Chu Tian, who was fiddling with the barbecue grill, froze for a moment. He then pretended nothing had happened and said, "How could that be? Do I look like it?"

You little rascal, trying to test me? Have I exposed myself? Impossible. I must have hidden it well, right?

Xu Qingqiu, relentless as ever, said, "It was you, Chu Tian. Stop pretending. I know everything."

Hmph, trying to trick me, huh? Chu Tian didn't believe she really knew; it was probably just a guess.

He quickly replayed recent events in his mind. During this period, he hadn't shown any signs of being exposed. Even at the program recording, he wore a mask, arrived later than Xu Qingqiu, and left earlier than her. It was impossible for him to be exposed.

"What do you know? It really wasn't me. You must be mistaken, right?"

Seeing him still arguing, Xu Qingqiu also lost her temper. "Alright, you won't admit it, huh? Do I need to bring out the evidence?"

Damn! Chu Tian's heart skipped a beat. This doesn't sound like she's just testing me. She's so certain. Could she really have evidence?

"Evidence? What evidence? How could that be proven?"

Xu Qingqiu looked at his state and slowly began to feel smug. "Hmph~ So stubborn. Look at this. What's this?"

She took out her phone, opened her photo album to find a video, and then tapped play.

Chu Tian didn't care initially. However, when he saw that the video was set in Xu Qingqiu's office, he immediately felt alarmed.

When did she install a camera in the office? How did I not notice?

No way. I remember turning on the camera jammer every time I went there. It's impossible I was filmed.

He frowned and continued to watch closely. After about seven or eight seconds, a figure skillfully opened the office door and walked in. Then, he casually placed several items on the desk and hurriedly left.

The moment that person appeared, Chu Tian recognized it was indeed himself. He was all too familiar with that outfit; it was his.

When he saw the items being placed on the desk, he suddenly remembered. This must have been from the last time he delivered songs to Xu Qingqiu. That day, he was in a rush and didn't think about blocking the camera. He didn't even suspect that Xu Qingqiu could have installed a camera in her office.

Before he could recover, Xu Qingqiu suddenly took back her phone. As she sifted through it, she said, "Still not admitting it, huh? Then take a look at this."

As she spoke, she opened another video. It was from the same day but from a different angle, facing directly at the door, clearly capturing him.

"And this one..."

As soon as that video finished, Xu Qingqiu opened another. This time it was from a different angle, likely from a camera on the wall behind Xu Qingqiu's desk, as it caught the back of his head.

"There's more here..."

This one was from across her desk, also capturing his face directly. It even caught him humming a tune and his happy expression in full clarity.

"And this..."

Seeing Xu Qingqiu continuously flipping through her album, Chu Tian simply couldn't take it anymore. "Are you done yet?"

"Not yet. There's more. Want to keep watching?"

"No! What's there to see!"

"So you weren't denying it before? Can you admit it now?"

Seeing her triumphant expression, Chu Tian looked utterly dejected and didn't want to speak.

At some point, a small hand silently reached Chu Tian's waist. Then, with two fingers, it gently pinched a piece of skin and twisted.

"OUCH! What are you doing?"

"This is called intense interrogation. Tell me! Are you Youmeng or not?"

Chu Tian didn't want to admit it. It wasn't because he was being stubborn, but because he felt it was too embarrassing. Especially when he saw the smug expression on his face in the video. It had been recorded so clearly without his knowledge and then shown right in front of him in high definition. It was just too damn embarrassing. How could he admit it?

Seeing him remain silent, Xu Qingqiu stood fuming to one side. "You still won't admit it even now?"

Cornered by her, Chu Tian could only look at Xu Qingqiu speechlessly. "No, are you sick? Why install so many cameras in such a small office?"

Speaking of this made Xu Qingqiu even angrier. She raised her hand, hit Chu Tian, and frowned as she said, "Do you think I wanted to? Isn't it because someone always sneaks into my office? What else could I do?

"You have the nerve to ask. At first, I was so startled; I thought we'd had a break-in. Eventually, when the studio was on the brink of closing, Sister Hua persuaded me, and I risked using that song.

"Then, as more and more new songs kept coming, I thought some big shot wanted to help me. You know my situation.

"At the time, I was so torn! I wanted the help but feared any demands from the other party. So, I just kept singing with all my might, hoping the price I'd have to pay wouldn't be too steep.

"Every day, I lived in fear and trepidation, worried that Youmeng might suddenly appear and make some unreasonable demands.

"I thought about refusing. But facing so many people in the studio who had followed me for so long, and facing those who would rather see me fail, I had to grit my teeth and carry on. I didn't even dare change the office password.

"Because I needed Youmeng's songs. Even though it felt like drinking poison to quench my thirst, I had no other choice but to follow that path to the end.

"Originally, I hadn't thought about finding out who Youmeng really was. But then you, this darn rascal, damaged the cameras twice—even dancing underneath them! It made me think Youmeng was angry and was warning me.

"After that, I didn't even dare install cameras anymore…"

Chu Tian had been listening quietly all along. It was the first time he realized that such a casual action on his part had caused her to overthink so much and endure such torment.

If he had known this earlier, perhaps he wouldn't have chosen this method.

But after hearing so much from Xu Qingqiu, he also had some questions. "Then why did you suddenly install cameras again now? And so many at once?"

Xu Qingqiu glanced at his profile, smiled slightly, and said, "That was all Yiyi's doing."

"Yiyi?"

"Yes. There was this one time during a meeting in the office. The door had already been closed when you arrived, but you just keyed in the password and came right in.

"At that moment, no one noticed. Not even Yiyi paid much attention; she just felt that something was amiss.

"But later, she suddenly remembered that she had personally shut the door and had even looked back to check. Yet, you just waltzed in so easily. She suspected you knew the office password."

At this, Xu Qingqiu's eyes sparkled as she looked at Chu Tian, a proud smile playing on her lips as she said, "She didn't think much of it at the time, just wondered how you knew the password, considering it's rather unique.

"My first reaction was also surprise. But I soon grew even more suspicious that you were Youmeng, so I discreetly installed a few hidden miniature cameras.

"I never expected I'd actually capture you on video…"

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