He Jun answered the phone and said, “The boss still has some business to deal with. You can go back first.”

Okay. 

Xie Yang hung up and went home first. At dinner, Xie Yang called Qiu Xing again. The call was still answered by He Jun and he saw Qiu Xing was in a meeting. "A meeting at this time?"

"It is the end of the year and he is busy."

Well, it was a good reason. Xie Yang hung up the phone, glanced at the table full of dishes and picked up his chopsticks to eat.


At more than 10 o’clock,  Xie Yang heard the sound of the car driving into the yard. He turned around, placed his phone under his pillow and lifted his quilt. He went out of his room and stopped on the stair landing for the second floor. 

Around two minutes later, Qiu Xing’s figure appeared on the stairs. Qiu Xing stopped when he saw Xie Yang before he continued upward again. He asked coldly, “You haven’t slept yet?”

“I was waiting for you to come back.” Xie Yang watched Qiu Xing go up and grabbed Qiu Xing’s hand as this person was about to pass him.

Qiu Xing stopped and his Adam’s apple moved. He refused to look at Xie Yang as he retracted his hand. “Don’t wait for me. You—”

“I’m going to bed. You should also sleep early. Good night.” Xie Yang let go and turned around neatly to walk to the third floor. 

“……”

Qiu Xing glanced at his released hand and then the empty stairs to the third floor. He stood there for a few seconds before his mouth flattened and he walked into his room with heavy steps.

Xie Yang once again didn’t see Qiu Xing at the breakfast table the next day. He didn’t bother asking the housekeeper this time and sat down to eat breakfast.

On the way to the company, Xie Yang routinely looked through Weibo and found with satisfaction that the topic #Mu Zhouyi touching people addiction# was already on the hot search. He clicked on the topic and found all types of gifs and photos of Mu Zhouyi touching people. The collection of Mu Zhouyi touching people made by one of the marketing accounts was also popular. 

Xie Yang searched through the collection and found that on the set, someone had taken a photo of the time when Mu Zhouyi pretended to fall and grabbed Long Shuyou’s knee. This sneak shot was posted on Weibo and added to the collection. It had received tens of thousands of likes.

The style of the comments area was surprisingly consistent. The passersby said they couldn’t understand this and felt uncomfortable. Some people summed up the names of people that Mu Zhouyi had touched and found that most of them were people with higher status and reputation, making public opinion grow more subtly.

Some fans of Mu Zhouyi tried to whitewash it by saying that these gifs and photos were maliciously interpreted by the marketing accounts. They said that everyone had accidentally touched someone one time or another.

The fans of artists who had been touched by Mu Zhouyi saw that Mu Zhouyi’s fans actually tried to wash her clean and were furious. Mu Zhouyi’s fans found it hard to beat the many fan groups and were soon torn apart. They didn’t dare to show their heads. 

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