Chapter 196: There is another me in my life (2)

After the opening ceremony of the event, Lu Yan He's work was over, and he could leave first.

Xu Xiaoyin and the others were still busy taking Liu Jiazhen and Mingyin to the signing desk to prepare for the subsequent signing.

In fact, a long line had already started to form at the signing desk.

Xu Mingyue was still responsible for Lu Yan He. She came over and asked: "The car is already downstairs, are you going back now?"

Lu Yan He waved his hand and said: "It's okay, no need, I have an appointment with my classmates later, I'll just stroll back myself later, you don't have to worry about me."

Xu Mingyue nodded.

"Okay, this is my contact information. If you need a car when you leave later, just contact me," Xu Mingyue handed over a small card with her phone number written on it.

Lu Yan He took a look and waved his hand.

Xu Mingyue thought he didn't want it and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

Lu Yan He took out his phone and said: "Let's just add each other as friends."

Xu Mingyue was stunned.

She had thought about whether she could add Lu Yan He as a friend before, but he was a big celebrity, and she was just an intern. If she wanted to add him as a friend, it should cause him a lot of trouble and annoyance.

For this reason, Xu Mingyue thought of the way to write her phone number on the small card.

Lu Yan He asked suspiciously: "Is it inconvenient?"

"Ah, no, no! Convenient," Xu Mingyue nodded, and immediately took out her phone, still a little embarrassed, "I just didn't expect you to be willing to add me as a friend. I thought you guys were very unwilling to add strangers on WeChat."

"How could you be a stranger? I've seen you many times," Lu Yan He said with a smile, "You've worked hard to help me with the docking these few times."

Xu Mingyue looked at the smile on Lu Yan He's face, and her heart seemed to be brushed by a breeze and flowed by a clear stream.

She suddenly thought of He Lan in an instant.

No wonder He Lan likes Lu Yan He.

Wait, He Lan?!

Where is He Lan?

Xu Mingyue's face suddenly changed, and she turned to look around.

He Lan also said she was coming today, why haven't I seen her?

Seeing Xu Mingyue looking around suddenly, Lu Yan He asked: "What's wrong?"

"Ah, no, a classmate of mine said she was coming today too. She is your fan, but I haven't seen her," Xu Mingyue said.

Lu Yan He said: "Maybe she went to browse next door, then I'll go first, bye."

"Mm-hm, thank you for your hard work," Xu Mingyue smiled and sent Lu Yan He away.

Lu Yan He also started to look around to find Chen Siqi.

He couldn't find her after looking around. Not only her, but even Li Pengfei and the others were gone.

Did they all leave?

He took out his phone and sent a message to Chen Siqi: Where are you?

After sending it, he realized that Li Pengfei had sent him a message before: We left first, bye, I still have to go to Jiangshan's signing to queue for a signed book.

Lu Yan He: Did Chen Siqi leave with you guys?

Li Pengfei: No, we separated from her.

Lu Yan He breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the young reporter who had looked for Linyu and the others before suddenly found Lu Yan He here again.

"Lu Yan He, can we do a simple interview now? I am Zhou Shuchun, a reporter from *Art News*."

Lu Yan He came back to his senses and looked at Zhou Shuchun in surprise.

"Sorry, I don't accept interviews now."

Lu Yan He refused.

He was in a hurry to find Chen Siqi.

Zhou Shuchun was unrelenting: "You and Jiang Yuqian had a romance scandal before. Although you denied this later, many people still think you are dating. Do you have anything to respond to such claims?"

Lu Yan He's words "You know we denied this, what else is there to respond to" were on his lips. Looking at the feigned smile on Zhou Shuchun's face, he knew this was a trap. He just wanted to get a response from him. No matter what kind of response, it was a response and could be used as a headline for the report.

Lu Yan He: "Please contact my agent. I don't accept interviews in private, thank you."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left.

Zhou Shuchun chased after him.

"You avoid talking about it, is it because you tacitly approved of this?"

This voice was too harsh.

Lu Yan He deeply felt that the so-called truth is one thing, but whether he can do it is another.

Chen Ziyan had said many times, no matter what kind of provocation you face, don't be angered, don't answer a single word.

At that time, Lu Yan He said no problem, he could do it.

