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Le Xi was about to fly into a rage inside, but on the surface he could only maintain his composure.

He hastily wiped himself down with a tissue and reached out to Ying Huai: 'Shifu, are you alright...'

Le Xi reached out as if to support Ying Huai, but at the same moment, his foot subtly extended in front of Ying Huai, clearly intending to trip him while he was weak.

But before Le Xi's hand could reach him, the next moment, he saw Ying Huai's brow furrow tightly again, turning his head in discomfort and quickly dry-heaving into his hand.

Le Xi: ?

Before he could react, the next second, a hand suddenly reached from behind, wrapped around Ying Huai's waist, and steadied him to the side.

—No one noticed the hand Lu Jing had extended a second later, off to the side.

Lu Jing paused, then casually withdrew his hand bit by bit.

On the other side, Le Xi looked up somewhat at a loss: 'Shining gege...'

He wanted to step forward, but the next moment, saw Liang Shining suddenly raise his head: 'Don't come closer.'

Le Xi froze mid-step.

He stared at Liang Shining in disbelief, then after a long moment, stiffly curved his lips: 'Shining gege, you can't really believe Shifu's excuse about feeling sick from hearing my voice, can you?'

Le Xi's voice grew more aggrieved: 'Shining gege, I was only trying to help Shifu, it's just that Shifu himself was feeling too unwell...'

Before he could finish, he suddenly heard Liang Shining say quietly: 'Your perfume.'

Le Xi was startled: 'What?'

'It's too pungent,' Liang Shining looked up, gazing at him quietly. 'Your perfume—he doesn't like it.'

Le Xi's face went pale instantly.

He had sprayed on perfume specifically to see Lu Jing today, and after learning he was coming to Liang Shining's company, had applied even more.

He hadn't expected Liang Shining to reject it so directly.

A flash of unwillingness crossed Le Xi's eyes. Seeing that all of Liang Shining's attention was on Ying Huai, he tried again, unwilling to give up.

But the next second, a strong force pushed him from behind. Le Xi stumbled a step, turned around, and met Lu Jing's slightly darkened expression.

'Where are you going?' Lu Jing frowned. 'Remember what you came here for today.'

Le Xi lowered his head, quickly suppressing the emotion in his eyes.

'Sorry, Uncle Lu, Shifu doesn't like it, I won't go over again,' Le Xi suddenly looked up at Lu Jing. 'But why is Uncle Lu also still standing so far away?'

Lu Jing's expression darkened.

He suddenly turned and strode up to Ying Huai.

'Xiao Huai?' Lu Jing half-knelt in front of Ying Huai and spoke softly.

He stared at the person before him.

Ying Huai still looked unwell, swaying as if about to collapse, his face as pale as paper.

—But at least he was warm, touchable.

Lu Jing silently exhaled in relief.

Just before, at the Hospital when he had just recovered his memories from his past life, Lu Jing had been entirely filled with panic and regret.

—He didn't know where Ying Huai was, worried he might lose him suddenly again like in his past life, with no chance to make amends.

Only now did Lu Jing's heart settle slightly.

He half-knelt before Ying Huai, tilted his head up slightly, and spoke softly again: 'Xiao Huai.'

Ying Huai looked up somewhat blankly at the sound.

His peach blossom eyes had unconsciously gathered a faint mist from the vomiting earlier, the corners reddened, making him look especially frail.

Lu Jing's heart ached faintly.

He instinctively reached out, but the next second, Lu Jing saw that the weariness in the person's eyes was instantly replaced by wariness upon seeing him.

'Shixiong?' Ying Huai forced himself to sit up straighter, the corners of his lips curving slightly. 'Why is Shixiong here?'

Lu Jing's fingers trembled. He belatedly realized that his presence was forcing the person before him to prop up his sick body to deal with him.

Lu Jing felt as if a hole had been torn open in his chest, cold wind pouring in ceaselessly, tearing the opening wider then closing it again.

'You don't need to be nervous, Xiao Huai, I don't mean anything else,' Lu Jing forced a smile. 'I called you earlier but you didn't pick up, I was worried, so I came...'

'Shixiong was worried about me, so you brought Le Xi along,' Ying Huai interrupted Lu Jing with a half-smile. 'Shixiong's concern is truly—not without reason.'

Lu Jing instantly realized Ying Huai had misunderstood, and hurried to speak: 'No, Xiao Huai, I didn't bring Le Xi here to deliberately make things difficult...'

Before he could finish, he heard Ying Huai speak again in a light tone: 'How did Shixiong know I was here?'

Lu Jing was startled: 'What?'

'Since I didn't answer the phone, it means I didn't want to see Shixiong,' Ying Huai said slowly, his peach blossom eyes curving slightly. 'Why don't Shixiong tell me, how you used other means to specifically come here and show your concern for me.'

Lu Jing's expression stiffened. He looked at Ying Huai, and after a long moment said quietly: 'Live stream.'

Ying Huai raised an eyebrow.

He glanced around and understood instantly.

His coming to Liang Shining's company had been too conspicuous after all. Ying Huai could see that many people around had already started live streaming, craning their necks to look this way.

'So this is also a gift of concern Shixiong sent me?' Ying Huai said with a smile.

Lu Jing grew anxious instantly: 'No, Xiao Huai, these live streams have nothing to do with me, believe me—'

He said while getting up to go shut those streams down, but the next second, heard Ying Huai say casually: 'It doesn't matter, as long as Shixiong believes it himself.'

He pushed Lu Jing aside casually: 'Excuse me, Shixiong, I'm in a hurry to go back and eat ice cream.'

