Shutong finally had time to check WeChat.
The program team in the group was frantic. Today’s filming had gone smoothly, but Lou Yu’s subsequent actions had thrown them into disarray.
However, the program team didn’t cause trouble for Shutong. After all, they were the ones who had brought Lou Yu in, so of course, they had to take responsibility for it.
She closed WeChat and started editing the footage she had shot a few days earlier. At that moment, she especially missed the large and comfortable study in the villa.
At midnight, Chu Fan glanced at the time, put down the magazine, and walked toward Shutong.
The laptop in front of her was taken away, and Shutong’s glasses were also taken off. She looked up blankly and heard Chu Fan say, “Don’t stay up late.”
During the recording of the show, her sleep schedule hadn’t been normal.
Chu Fan didn’t control her like that back then, but after becoming her boyfriend, he became much more assertive.
“I’m not sleepy yet.”
Shutong reached out to grab the laptop.
Chu Fan raised his long arm and put it aside, while wrapping his other arm around her waist.
“Then let’s study something else together.”
Shutong sensed something and became interested.
“What do you want to study?”
Chu Fan leaned down and pressed her onto the sofa.
“I want to kiss you.”
Shutong smiled.
Just as she expected…
However, Shutong didn’t let him have his way. She slipped out of his arms and stood to the side.
“Chu Fan, calm down. I’m going to sleep first. If you stay, you can sleep on the sofa.”
Chu Fan: “…”
Under the gaze of those dark eyes, Shutong swaggered back to her room and locked the door.
Chu Fan blinked, his heart pounding again. He felt like he had her, yet he hadn’t had her at all.
***
Shutong slept soundly through the night. When she woke up, she didn’t see Chu Fan, but there was breakfast he had left behind.
Without recording shows, Shutong’s daily routine consisted of shooting and editing videos. Every day at midnight, she would receive a text message from her aloof boyfriend telling her to go to sleep.
The program team of ‘Heartbeat’ transferred another 30,000 yuan into the account, and within two days, another 200,000 yuan was transferred in.
Meanwhile, Pei Rao created a WeChat group for the initial eight people. It was only then that Shutong learned that the final successful pairings were Lin Yu and Zhang Ye, as well as Shutong and Chu Fan.
Shutong was shocked.
Wen Shasha and Luo Wenfeng didn’t pair up!
That was not bad enough. She had seen Pei Rao and Zhou Ye kissing. But it was bound to have a bad ending!!
But she couldn’t bring herself to ask, afraid of reopening old wounds!
The first episode of ‘Heartbeat’ was released as scheduled. The amateur guests didn’t have many fans to begin with, so initially, most viewers were fans of the celebrity observers!
However, who would have thought that after the first episode aired, the show would trend on social media because of the high looks of the amateur guests!
Shutong, one of the more famous amateur guests, was criticized relentlessly for her personality issues!
“I initially thought Lou Shutong was alright, but she’s just too disgusting! She seems to fawn over everyone she sees!”
“Didn’t Lou Shutong have her eye on Zhang Ye? Why did she end up voting for Luo Wenfeng?? Sha-Wen CP is definitely locked in!!”
“Lou is so pretentious! Is she a werewolf?!”
“What ‘most beautiful photographer’? I think she’s just so-so! Even the celebrity guests didn’t know how to evaluate her. How embarrassing!”
“Isn’t she filming some short drama right now? She’s just a poor student, so she’s definitely a werewolf!”
…
Just like the novel, after the show aired, Shutong’s reputation plummeted, and almost all of her 100,000 Weibo followers turned into haters!
“Tongtong, why are you staring at your phone again? Don’t look at those weird comments. They don’t know anything!” Ai Meng waved her hand in front of Shutong.
Shutong snapped out of her daze and shook her head: “I didn’t see it. Are you ready? Let’s start filming.”
The deafening stage music and blindingly bright lights indicated that this was a bar owned by one of Qin Li’s friends, where they were filming a few scenes tonight.
Qin Li stepped forward, looking at Shutong with interest: “We haven’t seen Chu Fan these past few days. Are you guys really finished?”
Shutong rolled her eyes at him: “I signed a confidentiality agreement.”
Qin Li chuckled, “I could have guessed it. It must be that the other family is trying to stop you two and is giving you a check to break up with them?”
Ai Meng: “Five million?”
Shutong: “…You guys, are you even polite?”
They weren’t worried about her being cyberbullied, yet they were teasing her!
Without explaining, she called for filming to begin.
Suddenly, Ai Meng noticed something and tugged at Qin Li, saying, “Isn’t he here?”
Qin Li looked over and whistled.
Out of curiosity, Shutong glanced back and saw Chu Fan approaching.
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