The Only One With a Mouth in the CEO Novel - Chapter 96: If This Isn't Love!

Chapter 96: If This Isn’t Love!

Is this even polite?

Who asks to see people kiss right after meeting them?

Ye Jin was speechless, but could only maintain a smile as she got down to business: I’ve seen some discussions online where everyone’s saying we’re following a script, so I specifically started this livestream today to clarify.

The comments below grew excited, scrolling rapidly.

Not a script!

Great, just great.

My CP hasn’t ended!

Ye Jin deliberately paused for a moment before saying: We actually are following a script!

The comments froze briefly, then started scrolling even faster.

Ahhhhh I don’t believe it!

Impossible impossible impossible.

Watching their reactions, Ye Jin couldn’t help but smile more deeply.

The commenters quickly caught on.

You’re doing this on purpose!

It’s immoral to pause dramatically like that wuwuwu.

Soon, some belated comments appeared.

Mr. Gu was just smiling.

I feel like Mr. Gu already knew what the streamer was going to do.

Hehe.

Shipping them so hard!

Some bystanders questioned:

Where was he smiling?

Didn’t see any smile.

Mr. Gu’s expression was clearly serious.

You just don’t get it.

@MrGuMicroexpressionsGuide, I suggest you study at this account before commenting.

He really was smiling, just not obviously.

Ye Jin:
They’re actually having their own conversation now.

But why does an account like Mr. Gu’s Microexpressions Guide even exist!

This is too ridiculous.

Ye Jin couldn’t help but emphasize again: We really are following a script.

At this point, whether you’re following a script or not doesn’t matter anymore.

Just kiss already.

Then the screen was filled with: Just kiss already.

Ye Jin had to take control of the rhythm again, actively changing the subject: Don’t you have any other questions you want to ask me?

When did you get together?

What does Mr. Gu call you in private? Baby?

Is that thing really not working? I don’t believe it.

After reading for a while, Ye Jin couldn’t find a single proper question to answer.

But their questions kept getting bolder.

Ye Jin was starting to blush.

The phone was suddenly taken away, and Gu Chenxi’s face appeared on screen. He glanced down at the rampant comments, then looked somewhere behind the phone and said briefly: Block and mute.

A faint voice came from that direction: Yes, Mr. Gu.

Although Gu Chenxi hadn’t said a single harsh word, there was an inexplicable sense of pressure.

Behind the camera, the newly appointed operations girl shot up from her seat, answered Gu Chenxi, then sat back down nervously and started working furiously.

A few minutes later, the comments became much cleaner.

Scared!

Reminds me of my boss.

Is this what a big shot’s aura feels like?

The number of viewers in the livestream didn’t decrease but instead increased rapidly to 200,000.

Gu Chenxi returned the phone to Ye Jin.

Thank you, Mr. Gu. Ye Jin couldn’t help but express her gratitude.

Gu Chenxi glanced at her and responded quietly with an Mm.

Holy crap.

Mr. Gu, did you study face-changing?

Let me translate: doesn’t want to be called Mr. Gu by the streamer.

He looks a bit wronged.

So much to analyze, so much to analyze.

Probably all good soldiers trained by @MrGuMicroexpressionsGuide.

It was at this moment that Ye Jin belatedly realized: Gu Chenxi didn’t like it when she called him President Gu.

He had even specifically mentioned it during their last phone call.

But if not President Gu, what should she call him? Especially in front of the camera—no other form of address would be appropriate.

She had no choice but to change the subject again and take the initiative to move the process along.

Our livestream will last half an hour. After watching the video, does anyone have questions about our products?

Ye Jin said, If there’s anything you’re unsure about, I can answer your questions live.

Are they really starting to sell products now?

I don’t believe it—this account is clearly for entertainment purposes.

Finally, someone asked the key question.

Ye Jin smiled and replied, Although Vastness is a traditional enterprise, we’ve never given up on progress. Internet account marketing is just a small experiment.

Yes, we were fortunate enough to succeed.

I’m very grateful to President Gu for his cooperation in our work.

With that, she finally solidified the reason for the video shoot.

Ye Jin breathed a sigh of relief internally and cast a grateful glance toward Gu Chenxi, her tone full of appreciation.

She truly appreciated his willingness to help her despite their past misunderstandings.

Otherwise, she would’ve been driven mad by the system’s sonic attacks.

At that moment, Gu Chenxi was watching Ye Jin.

Noticing her gaze, Gu Chenxi subtly lowered his eyelashes.

From Ye Jin’s perspective, he looked completely harmless.

And so, the netizens started shipping again.

Hehehehehehe.

Hehehehehehe.

Hehehehehehe.

Wouldn’t the Exoskeleton be perfect for holding someone during, you know…?

Hehehehehehe.

Hehehehehehe.

Wait, did I just see something weird?

Oh my, modern-day stir-frying.

The sales champion is here.

Don’t say it, but you’re absolutely right.

Just placed an order—bought one for my boyfriend, hehe.

But with President Gu’s physique, does he even need an Exoskeleton?

A group of like-minded fans, feeling as though they’d found their people, openly started discussing this in the livestream chat.

Ye Jin: …Her expression turned slightly subtle.

Gu Chenxi noticed and glanced at his phone before instructing the operator, Mute them.

Operator: Understood, President Gu. Right away.

While muting and blocking, the operator also set up some restricted keywords.

The livestream comments instantly became much cleaner.

By then, the number of viewers had reached 800,000.

President Gu stays silent, only muting and blocking.

