Chapter 141 The person she sets her sights on, she protects.
This time, they chose a coffee shop a little further away.
It was still the place Chen Ziyan booked.
The main reason was that Su Su and Yuan Yi had an incident there last time, which Chen Ziyan felt was a bad omen.
Lu Yanhe walked for fifteen minutes before arriving at the place Chen Ziyan had found.
This is a Western restaurant.
As Lu Yanhe was leaving the classroom, Chen Ziyan took a picture of the menu and showed it to him, asking him what to eat.
By the time Lu Yanhe arrived, the food had already been served.
On a weekday at lunchtime, the Western restaurant wasn't crowded.
Chen Ziyan wore a fitted suit and lipstick today, looking more capable than the last time we met.
She smiled slightly when she saw Lu Yanhe.
"sit."
Lu Yanhe sat down.
"Let's eat first, then we can talk," Chen Ziyan said. "I haven't had lunch yet, and I'm very hungry."
“Okay.” Lu Yanhe nodded and picked up his knife and fork.
After finishing her meal, Chen Ziyan wiped her mouth with a napkin.
Lu Yanhe also put down his knife and fork.
Chen Ziyan told him, "I've been sitting here all morning, meeting people. Since everyone knows I'm back, they've been sending me people, wanting me to see if I'm interested in managing them. I've been thinking, after managing so many big-name artists, does this job as a manager still have any new meaning for me?"
Lu Yanhe looked at her with suspicion, not understanding why she was telling him all this.
"Then I kept thinking about the two pieces you sent me last night." Chen Ziyan looked at him. "Are these your recent creations?"
“It’s not something I’ve been working on for a long time, but I only formally wrote it down this time just to meet you,” Lu Yanhe said.
"You are very honest."
"Well, I'm just an ordinary, unknown, no-name celebrity," Lu Yanhe smiled. "I have nothing but honesty."
"You can also create your own works, right?" Chen Ziyan said. "That's a very rare and precious ability."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said frankly, "But a thoroughbred horse needs a discerning eye. Without you as my agent, it might take me a long time for others to see... my talents."
Even as he uttered the word "talent," Lu Yanhe still felt an indescribable sense of shame.
“But I know that if you’re willing to mentor me and give me a year, you can make me famous and let me make money for you.” Lu Yanhe overcame this embarrassment and continued, “Making an artist famous is easy for you, and making money is easy for you too, but this is something I’ve thought about for a long time, and it’s something I can promise now and do.”
A hint of interest appeared in Chen Ziyan's calm eyes.
"I hope you can be my manager. I've given you everything I can to try and win you over." Lu Yanhe's sincere gaze gently fell into Chen Ziyan's eyes.
"Okay." Chen Ziyan nodded.
Lu Yanhe was taken aback.
"ah?"
“I said yes,” Chen Ziyan said. “Actually, I had already made up my mind when I first asked you out, but I wanted to see how you would react if I hesitated. To be honest, you gave me an even bigger surprise. I didn’t expect you to have such creative abilities.”
Lu Yanhe looked at her in disbelief.
"You had already decided to bring me along?"
"Otherwise, why do you think I would come all the way to your school to see you? Do you think I have so much free time?" Chen Ziyan laughed. "You are a very smart boy, but sometimes you are more naive than I imagined."
Lu Yanhe didn't know what to say.
After all the hard work and preparations I've put in for so long, you're telling me you already decided to take me along?
Chen Ziyan said, "Let's not tell anyone about me taking you under my wing for now. I don't plan to get you any work before your college entrance exam is over. Let your contract with Xingyu end smoothly, and then we'll sign a new one."
Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan in surprise.
"Sign a new one?"
"Hmm." Chen Ziyan nodded. "What, do you still want to keep the old contract and get your share?"
The original contract stipulated a 2:8 profit split, with him owning 2% and the company 8%.
Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan in surprise, not expecting that she would even change his contract.
"oh."
Chen Ziyan: "In the coming period, you should focus on preparing for the exam and not think about anything else. If you can get into a top-tier university, then I'll have the first topic I've been working on for you."
"Straight A student?"
"Don't try to insult me with Zhou Ping'an's clichéd methods," Chen Ziyan said. "What I'm going to promote is a topic about how washed-up idols can make a comeback through their own efforts. The 'academic genius' persona can crumble, but the comeback is the eternal protagonist. Going from the bottom of your grade to the top 100, from a vocational college level to a top university, you'll become the first star in the entire entertainment industry to have the halo of a comeback. There aren't many academic geniuses in the entertainment industry, but there are still some. However, there has never been a star who made a comeback starting in their senior year of high school and got into a top university."
Lu Yanhe remained silent after hearing Chen Ziyan's words. He could only conclude that Chen Ziyan indeed possessed unusual ideas and methods.
Chen Ziyan drove Lu Yanhe to the entrance of No. 13 Middle School.
"Keep up the good work," Chen Ziyan said.
"Okay." Lu Yanhe unbuckled his seatbelt. "Thank you."
After getting out of the car, Lu Yanhe turned around, waved to the people inside, and walked towards the school gate.
Perhaps because he felt at ease, he felt much more relaxed.
I am no longer so anxious about the future.
-
The classroom was bustling with activity.
Before Lu Yanhe even stepped inside, he heard a cacophony of discussion, as loud as boiling water.
He walked in, puzzled, and saw a group of people whispering to each other.
"What happened?" Lu Yanhe asked Li Pengfei.
Li Pengfei seemed to be lost in thought, frowning and looking down, not hearing Lu Yanhe's voice.
Lu Yanhe had no choice but to wave his hand in front of Li Pengfei.
"Hey."
Li Pengfei snapped out of his daze and looked at him.
"Oh, Lao Lu, you're back."
