Chapter 154 Their Enigmatic Circle of Friends

After seeing Bai Chenxi's Weibo post, Tang Ziyu also left a comment:
Tang Ziyu V: Congratulations! Come back and let's have a meal and catch up!

By some strange coincidence, this comment was liked up to the top right next to Lin Yue's.
[What kind of bizarre CP have I unlocked?]
[I think I ship this, they look so good together!]

Seeing this, Jiang Jize, who monitored Tang Ziyu's Weibo daily, immediately swooped in.
[She is mine, stop shipping blindly.]
[Do I have to suffer from PDA even in the comments section? This is too outrageous.]

Before long, Yu Qing also made her entrance, armed with her usual advantage of being heavily cyberbullied.
[I can come to you for cooking lessons often from now on, I suppose.] (Happy) (Happy) (Happy)
[What's going on, Yu Qing and Bai Chenxi? This combination feels a bit surreal.]
[If I remember correctly, Yu Qing and Chu Muyun were rumored to be linked before. Does this make them love rivals?]
[What love rivals? Chu Muyun doesn't even know who she is. She's just trying to muscle her way in.]
[Exactly, and saying she wants to visit Bai Chenxi often. I bet she has ulterior motives!]
[@Bai Chenxi, you better keep a close eye on your boyfriend so Yu Qing doesn't steal him away.]
[If I had to choose between Yu Qing and Bai Chenxi, I choose Bai Chenxi.]
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It was clearly just a congratulatory comment, yet Yu Qing was being cyberbullied so severely that even Bai Chenxi found it hard to read. Compared to Yu Qing, the hate she herself received was utterly negligible.
Bai Chenxi deliberately replied: You're welcome to come anytime. I must be the first one to taste whatever you make.

On the other end, Yu Qing lowered her phone in frustration and called out to Mo Li with a hint of dejection.
"Little Li, let's get a divorce!"
Mo Li gripped his phone tightly, his knuckles turning white, but he didn't say a single word.
"Everything I do gets me hate, but you're different. If they find out I'm married to you, it will affect your career."
"How long have we known each other?" Mo Li asked, his voice slightly hoarse.
"Why are you suddenly asking that?" How could she possibly keep track? Anyway, for as long as she could remember, he had always been there.
"Twenty-five years. We've known each other since the first day you were born."

Yu Qing tilted her head to look at Mo Li, still not understanding why he would ask such a question.
"Dragging you down? Yu Qing, don't you think it's a bit too late to say that now? You've been..."
Before Mo Li could finish, Yu Qing felt as if a raw nerve had been touched and cried out, "It is late! If it weren't for that night when we were drunk, if it weren't for you wanting to give my parents peace of mind, you wouldn't have married me in the first place."
"Am I not trying to make up for that mistake right now? Besides, nobody knows we're married anyway; once we get a divorce, even fewer people will know."
As Yu Qing spoke, a trace of grievance crept into her voice.
"I won't divorce you. I promised your parents I would take good care of you."
In Mo Li's mind, a divorce was an absolute impossibility. He had waited all these years to marry her, and he would never let go in this lifetime.
*So it really was for the sake of my parents after all. Is there not even a tiny bit of you that likes me?*
"I'll prepare the divorce papers, you just need to sign them when the time comes." With that, Yu Qing turned and walked back to her room.
*"As expected, you truly don't want to be married to me."*
The corners of Mo Li's lips curved into a bitter smile. When he walked over to the doorway, he glanced at the closed bedroom door, slowly lowered his hand in defeat, and returned to his own room.

If Bai Chenxi's bizarre circle of friends was enough to astonish netizens, Chu Muyun's circle of friends was enough for netizens to dig into for months.
Apart from Lan Tian, Mo Li, and Zhang Kai, the top-voted comments on Chu Muyun's post were a neat and uniform chorus of: "Congratulations, Brother Chu, on escaping singlehood!!!"

