The Delicate Cannon Fodder Is Coveted By Her Ex-Husband In The Love Show Chapter 30
byChapter 30: First Place by Cheating
Chapter Thirty
Pei Huaixue finished sending the text message again and held the screen up to the camera so that viewers in the live stream could see who he had sent it to.
This was the latest requirement from the production team. As the show’s filming heated up, the results of the text message votes were no longer revealed in post-production edits but were updated in real-time during the live broadcast.
At this moment, seeing that Pei Huaixue had once again sent the message to Gu Yanchen, netizens couldn’t help but light a candle for Gu Minghe.
-All that hard work for nothing; he still paved the way for Gu Yanchen.
-I actually feel sorry for Actor Gu!
-It looks like Pei Huaixue’s affection for Gu Yanchen isn’t going to be shaken easily.
-I really don’t know why Pei Huaixue insists on liking Gu Yanchen. Can’t he tell that the other person isn’t interested?
-Gu Minghe needs to keep trying harder!
Just then, Gu Minghe came out after showering. While drying his hair, he walked to the bed and picked up his phone. After glancing at the text message interface, he frowned slightly.
He then sent his Heartbeat Text to Pei Huaixue.
-Ahhh, Actor Gu was ultimately betrayed!
-No choice. Pei Huaixue met the Elder Brother first, then the Younger Brother. Life’s sequence is about first come, first served.
-Why can’t it be a mutual journey? My sweet CP is suddenly turning angsty QAQ
-I don’t care! I insist on forcing it! Pei Huaixue and Gu Minghe are locked! Sisters, keep voting!! Charge!!!
The Gu-Pei Shippers were heartbroken and rushed back to vote furiously, vowing to push Gu-Pei to first place to secure the couple dance benefit.
Voting closed at nine o’clock the next morning. At this time, Gu-Pei was still far ahead, with the Gu-Su CP in second place.
No one noticed that the Gu Yanchen x Pei Huaixue CP had quietly climbed the ranks and showed a tendency to continue rising.
The next day, the voting deadline arrived.
After everyone had finished breakfast, the director pulled out the voting results and announced, “We have a vote for a couple live stream benefit. The top three CPs will get a couple live stream, and the first-place couple gets an additional couple dance benefit. The voting results are now in, and I will announce them to you.”
Everyone had been following the official Weibo account, so they naturally knew about the vote.
The top spots were monopolized by the two Gu brothers, Su Jin, and Pei Huaixue. Other people’s CPs didn’t even rank, so they figured the couple live stream had nothing to do with them, and thus, they weren’t too interested.
Three hours before the voting ended, the ranking page stopped displaying the results, so no one knew the final ranking.
Pei Huaixue felt a mix of nervousness and anticipation.
“029, is everything handled?” he secretly asked 029 in his mind.
Host, don’t worry. I, 029, never mess up.
To complete the mission ahead of schedule, he had 029 tamper with the voting.
No matter how high the votes for the leading CPs were, his CP with Gu Yanchen would be guaranteed first place in the end.
“Third place, Gu Yanchen x Su Jin!”
When the director announced the third-place result, everyone was surprised.
Weren’t they ranked first and second? How did they drop to third?
Besides Gu Minghe and Pei Huaixue, could any other CP have surged into the top two?
-Oh no, I suddenly have a bad feeling!
-Me too. Could we have been blindsided?
-Impossible! First place must be Gu Minghe x Pei Huaixue!
The Shippers in the live stream began to feel inexplicably uneasy.
“Second place,” the director looked at the expectant crowd, built up the suspense, took a sip of water, and continued, “Gu Minghe x Pei Huaixue!”
Second place!
Gu-Pei was only second? Who could possibly be first??
Gu Minghe’s expression was already sour.
The Shippers completely panicked.
-How is it only second? This is impossible! My CP was clearly in first place before the rankings were hidden!
-It’s rigged! There must be a fix! I want to see who got first place, daring to inflate votes so ridiculously!
-Getting third place is one thing, but rigging it to first? Are you kidding me?
While the Shippers were cursing, the director finally stopped teasing and announced directly, “First place is Gu Yanchen x Pei Huaixue!”
Boom!
As soon as the words fell, everyone was stunned.
What was going on? How did this niche CP get voted into first place?
-Who on earth is voting for this evil CP?
-Could Pei Huaixue have paid people to vote for them?
-It’s impossible for anyone to ship this hard-to-ship CP!!
Part of the netizens’ guess was right—Pei Huaixue did have people vote for them, but he had the System do it.
With the System, this vote was simple.
Gu Yanchen raised an eyebrow, also very surprised by the result.
Not only did he have to do a couple live stream with Pei Huaixue, but he also had to dance a couple dance with him? Wasn’t this putting him on the chopping block?
Sure enough, his back was being scrutinized by two pairs of eyes, and CEO Gu was uncharacteristically helpless.
Su Jin bit his lip, his eyes red, looking incredibly wronged.
And Gu Minghe…
His gaze was cold and dark, looking like he wanted to carve two holes into Gu Yanchen’s back.
Gu Yanchen thought: What a mess!
Only Pei Huaixue was cheerfully oblivious, walking up to Gu Yanchen with a wide, smiling face. “Brother Chen, please guide me on the couple dance.”
This was a couple dance, a dance with so much physical contact. If he danced it with Gu Yanchen right in front of Su Jin, wouldn’t Su Jin be consumed by jealousy?
Wouldn’t mission Points be easily acquired?
He was happily musing, but the next second, upon meeting Gu Minghe’s gaze, his legs couldn’t help but feel a little weak.
