HOYSE CHAPTER 115

Chapter 115 — Extra 6: Soaring to the Clouds

Just as Gu Xi predicted, “Hahahahaha” occupied the screen.

The production team had dominated the industry for many years. It had always been them digging pits for guests to jump into, never being outmaneuvered by guests.

They hadn’t expected to encounter such a guest with high intelligence, strong observational skills, who after discovering the truth could still stay calm and directly catch them red-handed. Moreover, his efficiency was extraordinarily high. From Rong Jing’s reaction to capture, it only took a few drifts’ worth of time.

In short, the production team had gotten the “accident” and “buzz” they wanted.

The audience watched from beginning to end, sometimes switching to the production team’s perspective, sometimes to Rong Jing and Gu Xi’s perspective.

When they saw Rong Jing suddenly accelerate, some viewers suggested Rong Jing might have already discovered he was being followed. Other viewers analyzed Rong Jing’s eye direction, which should have been noticing the car in the rearview mirror.

Especially Rong Jing’s later cool driving skills were simply too cool for words. Through the screen, they seemed to be standing from Gu Xi’s perspective. Many netizens applauded enthusiastically:

“Hahaha, first time seeing the production team get into a disaster! Bet you didn’t expect this!”

“Treasure idol, talking about Rong Jing, right? Every time we see him, there are different surprises!”

“Is this the daily life of rich people? Reacting so quickly to being followed!”

“Feel like if it weren’t for Xi Bao being the insider, the production team might have been discovered at the very beginning!”

The production team’s staff snapped out of their dumbfounded state. Seeing the police who’d stopped them for routine checks, they got out of the car with pale faces, explaining to the traffic police that they really weren’t stalkers, nor were they sasaeng fans.

Traffic police: “If you’re not sasaeng fans or perverts, why are you carrying cameras?”

The production team was on the verge of tears. They carried cameras purely for the show’s needs.

Now, people across the country knew that while filming a variety show, they were almost sent to a legal education channel by the guests.

Rong Jing also reacted at this time. No wonder he’d felt Gu Xi seemed a bit different from usual. After completely overcoming his camera phobia, he’d installed cameras in the living room and car, so he hadn’t thought much about it.

Rong Jing looked at Gu Xi, eyes narrowing, gaze sharp. “Conspiring with outsiders?”

Gu Xi ingratiatingly tugged at Rong Jing’s sleeve. “This was the production team’s request. Plus, I was quite curious whether you’d discover it. If it were you, you’d do the same, right?”

If it were Gu Xi being kept in the dark, Rong Jing felt he probably would do the same. It was quite interesting.

However, this didn’t mean he’d let off his increasingly unscrupulous lover. Rong Jing deliberately kept a straight face, saying, “I’ll settle accounts with you when we get back.”

Although Rong Jing’s tone was flat, his eyes contained a trace of barely noticeable indulgence, making the livestream audience squeal.

Rong Jing rescued the production team and apologized to the traffic police for this misunderstanding. Only in this atmosphere of police-civilian harmony did they restart recording the show.

The show’s host proactively came forward to shake hands with Rong Jing, explaining why they hadn’t notified him beforehand. Usually at times like this, guests were annoyed while the production team was smug. Now it was the production team eating humble pie, full of resentful little glances. This contrast made netizens laugh. Finally found a guest who could deal with you!

If Rong Jing hadn’t discovered it, the production team would decide the next date project.

But since Rong Jing proactively discovered it, he would draw lots to decide.

A square lottery tube appeared. Rong Jing drew out a ball with “Amusement Park” written on it.

Rong Jing looked at the rapidly departing staff. “Don’t tell me all the balls inside say amusement park?” So winning or not actually made no difference.

The host’s heart sank. That’s enough!

If this continues, what secrets will our show have left?

The game rules were that the production team would have cameramen separately follow them. They’d enter the amusement park from different entrances. During this time, they’d find each other’s final location based on hints from venue NPCs. Of course, most of the hints inside were questions the production team separately asked both people, compiled together.

As long as they found each other within one hour, they’d win and get a play pass to freely use all facilities in the amusement park without queuing, equivalent to a fast pass card.

