The Love Reality Show's Big Boss and Little Sweetie - Chapter 74

【They went public! They went public!】

【After flaunting their love for so long, they’ve finally made it official!】

【The Fire and Water CP is the sweetest!】

【I’m contributing 100 RMB to the wedding fund, remember to invite me!】

【Hahaha, even Xu Wuxing looks dumbfounded, poor little dog】

【Announcing it right outside the restroom… is that really okay? / Crying-laughing emoji】

【A world where only the single dogs get hurt has been achieved. The Fire-Water sugar levels are off the charts!】

【Wishing you a hundred years of happiness and daily loving!】

【Big Devil and Mu Chi must be happy!】

“Let me introduce you. Mu Chi is my boyfriend, and I am his boyfriend,” Qi Liao declared openly in front of the camera, holding Mu Chi’s hand.

Mu Chi went from feeling reserved to accepting it坦然(calmly/composedly) in just three seconds. He shared a smile with Qi Liao. “Thank you for all your affection. We wish everyone watching can also find the love of their life.”

Ignoring the excited or shocked reactions from netizens and others, Qi Liao led Mu Chi out of the restaurant. They passed through both bustling and quiet areas, arriving at the deck to take a walk and aid digestion.

Along the way, they kept smiling at each other, the air around them seeming to smell sweetly of strawberries.

【First love is like this; even just walking together side-by-side is happiness】

【Truly living up to the name ‘You Also Have Today’. After chasing it for so long, the most unlikely CP got together.】

【Who still remembers that Mu Chi and Qi Liao were originally love rivals? / Doge】

【I used to scoff at the ‘rivals-to-lovers’ trope, but now I’m experiencing the ‘真香'(the joy of being proven wrong after initial reluctance)】

【Poor Wenrou】

【What can you do? Liking someone is often quite a metaphysical thing】

【Watching the replays now, I’ve discovered so many details in the Big Devil and Mu Chi’s interactions. It’s all sugar!】

The two walked a full lap around the cruise ship, which not only aided their digestion but also deepened their bond, as if they had been lovers for a long time.

Just as they were about to return to their cabin, they suddenly spotted a guy with blond hair, wearing floral swim trunks, loitering by the pool.

“It’s him!” Mu Chi pointed.

Just as Qi Liao moved to apprehend him, the blond guy was seized by two tall bodyguards. He struggled and yelled, “What are you doing? My dad is the County Magistrate of XX! You can’t arrest me!”

Five minutes later, the blond guy was escorted before Qi Yuan.

Mu Chi and Qi Liao followed. President Zhang, President Wang, and President Lin were all there. Seeing the room full of “victims,” the netizens laughed without mercy.

“What are you two doing here?” Qi Yuan was dressed impeccably, once again the dignified, imposing霸道总裁(overbearing CEO), showing no signs of his earlier illness.

Qi Liao held up his and Mu Chi’s clasped hands. “We went public.”

“Oh.” Qi Yuan showed no expression. He took a sip of Ganmaoling(cold medicine) from a coffee cup, cleared his throat, and asked the blond guy on the floor, “Where are your accomplices?”

Pressed to the floor by the bodyguards, the blond guy’s face was red from struggling. He shouted, “My dad is the County Magistrate of XX!”

Qi Yuan sighed. “You’ve said that ten times on the way here. It seems you still don’t understand the situation—on this ship, *I* call the shots. One word from me, and you’ll be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.”

The blond guy trembled, a paper tiger. “Th-that’s… that’s illegal.”

“Selling illegal drugs without authorization is also illegal.”

The blond guy said, “I didn’t sell them! I just ordered that champagne! The drugs were put in by Brother Zhao, all for… for some chick.”

“Who is this Brother Zhao?” President Wang demanded angrily.

The blond guy answered obediently: “His dad is the Deputy Mayor in our area. You can’t afford to mess with him.”

President Wang fell silent. Business cannot trump official rank; that’s an age-old truth. Qi Yuan pinched his fingers, rubbing them slowly. “If you want to compete based on fathers, I naturally can’t compare. But if you’re talking about a Deputy Mayor, I do know a few, and we have some connections, big and small.”

