Chapter 144: [Su Yu's Soul Praise]

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

Tang Song took out his phone to look, then immediately exited the chat interface.

He was originally just joking with Xu Qing, but who would have thought she would take it seriously, throwing over a dozen photos directly.

As a well-known beautiful alumna from his college days, Xu Qing's looks were naturally nothing to say; her features were exquisite, and her figure was slim and well-proportioned.

Wearing a well-fitting cosplay outfit and putting on the corresponding makeup, she looked really energetic.

He could take some time to appreciate them in the evening.

Beside him, Wen Ruan was controlling Mulan to kill all over the field.

Looking at the bunny girl skin, Tang Song felt a fire in his heart.

The big sister had said it herself; she could also play cosplay.

With Wen Ruan's explosive figure, if she cosplayed as a bunny girl, wearing ears, a tail, and putting on black silk, that would simply be it!

Taking a deep breath, he calmed the fire in his heart.

Opened Douyin to check the results.

Having experienced the bonus of 【Lucky buff】, he was full of expectations for this harvest.

Entered the personal center.

Current fan count: 54,087.

With the release of the new video, in one night, he had gained nearly 20,000 fans.

This was without any promotion, relying purely on natural traffic, which was already very terrifying.

Then, he opened Xiaohongshu to look; current fan count: 8,868, not far from 10,000 fans.

Checked the details of the title 【Popular Me】.

【Current cash reward: 2,131,000 yuan (Total 5,981,000 yuan)】

Withdraw immediately.

【Balance: 4.1826 million yuan】

Looking at this "huge" number, Tang Song's heart was surging.

At noon, after a hearty outdoor barbecue ended.

Colleagues said goodbye to each other and left one after another.

The team building officially ended.

Tang Song put the cleaned Giant TCR into the back seat and took Wen Ruan away from the Huiying River View Creative Park.

Drove along the Taiping River toward the city center.

Along the way, spring was full, and green trees were shaded.

The sun shone through the heavy clouds, and the car was warm.

Wen Ruan leaned on the passenger seat, softly introducing the scenery and buildings along the way to Tang Song.

She was a native Yancheng person and loved traveling, so she was particularly knowledgeable about the surrounding area.

As the car drove into the spacious main road, Tang Song moved his body and placed his hand on the passenger's thigh.

Wen Ruan didn't say anything, but squinted her eyes, opened the window a crack, and looked very much like she was enjoying it.

Although Tang Song drove very slowly, it only took 20 minutes for the car to arrive outside the Oasis Scenery Garden.

Tang Song stopped the car outside the south gate of the community and looked at Wen Ruan beside him.

He said softly, "We're here. Your physical state isn't very good right now; remember to go back and rest well, and pay attention to your diet. Don't go to the gym for now; come and guide me after your period is over."

Wen Ruan was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned sideways and hooked her finger at him. "Come over here, little brother."

Tang Song leaned his body over, and immediately after, he was hugged by the enthusiastic big sister.

wWW⊙TTKдN⊙￠〇

After a fierce kiss, Wen Ruan slowly let go of him.

Pursing her lips tightly, her eyes blurred. "I had a very happy weekend, just like a dream.

But well, now that we're home, the dream is about to wake up."

Tang Song frowned; from Wen Ruan's tone, he heard something wrong.

He grabbed her as she was about to get out of the car and asked directly, "Sister Wen Ruan, you shouldn't be the type of person who abandons someone after playing, right?"

"Pfft—" Wen Ruan laughed out loud. "It's strange to hear such words from your mouth; it should be me saying that!"

Tang Song said positively, "I am sincere to sister, and I really want to go on with you."

Hearing his words, Wen Ruan was silent for a moment and said, "My mother is at home now; do you want to accompany me to meet my parents?"

"Uh..." Tang Song's eyes widened, not knowing how to answer.

This was too fast, right?

Wen Ruan looked at him straight, her tone gentle. "Scared, right? I really like you. In every respect, you fit my view of choosing a spouse.

If I had met you now when I was in my early 20s, even if we couldn't get married, I would be willing to have a sweet romance with you.

However... I'm really not young anymore; I've reached the age of marriage, and I still need to consider family and the future."

"Wen Ruan." Tang Song bit his lip, understanding what she meant.

Unlike Zhao Yaqian, a 19-year-old little girl, the purpose of Wen Ruan's acquaintance with him was for blind dates and marriage.

