Several of the photos that were released included some sort of accessory on the wrists, and some of them didn’t really match the rest of the outfit very well. Some of the outfits were long sleeved. Some of the sleeves were a bit shorter and revealed a small fraction of the wrist. It would have looked more natural to leave the wrist bare, but, instead, they had the model wear a watch. It was unlikely for a designer to include a certain element in every single photo, even if the designer really, really liked it.
[His wrists are also covered up in my copy of the magazine. Chi Chi’s wrists are so beautiful. I don’t know why they would hide it.]
[It doesn’t seem quite right. I’m pretty sure the demon king doesn’t like for his models to wear too many accessories.]
[I mean, it’s the fashion industry, and the demon king isn’t exactly known for being accommodating towards his models. He’s blacklisted so many models because of this. I heard, just a few days ago, he gave this up and coming model a brutal tongue lashing. If it wasn’t for the fact that he absolutely insisted on hiring Chi Chi, he probably wouldn’t have allowed it. Chi Chi was practically forced to treat this part-time job of his like a full-time career.]
[Hahaha, that’s so true. His entertainment career really is like a part-time job to him. His family even bought an entertainment company for him. I’ve been looking forward to the day that Gu Corporation would enter the entertainment circle. However, I never expected it to be because of this. I can see the headlines already. Surprise! Gu Corporation’s Entry Into The Entertainment Industry Is Actually All Because Of Him!]
The fans were puzzled for a while, but, in the end, they decided that it wasn’t such an unusual thing for the fashion industry. The fashion industry was a mystical place. There was no limit to their pursuit of beauty and individuality.
[It’s enough of that! Chi Chi’s public service announcement from earlier has just been released! I almost dropped my potato chips when I saw it playing on my television.]
[Show me where it is! Have I lost my touch? How come I didn’t know about it?]
[I didn’t know either … ]
[I’ll show you! The broadcasting station’s official account has a video posted. That should be the full public service announcement.]
Gu Qingchi had filmed this public service announcement not long after he entered the industry. It was when he’d just started picking up some traction. He wasn’t paid that much for it, but the broadcasting station that was airing it was fairly well-known and had always had pretty good ratings. If it passed the censors, it would bring his notability up another level. It wasn’t clear what happened in that process. However, the public service announcement had only just now passed the censors, so it was being released now.
The theme was an anti-bullying campaign. The length of the public service announcement was on the longer side.
Gu Qingchi was a high school student in this video. His hair was cut a bit shorter. He didn’t look a bit out of place, even when wearing a school uniform.
The background music was lively at the beginning. The opening scene was that of a green sports field. Someone kicked a soccer ball into a goal. It was bounced back by the net and quickly rolled over to Gu Qingchi.
He was wearing sportswear, shorts sleeves and short shorts. He also had a headband on his head. Everyone around him was wearing the same outfit. It seemed to be a school uniform of sorts. He was chasing a football with the others, looking back every now and then as he ran. He smiled, and his face and forehead shone with sweat.
The scene then changed. He was in the classroom. He and the others were messing around with each other. They wrapped their arms around Gu Qingchi’s neck and pressed their weight on Gu Qingchi’s body. The students that were either sitting or standing around them looked at them with kindness on their faces. It looked like a perfect picture of harmony.
The music then shifted, turning into something slow and sorrowful.
The scene transitioned.
Gu Qingchi stood with his back against a locker. He trembled, clutching at the hem of his shirt. He watched as the person across from him opened his locker and threw out all of his things, papers filled with blue ink flying into the air.
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His eyes were shut tightly, his long eyelashes trembled, and a bead of sweat slipped down to his chin.
In the end, the camera cut back to the classroom. In the classroom, students were still messing around with each other as normal. Nothing seemed out of place. However, Gu Qingchi sat in the corner with his head down, silent and still. He was completely different from the bright and sunny image from the beginning of the video. His desk was covered in messy graffiti.
