Popular Top Stream (1): What’s the point of dating? He just wants to focus on his career!

Gu Juntian woke up in the swaying vehicle, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a dark camera pointing at his face.

He instinctively put on a perfect smile.

He didn’t know who he was, but he knew he must have traveled through time.

He just didn’t know who he had become or why someone was filming him.

Just as Gu Juntian’s mind was filled with questions, the original owner’s memories appeared in his mind.

The original owner was a second-generation rich kid and a second-generation star.

His mother was a household name, a big star, while his father was a wealthy businessman.

The original owner didn’t know if his parents ever loved each other; he only knew that they divorced when he was very young. Then his father remarried, and while his mother focused on her career, she was also constantly surrounded by scandals.

His parents were both very busy, so the original owner was raised by a nanny.

The original owner’s nanny’s surname was Qiao, and the original owner called her “Aunt Qiao.”

When the original owner was hungry, it was Aunt Qiao who cooked for him. When he cried, it was Aunt Qiao who comforted him. When he was scared, it was Aunt Qiao who stayed with him.

He felt that his parents didn’t love him, only Aunt Qiao did.

Over time, in the heart of the young original owner, Aunt Qiao became the most important person to him.

And Aunt Qiao’s son, Qiao Qiao¹, who was three years younger than him, was also regarded as his own younger brother.

When the original owner was thirteen, his nanny, Aunt Qiao, passed away. The ten-year-old Qiao Qiao cried like a river, fearing that his father would take him away. 

Qiao Qiao’s father was a gambling addict who also liked to hit people, so Aunt Qiao divorced him early on.

If Qiao Qiao lived with this gambling addict, he would definitely have a very miserable life.

The sobbing Qiao Qiao evoked a protective instinct in the original owner, who contacted their parents, hoping they would adopt Qiao Qiao, but the original owner’s parents disagreed.

Adoption had legal effects; if they adopted Qiao Qiao, then Qiao Qiao would have the right to inherit their property. 

After the original owner’s father and mother divorced, he married another woman shortly after, and they had more than one child together.

He didn’t even care about the original owner, so naturally, he was unwilling to adopt Qiao Qiao.

Although the original owner’s mother only had the original owner as her child, she didn’t like Aunt Qiao, so she naturally didn’t want to adopt Qiao Qiao either.

However, the original owner was determined to keep Qiao Qiao, even going so far as to go on a hunger strike for it.

In the end, the original owner’s mother found a way to get Qiao Qiao’s father to give up custody, and the original owner’s driver adopted Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao was allowed to stay in the Gu family, and the original owner finally agreed to eat.

The original owner felt that after Aunt Qiao’s death, Qiao Qiao was no different from an orphan.

As for him? Although he had both parents, he saw them only a few times a year, so there was no difference between having parents and not having them.

So, he had only Qiao Qiao, and Qiao Qiao had only him. They relied on each other and were the most important people to one another.

He was Qiao Qiao’s brother, and he had to take good care of Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao was adopted by the driver but never lived at the driver’s home.

He grew up with the original owner, receiving the same treatment as the original owner in the original owner’s house.

No, it was even better.

The original owner poured all his emotions into Qiao Qiao and doted on him very much, so Qiao Qiao’s food, clothing, and other needs were better than the original owner’s.

The original owner was completely devoted to Qiao Qiao, even spending all his money on him.

The original owner didn’t like his parents, nor did he like their profession, so he never had any intention of entering the entertainment industry.

But Qiao Qiao was different; he was full of longing for the entertainment industry and entered it at the age of sixteen.

Due to his not-so-stunning looks and lack of professional skills, Qiao Qiao never gained much fame and remained lukewarm.

However, Qiao Qiao’s resources had always been good, and this was all thanks to the original owner.

The original owner’s mother was a movie queen. When he was very young, he had already appeared in front of the audience. Even though his relationship with his mother was not good and he was unwilling to seek resources from her, he could still brush shoulders in the circle and help Qiao Qiao obtain some small resources.

The original owner was also very wealthy.

Although the original owner’s parents didn’t pay much attention to him, they were very generous with money.

After the original owner came of age, his father would give him 200,000 every month, and his mother would give him 100,000. During the New Year and other festivals, they would also give him big red envelopes.

The original owner could get at least five million in pocket money from their parents every year.

In addition, the original owner’s father also gave them some company shares, allowing the original owner to receive a two million dividend each year.

This amount of money wasn’t particularly large, but it was enough to invest in web dramas.

Some web dramas or online movies only required a total investment of a few million.

The original owner usually didn’t spend much and saved all the money to spend on Qiao Qiao, which helped Qiao Qiao gain a certain level of fame.

At the beginning of last year, the original owner approached a TV drama director who had a good relationship with his mother, and managed to secure the role of the fourth male lead in a fantasy drama for Qiao Qiao.

This Xianxia drama aired at the beginning of this year and became a huge hit after its release. The character played by Qiao Qiao, the fourth male lead, attracted a lot of attention due to his very likable persona.

