Chapter 380: Teach Me a Little Trick About Catching Someone Cheating?

Tonight, quite a few fans who attended the birthday party went home and immediately started vigilantly checking Weibo for the official announcement.

At the same time, through their spread, the buzz around the birthday party grew larger and larger. After all, compared to those who could attend, far more were only following the event online.

Although part of the birthday party was livestreamed online, the online viewers definitely did not see Bai Liang's "scenes."

Now, everyone's eating the drama, and everyone's waiting.

Wait and wait, wait and wait—eventually, they did get an update from Reba's Weibo.

But it wasn't an official announcement; it was just a normal thank-you post to fans, along with a 9-grid photo from the birthday party.

Fans replied: Is this what we came here to see?

Can't you give us something more explosive? Just crash Weibo already?!

But soon, a sharp-eyed netizen spotted something odd in the 9-grid photo.

It wasn't like other celebrity scandals where a half-naked man appeared in the reflection—these were just photos from the party scene.

But someone with eagle eyes found Bai Liang, sneaking around at the very back of the group photo.

And honestly, the photo resolution was really high—even standing so far back, his face was still barely recognizable.

These fans waiting for the announcement got even more excited, combining the eyewitness accounts from those who attended the banquet—this was clearly an official announcement coming!

Keep waiting!

And a bunch of people were commenting under Reba's Weibo, as if they truly believed she was holding her phone and scrolling right now.

This post was definitely not posted by Reba herself.

Her team was still working overtime, while the real star was already testing the mattress's bounce in the hotel room.

After the two of them kissed, they didn't waste a single moment—immediately rushed into the car and headed back to the hotel.

The road was clear, so the driver nearly pushed the speed limit to its maximum.

Bai Liang felt everyone seemed extremely rushed. Reba herself was the most impatient.

After getting out of the car, she grabbed his hand and ran.

They dashed into the elevator, still panting; after the elevator stopped, she dragged him straight toward the room.

That urgency—anyone who didn't know would think she'd taken some weird drug.

Once inside the room, she jumped straight into the main event.

Bai Liang felt the girl's passion clearly—he said nothing, no preliminaries, nothing at all~

Get to work!

Tonight, no dawdling—only brute force creates miracles.

Considering tonight's special nature and the likely intensity, Reba's team unilaterally canceled her afternoon appointment tomorrow.

That's incredibly thoughtful!

So Reba herself couldn't possibly be holding her phone—she was probably just desperately tugging at the bedsheet.

As for the online fans, they didn't get the official announcement, but they did get a "plot leak" update from the official Weibo of *You Are My Glory*.

Damn!

Is this really a TV drama plot?

And the official drama Weibo was being extra sneaky—flooding fans with sugar, but under the names of Yu Tu and Qiao Jingjing.

This sugar felt strange to fans—like artificial sweetener, yet somehow not quite.

In the end, they summed it up: aspartame in diet cola.

It felt like taking a big gulp of ice-cold diet cola—yes, you tasted sweetness, and yes, it was refreshing, but somehow it still felt lacking.

No official announcement, but the story made up for it.

Soon, someone dug up Bai Liang's schedule for today, and a flood of netizens stared with question marks over their heads: How the hell did he make it to the birthday party?

Some overeager fans even started drawing route maps—from the end of the show recording to Reba's birthday party venue. Along the entire route, he didn't waste a single second; it was impossible to arrive exactly as the party ended, let alone arrive early and catch the most crucial moment.

"I'm truly impressed—only one flight could get him to Beijing at that exact time, and he just happened to board it. The craziest part? The flight was delayed, yet it arrived early."

"Is heaven itself shipping this couple? Today, he absolutely had to show up at the birthday party."

"Someone took a photo of Bai Liang on the subway—same outfit as in the party photos. After landing, he took the subway instead of a car. So smart—he'd have been stuck on Beijing's elevated highway otherwise."

"The aunties who helped the girl take the photo said they thought the guy was Bai Liang, but since everyone around was aunties, they doubted it and didn't go ask for his autograph."

"The girl will probably regret this forever—who'd expect a top celebrity to squeeze onto the subway during rush hour? But it's totally fitting for the Immortal—he was surrounded by aunties and still smiling so happily."

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Even more explosive plot twist arrived.

When the girl who attended Reba's birthday party and had video-called Bai Liang during the event wrote out her surreal experience—including how her mom had tried to set her up with a date—

Honestly, the girl had good writing skills; the whole story came alive under her pen.

She also seemed to have learned from her earlier experience at the party, when she tried explaining to people but no one believed her.

She swore a solemn oath—any lie, even half a word, would bring down a terrible curse—clearly a deadly vow that made readers feel they had no choice but to believe her.

Shortly after posting, it was massively reposted and commented on.

"I'm truly impressed—it reads like a story, but I believe this is exactly the kind of thing Bai Liang would do."

"How does the Immortal have such perfect drama timing?! His auntie tried setting him up, and he actually showed up?!"

"The girl's reaction felt real—if someone showed me a photo of Bai Liang and said he was the guy my mom set me up with, I wouldn't believe it either—it's too absurd!"