"What's wrong with you? Why are you so distracted?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Li Pengfei looked around, took out his phone, searched for something, and then showed his phone screen to Lu Yanhe.
“You’ll see when you see it,” Li Pengfei said.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe picked up Li Pengfei's phone to take a look.
It's a post from a Baidu Tieba forum.
Lu Yanhe quickly realized that this was the post that had been the talk of the class in the past few days.
The one who said there were two people in their class secretly dating.
Upon closer inspection, Lu Yanhe discovered that the person who created the post had updated it at noon today, writing: Although not many people know about this secret couple, the boy once gave the girl a pair of pink gloves.
Wait, pink gloves?
This is not—
Lu Yanhe suddenly came to his senses. The gloves that Li Pengfei bought for Xu Zijun before were pink gloves, weren't they?
He looked at Li Pengfei in surprise and asked, "Could it be that you and Xu Zijun..."
A look of panic immediately appeared on Li Pengfei's face.
"How could that be? Don't talk nonsense!" He was a little nervous. "I'm already afraid that people will see this post and think it's about me and her."
"If neither of you did this, why would someone write it like this?"
"Who knows!" Li Pengfei said angrily, looking very angry. It was clear that he was indeed very dissatisfied with the matter.
There was absolutely nothing between him and Xu Zijun. If it weren't for her sister Xu Fanxing asking them to deliver a letter, he felt that he wouldn't have said a single word to Xu Zijun during his three years of high school.
Although he later sent Xu Zijun a pair of gloves, it was only because he had heard about Xu Zijun's situation and felt some sympathy for her, and he also saw that she had frostbite on her hands, so he sent them.
Now, however, people are spreading rumors about me online.
He really didn't want people to misunderstand that he was secretly dating Xu Zijun. He admitted that although he felt a little sorry for Xu Zijun, he absolutely did not want to be associated with her.
Seeing that he was angry, Lu Yanhe asked, "Then who else knows about you giving her a pair of gloves? Besides you and me."
“No, I didn’t tell anyone. Even Xu Zijun herself didn’t know it was me who sent it,” Li Pengfei said.
Lu Yanhe looked at him in shock, "Even she didn't know it was you who sent it?"
“Hmm.” Li Pengfei nodded. “One night, after everyone had left, I put the gloves in her drawer and left her a little note telling her it was for her.”
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Why don't you just send it directly?
Li Pengfei: "What if she doesn't accept it? We might as well just put it in her drawer."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
I don't know what to say.
"Is it a coincidence, or did someone know you gave Xu Zijun a glove and mistakenly think you two were secretly dating?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Li Pengfei: "Who would know that I gave Xu Zijun a glove? I didn't put it in her drawer in front of anyone. I already said that everyone had left by then."
Lu Yanhe's eyes flickered for a moment, then he asked, "Have you forgotten that someone secretly opened your package before?"
Li Pengfei looked shocked and then suddenly realized, "You mean the person who secretly opened my package?"
"The only people who knew there was a pair of pink gloves in your package were you, me, and the person who secretly opened it. Now someone is saying that this secret couple has a pair of pink gloves. It wasn't me, it wasn't you, it could only be him," Lu Yanhe said.
"Damn it, that bastard!" Li Pengfei cursed loudly as soon as he realized what had happened.
The others immediately looked over, staring at him with confusion.
Seeing this, Li Pengfei suppressed his temper again.
Lu Yanhe whispered, "This is actually a good thing. Originally, we would never have known who the person who secretly opened your package was, but now that person has finally come forward, it's an opportunity to catch him."
Li Pengfei said, "As long as I find out who this guy is, I'll beat him up! Damn it!"
Lu Yanhe: "Let's find the person first. This kind of person is really disgusting."
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The first step is to check the IP address.
When you post online, you will always leave a trace, unless you are a hacker master who can enter the online world as if it were his own and leave no trace.
How advanced can a high school student's hacking skills be?
However, hiding your real IP address doesn't require much skill; many high school students can do it.
Upon examining the poster's account IP address, it was found to be from the United States.
That's ridiculous, it's obviously fake.
If you can't find the IP address, then look for the traces that this person's ID has left on the internet.
However, this ID seems to be a newly registered ID with little valuable information.
After discussing it with Li Pengfei, Lu Yanhe decided to try to get some information out of this ID that night.
-
Lu Yanhe was in charge of the small talk.
He created a new account and sent a private message to the ID "Light": I am a student in Class 3. One of the couple you mentioned is not the one who was involved in a lot of trouble recently, is he?
Lu Yanhe asked this question directly.
He felt that only by adding some bait and pointing the clues to Xu Zijun would "Light" take the bait.
Xu Zijun was one of the people in their class who had been involved in a lot of trouble recently.
Sure enough, "Light" replied to him thirty minutes later: You know who it is too?
Lu Yanhe smiled and replied to "Light": I secretly saw them giving gifts, so I was shocked when I saw your post. At that time, I was the only one outside the classroom, and the two of them were the only ones inside.
"Light" said: I learned about this from somewhere else, but who are you?
Lu Yanhe rolled his eyes and said, "We're all anonymous. I won't ask who you are, and you shouldn't ask who I am either. You know how barbaric Li Pengfei is. If he finds out and mistakenly thinks I posted it online, he might beat you up."
There was a long silence on the other end of the line, “Light”, before he said: You’re right.
Lu Yanhe laughed. "Light" admitted that one of the parties involved was Li Pengfei.
Considering the previous mention of "someone involved in many troubles," it seems it's no coincidence that the secret couple "Light" is referring to is Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun.
Lu Yanhe continued: I really didn't expect that the two of them would actually get together.
"Light" said: What's so strange about that? A barbarian and a fat woman, a match made in heaven.
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but frown.
This person's words were extremely offensive.
Who in the class usually speaks like this?
Luo Zicheng?
The first person that came to his mind was Luo Zicheng.
