The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

The first phone call Su Ran received after waking up in the morning was an apology from Gu Cai.

"I'm sorry," the voice on the other end of the phone sounded weak and listless. "I've caused you trouble."

"What?" Su Ran opened her sleepy eyes and glanced at the wall clock.

Why apologize at six in the morning?

Did you watch any videos after 10 PM last night?

"No." She has always been very disciplined in regulating her biological clock.

Did anyone call you tonight?

"I've turned on Do Not Disturb."

Gu Cai didn't know what to say.

He was even a little hesitant to tell Su Ran the truth.

"What happened?" Su Ran was now sober. For Gu Cai to apologize, it must be something serious. But apart from Shi An and Tang Weiwei, those two troublemakers, nothing outrageous had happened recently.

Gu Cai found it difficult to speak.

Can we say he forgot to switch to a private account when he was showing off his love?

It would be too embarrassing and awkward to say such a thing to a girl you like.

He hadn't slept all night before making that call, feeling completely overwhelmed and imagining Su Ran's angry or furious expression when she found out about it.

Filled with regret, he was prepared to face her wrath.

But at the same time, he also wanted to know whether Su Ran would show any reaction other than anger after learning about this. He thought he would be overjoyed, which would prove that Su Ran was not indifferent to him.

But now he was facing Su Ran, who knew nothing about him, and the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat like a fishbone.

Fortunately, Su Ran seemed to understand his predicament and simply said, "I understand."

Then he hung up the phone.

Su Ran opened Douyin (TikTok), and as soon as she opened it, without even looking at the trending topics, the first thing that popped up was a screenshot of Gu Cai liking and commenting on CP (couple) fans' posts, as well as a video clip of Gu Cai serving her attentively on the show.

The comments section has already reached over 10, and this is just the data displayed after everyone has fallen asleep in the middle of the night.

At this hour, disciplined people are awake, and seeing the trending topics will probably cause another uproar.

Su Ran scrolled through several more videos, all of which were trending topics about her and Gu Cai, with even more comments than when she first became famous.

Su Ran was numb.

I had guessed that Gu Cai would mess things up, but I didn't expect him to mess up such a big mess.

A while later, Su Ran received another call from Zhong Jue.

The man's voice was deep and steady: "Don't make any response yet. I'll arrange the public relations."

Su Ran hummed in agreement and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Zhong."

Hearing Su Ran still address him that way, the man chuckled and said, "No trouble at all, this is just a perfectly normal little thing that happened to you."

After speaking, I hung up.

"A trivial matter?" Su Ran gripped her phone. Did he mean it wouldn't be surprising if anyone fell in love with her?

Being loved is not a distressing thing.

Su Ran had heard that people who are loved are fearless, but she never understood it. Now she finally does.

Compared to Gu Cai's nervousness, anticipation, and panic, Su Ran was only surprised for a moment. She did what she was supposed to do and ate what she was supposed to eat, without feeling much burden.

So when she went to Shenzhen to attend a business dinner hosted by An Yecheng, facing hundreds of cameras from reporters at the airport, cameras embroiled in scandals, she remained completely unmoved.

Zhong Jue's solution to the problem was simple: first, suppress the trending topics; second, reveal Su Ran and Gu Cai's new album "You Didn't See It Wrong, I Like You," directly using Gu Cai's comments on the CP fans' replies, making the whole thing seem more surreal.

Netizens are wondering: Was Gu Cai's previous behavior a deliberate publicity stunt orchestrated by the company to generate buzz and trend on social media?

Given their popularity, is this really necessary?

Regardless of what the general public and CP fans think, Gu Cai has to write new songs for the album "You Didn't See It Wrong, I Like You".

Previously, when Zhong Jue forced him to create songs behind closed doors, Gu Cai was always furious, but this time he was completely calm.

Upon seeing Gu Cai like this, Zhong Jue couldn't help but say, "Actually, you can admit in front of the audience that you like Su Ran, and you can also use this opportunity to see Su Ran's attitude."

Gu Cai smiled wryly and said, "Liking her is my own business. Precisely because I like her, I don't want to cause her any trouble. If I really admitted it, how would I be any different from those men who force their girlfriends to propose in the street against their will?"

"Out of consideration for our past relationship, perhaps she can save face for me and give me a way out. But if she has to be tied to me in everything she does in the future, that would be too unfair to her."

"I would rather stay away from her for the rest of my life than be the person she hates."

After hearing this, Zhong Jue held a cigarette between his slender fingers, the orange sparks bursting open, and he slowly exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.

Zhong Jue couldn't help but chuckle to himself; Gu Cai's love for Su Ran was purer than he had imagined.

and so--

"This album is advertised to have 20 songs, and you have to finish it within a month. Is that okay?" Zhong Jue had to admit that he was a little jealous of Gu Cai's purity; 20 songs in a month was his revenge.

Gu Cai didn't fly into a rage as usual; he just chuckled and said, "If I succeed, can you promise me one thing?"

Zhong Jue didn't expect that Gu Cai had learned his lesson this time and knew how to make a deal with him.

“Okay. But I need to make it clear beforehand that I won’t promise things I can’t do, such as—” His eyes sharpened: “giving up on liking Su Ran.”

The night sky in Shenzhen is ablaze with stars. The city's foreign trade industry is thriving, attracting many long-term foreign residents. Every few steps, you'll see a casually dressed foreign couple strolling with their blond, curly-haired children.

Such leisure does not belong to Su Ran.

She was surrounded by reporters at the hotel entrance.