Chapter 18

"Do good friends really have to hang out together at school?" Lu Yan He asked in return.

Li Lin: "It's very strange if you don't hang out together at school, isn't it?"

"What's strange about that?" Lu Yan He said. "I don't go to school often, and we aren't even in the same class as her. Isn't it normal that we don't hang out together often?"

Li Lin still looked at them suspiciously and said, "If you put it that way, then when did you become friends with Chen Siqi? Why would you be friends with her?"

Lu Yan He smiled slightly. "This classmate, you are really strange. When we became friends with Chen Siqi, what does that have to do with you?"

Li Lin's expression stiffened.

Lu Yan He's words were too blunt.

"I want to understand, is that not allowed?" Li Lin asked, stiffening her neck.

"But I don't want to tell you," Lu Yan He said with a smile.

Li Lin seemed to have discovered something fishy: "Why don't you want to tell me? Are you feeling guilty? Could it be that you and Chen Siqi aren't friends at all?"

"Look, your jealousy and disgust for Chen Siqi are written all over your face, yet you ask me why I don't want to tell you. Are you... a bit self-righteous?" Lu Yan He slowly withdrew the smile from his face. "Didn't expect Chen Siqi to actually have friends, didn't expect she isn't as terrible as you think?"

Li Lin clenched her hands and glared at Lu Yan He with disgust: "It seems you're just another boy who likes Chen Siqi's face."

"Which boy doesn't like a girl who looks good?" Lu Yan He said bluntly, frankly admitting it. "However, you say it through gritted teeth; your jealousy is almost impossible to hide."

"I'm jealous of her? Heh, what does she have that's worth me being jealous of? Average grades, and a stepmother. Such a life, what is there for me to be jealous of?" Li Lin lifted her chin, revealing a look of arrogance.

"Since you aren't jealous, why bother so much about what friends she has around her? Today is her birthday; you might as well sincerely wish her a happy birthday."

Every word Lu Yan He said struck Li Lin right in the heart.

Li Lin only felt that no matter what she said, Lu Yan He could block it perfectly, leaving her unable to lash out, making her feel stifled and uncomfortable.

She frowned, glared at Lu Yan He, and then suddenly smiled.

A more vicious smile bloomed on her face.

"Also, someone like you who comes from the countryside, has an average family background, and is a failed artist, can only try every possible way to gain the favor of a girl like Chen Siqi." Li Lin's gaze suddenly became condescending, and the expression she looked at Lu Yan He with added a touch of contempt. "I heard your group is about to disband soon. Is it that once your group disbands, you won't be able to be an artist anymore either?"

Xu Zijun was stunned.

Why was Li Lin speaking so meanly? Even, viciously. Xu Zijun looked at Li Lin in disbelief, and couldn't help but look at Lu Yan He. Being slandered with such malicious words, was Lu Yan He very angry?

However, Lu Yan He's expression surprised Xu Zijun. He didn't show any anger, and his gaze toward Li Lin was like looking at a childish, unreasonable child.

Lu Yan He asked calmly: "Li Lin, is this the explanation you came up with that can comfort yourself? That I am friends with Chen Siqi because I have ulterior motives toward her? Is it that you feel only this way can you let this grudge go?"

Li Lin stopped talking.

She really had nothing to say.

Lu Yan He had already said everything she was thinking in her heart; she had no power to parry, and in her panic, she even forgot to refute.

This kind of resentment filled her whole body, but she was powerless and didn't know how to fight back.

"Li Lin, there's no need for this, really no need."

Lu Yan He said this last sentence, then turned his head and said to Xu Zijun: "Let's go, I'll introduce you to Yan Liang and Li Zhibai."

Xu Zijun didn't speak the whole time, but her heart was deeply shocked.

She hid her shock and left with Lu Yan He.

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After the birthday party ended, Chen Siqi saw Lu Yan He and the others off.

She turned her head to look around, confirmed there was no one else nearby, and then showed them a look of gratitude.

"Thank you all for coming today."

Lu Yan He waved his hand. "You're welcome, you're welcome. Taking money to do a job, it's only right and proper."

Chen Siqi's grateful face shattered instantly.

"Don't worry, the money won't be less." She crossed her arms over her chest. "Successfully angering Li Lin today, I'm very happy. See you at school tomorrow."

"Sure, see you at school."

Lin Yu, Chen Qin, and Xu Zijun went back on their own.

Lu Yan He got into Li Zhibai's car and returned to the apartment.

It was already evening, and the sunset glow covered the sky.

Lu Yan He looked at this beautiful twilight and thought silently about his future.

If one studies hard, can one definitely get into a good university?

Lu Yan He wasn't sure. The plan he made earlier to get into a prestigious school was actually a last-ditch effort, and there was a possibility of failure.

Once he failed, he would become a true loser.

Then what should he do?

Can't be an artist, no way out, can't get into university either. Rely on plagiarism of literature and music to become a screenwriter or composer?

Those are all things that cannot be cashed in immediately.

Lu Yan He traveled to this space-time and still has no sense of security because he could fail to survive at any moment.

He has no retreat, and no parents to rely on.

Can't just sit and wait for death.

No, it's that he can't pin his hopes on one tree.

What if he accidentally hangs himself?

Must be prepared for not getting into university.

Lu Yan He closed his eyes and thought about what he could do.

Something he can do now that neither affects his schooling and exam preparation, nor will be affected by his status as a celebrity artist.

Lu Yan He opened his eyes suddenly.

He thought of it.

Live streaming.

How about, start a live stream every day to study?

When this thought crossed Lu Yan He's mind, he subconsciously felt it was unreliable.

Who is sick in the head to watch someone study?

But... this live stream seems to perfectly satisfy his current needs.

It can not waste his time studying, and he can earn... some money through live streaming? Can he earn it? Try it, maybe he can? He is a celebrity after all, and he did debut by relying on fans' real money voting.

Lu Yan He opened his eyes suddenly.

"I want to live stream!"

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were both startled by Lu Yan He's declaration and looked at him in shock.

"What?"

"Live stream?"

"Live stream for what?"

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang's reactions were both full of astonishment.

Mainly because Lu Yan He is really not good at singing, and has no other talents; he has nothing to show if he live streams.

Lu Yan He said: "I want to live stream studying every day!"

Other celebrity artists live stream to sell goods, he live streams to study, it couldn't be more positive energy!

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