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    Chapter 29

    In the sea of consciousness, Yu Tang touched the remote control and turned off the light screen of the live broadcast.

    After cooperating with the police to complete the investigation, the psychological counselor stayed in the coffee shop, asked for a quiet employee lounge, and provided Yu Tang with simple emergency counseling.

    Ke Ming's words were vicious. Even if he had learned to deny and refuse subconsciously, Yu Tang could not be completely unaffected.

    But Yu Tang's endurance was far stronger than the psychological counselor could imagine.

    Realizing that his condition was not good, Yu Tang took the initiative to inform the psychological counselor in detail as soon as possible.

    He could feel painful fragments appearing repeatedly and involuntarily, and the pain of electric shock kept flashing back.He heard someone sternly reprimanding and reprimanding him in his hallucination, but he couldn't see the person's face clearly.

    He tried his best to concentrate, but the time he could last was short, and the irresistible trance was wrapping him up, dragging him into hazy chaos.He can also perform simple thinking and logical expressions, but there is no guarantee how long he can sustain it.

    "Can I take a pill?"

    Yu Tang sat upright. He expressed his situation slowly and clearly. After hesitating for a while, he said softly: "Just take one, and you won't miss anything..."

    The psychological counselor supported him and said in a very gentle tone: "What are you worried about going wrong?"

    Yu Tang opened his mouth, but couldn't answer.

    He didn't know what he would miss. It seemed that nothing was important enough for him to use medicine to suppress the discomfort, forcing himself to recover in this state and force himself to do it.

    But this has become his habit.

    When Yu Tang worked as an assistant to Sui Si, he was still too young and had no chance to formally contact the society. He was shackled early before he even had time to study.

    The people around him taught him this, so he always took everything for granted.He doesn't know that he can take a rest when he's tired from work, or he can take leave when he's sick. He doesn't know that people can do wrong things, and they can correct them without being punished to death.

    These thoughts turned into shackles that strangled him, cut into his flesh, and became part of his subconscious.

    Even though later Yutang had grown up rapidly and was already able to navigate places like the entertainment industry.He knows a lot of things and understands a lot of truths. He can distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. He will protect ordinary people in the studio, and he will also patiently enlighten young and rebellious fans.

    But his subconscious never allowed him to include himself in it.

    He never realized that he, like everyone else, had the right to choose the path he wanted to take, and the right to live for himself without any distractions.

    "You're just tired." The psychological counselor's tone was particularly gentle, "You need to rest."

    Yu Tang frowned slightly.

    This sentence also contradicted the subconscious. Yu Tang was a little puzzled and whispered: "But he said-"

    The counselor asked: "What did he say?"

    "No need to rest." Yu Tang listened to the voice in the hallucination and repeated, "My work is not very tiring."

    "There used to be...there were other people who came to do my job."

    Yu Tang followed softly: "They are not very tired."

    Yu Tang: "It's because my work efficiency is too low and I don't know how to plan and arrange things reasonably."

    "I can indeed still work." Yu Tang wanted to find his mobile phone, and his speech gradually became smoother. "I will definitely plan more rationally next time. Please forgive me this time. It is not convenient for me to accept punishment now. Come on.It's time for the live broadcast, I promised them..."

    The psychological counselor did not speak immediately and gently pressed Yu Tang's shoulder.

    The consultant comforted Yu Tang slowly, taking pains to ask him to relax and sit back slowly.

    Yu Tang's resistance was not strong. He sat upright and still looked confused.

    When the psychological counselor saw Darren, he suddenly thought of something and called him softly: "Yutang."

    Yu Tang turned his eyes and met the psychological counselor's gaze.

    The psychological counselor asked him: "Did you know that there are many people who like you?"

    Yu Tang paused, his eyebrows curved gently, and he said slowly: "I know, I'm very grateful. I will work hard -"

    “It’s not hard work.”

    The counselor said: "One thing - even if you don't work hard all the time, there should be people who like you. Just like you, like you for who you are."

    The counselor asked: "Have you ever thought about this?"

    The recording was later secretly posted online.

    This kind of illegal recording without the permission of the person involved seriously violated the privacy of others. The recording only circulated for less than half a day before it was completely deleted from the entire Internet. The party who made the illegal recording was also held accountable in accordance with the law and paid high compensation to the person involved.

    But many people still heard the recording.

