Chapter 138: Some Blush, Some Face Black

Luo Yuzhong's reply made Lu Yan He feel relieved.

It is the director's attitude that makes people feel at ease.

If Luo Yuzhong didn't reply to this matter, there would be a problem. Being able to reply shows that his idea is correct.

Words were all said by Chen Ziliang and Zhou Ping'an. No one mentioned Luo Yuzhong's attitude, as if it didn't matter at all, as if as long as Chen Ziliang wanted to act, he would definitely be able to act.

A small matter, but it gave Lu Yan He a slightly different feeling.

He was glad he didn't listen to the wind and rain.

Zhou Ping'an finished painting the pie for Li Zhibai and came to see Yan Liang again.

In front of Yan Liang, his attitude was not so enthusiastic, and even somewhat bossy when facing subordinates.

"Yan Liang, how is your preparation for the exam during this time? Is it strenuous?" Yan Liang asked, and without waiting for Yan Liang to answer, he immediately changed the subject, "I have always been very optimistic about you. You can feel it yourself. Among so many young people, I have always been relatively attentive to you, and I will think of you if there are any good opportunities."

Yan Liang immediately said: "Yes, I know, I have always been grateful to Brother Ping'an."

"You are different from Li Zhibai, Cheng Hai, and the others. Since the competition, your popularity has not been very high, but you have always been very obedient, and very hardworking. Do you know what I appreciate most about you? The desperate, hardworking effort that never gives up." Zhou Ping'an looked directly at Yan Liang, as if he was emphasizing the effect of this sentence with his eyes, and nodded at the end, "This is a very important quality for an artist. Some artists, they will explode as soon as they come up, explode overnight, like MX's Ma Zhiyuan, but there are also artists who are fine and long-flowing, relying on persistence and hard work, and finally seizing the opportunity to become famous."

Yan Liang said "Hmm."

It was not the first time Yan Liang had heard these words from Zhou Ping'an. In these years, Zhou Ping'an had said these wheel words over and over again, and they had also become words that Yan Liang comforted and encouraged himself in his heart.

"Chen Ziyan is back. I think you young people should all be somewhat restless, right?" The main topic arrived.

Zhou Ping'an mentioned Chen Ziyan as if chatting casually.

Yan Liang immediately said: "I don't, I still want to stay here with you. I know you have always taken special care of me."

Zhou Ping'an smiled with satisfaction.

"However, this matter is also to blame on me. Seven people in Feng Zhi, I insisted on making an elimination, saying that only three people would be left, which inevitably made you a bit uneasy. Actually, I am telling you the truth privately, I won't only leave three people. They are all artists I brought out myself, brought for two or three years, how could I be willing to give them away? Except for a very few I don't want to bring, I will still bring them in the end. I said that before just to stimulate your potential, let you work hard and have a sense of crisis. Look, MX is so popular now, our Feng Zhi can't compare to them in groups, but after the group disbands, you are individual individuals fighting alone. I hope you can be more proactive."

Yan Liang's deep heart: "..."

"In our group, there should already be people outside contacting other managers, right?" Zhou Ping'an probed again as if unintentionally, "Actually, I can understand it all. You are all good children, it's me who sometimes makes you feel insecure."

Yan Liang silently put away a galloping grass mud horse in his heart and said: "I don't know much about others. I have less contact with the four people on Cheng Hai's side, especially in the past year, there have been no group activities, and I have seen them even less. I am more familiar with Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai. Lu Yan He has recently put all his mind on learning, reading books every day, and probably has no time or energy to contact others. Li Zhibai doesn't care about these things even more. As long as no one delays his sleeping in, anything is fine."

Zhou Ping'an laughed.

"You guys, you are all the same as two years ago, you are really children I watched grow up."

The small group of three became active.

Yan Liang: He asked that, which made me speechless. I didn't expect me to report him.

Li Zhibai: Disgusting.

Lu Yan He: Seconded.

Yan Liang: Are you free tonight? Let's eat spicy hot pot together.

Lu Yan He: I can.

Li Zhibai: I don't know, there is a job in the neighboring city, and I don't know what time it will end in the afternoon. If I can make it, I will come over.

Yan Liang: Good, then let's make an appointment for now. I really have a lot of complaints to spit out. Every time this happens, I envy Li Zhibai. I also hope I have a family background that allows me to be unscrupulous to him, and if I'm unhappy, I'll confront him.

Li Zhibai: It's okay, I'll help you confront him next time.

Several people pulled and pulled in the group.

Lu Yan He suddenly reminded: You must remember not to send messages to the wrong group. There was one in our class who sent a message to the wrong person, sent it to the class group, and exposed his own scandal.

Li Zhibai: You said it, I hurried to see.

Yan Liang: I was also startled, my hair stood up.

