You were asked to be on a dating variety show, but all the guests failed?

Chapter 56 Trying to Struggle
The entire live broadcast room, as well as Han Fei and Qi Qingyi, all had dazed expressions.

Everyone's eyes fell on Zhong Xiaoyun's face. With his status, he might have never encountered such exaggerated attention in his entire career, but now he did.

It's just because of the scandal.

Zhong Xiaoyun's face turned ashen, and his nails pinched his palms unconsciously, as if he wanted to make them bleed. However, he felt nothing at all, and his whole body was so tense that he was even shaking a little.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe a long time, or maybe only a minute.

Finally someone spoke.

"Zhong Xiaoyun, you didn't expect to see me here at all, did you?"

The woman's voice on the other side of the screen was extremely soft, but to Zhong Xiaoyun it sounded like the devil's whisper, giving him goose bumps just by hearing it.

The woman smiled and took off her mask, revealing her full face.

It was indeed a pretty face, not as pretty as that of a celebrity, but her facial features were well-proportioned, her skin was fair, and she had almond eyes, crescent eyebrows, and an oval face. The combination of these gave her a very comfortable look, like the kind of sister next door that a middle-aged man would dream of in the middle of the night.

Gentle and pretty, as if she will hand you a bottle of ice water with a smile in the hot summer in the next second.

"Before you appeared in the photo, I hadn't even thought about taking off my mask. Although I'm not a celebrity, I've worked and interned in the industry before and have many acquaintances. It would be troublesome if I was recognized by others."

"But Zhong Xiaoyun, why did you come here?"

"After marriage, I rarely pay attention to things in the entertainment industry anymore, let alone watching live broadcasts. If you hadn't been on this show, I wouldn't even know Han Fei was on it. Until I died, I had no intention of exposing those things."

"But why did you come here?"

"I was watching the show this morning when it started. The four groups of guests were acting separately. Logically, you shouldn't be with Han Fei now. You should be with your partner somewhere else to show your affection."

"You suddenly came to the haunted house. Could it be that you heard something big happened here and wanted to take advantage of the hype or watch the fun?"

"I'm so sorry to disappoint you. I didn't jump off the building, and I've already found a stable job, so I'm not going to die. I want to live well and watch you build a tall building and then watch it collapse."

The woman's tone was calm, with a smile on her face. Apart from the horrific wounds on her forehead, eyes, and nose, her words couldn't be more normal.

But now, with these wounds, she can still speak like this to the culprit...

Zhong Xiaoyun felt his heart tremble.

He pinched his palms until the skin was broken, and finally he calmed down and spoke to the screen.

"Xiao Li, is there any misunderstanding between us?"

"I drank too much the other day... I also encountered some unpleasant things at work. I couldn't control my temper after drinking, so this happened, but I really didn't mean it. If I had a chance, I would definitely apologize to you, but at that time, I had to schedule a show right away, and I really had no choice but to come here to catch up with the announcement."

"If you have anything to say, can you please wait until I get off the show and then talk about it? Don't you think about me but also about others. We have even agreed on the wedding date. I will definitely apologize to you later." If Zhong Xiaoyun had not heard what the woman said in advance, this speech might have been just an ordinary domestic violence man making excuses for himself, but the audience, Han Fei, and Qi Qingyi had all heard it.

We already have a child, so why are we still talking about the wedding date?
Zhong Xiaoyun was still making his own calculations, but now that everyone could hear the clacking sound of his abacus, it could no longer be considered an abacus; it was a circus.

I don’t know where the tacit understanding came from, but the audience in the live broadcast room didn’t mention what the woman said before. Hundreds of thousands of people were waiting to watch the show with one heart.

Of course, not everyone inside believed what the woman said. After all, emotional and family matters were difficult for outsiders to judge clearly. She might have concealed something, but that was not important, because the wound on her face was not fake, and Zhong Xiaoyun had just vaguely admitted that he had beaten someone. In short, there was no way to wash away the blame for domestic violence. It all depended on how Zhong Xiaoyun planned to wash it away.

Zhong Xiaoyun really wanted to clear himself.

He didn't know how much his wife had said, but before he came, the Science Emperor in the barrage had already said part of it.

What we know now is that his wife accused him of domestic violence and was planning to jump off the building. There is a way to deal with this. Just convince her and issue a notice tomorrow to clarify that he did this because he misunderstood that she was having an affair with another man and he got so angry that he lost his temper.

Moreover, they have never held a wedding, let alone made their daughter public. People around them think they are still boyfriend and girlfriend, which he prepared in advance. As long as they are not married and as long as he can appear logically self-consistent, his current image is just that of an ordinary scumbag, which will have an impact on his work, but not a big impact.

Of course, he would be accused of using any means to hype himself up if he had a girlfriend but he was on a dating show, but in this situation, he could only choose the lesser of two evils. First, he had to cover his wife Lu Xiaoli's mouth and ask her not to tell anyone about the secret marriage and child. He could handle the follow-up matters behind closed doors. This kind of information was at least within his control.

After all, she has a soft temper and just wants to jump off the building when she is beaten. She is an easy persimmon to bully.

"Xiao Li, I know I'm wrong. I've been with you for so many years, and we're talking about marriage, but I still come to participate in a dating show. But I really don't have any other ideas. This is all work-related. You've been in the entertainment industry before, so you should be able to understand."

"I know you must be feeling uncomfortable. I also feel uncomfortable seeing you flirting with another man, so I got angry for a while..."

"Really, I'm really sorry, but I don't want to make fun of my own affairs, so can we talk in private?"

Zhong Xiaoyun displayed his best acting skills ever, playing the role of a man who admits his mistakes and turns over a new leaf to perfection, leaving no room for flaws at all.

He was so sincere that if Lu Xiaoli were right in front of him, there would be no doubt that he would kneel down and apologize.

On the other side of the screen, the woman stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sneered.

“Zhong Xiaoyun, you don’t think I’m still as stupid as before and put your career first, right?”

"Before, you didn't allow me to go out to work. You controlled all my social circles and made me cut off contact with my old friends. As a result, when I was beaten by you, there was no one to help me. You also had to bear the expenses of the family, so I didn't dare to expose you. You said that we didn't want to hold a wedding for fear that the news would leak out and affect our career, so I agreed."

"But before you come here to take advantage of the popularity, have you ever considered a possibility—"

"What if I already have someone to help me, someone to back me up?"

"Zhong Xiaoyun, I happen to have our marriage certificate and our child's birth certificate with me. I'll put these things together with my suicide note. If you continue to be stubborn, I don't mind exposing my identity information and putting these things under the camera."

(End of this chapter)