Lu Ze was very cautious and did not give Mu Chen his phone number. The two exchanged WeChat IDs instead, and after resolving the matter, Lu Ze could simply block him on the app, without worrying about being bothered by him again.

Regarding clarifying the rumors, Mu Chen cannot take the initiative to let Lu Ze post a Weibo to explain. This matter needs to be discussed with the company to see what their plans are. Whether it is for Lu Ze to unilaterally issue a statement to clarify or hold a press conference, we can only wait for the company to make a decision.

And so, Mu Chen returned home first.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the urgent ringing of the telephone from inside the house.

Mu Chen's phone was still in airplane mode. Just earlier, while he was at Lu Ze's school trying to connect to the internet to add the other person's WeChat, he briefly turned off the airplane mode. Within just one or two minutes, several calls came in. After adding WeChat, he immediately turned off the phone and didn't dare to turn it back on.

The landline number in Mu Chen's house was only known by his company, agent, and his assistant, Zhang Ran. This call was probably from the company.

Mu Chen quickly opened the door, took off his shoes, and ran barefoot to the living room to answer the phone.

The phone had just been picked up when the sound of Liang Xiao's angry roar came from the receiver, "Where did you go all afternoon? I couldn't reach you on your mobile phone, and no one answered when I called your home. Did you completely ignore what I said?"

After Liang Xiao finished roaring, Mu Chen finally put the phone to his ear. "Brother Liang, I went out to take care of something. Don't worry, the reporters didn't find me."

Liang Xiao realized that it wasn't the time to get angry. He almost forgot about the important matter in his rage. Slowly calming down, he said, "Alright, we can settle this later. The reason I called is to tell you that I asked the crew for Luo Ze's phone number. I called him, but he said it had nothing to do with him and he wouldn't intervene. Then he hung up on me. I've already sent my assistant to find him at school, but there's no guarantee that we can persuade him to step in, so..."

"Wait a moment." Mu Chen frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled. Less than an hour ago, Luo Ze had clearly promised him at school that he would come forward to clarify things. "Liang Ge, when did you make this phone call?"

Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Liang Xiao immediately called Luo Ze after acquiring his phone number from the production team of "Memories of Early Summer" because the matter was quite urgent.

That was hours ago, and Muchen immediately felt relieved. "Brother Liang, you don't have to worry. I have already talked to Luze, and he agreed to come forward and clarify whether we should issue a statement or hold a press conference. It depends on the company's decision."

"Muchen."

Liang Xiao called Mu Chen's name over the phone, and from the displeased tone in his voice, he knew that he was about to be scolded again.

"Liang Ge, I know what you're going to say. There is absolutely no wrongdoing between me and Lu Ze. Didn't I go to school to look for him in order to clear things up? He is also willing to come forward and explain, so the situation can be resolved right away. Can't we make amends for the mistake?"

It is certainly a good thing when problems can be resolved. Liang Xiao no longer holds a grudge and lets it go. He has been Muzhen's manager for four years and knows him quite well. Muzhen is not the kind of person to act recklessly. This incident was indeed an unexpected occurrence.

"Enough." Liang Xiao seemed a little impatient. It was pointless to scold Mu Chen at this time. The most important thing now was to resolve the scandal. "Tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock, hold a press conference in the company's ground floor exhibition hall. Notify him to come then."

"Okay, no problem." As the situation was about to be resolved, Mu's mood brightened.

After ending the call with Liang Xiao, Mu Chen collapsed on the sofa and took out his phone to connect to the home network and logged onto WeChat.

This WeChat account belongs to Muzhen and is his personal account. There are only a few close friends on it. These people have sent messages asking if the widely spread rumors about him today are true or false, but Muzhen is too lazy to reply. Instead, he directly clicked on the newly added friend, Luze.

Lu Ze was actually quite convenient and directly used his real name as his nickname. Mu Chen was a little curious about what kind of person Lu Ze was, so he clicked into his friend circle.

I didn't expect Luo Ze's circle of friends to be even cleaner than his face, with only one post, and it was posted three months ago.

"I've joined the production team for 'Memories of Early Summer'."

Underneath a short sentence, there was also a selfie of him on the set. His face had distinct angles, deep black eyes, slightly thin lips that curved upwards with a cold smile. The background of the photo was the resting area on the set, with a familiar figure partially visible, not blocked by Lu Ze's body.

He was leaning on a chair in the resting area, looking exhausted and dozing off.

Seeing himself in Luo Ze's selfie, Mu Chen was so shocked that he sat up abruptly from the sofa.

How could he be photographed?

Based on the description provided by Lu Ze, this should be a photo taken on the first day he joined the cast of the drama. It must have been their first encounter. Upon further reflection, it seems that he accidentally appeared in the frame.

Thinking about Lu Ze's attitude towards him today, Mu Chen decided to seek revenge. So, under this circumstance, he commented, "Why would you have me in your selfie? It seems like you've been secretly in love with me all along."

As a result, Mochen did not wait for Luzhe's reply to his comment. One minute later, when he clicked on Luzhe's Moments, the only dynamic post had already been deleted.

Looking at Luze's empty social circle, Mu Chen's mood was complicated. Was he being rejected by people? Apart from being intentionally slandered by haters, this was the first time after four years in the industry.