The Bewildered Beauty Caught the Wrong Killer [Reborn]

[The blurb for the upcoming story, After Going on a Dating Show with My Wealthy Husband, is below this one.]

[The CEO gong, a bking with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, still falls for his own act × The beautiful shou, backed into a corner and left with no choice but to grit his teeth and go for it]

1.

At the celebration party for his new album selling over a hundred million copies, Gu Jinzhuo was relaxing on the rooftop, enjoying the breeze and the view, when someone suddenly shoved him off!

When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn to the moment before he was pushed.

Which idiot tried to kill him?! Furious, Gu Jinzhuo hid in a corner of the rooftop, ready to catch the culprit in the act.

Damn, there really was someone lurking around suspiciously!

The man was tall and broad, dressed all in black, almost blending into the night.

His gaze stayed fixed on Gu Jinzhuo, his peach-blossom eyes full of interest.

So he's already figuring out how to kill me. Gu Jinzhuo gritted his teeth and charged at him, only to stumble right into his arms...

Lu Yun was taken by surprise when a beauty threw himself into his arms. Blushing and flustered, he said,

“Hey, kid, it's a bit crowded here. If you're in the mood, why don't we move somewhere private and have some fun?”

2.

The trail to the killer vanished like a drop of water in the ocean. Then, while filming an escape-room show, danger closed in once more.

Drenched in cold sweat, Gu Jinzhuo called that unfamiliar number for the first time. “Help me.”

Lu Yun's lazy laugh came from the other end. “Have you prepared my payment?”

Gu Jinzhuo: “What do you want?”

Lu Yun stopped laughing. “You know what I want. I want you.”

3.

Behind layers upon layers of truth, Gu Jinzhuo finally saw the mastermind clearly. But before he could take revenge, he was driven into another desperate situation.

Thinking he was finally about to die, he closed his eyes, full of regret, only to fall into someone's arms.

“D-don't cry...” Gu Jinzhuo opened his eyes and struggled to push away the head pressed against his chest, looking like a sad frog.

Then Lu Yun kissed him for a long time, so anxious and overwhelmed he could barely breathe.

“Jinzhuo, do you know what I was thinking just now? I was thinking we'd had too much milk tea together, and it wasn't good for our health. I was thinking I shouldn't have given you a bouquet of roses that day. I should have bought you a whole truckload.”

“But I never thought you would die. Because I knew you wouldn't.”

Lu Yun rambled whenever he got nervous, but Gu Jinzhuo had never seen him this flustered. Smiling, he tilted his head up and kissed him back.

“So I'm back.”

1. A CEO gong who can't help falling for his own act, despite having eight hundred tricks up his sleeve × a universally adored beauty shou, backed into a corner and forced to grit his teeth and go for it.

2. SC, 1v1, happy ending.

3. No real-life inspiration.

4. I'm new to writing, so please add the story to your collection! Suggestions are welcome, dear readers~

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Upcoming story in my profile: After Going on an Escape-Room Variety Show with My Wealthy Husband. Please add it to your collections, cuties!

Blurb:

Shen Qingxiao transmigrated into a book about an escape-room variety show. As a little-known actor, he was forced to join a couples' escape-room show alongside his wealthy husband, whom he'd been arranged to marry.

The show featured divorced guests who embraced passionately when a ghost appeared right in their faces, rekindling their love and moving the whole internet;

Rival celebrities who faked a relationship to gain popularity, then resolved their differences through their teamwork and fell in love over time;

And, of course, the brave, unruly male lead gong and the top student male lead shou, solving puzzles with ease and fearlessly leading the way. Online viewers went wild: “A perfect match, the strongest team!”

The tense atmosphere of an escape room creates the same kind of suspended-bridge effect that can catalyze romance.

Unfortunately, Shen Qingxiao was a minor character in this escape-room show story, a foil for the male lead shou.

His role in the book was that of a tearful, pitiful little crybaby whose intelligence had been forcibly lowered.

He couldn't solve puzzles, and even got so scared when the lights went out that he wet himself. The entire internet despised him.

His wealthy husband, Chu Li, whom he'd married under an agreement, was aloof, arrogant, and bad-tempered. He would leave Shen Qingxiao alone in the dark at the drop of a hat, and eventually got so annoyed with him that he quit filming.

After the show, his wealthy husband divorced him, and the disgraced family disowned him, leaving him a disposable prop whose only purpose was to highlight the male lead shou's happy life.

Having once owned a nationwide escape-room chain, Shen Qingxiao learned that he couldn't actively change the plot.

So he decided to

show off his unrivaled acting skills!

And, incidentally, study the design of large-scale escape rooms. Hehe.

And so

In front of the cameras, Shen Qingxiao obediently played the helpless crybaby. “The skeleton is so scary, boohoohoo.”

In the camera's blind spot, he excitedly rubbed the skull. The prop was incredibly detailed. Should he recommend the supplier to the production team?

In front of the cameras, an NPC dressed as a ghost chased them, and Shen Qingxiao considerately called out to Chu Li, “Leave me behind and run ahead!”

Out of sight of the cameras, he secretly caught up with the NPC. “Hey, how much do you make for a day's work here? I'll pay you double. Interested?”

In front of the cameras, he did his best to be the perfect foil, showering the male lead shou with praise. “You're almost there! Wow, you're amazing, so smart!”

...Unfortunately, the male lead shou couldn't solve the puzzle at all, so Shen Qingxiao secretly slipped him the password to help him maintain his top-student image.

Shen Qingxiao thought his acting was flawless and smugly congratulated himself.

But more and more things started to seem off.

The viewers' comments in the livestream were strange:

[When the ghost appeared just now, Shen Qingxiao seemed to smile for a second...]

[I saw it too! So pitiful and sweet, with a smile on those red lips. What a top-tier mad beauty!]

[So he was only pretending to be scared all along? He tried to play dumb and outsmart everyone, but accidentally gave himself away!]

His bad-tempered husband, Chu Li, was acting strangely:

After leaving him behind, Chu Li actually turned back to look for him. The ever-frozen mountain was suddenly frantic with worry. He pinned Shen Qingxiao's shoulder blades hard against the damp wall with his knuckles and snapped,

“Shen Qingxiao, if you're scared, stay close and behave. Got it?!”

The male lead shou was acting strangely too:

During a side quest, the male lead shou actually ditched the male lead gong and insisted on sticking with Shen Qingxiao!

Shen Qingxiao thought of the male lead shou as a sister, but the other man pressed close and whispered sweetly in his ear,

“Actually, I've wanted to be the top for a long time.”

Shen Qingxiao: Huh?

If I hadn't read the original novel, I might actually believe you!

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When the show first aired, viewers said, “I only care about everyone except that nobody Shen Qingxiao.”

By the second episode, viewers said, “Shen Qingxiao, you're the god of escape-room games!”

By the third episode, viewers said, “Why is there a love-triangle showdown on a dating show?! What a scandalous scene! I love it, give us more!”

By the final episode, viewers said, “Are they allowed to broadcast this... Don't tell Xiao that we can still see him after the lights go out, aaah!”

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Theme: Staying true to yourself is the only way to win in the end.