The next day, the two returned to the capital and didn’t mention the matter again during the trip.
Su Chengyang acted as usual, no different than usual, but Xiao Lu seemed preoccupied and didn’t talk much on the way.
After returning to the capital, Su Chengyang first went home to drop off her luggage and then went with Xiao Lu to Lin Yu’s office to report.
When Lin Yu saw the two come in, he put down the documents in his hand and smiled, “Take a seat over there first.”
Su Chengyang nodded and sat down next to Xiao Lu.
Xiao Lu absentmindedly looked at her phone, not sure what she was thinking.
She wasn’t someone who knew how to hide her emotions, so when Lin Yu left the office, Su Chengyang helplessly bumped her arm and said, “You’ve been thinking, what’s on your mind?”
Xiao Lu snapped out of it, sighed, and said, “It’s nothing.”
But judging from her appearance, it was definitely not nothing.
Su Chengyang hugged her shoulder and said, “Don’t think about it, it’s not important. The thing you’re worried about probably won’t happen.”
Xiao Lu knew what she meant, but she couldn’t explain it, so she just smiled and said, “I know.”
After a moment, Lin Yu walked in with two cups of tea and placed them in front of Su Chengyang and Xiao Lu.
These past few days, Xiao Lu has been reporting Su Chengyang’s schedule to Lin Yu one by one. He looked up at Su Chengyang with a smile and asked, “Are you having fun?”
Su Chengyang nodded, “Mm.”
Then Lin Yu sat down on the sofa next to them and said, “Have you figured out what to do with the seven million fans’ benefits?”
Su Chengyang shook her head, “No, Manager Lin, what do you think?”
“How about doing a livestream and chatting with fans?” Lin Yu suggested.
Xiao Lu immediately said, “Live streaming is great! I think it’s very interesting when they chat with fans.”
Su Chengyang had no objections and nodded, “Okay, I can do that.”
Lin Yu looked at her and said, “Okay, then prepare yourself. We will do the livestream on Weibo tonight at eight o’clock.”
“Okay.”
“Oh, and Director Wang hopes that you can take some promotional photos when you have time.”
“Promotional photos?” Su Chengyang looked at him in surprise. Although her role in <Sludge> had a role in driving the plot, she basically only existed in memories and would not usually be involved in promotion.
Lin Yu explained, “Your participation in the filming of <Sludge> has caused quite a stir. Many fans are watching the official account, and if there are no promotional photos of you, they may criticize you.”
Su Chengyang nodded understandingly, “I have time anytime, just let me know when you want me to go.”
Lin Yu responded with a nod and said, “The person in charge of the Chunlin Mountain Scenic Area contacted our company recently and hopes to invite you and Qi Fu to be the ambassadors. Due to Tian Rong’s influence, the online reputation of Chunlin Mountain is not good, so they hope that you and Qi Fu can help improve it. The price can be negotiated.”
Chunlin Mountain chose to invite Su Chengyang and Qi Fu for a reason. Qi Fu is from Sichuan, and Su Chengyang had some previous involvement with the previous ambassador. Having her become the next ambassador would be more easily accepted by the audience.
Moreover, Su Chengyang likes that place.
“Okay, Manager Lin, you can arrange it,” Su Chengyang said.
Lin Yu withdrew his gaze and said, “Okay, I understand. Let Assistant Xu send you back to rest. I still have something to discuss with Lu Yin.”
After Su Chengyang agreed, she left the office.
When Su Chengyang left, Lin Yu leaned back against the sofa and looked at the uneasy Xiao Lu beside him.
Xiao Lu felt her scalp tighten under his gaze and nervously said, “Cousin Brother, is there something you need me for?”
Lin Yu’s expression was calm as he said, “What happened?”
Xiao Lu acted ignorant and said, “What are you talking about? Didn’t I tell you everything?”
Lin Yu stared at her and said, “Something seems off between you and Chengyang.”
Xiao Lu raised her eyebrows, wondering why she didn’t notice what was wrong with Su Chengyang.
