This is the entertainment industry! No tantrums or shouting allowed!

...

The drinking party ended unhappily.

The big boss got up and left, surrounded by several lackeys as he walked out. As he passed Gu Yan, they glared at him fiercely.

The others gradually left, leaving only Gu Yan, Sheng Pianran, and the girl who was crying so hard in the private room.

Sheng Pianran said with dissatisfaction, "Gu Yan, you're too impulsive! Do you know who you've offended? That's a well-known big shot in the industry!"

"Come on, I think he's just a pretentious old man." Gu Yan curled his lip and handed over the documents in his hand. "These are your lost things, right?"

The girl timidly accepted it, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"I...have I caused you trouble? I really didn't know it would turn out like this. I only came because I saw the audition ad in the part-time job group...It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

But what awaited them was not an audition, but a nightmare as terrible as hell.

Gu Yan handed her a few tissues: "Alright, alright, stop crying. Your snot is practically dripping into your mouth."

girl:"……"

One sentence was enough to stop her tears from flowing.

Gu Yan suddenly said, "You're not wrong."

The girl was stunned: "Huh?"

“It’s not your fault, it’s those old bastards.” Gu Yan’s eyes were clear, and the usually carefree person was unusually serious. “You’re just unlucky. Go home and step over a brazier and sprinkle some salt on it.”

The girl's tears, which had just stopped, now flowed even more uncontrollably.

Gu Yan was at his wits' end; it was clear he wasn't good at coaxing girls.

After crying for a long time, the girl sniffled and said, "Thank you, but I'm sorry... could you please not tell anyone about tonight's events..."

"I'm still in school, I feel so ashamed, I'm so afraid that people will find out I'm working as a hostess..."

She choked up and couldn't speak.

"Hey, I thought it was something serious," Gu Yan said casually. "Don't worry, no one else will know."

The girl left, thanking him profusely.

Sheng Pianran's temper, which she had been holding back for a long time, suddenly exploded:

"You believe everything she says? She's a film school student, what's so difficult about playing a pitiful, innocent girl!"

"That 'playing hard to get' tactic is what older men love most. Maybe she was acting from the very beginning when she got her to dance!"

"You shouldn't have meddled in her business. You think you're helping her, but she might still be resentful that you prevented her from finding a sugar daddy!"

Gu Yan interrupted her: "Are you finished?"

Sheng Pianran: "You..."

"If you have nothing to say, then shut up." Gu Yan didn't give her any face at all. "Have you ever heard the saying that when you're eating meat while others are eating chaff and wild vegetables, not making noises is also a form of politeness?"

"..."

The door to the private room was slammed shut, leaving Sheng Pianran all alone.

Later, her agency broke up her and Gu Yan's CP, with Lin Xinwei adding fuel to the fire.

Sheng Pianran suspected that the big shot that Gu Yan had offended might also be behind it.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Yan went from being a top celebrity adored by thousands to a nobody that everyone could ridicule.

At first, Sheng Pianran thought Gu Yan was just torturing the fans, but as time went on, she was shocked to discover that Gu Yan had indeed concealed everything that happened that night.

How can there be such a fool in the world?

And that girl, for some unknown reason, never came forward to clarify things for Gu Yan.

Sheng Pianran went from initially finding it hard to understand to later becoming fearless.

She turned all the fans who shipped the two of them into fans of her alone.

She released a barrage of press releases, calling Gu Yan a heartless man, to which Gu Yan never refuted.

Because any attempt to explain would inevitably involve his whereabouts that night, Gu Yan simply couldn't refute it.

Sheng Pianran took all of this for granted.

—Anyway, Gu Yan is an idiot, so what's wrong with her climbing over Gu Yan to get to the top?

If anyone's to blame, it's him; he deserved it.

But now that she's on this live variety show, for some reason, Sheng Pianran always feels very uneasy.

“Teacher Gu…” Sheng Pianran forced a smile. “Didn’t you ask me before what kind of birthday gift to give the little girl? I have quite a few recommendations.”

Just then, a fire started to burn. Gu Yan called Lu Anbo over to start the fire, patting the ash off his hands: "Okay."

Sheng Pianran was taken aback.

Does this work too?

An absurd guess popped into her mind.

Are all those rumors about fake siblings and those who deliberately sabotage each other just rumors circulating online?

Gu Yan and his sister actually have a very good relationship?

The two followed yesterday's example, going to a blind spot in the surveillance camera's view and turning off their microphones.

The viewers in the live stream were absolutely thrilled.

What is it that my esteemed VIP status prevents me from watching? Is it okay for SVIP members?

[It's just money, right? Director Cui, I order you to immediately enable advanced on-demand viewing!]

In my haste, I scratched my butt on the bed and rolled over.

...

An empty corner.

Sheng Pianran said anxiously, "Gu Yan, didn't you say you wouldn't mention what happened that night again?"

Gu Yan frowned: "Didn't you say you were going to recommend a birthday present for me?"

...Is that the important point?

Sheng Pianran was speechless.

"Answer me first: do you still remember your promise?"

Gu Yan stared at her for a few seconds, then smiled.

"Sheng Pianran, I find you to be quite an interesting person. You readily accept anything that benefits you, but as soon as there is even the slightest disadvantage, you can show just how far a person can go to be a clown."

Sheng Pianran resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

Between the two of us, who is the real clown?

"Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it. I just think girls should help girls. That girl is now in the entertainment industry. If what happened that night is exposed, her career will be ruined..."

Sheng Pianran said hypocritically.

Gu Yan: "So?"

Sheng Pianran was taken aback, then said confidently:

"So let's pretend nothing happened that night. It's better for everyone that way..."

"You're right." Gu Yan nodded.

Sheng Pianran breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she had fooled this fool.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yan said something surprising: "Her career is a career, your career is a career, so what about me? Isn't my career a career?"

"How about you say that you were the one who drank for that girl that night, that you're the heroine who helped her, and I was just a bystander? What do you say?"

Sheng Pianran's face paled: "How can that be! Gu Yan, don't even dream about it! What do your lives or deaths have to do with me? Don't try to drag me down with you!"

In a moment of urgency, a person's reaction may be so fast that it doesn't even require thinking.

When Sheng Pianran realized what she had said, she was filled with remorse and quickly tried to make amends:

"Gu Yan, you...you misheard...no, I misspoke...you know, I'm just stubborn but soft-hearted..."

However, it was too late—

"Thank you for freeing me from any moral burden," Gu Yan smiled. "Now I feel that my career is my career, and as for what your career is..."

"That depends on your fate."