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

After a strange three-second silence, the live stream chat exploded like a bursting dam.

The dense text overlapped, completely obscuring the entire screen, making it impossible to even see the faces of the people in the picture.

Immediately afterwards, a piercing static sound rang out from the live stream, and the screen went completely black.

The instantaneous surge of tens of millions of online users overloaded the three servers that the production team had rented at great expense, causing the entire network to crash.

"It's over!" Director Wang's vision went black, his legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the carpet in front of the monitor.

As a seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry, he knew all too well what it meant when a top female star who maintained an innocent image publicly held up a piece of paper with a man's name on it during a live stream with millions of viewers.

This isn't just hype, it's self-destruction! This is going to tear the sky down on the entire Chinese entertainment industry!

The seats for ordinary guests were also completely silent.

Tech executive Liu Yu stared wide-eyed at Su Mucheng as if she were a madwoman. He couldn't understand how a woman with countless resources and a dazzling career would dare to publicly offer herself to an ordinary person.

Lu Zhou stared intently at Su Mucheng's slender yet upright back, then turned to look at Chen Nian, who was sitting not far away, equally shocked. He suddenly felt incredibly ashamed of his earlier probing and retreat in the kitchen.

They stand at the pinnacle, willing to risk their lives for the ones they love. I'm just an ordinary person, yet I'm still fussing over ridiculous concerns about face and sunk costs.

Inside the observation room, the air seemed to solidify into a tangible substance.

Xia Wanying looked at the note in Su Mucheng's hand, and her originally cold and beautiful face instantly turned frosty.

She had always thought that Su Mucheng was just a sensible, obedient, and insecure little star. She believed that as long as she threw out a billion dollars, it would be enough to make the other party back down.

But she underestimated the madness this girl, who had struggled her way up from the bottom, could unleash in her desperate attempt to grasp the only light in her life.

Xia Wanying would never allow things to get out of her control, and she would never allow anyone to so blatantly assert their dominance in front of her.

She quickly took out her phone and dialed the number of the person in charge of the public relations department of Dinghe Group.

"Cut off all communication base station signals within a five-kilometer radius of the Sea Cliff Resort! Within five minutes, I want all trending topics about Su Mucheng to disappear from the entire internet!" Xia Wanying's voice was as cold and hard as iron, her finger hovering over the dial button without hesitation.

If the capital market can't solve the problem, then it directly addresses the data that creates the problem.

Just as her fingers were about to fall, a large, warm hand reached out and steadily covered the back of her hand.

Xia Wanying froze.

Zhu Xun Chuan didn't look at her, but simply exerted a little force in his palm, pressing her phone directly onto the marble tabletop.

Xia Wanying struggled for a moment but couldn't break free. She turned her head and stared intently at Zhu Xunchuan, her chest heaving violently with anger and jealousy.

Zhu Xun Chuan simply patted the back of her hand calmly, soothing the tycoon woman who was about to explode. Then, he picked up the microphone on the table with his other hand.

All eyes on the scene instantly turned to Zhu Xunchuan.

Even Director Wang, who was already slumped on the ground, scrambled to his feet and looked at him with pleading eyes, hoping that this powerful figure with connections could say something to smooth things over and cover up this major broadcasting incident.

Su Mucheng was still holding up the note. Her slender arm was trembling slightly, and her eyes were red like a frightened rabbit.

She is afraid.

She was well aware of the price of breaking the ironclad rules of the entertainment industry. But she didn't regret it; she was only afraid that Zhu Xun Chuan would find her troublesome and that he would push her away in public.

Zhu Xunchuan stood up. His tall figure instantly became the sole focal point of the entire arena.

He looked into Su Mucheng's eyes, which were filled with unease and expectation, and a hint of undeniable tenderness flashed in his deep eyes.

"I don't follow your rules."

Zhu Xun Chuan's deep, mellow voice spread through the studio's sound system, echoing in everyone's ears, "But I accept your favoritism."

boom!

