Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 488: Peach Blossom Village Premieres, TikTok Ban Lifted
In late April, temperatures rise and people gradually take off their winter clothes.

This scene perfectly echoes the opening lines of the famous documentary "Animal World": Spring has arrived, all things are reviving, and it's time for the animals to...

Chen Xiu felt this way because in the past week, Chocolate had been rubbing against the edge of the coffee table, and its actions were rather lewd.

Now they're starting to freeload again.

Chen Xiu stared at the large, fluffy white ball for a while, then turned to Meng Ziyi with a hint of helplessness and said, "Sister Meng, have you considered taking Chocolate to deal with it?"

"Ok??"

Meng Ziyi's eyes were bright, clear yet filled with doubt.

After observing Chocolate's behavior, she instantly understood and covered her mouth with a soft laugh: "Hahaha! It's its nature. It would be too cruel to force it, Dudu, am I right?"

"Um... I think you both have a point."

As a guest, Chen Duling cleverly chose not to offend either side on this issue.

Meng frowned in displeasure: "Don't you think it's too cruel to send the chocolate away for disposal?"

"Kind of."

"Then why aren't you speaking up for me?"

"But Chen Xiu must have his reasons for saying that, right?"

Seeing that the conversation was turning to her as Meng Ziyi and Chen Duling's gazes shifted to her, Chen Xiu pursed her lips.

“I just think that you’re about to start filming ‘Adoring,’ and if Chocolate continues like this, it might affect the filming.”

"Yes!"

Finally realizing the problem at work, Meng Ziyi also began to seriously examine the chocolate that was in motion.

Meng Ziyi was truly formidable. After staring at this embarrassing scene for a long time, she actually came up with a solution.

"Why don't we send the chocolate to Z?"

"..."*2
Chen Xiu and Chen Duling were both stunned. In a daze, they both thought: Could this be the legendary genius?
Meng Ziyi, however, felt that his idea had great potential: "That's right! The chocolate is in such good condition, sending it to Z for processing can not only solve the seasonal problem, but also teach it to earn money on its own!"

"What if it burns out completely?"

Chen Xiu turned her head to look and found that Chen Duling, who had asked the question, was actually very interested, with her eyes shining.

Meng Ziyi waved his hand dismissively: "No way, Xiu-ge'er is so amazing, the chocolate will definitely..."

"Hey, hey, hey, that's going too far."

Chen Xiu interrupted, her face darkening, wondering how a normal conversation had turned into such a mess.

Meng Ziyi stuck out her tongue, her eyes darting around, thinking to herself: I wasn't wrong!
Chen Duling gave Chen Xiu a meaningful look and even curled her lips.

After a moment of silence, Chen Xiu looked at the unfinished chocolate and said, "Since you've made up your mind, then have your assistant come and take it this afternoon."

"Yes! Perfectly solved."

Meng Ziyi happily picked up his phone to send a message to his assistant, then glanced at the time in the upper left corner: [11:55].

"Dudu, hurry up and turn on the TV, Peach Blossom Village is about to start airing!"

"oh oh."

Chen Duling reached for the remote control, her two fair and slender legs swaying back and forth in front of Chen Xiu.

It's getting more and more obvious...

Chen Xiu muttered to himself, then turned to look at Meng Ziyi.

As a result, the silly goose was telling Chocolate, who had just finished eating: "You're going to beat ten of them this afternoon!!"
Hopefully, the dog won't burn out when it's returned.

"Welcome to 'Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Valley'..."

Hearing the noise coming from the television, Chen Xiu turned her head to look, and what she saw was still a white expanse, shining brightly in contrast to the slanting sunlight.

Chen Duling gave a sly smile, but after glancing at Meng Ziyi and seeing him put down the chocolate, she could only regretfully walk back to her seat.

Meng Ziyi was completely unaware that her "best friend" was plotting against her. Instead, she excitedly came over to Chen Xiu and sat down next to him. Her two slender arms, exposed outside her nightgown, tightly hugged Chen Xiu's arms.

Chen Xiu asked, puzzled, "Why are you hugging me so tightly?"

"You promised me you'd watch the first episode of Peach Blossom Village with me."

"Yes! Aren't I watching it right now?"

"Couples are supposed to be close together when watching dramas and variety shows, so why should I sit far away like Dudu and watch with you?"

Meng Ziyi's statement perfectly illustrates the saying that the mouth flies first while the brain chases after it.

She certainly hadn't thought that much about it, but Chen Duling still trembled with nervousness.

Chen Xiu didn't seem to mind: "Then should I hug you too?"

"Huh? Oh right..."

"If we hug each other while watching, our necks might feel a bit uncomfortable."

"Then let me hold you! Stop talking and hurry up and look."

Meng Ziyi forcefully drew Chen Xiu's and Chen Duling's attention to the TV series, which relieved Chen Duling.

As an ensemble variety show, the first half hour of Peach Blossom Village is basically dedicated to introducing the 15 guests.

When Meng Ziyi saw himself and Chen Duling appear on camera, he chuckled a few times.

When the variety show moved on to the truth-or-dare game segment, Meng Ziyi pouted unhappily again.

Chen Xiu had been paying attention to her reaction, and seeing this, she asked, "Why are you suddenly unhappy again?"

"They can all say you're their boyfriend on TV, but I didn't, huh!"

Meng Ziyi turned his head to the side, sulking.

