Chapter 123

  Luo Fei's performing career has been going very smoothly during this period of time.

  After his romance was exposed, his exposure rate increased greatly, and his worth also rose like a rocket. All the time outside of filming movies and preparing albums was occupied by various activities and interviews, some in-depth interview programs even offered sky-high prices to have him explore their love story with Xiao Su Su together.

  What's the romantic history between him and Xiao SuSu? One is a tender-to-death young boy, the other is a big-eyed doll-like little cutie, just starting to develop feelings, not even knowing how to write the word "love", yet already wanting to be together for this lifetime.

  Li Jin had someone fabricate a touching and intricate fairy tale, had them memorize it separately, and then perform it in front of people.

  Lu Fei was in extreme pain.

  What he found painful was not that he had to tell those fabricated stories repeatedly in front of the crowd, but that his own emotions were being taken out and repeatedly evaluated, receiving either blessings or ridicule from outsiders.

  He hated the scoundrel who kept sending anonymous emails to his media mailbox, and he hated even more the person who kept sending him anonymous text messages, making him feel bewildered every day and subjected to great suffering.

  He started to create countless imaginary enemies for himself. From Shu Mu, the object of his ambition to overthrow, to male artists who debuted at the same time as him, and even including those newcomers who had just entered the company with a strong momentum, eyeing this senior brother with a fierce gaze.

  He thought everyone looked like the person who was out to get him.

  This time he learned his lesson and knew to hide his emotions, even if his heart was already stormy, on the surface he didn't reveal anything.

  It's enough that the director warned him once, let alone after hearing that Li Jin was so anxious that he fainted with a high fever on set.

  He still goes to work every day with a bright and sunny smile, retelling the love story on the show to the point of being moved to tears, holding Xiao Su's hand and gazing at her gently. Even in private, in front of his good friend Qi Yichen, he is also laughing and joking around.

  Only he himself knows that beneath this tranquil surface lies a nerve stretched to its limits and a fragile mirror of rationality.

  He just thought so.

  Li Jin had long since discovered that something was off about him.

  At first, he was unwilling to intervene.

  He is not a goddess who can forgive again and again for his reckless behavior.

  If it weren't for the fact that he had planted his own people in the media beforehand, the news would have come out as usual and he would have been caught off guard like last time. The cumulative effect of two times might have directly killed Ruo Fei on the beach.

  Then all his hard work over such a long time has been in vain?

  He was furious.

  Lu Fei was unaware of the situation and felt that if his relationship were to be exposed, he would owe it most to his agent, who had been deceived by him for a long time. However, his agent didn't blame him and instead quietly helped him clean up the mess. As a result, Lu Fei's guilt shot up like a rocket.

  This led to Luo Fei being especially cooperative with Li Jin during this period of time. Even if he was only allowed to sleep for five hours a day, he no longer had a gloomy face.

  So Li Jin's initial reluctance to speak turned into a situation where he was unable to speak.

  Until he found out that Luo Fei's positive work attitude had become unusually strange.

  Lí Jǐn had known him for so long that it was easier for her to discover, under Luò Fēi's exceptionally calm exterior, the inner turmoil that was like a startled bird.

  It can't go on like this.

  He thought for a long time, and one morning on the way to take Lu Fei to record the show, he said to him:

  "Come to my office after you get back this afternoon."

  Xiaofei arrived on time in the afternoon.

  Li Jin was not there, it was a cloudy day, the office had closed the door and pulled down half of the curtains, making the room even darker. Luo Fei sat on the sofa waiting for him, and as he waited, he started to doze off, eventually lying down on the sofa without caring about anything else. In winter, the house was really cold, so he didn't sleep soundly, in a daze, he pulled over the blanket from the side of the sofa to cover himself, and later somehow even his head got covered up.

  "Has Lai Ge not returned yet?" Amidst his drowsiness, he heard the sound of high heels getting closer and closer.

  Luo Fei's nose wrinkled slightly, knowing that this must be an assistant of some artist coming to report on work.

  He didn't respond and continued sleeping. He hadn't had a good sleep for many days and was extremely tired.

  In a daze, he felt the person standing by the door, and then another light and quick footsteps sounded several times, walking to a position close to his head.

  He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, knowing that was probably where Li Jin's office desk was.

  "Let me put it here for Brother Li." Another voice rang out.

  "Choose a conspicuous spot, Lǐ Gē's desk is notoriously messy and he doesn't let others clean it up. If you put it in the wrong place, it might not be seen until next year."

  The two of them laughed for a while, and another girl seemed to walk around the table in a circle. Then there was the rustling sound of papers being turned over, followed by her saying: "Does Brother Li also read 'Morning Star Weekly'?"

  "This is one of the three weekly magazines that Lai Ge must read every week." High-heeled shoes laughed, "He said that among the commentary weekly magazines under Wei's brand, this one has the most insight."

  "Is that so?" What was put down, "Isn't it said that every broker has their own mole in the media? Guess if Lui Ge has one at Wei's?"

  "This I didn't specify" High-heeled shoes laughed halfway, suddenly stopped, "Could it be that... you know?"

  "I once saw Li Ge with Fang Yeyang from the Wei family. You know Fang Yeyang, right? He's been very famous lately. It's said that he's only been at the Wei family for a few months, but his popularity has already surpassed the chief reporter, and his year-end evaluation results are quite good. Everyone says that if he just submits one more outstanding report, he can push out the current chief reporter next year. And coincidentally, our little handsome guy's news was reported by him." The girl spoke slowly and deliberately, smiling as she talked, "Don't you think it's strange how things turned out?"

  "What... what do you mean?" High heels hesitated, "You can't be saying that Li Ge and Fang Yueyang are colluding to hype things up, right?"

  "I didn't say that, but what's wrong with it? The popularity of the idol stars is generally declining, and Xiao Shuai's popularity has been plummeting recently. At this time, exposing the scandal can not only regain popularity but also catch up with the year-end awards ceremony. And as for Fang Yeyang, he just got a chance to rise again, and will continue to climb higher in the future. Can't forget about Li Ge? Resource exchange is nothing new in the circle." The girl said, "Didn't you see that everyone is criticizing, but only Fang Yeyang's article is praising Luo Fei for daring to love and hate, saying it wasn't pre-arranged, who would believe that?"

  "Isn't that right, didn't Li Ge himself get a shock?" High heels lowered her voice, "The matter of Luo Fei, from start to finish, was hidden from the people in the company!"

  "Brother Li is a gold medal agent, if he can't even grasp the movements of his own artists, then he's not worthy of being in this industry," the girl said. "I think, the surprise was just for show, plus to deceive Ruo Fei. How could he possibly confront Ruo Fei directly? If Ruo Fei were to understand what's going on, how would they continue with this act? He wants Ruo Fei to be caught off guard, only then will his reaction be genuine, and the show will be more exciting."

  "Xiao Dan," high heels took two steps forward, with a voice that was almost more worshipful, "you know so much."

  "Alas, I used to be a broker in my previous company, but when I came here, General Bei thought my experience was insufficient and had me start from being an assistant. The things that Li Jin is playing with now are all leftovers from my time back then, what's so special about them?" A girl called "Xiao Dan" let out a pretentious sigh and said, "From now on, you'll be following me, I can teach you far more than just some Li Jin, how old is he anyway? Chief broker? He really dares to sit in that position!"

  Two pairs of footsteps faded away into the distance.

  Luo Fei hid under the quilt for a long time without letting out his breath.