If the production team won, they’d be punished with various penalties.

This “find your other half” was a fixed project every season. Each season had two single celebrities on blind dates, plus one already-announced celebrity couple.

This season, all three pairs were single guests. The production team arranged blind dates for relationship observation. Only the Surprise pair as guest stars were temporarily inserted as a couple, so this fixed project fell to them.

Celebrity couples from previous seasons had played similar finding games. Some netizens even compiled how long each couple took to find each other. So far, no one had completed the task within half an hour.

Theoretically, if all NPCs’ hints were answered correctly at the first time and corresponding clues found, it was possible to achieve this. But this was only theoretical. As long as one of the two dropped the ball, it was impossible.

Moreover, the staff here temporarily added drama for themselves, showing the audience a small symposium called the “Rong Jing Crusade Meeting” to restore the production team’s reputation.

Because of the guests’ randomness, it made the variety show particularly eye-catching.

They arranged ten people with bodies similar to Gu Xi, releasing them into the amusement park. Each time Rong Jing picked the wrong person, they’d deduct one point. Deduct all points and they’d lose.

Although viewers watching the livestream loudly called the production team too insidious, this setup was quite interesting. They were all curious whether Rong Jing and Gu Xi could quickly answer questions, and whether Rong Jing could recognize “fake Gu Xi.” They loved watching drama and didn’t mind it escalating. They just loved production teams that stirred things up, making them unwilling to miss a single second.

The two got in the car. At this time, a call came in. It was from F City. He pressed the answer key. “Chairman, you just said this afternoon’s meeting at half past three...”

Rong Jing: “Yes, something came up temporarily. Change it to tomorrow morning at eight.”

Qiu Xiang: “Understood. I’ll notify everyone right away.”

After speaking, Qiu Xiang hung up. He’d also been busy flying everywhere recently.

It was a brief conversation, but netizens exploded.

Who was Qiu Xiang? He was the founder of Fun Video, the creator of a legend. Fun Video was also recently preparing to go public, showing its huge potential. Who would have thought that just wanting to watch their favorite CP fall in love, they’d see a mystery that had never been solved get solved. Until now, their mood was simply like riding a roller coaster.

The love-hate relationship between Fun Video’s largest shareholder and original founder had been dug up long ago. That was the story of Qiu Xiang after starting his business.

Was Rong Jing the “spendthrift” Qiu Xiang mentioned who said “200,000 is too little, how about 500,000”?

That wealthy young master whose family gave him 100 million to burn for fun?

That person called this century’s luckiest sucker?

Could the legendary unreliable parent who threw 100 million for the kid to play with be the poker-faced emperor Xie Ling?

Rong Jing was a director at Xie Corporation, so most people took it for granted that Rong Jing was just a second-generation with connections. Rong Jing was very low-key. He held shares in many companies but hadn’t listed them in his encyclopedia. Only those who understood the financial system knew about his several successful cases.

Now the public realized that even without relying on Xie Corporation, Rong Jing’s personal assets were a terrifying number, and these numbers were very likely to continue appreciating in the future.

The bullet comments surged again, but were soon attracted by Rong Jing and Gu Xi’s interactions. They all felt today’s livestream was truly too satisfying.

When Rong Jing and Gu Xi separated, Gu Xi looked at those several “doubles” ready to go. His own makeup skills were already godly enough. He hadn’t expected the production team willing to spend such resources, finding so many “doubles” and makeup artists. Even the clothes were the same. This was premeditated, right?

Given this CP’s national popularity and high attention, the production team had indeed racked their brains thinking of various backup plans to deal with different emergencies.

If you only looked from afar with just the back view, even Gu Xi himself might not be able to tell them apart.

Gu Xi: “You... can you do it?” The difficulty was too high, though he was also a bit shamefully excited.

Rong Jing leaned close to Gu Xi’s ear, saying in a voice only the two could hear, “If I can’t, I’ll be punished to sleep in the study for a month.”

Gu Xi: “...” Are you punishing yourself or punishing me?

The two arrived at different entrances. They found the NPCs placed by the production team at the fastest speed and got the first question: What’s the other person’s favorite color?