Lu Yan He: Anyway, when complaining about others, remember to see clearly, don't send it wrong, that would be Waterloo.

Li Zhibai asked: *The Golden Era*, how is that play? Did Chen Ziliang grab your role?

Lu Yan He: It should be not.

Li Zhibai: That's good.

Li Zhibai: I ran into him today, his face was black and shiny, as if everyone in the world owed him five million, grandson.

Lu Yan He: You didn't have a conflict with him, did you?

Li Zhibai: What conflict did I have with him? I didn't even pay attention to him.

Chen Ziliang's face was indeed too black today.

Yan Wei was tired, and had to coax him with a good temper, saying: "Ziliang, just now Liu Zhilan greeted you, and you ignored her. She is a senior after all."

"An outdated singer, what senior," Chen Ziliang complained unceremoniously, "Damn, this bunch of old things rely on their qualifications, are seniors, and don't put us in their eyes. Luo Yuzhong is also a decadent school. I don't know what benefits Lu Yan He gave him, actually even my account is not bought. I, a little heavenly king, guest star in a role for him, and he refused. What the hell!"

Yan Wei took a deep breath and suppressed his speechlessness and complaints in his heart.

"Luo Yuzhong and these old directors are indeed not something we can control. I see he is actually very polite to you and respects you very much. As soon as you invited him, he came out to eat with you," Yan Wei knew what to say to step on Chen Ziliang's point, "Others want to make an appointment with him for a meal, do you think it's so easy to make an appointment? Mainly you are a singer, people think more about who plays this role. Jiang Yuqian tried to audition for his play several times, but didn't get it."

Chen Ziliang glanced at him, gave a light hum, his temper was a little smaller, but he still said: "If I make an appointment with him for a meal and he doesn't give me face, then I have lived in vain for these years."

In the evening, Lu Yan He finished evening self-study, took the bus back, got off the bus, and walked straight to the spicy hot pot stall.

He was the last one to arrive, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang had already started eating.

"Yo, you're here," Li Zhibai greeted and patted the chair he occupied for him.

Besides them, there were a few other people at the stall, looking like residents nearby, some wearing pajamas, some with a bag of snacks at their feet, looking like they were out for a stroll, bought something, and then stopped by to eat spicy hot pot before going back.

The three handsome teenagers were still eye-catching.

Under the gaze of everyone, the three of them were embarrassed to speak, had nothing to say, and ate silently.

"Are you stars?" someone couldn't help but ask.

Lu Yan He pointed to the school uniform on his body and said: "Going to school."

"Oh," the questioner nodded, suddenly realized, and after a while, said again, "You can be stars, you look quite handsome."

"Thank you."

At this point, it was exactly when the residents of the nearby community came out to eat spicy hot pot soup—these people were tempted by the gluttonous worms starting at eight or nine o'clock, and by ten o'clock in the evening, they couldn't help it and ran out.

A group of people ate with oily mouths, very happy.

Lu Yan He was too.

Coming back from evening self-study and being able to eat hot spicy hot pot was indeed quite cool.

After a while, others had eaten enough and left, and no one else came for the time being, Yan Liang took the opportunity to say: "I want to find another manager."

One sentence shocked both Li Zhibai and Lu Yan He.

"Ah?" the two said in unison.

In their eyes, the most obedient to Zhou Ping'an was Yan Liang, and the most impossible to leave Zhou Ping'an was also Yan Liang.

Even Li Zhibai hadn't said he wanted to change managers, but such a sentence popped out of Yan Liang's mouth.

Yan Liang said: "I'm really annoyed with him, and I've seen through him in these two years. He paints pies for people all day long, hangs you with a carrot, but actually can't give anything. Taking advantage of this time, I want to change managers."

"Then do you have a target?" Lu Yan He asked.

Yan Liang: "I'm going to try at Chen Ziyan's place."

"Oh," Lu Yan He was a bit surprised and nodded.

Yan Liang said: "Old Lu, you will also sign up, right?"

"Hmm," Lu Yan He nodded, "I will also go and try."

"If it doesn't succeed, forget it. However, since I went to try, Zhou Ping'an will definitely receive the news. He probably won't lead me anymore," Yan Liang sighed, "But I still made up my mind. Here with him, I will never be able to get ahead."

"You can make such a determination, it's quite beyond my expectation," Li Zhibai said, "I thought you would never take this step."

"These few months, looking at Old Lu, I was quite touched," Yan Liang said, "Giving up the art exam and directly participating in the college entrance exam, this decision is so big, he also did it alone. Later, whether it's *The Golden Era* or other things, Old Lu is always bravely making changes. I was infected by him. I always worry that changes won't necessarily change for the better, worry about what if the situation becomes worse. Now think about it, forget it, if you don't change, you will never be better. I know, Zhou Ping'an doesn't look down on me very much. In his eyes, I am a tool man who is always obedient. In this case, how can I get ahead? I don't want to be an eighteenth-tier small artist forever."