    The sound quality is very poor, there is a lot of noise, there is no picture at all, and only some vague voices can be heard.

    After the psychological counselor raised this question, Yu Tang was silent for a long time.

    He was silent for a long time, so long that many people couldn't help but think that the recording was over. When they went to check the progress bar, they smiled awkwardly.

    He wasn't angry, but he was different from his usual calmness, with shyness and a little mild confusion.

    Yu Tang couldn't understand why the psychological counselor asked this question.

    This was such a simple question. He had asked it before and had already received the answer.Over the years, this answer has never been missed.

    Yu Tang smiled and answered the psychological counselor according to the answer in his memory.He was of a gentle nature and could not learn that tone; he just repeated words that could not be more familiar.

    "I have...time to think about this."

    Yu Tang spoke very slowly. He thought about it carefully and repeated it carefully and word for word: "It means there is too little work, so it is better to do more."

    The counselor asked: "What?"

    Yu Tang said: "Don't think randomly, don't waste time, and remember in the future..."

    "Long memory." Yu Tang remembered it clearly, "Don't daydream like this again."

    "Host, host."

    The system flashed a small red light, comforting Yu Tang, who had been hit by the anti-PUA card twice in a row and had not yet successfully put himself back in: "Looking at the bright side, we have received a hundred thousand yuan in compensation from the paparazzi who stole the video.gold."

    If every card was not valid for half an hour, Yu Tang would have noticed when someone was secretly recording someone outside the door and forcibly exited the custody in time.

    If the treatment was stopped at that time, they would not be able to get the 100,000 experience points credited.

    "Experience points can be withdrawn at any time, and there is interest, host." The system has never been so rich. He came back with an arm full of snacks and rubbed Yu Tang, "We can use those books when we get them back..."

    Yu Tang sighed, picked a bag of crispy noodles from the system's arms, and tore open the package.

    Thinking on the bright side, they did receive a hundred thousand yuan in compensation from the sky.

    "Think of the worst." Yu Tang pulled out the performance sheet, "We failed to complete the last task of this quarter, and the bonus of 100,000 experience points is gone."

    system:"……"

    Yu Tang crushed the dough into pieces, sprinkled the seasonings in, held the mouth of the bag and shook it.

    The last task of this season is to create an unexpected surprise, allowing the protagonists to meet unexpectedly, hold hands and cry, and compose a beautiful and harmonious love movement together.

    Yu Tang always felt that these mission announcements were very annoying, but after all, it was the protagonist who did these things, not him.

    As a backup tool person, starting from the first book, although the success rate is not very high, Yu Tang will still use a considerable sense of responsibility and work enthusiasm to attack the protagonist in various ways, whether gentle or blunt, without any trace or completely.We gather together in a trace manner on time to complete each month's performance.

    Although when the number of books increased to the fourth, his enthusiasm was sapped and he only wanted to be a card buying consortium. When it was time to push for performance at the end of each quarter, Yu Tang still failed repeatedly and never hesitated.

    It had been a long time since Yu Tang had been in the same book for three months. This was originally the quarter when they were most likely to get bonuses.

    ...But there are unforeseen circumstances.

    Ke Ming was sent to the police station by a randomly generated cleaning agent and had to be detained for at least seven days, pending the results of the follow-up investigation.

    There are only five minutes left in this quarter, and even digging a tunnel is too late.

    During his internship, Yu Tang heard from senior employees that no matter how strong the inertia was for the world to run according to the original storyline, there would be no way to get it back on track after such a serious deviation occurred.

    Yu Tang was worried while chewing crispy noodles. He clicked on the control panel and looked at the favorability between the protagonists.

    The favorability score, which was originally red, is now completely black. Fortunately, the value does not fluctuate much and still maintains a high level of over 91 points.

    "Host." The system wanted to ask before, "What does it mean when the favor bar turns black?"

    Yu Tang guessed: "Probably some kind of accidental deterioration of the beautiful love movement."

    system:"?"

    "What can bring two people together does not necessarily have to be love. For example, jealousy, unwillingness, difficulty in settling feelings, hatred due to love... these negative emotions can also be used."

    Yu Tang has also recently been studying the loopholes in the bookstore reviews. He read a lot of psychology books through Yu Tang's body, turned on the light screen, and gave examples to the system: "You see, the loyalty of Ke Ming's fans has also increased now."

    The system came over and was a little surprised: "Really!"

