Chapter 188

Xin Zixing was startled by this sudden thought.

Because she was genuinely worried that this thought might be true.

But thinking about it, it was impossible.

It wasn't just Lu Yan He; the two people with him were also very familiar.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, who used to be in the same group as him.

If he were really following her, he wouldn't be bringing two tails along.

Xin Zixing regained her composure, smiled genuinely, stood up, looked at them with poise, and said to Lu Yan He, "It seems our fate today is destined by heaven."

Lu Yan He smiled embarrassedly.

"Yeah, this is too much of a coincidence."

"I'm Xin Zixing. Why don't we sit together?" Xin Zixing pointed to her seat; it was a four-person table.

There were also private rooms in the bar.

Luo Xiaoyu thought Jiang Yuqian had bought it for herself; how did it suddenly become a gift for her father?

Jiang Yuqian: "You're always by my side taking care of me, so I'm just expressing my gratitude."

Lu Yan He was shocked; he didn't expect Huang Kai to know people in a city like Langhua.

"I'd say, it must be that person's management team that handled Victor."

She had never considered staying single and not marrying for her whole life. At twenty-seven, she wanted to seriously strive for her career and see if she could reach a higher level, but that didn't mean career would be put first at every stage of life. Jiang Yuqian had thought about this clearly from the beginning.

Lu Yan He: "It's just really magical, and I can't imagine it at all."

"Yeah." Lu Yan He nodded. "How about you?"

Soon, Huang Kai regretted it.

"Don't know who it is either."

"There's an app too?"

Huang Kai looked at Wang Yunfan awkwardly and explained: "We guys are drinking, so we didn't plan on calling you girls."

"Luo Xiaoyu, if you keep hugging me like this, someone in the crew will spread rumors tomorrow that I like women, believe it or not?"

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang stared at each other: "Are there any other hotels nearby?"

She even brought a little notebook to learn and take notes on set before! Now she was nowhere to be seen; that learning attitude was probably fake!

Li Qian thought silently to herself.

"Sounds like your film will be wrapping up soon," Li Zhibai said. "Why not film it all in one go? That way you wouldn't have to keep sitting on set."

Lu Yan He said: "Actually, with the effort you put in, if you put all that time into studying, you would also score no lower than me."

So, the last line was ready to set off.

"But there are so many people online, can you manage them all?"

"Shut up." Lu Yan He gave Li Zhibai a look, speechless.

Huang Kai said: "Then let me call Wang Yunfan too; he's been saying he wants to find a chance to drink with me."

"Really great, I'm actually a bit envious of you now," Yan Liang said. "You've embarked on a unique path."

"As for Lu Yan He, he's coming to study at our Zhenhua soon. What kind of person he is, time will tell. You don't need to be in such a hurry to label others with your own values."

On the set of *The Golden Age*, Jiang Yuqian sat in a chair, looking at her phone and replying to fan comments on her social media platform.

"Lu Yan He's path, how many people can walk it? Don't be envious," Li Zhibai said. "I'm not envious at all, because it's simply not something I can do. I only envy one thing, and that is that other people's luck is better than mine. Things that have nothing to do with luck are not worth envying."

Li Qian sighed.

Li Zhibai looked at the menu but replied: "That's for sure. We are different from some groups; we are real friends."

Even Wang Yunfan said she looked exceptionally happy today.

Xin Zixing asked: "Will you guys be exploring Langhua this afternoon?"

"Being close doesn't mean they're dating. It's normal for them to have a good relationship; they're from the same company."

Luo Xiaoyu came over with coffee.

Jiang Yuqian said: "Didn't you tell me before that you wanted to go back in July for your father's birthday? I ordered a massage chair earlier. You can coordinate with them later, give them the address, and have them deliver it."

"I'm just interested myself. I've always wanted to try interpreting; I think it's very impressive."

Lu Yan He: "Forget it, don't look for another hotel. Just squeeze into my room for the night; you're leaving tomorrow anyway."

"It must have been a successful PR move, otherwise why would they suddenly delete the account? Looks like they spent a lot of money."

"She's really beautiful," Li Zhibai remarked.