He bit his lip and closed his eyes. He seemed as if he was about to cry, but everything else was as normal as can be, the sun still shining outside the window.
In another scene, he was cornered in the sports equipment room. He was pushed and shoved and interrogated. He had all sorts of bruises littering his body. In the end, his body hit the wall behind him, and he fell to the ground. He didn’t move for a very long time.
The others seemed to finally get a little scared. They soon left like a receding tide. Gu Qingchi was the only one left in that room.
In the final scene, he was alone in a hallway at school, walking very slowly. In the backdrop, there was the setting sun, making for a beautiful picture. He walked up to the roof and looked down for a while. He then backed up a little bit before bursting into motion, running the same way he used to run on the field. He jumped high into the air, soaring over the railing of the roof. His hair was blown back by the wind, revealing a startling young face.
The video abruptly stopped.
In the end, there were several headlines, white text on black background, each of which representing a vivid life that had fallen into despair.
The last line of the video stated that the content of the video was not fictional.
[Ahhhhh!]
[I’m done. I’m so done. I shouldn’t have watched this. I’m so sad now. A perfectly good kid doesn’t even know how to smile anymore! We need to pay more attention to this issue! High school is like its own small society, so this video really isn’t too far off the mark.]
[It’d be nice if Chi Chi was really that sunny. Now, I’m only able to see his sunny side through his acting, and the video didn’t even have a happy ending. How did he manage to express so much sadness at the end? He truly is an amazing actor.]
[I totally agree. He was full of despair and bewilderment at the end of the video. I almost got carried away by those emotions as well. Moreover, everyone is now paying more and more attention to the issue of bullying among children, so that’s good.]
[I’m starting to have doubts about Gu Qingchi’s mental health again. Has he gone through a similar experience before? I’m just guessing, so don’t start attacking me.]
[Hold on, I’ve always thought he might have some mental health condition. In the photo of him and Gu Xie, they were at a famous clinic. I believe there are only two departments in that clinic, the psychiatric department and the psychologological department. It couldn’t be that he was there for the psychiatric department, right?]
[I’ve posted the photo that you’re referring to. It might really be the psychiatric department. My cousin went there once for her depression, and the department she went to was the psychiatric department.]
[Has anyone else noticed that all of Gu Qingchi’s recent appearances have his wrists covered? If you connect this back to his potential mental health issues … gosh, stop thinking about it, stop thinking!]
[I think you might be right. Gu Qingchi’s work frequency is unbelievably low.]
The public service announcement was fairly popular. Thus, the conversation about Gu Qingchi’s mental state began growing as well. Someone even posted a photo of Gu Qingchi that they got while they were at the hospital.
In spite of the many people in frame, Gu Qingchi was still visible all the same. It was a photo of him from the side. He was wearing a mask, his head lowered. He was just about to enter the psychiatric department. His eyes were dull, almost lifeless.
Gu Qingchi was pushed onto the trending list once again. His and his studio’s accounts were tagged countless times.
He’d been appearing before the camera much less than before, yet, somehow, it seemed that he had a lot more attention on him.
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Gu Qingchi had just finished his appointment with the doctor and was currently at home. Gu Xie had taken him to buy his favorite desserts on the way back.
He didn’t know anything about what had happened online. His friends and family weren’t going to bother him with it, even if they were aware of the situation.
Gu Qingchi just stared at the clock. Once six hours had passed, he finally accepted Xie Luyu’s friend request on WeChat.
Xie Luyu immediately sent him a sticker the moment his friend request was accepted.
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[It’s a good thing I back up our chat history once a day. I also back up our chat history every time it crosses my mind, so I didn’t lose anything at all from being blocked.]
Gu Qingchi silently stared at the cute little sticker of a kitten and saved it. He then copied Xie Luyu, sending a smiling emoji in return. Only, the emoji he sent was the famous passive aggressive smiling emoji.