"I'm telling my mom about this. She keeps pushing me to get married and set me up with guys—I don't ask for much, I want this one too~"

"Mom, I want this one too!"

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Tonight's entire chain of events always seemed to be tangled with some strange kind of coincidence.

To netizens eating the drama, it was "coincidence"; to haters, it was "scripted"; but to the vast majority of CP-shipping fans, it was utterly, completely romantic.

When Bai Liang updated his Weibo with today's "handsome photo," a bunch of people still mocked it.

The general idea was: we don't need to edit it this excessively.

The photo was indeed stunning and breathtaking, but the editing was definitely overdone.

But the theme was excellent: while bringing down a storm upon the world, it left just a small window open for Bai Liang, letting him rush toward a romantic appointment.

"Wait a sec—this photo doesn't seem to have any PS traces at all."

"Do you even need to look for traces? The clouds in the sky are split open with a hole, and the rain doesn't touch him—it only illuminates him alone. That's special effects even in movies."

"I didn't PS it—I'm a professional photographer, I'd know."

"It's definitely edited. Don't treat people upstairs like fools."

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This kind of discussion wasn't the focus tonight, so it didn't spark any heated debate.

Everyone just thought the photo was handsome and atmospheric, but too "unrealistic" to qualify as a breakout viral image, and hoped the photographer would be more restrained next time—not so flamboyant.

Dou Xiao Qi: Sometimes reality is this flamboyant—what do you do about it?

He felt he'd captured the most breathtaking photo of his photography career, but everyone insisted he'd edited it.

Luckily, Sister Yanzi believed him, though she expressed a bit of amazement.

For many fans of their couple, tonight was sleepless.

Because they still hadn't received the official announcement.

Everything felt like a dazzling fireworks show—after the flowers scattered, it ended.

Fortunately, someone was even worse off: Weibo's staff.

A crowd had been on high alert, ready to prevent these two from making an official announcement tonight, fearing it would crash Weibo outright.

But they waited and waited and waited—nothing happened.

When Sister Yanzi received the call, she felt a wave of resentment coming from the other end.

But she replied firmly: "You didn't even ask us first~—"

The popularity of Reba's birthday party successfully wiped out every other trending topic.

Various elements from the party, plus Bai Liang's off-stage maneuvering, generated over twenty trending topics.

It even dominated the screen for several days.

Not just Weibo.

One of the dances she performed at the party went viral on Douyin.

Countless edits and fan-made music pairings achieved terrifyingly high popularity.

During this time, "The Untamed" quietly premiered, but the passion of its original novel fans and danmei fans, though loud, was utterly crushed by Bai Liang and Reba's explosive presence.

Honestly, Tencent Video felt a bit wronged—but powerless, with no one to vent to.

It's her birthday, after all~

And "You Are My Glory" also involves them—they're stakeholders.

Future interests are beating down current interests—where do you even go to argue that?

Just as the birthday party's popularity finally began to fade, a shocking new announcement surfaced.

Lin Zhilin got married—to a Japanese man—sparking nationwide uproar.

Yan Chengxu also got a surge of popularity from it.

This incident carried a warning: Reba's takeaway was that even Lin Zhilin, if she waited until forty-five to marry, could only marry a Japanese man.

The logic behind this wasn't clear to Bai Liang, but Reba herself actually adjusted her "marry and have children" plan.

Thirty-five at the latest—that's her new bottom line!

As she said this, Miss stared directly at Bai Liang—as if, after the passion and impulsiveness of the birthday, she was now considering something practical.

After serious consideration, Bai Liang gave his opinion: "Is thirty-five too late?"

"I knew it! Wow~"

Clearly, Bai Liang's answer was always perfectly on point.

And showed not the slightest hint of laziness or unwillingness to take responsibility.

So before leaving, Reba gave him a gift.

She stamped it.

Under these circumstances, Bai Liang quietly returned to the set of "Dear, Love You," to endure Zha's "torture."

Sure enough, upon returning, he saw an angry little pufferfish.

Sitting in Bai Liang's RV, she grumbled while jabbing furiously at her phone screen.

Her cheeks were puffed out—adorably so.

"What are you doing?"

At the sound of Bai Liang's voice, she instantly sat up straight; her face began to light up with joy, but then she remembered something and quickly forced a stern expression.

"Hmph! You finally remembered to come back? I thought someone had forgotten their homeland—charmed away by that new, wicked woman!"

Bai Liang gave her forehead a strange, probing touch.

The gesture made her feel insulted—like a puffed-up kitten—"What are you doing?!"

"Question: popular female entertainer, top young actress Gu Li Na Zha—where is she from?"

". Xinjiang."

Upon hearing this answer, Bai Liang gave a little bear shrug and stayed silent.

Only then did Na Zha realize she'd insulted Reba—and accidentally insulted herself too. Was this regional discrimination?

"Ugh, I don't care—I'm throwing a birthday party too!"

"Alright, next year? I'll handle the arrangements for you."

"Still until next year?" Na Zha's spirits sank at this. Why did her birthday have to be a month after Di Li Reba?

It would've been better if it were a month later.