In fact, when Lu Yanhe learned that this matter was targeting Li Pengfei, he wondered if the person was Luo Zicheng.
After all, Li Pengfei had punched him before.
Luo Zicheng is petty and holds grudges.
How can we make him give himself away?
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and sent him a message: Do you know why Li Pengfei likes Xu Zijun?
“Light”: Why?
Lu Yanhe said: You don't know? Never mind, I'm not going to talk to you about it.
“Light”: ?
"Light": Can you please stop trying to cover it up?
Lu Yanhe said: I thought you knew, but I didn't expect you didn't. So I won't say anything. What if you spread it and Li Pengfei suspects that I said it and beats me up? Wouldn't I die unjustly?
"Light": I definitely won't tell anyone.
Lu Yanhe: Didn't you post anonymously on Tieba? You have no credibility whatsoever.
"Light": Who said that? I didn't promise to keep it a secret. They let me find out about it, and now they won't let me tell you? I swear I'll keep this a secret. Why does Li Pengfei like Xu Zijun? Tell me!
-
Lu Yanhe has logged off.
People's appetites always need to be whetted a little before they grow bigger.
He took screenshots of all the chats and sent them to Li Pengfei: "Control your emotions first, don't alert them."
Li Pengfei: I knew it was this bastard! Damn it!
Lu Yanhe: It's not surprising that it's him. You know he harbors resentment towards you and has always wanted to take revenge.
Li Pengfei: I really want to kick him. How can there be such a disgusting person in the world? Damn, he's really disgusting. I can't control my anger.
Lu Yanhe: Wait until I expose his true colors and provide evidence that he's spreading rumors before you get angry.
Li Pengfei: What do you plan to do?
Lu Yanhe: I haven't decided yet. Let's give him some space. He'll definitely be thinking about why you like Xu Zijun tonight.
Li Pengfei: Your trick was quite underhanded. I thought you were a decent person, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning. You tricked him out of his predicament with just a few words.
Lu Yanhe smiled slightly: This can't really be called being mean; it's just using a little bit of wisdom.
Li Pengfei: You're getting cocky just because I said you're fat.
Lu Yanhe: I'm going to read now, I'll talk to you later.
Li Pengfei: Hmm.
Lu Yanhe reminded him again: Don't lose your temper and go to Luo Zicheng, he definitely won't admit it now.
Li Pengfei: Okay, I know. It won't stop you from continuing to scam him.
-
The next day, the first thing Li Pengfei did upon arriving at school was to find Lu Yanhe.
He looked impatient and asked, "Have you figured out how to make Luo Zicheng give himself away?"
“I’ve thought it through, but we need to resolve the pink gloves issue first,” Lu Yanhe said. “Otherwise, once everyone finds out that you and Xu Zijun are the main characters in this whole thing, even if you deny it and explain that Luo Zicheng is deliberately spreading rumors and making up stories, people won’t really believe you. You were the one who gave her the gloves. If you had given them to her openly and honestly in front of everyone, without hiding it, instead of letting this post circulate, there wouldn’t be so much room for speculation. If people find out, you’ll be fine, but Xu Zijun will definitely be gossiped about and ridiculed again. She’s already been involved in too much of this kind of controversy. Let’s not let her hard-won stable grades be ruined again.”
Li Pengfei nodded.
“Fortunately, there are quite a few girls in our class who wear pink gloves, so no one has suspected Xu Zijun yet,” Lu Yanhe said. “We have two choices: either keep it a secret, or tell the whole class that you gave Xu Zijun a pink glove. But we need to find a way to let everyone know that you two have absolutely no romantic relationship, so that no one will think about you two, or even if they do, they won’t believe it. But that’s probably impossible.”
Li Pengfei shook his head: "I don't know what to choose either. You decide. As long as this matter can be resolved, that's fine."
The two men looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lu Yanhe pondered for a moment, then whispered, "Then do this later..."
-
After the second class ended, Li Pengfei deliberately walked over to Xu Zijun.
As Li Pengfei passed Xu Zijun's desk, he suddenly said loudly, "Xu Zijun, where are the gloves your sister asked me to bring you? I ran into her at the school gate again this morning. She asked me to remind you that you have frostbite on your hands and to remember to wear gloves."
Xu Zijun stared at Li Pengfei in shock, her face blank with disbelief, as if she hadn't quite grasped the situation.
Jiang Haitian and Ying Hetian exclaimed "Oh!" when they heard Li Pengfei deliberately speak loudly, and asked, "Brother Fei, when did you see Sister Xu Zijun again?"
"About two or three weeks ago," Li Pengfei said without changing his expression.
"Really? Fei-ge, is that post on Tieba about you and Xu Zijun?" Li Cui immediately turned around, her eyes gleaming with gossip, and asked.
"What the hell? You're saying Xu Zijun and I are secretly dating? There's a limit to how much you can lie." Li Pengfei denied it, looking speechless.
Li Pengfei appeared completely at ease, but Xu Zijun blushed and lowered her head when she was suddenly brought up.
However, at this moment, Luo Zicheng suddenly looked at Li Pengfei with a mocking expression and said, "This is too much of a coincidence."
When Li Pengfei saw Luo Zicheng appear, he immediately glared at him.
"I advise you to shut up and stop spouting nonsense. Wasn't the punch I gave you last time enough?"
“你心虚了吗？”罗子程这一次却仿佛胸有成竹，一点不怕李鹏飞揍他，说：“按照你说的，徐子君她姐姐托你给徐子君送手套这事都两个星期了，你今天突然冒出来说这件事，不奇怪吗？难道不是怕那个发帖子的人爆料出你和徐子君的名字，所以故意先找个借口，把自己给徐子君送手套的事情摘清楚吗？”
When Luo Zicheng stood up and started to speak, everyone subconsciously felt resistance and disgust, but his words resonated with some of them.
