At eleven o'clock, Starlight Square was still brightly lit. The crowd celebrating Christmas on the square would occasionally burst into cheers, causing the on-duty police officers and urban management officers to look over frequently.

  Jian Yan tightened her coat and asked He Xiu, who was walking beside her, "What did you want to talk to me about, Manager He?"

  He Xiu smiled at her upon hearing this and handed her the paper bag he had been holding in his hand, "Merry Christmas."

  Jian Yan hesitantly took the paper bag and peeked inside, "It's a red velvet cake from the dessert shop!"

  "Yeah. Didn't you say you wanted to eat the cake from Yu's last time?"

  "Yes!" Jian Yan carefully took out the cake, her eyes shining a little, "It's so beautiful. This is the Christmas limited edition red velvet from the British-style dessert shop. I heard it's really hard to get!"

  He Xiu said, "I asked their pastry chef to reserve one for me. I just went to pick it up."

  "Thank you, Manager He." Besides being excited, Jian Yan didn't forget to ask him about the price, "This cake isn't cheap, right? I'll give you the money."

  He Xiu couldn't help laughing, "This is a Christmas gift for you. How can I ask for money for a gift?"

  "Ah..." Jian Yan suddenly felt embarrassed again, "But I didn't prepare a Christmas gift for you..."

  "It's not necessary." He Xiu chuckled, "You all worked so hard for me today. How could I have the nerve to accept a gift from you?"

  Jian Yan blinked quickly, "So, is this something that all the employees have?" Then Manager He really spent a lot of money.

  He Xiu looked at her and said, "This is specially for you. They have their salaries, and that's enough."

  Jian Yan: "..."

  She had been a bit tempted to laugh, but when she met He Xiu's gaze, her heart started pounding again, as if Santa's little deer had run into her heart.

  Something cold and cool suddenly landed on her cheek. She looked up and realized it was snowing.

  "It's snowing." Jian Yan stretched out her left hand, and a glistening snowflake landed right on her palm. The snow on Christmas night seemed to have a kind of magic, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of the young people on the square. Cheers rang out one after another, and couples embraced and kissed as if no one else was around, showing their affection openly.

  Then they were separated by the police officers who were on duty in the wind and snow.

  Under the work of the police officers, the order at the scene didn't get too chaotic. Jian Yan turned around and just happened to meet He Xiu's gaze again. His silhouette was slightly blurred in the fine snow, but his eyes seemed to become more affectionate.

  Jian Yan 莫名地紧张起来. According to her experience of drawing shoujo manga for so many years, this occasion and atmosphere were simply the best for a confession.

  The two of them looked at each other for a while. He Xiu's thin lips parted slightly, and he finally spoke, "I..."

  Jian Yan's phone rang suddenly, interrupting what he was going to say next. She quickly fished out her phone from her bag and smiled at He Xiu awkwardly, "S-sorry."

  She originally wanted to hang up the phone directly, but seeing that it was Lin Zhen calling, she was afraid that there was something urgent, "I need to answer this call. Just a moment."

  He Xiu smiled at her, indicating that she could go ahead. Jian Yan took two steps to the side and answered the phone. Without giving her a chance to speak, Lin Zhen on the other end of the phone spoke very quickly, "Jian Yan! Do you know that He Xiu is Nan Si?!!"

  Jian Yan was taken aback for a moment and frowned slightly as she asked her, "What?"

  "He Xiu is Nan Si! Tang Zheng just said it himself!"

  ……

  This was how it happened.

  Tang Zheng was once again ridiculed by his own sister at the dinner table, so he dragged Lin Zhen to drink again. Everything seemed to be repeating history. The only difference was that this time, Tang Zheng was complaining about He Xiu while drinking.

  "Hmph, my sister has no taste just like those other women. They've all been deceived by He Xiu's appearance!" He poured another glass of wine for himself, slammed the glass on the table, "They just look down on my studio! So what if He Xiu is something? He still sang in my studio, 哼！"

  Lin Zhen almost spat out the drink in her mouth. She coughed violently a few times and turned to look at Tang Zheng, who was already a bit tipsy, "What did you say? Is Young Master He also from VIOCE?"

  "Yeah~" Tang Zheng smiled, "You didn't know, did you? His stage name in that circle is Nan Si~"

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  Lin Zhen: "!!!"

  She didn't delay for a second and dialed Jian Yan's number.

  After listening to her account, Jian Yan was silent for three seconds before calmly replying, "I see."

  "..." Lin Zhen's mouth twitched involuntarily, "Why are you so calm!"

  "What else should I do? Rush up and sleep with him?"

  "..." No, Jian Yan, did you accidentally blurt out what was in your heart just now??

  "If you have nothing else, I'll hang up now." Jian Yan said this and hung up the phone resolutely. She composed herself and tried hard to make her heart stop beating so fast.

  He Xiu and Nan Si were the same person. The two people whose voices she was fascinated by had combined into one.

  She was surprised, but what she cared more about was... So, she wasn't having a relationship with two different people at the same time?

  "Is there something wrong?" He Xiu saw that her expression was a bit off after she answered the phone and asked worriedly.

  Jian Yan didn't know how to face him for a moment. She could understand He Xiu's feelings about not wanting to expose his identity in the 二次元 world, but what should she do? Keep pretending not to know?

  "Um... It's nothing. It was Lin Zhen who called." She forced a smile and slowly put her phone back into her bag, "Well... Manager He!"

  She suddenly called out. He Xiu slightly lowered his head to look at her and asked, "What's the matter?"