    Yu Tang enlarged the light screen, pulled up a table, and briefly analyzed the remaining data on human emotions.

    In just one day, the situation online has completely spiraled out of control.

    The company has yet to give a reasonable explanation. Ke Ming only posted a text message on Weibo, saying that he was on vacation abroad and had nothing to do with the turmoil on the Internet. He would continue to pay attention and reserve the right to pursue accountability.

    Some rival fans, who have long been familiar with the tricks, left a message in the comment area: "You are on vacation abroad. Where are your air tickets? Where are your visas? Where are your passports? You can't show any of them, so you smuggled in on a bicycle?"

    "You can't even post a photo? In the past, Weibo was all about Jiugongge, but this time there is no photo that can be posted?"

    "Don't be fooled by old photos that you saved before. Even our dormitory managers can't fool you with this trick now. They send photos to check in and ask for a fixed pose."

    "You can't post photos, you can't record vlogs, why don't you go in?"

    As soon as the last comment was posted, he was fiercely attacked by Ke Ming's fans: "Keep your mouth clean before you go in! If you can't speak, don't speak. Be careful if you spread too many rumors one day, and the court will block your door with a summons."…”

    The two sides got into a quarrel, but the agency and Ke Ming's team were extremely unusual, and there is still no movement.

    Seeing that the speculations on the Internet are getting more and more serious, the team's official account did not respond, but the agency issued an announcement to prosecute false rumors in accordance with the law.

    But from beginning to end, Che Zhuglun talked about sternly pursuing accountability and calling for purifying the Internet environment, but he didn't clarify what exactly were rumors.

    Ke Ming's fans can no longer suppress it. Many of them are young and prone to impulsivity. They have already posted on the police Weibo related to the rumor, asking the police to protect citizens' reputation rights and release clarification certificates in a timely manner.

    In the evening of the same day, the police announced an arrest warrant for a man named Ke who was administratively detained for seven days and a man named Qian who was detained for 20 days for violating the public security management penalty regulations.

    When the announcement came out, all Ke Ming's fans were dumbfounded.

    Yu Tang looked at the arrest warrant and thought of his mission that was about to expire in two minutes. He was still a little unwilling: "Is it true that there are no excavators for sale in the mall?"

    system:"……"

    "You can rent one, just dig a tunnel and let them come out for a surprise meeting." Yu Tang said, "Hold hands and cry, then knock the person unconscious and send them back, and bury the tunnel."

    Yu Tang settled the accounts for the system: "As long as the total expenditure is controlled below 100,000 experience points, we will all make money."

    The system had been brainwashed out of his experience. He quickly turned off the microphone and speaker, and kept the red light flashing motionless, pretending to be a little star.

    "Not only will there be bonuses." Yu Tang turned on the microphone, "There will also be a chance to draw a lottery at the bureau's annual meeting. Maybe you can get a skill card to improve your acting skills."

    Yu Tang looked at the last minute and seven seconds: "I'll dig faster."

    The system flashed its lights silently and stoically, and the screen was filled with tiny snowflakes.

    Yu Tang felt a little regretful and finished eating the crispy noodles by himself, then turned on the light screen to take a look.

    The police announcement has been requested by fans, and Ke Ming's team can no longer pretend to be dead and remain silent.

    Someone had already recognized Yu Tang in those live photos, and Sui Si's former manager Qian Bin was also picked out, leaving only the third person who was tightly wrapped in a mask and sunglasses. Ke Ming's side was still unable to resist him.Admit it, now I can’t put it off any longer.

    The parties involved have been gathered together, and combined with the original scandals between Ke Ming and Sui Si, plus the recent turmoil in Sui Si's studio, there have been many speculations that sound logical and highly credible.

    Ke Ming's team simply issued a statement, saying that Ke Ming was indeed accidentally involved in a conflict, but could assure the public that there was absolutely no violation of our country's laws.

    The reason why he was severely punished was because Qian's behavior in inviting Ke Ming to accompany him was extremely bad.Not only did he electroshock the victim illegally in the first place, but he was even more frenzied this time and even took out the electroshock device to threaten the victim, causing the victim to become emotional and call the police.

    After the statement was issued, the comments below were drowned out by the group’s ridicule.

    "Qian Bin is the one who threatens people, Qian Bin is the one who invites people. Qian Bin has done everything by himself. What did Ke Ming get invited to do, ride a bicycle on vacation?"