Even though no one liked Luo Zicheng, his words still swayed everyone.
Are Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun really secretly dating?
Everyone looked at the two people and felt that they really didn't look alike.
Li Pengfei looked at Luo Zicheng speechlessly: "You're really good at making up stories. It seems that post on the internet was also made up by you, right?"
Luo Zicheng naturally denied it.
"That has nothing to do with me."
"Hehe," Li Pengfei said, "If I were really dating Xu Zijun, that would be one thing, but the problem is I'm not. The person who posted the thread didn't say that the two people were me and Xu Zijun. How can you be so sure it's us?"
Luo Zicheng immediately said, "That's because you suddenly appeared and said you gave Xu Zijun a pair of gloves. That's very suspicious."
"Oh, so it's suspicious that I gave Xu Zijun a pair of gloves? Lao Lu, you were with me when I met Sister Xu Zijun. You were there when I gave Xu Zijun the gloves. You're suspicious too. Were you secretly seeing Xu Zijun behind my back?"
Lu Yanhe looked up, seemingly not having noticed what they had just been saying at all. "Huh?"
Li Pengfei scoffed, looking at Luo Zicheng with disdain.
Luo Zicheng said, "Of course Lu Yanhe won't object to what you say."
Lu Yanhe smiled.
"Brother Fei, why is Luo Zicheng targeting you again?" He casually twirled a pen between his fingers.
Li Pengfei said, "This idiot insists that the secret couple mentioned on the forum is me and Xu Zijun."
Lu Yanhe: "Are the reasons they're using against you this time so ridiculous?"
"That's right."
Lu Yanhe suddenly laughed, "Hey Fei, did Luo Zicheng orchestrate this all by writing this post just to spread rumors about you today?"
Li Pengfei: "Who knows?"
Lu Yanhe said, "That day when you gave Xu Zijun the gloves, I was the only one there. Even Xu Zijun wasn't there. You just threw the gloves and the letter her sister wrote to her into her drawer. There was no one else around. If the couple in this post is you and Xu Zijun, then I have to say that this person is targeting you. He must have seen you take a pink glove into the classroom, and then two days later he saw Xu Zijun wearing the pink glove you had taken before, so he assumed that you two must be dating."
Li Pengfei: "I think it's that dog Luo Zicheng targeting me; he does nothing but awful things all day long."
Luo Zicheng was so angry that his face turned red.
"Don't make false accusations!"
"Then you dare take out your phone, open your Baidu Tieba account, and see if your ID is 'Light'!" Li Pengfei pointed at Li Pengfei. "Everyone has seen that post, including you. Don't tell me you don't have an account. Open the Tieba app now and show me your ID!"
The situation suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse and underwent a tremendous change.
Everyone had initially thought Luo Zicheng's words made sense, and that there seemed to be some ambiguity between Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun. However, after Li Pengfei's confident and completely unashamed attitude, everyone's attention turned to Luo Zicheng.
"Luo Zicheng, why don't you take out your phone and check?" Jiang Haitian, as Li Pengfei's good friend, had been watching the drama unfold with great interest, but when it came down to it, he still had to step in and put Luo Zicheng down on Li Pengfei's behalf.
Luo Zicheng's face turned bright red, and he remained motionless under everyone's watchful eyes.
He's been forced into a corner.
Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei had discussed all this for this final moment.
To prove that Luo Zicheng is "Light," unless he himself is as stupid as Chu Saiying and exposes himself, the only way is to force him to reveal it through this method.
Luo Zicheng's voice trembled: "What right do you have to look at my phone? This is my privacy!"
“Who wants to see your phone? Just open your Baidu Tieba app now and show us your ID,” Li Pengfei said. “You’re afraid to show your ID? Are you feeling guilty?”
He returned the question Luo Zicheng had just asked him.
Lu Yanhe thought it was about time. He didn't think he could force Luo Zicheng to reveal his ID. This was exactly the effect he wanted.
He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's boring."
Li Pengfei shrugged and said to the girl in front of him, "Xu Zijun, Luo Zicheng said we're dating. It seems we should keep our distance from each other in the future, otherwise we'll be sitting at home when trouble comes knocking on our heads. If Teacher Liu really misunderstands that I've ruined her prized student, I'll be beaten to death."
After saying that, Li Pengfei clicked his tongue twice, gave Luo Zicheng a disdainful look, and returned to his seat.
Luo Zicheng felt his face burning, and that feeling of shame and anger surged up in his heart again.
Old grudges and new hatreds intertwined in his heart.
Everyone was talking about it, but Xu Zijun kept her head down and didn't react at all.
-
Li Pengfei sent a message to Lu Yanhe: Do you think Luo Zicheng will take the bait?
Lu Yanhe: We've pushed him to this point and he still won't take the bait, so there's nothing we can do about it.
Li Pengfei: He must be itching to know from you right now why I like Xu Zijun.
Lu Yanhe: Let it dry for now, we'll talk about it tonight.
Lu Yanhe has absolutely no sympathy for someone like Luo Zicheng now.
He thought the package contained pornographic magazines, so he secretly opened Li Pengfei's package. It seems this guy has never given up on his evil intentions and is trying every means to embarrass Li Pengfei and get revenge on him.
Lu Yanhe reminded Li Pengfei: "But shouldn't you go and explain to Xu Zijun? She finally knows today that the gloves were given to her by you."
Li Pengfei: Don't worry, as soon as you told me about the plan, I went to tell her about it after the first class and asked her to cooperate with me.
Lu Yanhe: That's fine then.
Lu Yanhe was suddenly stunned. Wait, when did this guy get so close to Xu Zijun? He told her to cooperate, and she immediately did?
Xu Zijun didn't say a word just now, letting Li Pengfei do as he pleased. Thinking about it carefully, it's a bit strange.