“Go ahead, I won’t get mad,” Lin Yu said patiently.
“That’s what you said,” Xiao Lu looked at him skeptically.
“I said so,” Lin Yu nodded patiently.
Knowing her cousin brother’s decisive personality, Xiao Lu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, “Cousin Brother, can you answer me a question first? Do you like Chengyang a little bit?”
Lin Yu looked at her without evasion and said, “It’s ‘like’, not ‘like a little bit’.”
Xiao Lu: “…”
What’s the difference?
However, she had guessed correctly. Her cousin brother did like Chengyang.
“Does this matter?” Lin Yu asked in confusion.
Xiao Lu sighed and nodded, saying, “Yes. Before recording the show, I asked Chengyang about her feelings for you.”
Lin Yu pursed his lips. He didn’t like others meddling in his affairs. After a moment of silence, he couldn’t help but ask, “What did she say?”
Xiao Lu furrowed her brows and said, “She didn’t say anything, she even complimented you. But when I asked her if she likes your type, she seemed a bit hesitant. I was afraid of upsetting her, so I avoided talking to you in front of her these past few days. She might have misunderstood and thought I was avoiding her because I was afraid she would cling to you.”
Lin Yu’s forehead wrinkled, as if he was about to get angry.
Xiao Lu immediately apologized, “Brother, I’m sorry, I know I was wrong. I just wanted to help you, but I ended up making things worse.”
Lin Yu furrowed his brows, seeming to be thinking about what she said. Hesitant? Why would Chengyang have a sense of resistance? Did he accidentally do something out of bounds? Or did his actions make Chengyang unhappy?
“Brother…” Xiao Lu saw that his expression was unclear and called out softly.
Lin Yu snapped out of his thoughts, his brows still furrowed. “Don’t interfere in this matter in the future.”
Xiao Lu felt a bit uneasy, “Then what are you going to do in the future? If Chengyang doesn’t like you…”
Lin Yu’s long eyelashes trembled slightly as he lowered his gaze, “I’ll try my best. She’s still young, there’s no rush.”
“But she’s going to terminate her contract with the company next year.”
Lin Yu glanced at her, “So what?”
Xiao Lu shrank her neck when she saw him, and couldn’t help but whispered: “But you’re six years older than Chengyang… at her age, doesn’t she prefer boys her own age? Last night she even exchanged contact information with Brother Du’s son.”
Lin Yu gritted his teeth and looked at her with a smile that wasn’t really a smile. Xiao Lu instinctively shut her mouth.
Lin Yu withdrew his gaze, “Who she likes is her freedom. I can only work hard to make her like me.”
Xiao Lu wanted to ask, “But what if your efforts are in vain?” However, she felt a little hurt for her cousin brother and decided not to speak.
Xiao Lu made an excuse to leave the office, leaving Lin Yu alone in the quiet office. He felt a strange feeling in his heart. He agreed with Lu Yin’s words. He was six years older than Su Chengyang, and maybe in her eyes, he was just a boss… or even closer, a friend’s brother. So, when it came to “liking,” she felt resistance.
On the way home, Su Chengyang posted a Weibo to her seven million fans, announcing that the benefit was a livestream. Assistant Xu dropped her off at her doorstep and went back to the company.
Su Chengyang took a shower in her room. When she came out, Xiao Lu had already returned.
“Chengyang, your phone has been ringing. Is something urgent?” Xiao Lu walked over from the living room and handed Su Chengyang her phone.
Su Chengyang was drying her hair with a towel and took the phone.
She unlocked it, opened WeChat, and found that someone had sent her several friend requests.
The first request had no nickname, and the second request had a nickname, “Dusenyu.” It seemed that he thought this was not obvious enough, so he sent another request, saying that his father was a guest on this season’s program.
Su Chengyang’s movement of wiping her hair slowed down, and she agreed to his friend request.
Almost instantly after Su Chengyang agreed, he sent a greeting message.
