I can beat that guy up.” Well, beat him up hard.

Rong Xu: “…”

Originally, Rong Xu hadn’t been too bothered by this, but hearing Qin Cheng’s words, he seemed to picture Qin Cheng’s expressionless face.

Putting himself in Qin Cheng’s shoes, if a female director flirted with Qin Cheng by curling her palm, implying some quid pro quo, Rong Xu would probably also want to do something about it.

However, Rong Xu had already rejected Clemens’ advance with action this afternoon, so he didn’t think Clemens would bring it up again.

Most Chinese people are rather conservative. Even in showbiz, quid pro quo is rarely spoken about openly. But the European and American circles are different. In his past life, Rong Xu had seen many indulgent Hollywood directors who didn’t think quid pro quo was shameful. They even considered it mutually beneficial.

Rong Xu didn’t know much about Clemens Holt, but from their brief encounter this afternoon, he felt Clemens was not like those completely debauched directors. He probably wasn’t an excessive person and wouldn’t force others. For example, Clemens was also staying in the same hotel tonight but hadn’t called Rong Xu, nor come knocking on his door at midnight like Ren Shuzhi did.

After chatting a bit more with Qin Cheng and confirming Qin Cheng wasn’t really going to “book a flight and cross the ocean to beat someone up,” Rong Xu lay on the bed, unable to suppress a light laugh: “I thought you didn’t want me to do this movie.”

As far as Rong Xu was concerned, the very thought of Qin Cheng acting in a role with a female director who lusted after him made him feel uncomfortable all over.

But Qin Cheng replied calmly: “He won’t do anything to you.”

Rong Xu, surprised: “You’re so sure?”

Qin Cheng said quietly: “I just sent a message to Mr. Holt, telling him I heard his son once tried to make a male actor do quid pro quo.”

Rong Xu: “…Wait, you really heard that?”

Qin Cheng didn’t answer and kept speaking quietly: “Mr. Holt was very grateful. He said he’s flying to Washington right now to break his son’s three legs.”

Rong Xu: “…Did you just say the wrong number?”

Qin Cheng repeated: “Three legs.”

Rong Xu: “…”

Perhaps Clemens Holt really had pressured some male actor before, but Qin Cheng was obviously lying here. Rong Xu couldn’t help covering his face in deep condemnation of such shamelessness, but the smile on his lips betrayed how amused he was.

Later, the two chatted a little more and hung up.

As for whether poor Director Holt could keep his… three legs, that was up to fate.

After hanging up, Rong Xu reached out and turned off the light. Perhaps due to fatigue, he soon fell asleep. What he didn’t know was that at the same time, in faraway France, a man stood by a huge floor-to-ceiling window, took a step toward the bed, then stopped.

His handsome, noble face was expressionless, his thin lips tightly pressed. Not wanting to disturb the young man in his home, he lowered his head expressionlessly and took out another phone to send a Weibo post.

[LotusPasteOrangeFilling: Angry! Angry! Super angry! So mad! [Picture]]

The attached picture showed four or five pufferfish lying on a beach. Their big round eyes stared ahead angrily, their cheeks puffed up with grievances.

After posting this Weibo, the cold and indifferent man sat on the sofa, quietly waiting for fans’ replies.

Nowadays, the account Lotus Paste Orange Filling already had 190,000 followers on Weibo. This number was nothing compared to Rong Xu’s over 100 million followers. However, it should be noted that the Lotus Paste Orange Filling account never posted flashy photos, funny jokes, or selfies, nor was it some celebrity or internet influencer. It only confessed its love for Rong Xu daily, three meals a day.

The reason it had so many followers was entirely due to a mysterious wealthy identity.

Normally, with 190,000 followers, people would be curious about their wealthy and beautiful Orange Goddess, wondering why she was so angry, and would kindly come to comfort her.

But five minutes later—

Shares: 0; Comments: 0; Likes: 215.

Qin Cheng: “……”

Hmm, wait a little longer, maybe they just haven’t realized yet.

Ten minutes later—

Shares: 0; Comments: 1; Likes: 714.

Qin Cheng: “……”

He opened that one comment, and the man’s expression suddenly darkened, the room temperature dropping by three degrees.

[Huo Feili: Hahaha, saving the tragedy of 700 likes with 0 replies~]

This is unreal!!!

After three minutes of silence, Qin Cheng, still with a cold face, posted another Weibo.

[Lotus Paste Orange Filling: Baby is really so angry!!!]

One more chance for you all.

This time, someone finally replied below, asking what had upset Lotus Paste Orange Filling so suddenly. However, just as Qin Cheng replied, he found that the person had disappeared again. Clicking into that fan’s Weibo, he saw them wildly reposting many Weibo posts.