With a wave of his hand, the bodyguards loosened their grip. The blond guy scrambled up from the floor, clutching his sore arms in surrender. “If you want to find Brother Zhao, I can go get him.”

“Go on.”

After the blond guy left, President Wang started cursing vehemently.

President Zhang, however, wasn’t particularly angry. He just said, “I trust President Qi will handle this matter properly.”

Qi Yuan smiled a humorless smile. “Naturally.”

【Hoho, Da Ge is so霸道(overbearing)!】

【Definitely brothers from the same mold, cut from the same cloth as the Big Devil.】

【Several business tycoons all fell for the same trick and got hit with an aphrodisiac… this is probably going to be a joke for the next ten years.】

【So how *did* Da Ge spend last night? He didn’t… ‘favor’ anyone, did he?】

【Impossible! Da Ge is just as self-restrained as the Big Devil!】

【That President Lin is quite handsome, give him more screen time.】

【You guys really do fall for every new face you see…】

“Have a seat, all of you,” Qi Yuan said to everyone.

Mu Chi stood awkwardly. He genuinely didn’t want to share a room with these other unlucky souls who’d also been drugged last night. It was too embarrassing.

Qi Liao grabbed his wrist and led him towards the balcony further away. “We’ll watch the show from here.”

The others: “…” So you’re just here for the entertainment?

Mu Chi lay down on the lounger previously occupied by Da Ge. Qi Liao peeled an orange for him, feeding him segment by segment. It was the height of comfort, treatment fit for an emperor.

President Wang pointed at them. “This is outrageous.”

Qi Yuan defended his own: “It’s my room. My弟弟(younger brother) and弟媳(brother’s wife/husband) can do whatever they want.”

“…”

Mu Chi, facing the ocean, felt much more at ease and didn’t take their words to heart.

Before long, the blond guy returned with his ‘Brother Zhao’ and two oddly dressed individuals, a man and a woman. The group looked thoroughly disreputable. The woman had non-mainstream red hair, was chewing gum, and followed behind Brother Zhao, her eyes darting around as she stared at President Lin, Qi Yuan, and Qi Liao. Finally, her gaze landed on Mu Chi, and she let out a whistle. “Handsome.”

Mu Chi: “…”

In all his life, this was the first time Mu Chi had been flirted with by a woman.

Qi Liao retorted不爽(displeased): “Ugly people sure love to make trouble.”

The woman’s anger flared up instantly. “Who are you calling ugly? What right does a mixed-race hairy foreigner have to call me ugly?”

Qi Liao’s tone was mild. “I was just citing a proverb. If you identify with it, that’s not my fault.”

The woman drawled to Brother Zhao, “Zhao Ge, he’s insulting me~”

Brother Zhao’s temper was explosive. “Can you stop hitting on everyone? If it weren’t for you last night, I would’ve succeeded with that girl.”

The woman rolled her eyes. “Let’s be reasonable here. I saw her first.”

“You see her, so she’s yours? If you’ve got what it takes, stop being my shadow.”

“Zhao Dazhu, you’ve got some nerve now, huh? Fine. From now on, if you take a fancy to any beauties, don’t come asking me to be your matchmaker.” With that, the woman threw her head back and strode out.

The weird man followed without hesitation. “Wait for me, baby.”

Woman: “Hurry up.”

Everyone: “…………”

【Holy crap, my CPU is about to burn out.】

【So much information packed into just a few sentences; it’s overloaded my brain capacity.】

【In short, this woman swings both ways.】

Mu Chi was also utterly bewildered. This place truly was full of drama, all kinds of it, daring to play out right here.

After a moment of silence, Qi Liao remarked, “Your circle is truly chaotic.”

Brother Zhao said irritably, “I know why you brought me here. But all I can say is you were unlucky. That champagne was never meant for you guys in the first place.”

President Wang said angrily, “And you think you’re in the right? Bringing that kind of drug onto a cruise ship is illegal in the first place!”

Brother Zhao sneered, “Why was I able to bring it on? You should investigate the ship’s staff instead of just blaming me. That’s what’s unreasonable.”

Qi Yuan said calmly, “That will naturally be investigated. But you, the young master of the mayor’s family, cannot stay.”

