Chapter 654

Everyone was young, and Gu Cheng wasn't much older than this group, so communicating was very smooth.

After chatting for a while, everyone felt a bit hungry, and Gu Cheng suggested:

"For the first meal after coming to university, don't stand on ceremony with me; I'll treat you all to eat in the cafeteria."

Even if Gu Cheng had treated them to a meal at a high-end restaurant outside, this group could have followed without any hesitation, let alone the cafeteria.

Shocked Bro jokingly teased: "It's rare for us to become roommates; it's all fate. Since you're a big celebrity, aren't you planning to bleed a little and treat us to something good outside?"

The other two roommates nodded silently; Shocked Bro had voiced their inner thoughts.

Gu Cheng said with ease: "Military training starts tomorrow; where else do you want to run off to? Let's talk about it when there's an opportunity later."

After arriving at the cafeteria, Shocked Bro felt that the atmosphere in this cafeteria was a bit different.

It seemed that the people coming to eat were particularly excited and agitated, with everyone leaning into their companions' ears to whisper.

And more people were turning their heads to look behind them from time to time.

Shocked Bro followed the gaze of one of them and let out another "Holy crap."

"Am I seeing things? Is that Jin... Jin Li?!

Why did Jin Li also come to Qingbei University? Is she doing some promotional work here?"

The other two roommates patted their foreheads speechlessly; they really wondered what Shocked Bro had actually done this summer.

Could it be that he went to work in some remote mountain village where the signal was poor, which is why he was so late to get connected to the internet?

The Know-It-All (the roommate who had first pulled up Gu Cheng's Baidu Encyclopedia) adjusted the bridge of his glasses and said:

"Jin Li took the college entrance exam this year, got very good grades, applied to the Philosophy Department of Qingbei University, and was successfully admitted."

Shocked Bro realized: "So that's how it is."

Mediocre Bro (the other ordinary roommate) said: "Even I, who doesn't pay much attention to entertainment news, know that Jin Li and Gu Cheng achieved very good results in the college entrance exam this year.

Many relatives are also talking about this, and they even want my older brothers and sisters who have been working for years to see if they can follow their example, strive for success, and get into Qingbei to bring glory to their ancestors.

The elders all believe that people who have struggled in society will cherish the opportunity to study even more."

Shocked Bro couldn't help but say: "They're already so old, why are they still thinking about 'chicken babies'? If Qingbei were so easy to get into, why don't these elders go themselves?"

Gu Cheng glanced at Shocked Bro and couldn't help but laugh.

He said: "Do you know Chen Lin? If you know him, you two would definitely have a lot to talk about."

Shocked Bro smiled and said: "I don't know him, but I've seen his photos, and I also think his personality is very similar to mine. Let's play games together when we have time later."

Gu Cheng looked down at his phone; Chen Lin had been sending messages non-stop, asking where he was.

Saying they had only taken a moment to snap a photo, so how did he disappear?

Gu Cheng couldn't help but complain in his heart; it was clearly because they had nothing to do after finishing the photos, or were hungry, that they remembered him.

He quickly replied with a message, sent the cafeteria's location, and told them to hurry over so he could treat them to a meal.

After doing that, Gu Cheng looked at Shocked Bro, "No need to wait for later; I'll introduce you to them in a bit."

Then, he walked straight toward the table where Jin Li was.

Perhaps due to the celebrity halo, after reaching mealtime, the cafeteria was bustling with people, but there were still relatively many empty seats around Jin Li, and other students didn't dare to get too close.

Gu Cheng felt it was necessary to occupy these empty seats as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once those people realized that Jin Li was very easygoing, he estimated that the area around her would be crowded with people.

Gu Cheng's roommates walked along with Gu Cheng.

Once they had all sat down, they realized belatedly that they were actually sitting with Jin Li and her roommates.

Shocked Bro/Mediocre Bro/Know-It-All/Shy little girls: We're done for, we're surrounded by celebrities (⊙o⊙)…!

Having lived for over 10 years, they had never felt at this moment that their own lives were as shining as a celebrity's.

It's just that they didn't know if, after getting used to sitting with celebrities, they would start seeing themselves as celebrities too?

Jin Li saw Gu Cheng, her eyes curving slightly, and the smile in her eyes deepened.

"You're here," she said.

Gu Cheng nodded lightly: "Yeah, I'm here. Did you arrive very early?"

Jin Li shook her head: "No, I only arrived at school in the afternoon and just got to the cafeteria not long ago."

Gu Cheng scanned the tray in front of her and asked: "What else do you want to eat? I'll go get it for you."

Jin Li took a look and shook her head: "No need, this is already enough to eat."

