Chapter 095: This Is Not an April Fool’s Joke

After Jiang Yao returned to her room, the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.

Luo Yixian had no telling how much he had said to Ye Yiyi behind her back to drive a wedge between them.

A man like that was the sort who was always brainwashing people.

Ye Yiyi was naturally innocent and trusting; if this went on, she would only sink deeper and deeper.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yao could not help but lightly slap her own face. “Jiang Yao, Jiang Yao, have you lost your mind? She was the one who was not thinking straight and quarreled with you, and you went and argued with her too! What you should be doing is pulling her back, that is what matters!”

With that, she collapsed onto the bed, staring up at the ceiling without blinking, completely unable to feel sleepy.

She decided that first thing in the morning, she would find Ye Yiyi and clear the air.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Jiang Yao got up and went to Ye Yiyi’s door.

“Yiyi, are you up?” she asked softly, knocking gently. “Yiyi?”

No one answered from inside.

The door had not been fully shut either, left ajar by a narrow crack.

“I’m coming in, Yiyi.” Jiang Yao pushed it open softly, and the sight before her made her freeze.

The room was empty. Every single one of Ye Yiyi’s belongings was gone.

It looked like she really had moved out...

Jiang Yao stood there in a daze, then yanked hard at her own hair twice. “Mad, this is really mad...”

She hurriedly took out her phone and called Ye Yiyi.

All she got in return was the message that the phone had been switched off.

Anxious, Jiang Yao paced twice around the room, then called Cheng Yanchi. “Cheng Yanchi, can you get in touch with Ye Yiyi?”

“She didn’t tell you?” Cheng Yanchi asked.

“Tell me what?” Jiang Yao frowned.

Cheng Yanchi sounded helpless. “Two days ago, we had another fight. Since then, she’s blocked me.”

Jiang Yao was stunned.

The Ye Yiyi of the past, no matter how badly she fought with Cheng Yanchi, would never have blocked him.

The Ye Yiyi of the past would always tell Jiang Yao everything at once, and would never have said what she said last night.

But everything had quietly changed after Ye Yiyi met Luo Yixian.

What exactly had happened during this time, and what role had Luo Yixian played in it?

Jiang Yao called He Yunqing next.

“Mm.” The magnetic voice on the other end reached her.

A little anxiously, Jiang Yao said, “Do you have a way to help me arrange a meeting with Luo Yixian?”

“Hm?” He Yunqing seemed to be speaking to her while busy with something else. “Yao, you suddenly call me, just to see another man?”

Jiang Yao: “...”

Listening to it that way, it did seem a little off.

She scratched her head. “I really do have something important. Ye Yiyi moved out, and I’m worried about her. I want to see whether she’s with Luo Yixian right now.”

After hearing this, He Yunqing comforted her softly, “Miss Ye is an adult. She should have her own judgment in everything. There shouldn’t be any major problems in the short term. If you’re truly worried, I can ask my agent to help make the introduction.”

With those words from He Yunqing, Jiang Yao felt much more at ease. “All right.”

After He Yunqing ended the call, he looked up to find his agent, Sister Cai, watching him with an inquiring gaze.

“Yunqing, you can’t really be dating, can you?”

Sister Cai frowned tightly and pushed a photo over to He Yunqing.

In the photo, He Yunqing was eating noodles at a small noodle shop, and the woman sitting across from him was none other than Jiang Yao.

He Yunqing looked at the photo, and his brow furrowed slightly.

“Outrageous,” the man said.

“You think so too, right?” Sister Cai shook her head helplessly. “They’re trying to spread rumors based on just one photo, but how this photo even got...”

Before the last words had left her mouth, He Yunqing said slowly, “It’s truly outrageous to have taken someone so badly in the picture.”

“Yunqing!” Sister Cai said in disbelief. “At a time like this, you’re still thinking about that? If a rumor like this gets out, do you know how big an impact it could have?”

“Who said this is a rumor?” He Yunqing asked in return.

Sister Cai was still talking to herself, and it took her a moment to realize what he meant. Then her eyes widened in shock. “You mean... it’s true?”

He Yunqing nodded calmly.

Sister Cai immediately clutched her chest. “Wait, wait. Say it slowly. I’m getting on in years, and my heart isn’t all that great.”

“I’m dating her.”

What difference could speaking any sentence more slowly really make?

Sister Cai’s eyes rolled back, and she flopped onto the sofa. It took her quite a while to recover enough to sit up again. “Yunqing, today is not April Fool’s Day. This isn’t some April Fool’s joke, is it?”

“Of course not.”

“Yunqing, have you lost your mind?” Sister Cai pressed a hand to her forehead. “Do you know you’re in the rising stage of your career right now? How can you get yourself a girlfriend at a time like this? And how could you be so careless as to get photographed?”

“What’s the problem?” He Yunqing said lightly. “I’m an actor, a singer, not an idol.”

Speechless, Sister Cai stood up and paced twice around the room before looking at him again. “Even so, you can’t start dating without telling me first. Do you know how many people among your fans are supporting you as a romantic fantasy? And do you know how many deranged fans you have? If this gets out, how many followers do you think you’ll lose?”

As she spoke, Sister Cai took out her phone and prepared to search. “What’s her name?”

If the other party happened to be some young lady from a prominent family, then there might still be room to maneuver.

“No need to look her up. She’s a nobody. Just an ordinary person.”

“What?” Sister Cai was even more shocked. “Yunqing, with your kind of standing, you chose an ordinary person? I really want to know what on earth is going through your head. Or maybe you just think she looks decent and are playing around with her? That would be easier. Just cut ties with her immediately.”

“I’m not playing around. I’m serious,” He Yunqing said quietly.

His tone was utterly calm, yet every word struck like a blow.

Sister Cai was so angry she could not speak for a moment. “Yunqing, you’ve been in this industry for years now. There are many times when you have to weigh the pros and cons. Even if I don’t say it, you know that yourself. This time, they didn’t choose to expose it directly, but instead brought the photo to me. What does that mean? It means there is still a chance to handle this. Don’t wait until the photo is truly exposed, because then it will be trouble.”

With the solemnity of a concerned elder, Sister Cai continued, “How about this: let’s set a time and have a meal with that chief reporter. We’ll talk it through properly and see how we can get them to agree to hand over all the photos to us.”