Chapter 26: Transmigrated as a Cheapskate Phoenix Man (26)
“Anyway, all you need to know is that Qianshan is very famous!” Cen Yu finally concluded.
“…Qianshan?” Yu Xinyu couldn’t help repeating the way Cen Yu addressed Sang Qianshan. Gripping his phone tightly, he kept a smiling face as he turned to face Sang Qianshan.
“Then I’m really looking forward to this reality show,” Yu Xinyu said with a smile. “I’ll watch the show together with Little Yu.”
Heh, you’re not just going to watch it—you’re going to star in it yourself.
Thinking this, Cen Yu grew tired of everyone standing at the door like punishment. “Go fetch us something to drink.”
He deliberately barked orders, “Why aren’t you being sharp? Can’t you see a guest is here? Don’t make a fool out of us!”
The expression on Yu Xinyu’s face remained unchanged. He glanced at Sang Qianshan. “Does Mr. Sang have any dietary restrictions?”
“None. Just mineral water for me, thanks,” Sang Qianshan said.
The moment Yu Xinyu left, Sang Qianshan frowned and looked at Cen Yu. “How do you know him?”
Seeing Sang Qianshan frowning at him, Cen Yu knew things were working out—
The guy probably hadn’t expected Cen Yu to bark orders so carelessly at his own partner, brimming with chauvinism, acting as if he wanted the whole world to know he knew a celebrity.
One had to know that the original Sang Qianshan valued his privacy greatly. He despised paparazzi, and hated people who used their connection to him to blab about his private life and personal hobbies for online clout even more.
Although Cen Yu hadn’t done that yet, his previous dialogue had implicitly conveyed one thing: he frequently bragged to his partner about knowing the big star Sang Qianshan!
Hmph! Annoyed now, aren’t you!
Cen Yu gloated internally, though he kept his tone vague on the surface, “…We just met out of nowhere.”
His clumsy performance naturally aroused Sang Qianshan’s suspicion.
Cen Yu was waiting for Sang Qianshan to press him further on how he met Yu Xinyu, but unexpectedly, Yu Xinyu moved very fast this time. Before Sang Qianshan could ask, Yu Xinyu returned to the two of them carrying the mineral water.
He stood close to Cen Yu, then took his arm to sit down with him on the sofa.
Sang Qianshan had no choice but to sit on the remaining single-seater sofa on the other side.
“We met because Little Yu saved me,” Yu Xinyu put on an admiring face, looking at Cen Yu. “Back then, I was being bullied, and Cen Yu unexpectedly beat up that group of people.” As he spoke, he rested his head against Cen Yu’s shoulder. “He felt just like a big hero.”
“…” Laying it on thick, are we?
Cen Yu desperately wanted to shake off the goosebumps rising on his body, but on the surface, he threw his arm around Yu Xinyu with a loud laugh. “Yeah, I saved him out of nowhere.”
Looking at the two of them before him, Sang Qianshan wore an expression like someone watching a couple publicly display affection. “Didn’t call the police?” he asked Cen Yu.
Hearing this, Yu Xinyu looked at Sang Qianshan. “That group ran away too fast, there wasn’t time.”
“Weren’t there security cameras?”
Yu Xinyu offered another smile. “I was too scared at the time, so I forgot.”
Sang Qianshan narrowed his eyes as he looked at Yu Xinyu, constantly feeling that something was off about this person—whether it was the hostility directed at him, or that textbook clichéd damsel-in-distress rescue. He remembered that back in university, Cen Yu had been quite eye-catching.
Not only was he the famous King of Odd Jobs on campus, but he was also responsive to requests and could fulfill almost any task.
Back then, there were plenty of confession posts dedicated to him on the campus forum.
Cen Yu probably didn’t know about any of them…
Sang Qianshan stared at Yu Xinyu, and Yu Xinyu didn’t avert his gaze either, looking back at Sang Qianshan with a smile on his face.
