Chapter 50: Transmigrated as a Cheapskate Phoenix Man (50)
[Group Chat: If Gege Doesn’t Go Flop, It’s an Injustice to Heaven (183)]
[Little Flop-Flop: …No way, bro, did Gege seriously find us a male partner/brother-in-law??]
[Little Flop-Flop: [Image][Image][Image][Image]]
[Little Flop-Flop: Who knew our Gege had zero scandals before because he was finding us a male partner/brother-in-law all along? (licking lips)]
[Eating a Ton a Day: I TOLD YOU Sang Qianshan isn’t straight!! “Universe’s #1 Straight Man” my ass! (furious)(furious)]
[Little Yu: Sang Qianshan is dead. (smile)]
[Little Flop-Flop: …Group Leader, you?]
[Eating a Ton a Day: …Group Leader, you?]
[Little Yu: Chopped into a thousand pieces by me.]
[Little Flop-Flop: Group Leader is wise! (thumbs up)(clapping)]
[Eating a Ton a Day: Group Leader is wise! (thumbs up)(clapping)]
Looking at the photos in the group chat, Yu Xinyu nearly crushed his phone, wishing he could charge over right this second to tear Sang Qianshan’s face to shreds.
He looked at Cen Yu up front, who was gazing down at his phone with a constantly shifting array of expressions, utterly unaware of who the man was chatting with.
Yu Jinheng, on the other hand, maintained his relaxed posture throughout. Dressed comfortably with warmth as his sole priority, he indeed appeared to be in poor health, letting out occasional coughs along the drive.
His position allowed him a clear view of Cen Yu sitting in the front passenger seat, naturally taking in every nuance of the man’s expression.
Watching Cen Yu look deeply troubled one moment, utterly bewildered the next, and practically ready to leap out of the car and flee in the next instant, Yu Jinheng suddenly opened his mouth to ask, “When are you heading to that reality show?” Pausing for a beat, he copied Yu Xinyu’s habit and called out, “Little Yu.”
At first, Cen Yu didn’t realize Yu Jinheng was speaking to him.
Hearing that form of address, a full layer of goosebumps erupted across his skin.
Unable to handle it, he turned his head around with a stiff, insincere smile plastered on his face. “Elder Brother can just call me Little Cen.”
What ‘Little Yu’? Are we even close?
“The reality show…” Cen Yu was just about to say he wouldn’t be going, but the moment the “male partner/brother-in-law” scandal flashed through his mind, he swallowed his words right back down.
He was genuinely clueless now—by all rights, shouldn’t a reality show meant for Yu Xinyu be something he had zero part in?! Why had it suddenly become a must-do for him instead?!
“…We’ll see,” he said vaguely, leaving his options open.
A smile had originally graced Yu Xinyu’s face, but upon hearing Cen Yu’s “we’ll see,” the smile vanished instantly.
He knit his brows as he stared at Cen Yu up front, though due to the angle, Cen Yu couldn’t see his expression.
“We’ll see,” Yu Jinheng let out a soft chuckle. Casting a glance at Yu Xinyu sitting beside him, he added, “Then we’ll see.”
Sang Qianshan lay sprawling on the sofa playing on his phone, while his manager beside him was so frantic he wanted to jump off a building—
“It’s definitely that bitch Pei Zhuo!!” the manager shrieked!
If Pei Zhuo were standing right here, he would tear off that hypocrite’s fake mask without a second thought.
“Who else would stir up this kind of scandal for you out of nowhere, hype it up like crazy, and put it on blast?!” the manager yelled. “And that post on that trash forum was 100% made by someone from Pei Zhuo’s team, too!”
Sang Qianshan, however, couldn’t care less.
He spent a moment browsing the forum thread titled Deep Dive into Our New Partner/Brother-in-Law and the Top-Tier Idol, then asked with a touch of curiosity, “How do they know Cen Yu and I were university classmates?”
His manager nearly choked on his breath.
“Is THAT the point?!”
Sang Qianshan merely stared at the images in the post, discovering a few photos of Cen Yu shaking bubble tea during his university days, and immediately saved them to his phone.
“Yeah, pretty important point.”
