After being reborn, I became a top-tier celebrity by resetting my game history.

Chapter 165 The Eve of Darkness

With half an hour left before the variety show recording was scheduled to begin, Su Qi's car broke down on the way.

Lynn shook her head helplessly: "I told you to buy a better car, but you just couldn't bear to part with that little bit of money."

Su Qi took out tools from the trunk: "Money is so hard to earn, and you won't even give me a little help."

"How about this, I'll reduce your salary a little each month and save it up to buy a nice car."

Lynn was both angry and anxious after hearing this: "Hey you—you heartless capitalist."

Su Qi used tools to check if there was anything wrong with the car's equipment, but couldn't find out what was wrong.

She kicked the car door shut, tossed her hair aside, and looked extremely annoyed.

"You have such a bad temper?"

A black car next to them slowly came to a stop, and the window slowly rolled down, revealing a slightly alluring face with black wisps of hair falling in front of her brow, covering the right half of her eyebrow.

"Gu Xing?" Lynn leaned out of the car to look.

Gu Xing got out of the car and extended his hand to Su Qi like a gentleman: "I'll call someone to help fix it, but it'll be too late by the time it's fixed. You can come with me now."

Su Qi paused for a moment: "Sorry, I can walk by myself."

"Walking?" Gu Xing laughed. "It's still several kilometers from here to the hotel. Not to mention it will take several hours to walk. How will you record when your feet are sore? Get in the car."

Lynn nodded slightly to Su Qi: "There's no other way right now."

"But……"

Su Qi clearly wanted to avoid suspicion from Gu Xing, because the recent controversy and the current level of attention they received could easily be used against them by those with ulterior motives.

Gu Xing called a mechanic: "I've sent you the address. Yes, the car is parked halfway down the road."

"Alright, come with me?" Gu Xing turned to look at Su Qi.

Not wanting to refuse his enthusiasm, Su Qi and Lynn got into the car.

There were only the driver and Gu Xing's assistant in the car. The assistant didn't dare to say anything, after all, Gu Xing had been in the business for so many years and was now his own boss.

Gu Xing sat next to Su Qi, a little reserved, but still tried to break the awkward atmosphere.

"Hmm... how have you been lately?"

"How about what?"

"Work, I mean work."

Su Qi relaxed her back slightly: "Hmm, it's alright."

“If you need my help… I mean, if you want any resources, you can ask me.” Gu Xing looked at her, seemingly expecting something.

"No need, I haven't had time to take on too many gigs lately."

Soon, Gu Xing realized something, and her attempt to avoid suspicion fell apart: "Didn't I hear you're short of money lately? You want to terminate the adoption agreement with the Shen family. If you're willing, I can lend you money anytime."

"Don't worry, it's just a loan. You can pay me back. Don't feel guilty."

Su Qi sighed slightly, while Lynn turned her head in shock and muttered, "My god, how can Actor Gu be so generous?"

Gu Xing's assistant coughed twice, and the driver blinked. Everyone knew what Gu Xing's feelings were for her, but unfortunately, she was still kept in the dark.

"Need not."

Su Qi immediately refused.

"No need..." Gu Xing was a little stunned, not expecting her to be so decisive.

Upon arriving at the hotel where the dating reality show was being filmed, the crowd and cameras were already waiting outside.

Two celebrities got out of the car; I thought it was Gu Xing, and the other was Su Qi.

Everyone was shocked: "My God, Gu Xing has a new person by his side."

"It used to be Zheng Xin, now it's Su Qi. Brother Gu is just picking the top female star to boost his marketing."

Upon hearing these words, Gu Xing quickly explained in front of everyone: "Su Qi's car broke down and was being repaired on the way. I was just passing by and gave him a ride. Please don't spread rumors."

He bowed to both sides and followed Su Qi inside.

"Good heavens!"

"This isn't the first time, is it?"

"Gu Xing rarely explains things to actresses he's met, Su Qi is the first one."

Gu Xing followed behind Su Qi. As Su Qi stepped into the elevator in her high heels, she couldn't help but remind Gu Xing, "Gu Xing, I hope you won't use this opportunity to create hype."

Gu Xing looked at her in surprise: "I didn't..."

"I know that you used to deliberately create hype by not explaining your relationships with female celebrities, and now, in my opinion, your change is just another way of marketing."

Gu Xing looked at her with confusion in his eyes, and his heart ached slightly: "Is this how you see me?"

Lynn also spoke up: "Mr. Gu, what you did in the past is obvious to everyone in our industry. It's not easy for a person to change their ways; it's just their nature."

Gu Xing's assistant wanted to speak up for Gu Xing, but when the elevator doors opened, Shen Chaohuai, who was about to go downstairs to the restaurant, was standing right there.

Several people came out of the elevator, and Shen Chaohuai nodded slightly and entered the elevator.

With ten minutes left before the variety show filming was scheduled to begin, Gu Xing stood dejectedly at the elevator entrance until the elevator doors opened and Shen Chaohuai came up.

"Are you grieving here all by yourself?" Shen Chaohuai walked up to Gu Xing with his hands in his pockets.

Gu Xing slowly turned around, and when he saw Shen Chaohuai, he knew it was no good: "You don't come here unless you have something to say. I knew you would come looking for me."

"I saw it. You picked her up from the recording this morning. Tsk, so even Gu Yingdi, who has been a big name in the entertainment industry for seven or eight years, cares about what others think."

Gu Xing hesitated, then said, "She's different from others."

As if he had heard something funny, Shen Chaohuai stopped in his tracks: "What a pity. How did you get to where you are now? What was your past like? Others may not know, she may not know, but that doesn't mean I don't know."

Gu Xing's brow furrowed, and his face turned pale in an instant: "How did you know?"

"Ha, with my current abilities and background, finding out about your past is a piece of cake."

"Those netizens all say that you fell on hard times and married a rich woman, and then rose to become a movie star. You also used the popularity of a famous top female star from a few years ago to gain traffic, which is how you got to where you are now. Outsiders say it's a scandal, that you're too popular and the woman is just trying to ride your coattails. But actually, only you know whether it's true or not."

"When you were entangled with those women, I wonder if you ever thought that you would fall in love with a female artist named Su Qi in the future."

"But who knows how much of your love is genuine?"

"Shut up!" Gu Xing couldn't take it anymore and punched Shen Chaohuai.

Shen Chaohuai winced in pain but didn't utter a sound. Instead, he mocked her as he went to the recording studio.

Gu Xing squatted down in deep frustration, then buried his face in his hands and wept bitterly, almost in despair: "I didn't want this to happen... Why..."

"Why can he easily get into this circle with his own resources, while I have to..."

"Why...why won't any of you forgive me..."

Right behind the door, a woman in high heels walked straight over, as if deliberately waiting to see Gu Xing's disheveled state.

"Mr. Gu is so pitiful. Those self-proclaimed righteous people are just pretending to be high-minded. In this circle, who can remain untainted? Don't you think so?"

Shu Yu smiled and sat down next to him: "Don't you hate that those people keep bringing up things from the past?"

"No, that's not what I wanted, I don't want it to be like this..." Gu Xing was somewhat delirious.

There are still three minutes left before the variety show recording begins.