Cen Yu’s gaze flickered between the two of them—
Looks like these two are about to hit it off!
He pumped his fist secretly in his heart, then interrupted their staring contest. “What are you two looking at?”
“Nothing,” Sang Qianshan finally shifted his gaze away. His expression softened noticeably when facing Cen Yu—an almost subconscious action that Cen Yu failed to realize, but Yu Xinyu saw with utmost clarity.
He squeezed his palms resentfully, wishing he could beat Sang Qianshan’s face into a pulp right then and there.
“Actually, I came to talk to you about something…” Sang Qianshan looked toward Yu Xinyu on the side, seemingly suggesting it wasn’t convenient with an outsider around.
Cen Yu didn’t recall the original plot mentioning what business Sang Qianshan could possibly have with him, but seeing the man’s gaze land on Yu Xinyu, he instantly understood that it was probably inconvenient for the other to hear.
He looked at Yu Xinyu, who was gazing at the two of them with a pitiful look, and originally intended to tell him to return to his bedroom…
In the end, however, he let out a cough.
“Forget it, let’s talk in my room.” Saying that, he prepared to stand up to lead Sang Qianshan to his bedroom for a chat.
The moment Yu Xinyu heard the words “in my room,” he nearly ground his teeth to dust.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he stood up straight away and said to Cen Yu—
“You two need to talk about something, right?” He blinked at Cen Yu. “Then I won’t disturb you. I’ll head back to my room first and join you for dinner after you finish talking.”
He specifically emphasized dinner, subtly hinting that Sang Qianshan, this huge third wheel, had arrived at a particularly inconvenient time.
Reminded by his words, Cen Yu realized that the food on the dining table was already prepared… Wanting to give these two main leads a bit more time to interact, he said, “Alright, go back to your room first then.”
Sang Qianshan watched Yu Xinyu walk back into his bedroom.
He carefully observed the doors on both sides, then asked, “You don’t sleep in the same room?”
Bro, you really know how to touch a sore spot.
Cen Yu chuckled internally. In this kind of universe’s beloved novel, was a pure, chaste main protagonist really someone an insufferable cannon fodder like him could harbor designs on?!
So until the official male lead made his grand entrance, the two of them naturally slept in separate rooms.
Seeing this, Cen Yu gave a subtle hint, “Little Yu doesn’t sleep very well, so we sleep in separate rooms.”
Rest assured, bro, I definitely haven’t done a single thing.
Hearing this, Sang Qianshan didn’t say anything, merely nodding. He unscrewed the bottle of mineral water Yu Xinyu had handed him earlier and took a sip—
And was nearly choked to death by hyper-concentrated salt water!
He let out a cough, but managed to swallow the salt water down anyway.
“What’s wrong?” Cen Yu looked at Sang Qianshan in surprise.
Sang Qianshan wiped the trace of water from the corner of his mouth. “Nothing.” He didn’t plan to “complain” to Cen Yu either; otherwise, with the way that person played the innocent white lotus, he would surely find a hundred excuses to make Cen Yu believe he was completely innocent and merely made an honest mistake.
Sang Qianshan set the opened mineral water bottle aside.
Only then did he get straight to the point—
“You probably know about the reality show I’m participating in soon, the one inviting non-celebrity friends.”
“…Yeah.” Cen Yu suddenly had a bad feeling.
He watched as Sang Qianshan maintained a calm expression, yet abruptly dropped a massive bombshell—
“My manager asked me who I wanted to invite as a partner.” Sang Qianshan looked at Cen Yu. If he hadn’t held this intention before, coming to the man’s home had instantly changed his mind—he felt the friendship between him and Cen Yu was growing increasingly distant.
In that case, he might as well use this opportunity to reinforce their bond once more.
Beneath Cen Yu’s near-terrified gaze, he opened his mouth and said, “If possible, I’d like to invite you to join this reality show with me.”
