Chapter 51: Transmigrated as a Cheapskate Phoenix Man (51)
After returning home, Cen Yu brought up the matter of joining the reality show with Yu Xinyu.
Upon hearing this, the expression on Yu Xinyu’s face didn’t change at all, and he even showed a trace of pleasant surprise. “Does that mean I’ll be able to see you on TV?”
“…Probably.” Cen Yu was a bit unsure himself.
What he was even more uncertain about, however, was Yu Xinyu’s attitude.
Although Yu Xinyu hadn’t said it outright earlier, judging from his behavior, he hadn’t seemed particularly keen on Cen Yu joining the show. Why had he suddenly changed his tune now?
At that thought, Cen Yu asked him directly.
Yu Xinyu slowly opened his suitcase to unpack their luggage from the trip. Facing Cen Yu’s question, his smile remained unchanged. “The pay for joining this reality show should be pretty good, right?”
“…It’s decent.” Cen Yu recalled the figures Sang Qianshan had shown him.
“Then we can move to a new place to live.” After finishing with the luggage, Yu Xinyu slowly walked over to Cen Yu’s side.
Cen Yu was currently sitting on the sofa, completely unguarded against Yu Xinyu’s approach. In his mind, Yu Xinyu was gentle, harmless, and lacked any shred of danger.
Yu Xinyu bent over, resting one hand on Cen Yu’s knee while placing the other on the sofa beside him. “When the time comes, let’s go live somewhere else.”
“…Okay.”
Cen Yu made an empty promise.
He knew he would eventually leave this world, and he also knew that Cen Yu’s fate in the novel wasn’t a good one.
Looking at Yu Xinyu’s face as he gazed at him with total reliance, Cen Yu actually wished the guy would dislike him a little more.
“Where do you want to go?” Yu Xinyu simply crouched down in front of Cen Yu, staring up at him.
“I don’t know.” Cen Yu genuinely didn’t know.
Right now, Yu Xinyu was like a gentle large dog, resting his head on Cen Yu’s knees.
Cen Yu casually ruffled his hair. “We can figure it out when the time comes.”
A sweet, expectant smile resurfaced on Yu Xinyu’s face as he looked at Cen Yu with his hazel-green eyes. “Let’s go to a place where it’s just the two of us, okay?”
Cen Yu nodded. Just then, Sang Qianshan sent another message, asking for an address to meet up to sign the contract and discuss the details… Carrying a formulaic smile, Yu Xinyu looked at Cen Yu’s phone screen, making no effort to hide the fact that he was reading his messages.
“Why not have him come to our place?”
Yu Xinyu said, “Aren’t there a lot of paparazzi outside?”
“Doing it at home is just right.”
Sang Qianshan hadn’t expected he would be coming to Cen Yu’s home again. After all, he felt that little psycho Yu Xinyu wanted nothing more than to chop him into a thousand pieces.
He had even felt it was a bit magical that Cen Yu agreed to this in the first place.
Having switched to a different car, he arrived downstairs at Cen Yu’s building—naturally accompanied by his manager this time.
The two rang the doorbell together. Just as Sang Qianshan was about to flash a smile, he discovered that the person opening the door was actually Yu Xinyu. The smile on his face vanished instantly. “It’s you?”
“Of course it’s me,” Yu Xinyu said softly and gently. “After all, Little Yu and I live together.”
The manager hadn’t expected the person opening the door to be a handsome young man with a Eurasian look. He cast a slightly surprised glance at Sang Qianshan, then looked back at Yu Xinyu, his heart eager to make a move—wishing he could scout this person into their company right away.
Sang Qianshan merely snorted, saying nothing.
Yu Xinyu simply offered a good-tempered smile.
Cen Yu had intentionally sent Yu Xinyu to open the door to give the two main leads another chance to interact. Seeing that Sang Qianshan had arrived, he popped out from behind Yu Xinyu. “You’re here.”
Only then did a genuine smile break out on Sang Qianshan’s face. “Yeah, perfect timing to talk about the reality show.”
After changing their shoes, the two stepped into the living room. Yu Xinyu had prepared tea and refreshments early on, placing them in front of Sang Qianshan and the manager.
After thanking him, the manager took a sip of the tea right away. “So fragrant.”
With that, he handed his business card to both Cen Yu and Yu Xinyu, then introduced himself.
Sang Qianshan cast a glance at the tea, showing zero intention of drinking a single drop—what a joke, who knew what Yu Xinyu might have spiked it with?
Taking the lead, the manager mainly explained the workflow for the reality show—
It was actually pretty simple: a big star taking their non-celebrity best friend along on a vacation trip.
The core focus was a relaxed, slow-paced reality show that showcased a different side of the big star through interactions with their non-celebrity friend. For Sang Qianshan, its main purpose was to puncture the rumors that he had no friends (plus adding a male partner/brother-in-law to clear up now).
“This is the location the production team set for the first episode.”
The manager handed the printed proposal to Cen Yu first.
Cen Yu took a look and found that the first destination was a tropical island—just like in the novel.
After all, in novels, TV dramas, and reality shows, this was the ultimate spot to exude pheromones and increase physical contact. Heh.
The overall process matched the novel almost entirely: setting off from their respective homes, then gathering at the airport… Seeing this, Cen Yu turned to look at Yu Xinyu beside him. “Is filming the departure scene absolute mandatory?”
In the original novel, Yu Xinyu and Cen Yu had already broken up by this point.
Living alone in his large luxury apartment, no one else would naturally make an appearance on camera.
But right now, Cen Yu was still cohabitating with Yu Xinyu…
“This scene definitely has to be filmed,” the manager said, pushing through the awkwardness.
Sang Qianshan knit his brows, just about to say to Cen Yu, “Why don’t you just stay at my place?”, when he saw Yu Xinyu take the initiative to speak up first—
“Why not just treat me as your housemate?”
He said thoughtfully, “Besides, your colleagues at work all know you’re renting a place with someone.”
Cen Yu nodded; that was indeed the case.
Besides, only in this way could it trigger discussion surrounding Yu Xinyu later on. Since Yu Xinyu didn’t object to appearing on camera, this was naturally perfect!
Sang Qianshan knit his brows secretly, casting a glance at Yu Xinyu, only to see that the man wasn’t looking at him at all, focusing entirely on reading the proposal together with Cen Yu.
“By the way, how will everyone be roomed when the time comes?” Yu Xinyu suddenly inquired.
“It will likely still require rooming together,” the manager replied.
After all, the main draw of this reality show was partnering up with a non-celebrity friend.
“What if there are friends of different genders?” Yu Xinyu asked with a smile.
“…Th-This…” The manager hesitated awkwardly.
There indeed was a pair of opposite-sex friends on the show. According to the director’s intention, people of the same gender would definitely room together, and the rooms might even be randomized by drawing lots when the time came.
“We’ll draw lots then,” Sang Qianshan said. “There will be a game on the first day, and only the winner gets to pick their roommate.”
“The rest will be drawn by lots, grouped by gender.” He looked at Yu Xinyu. “Are you satisfied now?”
Yu Xinyu didn’t say whether he was satisfied or not, merely letting out a light smile. “Then when the time comes, it seems everyone will just have to rely on their own abilities.”