Gu Minghe’s eyes were too terrifying. Already cold as a deep pool, they were now incredibly gloomy. He stared deeply and expressionlessly at him and Gu Yanchen.
Meeting his gaze, Pei Huaixue felt like he might be doomed.
He couldn’t afford to provoke a fiercely jealous Husband Gu Minghe.
Pei Huaixue had never learned to dance; he had no dance foundation whatsoever.
Gu Yanchen was the same.
The two people who couldn’t dance looked at the video of the couple dance they were supposed to perform and felt a headache coming on.
Gu Yanchen just wanted to return to the Gu Corporation to handle his work; dancing could wait.
Su Jin, who was originally scheduled to go to the theater for rehearsal today, was so devastated that he uncharacteristically took a day off. After a moment of hesitation, he offered, “Yanchen, Xiaoxue, why don’t I teach you this dance?”
“That would be wonderful!” Pei Huaixue quickly agreed.
How could Su Jin not be around when he and Gu Yanchen were doing a mission?
Having Su Jin teach them was absolutely perfect.
“How can Brother Su Jin teach both of you alone?” At this moment, Gu Minghe also walked closer. He glanced indifferently at Pei Huaixue and smiled, “How about I teach Pei Huaixue, and Brother Su Jin teaches my Elder Brother?”
Su Jin’s eyes lit up. “That works! That division of labor is perfect.”
“Wait… this is Brother Chen and my couple dance. Can we practice separately?” Pei Huaixue tried to struggle, but Gu Yanchen had already defected. “I think that’s a great suggestion too. Xiaoxue, you practice with Minghe. Once we both learn it, we can dance it during the live stream.”
Pei Huaixue: …
That was far too unreliable.
He could already imagine how ridiculous the couple dance he and Gu Yanchen would perform would be.
Forget making Su Jin jealous; he was afraid Su Jin would laugh himself to death after watching it.
But since the other three agreed to the suggestion, Pei Huaixue couldn’t fight them alone and was forced to agree.
So, in the middle of the day, he was dragged into the car by Gu Minghe and taken to Gu Minghe’s usual dance studio.
Although Gu Minghe was an actor, due to his high popularity and status, he was a frequent guest at many annual galas, so he had to be proficient in singing and dancing.
Pei Huaixue had actually been sent by his mother to learn dancing for a few days when he was little. Even at that young age, he was remarkably handsome, like a delicate porcelain doll, attracting everyone’s attention just by standing there.
He had long limbs and excellent proportions.
So, at first, the teacher was very fond of him, thinking he was a good prospect for dancing.
But when they actually started learning, they discovered how delicate Pei Huaixue was.
He couldn’t endure any hardship. When stretching his legs and bending his back, he cried while practicing, almost fainting from the tears.
At that time, Gu Minghe would wait for Pei Huaixue outside the dance studio door every day after school.
So every day, he would see a little crybaby walk out, rubbing his eyes, and upon seeing Gu Minghe, he would tearfully ask his brother for a piggyback ride.
“Brother, my legs hurt so much. I can’t walk. Can you carry me home?”
Gu Minghe was only a few months older than Pei Huaixue. When they were little, he often used candy to coax Pei Huaixue into calling him ‘Brother,’ but unfortunately, Pei Huaixue stopped calling him that when he grew up.
Gu Minghe took his small schoolbag and resignedly bent down. “Get on.”
The little crybaby immediately stopped crying and smiled, clinging tightly to Gu Minghe’s back, wrapping his arms around the boy’s neck, afraid of falling off.
Gu Minghe adjusted him higher and slowly carried him downstairs.
After a few days of this, seeing Pei Huaixue crying every day that he didn’t want to dance and having to trouble the young master of the host family to carry him back, Pei’s mother couldn’t bear it anymore and simply let him quit.
Returning to the dance studio, Pei Huaixue naturally recalled his childhood memories and couldn’t help but smile.
Seeing Pei Huaixue smile so happily, Gu Minghe’s voice beside him was deep and meaningful: “Dancing a couple dance with Gu Yanchen makes you that happy?”
Pei Huaixue quickly pursed his lips, stopping his smile.
Sigh, he couldn’t afford to provoke his jealous Husband. He needed to appease him properly.
He turned around and changed the subject. “How do you plan to teach me?”
Gu Minghe said nothing, just watched the dance video twice more. The more he watched, the tighter his brow furrowed. In the video, the two dancers stood extremely close, with many ambiguous physical contacts. Just one look made Gu Minghe want to crush his phone.
He turned back to look at the still-innocent Pei Huaixue. Suddenly, a meaningful smile appeared on his face, and he said in a low voice, “Come here. We’ll start with leg stretches.”
Gu Minghe walked to the barre and lightly patted it.
Pei Huaixue’s legs couldn’t help but tremble. Before even starting, he felt his legs weaken.
He shuffled over, and under Gu Minghe’s guidance, he raised his right leg onto the barre. An adult’s bones are usually stiff, but since being with Gu Minghe, Pei Huaixue’s body had been trained to be very flexible, so he completed the movement effortlessly.
It wasn’t as uncomfortable as he had imagined.
Pei Huaixue was delighted. Could he be a long-buried dance genius?
Just as he was happily thinking, a hot body pressed against his back. A large hand moved along his long, straight, taut leg, and the man’s slightly husky voice whispered in his ear, “What are you thinking? Concentrate, or I’ll have to punish you.”
As he spoke, the large palm pinched the soft flesh near his thigh, leaving a light finger mark. Pei Huaixue shivered, nearly collapsing into Gu Minghe’s arms.