"See if there's any news." Cheng Nianzhi said softly, turning her head to the other side.

He Yujin, puzzled, turned on the screen and showed it to him: "Look, I sent you more than ten messages."

To everyone's surprise, Cheng Nianzhi didn't even glance at the phone. She leaned gently against the edge of the sofa, looking lifeless, her head drooping limply, her hair obscuring her expression.

"Huh...?" He Yujin narrowed his eyes: "Didn't Miss Lu send you a message?" he guessed.

Then Cheng Nianzhi nodded.

He Yujin suddenly wanted to laugh, but she managed to hold it in.

He moved closer and sat on the sofa where Cheng Nianzhi was leaning against. He reached out to pat Cheng Nianzhi's shoulder, but frowned when he touched him.

"You've gotten way too thin! Your bones are practically poking you!"

"No way, Miss Lu isn't around and you're not even eating?" He Yujin mentally created a melodramatic scene for Cheng Nianzhi.

"You've reached the right weight today." Cheng Nianzhi crouched down to avoid his hand.

"Oh, right, right, I forgot..." He Yujin slapped her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief: It's alright, she's not crazy enough to make me go crazy over missing someone I haven't seen for a day.

"What do you need?" Cheng Nianzhi slowly got up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to him.

"I said, should I get someone to take that trending topic down?" He Yujin said, feeling a little guilty.

Cheng Nianzhi has always had a regular psychologist. It was because he heard someone say that there was a professor in H City who had just returned from abroad and whose main research area was somewhat related to Cheng Nianzhi's.

So, while filming in H City, he took Cheng Nianzhi to consult with someone.

Cheng Nianzhi never had the habit of avoiding medical treatment.

After all, avoiding medical treatment is a kind of fear or anger, which Cheng Nianzhi couldn't feel.

He has always been very easygoing and compliant, with a calm and frank attitude.

"I didn't expect to be photographed there. I'll find out more later..."

"Ignore him," Cheng Nianzhi interrupted him.

"Do you... know?" He Yujin asked hesitantly, looking at Cheng Nianzhi's attitude.

"Did Lu Zheng release these photos? They're trying to divert attention by dragging you into this? No, how did he get these photos?" He Yujin felt deeply that she hadn't done her job properly.

"Heh..." Cheng Nianzhi raised her hand and tucked her hair behind her ear: "It's okay."

"How can it be okay? I have a bad temper... No..." Although he often jokes that he is not very bright, how can someone who can see his own situation clearly and make the best choice for himself be a fool?

He Yujin frowned, but hesitated.

"You already knew?"

"Ah."

"You weren't trying to torment Lu Zheng from the beginning, but rather to gradually expose his secrets and let his anger towards you build up?"

"Then you expose all his dirty secrets at once, just to make him completely give up and retaliate, and release everything he has about you?"

He Yujin's mind was in complete turmoil.

"No, when did you start plotting this? How did you let him know that you were the one who planted the dirt on him?"

Cheng Nianzhi picked up his phone from the sofa, opened the chat window with Lu Zheng, and handed it to He Yujin.

He Yujin glanced at that sweet smile.

……

The simplest way is the most effective way. You've got a knack for making people angry!

“If I don’t expose all his secrets, he’ll still be wary and won’t reveal what he has. Now he just wants to get revenge on me.”

"What's the point of this?" He Yujin couldn't connect with his thought process.

"Rather than letting Li Ruan find out later that I've been hiding something, it's better to let her know in this way."

"I didn't mean to hide it, I just couldn't find the right time or how to tell her..." Cheng Nianzhi's calm tone made it seem as if he were telling the truth.

"And then?" He Yujin swallowed.

Cheng Nianzhi smiled gently, her lips curving upwards: "Then, after Li Ruan saw it on the trending topics, she immediately messaged me, asking about me, comforting me, and coming to be with me..."

"If you tell her again that Lu Zheng was behind it, she'll feel even more sorry for you. She'll only be annoyed by Lu Zheng and won't consider why you haven't mentioned it for so long, right?" He Yujin felt a chill run down her spine.

You might think he does something for a reason, and indeed he does, but there's more to it than meets the eye; this action is setting the stage for other things.

Damn it, people have hearts, but you look like a Russian nesting doll.

“Jingyun said that to like someone, you have to understand them completely.” Cheng Nianzhi did not refute his words.

"Why doesn't Li Ruan come to understand me?" he asked, puzzled, as if he was really waiting for He Yujin to give him an answer.

"Why don't you let her understand..."

“When we took photos a few days ago, she saw the scar on my ribs but didn’t ask me anything…” Cheng Nianzhi touched the scar with her fingertips through her soft loungewear.

"You deliberately took off your clothes in front of people?" He Yujin thought to herself: How slutty...

“No, but Li Ruan should have seen it.” Cheng Nianzhi kept a close eye on Lu Li Ruan and didn’t miss the surprise in her expression.

"So you were waiting for news from Miss Lu?"

"And then they ignored you?" He Yujin couldn't help but chuckle as she finished speaking.

Cheng Nianzhi clearly didn't know what was so funny, but he didn't mind He Yujin finding amusement in it, and very politely waited for him to finish laughing.

"You deserve it! Who told you to start scheming without me even knowing when? You messed up, didn't you? You need someone like Miss Lu to teach you a lesson! Hahahaha!"

Cheng Nianzhi did not answer, his brows furrowed slightly.

He only started to gradually build up to this point after he realized he had fallen in love with Lu Liruan.

This matter was bound to be a hidden danger sooner or later, and he didn't want to deceive Lu Liruan, but he admitted that there were different ways to do it.

Cheng Nianzhi wanted to choose the least risky option, one that would make her appear the most innocent and pitiful. And it had to be genuine, without any lies.

After laughing, He Yujin coughed and became serious, a stark contrast to her usual carefree demeanor.

“Cheng Nianzhi, stop with your nonsense. Relationships aren’t like that. You have to be completely honest and open about it, and you have to be willing to do anything.”

"Don't think you're the smartest person in the world." He Yujin pointed at his forehead: "Whether you mean any harm or not, you can't."

"I didn't feel that way..."

“After you told me last time, I went back and thought about it carefully for three days and three nights.”

"what?"

"Can't I exaggerate? Actually, there are clues to everything. Do you remember the first time I saw you when I was a child?"

"At the time, I was thinking, where did this young master of the Cheng family come from? He must be a boring little brat! But you were so small and thin, sitting on the swing in the garden reading a book. I deliberately kicked the ball next to you, and you didn't even look at me."

"Later, you were willing to play with me and help me when others bullied me, not because you liked me, but to prove to the elders that you were a friendly, sociable, and friendly child, right?"

Cheng Nianzhi seemed to be deep in thought, and after a long while said, "I don't quite remember, but I don't think I wanted to prove that I was a good child. It's just that being a good child is easier, and being a good child can save a lot of trouble."

Cheng Nianzhi refuted him.

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