"I heard it when I was picking up a package just now," Xu Mingyue said. "The news came from a classmate who is a student assistant at the admissions office. They have already confirmed Lu Yan He's admission."

On the *The Golden Age* set, similar discussions were sparked.

"These are just your guesses," Jiang Linxian said. "Although the person who leaked the news deleted their account, quite a few people on the *The Golden Age* set have secretly leaked that the two of them have a very close relationship on set."

"The bed is quite big, it's fine," Lu Yan He said.

"Can three people sleep in it?"

Wang Yunfan sneered and said: "You've been like a dark cloud hanging over the city these past two days; where do you get the face to say you're happy every day?"

Jiang Linxian's expression froze slightly, then turned somewhat ugly.

Li Zhibai's expression instantly became ambiguous. "What a coincidental fate."

"It is indeed very expensive and heavy, but not 'precious' in that sense," Jiang Yuqian said with a smile. "Nothing is more precious than the feelings between people. You've accompanied me for so long, I can still afford a massage chair."

Because Wang Yunfan didn't just come himself; he brought Li Qian.

"Because Lu Yan He is not that kind of person. At that graduation gala, he clearly already had someone else he liked, and that person definitely wasn't Jiang Yuqian," He Lan said.

Xin Zixing had already booked her ticket back for the afternoon, but looking at the three people in front of her, she shook her head as if possessed and said: "I plan to explore this area in the afternoon. It's rare to see a city that retains its past appearance like this. I took some photos in the morning and plan to look around more in the afternoon. If possible, I'd like to do a column report on this on our website."

Li Zhibai: "I've seen someone recommend this website before."

After dinner, Xin Zixing left first.

Yan Liang had already taken out his phone and searched for the website.

Luo Xiaoyu screamed immediately, causing the people around them to look over in confusion.

Her assistant doesn't have to be that smart, but she must be cautious.

Li Zhibai: "This is too time-consuming for you. Filming one scene every two or three days, you just have to stay in the hotel in between?"

"As of now, our Ye Mai website is doing quite well," Xin Zixing said. "At least our website's user retention rate is high, which shows that everyone is still very satisfied with the website."

Seeing this, Jiang Yuqian thought to herself that things were about to go wrong.

Jiang Yuqian really couldn't help but cover her forehead.

On Lu Yan He's path, no one is his competitor.

Xin Zixing: "Our website is still relatively small, not a big one, but it focuses on the concept of a gathering place for literary youth. On our website, besides the section I'm in charge of, there are many other sections. Like I just said, urban geography is also content that many users are concerned about. People from all over the world write about the urban geography of their cities on it, and it has recently become a guide that many people refer to when choosing travel cities."

"Our website is a comprehensive website; I don't know if you've heard of it, Ye Mai," Xin Zixing said.

Luo Xiaoyu nodded and said: "Okay, no problem."

Jiang Yuqian felt like she was almost being choked by Luo Xiaoyu.

"Idol artists are too prone to causing arguments, so our website is not considering developing this section at this stage," Xin Zixing said with a smile. "Our philosophy is still to build a network community with a good atmosphere and a gathering of like-minded people. Our website's investment in fighting trolls, paid posters, and maintaining the communication atmosphere is almost several times that of other websites. There is too much foul air on the internet now. If it were just netizens doing it, that would be one thing, but most of the time, it's the behavior of paid posters and trolls driven by profit."

Luo Xiaoyu, this young girl, still has a childlike temperament. She likes to eat good food and doesn't really understand the twists and turns in the circle, but she has one advantage: her temperament is pure yet cautious. Whatever He Heng entrusts to her, she will complete it meticulously, without any discount.

The laziest and least motivated person in the dorm before was He Lan, but she quietly unleashed a big move. With such a powerful skill, she would definitely have a huge advantage in any company interview in the future.

Li Qian complained as soon as she came down: "Kai, you're not being fair. You called Wang Yunfan to drink but didn't call me."

"You've never been in the entertainment industry, how do you know what it's like?" He Lan frowned. "Don't take things you see online as the truth."

"Aren't you an editor for the fashion and clothing section? Why are you doing this kind of column report?" Yan Liang asked, somewhat surprised.

