After Xia Zhi asked what the disagreement was, there was a brief silence on the other end of the phone. After about half a minute, Sheng Yingying asked cautiously, "Were you driving just now?"
Xia Zhi: “…”
Sheng Yingying asked in a low voice: "Then is there any incompatibility?"
Xia Zhi raised her eyebrows frivolously and asked calmly, "What do you mean?"
"Just tell me when I ask you?" Sheng Yingying said innocently.
"of course not."
"Tsk~ I knew it!" Sheng Yingying said disdainfully, "How could you, who is so petty, take the initiative to share something like that? You might as well ask Brother Zhixia instead of you."
Xia Zhi curled his lips and joked with his sister for a while, finally not forgetting the main business: "What's the matter with the rumor on the Internet that we don't get along?"
Talking about business, Sheng Yingying stopped laughing and sighed before she spoke: "This matter has to start from the group show you recorded."
"Is it related to the group variety show?" Xia Zhi was a little surprised.
Victoria's group variety show ended some time ago. I heard that the audience response was very good, especially after the last farewell concert was broadcast. Many netizens asked for a quick second season.
However, Xia Zhi happened to be very busy at that time, and he has not watched the later episodes of the show yet, nor has he paid special attention to the audience's feedback and comments. Sheng Yingying told him all this later.
In fact, there were already signs of Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi's relationship problems in the middle of the show. At that time, netizens were all lamenting that the relationship between the five members was still so good after the group disbanded for so many years, and many people envied the friendship that had lasted for ten years.
But in this situation, some netizens noticed that the relationship between Victoria's two former faces did not seem as close as it appeared in front of the camera - when everyone was present, the two of them got along quite normally, but once they were alone, the atmosphere suddenly became different.
In the show, Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi were not often alone, and the few times they were alone were mostly because they had to do so for some objective reasons. Even when they were forced to be alone, the two of them rarely interacted, hardly spoke, and even had very little eye contact.
It stands to reason that when a group has many members, it is normal for the relationships among members to be close or distant. However, it is rare to see people as distant as Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi. They are teammates in the same group, but their relationship is as distant as strangers.
When the show was in its fourth episode, some netizens began to doubt the relationship between the two. However, that episode happened to coincide with Jiang Zhixia revealing that she had a crush on someone, so most netizens were attracted by Jiang Zhixia and not many people paid attention to this matter. In addition, Victoria's fans came out to clarify that Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi had the best relationship when they were in the group and it was impossible for them to have conflicts, so netizens began to suspect that they were being too suspicious.
However, as the show went on, this suspicion gradually lingered in the minds of netizens again. Because in the following episodes, Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi still had little interaction. Not only that, netizens found that the two had fewer shots in the following episodes. Especially Xia Zhi, there were almost no single shots.
At that time, more and more people had noticed the strange atmosphere between the two, but they didn't know what was going on between them.
The last farewell concert not only earned the tears of the fans at the scene, but also moved the audience. Netizens were moved by the two-way relationship between the members and the fans, but also felt sorry that such an excellent group had been buried for so many years. So after the show ended, not only were the fans reluctant to part, but many netizens were also upset about Victoria's disbandment, and some even suggested that Chuanxing take this opportunity to let Victoria reunite and make a comeback.
This proposal was approved by many netizens and even became a hot search. It was also liked by the official blog of Chuanxing. Netizens were very surprised and thought that Victoria had a chance to reunite. Marketing accounts also began to spread the news that Chuanxing was interested in reunifying Victoria.
Seeing that the rumors were getting more and more outrageous, Chuanxing had to come out and clarify in person - denying the so-called Victoria reorganization plan, and saying that Victoria has become a thing of the past. After today, the name Victoria will be sealed forever, and the members will no longer participate in activities under the name of Victoria.
As soon as this statement came out, netizens who had originally held on to their fantasies were immediately disheartened. Everyone was disappointed and confused - why is it impossible for Victoria to reunite
At this time, someone suddenly came out online and revealed that Victoria could not possibly reunite because of internal disagreements among the members, and they were not as harmonious and friendly as they appeared on the show.
The netizens were all shocked, but they did not believe the man's words. The whistleblower had to continue to expose the news, directly naming the two members who were not getting along in private - he was talking about Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi. He also revealed that Victoria disbanded because of the two people's private disagreement, which affected the harmony within the group.
As soon as this rumor was exposed, it immediately caused a huge stir. Netizens were skeptical at first, but as Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi were both dragged into the topic circle, some netizens' previous complaints about the two not interacting on the show also attracted everyone's attention. The authenticity of this rumor immediately increased, and more and more people chose to believe it.