Unlike fans flooding the comment section, everyone who posted this comment was an elite in their respective industries, and the families behind them were unfathomably powerful.
At this moment, these future family heirs had all gathered under a singer's Weibo post. Could it be that they were all Chu Muyun's die-hard fans?
Even a fool would know that was impossible. Although fans often called Chu Muyun "Brother Chu," it was blatantly obvious that the meaning behind these individuals calling him that was entirely different.

With so many people from deeply influential backgrounds calling Chu Muyun "Brother Chu," his already mysterious family background became even more shrouded in fog.
Rumors flew thick and fast overnight, and Chu Muyun was promptly promoted to the title of "One of the Most Untouchable Figures in the Entertainment Industry."

Chu Muyun: You lot really know how to stir up trouble for me!
As soon as Chu Muyun posted this, the "Cosmic Handsome Guys Group" instantly exploded.
They flooded the screen one message after another, causing Chu Muyun—a "veteran" who usually disliked checking group chats—to put on a facial expression resembling the classic "subway old man looking at his phone" meme.

Each and every one of them led high-stakes, breathless lives, yet they were all this idle?
[@Everyone: I'm here in person, spill the gossip.]
[Did you see the grand display of support we put on for you?]
[We racked our brains trying to come up with a way to celebrate you finally ending your single status.]
[Do you feel the loyalty of your brothers?]
[Chu Muyun: I think you guys did it on purpose, just hating how comfortable my life has been, right?]
[We definitely didn't mean that! We were just too happy that Brother Chu escaped singlehood.]
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[Jiang Jize: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!]
[@Jiang Jize: You broke the chain!]
[Jiang Jize: Brother Chu, congratulations on just becoming 'the most untouchable person in the entertainment industry'.]
[Chu Muyun: This is all your doing.]
[Brother Chu, when are you going to bring our sister-in-law out for us to meet?]

Someone sensed that the wind was blowing in the wrong direction and immediately changed the subject. Chatting about the sister-in-law was guaranteed to put him in a good mood at a time like this.
Sure enough, upon seeing the words "sister-in-law," Chu Muyun's mood inexplicably brightened.
[Chu Muyun: When she has time, I'll bring her along.]

Immediately, the chat group erupted into jeers. They hadn't even been together long, yet their Brother Chu was already showing signs of being henpecked.

With a pleasant mood, Chu Muyun looked at the playful banter in the group chat. As his gaze drifted casually across the room, he caught sight of Bai Chenxi, who was furrowing her brows with a deeply troubled expression.
"Chenxi, what's wrong?" Chu Muyun's voice prompted Zhang Kai and Wang Ling, who had been burying their work on the other side, to look up as well.
"It's nothing!" Bai Chenxi put down her phone with a guilty conscience.
Thinking she was hurt by the malicious comments, Wang Ling comforted her, "There's no need to pay too much attention to what people say online. They'll accept it sooner or later."
"Mhm!" Bai Chenxi nodded absentmindedly.

Chu Muyun reached out and grabbed Bai Chenxi's hand, startling her. When she looked up to question him, she met Chu Muyun's earnest, unwavering gaze.
Chu Muyun spoke deliberately and with absolute sincerity: "I won't say I'm sorry. But you must remember, I will always be by your side. Whatever happens, we will face it together."

Bai Chenxi nodded mechanically. *What should I do? Why do I suddenly feel like my brain has stopped working?*
Actually, having a boyfriend like this wasn't half bad. Right?
The moment this thought popped into Bai Chenxi's head, she forcefully shoved it back down.
She had acted on impulse and agreed to be with him, but she still hadn't figured out how to explain it to Mi Mu!
The reason her expression had suddenly soured just a moment ago was precisely because of Mi Mu's comment.

It's Mumu V: Chenxi, be happy forever!

Mi Mu had just confessed her fondness for Chu Muyun, and in the next breath, Bai Chenxi had turned around and made her relationship with Chu Muyun public.
Now that Mi Mu had even sent her blessings, no matter how Bai Chenxi looked at it, she felt she owed Mi Mu an explanation. Yet, she had no idea where to even begin.