Chen Xiu asked, puzzled, "Didn't you say that?"

Meng Ziyi suddenly turned around, raising both eyebrows and staring blankly at Chen Xiu.

"Where can I have it?"

"You already answered that question when Song Dandan asked you if you were still in a relationship!"

Meng Ziyi paused for a moment, his mouth slightly open, and then he grinned again.

"Oh right! I think I did say that."

“…Let’s continue reading.” Chen Xiu rolled her eyes and continued to accompany Meng Ziyi to read the remaining parts.

Seeing the two of them being so affectionate, Chen Duling felt a surge of envy and longing, which turned into a sour feeling.

To distract herself, and because watching her own variety show was quite boring, Chen Duling simply muted her phone and started scrolling through it.

Just as she opened Douyin and searched for the keyword "Taohuawu", the search results included: "Taohuawu actresses reveal each other's boyfriend information", "Nezha visits Taohuawu and talks about Chen Xiu", "Chen Xiu is suspected to be Dilraba's boyfriend"...

Are netizens really that amazing?

Chen Duling stared wide-eyed as she clicked on the entry titled "Chen Xiu suspected to be Dilraba's boyfriend".

Then, the short video that popped up was from an entertainment blogger whose voice was accompanied by subtitles but whose person was not actually on screen.

He used Dilraba's mention of her grandmother's death on another variety show to deduce her work timeline, concluding that she was filming "Diamond Lover" at that time.

Chen Xiu and Dilraba met on the set of "Diamond Lover." After filming the drama, Dilraba switched from Jaywalk Studio to Datang Pictures...

The logical chain closed perfectly, and the likes, comments, and popularity of the short video soared. Chen Duling watched the drama unfold until her face turned pale.

Should I tell him?
The thought had barely crossed Chen Duling's mind when she saw Chen Xiu reach for her phone.

"that……"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"It's okay, you can see for yourself by looking at your phone."

Chen Xiu raised one eyebrow, sensing that Chen Duling's words had a hidden meaning.

He looked down at his phone, where a notification from international news read: "White Elephant Madras High Court rescinds delisting order; TikTok resumes normal operations!"

From the issuance of the order at the beginning of the month to the lifting of the order today, it has only been about twenty days. Zhou Shouzi's actions were indeed swift.

After a brief moment of reflection, Chen Xiu thought that with the lifting of the order, TikTok's IPO application was imminent, and the company needed to hold a meeting as soon as possible to finalize the details.

As if responding to his thoughts, WeChat immediately emitted a series of notification sounds. Clicking to view them revealed a multitude of work-related messages.

Chen Xiu put away her phone, turned to look at Meng Ziyi, and saw joy and delight in his eyes.

"Sister Meng, is the show almost over?"

"The first episode didn't show any footage from the room, so it should be ending soon."

"Then I'll go back to the company to take care of something?"

"Ok?"

Meng Ziyi's expression faltered for a moment, a look of regret mixed with heartbreaking understanding: "Then go ahead! Will you be back for dinner tonight?"

"Yes, I'll definitely come back."

Chen Xiu nodded and promised that today was his day off, and he had originally promised Meng Ziyi that he would spend the day with her, but now he had to break his promise.

Seeing the dimmed eyes of the silly beauty, Chen Xiu leaned closer and said, "I'll make it up to you tomorrow."

"Really?"

Let's pinky swear.

Chen Xiu suddenly raised his little finger, which made Meng Ziyi chuckle. His eyes lit up again as he made a pinky promise with him.

"It's a deal! You have to pay me back tomorrow!"

"I will definitely compensate you."

Chen Xiu kissed Meng Ziyi's cheek, then got up and left the living room.

Meng Ziyi sat and watched them go, her mind already following along. She didn't even look at the preview for the next episode of Peach Blossom Village on TV, nor did she see that Chen Duling had already come over and sat down next to her.

"Meng Meng."

"Ok?"

"Is Chen Xiu going to handle work, or to block messages?"

What messages should be blocked?

Chen Duling pursed her lips and showed Meng Ziyi the short video she had just found.

The short video, only a few dozen seconds long, left Meng Ziyi stunned and speechless.

Just as Chen Duling thought that Meng Ziyi had been too shocked and was about to say something to comfort her, Meng Ziyi suddenly let out a loud shout.

"Holy crap! Did Dilraba buy this trending topic?!"

“Huh??”

Chen Duling stared blankly as Meng Ziyi went to find his phone, her mind starting to go a little slow.

After finding his phone, Meng Ziyi's first action was to call Reba, and the call was answered quickly.

"Hey, Sister Meng, what's wrong?"

"Did you buy your way onto the trending topics list?!"

"What hot search?"

"It's the trending topic on Douyin that says Xiu Ge is your boyfriend!"

"Is there such a good thing?"

Meng Ziyi was furious and gritted his teeth as he stared at his phone.

"You come here right now and explain yourself!"

"You want me to come to your house? Sure! Is Brother Xiu home?"

Meng Ziyi gasped, his back teeth grinding together.

"I'm giving you half an hour. Get over here right now!"

Send me your location.

Meng hung up the phone and immediately sent the location.

Although Chen Duling only heard half of the information, she was still able to guess the entire content of the call based on her understanding of Meng Ziyi and Reba.

In a daze, she vaguely felt that calling Reba over at this time seemed to carry a certain risk...

(End of this chapter)