Chapter 58

To prepare for the live broadcast, Mu Xingyu charged his phone early in the morning and had the housekeeper tidy up his room, getting everything ready for the broadcast.

The reason for choosing his own room was that it contained only his personal items, ensuring nothing would be accidentally revealed during the live broadcast.

expressed their feelings for each other, most of his personal belongings were moved to the master bedroom. However, with new items added, his room still looked lived-in.

The scheduled time arrived soon, but the previous actors, delayed by overly enthusiastic fans, extended their sessions, causing Mu Xingyu’s live broadcast to start almost ten minutes later than planned.

As his face appeared on the screen, the eagerly awaited Starry Rain fans erupted.

“Ah, my idol finally appeared!”

“XingXing, tonight’s grand finale, we’re here to support you; you’re the best!”

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Watching the fans’ comments, Mu Xingyu couldn’t help but smile. This further excited the fans, filling the screen with various comments.

Mu Xingyu had to adjust the barrage format to avoid overcrowding.

“Hello, now it’s time for my live session. I’m glad you all could join me for a chat,” Mu Xingyu said with a smile, picking some questions from the numerous barrages to answer.

In addition to sending barrages, fans actively sent gifts, including several appearances of the golden egg gift. It was a new rule for Weibo live broadcasts, with the highest-tier gift equivalent to 100,000 RMB. When this highest-tier gift appeared, a large golden egg cracking animation appeared on the screen, drawing special attention.

“Thank you, the production team will donate these gifts to impoverished mountain areas. Thank you all for supporting charitable causes.”

For this live broadcast, solely for promoting the TV series, the production team had announced earlier that all live income would be donated to impoverished mountain areas.

Mu Xingyu noticed that among the fans sending high-value gifts, his mother and “Accompanying You to Watch the Starry Rain” had appeared. He was particularly curious about the latter, a fan who had accompanied him throughout his growth, silently supporting him. He wanted the opportunity to personally thank this fan.

Due to the earlier delays caused by other actors, Mu Xingyu had to shorten his live broadcast time.

“My live broadcast is about to end. Thank you all for your support. Today, ‘The Journey’ is reaching its grand finale, and I—”

As he spoke, Mu Xingyu suddenly heard Gu Yunzhou’s voice: “What are you doing? Come downstairs for dinner.”

Mu Xingyu was taken aback, even forgot to indicate. He had forgotten what he wanted to say, but the fans were extremely excited, and numerous barrage messages instantly filled the screen.

“Wow, what a magnetic voice! The person speaking must be a handsome guy.”

“XingXing, who’s the one speaking? Quickly turn the camera towards him.”

“Yes, we want to see the handsome guy.”

“XingXing, who else is in your house?”

“Quick, tell us who he is!!”

Mu Xingyu hadn’t expected Gu Yunzhou to appear at this moment and quickly adjusted the camera downwards, saying, “You go to the dining room first; I’ll be right down.”

“Okay, hurry up,” Gu Yunzhou smiled and turned towards the dining room. Out of Mu Xingyu’s sight, a smile adorned his lips, extremely satisfied with his recent actions.

How could Gu Yunzhou not know about Mu Xingyu’s live stream? On his way home, he had been watching the live stream and even sent two big gifts to Mu Xingyu. If Mu’s mom hadn’t also sent two gifts at that moment, he would have continued sending Mu Xingyu gifts.

After learning about Mu Xingyu’s rumors with Dong Shi and Jiang Zhidong, he felt even more compelled to increase his presence. His sudden appearance during Mu Xingyu’s live broadcast was a well-thought-out plan, and surprisingly, it worked well.

He knew that the news of their marriage couldn’t stay hidden forever. For the sake of Mu Xingyu’s acting career, he had to slowly let the fans know about him and accept him.

In his room, Mu Xingyu looked at the barrage of messages about Gu Yunzhou’s identity on the full screen, unsure of what to say.

“Today, I invited a friend over for dinner at my place. I need to go to the dinner right now. Fortunately, the live broadcast is also ending. Remember to watch the grand finale of ‘The Journey’ tonight. If there’s a chance, we’ll see each other again in the next live session.” Mu Xingyu smiled and hastily ended the live broadcast.

He breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that fans would pry too deeply and he wouldn’t know how to respond.

At the dinner , Gu Yunzhou warmly welcomed him to sit down. His happy demeanor made Mu Xingyu think he had successfully closed a major deal.

“What’s got you so happy?” Mu Xingyu asked.

“Nothing much, just happy about the TV drama’s finale tonight,” Gu Yunzhou replied.

After dinner, Mu Xingyu and Gu Yunzhou, as usual, headed to the cinema room and started their usual routine of watching tonight’s series.

Tonight is the grand finale.Undoubtedly, Song Qinghe invades the Chen Dynasty capital, and Shen Qian ultimately fails to save the decadent and declining dynasty. In front of the palace gates, he has a conversation with Song Qinghe.

“Considering our past acquaintance, if you surrender voluntarily, I can spare your life,” Song Qinghe says.

“I am willing to give up resistance, not for myself, but for all the citizens of the capital. Song Qinghe, I hope you remember the initial promise: to build a prosperous era for the people of the world”.

