The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish

Almost immediately after getting off the plane, Gao Shu and Yu Ye's phones' notifications started to sound one after another.

The two looked at the message sent by the public relations manager again, and froze on the spot at the same time.

He Jinyun was the first to notice they had stopped following him, and turned around in confusion: "What's the matter?"

Gao Shu frowned, browsing the news quickly.

While checking the news, Yu Ye replied: "There is a marketing account on the Internet stating that they have exclusive news, saying that the relationship between Brother He and Teacher Ye got exposed."

Ye Zexi heard his name and looked back at this moment: "Huh?"

Gao Shu had already roughly understood what happened at this time, and briefly explained it to the two of them.

The cause of the matter is very simple, as Ye Zexi said, Ye Zexi and He Jinyun were photographed at the airport.

This is indeed a normal thing, but the marketing account got lucky when it happened to be the scene where He Jinyun handed the soy milk to Ye Zexi.

Ye Zexi took a sip on that action.

Add two photos of the two people going through security before and after, and the photos walking side by side together. At the end, add a few words at random, stating they are going on their romance escapade.

Netizens who don't know the truth had a look--

Oh, this is solid proof.

Look at Ye Zexi and He Jinyun fans.

Ye Zexi's fans certainly didn't admit it at first, but when they saw the gif of the two intimately sharing soy milk, they were a little nervous for a while.

Real or Fake?

Xi Xi fell in love at such a young age?

Of course, if the target is Teacher He, we fans can also support it.

After all, to Xigua Ye, what Ye Zexi does is right. As long as Ye Zexi doesn't retreat from the circle, the fans will have nothing to ask for.

Crying to make Ye Zexi focus on his career, not to fall in love?

Sorry, Ye Zexi has no girlfriend or career fans. [1]

The Xigua Ye are all Buddhist fans, and they have only one principle--As long as Ye Xezi does not retreat from the circle, he can do whatever he wants.2

Looking at He Jinyun's fans, they are even more at a loss!

There have been speculations by fans before, saying that He Jinyun is too caring about Ye Zexi. Now it seems that he is really trying to promote the CP, but it is inevitable that they would promote it, and what if the two "bend" persons become a real thing.

The veteran fans gave the fans a warning in advance, and the fans who were clamoring to quit being a fan also left. Now the remaining fans were all able to accept He Jinyun's love.

Some fans had already secretly turned to CP fans.

Therefore, when the marketing account broke the news, the fans who camped out in the comment section to do some damage control really had no confidence.

If it weren't for some sane fans who said they would wait for the official clarification, some fans would have come out to congratulate the two.

Of course, the happiest fans are the HeXi CP fans.

Regardless of whether Ye Zexi and He Jinyun are together for real or not, at least the gif is not a fake!

The eyes of the masses were sharp!

They announced that HeXi is real!

CP fans were really congratulating each other this time.

Therefore, because Ye Zexi and He Jinyun's fans didn't have much control over the comments, and there were CP fans overwhelmingly congratulating them, it led to the marketing account not needing to spend money and got a free trip to hot search. In just a few hours, only the related tags of Ye Zexi and He Jinyun would top the hot search.

But this was really just for laymen to watch the excitement.

After all, as professionals, Gao Shu and Yu Ye, to them, this matter was a typical thunderous thing.

The clarification was not too simple.

Look at the draft of this marketing account, the whole article had flaws and was very fake!

The four-person trip was being turned into a two-person trip. They thought the assistant and the agent are non-existent?

Filming a variety show was being regarded as a honeymoon trip, the official blog of "Foodie Journal" would have another round of announcement for the recording tomorrow.

As long as Gao Shu and Yu Ye released the artist's schedule at the same time, it was not even necessary for Ye Zexi or He Jinyun to post on Weibo.

Gao Shu explained his opinion.

Yu Ye nodded beside him, and he also agreed with Gao Shu's handling method.

When the two of them agreed on the method, they were about to post on Weibo. Suddenly, the phones of Gao Shu and He Jinyun sounded several beeps at the same time.

Gao Shu froze for a moment. Why did Weibo notify the special follow ringtone?

He Jinyun frowned and took out his phone.

The two of them clicked on special attention almost at the same time, and only a few seconds ago, Ye Zexi updated several Weibo in a row——

One minute ago:

@Ye Zexi: Does the marketing account really have no friends? Your friends have never fed you water when your hands are not free? Shocked.jpg

Half a minute ago:

@Ye Zexi: Three people accompany me! All of us head to the recording location together, how did it become a two-person trip? #picture#, you see, they just got off the plane, but they are now discussing how to explain the hot search to you.

Ten seconds ago:

@Ye Zexi: Also, my fans please explain to me, what do you mean by "do not retreat, please feel free to do whatever"?

After reading the three Weibos posted by Ye Zexi one after another, Gao Shu was completely dumbfounded: "Young Master! Why did you post on Weibo without telling me anything!"

Ye Zexi raised his eyes to look at Gao Shu: "Isn't this bad?"

Gao Shu frowned, quickly scanned the comments under Ye Zexi's Weibo, and said, "It's not that it's not good, but it's just that you shouldn't be too direct when you go against the marketing account. It will inevitably..."

"That's fine!" Ye Zexi put away the phone and looked at the three of them, "You think that I'm afraid of offending the marketing account? Now it's done, can we go now? Standing here makes my feet feel numb!"

He Jinyun also just finished reading Ye Zexi's three Weibos, and when he heard Ye Zexi's words, the corners of his mouth curled up.

