Lu Youze was currently going through a “difficult time,” while Gu Xuanhao, one of the main culprits, was fast asleep in his room, completely unaware of the trouble he had caused for Lu Youze.

“Second young master.” Ye Xing knocked on Gu Xuanhao’s door. “The eldest young master wants you to come downstairs quickly.”

Ye Xing, the housekeeper of the Gu family, appeared to be around 27 or 28 years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking quite elegant.

Gu Xuanhao had returned from the hospital after 6 AM, and by now, he had only slept for a few hours. Given his severe lack of sleep, it was easy to imagine that he was in a bad mood when he was awakened. He ignored the knocking outside the door, turned over, and continued sleeping while hugging his blanket. He thought that if he just ignored the knocking, the person outside would leave on their own. Unfortunately, Gu Xuanhao was still too young, or rather, he didn’t fully understand how dedicated his housekeeper was.

After a brief silence outside, the knocking resumed, this time in a more rhythmic pattern—three knocks, a pause, then two more knocks. This was far more irritating than the random knocking. Gu Xuanhao, initially hiding under his blanket, eventually reached his limit and grabbed the pillow from his bed to throw at the door. Standing on the bed, he irritably ruffled his messy short hair and shouted at Ye Xing outside the door, “Is it too early to let someone sleep? Get lost, leave me alone! I need to sleep, and no one is allowed to disturb me!”

After his shouting, the door finally fell silent. Just when Gu Xuanhao thought he could finally get some good rest, the knocking started again for the third time.

Before Gu Xuanhao could curse, the person outside spoke first.

“Ahao, it’s me.”

Gu Xuanze’s emotionless voice came from outside the door, causing Gu Xuanhao to shudder, instantly losing most of his sleepiness. His older brother, a workaholic, would never care about his late sleep. And at this hour, his dear brother should already be at the office.

“Big brother, wait for me. I’ll change and come down.” Gu Xuanhao immediately transformed from an angry little tiger into a docile kitten. He obediently spoke to Gu Xuanze outside the door.

There was no response from outside, and after a while, Gu Xuanhao heard the sound of footsteps leaving. He breathed a sigh of relief but didn’t dare delay. He quickly ran to the bathroom to freshen up.

“Second young master, the eldest young master wants me to tell you that he is waiting for you in the study.” Ye Xing’s voice came clearly through the door.

Damn Ye Xing! Gu Xuanhao muttered in dissatisfaction. Why doesn’t he show such strength on normal days? At that moment, Gu Xuanhao felt like the most miserable person in the world. Every time his brother called him to the study, it was never for a good reason.

“I know, you can leave now.”

How dare he act like a commander? Gu Xuanhao had never had a good impression of the housekeeper, mainly because he always liked to cause trouble for him.

Grumbling aside, Gu Xuanhao still obediently cleaned himself up and made his way to the study.

After all, he was most afraid of his older brother.

“Brother.” Gu Xuanhao stood in front of Gu Xuanze’s desk, softly calling out. His hands hung by his sides, looking as obedient as a good student in front of a strict teacher.

“Mm.” Gu Xuanze responded without looking up, flipping through the urgent documents that had been sent to him for his signature. He didn’t even glance at Gu Xuanhao but spoke in a neutral tone that, unintentionally, created a heavy pressure. “Did you turn your phone on?”

Gu Xuanhao’s bad premonition grew stronger. His brother never wasted time on useless questions. He shook his head. “No, I turned it off.”

To avoid being disturbed by his unruly friends, he had turned off his phone before going to bed. Fortunately, he had grabbed his phone from the bed when going downstairs, and he hurriedly turned it on. As soon as it powered up, it began beeping non-stop—WeChat messages, Weibo notifications, @mentions, and missed calls were flooding in, with dozens of missed calls. His friends, who hadn’t heard from him all morning, wouldn’t be thinking he was really busy. But the next moment, his expression changed as he realized this had something to do with Lu Youze.

Gu Xuanhao quickly opened the messages to see what had happened. After reading them, his face darkened. He looked at his older brother and said, “Brother, I need to handle something. We can talk when I come back.”

“Wait.” Gu Xuanze finally looked up. He glanced at Gu Xuanhao, who was about to rush out, and his already serious face looked even more intimidating. “Ahao, are you going to find Lu Youze?”

“Brother, you said you wouldn’t stop me from being friends with him,” Gu Xuanhao said with some grievance, looking at his older brother.

“Ahao, go online and check the entertainment news for today.” Gu Xuanze spoke emotionlessly, then turned his attention back to the documents, clearly not willing to say more before Gu Xuanhao understood the situation.

Though Gu Xuanhao was anxious, he still sat down on the nearby couch and began browsing the major websites’ entertainment headlines. Sure enough, everything was related to Lu Youze. It seemed that early this morning, many well-known websites and magazines received a set of very clear intimate photos of him and Lu Youze. The photos were timestamped at around 4 AM, and earlier, a video of him fighting in the hospital had been uploaded to the website. Although Gu Xuanze had suppressed it, the news spread quickly, and many people at the hospital knew about it. After that, Lu Youze entered his heat period. A young, hot-headed Alpha and an Omega in heat, both spending the night together in the same hospital room—this, combined with the intimate photos, was enough to spark wild rumors and stories.

Moreover, the popular idol actor Yu Li was also involved, further fueling the situation.

After the photos were exposed, Yu Li quickly deleted his Weibo posts and posted a message suggesting it was all a dream.

Yu Li’s Little Prince V:

It was my one-sided dream, and it turns out it ended long ago. Though it’s painful, I wish you happiness.

Within half an hour, this Weibo post had more than a million shares, with over 100,000 comments, quickly trending on Weibo’s top search list.

Half an hour later, Yu Li deleted the post.

So far, neither Yu Li’s studio nor Yu Li himself had provided any explanation.

The entire chain of reactions almost crashed Weibo. “Heartbroken for Yu Li,” “Yu Li deletes Weibo,” “Lu Youze, Gu Xuanhao,” “Lu Youze, get out of the entertainment industry,” “Lu Youze doesn’t deserve Yu Li’s love,” and other related trending topics dominated the list.

It was hard to tell whether it was because of Yu Li’s high popularity or if someone was manipulating the situation behind the scenes to buy the trending spots.

Seeing all the vicious comments cursing Lu Youze, Gu Xuanhao was so angry that he nearly threw his phone.

When he saw that netizens had found the hospital where Lu Youze was and were organizing a trip to demand justice for Yu Li, Gu Xuanhao couldn’t sit still anymore.