The friend immediately opened the gossip group she frequented. Her fingers flew across the keyboard so fast they practically left afterimages.
“Friends! Come eat melons! The first gossip of the New Year is here—open your mouths wide!”
!
There was such a good thing?
The crowd of eager melon-eaters instantly gathered, mouths open and waiting.
What kind of melon was it?
Let them have a taste!
The friend shared at lightning speed.
“In our circle, there is no way anyone does not know President Yin, right?”
What?
President Yin?
The group collectively trembled.
This melon sounded huge.
Replies flooded in.
“Of course we know him! Who does not know President Yin?”
“Exactly! If nothing else, my dad brings up President Yin every single day and tells me if I had even one percent of his ability, he could die in peace :)”
“Same 🙂 My dad says that too. But I think I do have one thing over President Yin. At least I have a partner. Can he say the same?”
“?”
“?”
“?”
“You are out of line! We came for gossip, not dog food!”
Well…
Not necessarily.
The friend thought about what Wu Mei had just told her and cast a sympathetic glance at the group chat.
She was different.
She already had a partner.
But these people?
Most of them were single, right?
Except for that traitor just now!
Anyway!
That was not the important part!
The important part was—
“Sorry to disappoint you 🙂 The melon I am bringing today is this—President Yin already has a partner! Supposedly super handsome with extremely impressive pectoral muscles! I am highly suspicious it is the ‘Mr. Big Pecs’ he brought to the annual gala!”
What?!
The group shook again.
Even the one who had bragged about having a partner could not believe it.
“No way. He has a partner? With that personality, who could put up with him? I do not believe it!”
“Waaaah, I do not want to believe it either! I once had a tiny crush on President Yin! And now it is over before it even began!”
“Is this real? But those pecs really were huge! I watched that livestream too!”
“??? Wait. Are we missing the point? Should not the key issue be—President Yin likes men?”
Oh.
Right.
Everyone finally caught the blind spot.
The friend hurried to type.
“What is wrong with men? Real men should date men! But now I am really curious—who exactly is this guy? Any leads on a super handsome man with massive pecs? I want to see his face!”
The guesses began flying.
“Could it be someone from Wu Mei’s company? Yun Qi works out a lot. His pecs are pretty dramatic.”
“No way. Yun Qi’s face does not measure up.”
“Then maybe Lin Fei? He is outrageously good-looking, and his body is not bad.”
The friend thought for a second and firmly rejected it.
“Nope. According to Wu Mei, that guy was even bigger than President Yin. Probably at least six-foot-three.”
“What? Six-foot-three, big pecs, and super handsome? Is this boyfriend heaven-sent? Why have I never met one like that!”
Someone could not help sounding bitter.
With those qualifications, it sounded like a dream.
“Wrong circle maybe? A foreigner? Or someone from the modeling world?”
“Not a foreigner. Black hair, black eyes—pretty obvious.”
They speculated back and forth without reaching a conclusion.
The friend was a little disappointed, but her boyfriend happened to ask her out to dinner, so she immediately dropped the topic.
“I am heading out! If you figure anything out, tell me! Same rule as always—do not spread this around. Otherwise, we will not get first dibs on fresh gossip from Wu Mei next time.”
Everyone agreed enthusiastically.
Then someone quietly opened Weibo.
“Accidentally saw a guy around six-foot-three with amazing pecs and an incredibly handsome face. Not a foreigner. Does anyone know who he is? I really, really want to know—please tell me!”
?
A random netizen scrolling past slowly typed a question mark.
“Wake up. Our circle does not have someone that premium. Six-foot-three already wipes out most candidates, and huge pecs on top of that…”
“Still though, does anyone know? I kind of want to see too!”
“Is this a marketing account? Well done, you have caught my attention. Post pictures or it did not happen!”
The original poster was still asking around when she suddenly noticed her post filling with comments.
Then she saw a new reply.
“With those specs, you would not forget him after one glance, right? And yet the blogger does not know who he is? This marketing tactic is stale. Stop it.”
Marketing?
The woman behind the account was a wealthy heiress herself, used to being pampered. Seeing that comment instantly annoyed her.
She shot back a reply.
“Did you not see my verification? Why would I need marketing? I have not met him either. He is someone else’s premium partner. I just want to find a photo and feel a little jealous. Is that not allowed?”
After all, that was President Yin’s partner!