He glanced at Li Pengfei with a somewhat strange expression.
"What?" Li Pengfei asked.
"It's nothing." Lu Yanhe shook his head.
-
At 8 p.m., Lu Yanhe logged onto Tieba.
Sure enough, "Light" had sent him seven or eight messages, asking him why he didn't stand up for Li Pengfei and Lu Yanhe when they lied today.
Lu Yanhe smiled and replied, "How could I dare to step forward? Besides, Li Pengfei already said that he was only entrusted by Xu Zijun's sister to deliver gloves to her. Maybe I really made a mistake? But..."
The use of "but" here is truly masterful.
"Light" replied immediately: Yesterday you said that when you saw Li Pengfei giving Xu Zijun gloves, there were only the two of them in the classroom. Today, Li Pengfei said that Lu Yanhe was also there. Isn't that lying? Why would he lie if he wasn't guilty?
Lu Yanhe continued to play his role: Sigh, that's true...
“Light”: You said yesterday that you know why Li Pengfei likes Xu Zijun. You must know something. How can you tell me?
Lu Yanhe remained silent and did not reply.
"Light": Just tell me what you want in exchange, and I'll agree to anything!
Lu Yanhe still did not return.
"Light": Don't back down! I will absolutely not involve you in this matter. Don't worry, I don't even know who you are.
Lu Yanhe: Are you determined to make Li Pengfei pay the price?
"Light": Of course! I'm going to let everyone see his true colors!
Lu Yanhe: His true colors? He's just secretly dating Xu Zijun, right? Although he's a bit savage, he's not as bad as you say.
"Light": Hehe, you don't understand him at all. He just does whatever he wants because his family is rich. Look how many classmates he has bullied!
Lu Yanhe: So what do you want to do?
"Light": I want Teacher Liu to know what he's been doing. Now even Teacher Liu thinks he's improved and is studying hard every day. He's fooling everyone! Actually, he's just using this as a cover for his relationship with Xu Zijun. Once Teacher Liu finds out that Li Pengfei is dating Xu Zijun, he'll definitely see through his true colors. Xu Zijun is someone who can get into a top university; Teacher Liu won't allow him to date her. His father will definitely be called to the school then.
"..." Lu Yanhe suddenly felt that Luo Zicheng had a serious case of fantasy disorder. No matter what happened, he could imagine Li Pengfei in the most negative and worst possible situation. He could even turn something that had nothing to do with a novel.
Was the shadow cast on him by Li Pengfei really that big? Why would he hate Li Pengfei to this extent?
Lu Yanhe felt that it was about time, so he said: Okay, I know that Li Pengfei wrote a love letter to Xu Zijun and put it in her Chinese textbook. He was going to give it to Xu Zijun in the next couple of days. If you can get that love letter, you can prove that Li Pengfei is lying.
“Light”: ? ? ? How do you know this? You're not kidding me, are you?
Lu Yanhe: Believe it or not, I'm going to delete my account.
After saying that, he logged off.
-
Lu Yanhe believed that, given the shock Luo Zicheng had suffered in this matter, he would definitely try to find that love letter in order to get revenge on Li Pengfei.
However, what awaited him was certainly not a love letter.
He called Li Pengfei and told him that the hook had been cast and they were just waiting for Luo Zicheng to take it.
Li Pengfei said, "Do you think he will take the bait? What if he is too cautious and refuses to act? Then all our efforts will have been in vain."
“If he’s really too cautious and unwilling to take action, then we’ll just have to let it go,” Lu Yanhe said. “Anyway, after today’s commotion, people definitely won’t believe Luo Zicheng’s claims anymore. He had a grudge against you and Xu Zijun before, so no one will believe him 100% no matter what he says.”
"Too."
"Besides, you and Xu Zijun weren't really together anyway, right?" Lu Yanhe asked.
“Of course,” Li Pengfei said immediately. “It’s unbelievable that Luo Zicheng thinks Xu Zijun and I are dating.”
“After all, he knew there was a pair of pink gloves in your package, and those gloves just happened to appear on Xu Zijun's hands a few days later. Connecting these things, it's hard not to misunderstand. But he's up to no good; he deliberately posted that on the school's online forum, trying to slowly shift the blame to you and Xu Zijun,” Lu Yanhe said. “He's even trying to get Teacher Liu to teach you a lesson. It's ridiculous and pointless. Even if Teacher Liu does teach you a lesson, what difference will it make? Haven't you been taught a lesson by Teacher Liu enough before?”
"He's obsessed now. He's jealous of my continuous progress and the repeated praise from Teacher Liu," Li Pengfei immediately said.
Lu Yanhe thought about it and felt that what Li Pengfei said might actually be true. The person Luo Zicheng hated the most in the class was definitely Li Pengfei. Putting everything else aside, that punch ruined Luo Zicheng's image in the class. Many classmates were laughing at him in private. It's not that people would laugh at someone who was hit, but rather that people look down on someone who usually puts on a very high and righteous image but is actually so cowardly.
What ruined Luo Zicheng's image wasn't the punch he took, but that day when he made everyone see his cowardly nature beneath his fierce exterior, and exposed his self-righteous hypocrisy.
Luo Zicheng believed that as long as Li Pengfei was publicly reprimanded and criticized by Teacher Liu, the image he had built up during this period would collapse.
But he didn't realize that while a person's image may be influenced by the opinions of those around them, ultimately it is still about what that person is like themselves.
When all the other students signed the joint letter except for him, he should have understood why. But perhaps he was deceiving himself, or perhaps he was unwilling to admit his own problem; he just couldn't figure it out.
-
It's already December, and the first semester of senior year is almost over. Lu Yanhe really doesn't want to waste his time and energy, but Li Pengfei is his friend, and Luo Zicheng is watching Li Pengfei like a venomous snake. Lu Yanhe feels that he has to help Li Pengfei solve this problem no matter what.