Does President Gu only have one line today?

So sweet, so doting, hohoho.

Seeing this, Ye Jin couldn’t help but smile.

So it was just the words mute and block.

Next time, she’d say it herself.

Ye Jin continued with the process, reading out a non-existent comment: Was the script written by the content creator?

Then she answered her own question: Yes, I wrote all of it. Weren’t you all praising me as the ‘Internet Saint’?

Without batting an eye, Ye Jin shamelessly took credit for herself.

She wore an expression that seemed to say, You’ve all been fooled by my little tricks, haven’t you?

As expected, the comments veered off in another direction:

So was it fake dating that turned real? Hehe.

So sweet, so sweet, so sweet.

Who’s the one who caught real feelings? So hard to guess, hahahaha.

Might as well just announce President Gu’s ID number.

No matter what Ye Jin said, they always found a way to connect it to shipping.

Ye Jin felt deeply helpless.

So she simply turned the camera to Gu Chenxi and asked him, Besides blocking and muting, do you have anything else you’d like to say to the netizens?

Gu Chenxi was checking work messages on his phone.

He paused for a moment.

Then, facing the camera, Gu Chenxi said, Vastness holds the most lathe patents nationwide. Welcome to call and place orders, with preferential prices.

He had been mingling among older entrepreneurs since his early twenties.

As a result, despite his youth, his bureaucratic speech carried the nostalgic feel of a seasoned business veteran.

So if we buy lathes, can we watch you two kiss?

I want to sell patents! I want to see live kissing!

The conversation had circled back to kissing again.

Gu Chenxi fell into an eerie silence for a second, then looked at Ye Jin through the screen.

Heh heh.

Ye Jin gave an awkward laugh and explained, Manager Gu and I are just ordinary colleagues. Please don’t overthink it.

Manager Gu, isn’t that right?

Gu Chenxi nodded. Mm.

The comments section continued to spiral into chaotic excuses, but by now Ye Jin had lost the patience to explain further. She decisively bid farewell to the netizens and ended the livestream.

Don’t be angry, Gu Chenxi said.

Not at all, she replied. She just didn’t want to waste any more breath on it. Let them process it on their own. After all, we’ve achieved our goal with the livestream.

Mm.

Gu Chenxi responded again.

Ye Jin had thought this wave would tank her reputation.

And indeed, it did tank someone’s reputation.

But it wasn’t hers—it was Gu Chenxi’s.

In Ye Jin’s videos, Gu Chenxi came across as silent and tolerant, embodying the beautiful, strong, tragic archetype, with occasional flashes of dominance that were incredibly captivating.

So, as the account grew, besides accumulating a fair number of shippers, a large portion of the followers were Gu Chenxi’s solo fans.

These were the ones who constantly clamored for Gu Chenxi to enter the entertainment industry and act in dramas.

They always praised him as the most handsome CEO, a master of micro-expressions.

Later, when the worlds merged and Gu Chenxi’s true identity was exposed to the public, they were stunned to realize: this man was a real CEO.

That only made them more excited and fond of him.

Hearing about the upcoming livestream, they eagerly rushed in.

But as soon as they entered, their dreams shattered.

Because the real Gu Chenxi was not silent and tolerant. On the contrary, he carried a strong sense of aloofness and detachment. His personality was far from likable—it was even intimidating.

The overwhelming aura of a high-and-mighty capital magnate made it impossible to harbor any fantasies.

It seemed like anyone standing before him would instantly be reduced to insignificance, automatically looked down upon and trampled into the dust—completely different from the Manager Gu they had imagined.

Discussions about this topic blew up, even drawing Vastness employees to share firsthand accounts:

Let’s just say, Manager Gu was holding back during the livestream.

Manager Gu in his usual work mode is easily a hundred times scarier than in the livestream.

A curious bystander asked, So what do you guys think when you watch Ye Jin’s videos? Like watching a horror movie?

An employee replied:

No, it’s more like sci-fi.

So sci-fi it makes you doubt if it’s even real.

This, in turn, sent the shippers into a frenzy:

If this isn’t love, then what is?!

An employee added:

Actually, we lowkey ship Manager Gu and Assistant Ye too, hehe.

I can confirm! Assistant Ye really isn’t afraid of Manager Gu.

I was lucky enough to work as Assistant Ye’s colleague. She even taught us how to deal with Manager Gu, but she dared to teach and we didn’t dare to learn.

This post was widely discussed across platforms and quickly shot up to become a viral hit.

Then it appeared on Ye Jin’s homepage.

Ye Jin:
Why was everyone saying she wasn’t afraid of Gu Chenxi?

She was afraid!

She was terrified!

President Ye.

A voice interrupted Ye Jin’s internal screaming.

Ye Jin looked up: Hmm? What is it?

Here are the recent sales data, please take a look. Her newly hired assistant turned the computer screen toward her.

To make the act convincing, Ye Jin had opened a small studio registered under Vastness’s name.

Although Ye Jin had been promoted to President Ye, in reality she only had two employees under her.

One was an operations manager, and the other was this young assistant.

The assistant said: Should we consider continuing with live streams? Last time’s live stream sales accounted for eighty percent of our total sales.

That’s fine. Ye Jin readily agreed.

She got commissions from sales, and Ye Jin would never turn down money.

The assistant reminded her with some difficulty: But not with you selling alone.

You mean Gu Chenxi? Ye Jin found it absurd, President Gu is so busy, would he do this with us?

The assistant: President Gu has agreed.

Ye Jin: