Chapter 285: 100% Melon-Eating Crew

Lu Han was genuinely online eating melons, so he liked Bai Liang's Weibo post so fast.

I'm on a date with my girlfriend today~

When a couple is in love, they usually do just a few things, and the end result is always in bed—and celebrities in love are even more different from ordinary people.

Many things simply can't be done; you're basically stuck in bed~

Eating melons is a great "post-exercise meal," and Guan Xiaotong happens to have an extremely gossipy personality.

But when a couple gossips together, it's literally supposed to happen after exercise.

Not during it.

So today, Lu Han was a bit resentful toward Bai Liang.

Fuck, who can stand it when their girlfriend is intimately close to them, yet keeps glancing at her phone every now and then?

She's looking at other men's stuff—no, wait, maybe even photos of other men. Isn't that a kind of NTR?

"I'm sorry! I won't dare do it again next time—I just couldn't resist~"

After her heartfelt apology, Lu Han felt somewhat better, but still thought Bai Liang was truly despicable!

If he'd actually announced it officially, it wouldn't matter—we'd all be fellow sufferers then.

But it's still fake.

Yet at this moment, Guan Xiaotong excitedly opened her phone again: "Bai Liang's mom is so beautiful! You'd never guess they're mother and son—no wonder everyone thought she was his outside-the-industry girlfriend."

"He hasn't had plastic surgery; his parents' looks must be top-notch~"

After a long discussion, they'd rested enough, and Lu Han decided to continue.

But Guan Xiaotong reached for her phone again.

Lu Han:???

How about I video-call Bai Liang? You two chat about him while we keep going? Let Bai Liang feel fully involved, how's that?

Guan Xiaotong grinned sheepishly: "I'm wrong! I won't dare again."

I'll eat this melon tomorrow instead~

Unlike Lu Han's disbelief, after Bai Liang posted that Weibo, his fans and all the CP fans went wild.

The rain has cleared and the sun is out!

Good good good, this is the outcome?!

Mom? Mom's great!

"Is his mom really that beautiful? No wonder the paparazzi mistook her for his outside-the-industry girlfriend!"

"Hahaha, I'm dying—someone said they look like a married couple? The son looks like his mom—it's only natural!"

"So are those paparazzi even competent? They dare fabricate rumors that he's dating just because he's shopping with his mom? Pure lies~ I still support the studio suing him!"

"Big Immortal, I've got a question—does your mom have a boyfriend?"

"From now on, we'll address each other properly—I'll call you brother, and you call me…"

"Is there the most beautiful mom in the entertainment industry? One who can be mistaken for an ordinary outsider girlfriend—she must be over forty, but looks no older than thirty, and her skin is so well-maintained!"

"Damn, that paparazzo is really shameless—did he even use beauty filters?"

"No filters—he was exposed before; people dug up that his mom is at least thirty, yet someone started rumors it was a May-December romance."

"May-December is already normal—some even claimed she's a rich woman keeping him. Lucky for her she's beautiful, or they'd say even worse things!"

"Mommy! Mommy, it's me! What kind of daughter-in-law do you like?!"

"Oh no, a massive family-reunion scene has erupted—these women have gone insane~"

"I'm not here to claim kinship—I'm here to recommend our Reba~ hehehe~"

"Can you please get lost, upstairs? I recognize your ID—you weren't the one who jumped out earlier saying you wanted to cut ties? Now you're shamelessly crawling back—what's your connection to them?! You're a spinning top spirit—what elder would ever like that? They'd prefer someone gentle and sweet like Zha~"

"Hmph, Gu Li Na Zha is a green tea! Elders hate girls like that the most."

"Um… Bai Liang himself said his mom likes Li Yitong—Tongtong played the female second lead in 'The Longest Day in Chang'an'! Could this be why he went to see her?!"

"Mom also likes Sister Tian Tian! Upstairs, remind you—your Tongtong finished filming over two weeks ago~"

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After Bai Liang posted that Weibo, what was supposed to be the biggest entertainment gossip of the past half-year clearly turned into a misunderstanding.

And as expected, more CP fans started fighting below.

This time, their fight was over… the mother's approval.

Although the romance rumor was gone, the event remained lively.

After all, there was a "new character" entering the scene~

So… did that paparazzo still "succeed"?

After all, he personally sparked such a massive fan war—on some level, his goal was achieved.

But he himself felt strangely off~

He suddenly remembered what fellow paparazzi said: Bai Liang is weird—you can't get any real dirt on him.

By "can't get any real dirt," they didn't mean Bai Liang is mysterious or hard to find.

It's said some paparazzi have actually seen Bai Liang kissing Di Li Reba outside a hotel.

But it's always just "it's said"—not a single photo has ever been captured, not even a blurry one, and rumors even claim one camera got destroyed.

Other reporters have also "caught" Bai Liang meeting certain female stars or acting intimately in private—but not a single usable photo has ever surfaced to make any money from.

Isn't that just weird?

Like some urban legend.

Of course, in the future, there will surely be more stubborn or rookie paparazzi who want to test their luck.

After all, compared to other celebrities who truly have no dirt, Bai Liang is a huge target—tons of big stories are just sitting there, waiting for them to prove them.

Big scoop?

There's a big scoop!

Bai Liang's sudden emergence completely stole all the attention that had once belonged to one person.

That's right—it's Dou Xiao Cui.

He had been passionately arguing online with Xiao Gangbao and others, drawing massive eyeballs.

Then Fan Bingbing joined in, and Dou Xiao Cui ended up scolding her too.

But just as the "battle" was about to escalate further, and Dou Xiao Cui hesitated over whether to unleash something devastating to teach these bastards a lesson, Bai Liang's romantic scandal surfaced and instantly snatched away all the attention.

This caused Dou Xiao Cui to turn his gaze toward Bai Liang.

Funny enough, he just happened to know one thing.

This top-tier idol, the newly crowned billion-dollar box office king, the hottest young actor in the entertainment circle right now—didn't he also receive some suspicious contract?

So here's the question: Dou Xiao Cui was curious—did Bai Liang sign it or not?

Did he collude with these people and take money he shouldn't have?

Dou Xiao Cui turned off the lights and lit a cigarette.

His face flickered between light and shadow under the computer's glow, his entire body motionless like a statue.

Only the cigarette burned silently.

Before this cigarette burned out, he made his decision—he would topple the entertainment circle!

—

The next day, the sunlight was brilliant.

The blinding sunlight seemed to disperse many shadows lurking in corners, forcing the rats in the sewers to shrink deeper still.

But those too slow—or with nowhere left to retreat—could only lie exposed under the scorching sun!

Perhaps the mouse traps were too sticky, or perhaps there was no retreat left.

That emaciated old cat was staring at them with unblinking eyes!

At noon today, Director Jiao arrived at the "Qing Yu Nian" set.

Unlike the "succubus" Sister Yanzi had seen before, Jiao looked like someone with severe social anxiety.

Introverted, reclusive.

That was Sister Yanzi's label for him.

But she also noticed something familiar—just like Guo Fan, there was light in his eyes!

Jiao wanted to first go over the lines with Bai Liang's mother; she was voicing Yin Fu Ren, the mother of Nezha.

Bai Liang still had filming to do, so he merely exchanged a brief greeting with Director Jiao, enough to acknowledge each other.

Yet even during this fleeting encounter, Sister Yanzi guarded against any possible "money scams"!

Meanwhile, Dou Xiao Cui posted a Weibo mocking Fan Fan Bingbing's acceptance of the National Spirit Achievement Award. His comment: "One dares to post it, one dares to accept it."

Perhaps to retaliate, Fan Fan Bingbing quickly posted another Weibo, promoting "Mobile 2" again, with the caption: "On the set of the movie 'Mobile 2'! Wu Yue is happy!" and attached a selfie.

Fiery red lips, short wavy hair~

Clearly, she was genuinely happy!

Since Dou Xiao Cui had suddenly gone quiet after posting dozens of Weibos the day before, she probably thought he'd given up~

But she didn't know that some fists retract just to strike back harder.

Likewise, Bai Liang's mother on the "Qing Yu Nian" set was also happy—on one hand, she was doing her beloved voice work again; on the other, during meals, she kept smiling as she read the comments on Weibo.

"Wow! So many people are calling me 'Mama-in-law'! Little fans are so cute!"

Hearing this, Mencius immediately warned Bai Liang's mother.

"Just glance at what fans say—those sweet-talking ones might have been the ones who insulted him and you yesterday."

"It's fine," Bai Liang's mother replied. "Just read what you like to read." She said she didn't care at all.

Her carefree attitude left listeners stunned—it felt strangely familiar.

At that moment, Bai Liang's mother patted Mencius's head. "Don't take online stuff too seriously. Just live your own life. Little Meng, you're so beautiful—you should smile more."

Clearly, she knew how badly Meng Jie had been bullied online before.

Meng Jie: Waaah~ Mom is so good! Just like a little hedgehog!

No single character, no single word, no single content, no single glance!

She couldn't help but suggest: "Sister, let's go sing karaoke tonight~"

"Great!"

Li Yitong, who was eating, nearly choked, her face full of:????

Bai Liang firmly declined the karaoke night—he couldn't bear to endure Meng Jie's "Jade Voice Broadcast" again.

But he did chat with Director Jiao.

This introverted animated film director had a noticeably downturned mouth even when expressionless, looking utterly gloomy.

But the moment he spoke about his film's content, his facial expressions suddenly became vivid and lively.

As for voice acting, Bai Liang was naturally cast as Nezha—but not the child version with lots of lines, rather the teenage Nezha after his transformation.

That version had few lines—almost none, really.

Hmm. Teenage phase, silence is normal.

Originally, it was decided this way: Bai Liang was just tagging along to support his mom.

But after hearing Bai Liang's normal speaking voice, Jiao wanted him to voice Ao Bing—the third prince of the Dragon King.

Hey, central air conditioning voicing a warm-hearted dragon—perfect professional match.

Besides, using two different voices for voice acting wasn't hard for Bai Liang—his mother loved voice acting, so he'd picked up a bit himself~

Yanzi: "Sometimes you just have to admire these directors' talent for freeloading."

Fortunately, Director Jiao Zi wasn't as "shameless" as Guo Fan. Although he did bring up issues like tight production budgets, under Yanzi's watchful glare, he never once uttered the word "begging."

The introverted contestant took a heavy hit—completely countered by Yanzi.

However, just when Yanzi was proudly feeling she'd successfully "protected" her own Xiao Bai-ge this time, within two days she learned some "terrible news."

Mhm, Xiao Bai-ge really hadn't been scammed out of money, but that bastard director Director Jiao Zi actually "scammed" an investment out of Bai Mama!

A full thirty million!

You animal. Weren't you supposed to be introverted and antisocial?!

These directors who didn't come from film school backgrounds—it's unclear how good their directing skills are, but their begging abilities are certainly top-notch!

Even more formidable than Xu Zheng, that old fox of the industry, and impossible to guard against.

Yanzi couldn't help but chime in: "Auntie, investing in movies is very risky~"

Hearing this, Bai Mama paused for a moment. "Really? I didn't know that~ But Director Director Jiao Zi looks so serious, I feel like he should be pretty reliable, right, son?"

Bai Liang: "Huh? Right~"

Right about what?!

Yanzi helplessly held her forehead. Guard against everything imaginable, yet never expected Bai Mama to be just like her son—trusting strangers so easily?

You know, Bai Liang still has so much money "locked up" in that *The Wandering Earth* project.

This Spring Festival is going to be his "trial."

"It's fine, Yanzi, I'm really good at investing!" Bai Mama suddenly declared confidently.

"Really?"

"Really, I've basically never lost money, mhm—anyway, anything related to the little handsome guy, I've never lost money on."

Hearing this, Yanzi realized she still didn't know what Xiao Bai-ge's family actually did, or how much money they had.

Thirty million pulled out just like that—Bai Mama is truly hiding her depths!

Regarding this, Bai Mama didn't hold anything back either. "Just tinkering here, tinkering there. Our family originally ran a supermarket. Back then there were people doing malicious competition—business wars are so scary."

"Running a supermarket involves business wars?"

"Yes! And they were all pretty underhanded tactics, completely different from TV dramas." Bai Mama seemed to harbor deep grievances about this—otherwise she wouldn't still remember it to this day.

"So did you win in the end?"

"Won, of course?"

"How did you win?!"

Before Yanzi could imagine some powerful businesswoman's epic commercial battle, Bai Mama giggled. "The little handsome guy was in kindergarten back then. On his way home from school he really had to pee, couldn't make it home in time, so he peed on their money tree and killed it~"

Yanzi:???

Does this make any sense?

Bai Liang: I think I hear someone talking bad about me? Don't dig up these "embarrassing histories" to gossip about~

Sure enough, Meng Jie and the others' eyes lit up, each one clearly secretly taking notes.

As for the matter of killing someone's money tree with pee and winning the "business war"—that actually was true.

When Bai Liang was just born, his family was actually an ordinary one.

But he was basically born with a bank card in his mouth. After that, no matter what business his parents did, it all went pretty well.

Though they never made it huge—Bai Liang's personality was clearly influenced by his family, with a main focus on being carefree~

"Right now I just do some investing, sometimes buy stocks. Oh right, for movies the little handsome guy acts in, I just check if the investors or producers are publicly listed, then go buy some of their stock and hold it."

"So what does Uncle do?"

"Pretty much the same, but he's more interested in gaming companies these days~ Not as focused on the little handsome guy as I am."

After saying this, Bai Mama even winked at her own son—do you feel the loving maternal affection?

Bai Liang: Don't speak, I'm watching the show~ And thinking things over on the side.

The reason he hadn't joined this conversation was mainly because he was looking at the Weibo post Dou Xiao Cui had just published.

This scrawny old cat threw a counter-punch heavy enough to be a bit scary!

This matter originally had nothing to do with Bai Liang, but while the other side was bombarding Fan Fan Bingbing, they also mentioned Bai Liang's name. Now it's connected.

Bai Liang was a bit puzzled—besides Fan Fan Bingbing, he didn't know any of the people Dou Xiao Cui was shelling either.

He'd basically had zero dealings with them.

"Yanzi, want to take a look at this?"

"What's up, Xiao Bai-ge?"

"Dou Xiao Cui just posted it~"

Yanzi took a look, and her face went white with fright on the spot.

Bai Mama's encouragement suddenly echoed in her ears: Yanzi, you can definitely do it~

Speak of the devil and he appears?!

How did her own Xiao Bai-ge become a guaranteed participant? How does this even involve him?!

(End of chapter)