Xie Luyu looked at its passive aggressive smile and immediately felt his heart jump up to his throat. He first made a backup of their chat history. He then began tapping away at his phone screen. He’d just typed the word “mom” into the dialogue box but soon deleted it.
His message was cautious and formal. It was clear from the contents that he was sincere and very, very desperate.
[Hello, Mrs. Gu. I have come to realize the error of my ways. I was too immature and unstable. I am deeply grateful to you for pointing out my mistakes to me and making me a better version of myself.]
Gu Qingchi replied with a question mark. He then asked in earnest.
[Mom is in the garden. Should I go get her?]
[No, no, no. No need. I thought it was my mother-in-law just now. CryingFace.jpg.]
Gu Qingchi stared at the word “mother-in-law”, and his ears slowly turned red. He was unexpectedly shy about such details.
A long time ago, Gu Qingchi and Xie Luyu had locked eyes from across a throng of people, staring at each other for a few seconds before ultimately being corralled away by the employees around them. At that time, Gu Qingchi had also felt shy, but, even so, he didn’t want to look away because, in that moment, his heart was truly beating. Gu Qingchi might not have even realized it himself, but, when he was trying to tempt the other to stay by his side, it may not have been entirely without feeling.
He responded vaguely, trying to move past this topic.
However, Xie Luyu kept sending one message after another.
[Let’s go out and play tomorrow. I promise to bring you back before nine o’clock in the evening. I even prepared a front row ticket to fashion week for your mom. I’m not sure if she’ll like it or not.]
The next upcoming fashion week would be the one in France. There were always countless celebrities trying to find their way in every year. Tickets were hard to obtain. It was difficult, even for top celebrities, to get their hands on one. Xie Luyu managed to get one easily and proffered it up in order to curry favor with Mrs. Gu.
[Hey, do you think I’d be able to win some points with your mom if I find some time to show off my cooking and cleaning skills?]
[I ran into your brother recently and had a drink with him. I don’t have a lot of contact with your dad though. I’ll have to try and get closer with him if there’s a chance.]
Gu Qingchi’s ears were totally red at this point. He looked around. No one else was in the living room. Outside, Mrs. Wang could be heard calling for Woofie.
Still, he felt restless. In the end, he went back to his room and closed the door. It was only then that he was able to relax.
His cell phone alerted him that the battery was low, so he began fumbling through his drawers for a charger. He then discovered that the screen of the other phone in the drawer had lit up.
Upon unlocking the phone, he was flooded with an avalanche of notifications from Weibo. It was still logged into his account from the last time he posted. He hadn’t disabled the notifications, so he’d been receiving them this entire time.
The number of notifications he received was never any small amount. They only died down at night. Gu Qingchi opened up the phone, intending to exit the app.
However, he found that the number of notifications was actually a little alarming.
Xie Luyu sent a few more messages, so he responded to them first.
[Hold on for just a moment. I need to deal with something really quick.]
Gu Qingchi then began slowly looking through the notifications. Once he’d gotten a good idea of what was going on, he thought to himself and made a post.
[I want to thank everyone for their concern. I’m much better now. I have regular check-ups with my doctor. It’s not very serious. I’m truly very grateful. I like you all so much, and I’m happy that all of you are able to like me.]
At that time, there were so many people who liked him, telling him that he was important. At times, he would feel that he couldn’t keep going, but the fans would always bluntly and enthusiastically shout their love for him.
His fans knew that, as long as they said something about how much they liked him, he was sure to look back.
How will they react when they find out about GQC’s suicide?
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It’s amazing how a person so beautiful but because of depression questions his worth and importance
Thank you for the chapter!
Btw, what happened to that old hag? Has she been dealt with?? Allow me to be blind, but all of this is HER FAULT!😒
Thanks for the update!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Want to cry TToTT
Thank You for the new chapter ♡⃛ ヾ(๑❛ ▿ ◠๑ )
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The promotional video is very sad to think that it also happens in real life 😞
Im glad that Chi Chi was saved and starting to be happy. He totally deserves a happy life