Du Senyu:【Hello, Sister, I am Du Senyu.】
Followed by a cute emoji.
Su Chengyang:【Hello, I’m Su Chengyang.】
Su Chengyang didn’t have too many fans before, and sometimes she would add some fans who have liked her for many years, so there wasn’t much reaction.
Du Senyu:【Sister, are you going to livestream tonight? I want to watch, but my dad won’t let me.】
Su Chengyang:【It’s Monday tomorrow, so you should have classes, right? You should rest early.】
Du Senyu:【I understand. Thank you, sister.】
After chatting for a few more sentences, Du Senyu was called by his father to study.
Although Su Chengyang didn’t go through the gaokao1, she knew that many students in their senior year of high school experience stress, so having something to relieve stress was good.
After Xiao Lu returned from the company, things went back to normal, and Su Chengyang didn’t mention it again.
The news about Su Chengyang’s 8 PM livestream spread quickly, and before long, many fans were waiting on Weibo, saying that just in case Su Chengyang started livestreaming early.
But Su Chengyang didn’t.
Approaching eight o’clock, Xiao Lu finished setting up the equipment, and Su Chengyang put on light makeup, sitting in the room waiting for the livestream to start.
As this was Su Chengyang’s first livestream, Lin Yu and Assistant Xu rushed to Xiao Lu’s house to prevent any mishaps.
Just before the livestream, Lin Yu walked in and advised, “Chengyang, many eyes are watching you online lately. If someone tries to provoke you in the chat, don’t panic, just ignore it, and we will handle the rest.”
Su Chengyang nodded, indicating that she understood.
Earlier, while setting up the background with Xiao Lu, Su Chengyang didn’t eat much. Now, feeling hungry, she noticed several bags of small bread next to her and casually tore one open to munch on.
Lin Yu noticed and left the room, returning with a cup of warm milk, which he placed in front of Su Chengyang.
“Thank you.” Su Chengyang wiped off her lipstick and drank a sip of milk, just the right temperature.
After filling her stomach, Su Chengyang reapplied her lipstick.
At eight o’clock, Xiao Lu operated from backstage and opened the livestream.
Su Chengyang saw her face on the screen, with her big eyes, pointed chin, and looking like a snake demon.
Audiences watching the stream were frantically refreshing the comments:
【? ? ?】
【Finally, I’ve been waiting for my sister!】
【Hahaha grass, did sister forget to turn off her beauty filter?】
【Where did this little fairy come from?】
Su Chengyang was stunned for a moment, then immediately leaned over to look at Xiao Lu across from her and said, “Xiao Lu, you forgot to turn off the beauty filter.”
Because Su Chengyang was using a computer to livestream, all operations needed to be completed by Xiao Lu on the computer.
【Xiao Lu, come out and take a beating!】
【Last time at the airport, you hugged female goose and I haven’t settled the score with you yet.】
【Sister is so beautiful.】
【What shade of lipstick are you wearing?】
【Sister, are you wearing colored contacts?】
【Ah, ah, Sister is looking at me!】
Xiao Lu responded and turned off the beauty filter in the back.
Su Chengyang looked at the screen and breathed a sigh of relief as she returned to her normal appearance.
“Hello everyone, I’m Su Chengyang. Welcome to my seven million fans’ benefit livestream room. Thank you, everyone.”
Colorful things flew across the screen, garish and flamboyant, and Su Chengyang didn’t know what they were. She turned her head to look at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu glanced at the screen and then walked over to Su Chengyang and asked her to turn off the tipping function.
As soon as Su Chengyang heard it was tipping, she immediately waved her hand and said, “Don’t tip me anything, and don’t put any money in there.”
【Sister, say hello.】
【Shake hands, shake hands.】
【Don’t turn off the tipping.】
【Sister, you’re still a newcomer and can’t earn much money. We have money and we can support you.】
Su Chengyang was scared and shook her head, “What are you thinking? How could I not earn any money? I can earn over a hundred thousand yuan just by recording one episode of a variety show. I don’t need you to support me.”