"Hundreds of artists in the same company, all have close relationships?" Jiang Linxian said. "If I were Lu Yan He, I would definitely date Jiang Yuqian. It's all benefit and no harm to Lu Yan He; he's not stupid, why wouldn't he agree?"

Jiang Yuqian saw her expression and knew she didn't understand.

"Have you heard? It seems Lu Yan He applied to our Zhenhua this year," Xu Mingyue said to the people in the dorm after bringing in her two packages.

Li Zhibai: Tsk tsk.

"Are you stupid? The gap between the two of them is so big, would it be well-received if they went public? Besides, Jiang Yuqian is such a popular actress; once she goes public with her relationship, her popularity might plummet."

Huang Kai was dressed very casually. He said to the front desk: "The faucet in my room has been dripping; find someone to go up and fix it."

This time, her affair with Lu Yan He was a pure scandal and fake, but if one day in the future she started a real relationship that wasn't accepted by fans, would she have to give it up because of their opinions?

Lu Yan He had black lines on his forehead: "Do you two have to gang up on me like this?"

She didn't speak again.

"Really?" Yan Liang was somewhat surprised to hear this.

The three of them also returned to the car.

Li Qian, on the other hand, had heard people discussing Jiang Yuqian and Lu Yan He's relationship on set several times.

She nodded.

"Mm-hmm." He Lan nodded.

"No, no, don't say that, I can't do it," Yan Liang immediately shook his head. "If I had that talent for studying, I wouldn't have signed up for the competition in the first place."

Their group, all celebrity artists, would definitely cause a sensation if they just walked into a bar like that.

"That's of course—are you annoying?" Li Zhibai immediately glared at Yan Liang.

"Wow," He Lan's eyes were shining. "He's actually going to be our junior!"

Isn't this the website Chen Ziyan mentioned before, wanting to cooperate with him and inviting him to write reading notes on it?

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both shook their heads.

Huang Kai made a call, and someone met them at the back door of the bar to let them in.

Her state might have been exposed since that time.

"Mm." Yan Liang nodded with a smile.

She was someone who usually couldn't live without gossip, and since it involved Jiang Yuqian, it was incredible that she wasn't interested at all, even she herself felt it was unbelievable when looking back.

Not many people cast suspicious glances at Li Qian, so naturally, no one noticed these details.

Having an old classmate who knows you too well by your side is sometimes not a good thing.

Although there was a Wang Yunfan who knew her state like the back of his hand because he knew her too well, most people didn't notice Li Qian's abnormality.

At the time, she was worried about her marriage being exposed and had no heart to pay attention to others. Now that she heard it again, she finally had the mindset of a gossip-loving bystander.

Huang Kai said: "Why don't we find a place to have a drink together? My room needs the faucet fixed anyway, so I can't go back now."

Jiang Yuqian's expression turned strange when she heard Luo Xiaoyu say this.

But Jiang Yuqian didn't do that, and she didn't want to appease them.

"How about compared to Officer Qiu?" Yan Liang asked with a smile.

"He always livestreams his reading; if you can persist, you definitely won't lack this kind of cooperation," Yan Liang said.

"I mean, send the massage chair to your parents' house; it's a gift for your father's birthday," Jiang Yuqian could only explain one more time.

Sure enough, the next second, Luo Xiaoyu suddenly rushed up and hugged her.

Li Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and her state was different.

These past few days, her agent had also tried to contact this Victor, but the account had no response, and all messages were like stones sinking into the sea. She couldn't even do PR, which made Li Qian unable to sleep well these past two days. She felt very uneasy; every time she opened or closed her eyes, she saw her past marriage exposed on the internet, being discussed by everyone, and being looked at through colored glasses by everyone.

Lu Yan He turned back in surprise and called out "Brother Ren."

Jiang Linxian: "If you don't agree, I have nothing to say."

Yan Liang and Lu Yan He couldn't help but laugh.

Yan Liang smiled at her upon hearing this. "Thank you."

Of the three in the dorm, only she was still bound to this small acre of the academy.

Full.

Lu Yan He hurriedly looked at Xin Zixing, afraid that she would hear Li Zhibai's words and cause unnecessary embarrassment.

"Pretty much," Lu Yan He said. "But it's fine, there are many things to do in the hotel."