[August Osmanthus Fragrance: Aww, look at these monkey hands! This young lady is so pretty! Supporting her! //@ColdDesolation: #RongXuAndYourLove# I want Rong Rong’s autograph photo too, hehe, so here’s a sneaky picture~ [picture]]

[August Osmanthus Fragrance: Ahhh this young lady’s hand is so white! // April: #RongXuAndYourLove# Hands look a bit stubby but I want Rong Xu’s autograph photo_(:з」∠)_ [picture]]

[August Osmanthus Fragrance: Ahhh check out this beautiful manicure! // ClumsyHands: #RongXuAndYourLove# I think my ID already proves my hands really aren’t pretty…[picture]]

Qin Cheng: “……”

#RongXuAndYourLove# was an interactive campaign launched online by In-You-Heart. Just three days ago, the last watch in the In-You-Heart La Mu series, Seven, was finally released globally. Rong Xu, as the brand ambassador for Seven, teamed up with In-You-Heart to launch this event, inviting every netizen to show off their hands.

Anyone who posted a Weibo message with the tag #RongXuAndYourLove# along with a selfie of their hand could participate. After the event, the official team would select the fifty “most beautiful hands” based on popularity, and those fifty netizens would receive Rong Xu’s autograph and a special gift from In-You-Heart.

But even so, netizens wouldn’t be so excited as to endlessly repost others’ hand selfies.

Luo Zhentao had already noticed that the interactivity of this campaign wasn’t strong enough. Most people enjoyed showing off themselves. Many liked posting selfies, sharing the meals they ate today, or posting random little tests to share results on social media for their friends to see.

This was a common psychological desire — everyone wants attention, wants others to notice them.

So many people were willing to post their selfies for this campaign, as it was an opportunity to show themselves off. But if netizens were encouraged to repost others’ hand selfies, wouldn’t that expand the influence and get better publicity?

Therefore, Luo Zhentao designed another plan: the official account would select the single most popular winner, and from their reposts, randomly pick fifty lucky netizens. These fifty lucky ones would also get Rong Xu’s autograph photo, though not the In-You-Heart gift.

Because of this, Rong Xu’s fans crazily reposted beautiful selfies. Even if their own hands weren’t pretty, and their faces might not be very attractive, they still had a chance to get Rong Xu’s autograph photo.

Luo Zhentao understood the psychology of netizens perfectly and made #RongXuAndYourLove# rise to the sixth spot on Weibo’s trending list without In-You-Heart having to pay for trending spots. It stayed in the top ten trending for three straight days.

However, this behavior directly caused the tragic case of Lotus Paste Orange Filling’s 700 likes but zero comments.

Rather than caring about why the Orange Goddess suddenly got so angry, everyone was more interested in Rong Xu’s autograph photo! Maybe just one repost could get them selected to receive it! They didn’t have time to care about Lotus Paste Orange Filling or Leek Orange Filling!

The neglected Lotus Paste Orange Filling: “……”

With a blank expression, Lotus Paste Orange Filling clicked on the #RongXuAndYourLove# campaign page, only to see that the most popular selfies featured on the event’s homepage didn’t just show hands, but also faces!

Fans desperate to get Rong Xu’s autograph were willing to go to any lengths. Each picture showed a pretty young lady smiling gently, placing her fair, beautiful hand beside her face.

Just pretty hands? Not enough!

If the hands weren’t good enough, use the face to make up for it!

As long as they could become one of the final fifty winners, they were willing to shamelessly “sell their charm,” without any sense of dignity!

This shameless behavior caused the man’s brows to furrow tightly. The campaign was becoming more and more popular; after only three days, the most popular fan had already gotten more than 25,000 reposts.

Checking this fan’s Weibo homepage, he saw her latest post—

[Rui Coffee: Ahhhh thank you all for your support! I heard that the first-place fan will even get to have dinner with Rong Rong. QAQ Thank you all for supporting me, please repost, like, and comment! I really want to have dinner with Rong Rong ahhhh!]

Calmly staring at this post for a long time, the man walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and raised his left hand.

With a “click” sound, his phone took a picture of this moment. Not long after, Lotus Paste Orange Filling posted a new Weibo.

[LotusPasteOrangeFilling: #RongXuAndYourLove# Please repost, comment, and like! [picture]]

The picture showed a slender, long hand against a clean and tidy floor-to-ceiling window at night. The fingers were naturally spread. The nails were neatly trimmed, full and round, with slightly pronounced knuckles, giving off a faintly refreshing and aloof vibe.

Between the index and middle finger was a brilliant gleam. The neon city lights filtered through the finger gaps, creating a charming halo that made the hand appear very blurred.

At first glance, this photo was quite pretty, allowing one to imagine the hand’s appearance. But looking closer, the photo was extremely blurry, even seemingly intentionally blurred and pixelated. Yet with only a vague outline, there was a cold and detached aura that passed straight through the screen and appeared before every netizen.

