Chapter 130: Transmigrated as a Scumbag in a Boy Group Survival Show (12)
He Ci had claimed he wouldn’t have time to bother with them, but when the day of the charity gala hosted by the fashion magazine actually arrived, he still ended up riding in the van.
Cen Yu looked at He Ci in his dark suit. Seeing the man’s eyes shifting toward him, he promptly turned his gaze away.
“You’re scheduled right in the middle of the lineup,” He Ci said.
This was the magazine giving face to He Ci and his underlying company. Furthermore, the magazine was quite bullish on several high-popularity contestants in the group and was willing to make an investment in them.
“Old Gao will be guiding you through everything,” He Ci instructed on the finer details. “Once inside, I’ll have other matters to handle.”
Cen Yu knew that the “other matters” he mentioned meant socializing alongside the A-list movie kings and queens he personally managed.
Perhaps because He Ci’s stern, unsmiling demeanor left an excessively deep impression on everyone, the whole group sat there like quiet quail, hardly daring to breathe.
“…I’m so nervous,” Li Yanxiao murmured softly.
Seated right beside Cen Yu, he wore a leather outfit that, paired with his light-gray bleached hair, rendered his deeply defined features look all the more sharp and strikingly unique.
Xie Jinshen, in his new role as assistant, occupied a seat near the front of the van.
He was still dressed in that hoodie, wearing his glasses. Upon hearing Li Yanxiao’s voice, Xie Jinshen instinctively pushed his glasses up his nose. In the reflection of the window, he caught sight of Li Yanxiao, who looked like he wanted nothing more than to cling to Cen Yu and act spoiled.
—Disgusting, Xie Jinshen thought.
His facial expression remained utterly impassive, but internally, he wished he could turn into the Hulk, smash this van to pieces, and stomp Li Yanxiao into a pancake.
“What are you nervous about?” Cen Yu found it baffling.
He looked at Li Yanxiao, unable to detect a single trace of actual nervousness on the guy’s face.
Besides, as far as he could recall, from the very start of the survival show until now, Li Yanxiao had never once suffered from stage fright. What was he playing the timid, delicate rabbit for now?
Perhaps because his voice was a bit too loud, He Ci also turned his gaze toward the posturing Li Yanxiao.
“Stand apart when you get out,” He Ci suddenly commanded.
Li Yanxiao looked at He Ci. “Why?”
“The lineup positions for the group are fixed,” He Ci stated bluntly, meeting Li Yanxiao’s gaze.
After all, for a group formed through a survival show, the standing order held significance. For instance, Jiang Jueming naturally stood in the center (C position), flanked on his left and right by Li Yanxiao and Zhan Kongqing, who had finished in second and third place.
As for Cen Yu, who debuted in sixth place, according to the ranking, he indeed shouldn’t be standing next to Li Yanxiao.
Naturally, Li Yanxiao was aware of this rule as well, so he merely shrugged. “Fine then,” he said. “There won’t be such a rule once we sit down, right?”
“When you sit down, it will naturally follow your standing order as well.” Of course, He Ci picked up on Li Yanxiao’s displeasure.
However, on a matter like this, he had zero intention of humoring the young master’s whims.
Naturally, what required more of his attention was…
He felt that Li Yanxiao’s attitude toward Cen Yu was abnormally intimate.
Before taking over this group, He Ci had conducted a thorough check on every member. The one he felt most uneasy about was Li Yanxiao—his background of growing up abroad, paired with a sufficiently powerful family background, granted him the capital to act completely recklessly.
He had initially assumed Li Yanxiao simply hit it off with Cen Yu and was just being somewhat enthusiastic.
Yet after several observations, he discovered that Li Yanxiao chose a seat next to Cen Yu almost every single time, clinging to him like someone suffering from severe skin hunger.
Even if He Ci felt he might be overthinking it…
He wasn’t willing to underestimate the situation either. Taking advantage of the group standing order as a pretext, he intended to prevent the two from continuing to cling to each other.