"You are awesome, this determination is right," Li Zhibai nodded, expressing his approval, "It's just lacking wine, this time is suitable for a drink."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang shook their heads.

Li Zhibai was annoyed by these two third-year high school students, asked the boss for a can of beer, and drank it himself.

Someone else came.

Their topic stopped.

Full and satisfied, settle the bill and leave.

Because of this, Lu Yan He didn't start the livestream until after eleven o'clock in the evening.

He Lan saw the notification of the livestream, clicked in, and couldn't help but speak in the barrage: Don't study too late every day, your body can't take it.

Lu Yan He saw it.

For the speech of this familiar ID, Lu Yan He smiled and explained: "It's okay, I feel my body can hold on. If I can't hold on, I will rest. There are only a few months left, I want to fight for it during this time."

A group of people in the barrage brushed "6666666".

Lu Yan He gathered his attention and returned to the book.

At this time node, everyone is thinking about their future and planning for their future.

Yan Liang preparing to change a manager for himself made Li Zhibai quite touched.

He was not joking.

Li Zhibai was the most lying-flat among the three, he had always been clear about this point.

Because he didn't need to work hard, his luck was also very good, and his popularity was also very high.

Backed by his own family, people like Zhou Ping'an didn't dare to say anything bad to him.

However, people always have some thoughts.

He is an artist, not purely idle and having nothing to do, looking for an identity to play.

When he participated in that talent show, he more or less had some hobbies in this regard.

Following Zhou Ping'an, it didn't have much impact on him.

In fact, from an objective point of view, Zhou Ping'an was quite good to him.

Zhou Ping'an is just like this, whoever can make money for him, he pays attention to whose business.

But later?

What kind of artist does he want to be?

Singer, actor, or something else?

Li Zhibai lay on the bed and thought for a long time, he didn't think of a result.

He hadn't thought about it before, and didn't have so many ambitions and dreams. Now that he was suddenly asked to think, he could only think of some vain things, such as a heavenly superstar, such as a film emperor.

But these were too unrealistic and not controllable.

Sigh, people can't work hard immediately just because they want to. Finding a goal is so difficult, let alone working hard.

If Lu Yan He knew Li Zhibai's thoughts, he would immediately feel familiar.

Isn't Li Pengfei like this?

These two rich second generations are both optimistic people who don't worry about food and drink and have a leisurely temperament.

It's just that Li Zhibai was pushed by the identity of an artist and Zhou Ping'an, looking not as rotten as Li Pengfei before.

Lu Yan He woke up and received a message from Li Pengfei: I asked for leave today, I can't go to school, you help me take a package from the guard room and put it in my drawer.

Lu Yan He: Okay.

He asked again: Why did you ask for leave?

No reply for a long time.

Lu Yan He got on the bus, and Li Pengfei replied: I have a bad stomach. I was tossing and turning all night last night. I'm hanging water now.

Lu Yan He: Are you in the hospital?

Li Pengfei: No, I asked a doctor to come to my house.

Lu Yan He: "..."

Envious, even when sick, he can hang water directly at home.

He replied: Alright, then have a good rest.

Li Pengfei emphasized again: Don't help me open that package, just put it in my drawer.

Lu Yan He: Why would I open your package.

Li Pengfei: Reminder, reminder.

December, the temperature dropped by several degrees again.

Lu Yan He had to walk between school and the dormitory in the wind and snow every day, so he went to buy himself a scarf and gloves. Not only that, three days after buying the scarf and gloves, he immediately bought himself earmuffs.

Too cold.

He didn't know what Li Pengfei bought, specifically asking him to take it from the guard room.

Even if he didn't come today, Li Pengfei could take it from the guard room himself tomorrow. Was he afraid that others would take it wrong? So precious?

Lu Yan He walked into the classroom holding a basketball-sized package box.

Mei Ping bumped into him and quickly stepped aside, saying: "Lu Yan He, I was handsome by you again."

"Haha, I was also beautiful by you," Lu Yan He immediately said with a smile.

Mei Ping's eyes fell on the package box in Lu Yan He's hand and asked: "What did you buy?"

"Not mine, Li Pengfei's."

"Him? He didn't even come today," Mei Ping looked curiously, walked two steps, suddenly remembered something, and reminded, "Oh, by the way, you weren't in the classroom just now, Teacher Su said he would come to explain the Hundred Days Reform to everyone at 12:30 today."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Okay, thank you."

This package couldn't fit into Li Pengfei's drawer.

He put the package under Li Pengfei's desk, sent him a message, and said a word.

Li Pengfei: Okay.

Lu Yan He: Not any valuable items, right? Or should I help you put it in Liu Laoshi's office first? You can get it from Liu Laoshi tomorrow?