Lu Jing's expression stiffened, and his hand at his side suddenly clenched.

—He suddenly realized that the current Ying Huai didn't care at all what he did.

Let alone the word 'believe.'

Ying Huai coughed softly, and the spirit he had been forcing himself to maintain finally slipped, showing a hint of unfocused weariness.

His vision was spinning, he felt terribly unwell, and with his mind on the ice cream he had secretly hidden away, he really couldn't be bothered with whatever Lu Jing had come to do.

Ying Huai braced himself against the nearby handrail and stood up, intending to walk straight outside.

But the next second, Le Xi, who had been silent, suddenly called out to him: 'Shifu!'

Ying Huai acted as if he hadn't heard, continuing to walk forward.

Le Xi seemed to have anticipated this, stepping directly in front of Ying Huai and pleading softly: 'Shifu, please acknowledge me.'

'I've come to apologize to you, Shifu.' Le Xi said softly.

He glanced at Lu Jing beside him, whose expression was dazed, lost in thought.

A trace of a smile crossed Le Xi's eyes. He quickly said softly: 'I've done too, too many wrong things, I can't list them one by one for Shifu, but I really, truly am very sorry, Shifu.'

He deliberately avoided the matter he had discussed with Lu Jing at the Hospital earlier, but suddenly brought up another incident: 'What happened last time you were hospitalized, I really didn't do it on purpose. I've already explained to my manager and the company that it was a misunderstanding I caused, and the manager didn't blame you, did he?'

Every word Le Xi said was a trap, and his voice gradually grew louder, as if deliberately said for the live streams nearby.

As expected, fans in the Live Stream Chat began to show displeasure.

[Wuwu our baby Le Xi is so good, even though Ying Huai treats him like this, he's still trying to protect Ying Huai.]

[How big is Ying Huai's face, making Le Xi take the fall for him, letting the manager blame him, really ungrateful—]

The moment this comment was sent, the next second, a soft cough was heard from Ying Huai nearby.

'It's fine,' Ying Huai looked at Le Xi and slowly smiled. 'After all, you're the one who brought the reporters, of course it wouldn't be blamed on me.'

Le Xi choked on his words.

He had prepared himself for Ying Huai to fly into a rage, but hadn't expected Ying Huai to speak so casually, effortlessly dissolving his scheming with a few words.

Le Xi clenched his teeth.

He smiled again: 'Oh right, Shifu, I heard from Uncle Lu that you've signed a new Variety Show, that's great, Shifu!'

'But I heard from Uncle Lu that you seem to not want to do this Variety Show, maybe you should reconsider,' Le Xi suddenly said hesitantly. 'Even though it's a small Variety Show, it's still an opportunity...'

Before he could finish, he suddenly saw Ying Huai look down at a document on his phone, then look up somewhat strangely and glance at Liang Shining.

Le Xi was startled, inexplicably feeling something was off.

And the Live Stream Chat had already started scrolling again with Le Xi's words.

[? Ying Huai even deserves to take a Variety Show?]

[Truly disgusting, Ying Huai taking a Variety Show is just to disgust people, right? If it really airs, watch me curse him to death.]

[Sisters, a new way to vent has appeared!]

[Swear Brother: I'm here! I looked into it, this Variety Show should be produced by the Lu Family Group themselves, Ying Huai actually looks down on their own company's Variety Show, what, does he want to be on a Variety Show with Liang Shining—]

The next second, Liang Shining, who had been following behind Ying Huai, suddenly spoke: 'You think this is a small Variety Show?'

Le Xi was startled, not expecting Liang Shining to respond to him. He hesitated, then hurriedly said: 'I didn't mean to mock, Shining gege! I was just worried Shifu felt that way...'

'There's no clear evidence that Ying Huai refused this Variety Show,' Liang Shining said calmly. 'But I notice you don't seem to be on the invitation list for this Variety Show.'

Ying Huai glanced at Liang Shining in some surprise, swallowing the words he had been about to say.

Le Xi's face went pale: 'Shining gege, what do you mean by this?'

He said aggrievedly, 'I was just worried for Shifu...'

Before he could finish, an excited voice suddenly came from the elevator.

'Liang-ge, I've already drafted the contract for the Variety Show collaboration with the Lu Family side.' Li Xiang ran over, panting.

'You can go on a Variety Show with Teacher Ying right away!'

Le Xi: ???

The Live Stream Chat was also instantly confused.

[?? What's going on? Liang Shining wants to go on a Variety Show with Ying Huai?]

[The general situation is, the small Variety Show Le Xi looked down on, Liang Shining ended up joining.]

Some of Liang Shining's fans began to show displeasure: [Le Xi even deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as our Liang-ge, what kind of overreach is this.]

[And I feel like Le Xi has been setting traps for Ying Huai the whole time, good thing our Liang-ge is smart.]

[Le Xi is really disgusting, this is the textbook example of a white lotus being exposed on the spot.]

[Have to say, Swear Brother's mouth is really spiritual, next time there's any prophecy, save one for me too.]

[Swear Brother: ...thanks for the compliment.]

Outside the live stream, Ying Huai closed the Variety Show contract document his manager had sent a few minutes ago, and glanced at Liang Shining.

—He belatedly realized this was probably the 'collaboration' Liang Shining had mentioned to him earlier.

Ying Huai felt something strange in his heart. Looking at the gazes gathering around him, he sighed helplessly.

—He just wanted to sneak some Mint Chocolate Ice Cream back, why was it so hard.

He sighed, hearing Le Xi beside him say in disbelief: 'Why?'