The question wasn’t tricky, even quite simple. But it tested how much the two cared about and were familiar with each other, as well as their reaction ability. This process could also let the audience feel the two’s relationship status, as if personally participating.

The two found corresponding amusement facilities based on colors, then the second NPC’s location, and so on. Both Rong Jing and Gu Xi were quickly solving problems. That triumphant state excited everyone.

During this time, many “Gu Xi” doubles wandered around Rong Jing. Each time these “doubles” appeared, livestream viewers held their breath for Rong Jing. But Rong Jing’s eyes never strayed. He understood Gu Xi too well, well enough to distinguish at a glance.

The two finally met at the haunted house entrance. The staff checked the timer. Total time: 19 minutes 56 seconds.

Netizens looked at the staff’s stunned expression. The bullet comments instantly became a sea of joy:

“Your daddy will always be your daddy~”

“Worthy of being Surprise. Both IQ and EQ online.”

“Those doubles can’t be said to have no relation. Can only say they’re identical to Gu Xi. How did Rong Jing see through them?!”

“They broke the record!! Less than 20 minutes! Who else can say they’re a business CP? Which business couple could understand each other this thoroughly?”

“Envious, envious. They really understand each other so well! Burp, this wave of food is a bit filling.”

Since the endpoint was the haunted house, the two conveniently went in. Inside the haunted house was quite dark. The camera lens had night vision.

Gu Xi actually wasn’t afraid of these things at all. But just like he was never afraid of perverts, in front of Rong Jing he was delicate and needed protection.

So the audience quickly discovered Gu Xi trembling while clutching Rong Jing’s arm. Yet to maintain his aloof persona, he didn’t say a word. The bullet comments were filled with heartache.

Rong Jing immediately noticed his abnormality. “Scared?”

Rong Jing looked back. Going back wasn’t appropriate either. Just now at the entrance, Gu Xi looked completely nonchalant. He’d thought he wasn’t afraid at all.

Rong Jing suddenly grabbed Gu Xi’s hand, pulling him forward in a run. They ran too fast. The cameraman behind couldn’t keep up at all.

This time, they completely lost them.

Everyone didn’t know where Rong Jing was taking Gu Xi. Hearts itching with curiosity. Unfortunately, Rong Jing had long since disappeared with the person.

Rong Jing had just discovered a “ghost” behind a curtain had gone to scare other customers and hadn’t returned to their nest yet. He pulled Gu Xi to that “ghost’s” hiding place. Coming behind the curtain, he pressed the person against the wall.

Gu Xi’s heart almost jumped to his throat. “Rong, Rong Jing...”

Rong Jing’s nose rubbed against Gu Xi’s. His voice was low like fermented wine. “Mm, don’t be afraid. Just look at me.”

Actually, all along the way, he’d already guessed Gu Xi might be pretending. Gu Xi always showed signs a few times, like that time in the clubhouse fighting alphas. But Rong Jing didn’t care. So what if he knew?

Saying this, he gently pecked Gu Xi’s lips.

Gu Xi trembled slightly with excitement. His hands wrapped around Rong Jing’s neck, proactively deepening the kiss.

Until the “ghost” returned and was nearly scared to death by this suddenly appearing couple, Gu Xi reluctantly pushed away the alpha, straightened both their clothes, conveniently praised this ghost-playing staff member’s costume. While the staff was bewildered, he pulled Rong Jing and ran.

One of the cameramen, based on the “ghost’s” shrill scream just now, found the two. At this time, they’d already reached the haunted house exit.

Both their states looked normal. Only Gu Xi’s face was somewhat red, looking like he was shy, yet also like he was happy about getting some secret.

Netizens were dying of curiosity about what the two did while avoiding cameras. Someone discovered Gu Xi’s lips were somewhat moist, as if nourished. The bullet comments were filled with squealing.

We don’t care. They definitely hid from cameras to have a tryst! Production team, you’re just a bright light bulb!

But Surprise was the least clingy among several guest pairs. They wouldn’t even say love words. They were even stingy with the word “like.”

Yet Surprise’s every action since appearing tightly gripped their attention. Watching them was like returning to first love.

