My cousin asked me to go to Wuha, and Hanikezi stuck to me.

Chen Yi looked down, his gaze falling on the phone screen that Xiao Fang handed him.

It topped the Weibo trending list.

#Hani Kezi looks at Chen Yi while receiving an award#

It was followed by a dark red "Explode" character.

The pinned post in the entry is a high-definition animated image that has been sharpened and enlarged several times.

In the GIF, a girl dressed in a gold Dunhuang haute couture dress walks down the steps, lifts her skirt, turns her head, and gazes through the throng of people, landing directly on the sixth row of Section B.

The dependence in his eyes was impossible to hide.

"Bro, this trending topic is rising insanely!" Xiao Fang paced anxiously in the hallway. "It topped the charts in less than half an hour! There's definitely a bunch of paid trolls from Xingyu Entertainment pushing it up! Look at the comments section, the top comments are all stirring up trouble, saying that Sister Hani is trying to get close to Hani and create a CP (couple pairing)!"

Chen Yi turned off the screen and casually tossed the phone back to Xiao Fang.

His tone was so steady that there wasn't a trace of emotion in it.

"What's the current situation in the garage?" Chen Yi walked towards the VIP elevator.

"That's the most critical thing!" Xiao Fang quickly followed up, reporting in a low voice, "The security team just figured out that there's a black Buick GL8 parked across each of the three main VIP exits, A, B, and C, in the underground parking garage. They're pretending to be broken down with their hazard lights on, and the venue security guards are trying to get them to leave, but they won't budge."

Chen Yi had one hand in his suit pocket, his fingertip touching the hard USB drive.

Where is our car?

"It's in Zone B," Xiao Fang gritted her teeth. "Sister Hani's van is in Zone A. As soon as our car starts moving, those Buicks will definitely pounce on us like mad dogs!"

The elevator doors slowly opened in front of the two of them.

Chen Yi walked in and turned to face the elevator door.

In my mind, the system's mechanical voice rang out without warning.

[Variety Show Awareness Lv3 is now fully activated.]

[Analyzing the current scene's personnel positioning and logical blind spots.]

Chen Yi quickly went through the entire floor plan of the underground parking garage in his mind.

In the recording of variety shows, the production team sets up hidden camera positions and encirclement routes with an extremely tight logical loop.

The paparazzi's tactics are essentially no different from Lao Wang's elaborate schemes.

"Xiao Fang," Chen Yi said, watching the elevator floor numbers descend, "if you were Brother Zhuo from Fengxing Studio, what kind of footage would you most like to capture after setting up such a huge production tonight?"

Xiao Fang paused for a moment, then blurted out, "They definitely want to get solid evidence of you two meeting in private! Preferably riding in the same car!"

"That's right." Chen Yi's lips curled into a cold smile. "A single GIF of a woman watching my trending topic isn't enough to definitively prove a relationship, both legally and in terms of public relations. What Xingyu Entertainment needs is irrefutable evidence of mutual interaction."

Xiao Fang suddenly realized what was happening.

"They blocked the exits to throw us into disarray in the garage," Xiao Fang gasped. "If we made any contact in the garage passageway to avoid suspicion or break out, their telephoto lenses hidden in the shadows would immediately capture it!"

"So there's no need to run into their guns."

The elevator came to a stop on the first floor.

"Notify the driver." Chen Yi stepped out of the elevator, his tone crisp and efficient. "Leave the van in Block B, start the engine, turn on the lights, and lock the doors. Have them keep an eye on the metal box all night."

Xiao Fang's eyes lit up: "Then how do we get there?"

"Have the security team go to the venue's logistics department and get the most inconspicuous van or food delivery truck." Chen Yi didn't stop walking, heading towards the employee entrance that was completely opposite to the garage. "We'll use the D area unloading area."

At the same time.

Exit of Zone B in the underground parking garage.

Zhuo Ge sat in the passenger seat of the black Buick GL8, staring intently at the van with Chen Yi Studio's license plate fifty meters away.

The taillights of the van were glowing red, and the engine was emitting a deep roar.

"Clean up all the lenses!" Brother Zhuo roared into the walkie-talkie. "The trending topics are already exploding! As long as Chen Yi gets in the car, or Hanikezi's car passes through Zone B, no matter what they film, we've got tomorrow's headline payment in the bag!"

The voice of the subordinate responsible for keeping watch on Area A came through the earpiece.

"Brother Zhuo! Sister Hong has brought Hanikezi out! They got into the nanny van in Area A and went straight out the east gate!"

Brother Zhuo sat bolt upright: "Keep up! Where's Chen Yi? Has Chen Yi's car moved?"