For a time, the topic of Jiang Zhixia and Xia Zhi's private disagreement became a hot topic, and netizens speculated about the reasons for their disagreement. Even overnight, many insiders emerged and broke the news.
Some people say that Xia Zhi and Jiang Zhixia didn't get along when they were still in the group, because Jiang Zhixia was extremely confident in her appearance and couldn't accept sharing the identity of a group with others, so she often made trouble for Xia Zhi in private. Although the group later disbanded, the two of them had too much resentment and have not reconciled for so many years. The two agreed to appear on the show together out of interest, and it was also a requirement of the script that they acted harmoniously and lovingly in front of the camera. In fact, the two often quarreled behind the camera. In the later episodes, Xia Zhi had almost no solo shots, and Jiang Zhixia forced the program team to cut them out.
However, others said that the discord between the two was not because Jiang Zhixia was jealous of Xia Zhi, but because Xia Zhi had snatched his girlfriend when they were in the group before.
The whistleblower revealed that Jiang Zhixia had a girlfriend when he was a trainee, and they had a good relationship. Jiang Zhixia even brought his girlfriend to meet the members. Unexpectedly, this meeting was bad. Because after meeting the members, his girlfriend immediately fell in love with Xia Zhi. It just so happened that Xia Zhi had always been dissatisfied with Jiang Zhixia's superiority in everything, and had been thinking about revenge on him. After discovering that Jiang Zhixia's girlfriend seemed to be interested in him, he thought this was a good way to take revenge on Jiang Zhixia, so he snatched his girlfriend away. Later, the affair between the two was exposed, and Jiang Zhixia was furious and fought with Xia Zhi directly backstage.
Although these two pieces of gossip sound outrageous, the two whistleblowers spoke very seriously and revealed many details, which made netizens hesitant for a while - who should they believe
"This is too outrageous! Which third-rate novel did these revelations come from? There's even a plot about stealing a girlfriend!" Xiao Han was dumbfounded by the revelations on Weibo. "The marketing accounts that reveled these revelations are all the same, talking nonsense, preferring traffic to conscience. You can't even trust a punctuation mark in what they say. Anyone who believes them is an idiot." Cheng Yunan said.
"You two are quite interesting. Your relationship hasn't even been exposed yet, but your relationship is already in conflict." Sang Luo took a sip of coffee elegantly. "To be honest, it's your own fault. If you hadn't quarreled in the beginning, there wouldn't be so many messes now. What are you going to do now?"
"Hmm..." Xia Zhi sat on the chair in the study room with her legs crossed, her right hand resting on the armrest and her chin. In front of her was a mobile phone, with the camera turned on, chatting with Sang Luo, Cheng Yunan and Xiao Han in the group video chat.
Jiang Zhixia had to shoot a night scene today, and she probably wouldn't be back until the late night. After work, Xia Zhixia ordered a takeaway for dinner, and then went to the study to read. However, she had only read a few lines when Cheng Yunan started a video chat in the group.
Sang Luo had also returned home from get off work and was taking a bath with a glass of red wine beside him, which he would take a sip from time to time; Xiao Han was wearing a headset and multitasking, playing games and chatting at the same time; Cheng Yunan was tidying up the house, his wife was in the children's room with their daughter, and he was wearing an apron and diligently mopping the floor and wiping the table in the living room.
Xia Zhi grunted and then fell silent. His eyes were a little dazed, as if he was in a daze.
Cheng Yunan and Xiao Han were busy with their own things and were not staring at the camera. Sang Luo, on the other hand, was looking at his phone, so he raised his hand and tapped twice on the camera of his phone to remind Xia Zhi who was in a trance.
"Stop it, just tell me what you think."
"How should I know?" Xia Zhi's tone seemed indifferent, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. "Zhixia is filming a night scene today and hasn't come back yet."
After Cheng Yunan finished mopping the floor, he wrung out the rag and started to wipe the coffee table. His cell phone was placed on a corner of the coffee table. While working hard, he suggested: "Why don't you take this opportunity to make it public."
"I agree!" Xiao Han's keyboard clacking continued as he spoke. He just showed them his side profile without even turning his head. "You two are going to make it public anyway, so why not choose a day? Now is a good opportunity. This way, your relationship will be public and the rumors will be dispelled. It's like killing two birds with one stone!"
"This is indeed a good idea, what do you think?" Sang Luo asked Xia Zhi.
