Chapter 164: Too Cowardly to Own Your Actions?

Wang Fei and Lin Yu exchanged helpless glances. Why were these women not sleeping in the middle of the night, instead lurking around their rooms?

Oh, wait—shouldn't they be holding a grand assembly in Si Shaozhe's room instead?

The man in question, completely oblivious to the gravity of the situation, remained silent for half a beat before suddenly shouting at the top of his lungs, "Keep drinking! Drink until you drop! Damn it! Ugh—"

Wang Fei immediately dragged him away, while Lin Yu frantically tried to help from the side.

"Sister Xiaolin, uh, we seem to have gone to the wrong room."

He was panicking like crazy! Fortunately, Si Shaozhe wasn't heavy, so the two grown men didn't have to exert too much effort to drag him along. But this kid was stubborn! He refused to leave, muttering, "Drink! Keep drinking! Don't stop!"

The scene became incredibly awkward. Wang Fei was the first to recover: "Uh, we’ll head back to rest now. Don't worry, we'll take care of Si Shaozhe. It's no problem."

Oh? Is that so?

The three women curled their lips, then caught up to them and surrounded the trio.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

"Keep drinking?"

"Sounds great, why not take us along?"

Without giving them much of a chance to explain, they dragged the three men back to the room.

Si Shaozhe let out a sharp cry of pain as his ear was yanked! He wailed and cursed, "What—what are you doing?!"

Damn it, he was a top-tier celebrity!

How dare someone attack him? Did they have a death wish? He had a terrifying, tigress-like sister protecting him—weren't they afraid of dying?

He muttered these words subconsciously, and when his sister heard them, her face turned as dark as coal. She tightened her grip, her sharp reprimand jolting Si Shaozhe awake.

Seeing it was his sister, his face turned deathly pale with fright.

"Sis, listen to me! Let me explain—let me argue my case!"

Only his wails remained as he was dragged away.

"Go back and rest. I won't tell the boss about this."

Wang Fei's manager looked terrible, though not out of anger, but rather a sense of unhappiness—the kind of unhappiness one feels when catching a boyfriend cheating. After speaking, she turned and left, abandoning Wang Fei.

Lin Yu and Su Xiaolin looked at each other. What was going on with those two? Wasn't Wang Fei in love with Bai Yichu?

The latter smiled without explaining, following the manager's lead. Lin Yu and Su Xiaolin, as if they had discovered a new continent, wanted to gossip, but Wang Fei simply walked to his door and went inside, making no attempt to follow the manager who had already entered the elevator.

Huh?

What was this? They thought a romantic drama between a manager and an artist was about to unfold, but… that was it?

Lin Yu felt a pang of regret in his heart.

Wang Fei, you fool!

Your manager isn't bad at all; she's in her twenties, dresses well, has a great aura, and is quite a beauty. Most importantly, every time she looks at him, her eyes are full of affection.

Alas, Wang Fei, the little prince of love songs, is a total straight man in real life; he couldn't grasp the sadness and helplessness in his manager's eyes just now.

As everyone knows, Bai Yichu isn't interested in Wang Fei. In this day and age, finding someone who loves you is better than finding someone you love!

The other two artists had either gone back or already received their "punishment." Only Lin Yu and Su Xiaolin were left staring at each other.

"Confess what you were up to, or I'm telling President Ji."

Su Xiaolin held Lin Yu's Achilles' heel perfectly, and that one sentence made him surrender immediately.

"The guys and I haven't seen each other in a long time, so we went out for a drink."

If Su Xiaolin hadn't brought up Ji Ya to reason with him, Lin Yu wouldn't have bothered explaining so much.

"Oh, really?" Su Xiaolin looked him up and down with a suspicious expression, then suddenly warned, "You'd better hope you only went for a drink."

As she turned to leave, her final glance made Lin Yu feel a chill down his spine.

Why did he get the feeling she knew something?

…

Early the next morning, the routine was aerobic exercise followed by coffee to wake up. Fortunately, Lin Yu's persistent training kept his body in great shape, so the hangover didn't affect him much.

Just as he was drinking coffee and preparing to scroll through short videos, a knock sounded at the door. Lin Yu opened it and was met with a sharp ear-tugging!

Ji Ya, her face dark with fury, shoved him inside and kicked the door shut.

"Well, well! I take my eyes off you for one night, and you pull a stunt like this? Since when did you switch careers to become a bar singer? How come I didn't know?"

Lin Yu took the phone from her hand and looked at it. Oh, man.

The number one trending topic on Weibo: [Shocking! Singer A-Yu switches careers to become a bar singer!]

[He doesn't sleep at night, appears at a bar, and is seen hugging and cuddling with a girl. Miss Ji is tragically betrayed!]

[After the breakup, let the heavy rain fall!]

"Fine, fine, fine! Sneaking out to drink is one thing, but hugging and cuddling with a girl and abandoning me, are you?"

Hearing Ji Ya's words, Lin Yu spat his coffee all over her.

Abandoning her? What the hell? The hugging and cuddling was fake news from the paparazzi; he had been ambushed!

Looking down at the coffee stains on her clothes, the veins on Ji Ya's forehead bulged. The "Snow Queen" persona was ready to erupt.

...

After cleaning up and changing into one of Lin Yu's shirts, Ji Ya emerged from the bathroom, looking at him with a mournful expression.

"If you wanted to go drinking, you could have just said so. I wouldn't have stopped you."

She added, "I can hold my liquor, too."

Lin Yu paused. Was she inviting him for a drink?

"Anyway, you're in the wrong, and you have to be punished." Ji Ya glared at him. "I'll punish you by... taking you shopping to buy, buy, buy!"

Lin Yu: ?

This plot development... didn't seem right?

The other two artists had both been sanctioned, so how did he escape unscathed?

And there was an extra reward? This wasn't right, Boss! This was very unfair to the other two, especially Si Shaozhe!

But in this world, there is no such thing as absolute fairness.

Lin Yu grinned in response. "Let's go!"

"I'll accompany you anywhere!"

Ji Ya revealed a satisfied smile. Not bad, he was quite self-aware. It made giving him her first kiss worth it!

...

Lin Yu accompanied Ji Ya downstairs for breakfast, where they bumped into Xu Mengbai and her manager, who were also looking for food.

Xu Mengbai was wearing casual clothes and light makeup, looking a bit different from her usual appearance—today she was pure and lovely.

But her personality was as lively as ever. As soon as she saw Lin Yu, she leaned in and asked with feigned surprise, "A-Yu, which bar are you singing at tonight? Is it the same one as yesterday?"

"Sis, help me buy a ticket. I want to go support a friend's career tonight!"

Hearing this, Lin Yu was stunned. Su Xiaolin couldn't stop laughing, but a glare from Ji Ya silenced her; she coughed awkwardly and kept her mouth shut.

This point-blank strike... was really something else...

Lin Yu gave Xu Mengbai a resentful look. Don't poke the sore spot, for heaven's sake...