Wen Ruan pulled his hand. "Alright, we are all adults; there is no need to say some things. I am not an innocent little girl either; I have a clear understanding of you and myself. As I am now, I can't grasp you, so in order not to cry bitterly in the future, I have to stop losses in time."

After speaking, she opened the car door and walked down, moved the road bike down, and held the tulips in her arms.

"Goodbye, Tang Song. Pay attention to safety on the way back, tell me when you get home, mwah." Wen Ruan held the handlebar with her right hand, nodded at Tang Song nonchalantly, and turned to walk toward the gate with an indifferent face.

Tang Song took a deep breath, walked a few steps quickly to follow, and grabbed her arm.

Wen Ruan blinked, a bit playful. "What's up? Can't bear to part with me? It's not like we won't see each other; we can still go out for meals often in the future."

Tang Song pursed his lips, knowing that saying anything now was useless unless he could give a promise of marriage.

However, although he really wanted to get Wen Ruan, he didn't want to deceive her.

Wen Ruan smiled at him and walked into the community gate.

Behind his back, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and light flickered in her eyes.

She took a deep breath, raised her head slightly, and stopped the tears she wanted to shed.

From this day and a half of deep contact, she had a complete understanding of Tang Song.

Elite handsome guy, gentle and thoughtful, living in a large flat in Yanjing Tiancheng, having a Mercedes S-Class and BMW 330 worth over a million, opened a clothing company with good prospects, and also served as a technical consultant at Jinxiu Trading.

Yet such a person hadn't experienced too much temptation from the outside world, so innocent and harmless.

The conditions were better than

He was several levels higher than the version of him described by Hu Mingli.

Even Gu Cheng, the most outstanding person she had ever been on a blind date with, was far inferior to him.

She knew Tang Song's current charm all too well, and she also knew that the probability of wanting to stay with him until marriage was about the same as winning the lottery.

If she continued to entangle herself with him, she would definitely not be able to walk away unscathed later.

…

Without realizing it, she walked to the underground garage and stuffed the car into the trunk.

Wen Ruan sat in the car and dazed out for a while; when she came back to her senses, she realized her face was wet, so she hurriedly pulled out a tissue to wipe it clean.

"Ding-dong—"

In the bestie group chat.

【Hu Mingli: "@Zhuangzhuang, congratulations, congratulations! Seeing that you two have finally come together, I knew my future was secure!"】

【Hu Mingli: Chat screenshot. jpg】

Wen Ruan clicked on the screenshot to take a look.

【Tang Song: "Thank you, Sister Mingli. We have already confirmed our relationship. However, Wen Ruan doesn't want to make it public yet, so please trouble yourself to tell the friends and besties around her."】

【Tang Song: "I will go to Jinxiu Trading next Tuesday, Supervisor Hu, please be prepared."】

Below that were several intimate photos of the two of them during the team-building event.

Looking at the familiar photos, Wen Ruan pursed her lips, her heart feeling complicated to the extreme.

She had always considered herself a person who could let go of what she picked up, and she used to scoff at those melodramatic tropes in TV dramas.

She didn't expect that when truly facing feelings, she would also be so reluctant to let go.

After a long while, she sighed.

I hope time can make you calm, and also allow me to let go completely.

……

Yanjing Tiancheng.

Tang Song soaked in the large bathtub, his mind a mess.

Scenes from yesterday until the moment of parting flashed before his eyes repeatedly.

Wen Ruan was a truly mature and independent girl with her own sound values, and she was more rational when dealing with relationships.

Although the time he spent with her wasn't long, Tang Song felt he had grown a lot.

He also had a clearer understanding of his own heart.

He wasn't some pure and warm man; being with Wen Ruan was because he craved her body, and after falling for her, he wanted to possess her completely.

This included his thoughts toward Zhao Yaqian and Gao Mengting as well.

Besides that, there was also Jin Mi Shu in the game, whose favorability was maxed out, waiting for him to unlock her.

This also destined him to never be a "good man" in this life, nor could he give any promises of marriage; he could only compensate as much as possible through material and emotional means.

Having figured these things out, Tang Song stood up directly from the bathtub.

He looked at himself in the mirror—his smooth, healthy physique and handsome face—and his gaze became firm.

He was becoming more and more excellent and powerful; he believed that one day, these would no longer be problems.

"Swish," the system light screen unfolded before his eyes, and lines of text popped out.

【May 14, 2023, you have clarified your feelings, your self-awareness is more comprehensive, and you have learned how to effectively manage and regulate your emotions.】

【You have felt emotional release and liberation.】

【Your state of mind has undergone significant growth, Charm +1.】

【You have obtained "Su Yu's Soul Tribute."】

【You have triggered the branch task "Please Yourself."】

Tang Song took a deep breath, a flush of excitement rising on his face.

