“Ah?”
Many people were caught off guard by Director Zhen’s plot twist. Wait, Zhang Yuanli is the one who got beaten to a pulp, and there’s literal blood on the tablecloth. Isn’t his situation the most serious? What were they checking Yin Shuwei for? To see if her hands hurt from slapping him?!
Only the assistant director, who had worked with him for years, understood the unspoken meaning. He hurriedly pulled the doctor forward to fuss over her: “That was so dangerous just now! Thank goodness you were here, Sister Yin. Otherwise, what would we do if that scumbag hurt someone? Our production team wouldn’t be able to absolve ourselves of the blame!”
They really hadn’t seen that Zhang Yuanli was a beast in human clothing. Judging by his reaction just now, his guilt was practically set in stone. Plus, the legal team under Yu Xingzhi wasn’t to be trifled with; this matter was not going to end well for the professor.
Besides, everything that just happened was captured on the live broadcast. They definitely had to protect the guests to protect the show! Yin Shuwei’s actions could only be classified as a righteous intervention to save the day!
Yin Shuwei’s mood was actually quite calm; she didn’t look at all like someone who had just brutally beaten a man.
When she had browsed through the original owner’s backup phone and discovered those audio files, she had been furious. But she hadn’t had the time to go settle the score yet. She never expected Zhang Yuanli to deliver himself right to her doorstep.
He didn’t even feel guilty! He even tried to use that old, rotten history and his status as her teacher to suppress her!
Shen Jin had just wiped the cake off his eyes with a tissue when he witnessed this harmonious yet absurd scene. Now, the look in his eyes as he stared at Yin Shuwei held no confusion—instead, it burned with intense interest.
Why hadn’t he noticed before that Yin Shuwei was so… unique? Compared to her, the Leech Spokesperson, Yu Xingzhi, noticeably paled in comparison.
“Shuwei, what you did just now seems a bit excessive,” Shen Jin said, lowering his eyes to conceal his intense interest, outwardly putting on a disapproving front. “It’s going to be hard to handle now that you’ve injured someone. He is a highly influential professor, after all, and probably very difficult to deal with. I have…”
“It was so dangerous just now. Wasn’t Weiwei just trying to protect everyone? Why am I hearing accusations instead of gratitude?” Yu Xingzhi clasped Yin Shuwei’s wrist, taking a step forward to meet Shen Jin’s gaze.
Shen Jin was just about to speak when Lin Rongrong, as if acting with delayed hindsight, half-covered her mouth and exclaimed, “That man actually pulled a knife just now, that was so scary…”
“It’s okay now. It’s already been resolved,” Lu Jinming comforted her.
He pulled Lin Rongrong into his arms, soothing her gently. At this moment, he actually appeared somewhat normal, perhaps realizing this was a prime opportunity to salvage his image.
Acting like the bigger person forgiving a lesser one’s faults, he spoke politely to Yin Shuwei: “Although we had some conflicts before, right now I still have to say thank you to you.”
Stepping on others to elevate oneself starts now! Lu Jinming felt like Shen Jin’s brain must have been kicked by a donkey, so he made sure to stomp on him a few times first.
“We really should thank Shuwei properly,” Yao Yueying chimed in, her stance unclear.
Since no one seemed to be standing on his side, Shen Jin, whose face showed no trace of embarrassment, continued in his mild tone: “I was just a little too worried, apologies. I didn’t mean to blame anyone. I was just thinking that I could provide some legal assistance.”
“Then there’s no need to trouble yourself,” Yu Xingzhi rejected him directly with a smile.
【Why do I feel like I’m watching a Shura Field?】
【This isn’t a dating show! It’s not a dating show! The person above me, calm down!!!】
【No, no, no, you guys don’t get it. For us omnivorous shippers, we can take a bite out of anything. This immoral, taboo element has me in a chokehold.】
Yin Shuwei stepped forward, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Yu Xingzhi. She looked Shen Jin up and down and said bluntly, “I wouldn’t dare use your people. You were standing the closest just now, yet you were the most useless. Good thing that old bastard wasn’t planning a murder-suicide, or you’d be the first one he’d stab to death.”
Everyone: “…”
You can’t exactly say things like that… but if you put it that way, well, it doesn’t seem entirely wrong.
Zhang Yuanli’s matter was left for the production team to handle; after all, they were the ones who invited him.
But it wasn’t time for dinner yet. During such a long gap, they couldn’t just make the guests do impromptu physical labor, right? After experiencing such a dangerous ordeal, the production team couldn’t continuously act inhumane, could they?
Everyone thought this, yet they had absolutely no faith in Director Zhen.
Noticing their suspicious gazes, Director Zhen spoke with righteous indignation: “What do you guys take me for? How could I be that kind of person? Actually, there was another teacher scheduled to come over just now…”
From the very beginning, the production team had invited two professional teachers, planning to explore the guests’ personalities and psychologies from different angles. The planning document looked incredibly high-end, and they had even prepared a few minor trending hashtags.
Who could have expected Zhang Yuanli to cause such a massive incident the moment he appeared, completely disrupting their rhythm?
Only then did Yin Shuwei notice someone slightly out of place mixed among the staff. She was dressed elegantly, yet she held a handful of melon seeds, completely engrossed in cracking them open and eating them. Catching Yin Shuwei’s eye, she revealed an awkward but polite smile.
Professor Su Cheng shoved the remaining melon seeds into her jacket pocket and slowly stood up to greet Yin Shuwei. As they shook hands, she smiled and said, “Teacher Yin, you can’t beat me up now that you’ve finished with Zhang Yuanli, alright? I, for one, have never imposed unspoken rules on my male students.”
After saying this, as if realizing her words weren’t rigorous enough, Su Cheng quickly added: “Nor my female students.”
Yin Shuwei: “I just happen to know a little bit about the Iron Fist of Justice. I don’t harm the innocent.”
Thanks to the banter between Su Cheng and Yin Shuwei, the initially stiff atmosphere actually lightened up.
When Su Cheng had received the invitation for this show, she thought it would be a great topic to popularize some relevant knowledge, help people understand marriage better, and clarify how to handle gender dynamics. But when she heard she was paired with Zhang Yuanli, her brows had furrowed tightly.
They were in the same industry, so she knew some of the rumors floating around, though she couldn’t speak recklessly without solid proof.
Zhang Yuanli was an annoying person in daily life. Sitting at a dinner table, after a bit of alcohol and a cigarette, he loved to point fingers and preach about how women weren’t suited for academia—claiming their thinking wasn’t rational enough, they lacked logic, and were too emotional.
He didn’t care at all that there were other female professors at the table. He constantly used the “poor stress tolerance” of his female graduate students as a talking point, specifically targeting one named Yin Shuwei.
Hearing the things Yin Shuwei said earlier, Su Cheng, who was just about to step in and introduce herself, felt both shocked and angry. Before she could rush in to help, she realized Yin Shuwei didn’t need her help at all. So, she just squatted to the side to eat melons and watch the drama.
With Su Cheng’s arrival, the atmosphere normalized significantly. She dressed generously and elegantly, didn’t force any weird personas, and had a gentle, calm voice that made people easily open up.
“So, Mr. Lu, why do you feel that those behaviors are perfectly fine? Is it because you’ve done similar things yourself?” Su Cheng’s words hit the nail on the head.
While others respectfully or jokingly called him “CEO Lu,” her single “Mr. Lu” temporarily pulled both sides of the conversation onto equal footing.
“There are many ways to express love, aren’t there?” Lu Jinming replied nonchalantly. “I am simply expressing my love.”
Su Cheng: “Then your love is truly terrifying. You just love the other person however you please.”
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