“Boring,” Li Yanxiao grumbled, leaning his body against Cen Yu anyway. “Can’t even sit next to a good friend.”
Hearing Li Yanxiao’s words, the others in the vehicle reacted differently.
He Ci’s expression remained completely unchanged, treating Li Yanxiao’s words as mindless babble.
Jiang Jueming let out a cold sneer in his heart, thinking the guy couldn’t even be bothered to pretend anymore.
Zhan Kongqing merely felt somewhat puzzled: How did Li Yanxiao’s relationship with Cen Yu get so good?
As for Cen Yu himself—
So GAY! Get away from me!
He rubbed at the goosebumps on his arm, silently contemplating how to orchestrate some interactions between Jiang Jueming, Li Yanxiao, and Xie Jinshen.
The moment Cen Yu and the others stepped out of the van, they were met with ear-splitting, frantic screams—
Right after, he spotted Mu Fengyin, clad in a haute couture suit with gemstone cufflinks that practically sparkled under the glaring lights.
The moment he saw Mu Fengyin, Cen Yu’s gaze drifted toward Xie Jinshen standing outside the crowd. After stepping off the vehicle, Xie Jinshen and Old Gao had already made their way to the perimeter of the red carpet…
Inside the crowd, Xie Jinshen seemed to catch Cen Yu’s gaze.
Taking off the black-framed glasses resting on his nose, he offered Cen Yu a faint smile as a gesture of greeting.
Meanwhile, the thought racing through Cen Yu’s mind was:
Alright, the top-tier A-lister gong is present and accounted for too. Time for the good show to begin.
Yet as far as he could recall, it wasn’t Mu Fengyin’s turn to walk the red carpet at all right now… As a top-tier star, he naturally possessed the grand stature of one—if not closing the show, he ought to have been among the final few to make an appearance.
Yet here Mu Fengyin stood, right on the red carpet…
Nearby fans were ecstatic, though a few subtly picked up on the anomaly, beginning to whisper and chatter amongst themselves.
He Ci was still standing beside the group. Since the big-name stars he managed hadn’t made their appearances yet, he waited around for a moment. Seeing Mu Fengyin already out there, he couldn’t help letting out a cold snort. “Amateur hour.”
Cen Yu instantly knew He Ci was referring to Mu Fengyin’s team.
Likely a miscommunication with the magazine organizers had caused his entry time to be abruptly moved up… But now that the man was already on site, it was impossible for him to head back into his van to wait, leaving him no choice but to stand there and wait to make his entrance.
Cen Yu actually remembered that in the later stages of the story, He Ci’s company had entertained thoughts of poaching Mu Fengyin over.
Could this very event be that turning point?
He noticed that the host’s expression looked somewhat flustered as well, as if realizing that the appearance order had been thrown into complete disarray.
However, with things having reached this point, they could only bite the bullet and soldier through. Sure enough, in the very next second, the host called out Mu Fengyin’s name. Wearing a faint smile on his face, Mu Fengyin adjusted his cuffs to reveal the luxury watch he endorsed before stepping onto the red carpet.
“A big mess,” Jiang Jueming muttered under his breath.
His voice was extremely faint, audible almost exclusively to Cen Yu.
Cen Yu couldn’t help turning his eyes toward Jiang Jueming, instantly catching his drift—
It was extraordinarily awkward that they happened to collide back-to-back with Mu Fengyin. As survival show rookies who had debuted less than half a month ago, their entry order was actually taking precedence over a top-tier A-lister like Mu Fengyin.
Even if it stemmed from an error on the management team’s part, one could almost foresee a bloody storm brewing in the media…
Cen Yu could already see that the fans who bought media press passes and hauled heavy camera lenses to cover Mu Fengyin wore thoroughly bewildered expressions the moment he walked out.
They seemed utterly unable to comprehend why their idol would be stepping onto the red carpet this early.