Li Pengfei: Don't, absolutely don't! Just put it under my desk, it's okay, not any valuable items.

Lu Yan He: Okay.

This made it mysterious, Lu Yan He was very curious, what exactly did Li Pengfei buy.

He stuffed it under Li Pengfei's desk.

Jiang Haitian saw it and also asked what it was.

Lu Yan He: "Don't know."

Jiang Haitian hissed and said: "It won't be some strange things, tsk tsk."

"What strange things?" Ying Hetian also asked.

Jiang Haitian turned his eyes and hee-hee twice, "What else could it be, small yellow films, or some sexy magazines. Otherwise, why would he send it to school? He could just send it home. This is buying it behind his family's back. You say what else could it be."

A similar lewd smile also appeared on Ying Hetian's face.

None of them noticed that Luo Zicheng, who was sitting in front, looked back after hearing their words.

Star Entertainment Agency.

Zhou Ping'an received the stamped contract returned by *The Golden Era* production company and was a bit confused.

Stamped?

This role was still given to Lu Yan He?

Zhou Ping'an was stunned for a long time.

Didn't Chen Ziliang handle it? So trash?

"Dong dong."

Someone knocked on the door.

Zhou Ping'an: "Come in."

He turned the contract over on the table and looked up at the person who came in.

The person who opened the door and walked in surprised him.

"Aiyo, Ziyan, why did you suddenly visit?" Zhou Ping'an didn't expect the person knocking on the door to be Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan smiled slightly and said: "Haven't seen you for so long, can't I find you for a meeting?"

"Aiyo, you are willing to come to my place, I can't ask for it," Zhou Ping'an hurriedly got up, invited Chen Ziyan to sit in the reception area, and asked, "What do you drink? Coffee? Tea?"

Chen Ziyan: "Coffee, Americano, thank you."

Zhou Ping'an made two cups of coffee with the coffee machine in the office, brought it to her, and said: "Looking for me for something?"

"Indeed something, want to discuss something with you," Chen Ziyan said openly, "I took a fancy to someone you lead, how about transferring him to me?"

Zhou Ping'an's eyelids jumped, looking at Chen Ziyan in surprise.

Grabbing people directly so righteously?

Zhou Ping'an really didn't expect that Chen Ziyan would run directly to him to ask for someone.

He was a bit panicked at this moment and didn't react.

Did Chen Ziyan want Cheng Hai or Li Zhibai?

These two were the most popular artists under his hand, and Zhou Ping'an subconsciously thought of them.

These two people, he didn't want to let go of anyone.

"Ziyan, you are eyeing my people as soon as you come back," Zhou Ping'an showed a bitter smile, "I worked hard to cultivate for so long, the palm and the back of the hand are all meat."

"Rest assured, it won't make your heart ache. The few you focus on cultivating, unless they want to leave themselves and contact me, I will consider it seriously," Chen Ziyan said, "If it weren't for someone entrusting me to help, asking me to take care of one or two, I wouldn't open this mouth to you. I have always not liked grabbing other people's artists to lead."

Zhou Ping'an thought to himself, you don't like grabbing other people's artists to lead, then what are you doing now?!

He smiled on his face and said: "Yo, whose face is so big that they can move you to take care of?"

"Mao Bingyu, you know, she was also an artist I led back then, later retired from the circle because of some personal reasons. These years, I have kept in touch with her. She said she had a nephew in our company, and he is being led by you," Chen Ziyan said.

"Mao Bingyu?" Zhou Ping'an showed surprise. Of course he remembered this big star who was once famous. "Who is her nephew?"

"Tu Song," Chen Ziyan said, "Now you understand why I came to find you, right?"

Zhou Ping'an was surprised.

He had been leading Tu Song for almost three years and never knew Tu Song was Mao Bingyu's nephew.

Tu Song himself never said it either.

"Tu Song doesn't want others to know he is Mao Bingyu's nephew, nor is he willing to use Mao Bingyu's relationship to help his career. This time Mao Bingyu also privately found me, hoping that I would come forward, without letting Tu Song know, and let me help him," Chen Ziyan said. "I have inquired, Tu Song is not an artist you focus on cultivating, transferring him to me won't make you heart-ached. I think you will also make a decision at the end of the month, no longer leading him. I came to see you at this time, wanting to transfer him to my hand before you eliminate him, so as not to let this child's confidence be frustrated. Consider it me owing you a favor."

Zhou Ping'an fell silent.

He didn't expect that Chen Ziyan wanted Tu Song.

If it was Tu Song, then indeed, even if transferred to Chen Ziyan, he wouldn't be reluctant. As Chen Ziyan said, he didn't intend to continue leading Tu Song anyway. Moreover, being able to gain a favor from Chen Ziyan was also quite worth it.