"No movement! Chen Yi's van is still parked in the same spot!"

Brother Zhuo gritted his teeth.

"That kid's got real patience!" Zhuo slammed his fist on the car window. "He's definitely waiting for Hanikezi to get away first! Keep a close eye on that car, make sure you swat even a fly that flies out!"

Time passed by, second by second.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

half an hour.

The underground parking garage was unbearably hot and stuffy, and the van remained parked there quietly, its exhaust pipe almost completely emitting smoke.

Brother Zhuo finally realized something was wrong.

He flung open the car door, and with two paparazzi carrying telephoto lenses, stormed aggressively toward the van.

"Bang bang bang!"

Zhuo Ge pounded hard on the black-tinted windows of the van.

The car window slowly rolled down.

In the driver's seat, the driver was leisurely leaning back, playing a game on his phone.

The back row was completely empty; there wasn't a soul in sight.

"Where's Chen Yi?!" Brother Zhuo's eyes were red, and his voice cracked like a broken gong.

The driver didn't even look up, his fingers frantically tapping on the screen.

"Teacher Chen?" the driver said slowly. "He said the air in the underground parking garage was bad, so he took a taxi back to the hotel from the unloading lane half an hour ago. He told me to stay here and enjoy the air conditioning for a while before leaving."

Zhuo Ge's facial muscles twitched violently.

He stared intently at the empty back seat, and in a fit of anger, kicked the tire of the van.

"Damn it! I've been tricked again!"

A cool night breeze blows along the Third Ring Road elevated highway in Beijing.

A gray, ordinary van is smoothly merging into the traffic.

The back seat of the carriage.

Xiao Fang looked at the on-site feedback from the security captain on his phone and laughed so hard his shoulders shook.

"Brother, security said Brother Zhuo was so angry he almost punctured the tires of our van." Xiao Fang put away his phone and let out a long sigh. "That escape was so satisfying."

Chen Yi leaned back in his chair, his suit jacket casually draped over his lap.

"The paparazzi are just the periphery." Chen Yi turned to look at the streetlights rushing past the window. "The real troublemakers are the new executives at Star Entertainment."

Xiao Fang's smile faded, and his expression turned serious.

"Brother, what should we do about the trending topics?" Xiao Fang asked. "The whole internet is shipping your couple right now, but Xingyu's PR team is stirring things up, saying that Sister Hani is disregarding her company contract and creating hype on her own. Should our studio release a statement to clarify?"

"No response, no clarification." Chen Yi's tone was extremely calm, revealing absolute control.

"But if we let the public opinion fester like this, Sister Hong will definitely use this trending topic to suppress Sister Hani," Xiao Fang said worriedly.

"They sent that anonymous text message, blocked the garage, and bought trending topics—all for this reason."

Chen Yi tapped his fingers lightly twice on the outside of his suit pocket.

"The only bargaining chip Xingyu has right now is Hanikezi's S-level contract. They want to use public pressure to force her to sign a more stringent supplementary agreement while the storm is brewing, or to take on those money-grabbing, low-quality dramas."

Chen Yi looked away.

"Let the dust settle," Chen Yi said. "Unless there's concrete evidence of two-way interaction tonight, Xingyu will only dare to stir things up from the shadows, not dare to openly confront us. Tomorrow, I'll give them a big gift."

The USB drive in his pocket is the trump card to overturn the chessboard of Star Entertainment.

Xiao Fang nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The carriage fell silent.

Just then.

Chen Yi's phone, which was placed on the edge of the seat, suddenly vibrated.

The special notification tone, indicating special attention, was exceptionally clear in the quiet carriage.

Chen Yi picked up his phone, and the screen lit up.

An unread message popped up on the WeChat interface from "Xinjiang Little Money Lover".

"I've arrived at the hotel safely."

Immediately afterwards, a picture was sent over.

Chen Yi clicked on the larger image.

The photo was clearly taken secretly and zoomed in on using a mobile phone while sitting in the audience.

The image quality isn't top-notch, but the composition is excellent.

At the edge of the dimly lit stage, a spotlight cast a cold, white beam of light.

Chen Yi was dressed in a minimalist, pure black haute couture suit, holding the heavy gold trophy in one hand.

His profile features a sharp, angular jawline, and his gaze is cold and intensely commanding as he stares directly at the camera.

In the bottom right corner of the photo, there is also a two-second voice message.

Chen Yi brought the phone's earpiece to his ear and turned it on.

The girl's deliberately lowered voice came through the receiver.

With a barely concealed smile, and a pride and admiration that only he could understand.

You look so handsome tonight.

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