While Su Yue was rambling, Chen Ziming pretended not to hear.
Avoiding her gaze, he couldn't help but smile quietly.
Not being disturbed, he changed his clothes, then took the sulking girl's hand and led her out to eat.
***
The edited interview video was released that evening. The station's leadership sent it to the Public Security Bureau's leadership, and both parties were very satisfied.
With a command from the leaders—
The TV station and the Public Security Bureau uploaded the ten-minute video to their official accounts on various platforms.
When Su Yue came out after showering that night, her phone was bombarded with countless messages and calls.
She was startled and nervously scrolled through them.
She gradually understood.
She was on the trending search again.
This time, the trending keywords were clearly more eye-catching than the last.
#Director Chen and Reporter Su Look Great Together#
#Are Director Chen and Su Yue a Real Couple?#
#Director Chen Su Yue Rings#
#You are the light that makes my heart flutter countless times#
...
Accompanying these were admiration and recognition for police work, interspersed among the trending keywords, creating a lively atmosphere.
What kind of trending topics were these!
She quickly clicked on one of them.
The top trending post had carefully compiled several pictures, with circles and arrows drawn on them.
The caption was: [Director Chen and our YueYue are definitely showing off their public relationship (dog emoji)]
The first picture showed Chen Ziming smiling at her as she opened the door, and she returned a polite smile.
Below the picture was: Indulgent gaze achieved.
Su Yue: ...
Where did they see indulgence? Where? Where? Were people blind, or was she?
The second picture showed Su Yue holding the microphone for him, smiling and waiting for him to speak.
A red circle was drawn around her wrist, with the caption: Holding the microphone for husband is so sweet!
Su Yue: ...
Could she say her arm was so sore she wished she could shove the microphone into his mouth?
The third picture was after he introduced the partial security situation of the southeast gate; he raised an eyebrow at her and asked if she wanted to interview other police officers.
The caption: Raised eyebrows! Flirting is confirmed!
The fourth picture was after Officer Wang unscrewed a bottle cap for her.
In the picture, Chen Ziming's face and hand were deliberately circled, with the caption: Look at his expression and retracted hand.
The fifth picture was a compilation of their hands from various angles, showing the rings on their hands.
The caption: This is a more solid proof than my schematics.
The sixth picture was even more ruthless.
It directly captured that post on her account.
For this interview, Su Yue had already set her account to private in advance.
But she didn't know which little fan had managed to get a screenshot.
The caption: I'm tired, you guys keep shipping.
Below the comments, countless netizens who found details of Chen Ziming "spoiling" her in the video were going wild, extremely happy.
Who dates these days?
Watching others date is the most noble!
Su Yue trembled as she exited Weibo and scrolled through her missed calls, returning the important ones.
They were all concerned about her trending topic.
This included Baili Qing, the deputy director, Chen Ziming's mother, her own mother, Li Niannian...
After finishing, she replied to messages.
After an hour of fussing, her hand was numb. She opened Weibo again, and the trending topic was still glaringly there.
Baili Qing told her that the station and the Public Security Bureau were quite pleased, because while netizens were shipping them, it didn't hinder their attention to the police's efforts.
Indeed, many comments added a line like "salute to the police" after shipping them.
There were also many trending topics related to this interview.
But she felt a little panicked.
The attention this time was clearly more fervent than the last.
This sudden surge of traffic and attention made her nervous.
It felt like overnight success.
Being elevated to a very high position overnight.
What about when she fell?
Realizing she was starting to overthink again, Su Yue quickly shook her head.
She kept telling herself that this was the result of her hard work paying off, and only then did she feel a little better.
Then, she tapped her contacts, found the top contact, and dialed.