Looking back at Gao Shu, his expression was very helpless, but he felt that what Ye Zexi had said was reasonable, so he didn't say anything, just nodded his head.

"That's right. I'll let the studio send a lawyer's letter to the marketing account later." Gao Shu said with realization.

Since he had a lot of free time lately, he could deal with them one by one. Don't you marketing accounts like to spread rumors?

He would not give up unless he gets the compensation!

Thinking of this, Gao Shu's eyes lit up again.

Yeah, why didn't he think of this before?

Unlike other artists who are busy with endorsements and works, their legal team really has time to serve each one of the marketing accounts!

Thinking of this, Gao Shu instantly had goals again and regained his fighting spirit again, and began to contact the legal team confidently.

*

The program group drove over to pick them up early in the morning, and the four people quickly got in the car.

After getting in the car, Yu Ye couldn't help but ask He Jinyun: "Brother He, do we still have to post an explanation?"

He Jinyun's smile deepened when he heard this: "No, I will repost his Weibo later."

Since He Jinyun had said so, Yu Ye didn't worry anymore.

Ye Zexi continued to watch anime as soon as he got in the car, and didn't care about the influence of his three Weibo posts.

He Jinyun's gaze stayed on Ye Zexi for a short time, then quickly moved his gaze away and placed it on the phone screen again.

The page happened to be Ye Zexi's first Weibo comment interface, and it was all hot comments from fans:

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, look at what the marketing accounts have forced my child into!"

"Xi Xi actually ended up scolding the marketing account in person! You deserve to be our Ye Zexi!"

"I know that the marketing account is making things up again. Can the marketing accounts put some thoughts into the post next time?"

"Look, the child was so angry that he sent three Weibo posts in one go!"

"Yes, even a Buddhist fan like myself knows that Xi Xi is currently shooting a variety show with Teacher He. Isn't it normal to board the same plane together?"

"I just discovered that the sticker Xi Xi put on the agent is so cute!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah! It's the living Film Emperor He! I actually saw Film Emperor He on Xi Xi Weibo! This CP fan is celebrating!"

"Film Emperor He from this angle is too handsome! I love it!"

"So why are there only pictures of other people, I wanna see your selfies!"

"U1s1 [2], Teacher He is really handsome and such a gentleman!"

"Wait a minute, do you really feel like a CP? I don't think that picture gives off the lovers vibe, but a bit like a father and son vibe."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hua hua hua hua hua hua, oh my god, father and son!"

"Yes, yes, right! I have the same vibe as upstairs! As Xi Xi eats, Teacher He is just like my dad, he will add soup to me later, and hand me a drink later."

"Fuck, wonderful!"

"Sooner or later I will laugh to death in the comment area! Does Tsinghua [3] really consider sending you an admission letter?"

"Any letter from Tsinghua University? You can publish books directly at this level, so I will buy them tomorrow!"

Seeing this comment, He Jinyun frowned.

After thinking about it for two seconds, He Jinyun clicked to forward it.

@He Jinyun: Am I that old?

Fan comments:

"No, no! Who said that! My male god, you are only twenty-six!"

"Yeah, how can twenty-six be old?"

"Only twenty-six years old."

"Could you please remind the male god that he is already twenty-six. Twenty-six and still has no romance. I don't know if he is in a hurry. Anyway, when I was twenty-six, I was very anxious. However, at the time I was 26, I actually had someone I like; but He Jinyun does not have anyone!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha upstairs, you are going off track!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I'm sorry, I just went to see a gif. So look, I really feel a bit like a father and son vibe (I did not say the male god is old, I am the male god's veteran fan of six years. Why do I feel that my explanation is unclear? Forget it, I won't explain it."

"Fuck, there is a picture!"

"Hahahahaha, not old, not old at all. Our male god is only twenty-six this year. When Ye Zexi was in his first year of junior high [7th grade], the male god was already in his first year of high school [10th grade]. When Ye Zexi was in the third year of high school [12th grade], the male god was only one year away from graduating university. You are not old, it was just a gap of one generation, the male god and Ye Zexi only have a small gap of 3 years." [4]

"??? I thought it is good. When you describe it like this, I really feel that our male god is an old cow wanting to eat the newly grown pasteur...Ah no, I'm sorry, I'm really a fan!"

"Upstairs, I'm afraid that you all are the anti-fans hahahahahaha, this is hilarious."

More than just the anti-fans on the upper floors, He Jinyun thinks that all the fans in his comment today are anti-fans.

Want to expel all of these fans!

However, He Jinyun didn't bother to care about his fans' comments. He browsed Weibo for a while, and when he was about to put down his phone, the special notification rang again.

He Jinyun was taken aback, and clicked on Ye Zexi's latest Weibo post——

@Ye Zexi: Nonsense, obviously very young.

He Jinyun raised his eyes and met the gaze of Ye Zexi in the front seat.

Ye Zexi blinked at him and made a mouth shape: "Really young!"

He Jinyun curled his mouth and smiled silently.

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Notes:

[1] I think I have gone over this, but I still want to address it again. To Chinese fans, there are several types of fans. One person becomes a fan of an artist for various reasons; and supporting the artist with the career also has a fan base. So you will see a lot of different fanbase types in this novel ^^ Please don't feel surprised. Also, I want to note, each fan base has their own belief and point of view. So let's not quick to judge ^^

[2] u1s1 - to be honest

[3] This is a joke, I already explained it in the previous chapter. It's just saying "you're so smart, here is the admission to the best school" sort of joke.

[4] how to say this, it's like saying that they are being separated by one generation, since they did not attend the same "generation" of schooling together. That's why it made it feel like they have such a big gap.