing her face in public. But what did she do? She just up and left without a word!”
“She’s just a girl! A girl doesn’t need to achieve too much! We only hoped she’d be healthy and happy, and take care of her younger brother when she could. Is that not okay?”
“But what did we get for all our efforts? She deceived us! Deceived us out of money, deceived us into paying for her university, deceived us into agreeing to the marriage. Even her kindness toward her brother was a lie!”
“Unfilial! Why did we raise such a daughter!”
The middle-aged woman and man wept bitterly in front of the camera. They wanted to use public opinion to force Wu Zhiqi to return—even if she didn’t, they aimed to slap an “unfilial” label on her.
Fortunately, netizens these days were very clear-headed.
[?]
[Is this what parents say?]
[Deceived you into paying for her university? Isn’t it normal for parents to support their kids’ education? In your mouth, it becomes deception?]
[What a terrifying family of origin—heavy male favoritism, yet they dare to do interviews and say these things so righteously? They truly believe they’re in the right down to their bones!]
[Good riddance! You should’ve made a fuss earlier! If you’d done it sooner, I would’ve supported Wu Zhiqi running away long ago! Not only that, I’d send her money to run faster.]
[Wuwuwu, sorry Wu Zhiqi jie, I used to curse you as a brother-enabler too. I was wrong, I apologize to you.]
[Brother-enabler was just a disguise. Wu Zhiqi, well done!]
[Oh my god, hidden strength—secretly got into a foreign school, saved money to escape the family. Zhiqi jie, you’re a ninja!]
[With that kind of endurance, what couldn’t she accomplish!]
After arriving at their destination and taking a brief rest, Wu Zhiqi also posted a long V Blog. The main point was thanking the company, her agent, the director, her teachers, her parents for raising her, and her relatives for teaching her how to be a person. She apologized to fans for meeting them this way on V Blog. She was about to leave the industry—the Weibo account belonged to the company, and she couldn’t use it anymore. She hoped that if they met again in the future, they’d be partners or classmates.
She didn’t say much to fans or netizens about her family matters, just promised to handle them properly and fulfill her filial duties. Whether she’d return depended on fate. For now, she wanted to focus on her studies and gain some work experience.
The comments below were very harmonious, all blessings for Wu Zhiqi.
[Jie, you’re finally free.]
[Leaving the family’s umbrella, you’ll find there’s no rain outside at all.]
[Go for it!]
Wu Zhiqi bid farewell gracefully. With Fu Le’s collapse, Where to Go This Weekend suddenly lost two guests, and netizens were very curious about what the show would do next and who they’d invite as replacements.
Online discussions were heated, and the director timely revealed some info.
[Director: Zhiqi only signed for four episodes. We’ve already found a replacement guest. Fu Le’s collapse was unexpected—we’re still looking for suitable ones. If anyone has suggestions, leave them in the comments. If they’re a good fit, we’ll reach out.]
The timing was perfect, right at the peak of discussions. The director’s V Blog hit hot searches soon after, and the Where to Go This Weekend team followed up with a silhouette teaser for the new guest.
No text, just ancient-style background music.
It was a man.
Heavy drums sounded as the man lightly tapped his toes, executing a perfect backbend. He rose, sleeves fluttering, waist soft and flexible—the moves were standard and clean.
[!!!!]
[Wow!! A dancing xiao gege!]
[Three seconds, I want all his info!!!]
[I think I know who it is! Isn’t it that guy who just won an international award and came back?]
[What what, who is it exactly? I wanna know so bad!]
[That waist, that side profile—I’m sold!]
In the Where to Go This Weekend guest group chat.
[Director: Welcome new member!]
[Liang Shuo: Hello everyone, thrilled to have the chance to travel with you all.]
[Fang Peng: Newcomer! Welcome welcome.]
[Wen Yimeng: [confetti][confetti]]
[Director: Where are the other two? Too busy at work? @Yu Xi @Yi Chen]
The group messages popped up just as Yu Xi came out of the testing room and looked up to see Yi Chen scrolling on his phone.
