Gu Xing was stunned for a moment, then finally reacted: "It's okay, just participating in the dating reality show is fine, anyway..."

"I'm willing to do anything as long as I can participate with you."

He pursed his lips, stood up, and awkwardly went to find a water glass: "Are you thirsty? I'm sorry for not being a good host."

"No need, I'll leave right away." Su Qi frowned uncomfortably.

"Sit down for a while." Gu Xing went to find a cup, only to find that there were no extra cups at home.

He touched his hair and said, "I'm sorry, my home is really too simple."

Su Qi nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely not tell anyone."

"No, that's not what I'm worried about. It's okay if you tell anyone." He was so nervous that his breathing became rapid.

After a long silence, he mustered his courage and asked, "I've seen some rumors about you lately, about you and Shen Chaohuai..."

Su Qi didn't want this kind of thing to be spread among people in the industry. It was fine outside the industry, as they could treat it as marketing, but making it public within the industry was not a good thing.

So she shook her head: "No, it's just for external marketing."

"Oh." Gu Xing picked up his water glass and took a sip. "I see."

He smiled and said, "Wait for me a moment, don't rush off."

Su Qi crossed her legs and tilted her head to see what he was going to do in the bathroom, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything.

She stomped her foot in annoyance and muttered under her breath, "Ugh, so annoying, what do they want me to do?"

After a long while, she suddenly remembered something: Gu Xing's apartment had no extra daily necessities, basically just enough for him to use.

Could it be that he really isn't the playboy he's rumored to be?

Or is it that everyone who comes uses his things, but since they're not in that kind of relationship, he won't give her his water cup?

Ha, great, you've got some fancy tricks up your sleeve.

After a moment, Gu Xing buttoned up his black striped shirt, making sure it was completely fitted, showing no intention of showing off his physique in front of Su Qi.

The black hair was fluffy and soft, with a few wisps of hair falling across the forehead.

"Excuse me, Miss Su Qi, would you mind coming out with me for a moment?"

"What are you doing?" She interlaced her fingers on her lap.

"Of course I'm inviting you to dinner. We've never had a proper chat before, and I'm sure you have some prejudice against me." He bit his lip shyly.

……

"Open the door!"

The knocking at the villa's door grew louder and louder.

"Su Qi, open the door!"

"Still sleeping? It's almost noon!"

"Open the door."

Shen Chaohuai stood at the door, stunned: "Strange, she never sleeps in late, what's wrong with her today?"

He called several of Su Qi's close friends, all of whom said they had never met Su Qi.

When I called Lynn, she grumbled, "How should I know? She's off work today, she doesn't have any work. Can't you control your own wife?!"

Before Shen Chaohuai could explain, Lynn hung up the phone.

Shen Chaohuai thought with a wronged expression, "She's his wife, after all."

He had originally intended to offend people for her to gain credit, but reality gave him a cold shower.

“Su Qi…if I find you, you won’t be able to escape.”

Purple lightning spilled from his palm, and a screen of light appeared in his hand.

The location system showed that Su Qi was staying in an ordinary apartment building, and Shen Chaohuai looked very uncomfortable.

Soon, the location moved to the vicinity of a restaurant.

This French restaurant has been open for thirty years. The interior is decorated in a retro style, especially the stained glass chandeliers, which are full of vintage charm.

But Su Qi didn't understand these things, and she almost fell asleep from boredom when Gu Xing explained them to her.

Su Qi yawned, and Gu Xing handed her the menu.

When it comes to gatherings within the industry or on set, Su Qi hates drinking parties the most. She doesn't drink alcohol and can go without eating at all, but she has to pretend to because of the occasion.

Gu Xing suggested they have a chat, and she thought it would be good to learn more about her rival so that she could defeat Gu Xing in the future, which is why she agreed to the dinner.

"Champagne or red wine?" he asked softly, flipping through the menu.

"You didn't know I don't drink?"

Gu Xing smiled faintly: "Really? So the scent on you is just perfume?"

Su Qi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yes, that's right."

Gu Xing also knew that Shen Chaohuai had specially opened a new perfume production line for her, specializing in brandy-scented perfume.

He was silent for a while, as if he knew something, but he didn't say it. He only said, "Young Master Shen has gone to such lengths to market to you. I always thought it was just to cover up your bad habits."

Su Qi awkwardly drank some water from the side, only to realize after taking a sip that it was actually brandy.

Gu Xing ordered brandy as his drink and two servings of French foie gras with toasted bread and cream soup.

Seeing her cough, I was certain that Su Qi really didn't have this habit.

"Are you testing me?" she glared at him.

"Excuse me, I'm just curious, why would someone who doesn't like drinking constantly spray alcohol-smelling perfume on themselves?"

"Mind your own business!" Su Qi threw down his knife and fork.

Just then, she didn't want to eat human food, so she stormed out of the restaurant. After fumbling around, she realized she had left her bag at Gu Xing's house, and Fei Fei was still inside. She had to go back and get it.

Gu Xing knew he had angered her, so he put down his knife and fork and chased after her.

"I'm sorry, I... I just suspected that you were different from others."

"What do you mean?"

"Why would you insist on carrying things you don't like? Unless, of course, you were born that way?"

Almost there was the truth, and Su Qi was a little flustered.

Despite losing her past, she knows that because of her species, she carries a pheromone that even she doesn't like.

Shen Chaohuai should keep this to himself, but his rivals in the industry shouldn't find out.

As she walked back to her apartment, she explained, "Yes, yes, she has a natural fragrance, but that doesn't mean I have to like it!"

"Oh," Gu Xing chuckled, "Then, you can leave now. What are you going back to my house for?"

"I left my things at your house and can't I go back to get them? Are you trying to keep them for yourself?!"

"No, no..." Gu Xing smiled at her.

Su Qi stormed in, grabbed her bag, and turned to leave.

However, the moment the door opened, the tall man's head was pressed against the door frame, his smile tinged with resentment: "This is the kind of place that Movie Emperor Gu lives in? Tsk, the door frame is too low, I bumped my head. Since you're a Movie Emperor, you can't be short of money to pay for it, can you?"

When Gu Xing saw Shen Chaohuai arrive, he knew he was there to see Su Qi. He didn't know how to explain, "If you're not injured, you don't need to take responsibility, right?"

"Su Qi came to my place because..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Chaohuai twisted his wrist, and the next second he wrapped his arm around Su Qi's waist, whispering in Su Qi's ear, "Ungrateful wretch..."

"I risked my reputation for you, and you've been indulging in a life of debauchery with the movie star?"

"You have quite the appetite, don't you? You don't like male models, so you specifically seek out top men in the entertainment industry, right?"

Su Qi swallowed hard, nervously explaining, "No, I haven't asked you what happened yet. Also, I came here because of that matter... but you resolved it first..."

"Oh, related?" Shen Chaohuai released her and sneered, "Does he know that you used him?"

Shen Chaohuai's gaze fell on Gu Xing, who gave Su Qi a meaningful look.

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