Manager Wang’s face changed so fast it was the exact same way his attitude toward Song Yuanxi had shifted before, except last time it went from warm to cold, and now it had flipped back.
Song Yuanxi’s gaze paused, puzzled as to where this talk was coming from.
Although he had indeed hooked up with Liang Han, at this moment, besides himself and Liang Han, only Xu Rao knew about it and both he and Xu Rao were people who wouldn’t speak out.
How did Manager Wang know?
Could it be…
He thought of the phone call Manager Wang just received. Could it be that someone from Liang Han’s side had called?
Was Liang Han unable to wait, so he proactively handled it for him?
Immediately, he dismissed this thought. If Liang Han really wanted to do that, he would definitely have told him in advance.
But if it wasn’t Liang Han, then something else must have happened.
Huang Yi, who was originally standing by watching the spectacle of Song Yuanxi, was stunned upon hearing this. He said in disbelief: “Brother Wang, what did you just say? He hooked up with Liang Han?”
Liang Han was the person in charge of Grand Tutor. If Song Yuanxi had hooked up with him, wouldn’t the opportunity Huang Yi snatched from Song Yuanxi’s hands be taken back?
Huang Yi panicked a bit, but his Brother Wang wasn’t smiling only at him like before; instead, he smiled at Song Yuanxi: “That’s right. I didn’t expect it either. Your Brother Yuanxi is so capable he actually has a relationship with Teacher Liang Han and didn’t say so earlier!”
Manager Wang had already speculated that Song Yuanxi’s purpose for coming today was to flaunt his power.
He felt Song Yuanxi wanted to use this opportunity to vent the anger from being treated coldly for the past few months.
If it were before, he certainly wouldn’t have given him face, but now, hearing the boss’s instructions over the phone, he had turned humble.
He even tried to pull Song Yuanxi’s hand with an affectionate expression, as if the cold irony and harsh looks of the past few months were all fake: “Before, I advised you so much and you wouldn’t listen, but now you’ve finally opened your mind! I didn’t expect it either. No wonder you looked down on the leadership; Liang Han is indeed wealthy and handsome! If you had said earlier that you had this intention and ability, I definitely would have helped you! You’re being too much of a stranger to your own manager! You hid it too deep! Rest assured, regarding work in the future, I will definitely arrange everything well for you!”
Song Yuanxi didn’t understand what was going on and had no interest in listening to him. He flung his hand away, avoiding Manager Wang: “I don’t know what you’re talking about. In short, I want to terminate the contract. I’ve already told you the situation; list the termination clauses as soon as possible.”
“…”
Manager Wang froze, staring fixedly at Song Yuanxi, realizing he wasn’t joking he was actually serious.
This person wasn’t using Liang Han’s identity to settle scores; he really wanted to terminate.
His gaze shifted, and he glanced at Huang Yi, ushering him out of the door while saying to Song Yuanxi: “Yuanxi, just sit and wait a bit. I can’t say for sure about the termination matter; let me go ask the leadership for you.”
After saying that, he pulled Huang Yi out and told his assistant to come over and stay with Song Yuanxi in the office.
The assistant had always been lukewarm toward Song Yuanxi. At this moment, he only gave a dry smile and went to pour a cup of water for him.
Song Yuanxi said nothing. The assistant couldn’t make any decisions, so there was no use talking to him. Furthermore, his heart was very lost right now; he only wanted to find out what had happened.
He pulled out his phone, preparing to ask Liang Han, but saw that Xu Rao had just sent him a message.
Xu Rao: 【[Link Share: Liang Han’s Romance Exposed for the First Time, Sweetly Sending Someone Home]】
Xu Rao: 【Damn, someone leaked online this morning that you and Liang Han are together! The topic has already exploded onto the hot search. Hurry and contact Liang Han to handle it; don’t let him misunderstand.】
Xu Rao certainly didn’t believe this hot search, but he had no way to intervene or help them clarify; he could only warn Song Yuanxi.
Liang Han had finally agreed to help him terminate the contract; he mustn’t let it all fall through because of this.
“…”
Song Yuanxi clicked into the link to look at the details.
He froze. Now he understood what Manager Wang’s reaction just now was all about.
A famous gossip paparazzi account had posted several video clips this morning, starting from him squatting and waiting by the car at the entrance of Liang Han’s studio, until Liang Han drove to his residence and he got out of the car to return to the neighborhood.
The driving footage on the road was edited out, specifically highlighting the process of him getting into and out of the car. Especially the scenes where he and Liang Han were talking and interacting. The footage was even zoomed in, and the faces of both him and Liang Han were clearly visible.
However, the filming was done from very far away. They obviously didn’t hear or record the sound of their voices.
Even so, based solely on the images and the sensationalist headline, it was enough to lead people’s imaginations astray.
Furthermore, this was related to Liang Han. Liang Han was famous and had always been single; topics related to his love life were naturally high-profile.
The topic at the club last time had caused a stir and hadn’t completely died down, and now this had come along, naturally exploding the netizens’ curiosity for gossip.
Even the netizens in the comments section weren’t as one-sided as last time; they weren’t as firmly convinced that Liang Han wasn’t dating and was a straight man.
Many passersby suspected this was real.
【Oh my god! Doesn’t this match the leak from last time? Liang Han really plays with young boys!】
The first hot comment under the link’s post already had hundreds of thousands of likes, and only half an hour had passed since the post was published.
