That night, Ji Chen was too excited to fall asleep. Holding Fu Xi's autographed photo in her hand, she was having a video call with Tian Yimeng.
"Your guy actually agreed to let you have lunch alone with a man, and he's the man you like. Does he not like you anymore?"
"What are you talking about! That's called trust, you know? Trust! Well, of course, you, a single dog, wouldn't understand!"
"Okay, okay. You're the only one who's found your Mr. Right. But normally speaking, shouldn't a normal man be jealous? I advise you to call and comfort him as soon as possible!"
"He's not that petty! However, I really should thank him this time. I was able to meet Fu Xi all because of his help."
"Yeah! You'd better repay him by marrying him!"
"What nonsense are you talking about! Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm hanging up. I'm going to call and thank him properly!"
As Ji Chen spoke, she turned off the video call and then dialed Li Xuan's number...
The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered. Ji Chen looked at the clock on the wall: it was already twelve o'clock! Li Xuan must have fallen asleep. Well, she would thank him tomorrow!
At this moment, Li Xuan had already entered the sleeping pod and was in a coma.
He originally wanted to have those girls surround Fu Xi and prevent Ji Chen from getting close to him. That way, there wouldn't be any problems. But Fu Xi, being so "dutiful," made all the girls leave!
If Li Xuan had known that Ji Chen would take Fu Xi to a small shabby restaurant that he himself had never been to, and it was just the two of them, he would never have agreed to let Ji Chen meet Fu Xi, even if he were beaten to death!
Sure enough, the online forums exploded the next day. The headline read: "Shocking! The nation's dream lover, Fu Xi, actually has a secret girlfriend!"
Tian Yimeng's hand that was typing her manuscript suddenly stopped. In the entertainment headline that popped up, who else could be with Fu Xi on the cover except Ji Chen?
Tian Yimeng quickly called Ji Chen on her phone, but Ji Chen was sound asleep as if she were isolated from the outside world, having a sweet dream. In her dream, she was still having lunch with Fu Xi...
The doorbell rang again and again. Finally, Ji Chen was woken up. "Who is it? So annoying. Can't you knock when I'm having a nightmare?"
Since she couldn't get through to Ji Chen on the phone, Tian Yimeng rushed to Ji Chen's doorstep.
"Coming, coming. Stop pressing the doorbell!" Ji Chen ran to the door with sleepy eyes, and opened the door reluctantly.
Tian Yimeng quickly pushed Ji Chen inside the door. After she came in, she quickly closed the door and locked it.
Ji Chen was a bit confused and said, "What's going on? Is someone chasing you? Why do you look like a thief?"
Tian Yimeng was anxious. Looking at Ji Chen's just-woken-up appearance, she felt a bit annoyed. "It's like the emperor isn't worried, but the emperor's father is! Someone is after you, not me!"
Ji Chen still wanted to go back to sleep for a while. "What emperor's father? Are you trying to take advantage of me again and make me call you dad?"
Tian Yimeng was really anxious. Ji Chen was so unserious all the time. When she saw Ji Chen was about to take off her shoes and climb back into bed, Tian Yimeng pulled Ji Chen up.
"What are you doing? What are you doing! It's only seven o'clock. I didn't go to bed until two in the morning. Be good. Let me sleep for a while. I'll play with you later!"
Tian Yimeng grabbed Ji Chen and dragged her from the bedside to the sofa in the living room.
"Do you know what you've done? You're now the public enemy and Fu Xi's rumored girlfriend!"
Ji Chen raised the corners of her mouth. "Fu Xi's girlfriend! Hahaha!" "Wait! What? What rumored girlfriend!" Ji Chen suddenly woke up. "What public enemy? Explain it clearly!"
Tian Yimeng opened the entertainment headline on her phone and showed it to Ji Chen. Ji Chen took a closer look and immediately jumped up from the sofa.
"What should I do? What should I do? It's over. You know, Fu Xi is an idol who has never had any negative news before. But this time, it's because of me... Ah! What should I do?"
"You should worry about yourself, not him. He's an artist after all and has bodyguards protecting him. What you need to worry about now is you!"
"But, I, he, ugh! So annoying!"
"Stop being annoyed. Do you know that some people on the Internet have already dug out your address, and there are people saying they want to come after you in a group? When I came here just now, I saw that there were already some people surrounding the entrance of the community. If it weren't for the security guards stopping them, your door might have been broken down already!"
"Ah? Is it that serious? Then, what should I do?"
"What can you do? The key is that the photo is exactly facing your faces, and it's clear that it's you. And it's not photoshopped at all. No matter what you say now, netizens won't believe you!"
"But I didn't do anything with him. I just had a meal with him!"
"Does it matter what you did? Netizens only believe what they want to believe. No matter how much you say, it's useless! Those keyboard warriors will scold you to pieces in no time!"
Just as the two of them were in a panic, there was another knock on the door. The knock was rather urgent, and both of their hearts skipped a beat.
"Could they have rushed in so quickly? Here, take this!" Ji Chen gave Tian Yimeng the decorative baseball bat beside her, and she herself picked up a mop and walked towards the door.
The knock on the door continued. Ji Chen's heart was pounding. She walked closer to the door and looked out through the peephole.
