Louis had just dragged Lucas back over when he saw Luis rubbing Joshua’s head. Even after they had returned, he still showed no sign of putting Joshua down.
What was this? What kind of relationship did these two have? Why was a man like Luis holding Joshua like that? Wasn’t it strange? Could it be that Luis had so improper thoughts about Joshua?
That idea made Louis frown silently.
And when Lucas saw Louis staring in the direction of Luis and Joshua the whole ti, he grew even more flustered.
Fortunately, at that mont Vale began announcing the winners. Naturally, it was the pair Luis and Joshua.
Luis still had not put Joshua down. Hearing the announcent, he spun around on the spot a few tis.
Joshua was startled and instinctively grabbed the collar of his clothes, shouting, "Put down!"
Only then did Luis comply and set Joshua down. However, the gel on the shoes was extrely slippery. The mont Joshua’s feet touched the floor, he almost fell. Luis imdiately wrapped an arm around him, pulling Joshua tightly against his body, his chin resting on the top of Joshua’s head.
Joshua, anwhile, was still holding the show’s mascot plush in both hands, his expression innocent. The fans burst into loud cries of "so cute" the mont they saw this scene.
Lucas said sowhat sulkily, "I was the one who caught the mascot."
Luis shrugged. "Who told you not to hold on tight? I picked this up from the ground."
By this ti, the live broadcast had already ended, and the program switched to regular filming mode.
Joshua pressed his lips together and instinctively glanced toward Louis, only to et Louis’s deep, unfathomable gaze.
Joshua froze. He parted his lips, but did not know what to say.
It felt like nothing he said would be right. After all, they were just strangers.
He instinctively raised his hand, as if to greet him.
Louis felt his heart bloom with joy. Before he could step forward, Luis once again scooped Joshua up and muttered nonstop, "You usually hate getting dirty so much. Why aren’t you rushing off to take a shower today when you’re in this state?"
At this mont, Lucas suddenly grabbed Louis’s wrist, his face full of panic.
Louis frowned and looked back at him. Lucas imdiately released his grip on him by instinct.
Clearly, Louis was usually gentle and polite, but today he seed to have very little patience.
Just when Lucas thought things could not get any worse, Louis spoke up anyway. "Just now, I clearly reached out toward Joshua. Didn’t you notice?"
Lucas froze when he heard that. He had tried hard to ignore that fact, yet now Louis was deliberately laying it bare.
He instinctively lowered his voice, afraid that their relationship, which did not even truly exist, might be noticed by others. "But we’re teammates..."
"I could have pulled you up right after," Louis said slowly.
Lucas lowered his head, unable to say anything more. He could only feel fortunate that the live broadcast room had already been shut down. Otherwise...
He did not even dare imagine the consequences.
So Louis also liked Joshua’s face, didn’t he?
Damn it!
On the other side, following Joshua’s directions, Luis finally arrived at the thatched hut.
Luis could not help glancing at Joshua. Joshua was still lost in thought and did not notice Luis’s gaze at all.
Only then did Luis notice that Joshua’s hands were tightly twisted together. Scratch marks had begun to appear on them, fresh blood already soaking into Joshua’s clothes.
Luis’s eyes widened as he grabbed Joshua’s hands tightly. "Joshua!"
Joshua kept his head lowered, as if he had not heard Luis’s shout. He was still muttering sothing under his breath.
Luis had no idea what had suddenly co over Joshua.
He quickly went into the thatched hut and turned off the recording equipnt and caras. Only then did he have the ti to pry Joshua’s hands apart.
Joshua’s hands were stiff. His fingernails were not long, yet they were embedded deep into the flesh. As they were pulled free, fresh blood welled up in bursts, a painful sight to behold.
Luis restrained Joshua’s hands, not allowing him to continue hurting himself. With his other hand, he lifted Joshua’s face and patted it lightly. "Joshua, calm down. Do you recognize who this is?"
Joshua’s eyes were dark red, tears silently overflowing.
Luis wanted to see if Joshua had any dication on him, but found nothing at all.