The front row was full of anti-fans celebrating: 【Tsk tsk tsk tsk! No wonder those rumors with female stars were debunked so quickly turns out he’s gay!】
【Before, his fans were swearing that Liang Han was a straight bachelor without a girlfriend. I said, how could a straight man stay in the entertainment industry in that world of vanity—for so long and stay single? Turns out he’s dating a boyfriend, not a girlfriend.】
【Who is this boy? He looks quite handsome. I didn’t expect Old Liang to have such good taste.】
【I know, I know who he is! Song Yuanxi! @Song Yuanxi is the account.】
【Whoa, he’s quite good-looking, and he’s an artist under Huanhai. I thought he was an escort, but I didn’t expect him to be an insider. I haven’t heard much about him before. With someone this good-looking, he shouldn’t be famous. What has he acted in before?】
【Actually, when he debuted a few years ago, he was somewhat famous. I was even a fan of his! I really expected him to get popular back then because his acting was quite good and he was handsome. He played several supporting roles that went a bit viral. But there hasn’t been much movement in the last half year. Before, I thought he was blacklisted by the company, but now it seems he went off to fall in love.】
【So disappointing! Why not focus on his career instead of fooling around with men!】
【He seems very humble, being so proactive and acting so submissive in front of Liang Han. He must be the one chasing him, right? This romance isn’t worth it.】
【He looks like a gold-digger at first glance. Maybe he only gained Liang Han’s favor by being submissive! He’s trying to fish for resources from Liang Han. There’s no talk of whether it’s ‘worth it’ or not look, he’s already leeching off the popularity now.】
【Maybe the paparazzi found this handsome guy! It’s not impossible that he wants to use the opportunity to rise up and gain exposure.】
【That sounds a bit sour. If being submissive could get Liang Han to like you, then so many people before him would have caught Liang Han long ago.】
【How do you know Liang Han wasn’t secretly dating before?】
【There really wasn’t anything before. So many paparazzi followed him, and not a single rumor came out. It’s only recently that there’s been some sign. If there really were something, it would be impossible not to hear any wind of it.】
【Then this handsome guy is Liang Han’s first love? So this is the type Liang Han likes.】
Fans originally wanted to come and debunk the rumors, but the video was filmed unclearly, making them hesitate and afraid to act recklessly for the time being.
They were afraid of becoming what others thought, asking for a hammer [proof] and getting hammered.
Although they didn’t believe in their hearts that Liang Han liked men, they also didn’t dare to be 100% sure he wouldn’t.
Especially since Song Yuanxi had no relationship with Liang Han before, they couldn’t immediately refute it with talk of being relatives or friends.
The current situation of the hot search could only wait for Liang Han’s studio to handle it.
Song Yuanxi couldn’t help but frown. When Liang Han let him into the car, he had explained that it was easy to be photographed; at the time, it was just a worry.
He didn’t expect it to come true now!
It was truly detestable. These paparazzi were bad enough they took secret photos, but why did they have to start rumors about his relationship with Liang Han!
Originally, Liang Han already had some misunderstanding about his purpose; with this kind of publicity, wouldn’t he be even more suspicious in Liang Han’s eyes?
He hoped Liang Han wouldn’t really think he had this kind of purpose and approached him with ill intentions.
Song Yuanxi didn’t even have time to reply to Xu Rao; he exited first and sent a message to Liang Han: 【Teacher Liang Han, have you seen the topic on the hot search? I’m sorry, I caused you trouble again. But I swear I really didn’t know there was a paparazzi secretly filming. I didn’t find someone to do that; please, you must believe me. My looking for you really was purely to borrow money for the termination; there was no other purpose.】
He had finally found such a reliable creditor like Liang Han, and he had even told the company about the termination. If a variable occurred at this time and led to the termination not going smoothly, it would be too unlucky.
Liang Han had also just learned the news. He was busy with his own affairs and had no mind to look at the online discourse; his assistant had received word from the studio and told him.
He had just gotten a general idea when Shao Dong called: “What’s the situation with that video? You didn’t tell me you two met in the car downstairs from the studio!”
Liang Han frowned: “What’s wrong with meeting in a car? You’re making it sound like something was going on between me and him. What’s wrong with two guys being together?”
Shao Dong: “In this day and age, two guys being together will also cause rumors! Others will think you’re dating!”
Liang Han: “…”
His heart suddenly beat a little faster, and his tone was also a bit tense: “This is nonsense. He didn’t have my contact info and came to my studio to find me. I just happened to get off work and dropped him off on the way after we finished talking. What’s the problem with that? How does that make us ‘dating’?”
Shao Dong was silent: “There isn’t a problem, but it’s very problematic when caught by a paparazzi! They’re currently starting rumors that you and he are dating; how do you plan to explain?”
Liang Han held his cup and took a few sips of water: “For something out of thin air like this, just deny it and be done with it? It’s not like I haven’t had experience with this before.”
Shao Dong secretly shook his head: “This time is different from before. In the past, they were business partners and you had intersections. This time there are none. How are you going to explain that you had something to talk about with him? If you clarify, I’m afraid people outside won’t believe it at all.”
That was indeed a problem. Liang Han thought for a bit and said: “Then tell the truth. Just tell the public I’m helping him terminate his contract.”
Shao Dong had a headache: “You’re helping him terminate? In what capacity are you helping him?”
Liang Han: “…”
As of now, he really didn’t have a suitable capacity.
He said stiffly: “Can’t it be that I couldn’t stand seeing his company bullying him?”
Shao Dong was speechless: “If those words are sent out, even your fans will think you and he are dating. Why couldn’t you ‘stand seeing’ it? Others get bullied too; why didn’t you ‘not stand seeing’ that?”
Liang Han kept a straight face and spoke with righteous conviction: “That’s because others didn’t make a scene in front of me.”
And no one else was like Song Yuanxi, looking so delicate and refined, looking so easy to bully.
Furthermore, wasn’t it because he saw Song Yuanxi as suitable for the role? Otherwise, why would he help him?
Song Yuanxi, after all, had ideas about him.