In particular, Lu Yanhe now has another suspicion. If that suspicion is true, then he needs to help Li Pengfei resolve this matter even more, and not let Luo Zicheng continue to add fuel to the fire.
Lin Yu and Chen Qin happened to return at that moment.
They all passed the independent enrollment process and received the conditions for admission with reduced scores, their faces beaming with joy.
When they returned, the other students were more or less envious.
This is an extra layer of insurance. The college entrance exam only happens once. If they don't perform well on the day of the exam, all the years of studying over the past ten years will be wasted. With this condition of lowering the admission score, even if they don't perform well, they can still get in.
Li Cui said, "Lin Yu and Chen Qin are really lucky. I heard that independent enrollment may be canceled starting next year."
"What?" Everyone else was surprised. "Really?"
“Really,” Li Cui said. “I heard that this matter is already being discussed. Many people feel that independent enrollment is unfair to many students, especially to candidates from economically underdeveloped areas.”
"Wow, if this year really is the last year of independent enrollment, Lin Yu and the others are so lucky."
"Come on, what does this have to do with luck? People get admitted through independent admissions based on their own abilities," Mei Ping said to the person whose tone was somewhat envious. "If you can get into the top fifty in your grade, you can have the same opportunity."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Lu Yanhe thought to himself that the independent enrollment system had already been abolished in the timeline before he traveled here.
Unexpectedly, they've also started preparing to cancel here.
It seems that although the modernization of these two times and spaces is very different, society is still developing in the same direction.
Suddenly, Li Pengfei patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder and said, "Shall we go to the convenience store?"
"Let's go." Lu Yanhe knew what Li Pengfei was planning, creating an opportunity for Luo Zicheng.
Since neither of them was in their seats, Luo Zicheng had the opportunity to search for love letters in his Chinese textbook.
Seeing Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei leave the classroom, Luo Zicheng's heart immediately began to stir.
There were many people in the classroom now, unlike last time when he went through Li Pengfei's express delivery box, there were hardly any people at the back of the classroom.
Was that person telling the truth or lying?
Luo Zicheng is still somewhat skeptical.
But if there really is a love letter inside, then he can prove that what he said is true!
Thinking about this, Luo Zicheng became excited.
He stood up and walked to the back of the classroom.
As soon as he stood up, many classmates immediately turned their attention to him.
Wherever Luo Zicheng went, he was the center of attention.
"..." He went to the back to get a glass of water and then came back.
-
Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei created several opportunities for Luo Zicheng, but Luo Zicheng made no move, which made the two of them start to wonder.
"how so?"
"He didn't take the bait."
"Could it be that he discovered something fishy, which is why he didn't take the bait?"
The two of them discussed it for a long time, but couldn't come up with anything, so they had to give up.
They didn't know that Luo Zicheng wasn't inactive; rather, because of what had happened before, his every move was being watched by his classmates, so he didn't dare to make any moves.
"So, we're just going to leave it at that?"
"If he doesn't take the bait, then we'll just have to let it go like this."
Li Pengfei was somewhat depressed.
Lu Yanhe comforted him: "It's okay. You performed very well that day. Now everyone believes what you say more. Nobody believes him."
Li Pengfei sighed.
"I'm still a little unwilling to accept that I didn't force him to admit that he is 'Light'."
-
December 20th.
Chen Ziyan came to see Lu Yanhe again.
This time, she found a new shop near the school and drove to pick him up directly at the school gate.
“I know you’re very busy right now, but you still need to relax sometimes,” Chen Ziyan said. “You studied until 1 a.m. again last night?”
"You watched my live stream?"
"Don't call me 'you' anymore."
"Then what should I shout?"
"what ever."
"Sister Ziyan?"
"OK."
Lu Yanhe gave an awkward "oh".
“I think you work even harder than Yan Liang,” Chen Ziyan said. “Everyone says that Yan Liang is the most hardworking member of your group, but that’s probably because many people don’t know you.”
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "I only started working hard after I decided to prepare for the college entrance examination. Yan Liang started working hard every day after participating in the competition."
Chen Ziyan nodded.
“You’re hardworking and humble, which are great qualities. I hate people who exaggerate their efforts and impress themselves,” Chen Ziyan said. “Last time you gave me the story of ‘Lost in Thailand,’ I had a professional screenwriter read it, and he gave it a very high rating, saying it was very suitable for adaptation into a movie script.”
Lu Yanhe thought to himself, "Of course, this story is based on a very good movie."
"Have you considered moving behind the scenes in the future? I see you can write songs and stories too," Chen Ziyan said.
Lu Yanhe immediately shook his head.
"My creative speed is very slow. If I had to rely on my creative work to support myself, I basically wouldn't be able to survive." Lu Yanhe is self-aware.
None of these things truly belong to him.
There will always be a day when it runs out.
Chen Ziyan: "Your creative ability is very strong, which will be of great benefit to your future development. Whether it's singing or acting, you need to have a good aesthetic sense and a good eye. Some people rely on talent, and some rely on learning. You obviously have talent, and you also work very hard in your studies. Now that you have a more solid foundation, you will be able to go further in the future."
"Um."
Lu Yanhe could tell that Chen Ziyan was sharing some of her life experiences with him.
"The entertainment industry is a particularly cruel place, but you don't feel it now because you are young. All the difficulties you are currently experiencing are due to Zhou Ping'an's obstruction of you. But one day when you come into contact with a wider world, you will also encounter broader difficulties. For example, a complex role that you cannot understand or play, which is a lost opportunity. Or a seemingly kind friend who is thinking of you might suddenly stab you in the back one day, turning your whole life upside down. This is a cruel betrayal. Or as you get older, your market continues to shrink, your opportunities become fewer and fewer, and you don't have enough ability to prolong the life of this career. You can only awkwardly continue to play roles that are not suitable for you, such as a handsome CEO in an idol drama, and then be criticized by the entire internet until no production company dares to use you again, and your career comes to an end."