Additionally, Qiao Qiao had a very good relationship with the actor playing the male lead, and the two often interact online and even shoot short videos together…

Suddenly, Qiao Qiao became famous.

The actor playing the male lead in this Xianxia drama was Zhou Qinghao, a top star in the entertainment industry.

He helped Qiao Qiao because he was the original owner’s boyfriend.

During the filming of that fantasy drama, the original owner often visited the set. One time, when the original host visited, he saw Zhou Qinghao being harassed by an investor and stepped in to help him.

That was how Zhou Qinghao fell for the original owner.

He thought Qiao Qiao was the original host’s younger brother, so he took extra care of Qiao Qiao, which made Qiao Qiao see his feelings for the original owner…

Up to this point, everything was quite normal, but the original owner’s subsequent actions made Gu Juntian look down on him.

When the original owner was young, he indeed regarded Qiao Qiao as his younger brother. Even when Qiao Qiao entered the entertainment industry at the age of sixteen, his feelings for Qiao Qiao had not changed.

But in the following days, he fell in love with Qiao Qiao.

He had always regarded Qiao Qiao as the most important person, and after falling in love with Qiao Qiao, he became even more obedient to Qiao Qiao, giving in to all of Qiao Qiao’s demands, wishing he could bring everything Qiao Qiao wanted right to his doorstep.

However, Qiao Qiao always regarded the original owner as his older brother.

After the original character revealed his sexual orientation to Qiao Qiao, Qiao Qiao said he liked women.

This situation made the original character afraid to confess, worried that after confessing, Qiao Qiao would cut ties with him, after all, Qiao Qiao was a straight man.

It was at this moment that Qiao Qiao told the original owner that Zhou Qinghao liked him, and even tried to set them up together, saying he wanted Zhou Qinghao to be his sister-in-law.

The original owner was in great pain after Qiao Qiao made such a request, but he didn’t want to refuse Qiao Qiao’s request, so he confessed to Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao agreed and started dating the original owner.

The original owner didn’t like Zhou Qinghao and didn’t want to interact with him at all, but because Qiao Qiao kept praising Zhou Qinghao in front of the original owner and arranged various dates for them, the original owner and Zhou Qinghao ended up stumbling through their relationship.

During this period, Zhou Qinghao not only introduced a lot of resources to Qiao Qiao but also made an appearance in Qiao Qiao’s live stream after the airing of the fantasy drama, collaborated with Qiao Qiao to shoot short videos, and completely boosted Qiao Qiao’s popularity.

A few months ago, the popular Qiao Qiao was invited to participate in a live-streaming variety show.

This variety show was different from regular ones.

In addition to editing the footage into a complete episode to be posted online after filming, it also featured live streaming during the filming.

Live streaming is prone to accidents, so even though the director of this variety show was very famous, very few stars were willing to participate.

The director wanted to invite a popular star to join the show, but couldn’t find anyone willing.

So, Qiao Qiao volunteered to help the director invite Zhou Qinghao.

Although Qiao Qiao was already popular, his fame couldn’t compare to Zhou Qinghao’s. As a top-tier celebrity, Zhou Qinghao not only had an astonishing appearance fee but also looked down on such variety shows.

Additionally, Zhou Qinghao had some minor issues in his relationships, and his manager strongly opposed him participating in the live broadcast.

Zhou Qinghao rejected Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao then turned to the original owner, saying he felt very upset that Zhou Qinghao rejected him and that he wanted to participate in the variety show with “sister-in-law.”

The original owner was with Zhou Qinghao for Qiao Qiao.

He suppressed his own feelings and stayed with someone he didn’t like to make Qiao Qiao happy, silently protecting him.

Now that Zhou Qinghao had upset Qiao Qiao, the original owner was very unhappy.

The original owner arranged for Zhou Qinghao to come out and participate in this variety show, to take good care of Qiao Qiao in the show.

Zhou Qinghao agreed to join the variety show with Qiao Qiao. Not only did he bring a huge influx of viewers to the show, but because he took such good care of Qiao Qiao on the show, Qiao Qiao became even more popular!

Zhou Qinghao wasn’t very good with words, and as a result, Qiao Qiao outshone him on the show.

He became more popular than Zhou Qinghao and became the darling of the show. And Zhou Qinghao?

He helped Qiao Qiao with farm work, did house chores for him, and even helped him with slaughtering chickens, practically becoming a housekeeper.

This was a far cry from the image Zhou Qinghao had in the eyes of his fans.

All popular stars have their personas, and Zhou Qinghao’s persona was that of a cold and aloof character. In the TV dramas he participated in, he played roles like a cold and aloof immortal, a cold and aloof academic genius, and a cold and aloof CEO.

His fans loved his high-and-mighty demeanor.

But now, the high-and-mighty Zhou Qinghao was taking such good care of Qiao Qiao during the live stream, working hard and enduring hardships, which made his fans very uncomfortable.

Zhou Qinghao’s haters even called him a “simp.”

And it was at this moment that Zhou Qinghao snatched a role that originally belonged to Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao finally had a chance to play the male lead, but the role that was almost in his grasp was snatched away by Zhou Qinghao!

