43: Chapter 43: Someone exposed my dirty secrets, and then they told me the secret was about cheating??

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Lu Li wasn't embarrassed at all after being rejected, withdrawing the crab claw and shrugging.

"Fine, then I'll eat it myself."

After speaking, he plopped back down into his chair, picked up that crab claw, didn't even dip it in sauce, cracked open the shell directly, and stuffed the snowy white crab meat inside into his mouth.

The meat was both tender and fresh; Lu Li narrowed his eyes and chewed with satisfaction, completely not taking what just happened to heart.

Shen Qingxue sat opposite him without any reaction, still lowering her head to continue peeling shrimp.

But Xu Hao beside them watched and swallowed hard.

He lowered his head to look at the dishes in his bowl, then looked at the golden crab claw in Lu Li's hand. The sense of disparity in his heart was infinitely magnified at this moment.

...

Lunch ended in this subtle atmosphere.

The staff had already started clearing the dining table.

Director Zhou picked up a megaphone, cleared his throat, and shouted.

"Alright, the morning recording ends here! The live stream will be temporarily closed, and all guests can go back to their rooms to rest first."

"At three o'clock in the afternoon, gather in the first-floor living room on time to continue recording! Everyone hurry up and rest, the afternoon segment is also very exciting!"

As soon as his voice fell, Su Qing was the first to stand up and smiled at Zhou Yichen.

"Yichen, I'm heading back to my room first. You should remember to rest too."

Zhou Yichen leaned back in his chair with his legs crossed. Hearing this, he just nodded indifferently and didn't speak.

Su Qing's smile stiffened for a moment, and then she turned and left.

Walking two steps, she looked back again. Zhou Yichen was still in that posture, not even glancing at her once.

Su Qing pursed her lips and quickened her pace to leave.

The others also left one after another, and there were soon only three people left in the restaurant.

Shen Qingxue stood up, picked up the water glass on the table to take a sip of water, and turned to walk upstairs.

When passing by Lu Li, her footsteps paused slightly, and out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Lu Li.

Lu Li leaned back in his chair, stroked his round belly, and sighed with satisfaction.

This meal was truly satisfying for him.

Afterwards, he stood up, stretched lazily, and prepared to go upstairs as well.

"Lu Li."

But at this moment, a voice came from behind.

Lu Li's footsteps paused, and he turned around.

Zhou Yichen didn't know when he had stood up from his chair and was walking toward him.

The live broadcast had already been turned off, and only the two of them were left in the restaurant.

Without the cameras pointing at him, the smile on Zhou Yichen's face completely disappeared, turning instead into an ice-cold gloominess.

"Something?"

Lu Li raised an eyebrow.

Zhou Yichen walked up in front of him, with less than a meter of distance between the two of them, and a sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth.

"Very well, I've remembered you."

Although Zhou Yichen's voice wasn't loud, every single word was pronounced very clearly, carrying a naked threat in his tone.

"I hope you won't regret your actions."

After speaking, Zhou Yichen sneered and turned to leave.

Lu Li stood in place, watched his back, and shrugged.

Threatening him now?

What a joke.

Threaten if he wants, could he possibly be afraid?

He yawned, put his hands in his pockets, and walked upstairs unhurriedly.

...

Returning to the suite, it was quiet. Shen Qingxue's bedroom door was tightly shut, without a trace of sound.

Lu Li glanced at it without thinking much, pushed open his own room's door, and walked in.

The room had already been cleaned up by the staff, the bed was neatly made, and a small bag of welcome candies was placed on the bedsheet.

Lu Li picked up the candy, tore open the packaging, and tossed one into his mouth.

Oh my, so sweet~

He kicked off his slippers, fell back onto the bed, and his whole body sank into the soft mattress.

Comfortable.

After tossing and turning all morning, he was truly tired.

Lu Li slept very soundly this time.

Just when he was sleeping most comfortably, his phone suddenly rang.

"What the hell..."

Lu Li muttered curses, rolled over, buried his face into the pillow, and didn't want to bother at all.

But the person making the call was clearly more patient than him.

The ringtone stopped, then rang again, over and over.

Until the third time, Lu Li finally couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the phone, and directly answered it.

"Hello? Who is it?!"

On the other end of the phone, Sister Wang's sharp voice assaulted his ears.

"Lu Li! What on earth is going on with you?!"

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, moved the phone a little away from his ear, rubbed his eyes, still a bit dazed.

"What what going on?"

"What do you think is going on?!"

Sister Wang's voice raised by another octave.

"Did you turn a deaf ear to my words?!"

Lu Li was yelled at and dumbfounded by this sudden outburst.

"Sister Wang, what on earth are you talking about? You're making me so confused, hey."

"You don't know anything? Go check online yourself right now to see what's going on!"

Sister Wang's voice carried frustration at his lack of sense.

"Your dirt was posted online by someone, and now it's already on the trending search! The heat is still climbing up!"

"Dirt? What kind of nonsense?"

Lu Li's movement paused, and he became even more confused.

What kind of dirt could he possibly have.

"Look for yourself! I'm communicating with the Program Team right now to see how to handle this matter. Don't act rashly on your end, you hear me?"

Sister Wang's voice was much more serious than usual, completely lacking her usual bantering tone.

Lu Li opened his mouth, just wanting to ask what specific dirt it was, but Sister Wang started blabbering on over there again.

"I told you long ago that Zhou Yichen's fans are not to be messed with, and told you to stay away from him. But you? When recording the show, you couldn't wait to ride on top of his head!"

"You think you're venting for yourself? You're digging a hole for yourself! For a celebrity of his caliber, a single spit from each of his fans could drown you to death!"

"And Shen Qingxue..."

Before Sister Wang finished speaking, Lu Li quickly interrupted her.

"Alright, alright, don't talk to me anymore, I'm busy right now, hanging up first!"

With a snap, Lu Li directly hung up the phone, then rolled his eyes and tossed the phone directly onto the bed.

Damn it, it was way too damn noisy.

Dirt? At least make it clear what kind of dirt it was. After talking for a long time, not a single useful sentence, just sitting there venting emotions.

Lu Li took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.

Fine, relying on others is worse than relying on oneself; he'll check it himself.

Lu Li picked up his phone again and opened Weibo.

The trending searches about him looked relatively normal. The one with the highest heat was still the stage clip of little dimples, and the view count had already broken eighty million.

Lu Li scrolled down, and then was directly dumbfounded.

Four big characters on the trending search list were extremely eye-catching.

"One of the guests of Heartbeat 72 Hours, Lu Li actually cheated?"

Cheated?

Lu Li froze.

What the hell, when did he cheat? How come he didn't know? You must know he didn't even have a partner, was the object of his cheating generated out of thin air or what?