Chen Ziyan drove her car into a parking lot and, with quick reflexes, snatched a parking space just as another car was coming from the opposite direction.
She moved quickly, but her expression remained unchanged.
“I know you won’t understand most of what I’m telling you now, but I still have to tell you because you need to know one thing: since I’ve decided to take you with me, everything I’m doing for you is for the long-term future. You may not understand, but you have to accept it.” After Chen Ziyan finished speaking, she turned off the engine. “We’re here. Get out of the car.”
Chen Ziyan's unquestionable attitude left Lu Yanhe somewhat dazed.
You may not understand, but you have to accept it.
This statement is somewhat similar to Zhou Ping'an's attitude; he never allows artists to defy his decisions.
However, even though Chen Ziyan said these words in such an unquestionable tone, he didn't find them unacceptable.
On the contrary, he felt that this was fine too.
“Sister Ziyan, although I’ve been in the industry for two and a half years, it’s really no different for me than not having debuted at all. I’m still a newcomer. You’re my manager, so I definitely trust you,” he said. “So, you don’t have to worry about me not listening to you. I will listen to you.”
Chen Ziyan paused, turned around, and looked at Lu Yanhe with some surprise.
Lu Yanhe smiled brightly.
"I know you mean well."
Chen Ziyan thought to herself, "Young people are just like that. They trust an agent they've only just met so easily."
They're so easy to fool.
What if she is another person like Zhou Ping'an?
Chen Ziyan turned her head, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
Up to this point, every reaction from Lu Yanhe has made her feel very comfortable.
Young people may be easy to fool, but she wouldn't stoop to fooling them like Zhou Ping'an did.
Since she has taken a liking to this person, she will protect him.
From now on, all demons and monsters can go to hell.
-
Chen Ziyan's sudden visit to Lu Yanhe today was certainly not for casual conversation.
Once they were seated in the restaurant, she got down to business.
“I have two things to tell you. The first is about your current live stream.” Chen Ziyan said, “Your live stream now has about two thousand simultaneous viewers. Because the theme of your live stream is very mainstream, the live streaming platform also puts it on the homepage recommendation from time to time to drive traffic to you. According to my prediction, by June next year, the number of viewers in your live stream will reach about 6,000 to 8,000. This number is not big for a live stream, but it is of great significance to you, or rather, it is of great significance to you starting your acting career again after the college entrance examination.”
Lu Yanhe looked at her in confusion, not understanding why she said that.
"Because your live stream is unique across the entire internet, you are now the only influential learning blogger," Chen Ziyan said. "That's the biggest significance. Coupled with the two banners you received before, your image will be very positive, and a very positive public image is very appealing to our partners."
Lu Yanhe then understood what Chen Ziyan wanted to say.
"Um."
“However, there are advantages and disadvantages. You have already embarked on the path of a hard-working academic star. Even if you don’t create this persona, others will create it for you, and your college entrance examination results will receive a lot of attention,” Chen Ziyan said. “Once you fail the exam, all the praise and approval you received in the early stages will turn into criticism.”
Lu Yanhe understood what Chen Ziyan meant and nodded.
"So, I hope that no matter what happens, you will not slack off. You must study hard and study diligently. Just going through the motions is not enough. You must get a really good score."
"Okay." So that's what it was about. Lu Yanhe nodded, feeling no psychological burden whatsoever, as this was something he himself had to do.
His target was still Zhenhua and Yuming, though no one believed him.
"The second thing is about your two works, 'Childhood' and 'Lost in Thailand'."
Chen Ziyan said, "I've already found someone to arrange the music for the song 'Childhood' for you, but the official recording will be after the college entrance examination. I plan to have you perform it at a gala. I'm just letting you know in advance that this song should not be released to the public yet."
"good."
"And what are your thoughts on the story of 'Lost in Thailand'?" Chen Ziyan asked.
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan, puzzled. "What do you mean, what do you think?"
"You wrote this story with the intention of adapting it into a film or television series, right?" Chen Ziyan asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Ziyan: "What I mean is, do you want to write this story into a script yourself, or do you want me to find a buyer, let them buy the copyright, and let others develop it?"
Lu Yanhe pondered for a moment and said, "I can't write scripts either."
Chen Ziyan said, "If you're not in a hurry to monetize this story, then I would suggest that you register the copyright for this story first. Don't rush to do what you do next. It would be a pity if you didn't play the lead role in this script. However, it's very difficult for you to get the lead role in a movie right now. Let's take it slowly."
"I'll listen to you, Sister Ziyan."
“Okay, then listen to me.” Chen Ziyan nodded. “This is your advantage. Remember to keep any good ideas you have. An artist with creative ability is a rare find.”
Lu Yanhe laughed, "Okay."
-
That evening, Lu Yanhe continued his live stream as usual.
After going live, Lu Yanhe talked to everyone about what he had been studying recently.
He habitually scrolled through the comments section to see what everyone was saying.
The "beautiful girl Lanlan" still hasn't appeared.
She hasn't shown up for several days.
Are you no longer interested in this live stream?
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Helan didn't come in until half an hour later.
She looked at the familiar face on the screen and couldn't help but smile.
Although Lu Yanhe still had no expression while reading, and mostly remained still with only his eyes occasionally twitching, Helan keenly sensed that Lu Yanhe seemed more relaxed and happy while reading today than before.
Did something good happen to him?
He Lan hasn't had time to watch Lu Yanhe's live stream these past few days.
She was confined to a training camp for the competition, and her phone was confiscated. She only got her phone back today after the competition.