"Alright, you came to find me personally, I must buy this face," Zhou Ping'an laughed, "However, aren't you picking artists from the whole company? Besides Tu Song, is there anyone else you fancy?"

Zhou Ping'an was still wary of Chen Ziyan eyeing Cheng Hai and Li Zhibai, grabbing them away.

Competing with Chen Ziyan, Zhou Ping'an had no confidence at all, this one was too legendary.

Chen Ziyan glanced at him, making him feel that his thoughts were seen through completely.

She smiled and said: "Rest assured, still that sentence, I have always not liked grabbing other people's artists to lead. The artists you focus on cultivating, I won't grab."

Li Pengfei was not at school, Lu Yan He went to the cafeteria alone to eat.

The weather outside was too cold, Lu Yan He's number of times to stroll around the playground became less, preferring to be stuffy in the classroom, not wanting to go out.

As long as he walked out of the classroom door, this wind would scrape over like a knife, not freezing people, but hurting people.

"Eh, who opened this box?" Lu Yan He was reading in his seat when he suddenly heard Jiang Haitian ask in surprise.

Box?

Lu Yan He looked back.

Jiang Haitian pointed to the package box under Li Pengfei's desk.

Everyone around looked here.

Lu Yan He also looked down, only to find that the package box originally sealed with tape didn't know when it was cut open from the middle. Because it was still folded, it was not obvious. Only by looking carefully could one see that this package box had been opened by someone.

He couldn't help but frown.

He had been in the classroom all morning and hadn't gone out. He only left when he went to eat lunch at noon, and came back after eating. This package box must have been cut open by someone when he left.

But Lu Yan He went to the cafeteria relatively late, and many classmates had already returned from the cafeteria. There were quite a few people in the classroom. If someone ran over to open the package box, someone should have seen it.

"Who opened it?" Jiang Haitian turned around, faced the whole class, and asked loudly.

The classmates in the class then looked over, many didn't know what happened.

Jiang Haitian pointed to this package box, "Has anyone seen who dismantled this package box? Li Pengfei's package, who is so bored, dismantling his package when he is not here?"

No one spoke.

There was no monitoring in the third-year high school classroom, and it couldn't be verified. If no classmates saw it, then it would be unknown.

Lu Yan He thought for a moment, turned to ask the classmates sitting around, whether they had seen anyone come to Li Pengfei's seat just now.

But everyone shook their heads.

"Don't know."

"Didn't see."

"I also just returned to the classroom."

At noon, everyone went to eat, and chatted with classmates outside. No one would specifically pay attention to Li Pengfei's desk.

Moreover, because the water dispenser in the class was at the back, classmates in the front row had to come to the back to get water, and no one would feel strange.

Lu Yan He called Li Pengfei.

"Hello? What's wrong?" Li Pengfei connected the phone and asked.

"Your package was dismantled by someone just now, I don't know who. What did you buy? Let me see if anything is missing," Lu Yan He said.

If something was missing, then the person who stole the thing was the person who dismantled the package privately.

Li Pengfei was shocked, "Someone dismantled my package? Which idiot?"

Lu Yan He: "Just don't know who it is, everyone went to eat at noon, and no one was watching."

"Speechless, I just bought a pair of gloves, preparing to give it to..." Li Pengfei said, then hesitated again, "I am preparing to give it to Xu Zijun. I saw she had chilblains."

Lu Yan He showed a surprised expression.

He opened this package and took a look. Inside was indeed a pair of gloves, and very clearly, through the transparent packaging bag, inside was a pair of pink ladies' gloves.

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

No wonder Lu Yan He wanted to send it to school, and refused to put it at Liu Laoshi's place, and was hesitant and refused to say what it was.

If someone knew, they would definitely suspect that he was secretly dating and wanted to give it to his girlfriend.

He didn't suspect that Li Pengfei had fallen in love with Xu Zijun. He knew Li Pengfei relatively well. If Li Pengfei liked someone, he definitely couldn't hide it. He bought this pair of gloves for Xu Zijun, probably just noticed that there was such a girl in the class some time ago, her family background was not very good, now winter had arrived, and she still had chilblains on her hands, so he wanted to do a good deed, give someone a pair of gloves, just that simple.

"Just a pair of gloves, right? Okay," Lu Yan He said, "The thing is still there, not missing."

He hung up the phone and said to Jiang Haitian: "Just a pair of gloves, the thing is not missing. Although I don't know who dismantled his package, just leave it."

As long as the thing is not missing.

Jiang Haitian was very puzzled, "Don't know who did this kind of thing."

"Is it intentional?" Ying Hetian suddenly thought of something, "We were still talking about what Li Pengfei bought this morning, not daring to send it home, maybe it was some things he didn't want his family to find out. Someone felt that there were really some small yellow films inside, so they wanted to secretly open it and see?"

Jiang Haitian heard this, looked at Ying Hetian in shock, and said: "Who is so hungry?"