She was shocked when she looked. A pair of eyes also looking through the peephole came into her sight. She took two steps back in fright.
Then she strode towards the door. No matter who it was, if they dared to scare her, she would fight them!
As soon as the door opened, Ji Chen swung at the person without even looking. But before the mop could hit, Li Xuan caught it easily, just like catching a sharp blade with his bare hands.
"Why is it you?" Ji Chen said and put down the mop in her hand.
"I just left you alone for one day, and you got so close to another man!" Li Xuan closed the door with one hand, and then directly pinned Ji Chen against the corner of the wall, holding her tightly as if interrogating a criminal.
Tian Yimeng felt like she was being fed dog food again. She really couldn't stand to look at it!
"No, that's not right. Weren't the security guards stopping people at the entrance of the community? Those people couldn't get in. How did you get in?" Ji Chen retorted.
Li Xuan ignored her. When he was at Lidi Entertainment and heard the employees who had come back to work talking about Fu Xi, he remembered that Ji Chen and Fu Xi were together yesterday. So as soon as he opened his phone, he saw that after being dramatically adapted by the media, it was said that Ji Chen was pregnant with Fu Xi's child... In a hurry, he directly teleported to Ji Chen's doorstep. As for the security guards, it was impossible for them to stop him!
"Don't change the subject! What on earth did you do behind my back!"
Li Xuan held Ji Chen tightly with his hands, not allowing her to have the slightest thought of leaving.
"You... Are you... Jealous?" Ji Chen asked tentatively, with a hint of joy.
Li Xuan wasn't swayed by her. "Yes, I'm jealous. You woman, I just left for one day, and you're pregnant. Can't I even be jealous?"
Ji Chen couldn't help laughing. "What? Me, pregnant? Hehe, are you having a fever?"
Ji Chen wanted to put her hand on Li Xuan's forehead to check his temperature, but the hand that Li Xuan was holding her with was like an iron clamp, making her unable to move.
"It's said on the Internet that you're pregnant!"
Ji Chen couldn't hold back her laughter anymore and burst out laughing. "How can you believe what's said on the Internet! Besides, when have you ever seen someone get pregnant overnight and be found out? Even if someone is pregnant, generally, it can only be detected a week after having s*x or a week after the menstrual period is delayed."
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment and felt a bit embarrassed. The hand holding Ji Chen loosened a bit. "You, you're really not pregnant?"
The corners of Ji Chen's mouth never came down. The hand that was released immediately pinched Li Xuan's face and said, "Why are you so cute!"
Tian Yimeng couldn't stand it anymore. "Ahem, there's still someone here!"
Only then did Ji Chen let go of her hand, but she just mocked Tian Yimeng, saying, "Who asked you to be so old and have only had a few relationships? You know, a single man is called a single dog, and a single woman is called a dog that no one cares about! Dog that no one cares about! Dog that no one cares about! Hahaha!"
Tian Yimeng really had no way to deal with this woman. "You've just gotten out of being single too. You still have the nerve to talk about me. At least I've had a few relationships. What about you? The only serious relationship you've had is with this little puppy!" Tian Yimeng pointed at Li Xuan beside her.
When Li Xuan heard this, he was delighted. It turned out that his wife only had him as her husband! Although in the wolf clan, a wolf only loves one person (demon) in its life! But he knew that this didn't apply in the human world. That's why he was so devastated when he learned that Ji Chen liked Zhen Yu before. But now it was all good. Ji Chen had only been with him!
"Ah, why are you changing the topic again! Have you forgotten that there are so many reporters and mindless fans outside who want to find you!" Tian Yimeng became anxious again.
But Ji Chen was acting like she was relying on Li Xuan's favor. Now that Li Xuan was here, she wasn't as anxious as before.
"Why are you in such a hurry? They still can't rush in, can they!" Ji Chen walked towards the bedside again.
Tian Yimeng was completely confused. So it was just her worrying for nothing from beginning to end?
Sure enough, in Tian Yimeng's eyes, this heartless Ji Chen climbed back into bed again and left a sentence: "Do as you like. I'm going to catch up on some sleep first!"
Tian Yimeng was helpless. But thinking that Li Xuan was here and Ji Chen didn't care much about this matter, she left tactfully.
"Go to sleep. I'll make you some breakfast!" Li Xuan said affectionately as he walked towards the kitchen.
But once she climbed into bed, Ji Chen couldn't fall asleep. She just needed some time to be alone and think. Only at such times could she have the opportunity to think about the problem.
Fu Xi? She had been in contact with him carefully, but in the end, she still couldn't escape the clingy paparazzi. Since the thing had already happened, she could only think about how to solve it.
At Fu Xi's side, the public relations department of Lidi Entertainment was in an uproar. A scandal? Indeed, it could instantly increase a person's popularity, but Fu Xi's persona was that of an idol with no scandals! And they didn't need to rely on the popularity brought by scandals to increase his popularity because Fu Xi's popularity was already high enough.
Now that the scandal had broken out, instead of increasing his popularity, it made many people turn from fans to haters. People had always regarded Fu Xi as their dream lover. Now that their dream lover had a girlfriend, it was like being splashed with a basin of cold water in a dream, waking them up instantly.