"Let's wait until Zhixia comes back." Xia Zhi didn't answer directly, "I've already retired from the entertainment industry. Even if we really don't get along, this incident won't have any impact on me. In the end, it's all about Zhixia."
"How can it have no impact?" Sang Luo said with a knowing expression, "There should be quite a few entertainment reporters calling to interview you."
Xia Zhi curled his lips, his smile a little helpless, but he did not deny it.
When Xiao Han and Cheng Yunan heard that a reporter was harassing Xia Zhi, they were shocked and angry.
Xiao Han even stopped playing games and leaned in front of the camera with his eyes wide open: "Xia Xia, are there a lot of reporters harassing you? How did they know your number?"
Xia Zhi shook his head and guessed, "Probably through the school. Many people know my contact information, so it's not surprising that they can find me."
"These paparazzi are really omnipresent. They are more annoying than flies." Cheng Yunan suggested, "How about changing the card?"
"I'm afraid it won't work. This is my work number and I can't change it easily." Xia Zhi said indifferently, "Forget it, it's only temporary. I'll be fine once this matter is resolved."
At this time, Sang Luo suddenly asked: "Are only reporters looking for you?"
Xia Zhi pulled the corner of his mouth and asked inexplicably: "Who else?"
Sang Luo narrowed his eyes, because Xia Zhi's expression was briefly unnatural before she smiled, and it was obvious that she was not telling the truth. However, he did not expose her in person.
The four of them chatted online for more than an hour, but in the end they still hadn't come up with a reliable solution.
It was almost eleven o'clock when they finished chatting. Xia Zhi turned off the video and prepared to go back to her room to sleep. Just as she was about to leave, another work phone on the desk suddenly vibrated twice.
Xia Zhi stopped and stared at the message prompt on the screen for a long time. He sighed lightly and picked up his phone to check.
He only read the first line of the long message without reading any further. He simply blocked and deleted the message. His actions were smooth and flowing, and it was obvious that he had done this countless times.
Xia Zhi went back to the room, took a shower and went to bed. However, he was no longer sleepy because of the text message he received just now. He stared at the ceiling in a daze.
Time passed minute by minute, and Xia Zhi didn't know how long he had been looking. His eyes were sore from staying open for so long, but as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with malicious abusive text messages.
Xia Zhi sat up and took the phone from the bedside table. It was already two o'clock in the morning and Jiang Zhixia hadn't come back yet. Just as she was about to call to ask, she heard the sound of a door opening outside.
Xia Zhi threw back the quilt, got out of bed, and walked out of the bedroom in slippers.
Jiang Zhixia just came in from outside, and probably worried about disturbing him, so she closed the door very slowly and gently. As a result, when he turned around, he saw Xia Zhi standing at the bedroom door.
Jiang Zhixia frowned: "Why haven't you slept yet?"
Xia Zhi scratched his hair and explained, "I drank two cups of tea at night and couldn't sleep."
Jiang Zhixia walked up to him and asked softly, "Working overtime again?"
"No, I had a video chat with Sang Luo and the others for more than an hour." Xia Zhi explained.
"What did you talk about?"
"Nothing to talk about." Xia Zhi answered vaguely, changing the subject without leaving any trace, "I'm hungry."
"Then I'll make you some wontons for dinner?" Jiang Zhixia asked, "It's a bit late, and eating too much will cause indigestion."
"Oh." Xia Zhi had no objection, and after thinking for a moment, he added, "Put more dried shrimps in it."
"Okay." Jiang Zhixia reached out and pinched his cheek, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen.
"Why don't you just not eat?" Xia Zhi stood behind him and reached out to tug at the hem of his shirt. "You've been filming all day and you must be tired. Stop it. I'll just have a piece of bread and a few bites."
"It's okay. I took a nap in the car on the way back, so I'm not very tired." Jiang Zhixia smiled slightly, "I'm a little hungry too, so I'll have a midnight snack and then take a shower. I'll take a rest tomorrow, so it's okay to go to bed late."
Xia Zhi didn't say anything else. He stared at Jiang Zhixia's back for a while, then suddenly reached out and hugged his waist from behind.
"Are you sleepy?" Jiang Zhixia freed one hand and held the hands around his waist.
"No, I just want to hug you." Xia Zhi put her face on his back and rubbed it gently, "You are so good to me."
Jiang Zhixia laughed: "I'm your boyfriend, isn't it natural for me to be nice to you? Why are you so touched?"
Xia Zhi didn't say anything, but just silently tightened his hands.