In the face of historical trends, Shen Qian knows he’s like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and will ultimately be ruthlessly crushed by the wheels of history. His identity destined him to bear the responsibility of the Chen Kingdom. Now that everything was over, he could finally let go of the burden on his shoulders.

After the peace treaty, he looked around at the weathered soldiers and, with a smile, ended his life.

Two arch-enemies had finally settled the score.

The story belonging to Shen Qian ended, but the TV series hadn’t ended yet. Song Qinghe established a brand-new dynasty, and on the land devastated by war, vitality finally flourished.

Gu Yunzhou, after watching, couldn’t calm his heart for a long time. Although he knew Shen Qian would die, he couldn’t accept it when Shen Qian took his own life.

He reached out and holds Mu Xingyu’s hand, feeling the warmth in Mu Xingyu’s hands, finally finding peace.

Other viewers are also immersed in the grief of Shen Qian’s death, expressing their own post-viewing thoughts.

Tonight, “The Journey” reached an extremely high level of popularity, with many lead actors trending. Naturally, the most discussed was Mu Xingyu. Some were speculating about the TV series’ ratings, wondering how high they could go.

The next day, the ratings came out. “The Journey” received a rating of 2.78 last night, with an average rating of 2.34 throughout the series, making it the highest-rated drama in the past three years.

The production team was naturally very happy and decided to hold a celebration banquet after the New Year.

During the New Year, Mu Xingyu’s two endorsements were officially announced. His popularity didn’t decrease after the TV series ended; fans rushed to buy the products he endorsed, showcasing his marketing abilities to the brand.

Gu Yunzhou joked, “Inviting Xingyu to be W&W’s spokesperson was a wise choice.”

However, amid the cheers, a malicious plot was brewing.

Many websites simultaneously leaked information claiming that XingXing had a significant backer, and this person’s background was quite influential.

“Of course, I know he has a backer. Isn’t it Jian’an Real Estate? This is a genuine, wealthy backer,” joked one netizen.

However, the leaker listed the works Mu Xingyu participated in after his debut and endorsements, claiming that Mu Xingyu’s actual backer was Miss Gu from the Gu family. The leaker also posted photos of Mu Xingyu and Dong Shi at the VAICO Fashion Celebration. In one photo, Dong Shi asked Mu Xingyu how to handle Miss Lin and Miss Jin, and due to their proximity, after blurring the people around, it appeared as if Dong Shi was going to kiss Mu Xingyu. Thus, the rumors of Dong Shi and Mu Xingyu resurfaced, even more explosively than before.

Earlier, there were rumors about Dong Shi and Mu Xingyu knowing each other, but it didn’t attract much attention then. However, this time, organized leaks quickly drew many people’s attention.

“It turns out the Mu family is just an ordinary wealthy family, not even worth mentioning compared to the Gu family.”

“No wonder Mu Xingyu wants to get close to Dong Shi.”

“I also found out that Jian’an Real Estate has been rapidly developing and reportedly received support from the Gu family. There’s more behind the scenes.”

“It’s really explosive! I always wondered why Mu Xingyu has such great resources; turns out, there’s another wealthy backer behind him. Oh no, not a wealthy backer, it’s a wealthy lady.”

Upon seeing the online negative trend, Lan Ying immediately realized someone was smearing Mu Xingyu’s reputation. She quickly called Mu Xingyu and urged him to contact Dong Shi.

“Why are you looking for Dong Shi?”

“She needs to respond now to minimize the damage.”

The online backlash was too swift for Mu Xingyu to think of a better solution at the moment. Thus, he nodded and called Dong Shi, hoping she would assist.

“Xingyu ge, what do you mean by help? Your rumors involve me as well, so I should naturally clarify,” Dong Shi responded.

Soon after, Dong Shi posted on Weibo: “Seeing a lot of discussion about my private life, I’m here to explain. Mu Xingyu is my cousin. Please don’t spread rumors about our relationship, and please don’t believe internet rumors randomly.”

After Dong Shi’s Weibo post, many rumors about her and Mu Xingyu were deleted. This was because Mu Xingyu’s studio and Gu Yunzhou acted simultaneously, resulting in such high efficiency.

Soon, a law firm representing Dong Shi sent out legal letters to certain excessively rumormongering accounts. Of course, this wasn’t directly done by Dong Shi; instead by Gu Yunzhou in Dong Shi’s name, arranging lawyers to handle the false rumors.

Jiang Zhidong was shocked and furious at how quickly the online public opinion had settled down.

He called Yue Ming, urging him to immediately buy internet water armies and escalate the situation. However, Yue Ming advised against it: “The Gu family suffered consequences; we can’t take risks.”

“No, we can’t just let it go like this!” Jiang Zhidong had planned for so long; he was unwilling to fail so quickly.

In the end, he and Yue Ming parted ways on bad terms.

Jiang Zhidong took out a bottle of wine, pondering while drinking. At that moment, an unfamiliar phone call came through.

“Who is this?” Jiang Zhidong said, displeased.

“Hello, is this Mr. Jiang? I know you have conflicts with Mu Xingyu, coincidentally, I also have conflicts with him. I can help you deal with him,” a woman’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Who are you?”

“Who I am isn’t important. What’s important is that I have what you need.”

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