He had never seen Joshua like this before. It seed it would be better to contact his family. Moreover, in this state, Joshua absolutely could not be fild by the program.
Luis made a swift decision and directly called a car to take Joshua away.
On the other side, everyone had already gathered and was ready for lunch. Louis’s gaze kept drifting toward the door, but even after everyone had arrived, Joshua was nowhere to be seen.
He could not help frowning slightly. Just then, the director walked over and announced, "Joshua suddenly had an allergic reaction. Luis took him to the hospital. After that, he will co back to replace Joshua’s position. Everyone can go ahead and eat lunch. There’s no need to wait for them."
Liona frowned when she heard this, but before she could ask anything, Louis, who had been sitting nearby, stood up. "An allergy? Is it serious?"
Everyone seed surprised that the first person to speak up was Louis.
The director looked at him in surprise and quickly said, "Luis left in quite a hurry. It seems the situation isn’t very good, but it should be fine. You can wait until Luis cos back and ask him then."
To be honest, Luis’s departure had been far too sudden. He had even turned off the caras and recording equipnt beforehand. The last sound they captured was only Luis shouting Joshua’s na loudly, but it did seem that sothing had truly happened.
In any case, there would be hospital docuntation, and Luis would not joke about sothing like this. Even though Joshua was gone, with Luis still here, the show’s ratings could still be held up.
How to announce it to the fans was another matter.
anwhile, Tina looked awkwardly toward Louis and said softly, "Mr. Louis, do you know Joshua?"
Louis did not answer. He simply stood up and said, "There’s an urgent matter at the company that needs to be handled. Sorry."
The director would not dare accept an apology from Louis.
Combined with Louis’s attitude earlier, he could not help guessing that Louis might indeed know Joshua. At this point, all he could do was let him leave.
Lucas stared blankly as Louis left. He clenched his fists, then finally decided to stand up and chase after him.
"Louis, what could be so urgent? You already accepted my invitation to be a special guest!"
Louis looked at Lucas and frowned slightly. "That’s right. And I’ve already shown up. Besides, Lucas, you’re not qualified to ask about my work."
Lucas felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He had always known this, but Louis had never been arrogant in the past. He had even thought they were friends.
But then Louis added, "Indulging your little tricks to draw attention works pretty well. Do whatever you like. But you’d better remind your manager not to drag my na into things anymore."
Lucas jolted, completely desperate. He had almost never expected Louis to know about these things. He had simply never ntioned them before.
So why bring them up now? Because of Joshua? Was Louis even leaving now because of Joshua?!
Joshua, Joshua, Joshua!
"What kind of relationship do you have with Joshua?" Lucas asked. But by then, Louis had already left, leaving only a cold, distant back view.
Lucas clenched his fists so tightly that they nearly dug into his flesh.
Earlier, he had prayed for soone to save him from Arthur. Now that he had gotten what he wanted and even regained his popularity, he wanted more. More and more.
He should have been able to get everything. It was because Joshua had always been in front of him. From the very beginning, Joshua had been the one blocking his path.
Lucas opened his phone. The scolding online was still raging, mostly mocking Joshua for being delusional.
As he looked at Joshua being cursed, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly. Then he directly posted a ssage.
Lucas_ATA: [Everyone misunderstood. Louis really was trying to help Joshua. I didn’t see clearly and grabbed Louis’s hand in a hurry. Sorry, Joshua. Louis, please don’t be angry at 🙁]
The online criticism almost ca to a halt in an instant. Joshua’s fans even began to wonder if Lucas’s account had been hacked.
anwhile, Lucas’s fans hurried to praise him for telling the truth. All kinds of comnts about misunderstandings being normal appeared, and so even said that Lucas and Louis were friends to begin with. A small number of people started apologizing to Joshua.
Even so, it did nothing to calm the anger of the fans. Instead, it only made them feel that Lucas’s actions definitely had so other motive, especially when the live broadcast room reopened in the afternoon and both Louis and Joshua were absent at the sa ti...
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