Brother Zhao was stunned, instantly horrified. “What do you want to do? You can’t seriously be planning to feed me to the sharks? I’m telling you, if you actually do that, my parents will never let you get away with it.”

Qi Yuan turned his face slightly towards the others. “What do you all think?”

President Zhang didn’t want to shoulder any responsibility. “It’s your decision, President Qi.”

President Wang’s anger hadn’t subsided. “If you ask me, they should be shark food!”

President Lin waved a hand. “That’s not appropriate. Once we reach the Maldives, we can just drop them off there.”

“That’s letting them off too easy.”

“Should President Wang push them into the sea himself?”

“… President Qi, we’ll leave this matter to you.”

Qi Yuan curved his lips into a smile and turned back. “We should still ask the final victim. Mu Chi, what do you think?”

Mu Chi hadn’t expected the power of life and death to be handed to him like this. No matter how annoyed he felt inside, he didn’t dare to cause a loss of life. He said, “I agree with President Lin.”

Hearing this, President Lin smiled at him.

Mu Chi, being眼瘸(blind/metaphorically blind to romantic cues), completely missed the fondness in his gaze.

【… As expected, this President Lin also likes Mu Chi.】

【But Mu Chi has already gone public with the Big Devil. Surely no one will try to butt in now?】

【President Lin is quite handsome, what a pity.】

【Mu Chi really finds himself in a 修罗场(romantic rivalry showdown) wherever he goes, hahaha】

【Big Devil’s expression: Displeased.jpg】

Qi Yuan, watching the drama unfold without concern, said, “President Lin has always been magnanimous. You and my 弟媳(brother’s wife/husband) must have a lot in common.”

President Lin smiled genteelly. “Indeed.”

“How long are you guys going to keep yapping?” Brother Zhao said roughly. “Men having things in common with other men, it’s disgusting.”

“…”

Qi Yuan: “Young man, that’s no way to speak. It seems your elders never taught you how to talk. Shall I give you a lesson?” He raised a hand, and two bodyguards flanked Brother Zhao.

“What are you doing?” Brother Zhao couldn’t hide his terror. “I’m putting it out there right now, if you lay a single finger on me, I will absolutely not let you off!”

Qi Yuan: “Pluck his hairs.”

Bodyguards: “Yes!”

Brother Zhao’s screams echoed through the luxurious suite. He writhed like a maggot, kicking his feet, protecting his head, trying to escape, only to be dragged back each time by the bodyguards, who proceeded to pluck his hair.

With every pulled strand, Brother Zhao wept and wailed, clearly having never suffered such humiliation in his life.

Mu Chi winced just watching, unconsciously touching his own thick, soft hair.

Qi Liao also stroked his head. “Don’t be scared, don’t be scared.”

He accidentally rubbed off two strands of hair. Mu Chi looked at them and felt as if struck by lightning. “I-I won’t go bald, will I?”

Qi Liao: “It’s just normal hair shedding.” He covered Mu Chi’s eyes. “It’s too brutal. Don’t look.”

President Lin, however, glanced over in their direction.

Qi Liao met his gaze, wildness blazing in his eyes. His lips moved, forming soundless words.

President Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, took a pair of gold-rimmed glasses from his pocket and put them on, smiling with refined gentleness.

Qi Yuan saw this and said, “Aren’t those my glasses? How did you get them?”

President Lin: “Did you forget you lost them to me last night?”

“Oh. Didn’t Mu Chi win them back? Never mind, you can keep them if you like them. They suit you.”

“Thank you.”

【…………The standard accessory for an overbearing CEO: gold-rimmed glasses.】

【The moment President Lin put on those glasses, he transformed into a refined scumbag.】

【In comparison, even Da Ge seems less like a scumbag now.】

【No way? Is President Lin the hidden scheming overbearing CEO?】

【Where are the lip-reading experts? Someone translate what the Big Devil said!】

【Here, here!】

【The Big Devil said: He is mine.】

【!!! Now *that’s* a truly domineering declaration.】

【And he specifically covered Mu Chi’s eyes while saying it. Does anyone understand the sheer masterful aura?】

【That Brother Zhao is both pitiful and hilarious.】

【The way Mu Chi was touching his own hair was even funnier, hahaha】

【The Big Devil is so Alpha it’s explosive】

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