    "Okay, okay, you don't know what to do? Even CP fans can't get into it."

    "Former CP fans, I originally thought that two people really have feelings for each other, and it would be a very romantic thing to break through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to run to each other. But what happened after running to each other? One was in arrears with wages, and the other was detained for seven days?"

    "I just came from Sui Si, and I thought their fans were exaggerating. What do you mean now, you're just asking for the electric shock device? Is it true?"

    "What about stress disorder? What about long-term workplace bullying? Criminal detention has been released. How serious is Yu Tang's condition..."

    Yu Tang turned off the light screen and asked the system: "Does a Chinese wedding count?"

    system:"?"

    "One bows to heaven and earth, the other bows to the high hall, and the two of them kowtow to each other."

    Yu Tang said: "Time is tight and it is not easy to prepare for the wedding. I still have the key to Sui Si's small apartment. If they are willing, I can help clean it up and ensure that the circuit breaker does not trip that night."

    "..." The system turned on the red light with difficulty, "Host——"

    “Distance creates a barrier.”

    Yu Tang analyzed it: "Ke Ming is inside and Sui Si is outside, so there is no way to fully communicate. After seven days, Ke Ming will inevitably feel that Sui Si is deliberately not helping him."

    The system whispered: "Sui Si didn't mean not to help him, but the host can..."

    Half of Ke Ming's team are from Du Sui Si Studio, so Yu Tang may not be able to lead them smoothly.

    If Yu Tang switches back to his character now, and returns as Yu Tang who has remembered those memories of the past, and takes over Sui Si Studio and Ke Ming's team to deal with the crisis urgently, maybe there will be a turn for the better.

    From the perspective of completing the task, this is the best way to handle it.

    As a backup tool, Yu Tang finally helped Sui Si and Ke Ming. He quietly exited the game and got all the experience points of the HE ending.

    The system has already deduced this way of breaking the situation, but it can't be said out anyway. A mechanical sound card turned into several intermittent paragraphs.

    "It's okay." Yu Tang patted it, "Don't worry."

    The system couldn't speak, so it typed something on the screen: Can the host help him?

    Yu Tang: "No."

    system:……

    "From the perspective of the whole book, the protagonist CP is in trouble, and Yu Tang returns to the spotlight after clearing up all the past grudges. It is definitely the climax of the plot, which is irritating, sadistic and tear-jerking."

    Yu Tang: "But what about my colleagues at W&P? What about the psychological counselor? What about the little girl who is still crying in the live broadcast room?"

    "They were all willing to lend a hand to help drag Yu Tang out of the fire pit." Yu Tang said, "Then, I jumped back on my own? Should I say I'm sorry and thank you for taking care of me or can't let go of Teacher Sui?"

    Of course the system doesn't want to, and the screen is filled with exclamation marks: No!!!

    Yu Tang couldn't help but smile, opened the bag of dry noodles for the system, sprinkled the bag with ingredients, shook it up and handed it over.

    If you make a mistake, you will make a mistake. It's not the first time.

    Yu Tang knew the system's concerns. This kind of action that went against the will of the original author was dangerous after all, but because not many employees had done it, the consequences were not clear yet.

    ...It’s not that there aren’t many employees. From the time Chuan Bookstore recorded it until now, there are only two.

    One of them used to be in the Almighty Butler's secretarial department. Because he bought the protagonist's company, he had a name in the entire Chuan Bookstore.

    Because of this accident, his internship was ridiculously long and he stayed in this book for so many years.

    "Don't be afraid," Yu Tang said, "I have been promoted to a regular employee and I have a labor contract. The most they can do is deduct all my bonuses from this book."

    "The maximum reward for a book is 90 million experience points."

    Yu Tang settled the accounts for the system: "Even if I don't take any private work, as long as I work at W&P for nine years, I will make money."

    Besides, if he really stayed at W&P for nine years, he would definitely not be just a director.

    Yu Tang was actually somewhat interested in the W&P Consortium. He didn't want to scare the system, so he didn't say it out loud and only gave it the simplest possibility.

    The system flashed a small red light: "Can we still continue to work at W&P?"

    "Why not?" Yu Tang said, "They allow me to work from home. Aren't these four books about the same worldview?"

    system:"……"

    The system quickly went through the remaining three books.

    According to the progress of the plot, in the third book, Yu Tang is a commodity raised in a villa, and will soon be given to a ruthless and perverted villain for an equivalent transaction.