Without a doubt, this was an exquisitely beautiful hand — but it was absolutely the hand of a man.

Half an hour ago, LotusPasteOrangeFiillings had just suffered the humiliating ordeal of getting 700 likes but zero comments. Yet half an hour later, her new Weibo post suddenly gained over a hundred reposts and 150 comments within just one minute!

[“Whoa! Such a beautiful hand! I can’t believe our Orange Goddess’s hand is this gorgeous!!!”]

[“Awwww, really monkey-worthy! Look at my stubby hands, then look at Orange’s hand—reposting to show my sincerity (:з」∠) I really want to lick it, so monkey-worthy!”]

[“…Wait! Although it’s blurry, that’s definitely not a girl’s hand, right? That’s a guy’s hand, isn’t it?!!!”]

Not long after, some sharp-eyed netizens suddenly noticed—

[“Ahhh, did you guys see? When Orange Goddess took the photo, she was facing the glass, and there’s a reflection of a person! It’s really a man! So tall, so slim, so handsome! No way, don’t tell me Orange Goddess is actually a man… My world just collapsed! But once I accept this… huh, suddenly I think Orange God is kinda cool too?! (≧▽≦)/ Lalala!”]

More and more netizens spotted the blurry figure in the photo. They couldn’t clearly see the face or clothes, only a faint shadow, with short, messy hair, seemingly wearing a hotel robe, head bowed, looking at a phone screen.

Some people, even after adding countless filters and doing all sorts of Photoshop edits, would realize “this person doesn’t seem very attractive”; but others, even from just a faint accidental shadow, felt an overwhelming aura of handsomeness.

One minute later, LotusPasteOrangeFiillings deleted that Weibo post and posted another photo.

This time the photo was just of the ground, showing only a hand resting on a white wool carpet. It was obviously professionally blurred — layer after layer of blur made the hand even less clear, with a very conspicuous mosaic pixelation blocking most details, revealing only a rough outline.

Netizens all: “……”

[“Stop playing dead! Orange God Richie, come out! We saw that man in the last photo, who exactly is he?!”]

The netizens’ gossip instincts were fully triggered. Ten minutes later, just as everyone was wildly speculating “Maybe Orange Goddess is actually a guy,” or “Maybe Orange Goddess is a butch T who looks like a guy,” the person involved calmly replied: [“He’s my boyfriend. Didn’t say I can’t post selfies of my boyfriend, right?”]

Netizens continued: “……”

[“Why am I joining an event and end up getting fed dog food by Orange Goddess?”]

[“Cold dog food is randomly thrown at the frog.jpg I’ve decided to unfollow Orange God Richie for three minutes, don’t bother me, I want some peace.”]

[“So that guy was Lianrong? Wow, really handsome! Even if it’s just a shadow, Lianrong seems really good-looking! Suddenly I get why Orange Goddess keeps showing off Lianrong on Weibo — if I had such a handsome boyfriend… I’d be out on the streets with him every day, telling the world I have this handsome boyfriend, haha 23333.”]

Only after one netizen pointed it out did others realize that the shadow they saw earlier was probably Lianrong’s own shadow.

Fans already knew about Orange and Lianrong’s relationship, and that Orange Richie often showed off her boyfriend on Weibo. They had guessed the person liked by this rich and beautiful woman might be handsome, but never imagined just one hand could be this good-looking.

That whole night, LotusPasteOrangeFiillings’s selfie photo garnered over six thousand reposts.

Countless netizens debated under her Weibo about the shadow they saw earlier. But because LotusPasteOrangeFiillings deleted the posts so quickly, most didn’t get to see the photo. Among the discussions, a small number of Qin Cheng’s fans joked happily: [“Lianrong is so handsome, even just seeing the shadow, he looks great, feels just like our God Qin, haha~”]

…Yeah, indeed, just as handsome as Qin Cheng.

The next morning, Rong Xu got up early, packed up, and was sent to the airport with Luo Xi by Mr. Thor.

Upon arriving at the airport, the two quickly entered the VIP lounge, where airport staff handled their check-in.

At this moment, there were still two hours before the flight took off. Rong Xu opened a computer in the VIP room, found a song by Lin Xuan, put on headphones, and started listening.

This song was one of the duets he would perform with Lin Xuan; in two days, he was scheduled to head to S City to rehearse for the concert. When Rong Xu was listening to the third round, Luo Xi suddenly exclaimed in surprise, “Huh?”

Rong Xu took off his headphones and looked toward her.

Luo Xi nodded casually and said, “Didn’t expect that LotusPasteOrangeFillings is also participating in this event. Xiao Xu, her boyfriend’s hand looks pretty nice, though it’s blurry and heavily pixelated, but the repost count has already passed eight thousand. Maybe she’ll make the top ten.”

Rong Xu smirked and got up, walking toward Luo Xi: “Boyfriend’s hand? Let me see.”