When Seventh Brother returned, he found Gong Yu lying by the French window. He was suffocating and sweat was pouring down his face, soaking his shirt thoroughly. He was as pale as a piece of paper and he kept his hand above his heart. He was obviously undergoing tremendous pain; the streams of tears left clear traces on his face, making him look extra pitiful, yet he still forced a vibrant smile. Seventh Brother had never seen this smile before; it was so captivating that one could not look away.
Seventh Brother was uncontrollably afraid of that smile, it was like the smile one gives before entering heaven. This sent chills down his spine. The current Gong Yu was like a flirtatious Thorn Apple; he was alluring yet secretly poisonous...
After the initial shock, Seventh Brother quickly found his medicine and fed it to Gong Yu. Gong Yu remained like a puppet doll with no reaction. He kept that smile all the time.
Seventh Brother could not help but scolded, "Gong Yu, what the h.e.l.l is wrong with you? Are you possessed? Don"t scare me!"
It seemed like Gong Yu could not hear him. Seventh Brother was frantic. He quickly stood up and headed for the door, "This won"t do, I have to find Xiao Xi."
Hearing the two words, Gong Yu"s soul came back. He grabbed onto Seventh Brother and pleaded, "No! Don"t find her anymore! I will do whatever you guys want me to!"
Seventh Brother froze. He could not process what was happening and looked at him with a confused look.
"Don"t you guys want me to pretend I"m with Tong Nan? I"ll do it! Even if you guys want me to really be with her, I"ll also do it! I"ll agree to whatever you guys say!"
Seeing Gong Yu like this, Seventh Brother"s heart ached. Gong Yu"s heart was almost-dead from being broken. Seventh Brother"s heart ached terribly for him, he could not bring himself to tell him what to do.
"Gong Yu, everything is temporal. Once this saga is over, you can announce a peaceful breakup; n.o.body will force you to do anything! If you"re really against it, you can don"t agree; we"ll think of other ways. Perhaps there are other solutions, just that we have yet to found them."
"There"s no need, let"s do it!"
After which, Gong Yu supported himself against the French window and stood up shakily. He wobbled his way to the bathroom. Seventh Brother stretched out his hand as an attempt to help, but Gong Yu pushed his hand away gently and headed for the bathroom alone. Seventh Brother fell to the ground and sat there, not knowing what to say to Gong Yu.
When Gong Yu returned to his bedroom, he buried himself in his bed. His energy was completely drained and he was almost on the brink of death from his exhaustion. Gong Yu fell into a deep sleep as if he never wanted to wake up again. He slept till the sky turned dark and he lost track of what day it was.
There was some bickering around his ears but he forced himself to continue sleeping.
Tong Nan sat beside his bed and took out her phone to take a selfie. In the background, Gong Yu"s handsome face was sleeping while Tong Nan herself was smiling sweetly, like a woman in love. There were pink bubbles everywhere.
Tong Nan looked at her phone in satisfaction and hugged it, before handing it to Zhang Jingting and Seventh Brother reluctantly, "Look, is this okay?"
Zhang Jingting took over the phone and looked at the photo. She was very satisfied. "Yea, it"s good! This is the most we can do since he"s sleeping like a dead person. Time waits for no man, we "re running out of time! We have to suppress the comments online quickly!"
While speaking, Zhang Jingting had sent the photo to Seventh Brother. She started to craft a post on Tong Nan"s Weibo account.
After the loving post was sent out, it acc.u.mulated over tens of thousands of shares within a minute. That number kept growing exponentially.
Seventh Brother used his phone and logged into Gong Yu"s account. He replied under the photo, "Pfft, how could you expose my bare face like that!"
This sentence was a little unclear; it was simple, but filled with lots of s.p.a.ce for the public"s imagination.
The photo was very pretty. Tong Nan was barefaced too, but her angle complemented her visuals very well. She acted her woman-in-love expression and it was captured so well, people could only wonder how it was possible. Gong Yu"s handsome face earned him the t.i.tle of a sleeping beauty; his visuals captured so many female"s hearts. After seeing the photo, everyone started picturing the two together and even sent them overflowing blessings. In a short time, their "shippers" increased tremendously.
Zhang Jingting left an embarra.s.sed emoticon under Gong Yu"s comment. "But barefaced sleeping beauty still looks very handsome! I"m the only one blessed to look at it up close!"
Once the comment was uploaded, a large number of fans started to request for more of such photos. They want to enjoy looking at aesthetic pictures too.
Zhang Jingting thought about it and asked Tong Nan to pretend she was kissing Gong Yu. Tong Nan ran up to him excitedly and really landed her lips upon his cold thin lips. That amazing feeling caused her heart to thump faster. She was immersed in the feeling and was not willing to lift her lips. She closed her eyes gently.