Jiang Zhixia had made wontons by himself during his break. Xia Zhixia loved eating them and was always smiling from ear to ear. But today he seemed a little down, and didn't smile much while eating the wontons.
It was not until then that Jiang Zhixia finally noticed that something was wrong with him. She stared at his face for a while, and her brows slowly furrowed.
"Did you know what happened on the Internet?"
"Yeah." Xia Zhi ate a small wonton with a calm expression, "Yingying told me, I didn't look it up online myself."
"There's no need to go and see." Jiang Zhixia felt relieved. "They are just meaningless rumors."
"Yeah." Xia Zhi looked up and asked, "Is it directed at you?"
"I don't know." Seeing that the wontons in his bowl were almost finished, Jiang Zhixia took half of them from her own bowl and comforted him, "Don't worry, I will take care of it."
"Oh." Xia Zhi scooped up a wonton and stuffed it into his mouth, still with little smile on his face.
Seeing that he was not paying attention while eating, Jiang Zhixia simply took his bowl and fed him.
Xia Zhi ate the wontons that Jiang Zhixia fed him personally, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
After supper, Xia Zhi washed up and went back to bed. Jiang Zhixia also went into the bathroom to take a shower.
It was almost three o'clock when Jiang Zhixia came out of the shower. Xia Zhi was still asleep. Her eyes were clear and bright, and they followed him around.
Jiang Zhixia also got on the bed, and as soon as he lay down, Xia Zhi leaned over and put one leg on his leg, ready to sleep. However, after closing his eyes for a long time, he still couldn't fall asleep.
Jiang Zhixia raised her hand and gently rubbed the slightly red corners of his eyes, and said helplessly: "I didn't know that the tea at home has such a good refreshing effect."
Xia Zhi's insomnia was not only due to the tea, but also to those text messages. However, he was not going to tell him about this. He just banged his head against his chest in distress and said, "I have to go to work tomorrow."
Jiang Zhixia sighed, held down his lover who was banging his head against his chest, and turned over to press on him.
Xia Zhi immediately understood his intention, raised her hand and rubbed his cheek, a little helpless: "You still have the mind to do this kind of thing, aren't you tired?"
"Don't you want to sleep?" Jiang Zhixia lowered her head and bit his lower lip lightly, "I was obviously trying to coax you to sleep."
"Are you sure you're trying to coax me to sleep instead of causing trouble?" Xia Zhi glanced at the window. "It will probably be daybreak by the time we're done, so why would I sleep then?"
Although Xia Zhi was just stating a fact, he was also praising Jiang Zhixia in disguise.
Jiang Zhixia was happy, and the corners of her mouth raised an obvious arc. She couldn't help but lower her head and kissed him on the lips again, and said with a smile: "I will do it once, and I will make sure you fall asleep before dawn."
"So confident?" Xia Zhi asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Jiang Zhixia lifted the collar of Xia Zhi's pajamas and began to work on her fair and delicate skin. "Every time we finished, you fell asleep right after touching the pillow."
Xia Zhi cooperated by tilting his neck back without objecting - because he was really tired, and was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes after finishing.
I really can't understand those young couples who say they want to cuddle and whisper for an hour after sex. Are their men so useless? They even have the energy to chat after sex!
This was the last complete consciousness that existed in Xia Zhi’s mind that night.
Jiang Zhixia really kept his promise and finished this exhilarating exercise before dawn. Xia Zhi was also so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, without even a dream.
Xia Zhi only slept for four hours that night and was woken up by Jiang Zhixia at nine o'clock. But fortunately, the quality of sleep was very good, so he looked in good spirits.
Jiang Zhixia made him another cup of coffee.
"I'll take you to school?" Jiang Zhixia handed him the coffee, "This way you can catch up on some sleep in the car."
Xia Zhi finished his coffee in one breath, wiped his mouth, and said, "No need, I'll take a taxi directly to school, I'll leave the car to you."
Jiang Zhixia was originally worried that it would be unsafe for Xia Zhi to drive while still asleep, but since Xia Zhi decided to take a taxi to work, he didn't say anything. When Jiang Zhixia was not filming at home, Xia Zhi would occasionally take a taxi to work and leave the car to him.
After breakfast, Jiang Zhixia sent Xia Zhi downstairs to take the bus. The two said goodbye at the gate of the community, and then Jiang Zhixia went to a nearby supermarket to buy vegetables and meat before going home.
After returning home, Jiang Zhixia started to clean the house again. They were both busy with work these days, and the house hadn't been cleaned for a while. Xia Zhi was usually busy with work, and Jiang Zhixia was reluctant to let him do housework, so he basically took care of all the big and small chores at home.