For example, Li Qian.

The price was not cheap, over thirty thousand.

Li Qian insisted on going, and of course, Huang Kai couldn't stop her.

Before He Lan could speak, Xu Mingyue said: "Isn't this normal? Lu Yan He has always been Lanlan's idol. He's coming to study at Zhenhua, how could Lanlan not be happy?"

The four of them sat down.

Sure enough, Luo Xiaoyu was suddenly full of shock. "Ah? For my father? Sister Yuqian, this, this—"

Unfortunately, Lu Yan He didn't have any scenes these two days and didn't come to the set, leaving only Jiang Yuqian there.

Xin Zixing handed the menu at hand to Lu Yan He and the others, saying: "I'm still looking at the menu, you guys take a look."

Seeing this, Lu Yan He reminded them in their small group chat: It's going to be lively tonight. Li Qian likes Huang Kai, Huang Kai isn't interested in her, and the two are in a tug-of-war.

Li Zhibai took the menu.

He Lan was the first to respond, asking happily: "Really?"

"Why do these superficial things?" Jiang Yuqian shook her head helplessly and said: "Then what did you say to her?"

"You dare to say such things after meeting only a few times?" Jiang Linxian looked at Xu Mingyue with disdain. "It's one thing for He Lan to be naive, but you're actually just as naive as her."

Xu Mingyue pulled He Lan helplessly, signaling her not to argue with Jiang Linxian, then said: "I don't know if he's dating Jiang Yuqian, but from the few times I've interacted with him, he's not the type of person who puts profit above all else. He's a very kind and idealistic person."

Lu Yan He was stunned when he heard this familiar name.

Xin Zixing looked at Li Zhibai with some surprise. "Yes, we did start as a blog website, but how did you know?"

Li Qian: "..."

"Being pragmatic is good, but one must always have some spiritual pursuit and pleasure. Lanlan is fine like this; chasing stars didn't stop her from competing and winning awards." Xu Mingyue smiled slightly and turned to look at He Lan. "Lanlan, I just found out your interpreting is so good."

He Lan had won sixth place in the National College Student English Interpreting Competition three days ago. As a non-foreign language major student, achieving this result truly shocked them.

"Will you still work after school starts?"

"This is too precious!" Luo Xiaoyu still had her eyes wide open, in disbelief.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered her rebuttal to Wang Yunfan a few days ago.

Li Zhibai hooked his arm around Lu Yan He's neck, raised an eyebrow, and said: "Old Lu, you're quite popular with women."

The front desk nodded immediately and said okay.

Li Qian: "I don't care, I heard there's a share, I'm going too."

Xu Mingyue is currently interning at Jiang Yin Publishing House. If she keeps interning, she might be hired directly after graduation.

Li Zhibai: Interesting.

Yan Liang: "Speak for yourself, don't drag others into it."

Jiang Linxian immediately sneered and said: "Who really only looks at feelings when dating? In the entertainment industry, those who aren't shrewd can't get ahead."

"Sister Yuqian, this is the coffee you wanted."

"What are you doing?"

There were still people in the comment section asking: Is your scandal with Lu Yan He true? Are you really going to like a boy who just graduated from high school?

Jiang Yuqian swiped past expressionlessly.

The hotel where Lu Yan He was staying had no vacant rooms.

He Lan nodded with a strong sense of agreement and said: "Yes, that's it! I open his livestream highlights every time I study now."

"It seems your relationship is quite good, not like what's said online, that a group is harmonious on the surface but not at heart."

"I remember this website," Li Zhibai suddenly remembered something and said. "It started as a blog for everyone, right? Then it slowly had all kinds of things."

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang greeted Huang Kai.

Jiang Yuqian: "Stay calm."

"That's good," Yan Liang said. "However, there should be many media outlets wanting to film the moment you receive your admission letter, right? Wanting to know which university you finally chose."

The manager asked with a smile if they wanted to arrange for a few people to accompany them, but Huang Kai refused directly.

"Fake, it must be fake," He Lan said very firmly.

Of course, she could reply that she wasn't dating Lu Yan He to appease the feelings of those confused fans.

"Then why don't they admit it?" Some people were also confused. "Since both are artists, just go public with the relationship."