Zhang Jingting quickly captured a close shot. In the picture, it was the side view of both of them kissing. The picture was so sweet, blinding the eyes of netizens. Since it was a close shot, netizens could not tell that it was taken in the same setting as the previous picture. All they could see was their having a sweet kiss.
Zhang Jingting sent the picture to Seventh Brother quickly. After looking at the picture, he hesitated. "Is this really okay? He won"t be happy when he wake up!"
"Pfft, look at the situation now, the netizens are increasingly curious. We should quickly release some sweet pictures to shut their mouths. We don"t have time to consider if Gong Yu will be unhappy! Besides, your Gong Yu is an actor, it"s normal to shoot a kiss scene, what"s new about a picture?"
After hesitating, Seventh Brother released the picture. The caption was simple, "Satisfied..."
It was a pun— satisfying the netizens" requests and also being satisfied with the two love birds" relationship. Without a direct explanation, netizens were allowed to brainstorm and use their wildest imagination.
Within 20 minutes of their interactions on Weibo, they had gained more than a million new followers and the number of shares on their photos was crazy. Very quickly, the netizens" curiosity was satisfied. The netizens were not very agitated too. Seventh Brother and Zhang Jingting were surprised at how smoothly these all went. Seventh Brother asked with minimal confidence, "That"s it? Two pictures?"
Zhang Jingting laughed, "Of course! Our Nannan did very well, her visuals attracted many visual-savvy fans!"
Seventh Brother scoffed, "What"s more important is our Gong Yu! His handsome sleeping visual is key in attracting those thirsty fan girls!"
Their bickering finally woke up Gong Yu, who finally allowed himself to wake up. He opened his eyes slowly and saw three people surrounding him. He could not help but raise his brows in confusion and looked towards Seventh Brother with slight unhappiness.
Seeing Gong Yu wake up, Seventh Brother quickly asked, "Gong Yu, how do you feel? Are you still unwell? If you"re still unwell I"ll bring you to the hospital."
After the sleep, Gong Yu had indeed recovered a great deal. He shook his head faintly before asking, "What are you guys doing in my room?"
Seventh Brother hesitated and did not know how to explain to him.
Tong Nan instantly jumped onto the bed like an excited monkey. She looked at Gong Yu with the brightest smile in the world and said, "Gong Yu, you"re awake? Just now Seventh Brother said you had a heart attack again, are you better now? We tried to wake you up but you just kept on sleeping. We were on the rush to release some pictures, so we took some while you were asleep. The response is not bad. People commented saying we"re a good match, you"re handsome and I"m pretty. They wished us happiness! You don"t even know how easy it was to gain more than a million new fans! There were also many shippers!..."
Tong Nan blabbered on. Gong Yu, on the other hand, kept a still face and got off his bed. He wanted to take a walk outside and leave the three to themselves.
Seventh Brother felt awkward instantly. He explained hurriedly, "Sigh, you know his temper, don"t take it to heart!"
Before Zhang Jingting said anything, Tong Nan smiled and said, "It"s okay, I know him, he"s a natural ice block. But I like him like that, it"s his character. It"s better than those deceiving people who put on a fake smile. He is straight forward and never tries to please people. I like him like that."
Seventh Brother did not know whether to praise her or scold her for being stubborn! It was without doubt that he was being a huge ice block with a temper as smelly as the stone in a cesspit, yet Tong Nan thought that it was very characteristic! Seventh Brother almost bowed down in admiration.
At this moment in the hospital, Mou Yichen was having fun talking to Yun Muxi. However, she sat on the sofa and kept staring at her phone. The screen showed the intimate pictures from Gong Yu"s Weibo. Their kiss was sweet and he seemed immersed in it. It did not resemble an act at all. They were like a real couple.
Yun Muxi felt sour in her heart. For a long time, she could lift her eyes away from the picture. At this moment, a shadow appeared on her phone screen. Yun Muxi lifted her head in shock and found herself being extremely close to Mou Yichen"s handsome visuals.
The two of them were very close to each other but Mou Yichen did not seem to be bothered. "Who are these two? They look like a good match!"
Yun Muxi tried to compose herself and replied, "Oh, just two celebrities. The guy is an actor and the girl is a model."
Untethered, Mou Yichen said, "Oh, no wonder! They are so good looking, they make a good match! They"re dating, right? They look so lovey-dovey!"
Mou Yichen"s words created a ripple effect in Yun Muxi"s heart. She started to feel faint intervals of pain.
"Xiao Xi, I suddenly realized I don"t have any pictures of the both of us! Let"s take one too! It will look better than theirs, my Xiao Xi is so pretty, and I"m so handsome! I"m looking forward to it!"
As he spoke, he bent down, aimed his phone towards their side-view, and neared Yun Muxi"s lips!