Chapter 198: You really can't tell how chaotic his background is!

Hearing Su Peng's words, Jiang Cheng froze for a moment.

He lifted his head and took another look at the male student surrounded by the crowd.

He had a smile on his face, but his expression seemed a little awkward, and the people around were gathered around him gossiping.

"Tell me, what exactly is going on between you and Han Xiaoxun?"

"I watched your livestream yesterday—Han Xiaoxun's figure is really top-notch, kid. Where did you get the connection? Can you get her to take me on too?"

"By the way, I'm not any worse than you, so why did she hug you?"

The surrounded male student had a proper appearance, three-dimensional features, and his looks were indeed not bad.

So saying he's being kept by Han Xiaoxun is still plausible, and he looks pretty sturdy.

Facing the questions from the people around, he just gave an embarrassed smile, neither refuting nor getting angry, and told everyone to stop asking.

Jiang Cheng turned his head and asked Su Peng, "Do you know him?"

Su Peng said, "I do know him—I've known him for a long time, but we're not close."

"He's on the basketball team; I heard earlier that he got into college thanks to someone else's sponsorship, and back then I thought this kid was pretty honest."

"Who would have thought that suddenly word got out that this kid is being kept?"

"But it's not strange for a basketball team to have a good physique."

"Just before this matter was exposed, he dropped the act, took his girlfriend out to a bar, and that night he became the most handsome guy at Musi, spending over 40,000."

"You know this so clearly?" Jiang Cheng asked.

Su Peng said, "Everyone in Musi's marketing knows me; I just went to college, so I rarely go there to hang out anymore."

"That night, the marketing staff messaged me, mainly saying he's my classmate, and their meaning was that they wanted to go spend money together with me."

After hearing Su Peng finish, Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes.

He already had a suspicion in his heart.

"What's wrong?" Su Peng asked.

Jiang Cheng said, "Nothing."

"By the way, you and Han Xiaoxun were on the show together—what was she like in person?"

"I saw her in the livestream and she looked quite pure; she really doesn't seem like a woman who's that messy behind the scenes."

"When you saw her in person, was she putting on an act in front of the camera?"

Jiang Cheng said, "Seeing her in person was pretty good."

Su Peng said, "Nowadays people really can't tell—there's nothing on the surface that shows it."

……

After having a meal together with Su Peng, Jiang Cheng went straight to the studio.

Chen Shu happened to be there as well.

Seeing Jiang Cheng approach, Chen Shu greeted him somewhat nervously.

"I'm just bored and came over to mess around."

Hearing Chen Shu say that, Jiang Cheng couldn't fail to understand it was an excuse.

Yesterday Chen Shu's song "Longing" blew up in the Entertainment Circle.

Today there will definitely be a lot of business coming Chen Shu's way.

Not to mention Chen Shu—even Ye Qing is swamped with work, receiving new messages in her email all the time.

But Jiang Cheng had already told Chu Siqi yesterday about these matters—ordinary commercial performances don't allow Ye Qing to participate.

The vast majority of these commercial performance gigs would only lower Ye Qing's value.

Now Ye Qing's former agent has also joined the studio, and Ye Qing's schedule can be completely handed over to her former agent, Chen Hong.

Moreover, he doesn't need Ye Qing to make quick money right now.

At this moment in the studio, Jiang Cheng looked at Chen Shu's anxious expression and said, "You weren't the one who said you wanted to join the studio, were you?"

"Now that you've become famous, if you still want to join, you can go to Chu Siqi for employment, with the same benefits as Ye Qing." Ye Qing's benefits when she first joined were a newcomer contract.

In the circle, you could say there's no prestige at all, and the studio's resources aren't many—just because this side has become popular, things have changed now; although the business hasn't been rolled out yet, the future is bright.

Chen Shu didn't even think, excitedly raising his head to ask, "Can I really do that?"

Jiang Cheng said, "Go ahead and join."

He could tell that Chen Shu genuinely wanted to join the studio.

Perhaps over the past ten years Chen Shu hadn't found any opportunity, but this time, thanks to Wang Qiangwei's recommendation, he saw a glimmer of hope, so compared to temporary compensation issues, he's thinking more about the path he can take.

And the path he wants to take, Jiang Cheng can give him, so he has nothing to hesitate about.

Chen Shu, this older sister, went happily to find Chu Siqi to join.

Jiang Cheng asked Ye Qing, "Do you have time? Help me with something."

Ye Qing said, "What's up, boss?"

She seemed very eager, because the boss rarely asks her to do anything.

!

Jiang Cheng said, "You should have plenty of contact info for those contestants, right? Help me ask for Han Xiaoxun's contact details—I have something to discuss with her."

"Sure." Ye Qing immediately took out her phone.

But Chen Shu, who was in the middle of talking with Chu Siqi, raised his head and said, "Boss, I have Han Xiaoxun's contact information—I added her backstage during the show."

Jiang Cheng took Han Xiaoxun's phone number from Chen Shu, dialed it, and the phone was turned off.

…

The next day.

Jiang Cheng received the video and materials Su Peng sent him, all concerning the male student he met yesterday in the cafeteria.

That male student is named Ma Zheke, a sophomore at Modu University.

After Jiang Cheng finished checking the information in the studio, he said to Chu Siqi, "Do you have time to accompany me on a trip?"

Chu Siqi was tapping on the keyboard while eating snacks.

To be snacking while working, and right in front of the boss—if this were any other company, one wouldn't even dare to think about it.

But Chu Siqi took it for granted.

She even felt that if she went to sleep in the next‑office bed, the boss wouldn't say anything, because the boss rarely assigns her work—once a week at most—and the rest of the time she finds things to do herself, or watches TV if there's nothing to do.

She raised her head and asked Jiang Cheng, "Where to?"

Jiang Cheng said, "Going to find Han Xiaoxun."

…

Given Jiang Cheng's performance in the program team, even if he doesn't know others, they know him, so this potential network is actually quite large.

Yesterday I wanted to give Han Xiaoxun a quick call, but her phone was off.

This is understandable, after all the negative publicity about Han Xiaoxun is still fermenting online; surely her phone has been blown up by calls.

So Jiang Cheng directly asked someone from the program team, found out that before participating in the show, Han Xiaoxun had been a resident singer at a bar in Modu; then Jiang Cheng also asked Su Peng, who used his friend connections to look up Han Xiaoxun's specific details.

From the people who recruited at the bar, they learned Han Xiaoxun's residence.

"When are we going to buy a car? Do you have any recommendations?" Jiang Cheng asked Chu Siqi in the car.

They took a taxi, because Chen Yongwang's broken minivan had already been returned by Chen Shu.

Chu Siqi said, "Let's buy a new‑energy vehicle—it's affordable and high‑spec!"

Soon the two arrived; downstairs from the building where Han Xiaoxun rents is an apartment block.

Jiang Cheng went up the stairs and knocked on Han Xiaoxun's door.

Then he saw the peephole on the door flicker, and shortly afterward the door opened.

The one who opened the door was Han Xiaoxun herself; at that moment her eyes were red and swollen, and her face was puffy.

"Chengge, how did you guys come?" Han Xiaoxun asked. (End of chapter)