Enough to eat doesn't mean everything she likes is there.

Gu Cheng said: "It's fine, I'll take care of what you can't finish; my appetite is bigger than yours."

Jin Li thought seriously, "Yellow-braised chicken, white-cut chicken, and sweet and sour pork. I saw another window selling potato chip burgers; I'm actually a bit interested, but Sister Fang has never been willing to let me eat potato chips."

Gu Cheng said without thinking: "School starts today, it's rare to be happy, so break the rule and eat it once. I'll eat whatever you can't finish."

Jin Li smiled very sweetly, "If Sister Fang comes looking for me later, I'm going to sell you out."

Gu Cheng also laughed: "Yeah, let her come find me; I'll explain it to her."

The two of them chatting as if no one else was around aroused intense curiosity in their respective roommates.

However, everyone tacitly didn't interrupt this pair's conversation, but instead signaled to each other with their eyes, quickly took out their phones, created a private chat group, and gossiped in the group.

Shocked Bro: 【How come it feels like Gu Cheng and Jin Li are very familiar? Are they from the same company? Their relationship is very close!】

Mediocre Bro: 【I only know that my elders have been discussing all summer that this golden boy and jade girl are a match made in heaven, and their professions are similar. If they could get together, they would believe in love even more.】

Shocked Bro: 【Why do I feel like your elders are very gossipy?】

Mediocre Bro: 【They're old, they don't have much to discuss, so only our academic performance can make the elders care. Jin Li and Gu Cheng's grades and daily lives are already considered public topics, right?】

The Know-It-All didn't say much and directly pasted a long paragraph of an encyclopedia searched from the internet.

In summary, it's—

【The two know each other, have a good relationship, are good friends, have each appeared on variety shows recommended by the other, and have filmed a campus TV drama together, but it ended in tragedy. The two also have CP fans, called Vitamins.】

The boys were chatting in the small group, and the girls were doing the same.

However, the topics the girls focused on were all—

"The two look so compatible!" "Don't you feel there's a very subtle magnetic field between them?" "What is this feeling? It's heartbeat!"

At the same time, other students in the cafeteria saw this scene and had their own guesses.

However, no one dared to be 100% sure that the two were dating. After all, everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Jin Li, or rather, Pink Girl, has a good relationship with March Days.

Some students quietly took photos of the two dining together and uploaded them to the internet, sighing:

【Ran into two big celebrities in the school cafeteria today; it feels very subtle.

The two are really very beautiful and handsome. Standing with them, you can clearly see the difference from ordinary people; there seems to be an invisible boundary around these two.

Do such people really exist? Oh, they do exist, right here on my university campus.】

Netizens rarely see photos of Jin Li and Gu Cheng taken together in private; basically, there are always many people around them.

But the one taken by that student looks very atmospheric, as if the two were dining alone.

But looking at the background of the photo, it's clearly not.

It can only be said that the student who took this photo has high skills, capturing the focus in a noisy background.

And netizens also grasped the focus in the student's caption—

【I suspect you're showing off that you're attending Qingbei University, and I have evidence (doge)】

【666, another top student!】

【Handsome man and beautiful woman, meeting at the highest institution of learning—this is a scene that only happens in dreams; I didn't expect it to actually happen in reality.】

After this student posted the photo, other students also posted group photos of Jin Li and Gu Cheng from different angles.

But no matter how bizarre the angles were from which these students posted the photos, Jin Li and Gu Cheng were like luminous bodies, firmly occupying the center of people's vision.

The people around were photographed looking ugly, but these two were really very handsome and beautiful.

Confirmed again, there really is a wall between celebrities and ordinary people; completely bare-faced without makeup, they can still be so shining.

Originally thought that being able to see the two in the same frame, eating together on campus, was already a very beautiful thing; one could brag about this event for the entire four years of university life.

As a result, didn't expect something even more powerful to come—

All members of March Days appeared, and even Gu Cheng's manager, Zhang Guang, came to the cafeteria!

The formation of these four people appearing caused an even bigger sensation than Jin Li and Gu Cheng appearing alone.

Chen Lin, Yan Xingdong, and Luo Yi are also handsome men in different senses, with styles completely different from Gu Cheng and different temperaments, but each has their own charm.

As for Zhang Guang.

Oh, he has no charm.

Standing beside the other three celebrities, he instead let the students clearly see the gap between ordinary people and celebrities, acting as a background board for comparison.

Some people sighed: "With this level of looks, I'm afraid only students from the performance department and the film academy next door to the next door to the next door could compare."

"No, they can't compare at all. How many celebrities in the whole country are as popular as them? Whether that group of people from the performance department and film academy can find work after graduation is uncertain."