Now, Lu Yan He felt that he wanted to retort every minute and every second.

Can only endure it.

Just at this time, Chen Siqi's voice sounded.

"Why are you pestering Lu Yan He? Didn't you see that he doesn't want to answer your questions?"

Lu Yan He's footsteps paused, and Zhou Shuchun stopped immediately.

The latter looked at Chen Siqi in surprise.

Chen Siqi looked at him with unkind eyes.

"Who are you?" Zhou Shuchun also looked at Chen Siqi with unkind eyes.

"Who cares who I am?" Chen Siqi held her phone and suddenly aimed it at Zhou Shuchun, "You are a reporter, right? I saw that Lu Yan He clearly said he didn't want to accept your interview, and you are still aggressively following him, forcing him to answer you. Is your approach correct?"

Zhou Shuchun saw Chen Siqi suddenly aiming her phone at him to take pictures, and was suddenly angry and ashamed.

"What are you taking pictures of?"

"Taking pictures of you," Chen Siqi said, "You can take pictures of Lu Yan He, can't I take pictures of you?"

Zhou Shuchun: "I am a reporter, not an artist!"

"So what? Which law stipulates that artists can be photographed by others, and you can't be photographed?" Chen Siqi's momentum was very fierce, without any greenness of a high school girl who had just graduated. Her attitude also made Zhou Shuchun stunned, "Or should I go ask Jiang Yin Publishing House now if you have communicated with them in advance about your interview with Lu Yan He?"

Zhou Shuchun was shocked by Chen Siqi's momentum.

He was not a media invited by Jiang Yin Publishing House. His unit was *Art News*, which had nothing to do with the publishing industry. He just heard that Lu Yan He would appear today, so he ran over, wanting to get Lu Yan He's first-hand response to his scandal with Jiang Yuqian.

Didn't expect that Lu Yan He's classmates' mouths were harder than one another, Lu Yan He didn't take the move, and now such a girl appeared... wait.

Zhou Shuchun suddenly remembered where he had seen this girl.

Isn't this one of Lu Yan He's high school classmates?

Zhou Shuchun immediately pointed at her and said: "I said why are you so arrogant, you are Lu Yan He's classmate."

"I am his classmate, so what? Can't I stop you because I am his classmate?" Chen Siqi was not guilty, nor did she retreat. Her momentum became stronger and stronger, staring at Zhou Shuchun, "You say I am arrogant, you tell me, where am I arrogant? Am I arrogant because I stop you? Then you forcing Lu Yan He to accept your interview is not more arrogant? Do you have such an interview? No greeting in advance, just popping out and forcing people to interview, is this called an interview?"

Chen Siqi's speaking speed became faster and faster, like a machine gun shooting at Zhou Shuchun.

Zhou Shuchun was driven away by Chen Siqi.

He probably didn't expect to meet such a girl who squeezed him out with lightning speed.

Lu Yan He looked at Chen Siqi in admiration.

Although he had long known that Chen Siqi was very powerful in this regard, after all, she had helped him drive away some people who were difficult to deal with before, but he was still shocked by her sharp side.

"Are you stupid? If you can't deal with this person, just find someone to help. Why do you only know how to hide like a quail?" Chen Siqi turned her head and complained to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He: "..." I didn't expect him to follow me so persistently."

Chen Siqi asked: "Then what are we doing now?"

Lu Yan He said: "Let's browse the book fair? It's rare for many publishing houses to come here today, and you can see many books at once."

"Fine," Chen Siqi nodded.

"Or do you have other places you want to go?" Lu Yan He asked.

"I don't," Chen Siqi shook her head immediately, "Since we are here, browsing the book fair is also fine."

Lu Yan He didn't know if Chen Siqi was interested in the book fair. The two walked all the way, and he looked at Chen Siqi frequently, wanting to know her true thoughts.

However, he couldn't see any thoughts and emotions on Chen Siqi's face at all.

"Have you browsed the book fair before?"

"No," Chen Siqi shook her head directly, "I am different from you, I am not very interested in fictional stories like novels."

"Then will you be very bored browsing here?"

"It's okay, I don't feel very bored. It's the first time I've seen what a book fair looks like. It's much richer than I imagined. I originally thought it was just a large book stall," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry when he heard Chen Siqi say this.