If she was the first to identify him, how impressive would that be?
The melon tasted extra sweet already.
???
The onlookers were baffled.
Someone else’s premium partner?
Just to feel jealous?
After checking her verification badge, everyone fell silent.
The rich truly operated on another wavelength.
Suddenly, someone replied with a picture.
“Wait. These specs sound familiar? I am not sure about the face, but I have a candidate… Posting the image!”
Everyone looked.
In the picture, a masked man turned his head slightly, gazing tenderly at the even more handsome, noble, and elegant man beside him.
Among the viewers was an employee from the Yin Corporation.
Holy—
It was the New Year, and he had just stumbled onto gossip about his own boss?
To be fair, he had also been dying to know who that man was.
That night at the gala, it had been obvious—there was definitely something going on.
Many people had watched the Yin Corporation’s livestream. The internet never forgot.
Soon, more and more recognized the masked man.
“Is that not our financial backer daddy? He went viral several times this year!”
“I am dying. I thought it was a marketing push for some newcomer. Who knew it was President Yin’s partner? Honestly, as President Yin’s partner, why would he need to stay in the industry? Dating him is already the peak of life!”
“Am I the only one who just wants to know who President Yin’s partner is? I am so curious! Also—slurp. Those pecs really are impressive. And the body is not bulky at all, the lines are incredible. Wow, my screen is dirty, I need to lick—”
???
The heiress watched as things spiraled beyond her expectations and felt a bit dazed.
Then she received a notification.
Her post was trending.
She stared blankly.
Jaw dropped.
Foam practically at the mouth.
Oh no.
She panicked.
They had agreed not to spread it—so how had it ended up on the trending list?
She hurried to contact someone to pull the topic down, completely underestimating how bored netizens were on the first day of the New Year.
Among all the trending topics, this one was like a runaway landslide.
#PresidentYinBigPecsBoyfriend# shot straight to number one.
Everyone who clicked on it froze for a second before eagerly diving in.
Wow.
The trending list really understood them.
A domineering CEO and a big-pecs boyfriend?
The implications were endless.
It had to be quality gossip.
While the internet was drowning in the melon patch, Yin Chen finally received a call from Lawyer Gao.
“What? We are trending?”
Yin Chen looked puzzled.
Impossible.
He had spent the entire day on video calls, with Zong Cheng sitting beside him. They had only shared one kiss so far.
How could that land them on the trending list?
Lawyer Gao coughed awkwardly.
“It seems to be mainly about Mr. Zong. President Yin, you might want to take a look. I can handle it anytime.”
“Alright.”
Yin Chen hung up. Half a meter away, Zong Cheng looked confused.
“We are trending?”
They were not celebrities. Why would they trend?
“I am not sure. It seems…”
Yin Chen opened his phone and fell silent.
He looked at his phone.
Then at Zong Cheng.
Zong Cheng: “?”
Yin Chen looked back at the phone.
Then his gaze slowly drifted to Zong Cheng’s pecs.
They were indeed quite large.
And felt nice too.
Yin Chen thought to himself.
“We really are trending.”
He handed over the phone, a hint of amusement in his voice.
“You are trending too. Take a look.”
Huh?
Zong Cheng took the phone in confusion.
He looked down.
#PresidentYin—
That part was indeed Yin Chen.
And the rest?
Big-Pecs Boyfriend#
Zong Cheng blinked.
He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again.
The words remained unchanged.
He tapped into the topic.
The first thing he saw was a photo of himself at the Yin Corporation annual gala.
Even with the mask, his tender gaze toward Yin Chen was impossible to hide.
There were several similar photos in the trending topic.
Every single one practically exposed his feelings.
Zong Cheng inhaled sharply.
…Damn.
How was this any different from a public execution?
Why could photos like this even trend?
Were netizens really this bored during the New Year?
Zong Cheng mentally died over and over again.
He retreated into rare self-imposed isolation.
Meanwhile, Yin Chen was happily saving the photos one by one.
This one was good.
That one looked great too.
Ah! This one was especially nice.
After sulking for a while with no one comforting him, Zong Cheng slowly lifted his head.
Yin Chen looked far too delighted.
Zong Cheng choked.
Yin Chen finally realized something and met his accusing gaze.
Ah.
He blinked.
He had almost forgotten.
Now that they were officially boyfriends, he could not bully him so openly anymore.