"How do you know?" Jiang Linxian asked.

"Dating isn't doing business, who cares about profit?" He Lan retorted.

Since becoming popular, such voices had always surrounded her and never stopped.

"My god, how do you still not know who it is?" Someone immediately said exaggeratedly. "Isn't it Jiang Yuqian and Lu Yan He? Only Jiang Yuqian has such courage. No wonder after the matter was exposed online, the two of them didn't look worried at all. It turns out it's because they knew this wouldn't be exposed, someone went to solve it."

"Discussed this issue with Sister Ziyan. When there are classes, classes are definitely the priority, and it won't affect normal study," Lu Yan He said. "Besides that, if there is suitable work, I will still take it."

Lu Yan He said: "The crew has to coordinate the time of each actor every day, as well as various conditions required for filming, to plan a shooting schedule. I'm not a main actor, so of course, it's impossible to film focusing on me. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that many scenes had to be filmed at Nanhe University, I wouldn't have been able to film those scenes from the previous few days all at once."

"Yeah, I didn't know there was such a website before," Lu Yan He said. "Actually, Sister Ziyan told me two days ago that this website came to cooperate with me, letting me write reading notes on this website."

"Is this worth being so happy about?" Jiang Linxian looked at He Lan in confusion. "You're too exaggerated. Ever since Lu Yan He's college entrance exam results came out, you've been as excited as if you won the lottery."

If Lu Yan He didn't have other work now and needed popularity, then such a gimmick would of course be beneficial, but Lu Yan He's subsequent work was almost all set. *Young Days* needed to be recorded, and he had to go to school; he didn't need more topics at this time.

Jiang Linxian sneered, "Idols are too illusory; it's better to be pragmatic."

Yan Liang said: "I looked at the basic sections of your website, and there are film and television discussions, but it seems there are no idol artists?"

Something bad happened.

Xu Mingyue: "However, I heard he's dating Jiang Yuqian. Did you see it?"

As for those voices on the set, Jiang Yuqian didn't take them to heart at all.

"Mm, no work today, so I came to find him to hang out," Li Zhibai was looking at the menu, and Yan Liang took the initiative to take on the responsibility of chatting.

Lu Yan He said: "I ran into her several times today."

When Jiang Yuqian wanted to order this massage chair, it was Luo Xiaoyu who communicated it.

"Forget it, don't force yourself. I don't love reading, why set up a 'reader' persona?" Li Zhibai said immediately.

Victor deleted the account, but the public opinion storm it stirred up did not subside.

"Ye Mai is really interesting," Lu Yan He flipped through his phone. He had downloaded the app and registered an account while eating just now, and had been browsing for a while. "I see there is a group about our Fengzhi here, specifically recording every job, starting from when we participated in the competition."

"I said I didn't know either. Who knows what she wanted to do by asking these things," Luo Xiaoyu said. "Sister Heng gave me very serious instructions: as long as it's information related to you, nothing can be given out."

Victor deleted the account and disappeared; some people were gossiping, while others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you here to find Little Lu?"

The act of deleting the account instead led the whole thing in a direction that made people feel more confused and conspiratorial.

So everyone privately didn't think highly of him.

"You're the most rational," He Lan looked at Jiang Linxian unhappily. "I hope you do better than us in the future."

"Sister Yuqian, I love you so much, thank you! Ahhhhhhh—"

Xu Mingyue was still discussing with He Lan about Lu Yan He becoming their junior.

Li Qian rolled her eyes as soon as the manager went out and said: "This manager doesn't look like a good person at all."

Li Zhibai asked Lu Yan He in a low voice: "What exactly is the situation?"

Li Zhibai immediately looked at Yan Liang in surprise, seemingly not knowing why he kicked him.

Wang Yunfan immediately explained for himself: "Kai, I didn't call her. I just happened to run into her at the elevator entrance, and as soon as she heard you called me to drink, she insisted on coming."

"That's right, you're the one who can read for a whole day even when you have nothing to do," Li Zhibai complained.

"Wow, this is the charm of a top student. I've never received this kind of work," Li Zhibai said.

"Okay!" he said happily.

