CH 45

With an air of confusion at first, Chu Lu greeted Ren Shuhan respectfully before skillfully maneuvering around the wheelchair to reach Qu Chong’s side.

“Brother Jiang just said he’s going to find Shi Xi, but I don’t know where he went. However, Shi Xi will definitely be back after a while,” After all, he still had his things in here. Qu Chong replied to Chu Lu. He then turned to Ren Shuhan and asked, “Uncle Han, are you looking for Brother Jiang? Should I guide you to find him?”

Although Jiang Qingyue was avoiding Ren Shuhan, Qu Chong naturally wanted to help his future boss.

Ren Shuhan was left speechless for a moment:

Suddenly, everyone is calling me “Uncle.” I’m not used to it.

When my wife calls me that, it’s playful, but when you all do, it just makes me feel old! Ren Shuhan had just transitioned from the campus scene. Just yesterday, he left the campus, still youthful and fresh. Today, he’s overseeing the business world from a higher vantage point, quite a drastic change.

But there’s nothing to be done. He’s of a higher generation, isn’t he? So he’ll bear with it. He might as well help Chu Lu too.

“If Qingyue is certain to come, then we’ll wait for him here,” Ren Shuhan said to Chu Lu again. “You’re also Qingyue’s friend, right? I remember him mentioning you. Your qualities are good. How about joining Little Chong to become an artist under my company?”

Chu Lu was greatly shocked: “Really?”

Isn’t this  like a pie falling from the sky?

Although he often boasts outside, Chu Lu knows well that his relationship with Jiang Qingyue is quite ordinary, and it’s because of his own efforts. Now that he’s disrupting Jiang Qingyue’s relationship, he’s even afraid that Jiang Qingyue will be angry with him. That’s why he’s been looking for Jiang Qingyue everywhere today, wanting to act a bit to calm things down.

But now that he thinks about it, Jiang Qingyue isn’t really his type. Why did he care so much? He clearly has a boyfriend, yet he’s still pursuing him?

Chu Lu has relatively mainstream aesthetics. In terms of appearance, he prefers the type that Ren Shuhan represents – tall with broad shoulders and a somewhat heroic face.

But after chasing Jiang Qingyue for a long time, Chu Lu also thought that a beautiful top… is also acceptable.

Anyway, that’s not important. What’s important is to seize the opportunity.

Everyone is an adult, living their everyday lives. They don’t have time to enact dramatic scenes of passionate love. The first thing that comes to mind is always interest. Chu Lu quickly caught onto Ren Shuhan’s lifeline, expressing his gratitude profusely.

“I’ll let Wen Xin come in. You can go ahead and sign the contract. Then, let her directly talk to the person in charge today,”

Ren Shuhan said as he messaged Wenxin, who was waiting outside the door, instructing her to draft an electronic contract temporarily so that the two actors could sign immediately.

Because the absence of two models at the press conference isn’t a big deal. What matters is getting these people under his control. Once Ren Shuhan leaves, and the shield disappears, he won’t worry about losing control. He can use work as a reason to manage their time.

“After you sign, you can leave,” Ren Shuhan said. “There’s no need to walk the runway show today. I’ll wait here for Qingyue. Wen Xin, you stay by the door. When Qingyue comes back, hold him down and bring him over to me.”

He was going to catch his wife.

Qu Chong became even more certain of his speculation and said, “I’ll keep you company.”

Chu Lu didn’t want to leave either. He was waiting for Jiang Qingyue. “I actually need to explain something to Brother Jiang. I’ll wait for him with you.”

Ren Shuhan: No need, really.

Do you think I need so many people to catch my wife?

But thinking about what the system said, the more supporting characters there are, the weaker the protagonist’s halo becomes. With these two here, it might be easier to catch his wife a bit. Ultimately, Ren Shuhan didn’t refuse.

However, the first person that came was Shi Xi.

As Shi Xi entered the room, his whole body shivered in fear.

Shit, why are there so many people in this room!

It was just a small dressing room. Including him, there were five people, all over 1.8 meters tall. There was also a wheelchair taking up a lot of space. And Wen Xin had been hiding behind the door, ready to catch Jiang Qingyue. It was truly quite frightening.

But this also made it easier for Ren Shuhan to weaken the protagonist’s halo. Even if Chu Lu hadn’t discovered the secret of the shielding field, he was still close beside Ren Shuhan.

“What are you all doing?” Shi Xi was very displeased. “This is my dressing room.”

Normally, Chu Lu would tease him with a “Oops, sorry, we’re just using it for a little bit.” But now, he couldn’t be bothered to respond to him at all.

Shi Xi felt like there was a trap.

In front of Ren Shuhan, Chu Lu should be acting pitiful. Otherwise, how could he show that he was resented but not competing with the rest of the world?

“Are you still waiting for Jiang Qingyue?” Shi Xi reminded Chu Lu to act as a green tea b*tch. “Then you can wait outside. Except for Brother Qu, all of you should leave quickly. Don’t delay me changing.”

Why should they?

That wouldn’t happen with Ren Shuhan.

“You clearly know who I am. The entire press conference is arranged by XYZ Company, of which I hold 60% of the shares. Now I’m using the room for a little while and I still have to listen to your arrangements?”

Ren Shuhan thought: If it weren’t for fearing your halo’s counterattack, I’d tell you to get lost right now.

Shi Xi had no response, so he could only say, “If you want to use it, go ahead. But Chu Lu, let me advise you. Just because you love to stir up trouble, doesn’t mean everyone does. You can freely try to seduce my ex, but I suggest you not show off your affection in front of me because I simply don’t care.”