Ying Hetian smiled lewdly again.

"Then this possibility is great."

"..."

Lu Yan He fell into deep thought.

Maybe it wasn't to see those things, but to confirm whether there were those things inside?

Lu Yan He suddenly saw Luo Zicheng also looking at their side.

As soon as Lu Yan He looked over, Luo Zicheng immediately turned his head back.

"..."

Forget it, nothing was lost anyway, never mind.

At this time, Li Pengfei sent him a message again: You don't tell others, this glove is for Xu Zijun. If they knew, they would definitely chirp and think crookedly.

Lu Yan He: Know, didn't tell others, rest assured.

Two days later, Lu Yan He saw that pair of gloves on Xu Zijun's hands.

He smiled.

Don't know when Li Pengfei sent it out.

However, the weather really cooled down, getting colder and colder.

Especially in the morning, when Lu Yan He got off the bus with heating, and this cold wind surged over like a tide, he felt as if he had been hit by a freezing magic, his whole body would shiver, and his warm body instantly cooled down.

Lu Yan He hoped this winter would pass quickly.

He knew the news that Tu Song was favored by Chen Ziyan.

This news caused a sensation in Star Entertainment Agency, including among the few of them in Feng Zhi.

Even Tu Song himself was very confused, not knowing why.

Tu Song said, he didn't even submit an application form because he felt he would definitely not be favored by Chen Ziyan.

Everyone said Tu Song had dog shit luck.

This news didn't cause too much fluctuation in his heart.

Anyway, his application form had already been submitted. Whether Chen Ziyan would favor him or not, he didn't know. Being favored was of course the best, and if not, he wouldn't force it.

Lu Yan He's focus had always been on learning.

After all, the college entrance exam was getting closer, and he felt that he still had many places to improve if he wanted to get into Zhenhua or Yuming, and he didn't have that strength yet.

But at this time, Chen Ziyan took the initiative to add his WeChat.

When Lu Yan He saw the news of this friend request, he was a bit surprised.

—I am Chen Ziyan.

He passed Chen Ziyan's friend request with surprise, holding his phone, and didn't know how to greet her for a while.

Calling Miss Chen was inappropriate, Sister Ziyan was even more inappropriate, should he call Ms. Chen?

Lu Yan He hesitated back and forth, and the final address was "You": Hello, I am Lu Yan He.

The snow was falling heavily. After class at noon, many students filed out of the teaching building, stepping on a thick layer of snow into ugly mud.

Lu Yan He walked in the opposite direction to most people, walking towards the school gate.

After adding Chen Ziyan's WeChat yesterday, Chen Ziyan didn't tell him anything else, only asked where he would be today, and then made an appointment to meet him in a cafe near the school at noon today.

Didn't expect the snow to be so heavy today.

When walking to the school gate, Lu Yan He saw a layer of snow on his shoulders.

He had to frequently pat the snow falling on his body, so as not to melt later and soak his clothes.

Lu Yan He walked out of the school gate and walked towards the cafe two hundred meters away according to the map's instructions.

His feet were frozen cold, walking in the snow, as if he had lost consciousness.

Fortunately, it was not far, and he arrived in two minutes.

Pushing the door open, a burst of warm air rushed towards him.

Lu Yan He felt he had come alive instantly.

Chen Ziyan sat at a seat by the window inside.

She was actually a very beautiful woman herself, with long big wavy curly hair, a generous and atmospheric face, bright and moving, wearing a white jacket cotton-padded jacket, stepping on a pair of big long boots, sitting there, like a big movie shooting scene.

Several people around were secretly looking at her.

Lu Yan He walked over and shouted: "Hello."

Chen Ziyan was looking out the window in a daze. Seeing Lu Yan He, she nodded and signaled him to sit.

"Haven't had lunch yet, right?" She pushed the menu in front of Lu Yan He, "See what to eat, let's talk while eating."

The cafe only had some sandwiches and salads to order.

Lu Yan He wanted a smoked chicken sandwich.

Chen Ziyan waved her hand, and a waiter came over immediately.

She wanted a smoked chicken sandwich, a portion of all-vegetarian salad, a portion of fruit platter, and then ordered a latte for Lu Yan He.

"Okay," Chen Ziyan looked at the menu very quickly, almost without hesitation, reported several names to the waiter, closed the menu, and returned it to them.

After the waiter left, she looked at Lu Yan He and asked: "How are your grades now?"

"It's alright, I took 160th place in the grade in the last exam," Lu Yan He said.

"What is the goal?"

Lu Yan He said these two names for the first time somewhat embarrassedly: "Zhenhua and Yuming."

Chen Ziyan's reaction was not as unbelievable as others, but the surprise in her eyes still flashed. Indeed, it was hard for anyone to imagine that Lu Yan He would really take these two top universities as goals.