  Jian Yan took a deep breath. She had made up her mind. Since she already knew that He Xiu was Nan Si, she could also tell him her own identity. Then they could recognize each other in the real world.

  "Just now Lin Zhen called me and said that Tang Zheng told her you're Nan Si from VIOCE?"

  He Xiu was taken aback. He never expected that his true identity would be exposed without any warning. Panicking in his heart, he quickly explained to Jian Yan, "I didn't mean to hide it from you on purpose. I was worried that you'd feel awkward at work, so I planned to tell you after you finished collecting materials."

  After listening to his explanation, Jian Yan frowned instead, "What do you mean? How did you know I was collecting materials?" She paused for a moment and then looked at him in realization, "You knew I was Tangzhi?"

  He Xiu: "..."

  Was this considered confessing without being pressed?

  Jian Yan, who had reacted, felt a sense of being deceived, "You already knew I was Tangzhi, and you were acting in front of me. Oh right, you even chatted with me online!"

  He Xiu: "..."

  "Sorry, sorry. I really just pretended not to know because I was afraid you'd feel uncomfortable at work."

  Although He Xiu kept apologizing, Jian Yan was still very angry and didn't even want the cake anymore, "Here, take it back!" She stuffed the cake into He Xiu's arms and walked away quickly on her high heels.

  He Xiu stood there holding the cake and watched her walk away. He took out his phone and dialed Tang Zheng's number. Tang Zheng didn't answer. He Xiu coldly hung up the phone and left a message on his WeChat.

  "This time, our friendship has really come to an end. Goodbye forever. :)"

  After sending it, he didn't hesitate to delete Tang Zheng as a friend.

  When Jian Yan drove home, it was almost twelve o'clock. She took off her high heels and slumped on the sofa.

  How could Manager He be like this? Duplicitous. Oh right, he even pretended to be tone-deaf when they went to the KTV last time! It must have been really hard for him!

  She was so angry! Jian Yan didn't want to keep smiling.

  After being angry with herself for a while, she remembered that today was the day the first episode of the audiobook of "Shang Ke" was released. So she took out her phone and specifically logged onto Weibo to check.

  The top post on her Weibo was still the Christmas greeting picture she posted in the morning. Great, Lin Zhen had indeed forgotten to help her repost the Weibo. She easily found the post about the release of the first episode in the mentions and clicked to repost it.

  Tangzhi V: Merry Christmas everyone ^_^ Congratulations to the drama crew for releasing the drama. The voices of the great 老师们 in the crew are all super charming. Remember to listen! Sending love~

  After posting it, she let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she reposted it before Christmas was over. Maybe because she had let go of her worries, she suddenly felt a bit hungry.

  The mall was very busy today, and she hadn't eaten much at all. It was already quite impressive that she could hold out until now. She walked to the kitchen feeling a bit tired and opened the refrigerator to take a look. There were quite a few ingredients inside, but she didn't have the energy to cook now and just wanted to eat something ready-made.

  Sigh, she should have known better than to be so impulsive and return the cake to He Xiu just now...

  After reflecting on herself, Jian Yan took out a pack of instant noodles. She rarely ate instant noodles, but this instant noodle was strongly recommended by You You last time. So she bought three boxes to try, but she hadn't had the chance to eat them until now.

  She soaked the instant noodles according to the instructions and waited patiently for three minutes. Then she piously lifted the lid. It smelled rather bland, but maybe it would taste good. She mixed the noodles and rolled up a chopstick full and put it in her mouth.

  Almost immediately, Jian Yan frowned. This instant noodle... was really terrible.

  Forcing herself to eat about half of it, Jian Yan couldn't stand it anymore. She was going to expose You You on Weibo!

  Tangzhi V: [Picture] This instant noodle was recommended by the great @Zhenguo_You You last time. She said it was really delicious, so I specifically found a purchasing agent to buy three boxes. It took a month to arrive. Today I finally had the chance to try it. I just want to say that I've never eaten such a terrible instant noodle. It's even worse than the noodles cooked by Director Lin [Goodbye][Goodbye][Goodbye]

  You You, who was working on a drawing manuscript all night and took a break, saw this message as soon as she logged onto Weibo. She reposted it 委屈地，"I really think it's delicious [Sweat] How can you say it's worse than the noodles cooked by Director Lin... I don't believe there's anything in this world worse than Director Lin's noodles..."

  Fans 纷纷 expressed that they were really curious about how bad Director Lin's noodles actually were.

  However, the matter didn't end there. A few minutes later, the great Nan Si, who rarely posted on Weibo, reposted Tangzhi's Weibo post.

  Nan Si V: I can cook noodles. The noodles I cook are really delicious [Poor][Poor][Poor]

  Jian Yan: "..."

  She didn't respond to him, but Nan Si's fans had already gone crazy.

  "Honey, I'm sorry. I accidentally read it as 'Your bottom is very delicious'... [Naughty]"

  "What does honey mean by this? Do you mean you'll cook noodles for her?"

  "..." The comments are too dirty to look at.

  "Does honey have something going on??"

  "Although I'm happy that honey posted on Weibo, I won't agree to a divorce!"

  "!! I knew something was wrong when honey liked Tangzhi's post last time!"

  "Have you fallen for someone else, honey qwq You promised to only cook noodles for me qwq"

  "@Tangzhi, Teacher, are you together with the great Nan Si??"

  Jian Yan: "…………"

  She really just wanted to complain about the noodles!