After ninety-nine online romances, I finally met my ex in person when school started.

Zhu Xun Chuan interrupted him: "When you were together before, she always went along with you and revolved around you. You got used to the emotional value she provided and enjoyed that sense of superior control. You felt you had her wrapped around your finger and that she couldn't live without you."

"Now, she treats you like you don't exist. Your sense of superiority is gone, and you've lost control over her. You can't accept that your former appendage has suddenly slipped out of your control. So you resort to childish behavior like smashing things and yelling, trying to forcefully get her attention back."

Zhu Xun Chuan stood up, walked up to Liu Yu, and looked down at him.

"True emotional abuse is attempting to force the other party to compromise through a cold war; it's a game of power," Zhu Xun Chuan said coldly. "But her current attitude is utterly heartbroken. She wouldn't even waste a word cursing you. Who are you trying to impress with this act of deep emotional wounds?"

You could hear a pin drop in the dressing room.

Liu Yu took two steps back, his face deathly pale. Zhu Xun Chuan's words completely tore away his facade of a victim, exposing his selfishness and desire for control to everyone.

Song Chuxia, who was in the corner, finally raised her head. She looked at Zhu Xunchuan, large tears welling up in her lifeless eyes, then covered her mouth and sobbed uncontrollably. It was the release of grievances after being truly understood.

Standing behind Zhu Xunchuan, Su Mucheng's eyes were now completely red.

Zhu Xunchuan's words not only exposed Liu Yu's hypocrisy but also deeply struck Su Mucheng's heart.

She recalled her early days in the entertainment industry. She struggled at the very bottom, without any connections or support. She carefully tried to please everyone, smiling and serving tea and water to her seniors, only to be met with indifference and cold stares in return.

Back then, in the eyes of those in power and those in authority, she was nothing more than air that could be easily manipulated and discarded. That deep sense of powerlessness and inferiority remained etched into her very being.

This is why, in this enormous battlefield of conflict, she always instinctively chose to back down and appease Xia Wanying, Jiang Yao, and others. She was afraid that once she lost her value, she would once again become nothing more than ignored air.

Large tears slid down Su Mucheng's cheeks and fell onto the carpet. She bit her lip, trying hard not to cry out loud.

Zhu Xunchuan turned around.

He ignored the gazes of the entire crew and the richest man in North China standing to the side, and strode directly to Su Mucheng.

Zhu Xun Chuan stretched out his large hand, wrapped it around Su Mu Cheng's slender waist, and pulled her into his arms.

Su Mucheng could no longer hold back. She gripped Zhu Xunchuan's shirt tightly with both hands, buried her face in his chest, and sobbed softly.

"Why are you crying?" Zhu Xun Chuan lowered his head and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips. "Are you remembering when you were bullied before?"

Su Mucheng nodded, her voice thick with a nasal tone.

Zhu Xun Chuan raised his head, his deep gaze sweeping across the entire room.

"My girl, from now on, will only be someone others look up to." Zhu Xun Chuan's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a chillingly absolute sense of oppression. "Anyone who dares to let her suffer even the slightest grievance, I will make sure they suffer eternal damnation."

This promise is too heavy a burden.

There are no fancy words, only the purest and most domineering favoritism.

Liu Yu was so intimidated by the terrifying aura that his legs went weak. He didn't dare cause any more trouble, not even daring to pick up his suit jacket from the ground. He bowed repeatedly to the production team, apologizing, and slunk back to the backup dressing room.

Director Wang wiped away his cold sweat and immediately directed the staff to clean up the scene.

Xia Wanying stood by the door. She looked at Zhu Xunchuan, who was holding Su Mucheng protectively in his arms, and slowly tightened her grip on the proposal.

She had only seen Zhu Xun Chuan's top-tier martial prowess in single-handedly suppressing Jiang Yao, and assumed he was just a man with a powerful background and ruthless methods. But that precise analysis of human nature just now completely overturned her previous understanding.

This man's intelligence and insight are more terrifying than his physical strength.

The ruthless and decisive female tycoon in the business world had always believed that the logic of capital could buy everything. But at this moment, Xia Wanying clearly realized that her bargaining chips were utterly worthless in front of this man. A strong desire to be completely conquered by him grew wildly in Xia Wanying's heart.

The dressing room was quickly cleaned.

Su Mucheng lifted her head from Zhu Xunchuan's embrace. Her eyes were red, but the timidity and inferiority complex that had once been there had completely vanished. In their place was a pure and ardent love. She finally understood that as long as this man was with her, she didn't need to please anyone.

Recording restarts.

After this ordeal, the situation for the fifth couple became completely clear. Song Chuxia let go of her last burden and explicitly stated in the following recording that she was no longer paired with Liu Yu. Liu Yu also dropped his victim mentality and began to cooperate with the production team's arrangements according to the script.

As night falls, the Sea Cliff Resort lights up in dazzling colors.

The first episode of "Heartbeat Diary" featured the most crucial element – ​​the Heartbeat Blind Box.

According to the program rules, this segment will be broadcast live across the entire internet. The four pairs of non-celebrity guests, along with the four members of the observation panel, will each take out a slip of paper, write down what they feel most moved by at that moment, or what they most want to say to a certain person, and then anonymously put it into a blind box. Finally, the host will randomly select a slip of paper to read aloud.

The moment the live stream opened, millions of netizens flooded into the live stream room, and the screen was densely covered with comments.

"Finally, this is the part we've been waiting for! The chaotic scene during the day was so exciting!"

"I want to see Actress Pei and CEO Xia continue their feud!"

"Who will the big boss choose? I'm so anxious!"

The observation room was dimly lit.

Xia Wanying sat on the left, holding a black marker. Without hesitation, she wrote the number "ten" on a piece of paper, drew a dollar sign after it, folded the paper, and threw it into the transparent blind box in the middle of the table. A ten-billion-dollar buyout right—this was her unique declaration.

Zhu Xun Chuan sat in the middle, his posture languid. He casually drew a sailboat breaking through the waves on a piece of paper, representing the night on this cliff by the sea, without writing anything, and tossed it into the blind box.

The camera slowly panned and finally focused on Su Mucheng sitting on the right.

Su Mucheng was wearing a simple white knitted sweater today. She picked up a marker and removed the cap.

Unlike others, she didn't cover her face with her hand, nor did she write any cryptic emotional quotes. The pen tip glided quickly across the white paper.

After writing, Su Mucheng did not fold the note.

Under the watchful eyes of millions of viewers online, and in front of the cameras of all the staff on site, this top-tier female star, who has millions of fans and is hailed as the "Nation's First Love," turned around abruptly.

She held the white paper in both hands, raising it to her chest without any hesitation, directly facing the highest-definition main camera lens.

There were no fancy patterns or messages on the note.

There were only three large characters written neatly on it.

"Zhu Xunchuan."

The chat in the live stream went completely silent for three seconds.

Immediately afterwards, the entire server crashed.