【? ?】
【Sorry for the interruption, hahaha.】
【Sister, why are you so sincere?】
【Some people are so poor they eat leftovers every day, yet they still care about whether their master, who earns over a hundred thousand yuan a day, can make money or not.】
【Sister, are you streaming from your own home?】
Su Chengyang saw a few sarcastic comments rolling through the comments section, but she ignored them and replied to her fans’ questions:
“Not at my own house, it’s a house arranged by the company.”
【Wow! It looks like the decoration is really good.】
【Starlight Entertainment is too awesome!】
【Ah, why didn’t my favorite star sign with Starlight Entertainment?】
【How does the boss treat you, sister?】
Su Chengyang nodded, “The boss is very good to me. He helped me find this house.”
“Don’t worry about me, Starlight Entertainment treats all its artists well.”
【Is your relationship with the guests in <Travel> really good?】
【Do you stay in touch when you’re not filming?】
【The things that happened before weren’t just for the show, right?】
【I feel like everyone really likes you.】
Su Chengyang took out her phone, opened the WeChat group, and said, “Everyone’s relationships are really good. We stay in touch in the group when we’re not filming.”
As she spoke, Su Chengyang held her phone up to the camera and said, “Han Songxue talks a lot. You can always find her in the group when she’s not working.”
“When we first started filming, we didn’t even think about how many people would watch, so we were all really carefree.”
【Does Han Songxue really talk that much?】
Su Chengyang nodded and said, “She often speaks without thinking, but she doesn’t mean any harm.”
As soon as Su Chengyang finished speaking, a message popped up in the WeChat group.
Han Songxue:【@Su Chengyang, don’t you want to save my image in front of so many people?】
“She’s accusing me in the group chat, saying that I’m ruining her image.” Su Chengyang turned to the livestream fans to complain.
【Han Songxue is peeking at the screen?】
【What image? You have no image at all.】
【Sometimes I want to hit her even through the screen.】
【Han Songxue’s eyes are filled with clear stupidity.】
Su Chengyang glanced at the messages and said, “Don’t talk about her anymore. If you mention her again, you won’t see me anymore during the fifth episode. She said she’s going to secretly attack me tonight.”
The comments section burst into laughter, occasionally there were a few negative voices, but they were quickly suppressed by the normal fans’ comments.
Su Chengyang answered almost every question from her fans, and the atmosphere in the livestream room remained hot.
Later, when there was nothing to do, Xiao Lu went downstairs and cooked a bowl of noodles. In no time, she sat opposite Su Chengyang, eating with relish.
Smelling the aroma, Su Chengyang drank several sips of water and looked over there frequently.
【What are you looking at?】
【I only want you to look at me. Why do you need to look at others?】
Su Chengyang complains to her fans, “Xiao Lu is eating noodles in front of me and it smells so good.”
【Goodness!】
【I suggest that Mr. Lin deduct her salary for slacking off during work hours!】
【Sister, are you hungry?】
【Go find something to eat.】
Xiao Lu sees the scrolling comments and holds her bowl of noodles up to the camera, takes a couple of bites, and says, “It’s not working hours now. I haven’t even asked Boss Lin for overtime pay yet.”
“Hehe, you big baby Su Chengyang has a tendency to gain weight. If she eats too much, she’ll get fat. So, I’ll just eat in front of her.”
“She’s not fat, but she looks different on camera than in real life.”
Xiao Lu is a talkative person, so Su Chengyang shares her chair and listens to her chat with the audience.
“As for me? Debut? I’m not interested in the entertainment industry.”
“I used to be a soldier in a reconnaissance unit. I wanted to become a special forces soldier, but I was too young and lacked the willpower.”
“I have two jobs, assistant and bodyguard.”
“I not only hug Su Chengyang and live in the same place as her, but I also slept in the same bed as her.”
Su Chengyang kicks her from below, telling her not to stray too far from the topic.