So tired.
Helan lay down on the bed, with the pillow under her hands, and stretched out her legs comfortably.
The match is finally over.
Looking at Lu Yanhe's face on the screen, Helan sighed with relief, "Finally, I can see my handsome little brother again."
A silly smile appeared on her face.
"He Lan, you're not watching Lu Yanhe's live stream again, are you?" Jiang Linxian came out of the bathroom with a face mask on and saw He Lan lying on the bed looking at her phone, and asked.
He Lan: "What's wrong with me watching his live stream?"
“I was just surprised; I didn’t expect you to be so deeply involved,” Jiang Linxian said. “I find it a little hard to accept that my roommate is a fan of celebrities.”
Helan frowned; these words made her very unhappy.
"What business is it of yours whether I'm a fan of celebrities or not?"
“You’re ruining our study atmosphere in the dorm,” Jiang Linxian said. “Don’t forget, apart from you, everyone else in the dorm is in the top 20 of the grade.”
Helan silently rolled her eyes in her mind.
"So you're blaming me for holding you back?"
Jiang Linxian: "If you usually work hard, I wouldn't say this to you so directly."
"So I should thank you?" He Lan was furious. "Jiang Linxian, don't think you can look down on others just because you have good grades. You're only a sophomore now, and nobody knows how well you'll fare in the future."
“But I know that if I waste all my time chasing after celebrities, I’ll definitely not do well in life,” Jiang Linxian said.
Helan took a deep breath and thought to himself, "Just you wait and see."
-
He Lan didn't feel at all that watching Lu Yanhe's live stream was a waste of her time.
On the contrary, every time she saw Lu Yanhe reading for hours by himself, she would feel an urge to study and read more diligently herself.
She knew she wasn't a very self-disciplined person and needed some external motivation to spur her on.
But she never expected that one day she would be stimulated by a high school student's study live stream.
Helan has been preparing for this competition for some time now.
This is a national English interpretation competition. Today is Zhenhua's final. She ultimately qualified as the second-place winner and will represent Zhenhua in the national competition next semester.
Because this is a professional interpreting competition, very few people who are not foreign language majors participate.
It surprised many people that He Lan, a non-major student, could get second place at Zhenhua High School.
Helan wanted to do this because, on the one hand, her spoken English was excellent and she was quick-witted; on the other hand, she wanted to develop another skill that she could be proud of in addition to her major.
Jiang Linxian and the others had no idea that she was doing this.
Helan didn't want them to know either.
Helan didn't tell anyone that her sudden desire to develop a skill she could be proud of stemmed from seeing Lu Yanhe studying every day.
Lu Yanhe always led everyone in memorizing vocabulary at 10 pm, and then said, "English is a language. Although with the development of artificial intelligence, there will be more and more convenient translation software, or even AI interpreters that can do real-time translation, no one knows how long it will take. Learning another language is always a good thing. I always learn English with the idea that I will be dealing with many foreigners in the future, not just for exam preparation. If you take a long-term view, learning will not be so boring."
Helan was inspired at that time.
Her spoken English has always been excellent; in high school, she consistently won first place in English speech competitions.
She also recalled that when she was preparing for the college entrance examination in her senior year of high school, she often listened to the live translation audio of the simultaneous interpreters from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a way to maintain her sense of language.
Those gaming legends were her idols, but she gradually forgot about them after starting university.
Then she tried to pick it up.
He Lan commented in the live chat: "I wonder how many people are like me, because seeing Lu Yanhe reading and studying every day has made them feel so motivated."
She was just saying it casually and didn't expect to get so many people to agree, but soon people were commenting "+1" and "+2".
Some people say: "I used to be unable to sit still, but now that I have Lu Yanhe's live stream in front of me, as long as Lu Yanhe doesn't get up, I won't get up either. I'll just keep reading. I never thought that I would be able to sit at my desk and read for an hour without getting distracted."
Someone said: Our school has already entered exam week. Today, I was studying in the study room and I was shocked to find that two people were reviewing by watching a recording of Lu Yanhe's usual study live stream.
Some people exclaimed: "So studying can be contagious?"
Some people complained: "Are you guys paid trolls hired by Lu Yanhe Company? That's ridiculous."
He Lan thought to herself that she didn't know if the others were paid trolls, but she was genuinely inspired and motivated by Lu Yanhe.
-
Lu Yanhe finished the questions and prepared to end the broadcast; it was almost midnight.
He yawned, turned on his voice, and said to the people in the live stream, "I'm a little sleepy today, I'll go to bed early, you guys should go to bed early too."
Then, as was his habit, he browsed through the comments section and saw what everyone had said before.
Lu Yanhe was surprised.
His live stream has such great power that it can inspire everyone to learn and grow.
Is it true or false?
Even Lu Yanhe himself didn't quite believe it.
However, many of the IDs in the comments were familiar.
The appearance of "Beautiful Girl Lanlan" in particular brought Lu Yanhe a sigh of relief.
So she was still there.
Since she said that, Lu Yanhe couldn't help but become skeptical.
Regardless, this is a good thing.
He was very happy.
This sign made him feel that opening this live stream had taken on a different meaning.
A user named "Beautiful Girl Lanlan" commented: "Xiao Lu no longer looks so thin that he looks like skin and bones."
Lu Yanhe saw this and couldn't help but smile.
Over the past few months, he has gained some weight.
I was so thin before, I looked like I was going to become unrecognizable.
He waved his hand and said, "Then I'm going to end the broadcast. Bye-bye."
He turned off the live stream, stretched, went to wash his face and brush his teeth, and soon fell asleep peacefully under the influence of drowsiness.
Yes, I'm going to sleep peacefully.
Now I no longer toss and turn at night worrying about my future and can't fall asleep because of anxiety.
(End of this chapter)
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