How does that woman come up with so many ideas?! So unfair!

Bai Liang, seeing her dejected expression, kindly said: "We could do it this year too—celebrate your 30th birthday early?"

"I'm only twenty-seven! What 30th birthday? I don't want it!"

After grumbling for a while, Na Zha suddenly remembered something and reached over to tug at Bai Liang's clothes, then spotted a strawberry mark on his collarbone.

She immediately looked triumphant: "Still here! Did she see this birthday gift I gave her?"

Bai Liang:.

If they had a child, he was a little worried about the kid's IQ~

That strawberry Na Zha had sucked out when she left the set—if it had lasted until now, she wouldn't be human at all, she'd be a vampire.

The reason it's still here now is purely because… someone patched it up midway.

The first patch was done by the evil little kitten Li Yitong~

The second patch came from Big Mi Mi.

Both of them preserved the mark, discovering something fun and deliberately extending it.

As for Reba, she simply synced her brainwave with Na Zha's.

But no one expected Na Zha to be an idiot.

Still, the best thing about being a little idiot is happiness~

This kept her from staying angry about Reba for too long; by the time "My Dear Love" wrapped, her face already beamed with a radiant smile.

Hmph! What's the point of all the hype before filming even started? It still won't be decided until next year's TV ratings come out.

Na Zha clearly had immense confidence in "My Dear Love"—she felt incredibly comfortable playing her role.

Plus, having watched the footage often, she viewed her own performance from the audience's perspective; while she wouldn't dare claim it was explosive, that uniquely natural feeling was something she'd never experienced in her acting career.

With this drama, she'd completely "crush" Little Hometown!

Top female lead?

Wasn't she one too?!

And if you really compared status, Na Zha—with her film credits—was actually higher than Reba.

Reba held the advantage in traffic and fashion resources.

As for films? She only had one pie-in-the-sky project: "The Wandering Earth 2." Who knew how long it'd take to come out?

No matter how much fans prepaid, it wouldn't help.

In summary:

"I'm not afraid of her at all~" Na Zha tilted her head, smugly confident.

Then she smacked a kiss on Bai Liang's cheek—*click*—the photo froze.

While the two new Jiang sisters were competing from afar, weren't the two drama crews doing the same?

The crews of "My Dear Love" and "You Are My Glory" had regarded each other as rivals since the project's inception—though of course, also as collaborators.

They competed against each other, yet also cooperated in promotion.

This dynamic mirrored the unspoken chemistry between Di Li Reba and Gu Li Na Zha's teams.

Both teams tore at each other to maintain their own heat, while building "moats" to block other rising young actresses from emerging.

Any actress who dared to step forward faced joint attacks from both sides.

On wrap day, the official Weibo of "My Dear Love" released photos and behind-the-scenes clips.

Na Zha herself immediately reposted them without pause.

Then she posted another "today's beauty shot."

At first glance, the photo seemed harmless—but the background? The problem was huge!

Netizens, with their sharp eyes, quickly recognized: this photo was taken inside Bai Liang's RV.

But this wasn't meant for netizens to see.

If she could, Na Zha would've set it to "visible to Di Li Reba only."

But she didn't have Reba's WeChat~ So she had to post it on Weibo instead.

Had her team not stopped her, she'd have truly tagged the other.

But no need—Bai Liang and Reba had already entered the "You Are My Glory" set.

Netizens could recognize the background; how could Reba, sitting right now in Bai Liang's RV, not recognize it?

The sofa she was sitting on was exactly where Gu Li Na Zha had taken her photo.

Of course, Reba wasn't the only girl in Bai Liang's RV right now.

Including her, there were three girls—all close friends.

One was Zhu Zhu Xudan from the same company; the other was Mao Xiaotong, whom she'd met during "Micro."

As for Bai Liang? He was gaming with Wang Yanlin in another RV.

Originally, he'd been eager to show Wang Yanlin his brand-new RV and treat him to a nice ride.

But the girls had claimed the space, so the two men had to "roll" over to the smaller RV to play.

Boys' happiness is this simple.

But the girls' side had many considerations.

Mao Xiaotong looked at Gu Li Na Zha's posted photo, then surveyed the RV's interior, inwardly whistling.

Should she teach Reba some tips on catching someone cheating?

Felt like she could use it.

Especially since they had just been chatting about buying a house.

Mao Xiaotong knew that Reba had never bought a house since her debut, but because of Bai Liang, she wanted to buy one. Great Immortal, you really deserve to die!

As a result, just as they were chatting happily, Zhu Xudan—who had been chatting on the side while surfing the internet at high intensity—happened to swipe across a photo that Gulnazar had just posted.

One look and, hey!

Why does it look so similar?!

Then this silly girl foolishly shared the matter. Mao Xiaotong watched and bared her teeth, thinking to herself, why does this little girl look like she's tipsy and half-awake?

Bringing up exactly the wrong thing.

But Reba's reaction made Mao Xiaotong rather impressed. She glanced at that photo, then turned to look at the background and layout on the RV, and suddenly a smile broke across her face.

"Let's take one too!"

(End of chapter)