Lu Sheng never anticipated that Li Muchen, upon hearing her mention in a livestream about attending that program, would immediately invest twenty million yuan into the production.
He became the program’s wealthy benefactor.
Previously, she hadn’t thought Li Muchen was incredibly rich, but now, looking at this, it seemed he did have quite the spendthrift demeanor.
Unable to hold back, Lu Sheng asked Li Muchen, "Haven’t you thought about what if I change my mind later and decide not to go? Wouldn’t your money be wasted?"
"You wouldn’t," Li Muchen kissed the girl’s forehead gently, his voice deep and soothing, "My baby, once she says something, she’ll always see it through—I know that."
Lu Sheng knew too; in this world, no one understood her better than Li Muchen.
The two embraced and clung to each other for a little while. Li Muchen grew increasingly feverish and had to get up to take a shower.
When the man returned to the bed with slightly damp black hair, the refreshing scent of his shower gel mingled with his familiar warmth.
His slender yet sturdy arm wrapped tightly around the girl’s waist, pulling her securely into his embrace. Lu Sheng’s back pressed against Li Muchen’s chest with not even a sliver of space between them, bringing a long-awaited sense of peace.
They fell asleep wrapped in each other’s arms, both enjoying a rare night of uninterrupted rest.
Being young and fond of sleeping in, Lu Sheng and Li Muchen woke up late.
By the time they got up the next day near noon, everyone else had woken around the same time.
Seeing Li Muchen and Lu Sheng emerge from the room together,
Lan Yu couldn’t hide her teasing smile, Han Jing looked mildly surprised, You Ming took a deep breath and clenched his fist quietly, while You Ye nearly fainted from anger.
"Li Muchen, you, you, you...!" You Ye gritted his teeth, pointing angrily at Li Muchen, too incensed to form coherent words.
"I was the one who invited him here, and I was the one who asked him to sleep with me."
Afraid You Ye might charge at Li Muchen and bite him, Lu Sheng stood up straight, faced You Ye, and said firmly, "Brother, if you’re going to scold someone, scold me."
Hearing Lu Sheng say this, You Ye deflated like a balloon losing air, his anger dissipating instantly.
If it was his own sister who brought the vile man to Beijing and invited him into her room to "attend to her needs," he could only endure it.
Scold his sister? Impossible! To him, she was his most precious treasure in the entire world, someone he cherished with all his heart!
You Ming, typically calm and composed, didn’t overtly show hostility toward his "prospective brother-in-law."
But during the meal, he claimed the seat to Lu Sheng’s left before You Ye could react, prompting You Ye to quickly plop down on her right.
For the first time, these twin brothers exhibited the level of synchronization people expect from twins.
Leaving our dear President Li squeezed into the seat directly opposite Lu Sheng at the dining table.
That meal combined breakfast with lunch.
After eating, everyone relaxed on the couch and played on their phones, until Lan Yu suddenly exclaimed loudly while staring at her screen: "What the—?!"
Her outburst drew everyone’s attention immediately. Han Jing leaned in and asked, "What’s going on? Why are you so startled?"
Lan Yu held her phone up so everyone could see the screen.
"Look quickly! Shi Yuwei actually posted a video on her Weibo last night, and now it’s trending!"
When it came to trending topics—
It was hard to say whether yesterday’s livestream genuinely stirred up enough public discussion or the program production team paid for the exposure to promote the show.
Regardless, yesterday afternoon, Shi Yuwei, Lan Yu, and Lu Youye all briefly trended on Weibo’s hot topics.
Of course, Shi Yuwei was being dragged, while Lan Yu and Lu Youye received heaps of praise.
As for Lu Sheng, the majority of netizens expressed sympathy toward her for being innocently dragged into drama. Many were also captivated by her teary-eyed, cold yet fragile beauty, earning her a wave of devoted fans.
But today, even though Lan Yu and the others had long disappeared from the trending list, Shi Yuwei was still holding strong there.
The current headline of the trending topic was—[Shi Yuwei Reverse Allegation: Maid Deliberately Spilled Porridge].
"Shi Yuwei Reverse Allegation: Maid Deliberately Spilled Porridge?"
Lan Yu frowned in disbelief and grumbled, "Isn’t it obvious what happened? What kind of reversal is there to discuss? I’m curious to see what video Shi Yuwei posted to defend herself!"
Saying that, she tapped into the trending topic and opened Shi Yuwei’s post and video.
To everyone’s surprise, the video Shi Yuwei posted wasn’t her coming forward to explain anything.
It was a completely black screen.
And when it played, they could hear an audio recording.
From the very first second, there was the sound of a crying woman’s voice.
The speaking voice, unmistakable, belonged to Mrs. Wang—the one who spilled porridge on Lu Sheng yesterday. The recording sounded like it was made without her knowledge.