"That's still possible, after all, the short drama industry is rising now, and there's a lack of fresh faces. It's said that performance students from various academies have basically dived into the short drama industry; the more you work, the more you get."

Chen Lin quickly found Gu Cheng.

No way, Sister Jin Li's looks are far too outstanding compared to Orange!

Yeah, definitely not the reason why many students are stealing glances in that direction!

They walked over and squeezed onto the remaining empty table.

It just so happened that the food Gu Cheng had brought was a bit much, so he simply shared some of the rice and said lazily:

"You guys help finish it together; no need to go get food."

Chen Lin's mouth twitched, "It's rare to come to Qingbei once, and you treat me to this? And this portion... it's not enough for us few people to share!"

Gu Cheng laughed.

Seeing this smile, Chen Lin felt he had no good intentions.

Gu Cheng said slowly and methodically: "I eat a bit more because I have to participate in military training tomorrow and need to maintain good physical strength, but what about you guys?

You guys have to run promotional events tomorrow and can't eat too much, lest you get fat; you look three times fatter on camera."

He turned his head to look at Zhang Guang: "Brother Guang, do you think I'm right?"

Zhang Guang choked.

Receiving the gazes of his own three other artists, he ultimately yielded to the facts.

"Quite right. You guys eat a little less; if you're really not full, eat some nutritional meals when you go back."

Yan Xingdong and Luo Yi accepted it quite well, but Chen Lin was a bit resentful.

Jin Li suddenly thought of something and asked in a low voice: "I remember the stock for the variety show 'My Leisurely Slow Life' has run out, right? Then what are you going to broadcast next week? Do you need to find time to record it?"

Without waiting for Zhang Guang to answer, Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "No need, we have to participate in military training and are already very busy. Others can come record it; the two of us will be absent for the next season and the one after that."

Zhang Guang was fine hearing the first part, but couldn't help it when he heard the second.

This is not quite the same as what was said yesterday.

"Didn't you say you'd only be absent for the next season? The broadcast time for the season after next is very long; by then, your military training will be over, and school will have started for more than a month. That's enough time to squeeze in recording, right?"

The material they record each time can be broadcast in two parts, first and second, on the variety show.

"Leisurely Slow Life" broadcasts one episode every half month, so the material they record next week would be enough to last a month.

But Gu Cheng said they would be absent for the season after next as well.

That means they won't be seen on "Leisurely Slow Life" for two months.

The time of absence is a bit too long.

Jin Li looked at Gu Cheng and blinked her eyes in confusion.

Gu Cheng didn't look at Brother Guang and explained patiently: "We just arrived at Qingbei for school. Considering that it's very busy when school just starts and we need to adapt to school life, we're giving ourselves more time to adapt."

Zhang Guang:...

It's just taking one day; may I ask how this would hinder adaptation?

Zhang Guang wanted to speak but stopped, stopped but wanted to speak, and finally gave up.

Forget it, the ownership of "Leisurely Slow Life" is all with March Days; this is their exclusive group broadcast.

If it weren't for the fact that the traffic of this variety show has always been okay, stably bringing exposure and advertising revenue to March Days and Jin Li and others, March Days actually wouldn't have wanted to record it long ago.

Let them do whatever they want.

After all, it was also from not interfering in the beginning that this program was made.

March Days and the others quickly finished their dinner and immediately left Qingbei.

They have another promotional event to run in the evening, and going now is just right.

While Jin Li and Gu Cheng stayed in the cafeteria to continue eating, answering their roommates' questions from time to time.

Chen Lin looked back before leaving, feeling a bit envious.

Sitting in the car, he suddenly asked: "What do you say if I also study in private, then strive for success, and get into a university?"

Zhang Guang: "Not much to say, you can't calm down; you're too jumpy."

Yan Xingdong: "Little Lin, we aren't omnipotent; sometimes we have to accept our own shortcomings, such as the fact that you can't learn no matter how you study."

Luo Yi: "Agreed, seconded."

Chen Lin sighed; he was just saying it casually.

"I'm just envious of Gu Cheng; he wants to take the exam, so he takes it, and once he takes it, he can get into the highest institution of learning. We are running around bitterly for promotional events, while he sits in the Qingbei classroom talking and laughing.

I'm really bitter; my life is bitter!"

Yan Xingdong patted his shoulder, "If you're really unwilling to give up, try studying tonight; you'll find that the act of making you study is more bitter than you imagine."

Chen Lin shuddered at the thought of that scene.

Forget it...

Felt bitter before even trying.

By comparison, the stage is more suitable for him.

At least he can easily find the feeling of being the king of the whole scene on stage.