My crush wants to be my sugar daddy.

Chapter 153 Scandal Exposed: Chi Yuan Keeps a Sugar Daddy?

Jiang Haochen came out of the room and saw the glass countertop in the kitchen, a smile spreading across his face.

The delicate roses, barely visible, swayed gracefully beneath him.

Jiang Haochen poured himself a glass of water to relieve the dryness in his throat, thinking about how to tell Chi Yuan about Xie Lingzhou.

His relationship with Xie Lingzhou was a thing of the past. Not only had three or four years passed, but even when they were officially dating, they never publicly acknowledged their relationship. Therefore, Jiang Haochen never considered explaining this matter to anyone.

But yesterday's recording made Jiang Haochen realize that Chi Yuan knew.

Although Chi Yuan might not care about his past with Xie Lingzhou, since he wants to pursue Chi Yuan, he needs to explain these things clearly.

However, an explanation needs to be given at the right time. You can't just suddenly go over to Chi Yuan and say that he and Xie Lingzhou had talked, but they have now completely broken up.

Not to mention Chi Yuan being dumbfounded, even he himself felt stupid.

Thinking of an opportunity, Jiang Haochen suddenly remembered his meeting with Xie Lingzhou last night. He wondered if anyone had taken pictures of it. If they had, he could pretend to have seen the news in front of Chi Yuan, mention it casually, and explain it as a matter of course.

Thinking this, Jiang Haochen took out his phone, opened Weibo, and found that Weibo was bustling with activity.

[Shocking! Third-rate male star bribes director through powerful connections.]

[Enthusiastic sports activity; the entire process was filmed in the emergency exit.]

[Li Rui.]

The entertainment industry's ecosystem.

[Unspoken rules of the entertainment industry.]

……

Jiang Haochen frowned. He had never even heard of the actor trending on social media, so he was probably not famous. But if it involved anything like the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry, it would probably cause quite a stir online.

Jiang Haochen suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that Director Yang had helped suppress the rumors circulating in the crew. If his relationship with Chi Yuan had been exposed at this time, even if he held a press conference to say that they were truly in love, probably no one would have believed him.

Although he has moved behind the scenes, he still retains his professional instincts. In the near future, any suspected cases of unspoken rules will be amplified infinitely, with the public and paparazzi joining forces, eager to fabricate a story about a top celebrity being sexually exploited.

What's worrying is that such things actually happen.

Jiang Haochen hesitated for a moment and decided not to return to the film set for the time being. Chi Yuan had been returning to City B for events several times, and Jiang Haochen had followed him out of the film set. Since they lived in the same neighborhood, things were a bit complicated.

Well, it's true that things aren't very clear between them.

Jiang Haochen's guess was correct; the topic of unspoken rules in the entertainment industry remained highly discussed online, and the entire industry tacitly maintained a low profile. All agents advised their artists not to speak out online recently.

Inside the dressing room, Xiao Zhao was still enthusiastically eating melon seeds.

"I knew Li Rui would get into trouble sooner or later."

The makeup artist looked at Xiao Zhao curiously: "How did you know? Do you know him?"

Xiao Zhao chuckled and said, "I don't know him, but I've run into him a few times. Once I happened to see him and a producer in the emergency exit... you know."

The makeup artist blushed with excitement: "Holy crap, really?"

Xiao Zhao: "Really, I wasn't even properly dressed when I came out."

The makeup artist became even more excited. Just as the two were about to start chatting, Chi Yuan couldn't help but interrupt, "Xiao Zhao, I'm a little hungry. Could you get me something to eat?"

Xiao Zhao hurriedly got up and went out. The makeup artist saw that Chi Yuan had his eyes closed and looked very tired, so she didn't say anything and quietly continued to do his makeup.

Chi Yuan didn't have a good impression of Li Rui, but the two knew each other and didn't have any grudges. He didn't like to ridicule others behind their backs.

The entire entertainment industry is trying to downplay this incident, hoping the hype will die down soon, but the parties involved are not having that idea.

From the moment the video was leaked, Li Rui's professional career was completely over.

The video clearly showed the two of them, but only his identity was exposed. The other director could simply lay low for a while and then go back to making films as if nothing had happened; even if he couldn't, he could move behind the scenes. But Li Rui was different. He was an actor, and from now on, no one would hire him for any roles. His agency abandoned him immediately after the incident.

After acting for so many years and sleeping with every director and producer he could get his hands on, he hadn't become famous or made much money. Now, in this state, Li Rui, who had nothing left to lose, was completely desperate.

Three days after the video was leaked, Li Rui unexpectedly started a live stream, exposing gossip about celebrities in the entertainment industry sleeping with clients in front of millions of netizens.

"Me, disgusting? Do you think your older brother and sister aren't disgusting? We're all just cattle to be ridden, so stop pretending to be so noble."

"Come on, dare you write down your older brother's and sister's names? I want to see if he has ever served the same boss as me."

"XXX? He dances really well, he has amazing waist strength, his boss loves it when he twists and turns."

"XX? This woman puts on an independent, strong-willed woman persona in front of you, but behind the scenes she's been groveling to countless bosses. In a physical sense, yes."

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, they know it in their hearts."

"Was the red carpet beautiful last night? Let me tell you, there weren't many clean-cut women there. That's how this industry is; you can't get ahead without being sexually exploited. The more attractive someone is, the more people want them, especially those who become famous at a young age..."

The live stream has been forcibly ended due to violations, including allegations of vulgarity and pornography.

The live stream was banned.

The broadcast lasted only five minutes, but the content Li Rui revealed was so explosive that countless fans jumped around in the melon patch, shouting for Li Rui to continue.

Li Rui indeed wrote on his Weibo account: "[Three days later, I will release them one by one. One of them is a top-tier celebrity who was trending on the red carpet at an awards ceremony. Can you guess who it is?]"

{Holy crap?! Really?}

{Yesterday's trending topics on the red carpet were all A-list celebrities; that suddenly narrows the scope considerably.}

{Yan Yingdi?}

{With Yan Yingdi's current status, probably no one would dare to sexually harass him.}

{Xie Lingzhou?}

{Xie Lingzhou just returned to China; even if he has something to hide, Li Rui shouldn't know.}

……

Netizens analyzed all the good-looking people on yesterday's red carpet who had been trending on social media and met the criteria, and finally settled on Chi Won.

{Chi Yuan? }

{Not a fan, but the Fox Ancestor is indeed handsome; I even feel like I want to sleep with him.}

{Chi Yuan isn't a top-tier player; he's more like a near-top-tier player.}

Chi Yuan has been gaining momentum these past two years, and most importantly, he's the only one among all the qualified candidates who has any connection with Li Rui.

Yes, they collaborated on "Hundred Flowers Mountain".

Chi Yuan rose to fame after signing with Tianyu Media following his role in "Baihua Mountain".

{Holy crap, I feel like I've hit the nail on the head.}

……