"I've watched your livestream room. I thought you were showing off, didn't expect you were really studying," Chen Ziyan asked, "Why not participate in the art exam? If you participate in the art exam, the requirement for your college entrance exam score will be much lower."

Lu Yan He said: "Participating in the art exam requires a lot of training, I don't have the ability and conditions to participate."

"What exactly happened between you and Zhou Ping'an that made him want to force you away?" Chen Ziyan asked.

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

"Didn't you sign a termination agreement with him? After the college entrance exam, you will terminate the agreement with the company," Chen Ziyan said, "Although this matter is confidential, someone has already told me."

Lu Yan He was embarrassed.

He originally thought Chen Ziyan didn't know about this, thinking that if Chen Ziyan really wanted to lead him, he would take this termination agreement to tell her how to handle the follow-up.

Didn't expect people to know it long ago.

"Oh, sorry, I thought you didn't know, because when communicating with Brother Ping'an before, he said he wanted to keep it confidential from everyone."

"This makes me very curious, why he wants to force you away."

"I don't know either," Lu Yan He answered sincerely, "I asked him, he said it was someone who didn't want me to mix in the entertainment industry, so he put pressure on the company's upper management. But I actually come from a very ordinary place, and only have a very ordinary family background. I don't understand why someone would want me to leave the entertainment industry, which has also made me very troubled."

Chen Ziyan: "That's not as simple as wanting you to leave the entertainment industry. I heard that in September this year, you were pushed into the river? Almost died?"

Lu Yan He looked at Chen Ziyan in shock.

Why did Chen Ziyan even know about this?

Lu Yan He couldn't believe it.

Chen Ziyan waved her hand.

At this time, the waiter sent the sandwich, salad, and coffee.

The conversation between the two paused for a moment.

After the waiter left, Chen Ziyan continued: "Obviously, there are things about you that you don't know."

Lu Yan He frowned.

"Now let's not care about this, this person who moved against you is hiding in the dark and doesn't dare to come out. You pay more attention to yourself, at least don't go to such places that will put yourself in danger again," Chen Ziyan said, "I asked you out today, I think you also know what it means. I am quite interested in you and have the idea of leading you. If you were just an ordinary artist, even if you have discord with Zhou Ping'an, it doesn't matter. But now obviously there is a big hand we don't know who it is blocking you from staying in the entertainment industry behind your back, which means that even if you stay in the entertainment industry in the future, you will have many troubles. I am considering, if I lead you, is it more return or more trouble."

Chen Ziyan's open words made Lu Yan He speechless.

"I... I don't even know what kind of trouble I will face in the future, and I have no way to tell you that these troubles will not appear," Lu Yan He smiled, "Surely many people want to get your favor and become your artist, and so do I."

Chen Ziyan looked at him with interest and asked: "Have you ever thought about one thing, if you still want to stay in the entertainment industry, will you still face such life danger?"

Lu Yan He shook his head and said: "When I was pushed into the river, I had already debuted for two years and was already in a state of 'no such person' in the entertainment industry. Rather than saying I faced life danger because I appeared in the entertainment industry, I would rather believe that it was because I was so outdated that no one asked, so that person dared to move. After that, he never appeared again, and the police didn't find any clues about that person. If one day I become popular and am followed by a large number of media and fans, would he still dare to move?"

Chen Ziyan smiled

"I can't say for sure about the future, but right now I won't. Facing that black hand hidden somewhere, if I were just an ordinary person, I would truly have no power to protect myself," Lu Yan He said.

The young man before her still looked green. He possessed a steadiness rarely seen in youths, yet because of his age, he did not appear calculating. Of course, he also truly appeared to have no ulterior motives.

What surprised Chen Ziyan the most were the things he said and the state he presented; he was clearly someone who was good at thinking and thought a great deal.

Chen Ziyan had been observing Lu Yan He for almost a month now.

Ever since she noticed this person at the audition for "The Golden Age," and subsequently read a lot of information and data about him, Chen Ziyan discovered that the changes in Lu Yan He over these past few months were unbelievably large compared to the previous two years.

However, it was precisely these changes in the last few months that gave him a quality that attracted Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan was an old-school agent. Perhaps younger agents were already accustomed to the current star management model, believing more in company packaging, the creation of personas, and label marketing. But Chen Ziyan came from that past era of star management, and she still retained some habits from that time—for instance, when picking an artist, one had to see if the person possessed attractive qualities.

Quality is a very mysterious thing; it is not individual talent, nor is it brilliance. Some people are proficient in eighteen kinds of martial arts but are simply not likable, with few fans. Others know nothing, yet the charm they radiate in every gesture is attractive—it is purely metaphysics.

First of all, Lu Yan He has a good face.

A young lead's face.

His features are regular—not thick-browed and big-eyed, nor overly delicate—making him suitable for various types of roles.