With this statement, first of all, Ren Shuhan could understand clearly that Chu Lu was the third party.

Then it showed that he was indifferent to his ex, expressing an independent spirit through his carefree words, emphasizing his laid-back slacker persona once again.

Last but not least, he vividly shows his innocence and unpretentiousness—

That’s right, I’m still a little shou who has never truly been in love, Shi Xi thought, a pure white one, how rare!

Although things didn’t go smoothly yesterday and he had misunderstood him. Today, he will know that he’s a pure male college student. Can the disabled dog-like man start obsessively heading toward his own cremation ground?

Ren Shuhan: Are you insulting my wife?

You’re dead.

“You were in a relationship with him for seven years and you say you’re not into this? Are you blind?” Even before Ren Shuhan could say anything, Chu Lu couldn’t stand it and started firing back. “I think you’re the one stirring up trouble here. Sure, it’s not your fault that some things happened, but it’s definitely on you to come out and start insulting others. Let me give you a piece of advice, it’s better for you to not open your mouth in the future, because it’s easy to destroy your cold flower image.”

Shi Xi was really angry, and he waited for a while…

Qu Chong and Ren Shuhan didn’t even bother to help him!

Actually, in the original work, there was something similar to the present scene. Ren Shuhan came to him, and he heard Chu Lu’s attack. Qu Chong had spoken up for him, and Ren Shuhan had felt sorry for him that was bullied by his ex. He thought that Shi Xi would really need his help.

But now, Qu Chong didn’t speak up for him, and Shi Xi really wanted to pry open his mouth: Just hurry up and protect me!

I shared my private room with you, what was it for?

He had been tending to him for a thousand days, how come it didn’t work at that time!

He doesn’t know  that right now, all Qu Chong is thinking is: “….”

Nothing.

Qu Chong was trying to empty his head and didn’t want to face the black history of “I like Shi Xi” (And in fact, this was read word by word by Ren Shuhan)

He had always been very sensible since he was a child, and he was always very strict with himself. This time, he could only say that he was really glad that he didn’t say anything embarrassing in his love-muddled mind. “I want to be a knight who silently guards Shi Xi” or “Shi Xi, I will always wait for you, no matter what” –Just what were these embarrassing speeches! Disappear, disappear, disappear…

Qu Chong: As long as I pretend I don’t know Shi Xi, it won’t catch up to me when I’m embarrassed.

Then the five people in the room were quiet for such a long time that it turned into a very awkward silence.

Until Shi Xi couldn’t help it anymore.

Even if he collapsed, he can get up again. Shi Xi reminded himself of his own pure personality and decided to refute Chu Lu’s words: “I talked with him for seven years, but nothing…”

“You were just trying, you’ve never been interested in him, have you?”

Chu Lu was laughing, thinking, again?

Weren’t these words repeated once more? He was really going with this? Was he really an actor? If a novelist dared to write lines like this, he would really doubt their writing abilities.

“Then why are you still hanging out with him? Are you some kind of b*tch? This is getting tiring.” Chu Lu appeared bored as he looked at his nails. “I’ll tell you the truth, I don’t really like Brother Jiang that way! He’s not really my type, and at first I just wanted to become his buddy. But when I saw how pitiful he was being stringed by you, I tried to break you up and save him from all that suffering.”

Shi Xi: …

Can’t win.

But luckily, Shi Xi thought, both Chu Lu and Ren Shuhan like me. They won’t doubt me because of Chu Lu’s nonsense. As long as I’ve emphasized what I wanted to, which is that I never actually liked Jiang Qingyue, these two men should be ecstatic.

Chu Lu’s rank is too high, and both of you are very straightforward, Shi Xi thought. You can’t help me in a fight, but if you directly use action to slap him in the face, that works too.

But you must make his face swell up! Shi Xi was prepared. He could already envision Chu Lu being expelled from the program and kicked out of school.

And then there was another moment of silence.

Ren Shuhan had been furrowing his brows the whole time, his eyes closed.

Shi Xi: Hmm, that was the calm before the storm.

Let the storm come even stronger, dog man!

Then suddenly Ren Shuhan said, “He’s here!”

Wen Xin immediately closed the door and hid behind it.

Shi Xi: ?

Jiang Qingyue’s voice came from outside the door, “Shi Xi?”

Shi Xi: Huh???

Jiang Qingyue opened the door and Wen Xin immediately grabbed his clothes, lifting him up and depositing him onto Ren Shuhan’s lap.

Shi Xi, Chu Lu, Qu Chong: “????”

Jiang Qingyue ended up seated on Ren Shuhan’s thighs. Ren Shuhan immediately encircled him with his arms, holding him close, saying, “I’ll be leaving now.”

Jiang Qingyue: “O口O?”

Wen Xin maneuvered the wheelchair, not looking to the side, and with a serious expression, pushed the two of them out the door, taking an internal passage with not many people to get to the car and go home as planned.

But after just a few steps, Ren Shuhan stopped her. “Wait.”

Ren Shuhan: “…You two don’t need to follow me.”

Qu Chong, who was right behind him: “I’ll see you off!”

And Chu Lu, who was following closely: “Brother Jiang! Can I…save you?”

Jiang Qingyue blinked slowly, murmuring to himself in a tone of questioning life: “Huh? Why do I feel like I’ve fallen in love with you again…”

“Is that true?” Qu Chong finally believed it. “Uncle Shuhan, save me, don’t leave me hanging!”

Ren Shuhan was full of black lines1It’s those lines in anime/manga that appear when a character is in a pinch or depressed.

Damn, I can’t shake them off!

This arc is different from the other, and it’s really amusing me. The entire cast is literally sharing a single brain cell haha!

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