Rolling his eyes, the manager felt an overwhelming wave of pressure!
Faced with a romantic-fool employer like this, how was he supposed to fight against a whole hypocrite alliance all by himself?!
“He did it on purpose!” the manager continued cursing at Pei Zhuo. “Their team is trying to force you into bringing Cen Yu onto the reality show.” At this point, he cast a somewhat hesitant glance at Sang Qianshan. “…Cen Yu doesn’t have any dark dirt on him, does he?”
Hearing this, Sang Qianshan nearly leaped straight off the sofa!
“Cen Yu naturally has zero dark dirt,” Sang Qianshan declared. “He works hard without complaint and is exceptionally grounded.”
“…?” The manager felt deeply skeptical.
He constantly felt as if Sang Qianshan had been put under a spell, making it impossible to reason with him logically.
Since Pei Zhuo’s team pulled a dirty trick like this, the manager was prepared to meet trick with trick. Heh, claiming he’s the male partner/brother-in-law, huh? Fine! Let big dummy Sang Qianshan and his non-celebrity best friend lean into the ship baiting then!
Who knows, it might even earn them a whole new fan base!
“Forget it, go contact Cen Yu,” the manager said with a weary heart. “I’ll go talk to the platform side to see if we can suppress the hot topic a bit. It’s way too absurd.”
“By the way, doesn’t this friend of yours have a partner?”
A thought suddenly struck the manager. “When the time comes, you can have him casually bring it up on the reality show. That way we can clear things up and prove you two are genuinely just good friends.”
On the other side.
Yu Jinheng seemed to have merely felt a momentary spark of interest in the topic. After asking that single question, he resumed reading through documents on his tablet.
Yu Xinyu leaned against the car window, lost in thought.
Meanwhile, Cen Yu was engaged in a chaotic brainstorming session with the system in his head—
“No, wait, if I go on the reality show now, what about Yu Xinyu?!” Cen Yu yelled mentally at the big fat cat.
“…Let me think,” the big fat cat began wracking its brain.
It worked together with Cen Yu to carefully calculate the plot progression so far.
Lou Baichuan meeting Yu Xinyu (Completed)
Qiang Yuanqing realizing Yu Xinyu’s partner is a scumbag (Completed)
Sang Qianshan crossing paths with Yu Xinyu (Completed)
Pondering for a moment, the big fat cat said, “…Feels like all the plot beats are pretty much completed?”
Cen Yu counted along with the big fat cat, feeling that his mission performance wasn’t looking half bad after all?
“…Either way, our goal is to ruin Cen Yu’s reputation while helping Yu Xinyu gain fans,” the big fat cat reasoned. “Just make sure you perform horribly when the time comes.”
“Besides, if you run off to film a reality show, doesn’t that give Lou Baichuan and Qiang Yuanqing the perfect chance to interact with Yu Xinyu more?”
“…That actually makes a lot of sense,” Cen Yu nodded after deliberating with the big fat cat in his mind.
Once the man and cat wrapped up their discussion, Cen Yu agreed to Sang Qianshan’s invitation over there.
He was about to make his official debut in show business!
Yu Jinheng’s driver pulled up downstairs at their apartment building.
Glancing at Yu Xinyu, Yu Jinheng remarked, “Must be hard on you.”
Before Yu Xinyu could grasp his elder brother’s meaning, Yu Jinheng added, “The place is a bit small.”
“…” Cen Yu pulled open the car door, pretending he hadn’t heard a word.
“It’s just the right size for Little Yu and me,” Yu Xinyu put on a gentle smile once again, slamming the car door shut right in front of Yu Jinheng before taking the luggage handed over by the driver. “Goodbye, Elder Brother.”
“Mm,” Yu Jinheng gave a casual response.
Without so much as offering a greeting to Cen Yu over there, he instructed the driver to drive off.
Watching his elder brother’s vehicle depart, Yu Xinyu said to Cen Yu half-jokingly, half-seriously, “My brother is really annoying, isn’t he?”
Having no strong feelings about Yu Jinheng, a mere background character, Cen Yu casually chimed in—
“He indeed isn’t very easy to get along with,” Cen Yu said. “Classic rich young master temper.”