All the staff on site gasped in shock.

There was no pretense, no public relations rhetoric; this was the most direct and domineering two-way approach!

Instead of extinguishing the fire, he personally poured gasoline on it and set it ablaze across the world!

Su Mucheng could no longer hold on. The marker in her hand fell onto the carpet, and tears streamed down her face like a broken string of pearls.

She did it. She beat all the rules.

"Cut it off! Cut off the backup recording signal too!" Director Wang jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, yelling at the stunned assistant director.

The entire studio erupted into chaos. Su Mucheng's management team rushed in like madmen, trying to cover Su Mucheng's face with their coats.

Outside, paparazzi, alerted by the news, had already broken through the outer perimeter security line, their flashes from cameras illuminating the glass wall as if it were daytime.

"Get out of the way."

Zhu Xun Chuan casually tossed the microphone onto the table. He ripped off his black bespoke suit jacket and strode over to Su Mu Cheng.

He unfolded his oversized suit, which, carrying his body heat and the cool scent of tobacco, completely enveloped Su Mucheng's petite body from head to toe.

The two bodyguards who tried to step forward to stop him were immediately froze in place by a cold and murderous glare from Zhu Xun Chuan, not daring to even breathe.

Zhu Xun Chuan grabbed Su Mu Cheng's waist and held her tightly in his arms.

"Walk."

He didn't even glance at the chaotic crowd inside the room, nor did he pay any attention to the frantic paparazzi outside the door.

Led by a group of drivers of heavy armored off-road vehicles left behind by the Shen family of Tianjin, Zhu Xunchuan, with Su Mucheng in his arms, walked steadily and calmly through the circle of flashing lights.

All he left the world with was an extremely arrogant and overbearing silhouette.

In the studio.

Xia Wanying remained seated. She watched Zhu Xunchuan leave with his men, neither chasing after them nor continuing to vent her anger.

She withdrew her hand from Zhu Xun Chuan's grasp, her fingers tapping lightly on the table. A meaningful smile suddenly appeared on her cold and beautiful face.

She turned her head and looked at her trembling assistant beside her.

"Who owns the 'Deep Blue' luxury yacht that's docked at berth number three on the Cliff of the Sea?" Xia Wanying asked.

The assistant quickly flipped through the documents: "Mr. Xia, that's the private property of a shipping tycoon in Tianjin, and it's not for rent."

"Contact him." Xia Wanying stood up, straightening her pure white suit. "Within ten minutes, I want this yacht transferred to my name. Whatever price he asks for, Dinghe Group will pay him double."

The assistant gasped, then quickly bowed his head and obeyed, "Yes!"

Xia Wanying snorted coldly, turned around and walked into the depths of the corridor in her high heels.

Elopement? Dream on. The capital market has never been about monopolization.

Late at night, at the Sea Cliff Wharf.

The sea breeze was salty and fishy, ​​and the distant coastline had been swallowed by the night.

A luxurious three-story yacht costing tens of millions of dollars cut through the waves, leaving the bustling resort and entering the deep sea.

On the top deck of the yacht, there were no glaring searchlights, no cameras, and no scheming or backstabbing.

Only a sky full of dazzling stars and shimmering silver reflections on the sea.

Su Mucheng was still wrapped in Zhu Xunchuan's oversized suit jacket. She was barefoot on the teak deck, her arms tightly wrapped around Zhu Xunchuan's waist.

Away from the camera, she is no longer the dazzling top star, but just a cat who wants to melt into a man's bones and blood.

"Brother, did I cause a big disaster today?" Su Mucheng looked up, the sea breeze ruffling her long hair, her clear eyes filled with infatuation.

"Regret it?" Zhu Xun Chuan looked down at her, his fingers gently tracing her delicate cheek.

"No regrets." Su Mucheng pressed her face against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat. "Even if I get blacklisted tomorrow, as long as I can be by my brother's side, I'll accept it."

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