Heartbroken, Qiao Qiao called the original owner and cried to him.

The original owner was furious upon hearing this and had a big fight with Zhou Qinghao over the phone.

Wanting to comfort Qiao Qiao and worried that Zhou Qinghao would bully him on the variety show, the original owner accepted the director’s invitation and also participated in the show when the second episode began filming.

Because of Zhou Qinghao, this variety show had already become a hit. Therefore, in the second episode, the director even invited a heavyweight guest, the renowned actor Qin Yanming.

Gu Juntian arrived at this point in time, just as he and Qin Yanming were joining the variety show, and the second episode was about to start filming.

At this moment, he was sitting in the car heading to the filming location of the previous variety show.

At this time, although the original owner had deceived Zhou Qinghao’s feelings, he hadn’t done anything more outrageous yet. However, the original owner’s upcoming actions would make it completely justified to call him a scumbag!

Gu Juntian knew the original owner’s future; this was probably the benefit of his time travel.

The original owner’s mother was a famous actress, and he was very handsome, so even though he didn’t enter the entertainment industry, many people still knew him.

As for the Best Actor Qin Yanming, there was no need to mention him!

When the two of them joined the variety show, it attracted even more attention, and countless people tuned in to watch the live broadcast.

Then, everyone noticed that the original owner’s care for Qiao Qiao was at least as good as, if not better than, Zhou Qinghao’s!

Moreover, in addition to taking care of Qiao Qiao, Zhou Qinghao also started taking care of the original owner. Even when the original owner gave him the cold shoulder, Zhou Qinghao remained consistent.

This made Zhou Qinghao’s fans very disappointed in him.

At this time, the original owner revealed in a live stream that Qiao Qiao was his younger brother.

The original owner’s mother was a movie queen, and his father was a wealthy businessman.

The movie queen had always lived in the spotlight, so Qiao Qiao couldn’t possibly be her son. He should be the original owner’s father’s son, and the original owner’s father was extremely, extremely wealthy!

So, Qiao Qiao was a rich second-generation!

Zhou Qinghao was so fawning over Qiao Qiao, was it because Qiao Qiao was a rich second generation?

They all said Zhou Qinghao was aloof, but in reality? He did anything to curry favor with the wealthy!

Zhou Qinghao’s fans were even more disappointed and started unfollowing him.

At this time, the original owner dealt Zhou Qinghao a fatal blow by saying in a live stream that Zhou Qinghao’s private life was not proper and that Zhou Qinghao was pestering him.

This caused a huge uproar, and for a time, countless people were cursing Zhou Qinghao online.

They even “dug up” all kinds of dirt on Zhou Qinghao, such as the fact that he only graduated from middle school and never even attended high school…

In short, Zhou Qinghao’s persona collapsed, and he was ridiculed by the entire internet.

The original character did this because Zhou Qinghao took the role that should have gone to Qiao Qiao, and also because Zhou Qinghao made him lose Qiao Qiao.

In the second episode of the variety show, Qiao Qiao and Qin Yanming worked together several times and got along very well.

Qiao Qiao’s gaze was constantly drawn to Qin Yanming.

The original owner liked men and was very sensitive to feelings between men. He quickly realized that Qiao Qiao liked Qin Yanming!

Qiao Qiao was actually not a straight man!

The original owner privately questioned Qiao Qiao and confessed to him, but Qiao Qiao advised the original owner to treat Zhou Qinghao well…

In his words, Qiao Qiao also revealed that he suppressed his feelings at the beginning because Zhou Qinghao liked the original owner, and that was why he didn’t end up with the original owner.

Qiao Qiao didn’t want to steal the man his best friend liked.

How could the original owner not hate Zhou Qinghao?

He slandered Zhou Qinghao in a live stream, ruining Zhou Qinghao’s reputation.

Gu Juntian, after reviewing the original owner’s memories and the upcoming plot, thought the original owner was crazy!

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that Zhou Qinghao took Qiao Qiao’s role.

Zhou Qinghao and Qiao Qiao auditioned together, and in the end, the director chose Zhou Qinghao over Qiao Qiao. How did that become Zhou Qinghao stealing Qiao Qiao’s role?

The original owner not only deceived Zhou Qinghao’s feelings but also ruined Zhou Qinghao’s career. This was truly outrageous!

Fortunately, he had crossed over. He would never do such a thing.

Gu Juntian felt that he must have crossed over many times before, so he was very calm, with a sense of “whatever will be, will be.”

He planned to live well in place of the original owner.

And the first thing he needed to do is to cut off the original owner’s emotional ties.

He won’t fall for Qiao Qiao, and he would make it clear to Zhou Qinghao that he didn’t like him.

What was so great about being in a relationship? He just wanted to focus on his career!

The original owner borrowed money to support Qiao Qiao, and now he was in a mountain of debt, which was really frustrating.

From now on, he only wanted to do one thing: make money.

Men would only affect his earning speed; he needed to focus on making money and becoming rich!

TN: Double update. Merry Christmas!

Notes

1. Written differently but pronounced the same 喬橋 (Qiáo Qiáo) ↩︎