Because of her mother's physical condition, she couldn't do housework, so Jiang Zhixia had been helping her mother with housework since she was in elementary school. These things were easy to do and not troublesome. After cleaning the house, it was time for lunch. Jiang Zhixia ate lunch alone, so she just cooked a bowl of noodles. After lunch, she went into the study to read.
Xia Zhi was the one who used the computer in the study room, but Jiang Zhixia also went into the study room quite often. Usually when Xia Zhi was working in the study room, he would come in to keep him company, make a pot of tea and read a book for the whole day.
Jiang Zhixia was reading quietly when he suddenly heard two buzzing sounds, like the vibration of a cell phone. He glanced at the cell phone at hand, which was quiet. However, the next second, the buzzing sound rang again, and it was not his cell phone. Jiang Zhixia put down the book and searched around the room, and finally found a cell phone on the desk.
Jiang Zhixia knew that Xia Zhi usually carried two mobile phones with him, one for personal use and the other for work. The one on the table happened to be the work phone.
Xia Zhi's work phone is on standby 24 hours a day. Since he has to deal with countless work information every day, he always carries his work phone with him. This is the first time he has forgotten to bring it with him.
Jiang Zhixia thought that the fool was still looking for his phone, so he decided to go and deliver it to him. But as soon as he picked up the phone, he got a call from an unfamiliar number with no notes.
Worried that it was important work content, he picked up the phone, but did not speak immediately after answering.
The other party spoke without waiting for him to speak.
"Hello, is this Mr. Xia Zhi? I'm a reporter from Big Eyes Entertainment. We would like to arrange an interview with you. Is it convenient for you?"
Jiang Zhixia frowned. He knew about Big Eyes Entertainment. It was a third-party media that specialized in digging into the privacy of artists. It had a very bad reputation in the industry. They often set traps during interviews and deliberately guided the interviewees to say things that could be easily misinterpreted. Many artists in the circle had been tricked by them.
Big Eye Entertainment must have approached Xia Zhi because of something on the Internet. I guess they didn't have any good intentions this time.
The person on the other end waited for a while but no one spoke, so he asked again: "Mr. Xia, are you listening? Do you have time recently? It's just a short interview, it won't take you long."
Jiang Zhixia waited patiently for him to finish speaking before saying coldly, "You've dialed the wrong number." Then he hung up the phone.
Jiang Zhixia thought of the two text messages he had just received, and was worried that they were harassing messages from the reporters again, so he clicked on them and took a look. However, the content of the text messages shocked and angered him.
[Who do you think you are? You dare to compete with Jiang Zhixia! Don't think that being a professor makes you superior. So what if you have a high degree? You are just a hypocritical hypocrite! ]
Jiang Zhixia only read the first sentence, and his face suddenly darkened, his eyes cold. He didn't read any more, and with a sullen face, he blocked the number and deleted the two text messages.
After doing all this, his face was already cold as ice.
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Jiang Zhixia returned home too late last night and did not prepare a lunch box for Xia Zhi for the next day, so Xia Zhi had to eat out today.
However, Xia Zhi had been eating Jiang Zhixia's cooking every day during this period, and his appetite had been spoiled. He began to dislike the food in the school cafeteria and outside restaurants. He would rather stay in the office and eat bread than eat a bite of food outside.
While chewing on bread, I suddenly heard a commotion outside the window, as if some students were gathering downstairs.
Xia Zhi was bored, so he walked to the window with a piece of bread in his mouth to watch the fun.
At this time, there were about 200 people gathered in the open space in front of the teaching building, mostly girls. The crowd was packed with people, and everyone was holding their phones, with the cameras pointed at the same place, as if they were taking pictures of someone.
Xia Zhi felt that this scene was somewhat familiar, as if a popular idol who played the leading role had enjoyed this treatment when a crew came to U University to borrow the scenery for filming not long ago. So he couldn't help but be curious - which popular idol was coming this time
Xia Zhi took a bite of bread, squinted his eyes and looked for the popular idol in the center of the crowd, wanting to see if he knew him. But when he saw him, he was so shocked that he almost dropped the bread in his hand.
At this time, the girls' excited screams also came up.
"Ahh Jiang Zhixia!"
"Fuck it, it's really Jiang Zhixia!"
“Ahhhh!”
Xia Zhi was startled by the yelling, and said to himself "Oh no!" He threw the bread and ran downstairs.
(End of this chapter)