Chapter 57

Chapter 57

The camera then cut to a veteran singer named Lei Long. He was handsome and dashing too, but he had never had any scandals. He was already in his fifties and still unmarried, and there were rumors that he liked men.

After he came in, he greeted Xiaoshuai and the other men with great enthusiasm. He was even extremely kind to Liu Ye.

But when it came to the female celebrities, he merely gave them a nod.

Those actresses seemed to know what his deal was, though, so they did not take it too personally.

At that moment, he was chatting about music with another veteran singer when the other man suddenly asked, “Lei Long, rumor has it you don’t like women. Is that true?”

[Holy crap, another bombshell? I’m definitely following this show!]

[Everyone, hurry up and record this. If it gets taken down later, there’ll be nothing left to watch.]

[Is Lei Long really gay?]

Lei Long: “…”

Lei Long glanced at Task 2, then slowly shook his head and said, “No. It’s just that I…”

“Just that what?” the other man pressed.

Lei Long silently took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, completely ignoring the fact that they were live.

Seeing that things were going south, the director quickly shot Liu Ye a look.

Liu Ye immediately understood. He patted his chest, signaling, Leave it to me!

“I once went to look for a pros…! It was that time that I… I developed psychological trauma.”

The moment he said that, the internet exploded! This was practically earth-shattering news!

[Damn, I’m unfollowing. I can’t believe he looks so honest but actually plays around like that!]

[The funniest part is that he actually played himself into mental illness.]

[No, I just want to know what he did. How did it give him psychological trauma?]

His follower count began to plummet like crazy. From over ten million, it instantly dropped to just over four million, and it was still falling.

But just then, Liu Ye spoke up.

“I actually know about this!” Liu Ye said at once.

“Oh? You know?” The singer perked up immediately. It did not matter who said it. The important thing was that someone was willing to talk.

“That’s right. Here’s what happened. You know Brother Long has to entertain people sometimes when he’s working out of town.”

“That still isn’t an excuse for him losing control,” the singer said with a faint smile.

“No, that time was different. A big boss came over, and Brother Long had to receive him. You have no idea how high-maintenance that boss was. I went along at the time. In the morning, it was abalone and lobster. Late morning, Jingcheng roast duck. At noon, a full Manchu-Han banquet. In the afternoon, KFC. At night, steak!”

[…Did something weird sneak into that list?]

[No, why is it all food? Is this what we wanted to hear? Get to the point and elaborate!]

[Exactly!]

“Then, that night, the big boss wanted to go have some fun. Brother Long couldn’t just let the big boss go alone, so he accompanied him. But credit where it’s due, Brother Long is a good man. He knew he had a family and children, so he managed to keep his prostate under control!”

[No, wait a second. When did Lei Long get married?]

[And he has kids?]

[But didn’t he hold himself back? Then why would he have trauma?]

[Lei Long is a real man!]

For a moment, his follower count actually began to rise again.

But Lei Long was panicking even more now. None of this had ever happened! Since when did he get married and have children?!

“Then why does he have trauma?” the host continued asking.

“Mm, that’s right. He kept his prostate under control, but… he failed to keep his sphincter under control…”

The singer: “…”

Xiaoshuai and the others: “…”

[…]

The director: “…”
Lei Long: “…”

Liu Ye kept right on talking.

“I told you, the scene back then was insanely spectacular! That girl was seriously crying and threatening to die…”

“That’s perfectly normal. Anyone would be traumatized if it happened to them,” the singer agreed. He hadn’t expected the topic to be this explosive. Mm. Suddenly, he didn’t want dinner anymore.

“Brother Long turned around and took one look, and bam, instant psychological trauma!” Liu Ye said, clapping his hands.

Then he looked toward the director as if asking for credit. Director, am I amazing or what? Can I get an extra chicken drumstick with dinner?

The director covered his face, his head practically sinking down to his knees.

[If that’s what happened, then having psychological trauma is completely normal.]

[Right now, I’m more curious about the trauma that technician suffered.]

[Honestly, after eating that much stuff, turning into a human spray cannon is pretty reasonable. Makes total sense!]

[Spray Warrior!]

[Spray Warrior!]

[Spray…]

The chat was instantly flooded.

Liu Ye got even more fired up. “And let me tell you…”

“Stop talking!”

Lei Long quickly clamped a hand over Liu Ye’s mouth, then said in a panic, “That’s not what happened at all! Everything he said was nonsense! I just lost control of myself. I really did go find a technician! I admit it!”

Beside him, Li Yifan said sympathetically, “Bro, stop explaining. We understand. But what’s done is done. We have to look forward!”

“Get lost!!!”

[Spray Warrior]

[Spray Warrior]

[Spray Warrior]

[…]

In an instant, Lei Long shot onto the trending searches, and his popularity was several times higher than the second-place topic. His fan count climbed back to ten million and was still rising.

Lei Long, however, felt like he was already dead.

Then the host turned his attention to the last guest, Bai Hehua.

“Bai Hehua, rumors say you and the owner of your company had a rather unclear relationship. Do you admit it?”

“Hey! Don’t make it sound so ugly. I admit I pursued him! The two of us were together for a while, but later, our personalities didn’t match, so we broke up.”

Bai Hehua said it very calmly.

[Why does that sound weird?]

[Isn’t that just a sugar-daddy arrangement with the beginning and end cut off?]

[She’s shameless!]

“I can testify to that too!”

Liu Ye raised his hand again. Looks like it was his time to shine again. Heh heh. If he performed well this time, dinner might not just come with an extra drumstick. Maybe even a whole roast duck was possible.

Liu Ye looked toward the director. The director was staring back at him with pleading eyes, mouthing, “Don’t,” while clutching his chest. His heart wasn’t in great shape. It couldn’t take any more shocks.

Liu Ye immediately understood what the director meant. He was telling him not to be nervous and to speak boldly. If anything happened, the director would back him up.

“Back then, Sister Hua pursued him really passionately. I’m telling you, seriously, back then, to win over the boss’s heart, she even blew up a warehouse… to express her feelings.”

What he had actually meant to say was that she had set off a warehouse’s worth of firecrackers. But he’d spoken too quickly and bitten his tongue, so the words didn’t come out. After he finished, the entire set fell silent again.

[Wait, so she was behind the Warehouse 211 Explosion Case?]

[No wonder they couldn’t find the culprit. Who would’ve thought it was because of this?]

[I’ve already called the police!]

Director: “…”

Everyone: “…”

Bai Hehua: “…”

“Wee-woo, wee-woo!”

Before long, the police arrived and took Bai Hehua away on the spot.

“Director, can I get an extra chicken drumstick with dinner today?”

“Get lost!!!!!”