A game character-related item actually appeared!?

He quickly entered the warehouse to check the details.

【Su Yu's Soul Tribute】: After using it, you will receive the sincere blessing and praise of the game character Su Yu, and you can randomly obtain one skill mastered by her.

【Note 1: Since you were already used to loneliness, why are you still so greedy for warmth?】

【Note 2: I once turned my youth into him.】

"Su Yu... Su Yu..." After murmuring the name twice, Tang Song's brows unfurled.

His thoughts drifted away, and the plot from the game stirred ripples in his mind.

This was a very familiar name.

After completing his initial capital accumulation and creating Smile Holdings, he set his sights on the entertainment industry.

Besides wanting to take advantage of his foresight to make a big profit, he also wanted to experience the fun of star cultivation in the game and satisfy his own guilty pleasures.

【Su Yu】 was the SSR-level character he obtained after drawing cards many times.

Her personal attributes and growth potential were very high; of course, more importantly, she was very beautiful, especially her card illustration, which was very ethereal and otherworldly, like a fairy who didn't eat human food in a Xianxia game.

At the time, she was a member of a girl group, but due to internal conflicts and malicious smearing, her career was dim, her life fell into a trough, and she even almost suffered from depression.

Recruiting her in the game was very simple.

Tang Song followed the system's prompts and his own preferences to set a series of meticulous cultivation plans for her.

Then came acquiring entertainment companies, recruiting talent, injecting capital, and developing and growing.

At that time, Su Yu was very pure, and her favorability and loyalty were easy to grind.

In life, he often sent gifts that suited her heart and cared about her physical and mental development from time to time.

In her career, he gave her the best resources and resolved some obstacles.

He quickly maxed out her favorability.

Su Yu didn't let him down either; in the game, she became a top-tier star in just 3 years and also became the female star of his ideals.

With the growth of the character 【Su Yu】, Tang Zong Entertainment also reached its peak step by step.

After completing this side quest, Tang Song also shifted his focus to other fields to continue improving his charm value.

In his impression, in the recent game journey, her figure hadn't appeared again.

Only in the notifications would information prompts about her appear from time to time, flashing by.

They were usually about concerts, premieres, and the like.

Pulling his thoughts back from his memories, Tang Song opened his phone to search for information about Su Yu.

A superstar in film, television, and music, a national goddess, a shareholder and director of Tang Zong Entertainment, with no scandals since her debut, and one of the most beautiful faces in the Asia-Pacific region...

He opened her portrait photos to take a look.

Superior bone structure, coordinated and exquisite facial features—the most typical "god-tier" face.

There was also a kind of cold and ethereal charm between her brows and eyes.

She was no worse than the illustration in the game.

Even if he liked Jin Mi Shu more, he had to admit that in terms of public aesthetics, the real-life Su Yu might be even better.

Of course, Jin Mi Shu's figure was better than Su Yu's.

Looking at this incredibly beautiful female star, Tang Song's gaze was somewhat complicated.

In the game, the feelings and experiences he invested in her and the entertainment company weren't actually much; he didn't know what kind of perception this female star would have of him in reality.

After sighing for a long while, Tang Song turned his attention to 【Su Yu's Soul Tribute】.

This item was very useful and could directly obtain a skill; unfortunately, it wasn't obtained while the 【Luck Buff】 was in effect—it would be bad if he drew some strange skill.

This was the first time he had obtained an item directly related to a game character, and it was of extraordinary significance.

For some reason, he was suddenly a bit reluctant to use it.

After struggling for a while, Tang Song shook his head, selected the item, and 【Used Immediately】.

【Character Su Yu - Skill filtering in progress...】

【You have obtained "Painting - Sketching Skill."】

【This skill will be "awakened" after you enter your dream tonight.】

Sketching?

Tang Song's face instantly beamed with joy.

In his impression, Su Yu was indeed a multi-talented person; her music, dance, painting, and writing were all at a very high level.

With this skill, he could draw his 【Outfits】 by hand!

With complete drawings, he could find fashion designers to create the outfits that best met his needs, achieving 100% effect.

He opened the task center to view the newly triggered task, 【Please Yourself】.

【Task Content: Life can have twists and turns, but always remember to please yourself. Please develop a hobby that is beneficial to your physical and mental health and experience the joy it brings you.】

【Task Reward: Random Gift Pack *1】