    In the second book, Yu Tang is about to be imprisoned by the darkened protagonist. The darkened protagonist has a white moonlight in his heart. The protagonist will meet all of Yu Tang’s material requirements, but will never allow Yu Tang to go out. At the same time, he will completely destroy Yu Tang.Reshaped into the white moonlight.

    In the first book, Yu Tang is happily surfing with the kind dolphins.

    No matter how the system analyzes it, it feels that it is somewhat inconsistent for Yu Tang to be the marketing director of W&P while handling these plot lines.

    Yu Tang taught it: "If you have a job in your heart, you can work anywhere."

    Yu Tang: "Why am I still on the island? No one found out that I was missing from the first book until now?"

    The system was dizzy and flashed the red light twice.

    Yu Tang pressed his forehead and decided not to pursue the matter for now.

    The relationship between those little girls and Yu Tang was very good. The news, true or false, had been making noise all day long, and many people were frightened.

    Yu Tang was taken back to the hospital and slept for a long time under the influence of a small amount of diazepam. His current condition was much better than before. Seeing him on the live broadcast should not frighten them.

    The system likes to do this, and happily flashes the little red light: "Does the host want to go? I'm going to prepare"

    "Let the hosting go, I'm not used to this."

    Yu Tang smiled: "Someone likes me... I'm quite nervous."

    The system was stunned for a moment and did not speak immediately.

    Yu Tang: "I'm going to take a look at the excavator."

    system:"……"

    "You're just kidding." Yu Tang patted it comfortingly, "Don't look at the excavator. One minute has passed too early. The mission failed. Our bonus of 100,000 experience points for this quarter is gone."

    system:"……"

    The system cried so hard that it fell into disarray. Yu Tang was about to speak when he suddenly heard a particularly unfamiliar "ding" sound.

    Virtual gold coins worth 100,000 experience points rained down from above their heads.

    "What's going on..." Yu Tang was stunned, "Ke Ming escaped from prison? Did they stand under the moonlight and embrace each other affectionately?"

    The system was not clear either. It was knocked around twice and finally returned to Yu Tang's shoulder. He brought up the light screen and clicked on it.

    Ke Ming did not escape from prison.

    In the detention center, Ke Ming was wearing a blue uniform and looked so embarrassed that he was almost unrecognizable.

    It was time to relax. He was just squatting in the corner, looking in a daze, when he saw a figure walking by, his eyes suddenly widened in disbelief.

    He seemed to have been hit hard on the top of his head by a heavy hammer, his whole body shook, and his eyes were clearly bloodshot.

    In front of Yu Tanghe's system, Chuan Bookstore's rigid and outdated system evaluation, which has long been criticized by employees, jumped out:

    [Unexpected]: Achieved.

    [Holding hands and crying]: Achieved.

    [Beautiful and harmonious love movement]: Achieved, the search result is "Tears Behind Bars", and the BGM music library is confirmed to exist.

    Completed the task [unexpected surprise], all tasks for this quarter have been completed, the bonus has been received immediately, and the number of draws has been stored in the backend, please check it by yourself.

    Yu Tang was shocked both physically and mentally. He pressed his chest and raised his head.

    In the light screen, Ke Ming suddenly became hysterical.

    He stood up suddenly, pushed away the detention center manager beside him, stumbled over, and grabbed Sui Si who was being led by.

    "what happened……"

    Ke Ming's voice was extremely hoarse. He held Sui Si's arm tightly and was shaking unsteadily.

    His eyes were so wide that he still couldn't believe his eyes.

    All his hopes are on Sui Si. Why is Sui Si here now?What happened outside?!

    How serious is this incident?How many other hidden dangers may be involved, and how much will he be affected?His future, his reputation, his nearly 100 million in endorsements and investment film contracts...

    Ke Ming stared at Sui Si, his vision blurred by tears caused by physiological stress: "What's going on? Sui Si, what did you do!?"

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    1. Deleted User
      Jun 8, '24 at 12:52

      Ok soo, I’ve been so hesitant about this (commenting, reading, and everything) because I thought that Sui Si was the ml. But we’ll hehe… He’s not! Thanks to the author 🎉!!

    2. CelestialOblivion6586
      Mar 11, '25 at 07:03

      ‘Tears Behind Bars’ PFFT- BAHAHAHA deserved

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