Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

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"Shen Jinyue, I was just kidding," Xu Qingyan said after a silence, "I'm not drunk, and I'm not in the car, just messing with you."

On the other end of the phone, Shen Jinyue suddenly fell silent.

Five seconds later, the call ended.

Xu Qingyan glanced at the other two and waved his hand, "Lost, lost, let's switch to another game."

Wei Wufeng and Zhou Mian looked at each other, thinking to themselves that this wasn't a loss, it was a clear win.

Wei Wufeng cursed inwardly but didn't have the heart to come up with anything meaner. After all, Xu Qingyan had just overdone it, and would probably have a headache tomorrow.

"Let's drop it, hang on," even Wei Wufeng had some conscience, "Come on, let's continue, roll the dice, whoever gets the least drinks."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Qingyan found the situation weird but didn't think much of it. Shen Jinyue was always easy to fool, not even detecting such an obvious lie.

However... Since Shen Jinyue was never very bright, Xu Qingyan didn't want to dwell on it. He planned to ask about it tomorrow; it probably wasn't anything.

"Roll, roll, roll!"

"Damn it, why am I always the lowest?" Wei Wufeng wanted to cry without tears.

Meanwhile, at Xinghai University.

Shen Jinyue, who just hung up the phone, was reaching her dormitory when she finally reacted. She wasn't too angry because she had done the same thing before, but Xu Qingyan hadn't been fooled.

She stopped in her tracks, recalling the scene that had just occurred, and her face turned red with embarrassment. Biting her lips, she said resentfully.

"Xu Qingyan is damn infuriating!"

After speaking, Shen Jinyue started to worry. What if Xu had the nerve to message her tomorrow asking about it? She couldn't just say her mind went blank and she got too eager.

If that were the case, that jerk would surely laugh at her stupidity and keep bringing it up as a fun story to tease her incessantly, reveling in it.

Hmph, a complete pervert!

As Shen Jinyue thought more about it, she grew even angrier. She stood with her hands on her waist, steaming for a while, then remembered that Zhou Lili was due back soon, so she silently returned to the dormitory.

Climbing onto her bed, she hugged her knees and refreshed her messages, the screen's light casting a glow on her fair face.

There were no new messages. Xu Qingyan seemed to be busy. After saying he was joking, he had disappeared, like a stone sinking into the sea.

Shen Jinyue was used to this by now.

Though a bit ditsy, Shen Jinyue wasn't stupid about matters between men and women. She was aware of some emotional nuances and certain looks from the opposite sex.

She knew some people were interested in her, maybe because of her face or maybe because of her chest.

But she was almost certain that Xu Qingyan had little interest in her. The longer they knew each other, the more she could feel the coldness in Xu Qingyan's bones.

Even though he was really good to his friends, there was always a sense of distance. Shen Jinyue had seen Xu Qingyan sneak peeks at her chest more than once, but he had almost never crossed any lines.

Whenever they met, they would clash, always quarreling from afar.

During the show, she couldn't understand why someone as annoying as Xu Qingyan existed. Later, as they spent more time together, she realized his kindness towards people was mostly an open book.

Even when someone abruptly withdrew or he left, there wouldn't be any trace left. So Xu Qingyan not replying to her messages probably meant he would get in touch with her tomorrow or the day after if he was free.

He was so nonchalant he didn't care. Without her to argue with, he could still work in peace. Thinking of this, Shen Jinyue felt even more upset.

At that moment, Zhou Lili entered the room, and turning her head, she said.

"Moon, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing," Shen Jinyue quickly concealed her thoughts and changed the subject, "By the way, Li Li, do you have any guys you really, really dislike?"

Zhou Lili set down her shopping bag and pondered for a moment.

"I dislike anyone who doesn't want to date me."

Shen Jinyue: "..."

"No, I mean for real."

"Well, that depends on what kind of dislike you're talking about, like specific aspects." Zhou Lili sat in her chair, yawning, "It also depends on if they are good-looking or not."

Shen Jinyue said, "I mean the kind that always argue with you, the kind that always bullies you."

"Huh?" Zhou Lili sat up straight, turned her head to look at Shen Jinyue, and said seriously, "For that kind, I recommend breaking their legs and burying them early."

The next day.

Xu Qingyan was woken up in his hotel room by the glaring sunshine, the culprit being the forgotten curtains. After a noisy evening, Zhou Mian and Wei Wufeng both ended up knocked out from drinking.

In the middle of it, Zhou Mian and Wei Wufeng got drunk and poured out their grievances until they almost became sworn brothers. Xu Qingyan, not very interested, called a cab to take both of them back to the hotel and then went straight to bed himself.

When he woke up,

The TV station called, good news, the deal could be negotiated.

Wei Wufeng, still groggy, perked up instantly at the news. At ten in the morning, he knocked on the door next to Xu Qingyan's, making a racket in the hallway of the hotel.

"Are you crazy?" Xu Qingyan asked impatiently.

The group had gone to the suburbs for a barbecue, also to be ready to move as soon as the news came through.

"Here it is, we got the message!" Wei Wufeng exclaimed excitedly, as if a eunuch had found his manhood, "They agreed! Qingzhou Satellite TV is willing to pay 700,000 per episode."

"That doesn't include online rights, right?" Xu Qingyan was much calmer this time.

"Yeah, they were originally willing to pay 800,000 per episode," he sighed, "As soon as they heard there were no online rights, they instantly cut down the price by 200,000."

"After back and forth, the final offer was 700,000. I don't really get why you're holding onto the online rights; honestly, I don't think any video site is going to contact us."

"Let's wait and see, selling the TV rights alone is enough to break even," Xu Qingyan said without batting an eye, inwardly relieved to have removed a heavy weight, it was good as long as it sold.