Secondly, his vocal condition is good; his singing has a youthful texture.

Although the music market is currently sluggish, a singer who is also an actor can gain greater exposure through film and television OSTs or various large-scale events and galas.

Most crucially, his effort and diligence do not give people a sense of being pressured.

This is a talent.

When a person is more excellent, harder working, and more diligent than those around them, it creates pressure on others.

Lu Yan He being able to livestream his studies every day and having many people follow him to study together is a kind of charm.

At the same time, being able to make such great progress in a short period without causing hostility from his classmates is yet another kind of charm.

For Chen Ziyan personally, Lu Yan He had the interest and drive for her to cultivate him.

If an agent has no interest in the artist themselves, how can they recommend them to partners?

At this moment, the café door was pushed open from the outside once again.

Lu Yan He was sitting with his back to the door. Feeling a gust of cold wind rush in, he subconsciously turned his head to look and saw Yuan Yi, whom he hadn't seen for dozens of days, and behind her was Su Su.

Lu Yan He looked at them with some surprise.

He had originally assumed that the matter between these two had been resolved and ended, but he hadn't expected it to still be ongoing.

Chen Ziyan asked, "Do you know them?"

"Yes, that man is my history teacher," Lu Yan He explained.

Chen Ziyan said, "I do have hesitations about you and haven't made up my mind yet, which is why I wanted to meet you today to chat. To be honest, I still don't have a definite idea; among all the people I've looked at, your situation is the most complex."

Lu Yan He laughed, shook his head, and said, "It's fine. If you don't choose me in the end, I won't be surprised."

"Then you might truly never be able to be an artist again," Chen Ziyan said. "I am the only person at Star Entertainment who can make that termination agreement void."

"It doesn't matter if it's terminated," Lu Yan He said. "By that time, I will definitely have been admitted to Zhenhua or Yuming. I can write my own songs, I have a livestream channel, and my social image is very good, with two banners for bravery awarded by the police. I might not be someone other agencies are desperate to sign, but I think for the time being, no one can make me leave this industry completely."

Chen Ziyan laughed.

"You say with your mouth that you wouldn't be surprised if I didn't choose you, but in reality, you are still selling yourself to me."

"Why not?" Lu Yan He admitted frankly. "I hope you will serve as my agent. Today is the first time I've communicated with you face-to-face about this. Although I am disguising myself as calm and steady right now, in reality, I am full of earnestness, hoping to gain your favor. I know that if you are willing to be my agent, I can focus wholeheartedly on this path from now on."

Chen Ziyan was rendered speechless and laughed.

—If someone tells you so solemnly that they are nervous and hope to gain your favor, the image that surfaces in your mind of this person must be someone a bit timid and anxious. Yet, his breathing didn't even quicken, and every word he said was calm and forceful. For a moment, you don't even know if he is telling the truth or a lie, but you don't mind it, and then you must admit that you have already made your choice in your heart.

Chen Ziyan was just about to speak.

Suddenly, a terrified scream pierced through the entire café.

Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan turned their heads in shock; the scene before them made them both lose their focus.

Especially Lu Yan He—the moment he saw this scene, his hands and feet went cold and numb, and he found it hard to believe or react.

Yuan Yi held a small silver knife in her hand and stabbed it into the chest of Su Su, who was sitting across from her.

Red blood gushed out, quickly staining a large patch of his white shirt red.

Su Su's face was full of shock, bewilderment, and pain.

"Teacher Su!" Lu Yan He finally reacted, shouted, and at the same time jumped up and ran toward Su Su.

Around them stood a panicked crowd that dared not approach; their eyes looking toward this spot were filled with fear and unease.

Amidst this commotion, Yuan Yi looked at Su Su calmly.

"Since you said I was mentally ill, then it shouldn't matter if I stab you, right?"

Lu Yan He had already rushed over.

He looked at Su Su with a pale face, wanting to reach out to support his shoulders, but he didn't dare to reach out.

Because Yuan Yi's hand was still gripping the handle of the knife.

She stood half-way across from Su Su, looking down at him and smiling slightly.

"You were the one who said you would love me for a lifetime. You broke your word; this is what you owe me."

Yuan Yi let go and sat back down in her chair.

Lu Yan He felt his hands, feet, lips, and cheeks trembling.

He looked at Su Su, watching this young, handsome, and gentle teacher's face lose its color almost instantly, unable to hide his pain.

Suddenly, he remembered something and shouted toward the bar, "Call an ambulance quickly!"

Yuan Yi said nonchalantly, "Don't bother, he won't die."

In the eyes with which she looked at Su Su, there was a coldness of grief greater than death.

Su Su finally spoke.

He glared at Yuan Yi, his strength to speak appearing as thin as a gossamer thread, yet carrying a sense of hatred, saying, "You... you fucking... are a lunatic!"