After Liu Jiazhen and Mingyin started signing, Xu Xiaoyin breathed a sigh of relief.

She handed the scene to other colleagues and took out her phone to check the comments on the Internet.

The live event just now was broadcast live.

Xu Xiaoyin had a hunch that Lu Yan He's sharing just now would be liked by many people.

Because his sharing was very sincere, without showing off, all were his own real words.

However, when she logged in to see, this sharing speech didn't seem to get the expected heat.

Only a few thousand people watched it, and most of the comments were positive. Some were surprised that Lu Yan He could say such things, and some were surprised that Lu Yan He really loved reading. There were all kinds, but they added up to only dozens.

Xu Xiaoyin didn't understand why only so few people watched it.

Is their publicity too bad? Not many people know about this activity? Or is this activity itself not attractive?

Xu Xiaoyin turned off her phone in disappointment, and just happened to see Xu Mingyue when she looked up.

"Mingyue, has Lu Yan He left?"

"No, he said he had an appointment with his classmates, and let me not worry about him anymore," Xu Mingyue said.

Xu Xiaoyin: "What do you think of Lu Yan He's speech today?"

Xu Mingyue hesitated for a moment and said: "He almost didn't use the script I wrote for him, it was all prepared by himself."

Xu Xiaoyin nodded, "You just need to get used to this point. Although many guests will use the script we provide, some guests will choose to say what they really want to say. We invited Lu Yan He to come over, just wanting to use his influence to support our event. I was very surprised that he was willing to share his true feelings on such an occasion, but also very admirable."

"Mm, me too. My roommate is Lu Yan He's fan. I didn't understand why someone would chase stars before. I also like to watch those good-looking stars, but if I want to spend more time chasing them and treating them as idols, I can't understand. After knowing Lu Yan He, I slowly understood. He is younger than me, but his words and deeds have made me have many useful places. Clearly just graduated from high school, but more sophisticated than me who just started interning."

Xu Xiaoyin looked at Xu Mingyue gently and said: "You don't have to belittle yourself. Lu Yan He debuted as a star at the age of fifteen. Although he is younger than you, he entered the adult society several years earlier than you, so of course he is more sophisticated than you. These can be exercised. You have been busy back and forth this time and provided us with a lot of help, thank you for your hard work."

Xu Mingyue shook her head quickly and said: "I want to thank Sister Xiaoyin for providing me with so many opportunities and sparing no effort to guide so much."

That script she wrote for Lu Yan He, Xu Xiaoyin helped her change it no less than three times.

"We will have a dinner together in the publishing house tonight, you should join too," Xu Xiaoyin said to Xu Mingyue, "Although the president will not come, other leaders in the house are there, which is an opportunity for them to know you."

If Xu Mingyue hopes to work in Jiang Yin Publishing House after graduation, letting the senior management of the publishing house know her in advance is of course a very precious opportunity.

Xu Mingyue understood Xu Xiaoyin's intention immediately.

Her eyes lit up with excitement, she nodded and said okay.

"There are quite a lot of people coming here today. I thought that in this era, there are almost no people reading physical books," Chen Siqi looked at the lively crowd around her and said to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He had already put on a mask.

He said: "There are still many people willing to hold a paper book and read it in their hands. There are many people in my livestream room who say that the reading habit they developed since childhood is reading paper books. However, with the development of electronic reading, children now are used to electronic reading. Maybe one day physical books will really be completely replaced by electronic reading. In fact, whether it is physical books or electronic reading, it is just a form. Forms will be updated, but everyone's demand for books, stories, and words will not disappear."

Chen Siqi looked at him thoughtfully and said: "Every time I hear you say these things, I feel very surprised."

"Hm?"

"Not like an artist," Chen Siqi said, "If you talk to me about film and television dramas, music, and stage performances, I feel I can get used to it a lot."

Lu Yan He was silent.

"Maybe I am also one of those children who grew up reading physical books, so I am a little reluctant," Lu Yan He actually said what happened before he traveled over, "No mobile phone, no internet, so I would read all kinds of magazines with my classmates. If a classmate bought a novel, everyone would borrow it to read, and be careful not to be discovered and confiscated by the teacher. I like reading novels very much. For a long time, reading novels was my only spiritual entertainment." ===== CHAPTER 197 =====