“A newcomer joined,” Yi Chen waved Yu Xi over and turned the screen toward him. “Liang Shuo, dancer, just back from abroad. He won an international award recently—super hot right now.”
Lately, clips of Liang Shuo’s competition dances had exploded across short video platforms. Netizens had a trend imitating his moves, dominating the charts for a long time.
“Liang Shuo… that name sounds familiar,” Yu Xi said. He surfed the web too, and his first reaction to the name was that he’d heard it somewhere before, but the memory was too vague, so he didn’t dwell on it.
[Yu Xi: [welcome][confetti][fireworks] Welcome to the Weekend Live family!!]
[Yi Chen: Welcome!]
[Yi Chen: @Liang Shuo Handsome Guy, A-Yu is my CP—you know what I mean.]
[Liang Shuo: ?]
[Liang Shuo: You two are really a CP? Even using couple profile pics?]
[Yu Xi: He changed it himself, has nothing to do with me. Not a CP, just collaborators.]
[Liang Shuo: No need to explain—playing hard to get, saying one thing meaning another, hot and cold, retreat to advance, tsundere. I get it.]
[Liang Shuo: Wishing you a century of happiness and a bouncing baby. I won’t screenshot this.]
[Yu Xi: .]
Yu Xi put down his phone speechless, yelling that he wanted to change his profile pic. He quickly picked a new one and swapped it. Moments later, Yi Chen matched with a similar one. Yu Xi changed again, Yi Chen followed. Yu Xi changed once more, Yi Chen matched again.
Yu Xi: “.”
Yi Chen: “OvO”
[Liang Shuo: You two showing off now?]
[Liang Shuo: I just met you two minutes ago—are we doing red envelopes already?]
Yi Chen laughed happily beside him. Yu Xi punched him hard, just as Luo Qin told them the results were out. Yu Xi glared at Yi Chen and entered the consultation room.
The group chat kept buzzing. The director announced the next Where to Go This Weekend trips.
[Director: Next two episodes of Where to Go This Weekend: home visits.]
[Director: Prepare in advance, everyone. Each can invite one companion.]
[Director: Episode 5 @Fang Peng @Wen Yimeng @Liang Shuo]
[Director: Episode 6 @Yu Xi @Yi Chen]
[Liang Shuo: Great! My teacher is coming back soon. Director, can I invite her?]
[Director: Of course.]
[Director: To avoid live mishaps, we’ll need to vet some necessary processes in advance.]
[Director: Go prepare, everyone. Best wishes for episodes 5 and 6!]
At the same time, Luo Qin looked over Yu Xi’s various reports, his brows furrowed tightly. He let out a long sigh.
Luo Qin: “Sigh—”
Yu Xi: “Just say it—how much longer do I have to live?”
Luo Qin: “?”
Yu Xi grew a bit uneasy. “With that troubled look on your face, is my differentiation condition really bad?”
“Not really.” Luo Qin flipped the images in front of Yu Xi. “Look here—this temporary mark is a bit deep. It’s only a thin layer from the boundary. It almost became a permanent mark.”
“Normally, with your differentiation level, a mark this deep should’ve hurt a lot. You didn’t knock Yi Chen’s teeth out, so your temper must be pretty good.”
Yu Xi’s gaze drifted, his fingers unconsciously touching the gland, rubbing the mark on it.
Mm… it did hurt quite a bit, but it was also… also… really pleasurable.
Of course, Yu Xi would never say that to Luo Qin. “Anything else? How’s the rest?”
“The rest is fine.” Luo Qin carefully explained Yu Xi’s physical condition and the points he needed to watch, then sincerely suggested, “I think you need to find a fixed partner.”
Yu Xi: “?”
Luo Qin maintained a doctor’s professional smile. “You’re about to differentiate soon, and your real heat period is coming. You need an Alpha.”