The two came out of the haunted house and sat on a bench nearby, waiting for the other cameraman who got lost in the haunted house.

Rong Jing saw the ice cream cart in the distance, bought one and came back. When Gu Xi saw the double scoop on top, he froze.

In “Lota,” the male lead he played had enviously looked at ice cream in others’ hands, vowing to eat it in the future, and wanting two scoops. Actually, that was also what Gu Xi wanted as a child. It’s just that after growing up, such thoughts had long disappeared.

Gu Xi licked the ice cream. The sweet flavor spread in his mouth.

He didn’t say it, but this was his first time coming to an amusement park.

Gu Xi glanced at Rong Jing. His eyes were bright as stars. The audience also discovered Gu Xi’s appearance was subtly different from before. Someone remembered that movie, remembered Gu Xi’s lines in the film.

That feeling of seemingly crushing sugar bit by bit, then slowly kneading it into the heart, made people involuntarily immerse themselves in the two’s interaction.

Next, the two continued participating in two other arranged activities. When it was about to end, the audience still wanted more. Someone else said what netizens had said before: Why are they guest stars? Can’t they have more episodes?

About five trending searches about the two were dominating the rankings. Rong Jing learned this news from the director and asked, “Can it be suppressed a bit?”

This drew another wave of “hahaha” in the bullet comments. Only celebrities wanted trending searches. Only their Rong Rong was afraid of being seen too much.

After the livestream ended and they separated from the production team, Rong Jing sent a text to Wu Feiyu, thanking him for his righteous help during the day. He quickly got a reply: [Leave it to this young master.jpg].

Originally, Rong Jing wouldn’t contact Wu Feiyu unless necessary. But he hadn’t expected Wu Feiyu would brood over this.

He often got drunk at bars. That bar happened to be opened by Xie Ling’s friend. They couldn’t afford to offend the young master. Only Xie Ling’s status and position could control the situation. They often had Xie Ling help send this drunkard back.

Strangely, this arrogant fellow, once Xie Ling arrived, became as docile as a quail.

Coming and going, Rong Jing learned from Zhou Xiang that Xie Ling’s work time was being shortened. Once he was even late for a shareholders’ meeting.

Rong Jing began proactively contacting Wu Feiyu. Only then did the young master return to normal routine, allowing Xie Ling to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Wu Feiyu didn’t want much. He just needed Rong Jing to occasionally contact him, and that was enough.

Because of the production team’s interruption, Rong Jing disrupted today’s plan. Originally, today he’d planned to first take Gu Xi to try on formal wear, then go to meetings.

After proposing, Rong Jing had been preparing various wedding matters. He’d done most of the energy-consuming tasks, but some things he couldn’t do for others, like trying on formal wear. The suits were designed jointly by Rong Jing and Xie Ling, then personally controlled by Xie’s designers for the finished product.

Gu Xi had always thought that even though Rong Jing proposed, since they were currently in their rising period and Rong Jing was young, it would definitely take at least a few more years before they’d marry.

This was a wedding planning shop under Xie Corporation. Seeing that European-style building exterior symbolizing pure white, Gu Xi’s eyes widened. He covered his mouth with both hands, swallowing back his exclamation.

During this time, Rong Jing had locked himself in the study, designing the draft of their suits. Gu Xi had been worried whether they’d reached a burnout period.

Before Rong Jing could speak, Gu Xi recklessly pounced and kissed him fiercely. He had Gu Feng’s madness and Gu Xi’s coolness in him. The dual emotions made him unable to control himself.

The alpha before his eyes was his life’s pursuit.

The production team discovered they’d missed a reflection segment. Mainly because this CP was too good at stirring things up, the host got so excited they forgot the process. Now they hurriedly rushed over to do supplementary recording.

The livestream reopened. Just as netizens were puzzled, the camera showed Rong Jing and Gu Xi holding hands walking into the wedding planning shop from behind.

After more than ten seconds, netizens reacted: What did we just see?!

Aren’t you two dating? When did it progress to the marriage step?

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Author’s Note:

Netizens: Ahhhhhhhh! Can someone tell us whether they’re really getting married young?!

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