Xin Zixing asked Li Zhibai and Yan Liang: "Are you both here specifically to see Lu Yan He?"

The people around were stunned, looking at them in confusion.

This scandal was definitely unavoidable.

The three of them found a small restaurant on the side of the road for dinner, and after eating, they went for a massage together before returning to the hotel.

"Don't know what major Lu Yan He applied for. It would be great if he were a junior in our major," He Lan said.

Lu Yan He said: "I won't film it; I don't want to engage in this kind of gimmick."

Lu Yan He turned to look at Li Zhibai and Yan Liang to see what they thought.

Her cheeks were flushed.

Unexpectedly, waking up today, the alarm was suddenly lifted. Although she didn't know why, it was a good thing regardless.

This didn't fit her personality.

Jiang Yuqian didn't have such thoughts.

Luo Xiaoyu's eyes were full of emotion as she looked at Jiang Yuqian, unable to stay calm.

They were led directly into a private room from a road with no one around.

Jiang Yuqian took the coffee and asked: "Why were you gone for so long?"

Yan Liang kicked him.

"Little Lu, what are you doing?" Huang Kai's voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

Now they could only let things be, suppress their gossip, and not discuss it with Wang Yunfan.

Xu Mingyue said: "This person really has charm. I used to think that you liking him wasn't a good thing, that it wasted time and was easy to get lost in, but now I find that he himself is a very hardworking person. Paying attention to him can make you work hard too."

Jiang Yuqian is twenty-seven this year, not very old, but compared to eighteen-year-old Lu Yan He, the gap is almost ten years, so it's not accepted by many people.

Xin Zixing smiled. "I'm not a paparazzi reporter, and I won't post our conversation online. Speaking of which, the industry I work in is slightly related to the entertainment industry. I'm an editor for the fashion and clothing section of a website, and I was also an editor for a fashion magazine before. I've dealt with artist management teams and know that many things are sensitive."

Li Qian tilted her eyes and said: "I'm happy every day."

Lu Yan He signaled them with his eyes to restrain themselves and not be too excited.

"Yo, aren't these all people from your group?" Huang Kai nodded at them and greeted, "Hi."

Li Zhibai didn't want to go back to his room to rest so early anyway; going back just meant playing games.

Xu Mingyue: "Even if he's not in our academy, we can still meet. Besides, our publishing house has long-term cooperation with him, so there will definitely be many opportunities to meet in the future."

Yan Liang asked: "When will your admission letter arrive? You won't even have time to pick it up, will you?"

Jiang Linxian had high spirits and never thought she was worse than others; how could she be willing to be behind others now?

Luo Xiaoyu hurriedly let go of Jiang Yuqian.

Lu Yan He turned to look at Li Zhibai and Yan Liang and nodded.

"I wrote the receiving address for the admission letter to the school. Teacher Liu will help me keep it safe, and I'll go find her to get it," Lu Yan He said.

Wang Yunfan had discussed this with her at the time, but Li Qian was in a jittery period and didn't want to participate in such gossip discussions at all, which surprised Wang Yunfan.

"How is this ganging up on you? We genuinely admire you," Li Zhibai said sincerely.

Zhenhua, girls' dormitory.

It is almost foreseeable that before Lu Yan He graduates, all large and small activities in the country that need to promote positive energy will want to invite Lu Yan He. There is no artist whose image is more suitable than his.

"Truth." Yan Liang nodded in agreement.

Huang Kai then looked at the few of them.

Jiang Yuqian smiled.

"Yes," Xin Zixing nodded. "In this era where everyone uses mobile phones, if you don't develop an app, it means losing most of the users. Ninety percent of the content on our website is written by the users themselves, which has strong personal attributes and is different from the similar content on general websites. You can download one and browse the website when you have time; you can encounter many surprises."

"Ran into Li Qian on the road and was dragged by her to chat for a while," Luo Xiaoyu sat down, her expression strange, and asked, "Sister Yuqian, did she offend you somewhere? She even asked me what you usually like, and if she wanted to give you a gift, what would be appropriate."

Wang Yunfan: "People are just doing business normally."

"Forget it, Kai refused the manager's arrangement for a few girls to come and drink with you. Are you quite disappointed?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Wang Yunfan's face turned black.