Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

While they were talking, Pei Muchan came over with someone, and from the figure alone, it was clear who it was.

"Hello hello! Xu Qingyan!!"

Shen Jinyue was as noisy as ever, greeting from a distance. This person didn't seem to be in a bad mood at all, rather, she seemed to have too much energy.

She had tied her hair into a bun, which made Xu Qingyan pause momentarily. When had she dyed her hair? The pink strands were especially striking in the night. Your next journey awaits at empire

Her dress and coat combination didn't look out of place, and perhaps because it had been a long time since they'd seen each other, Qingyan actually found her quite pleasant to the eye now. Her chest area puffed out, as if she was hiding treasures,

"Yes, yes, yes, it's been a long time." Xu Qingyan rested his hand on the table, sounding listless, without much happiness on his face, "Have you really dropped out of school?"

The people at the table quieted down, Zhou Mian and Liu Heming were tactful enough to give up the two seats next to Xu Qingyan and went to another table to eat with those two kids.

"She's just arrived, so I brought her here." Pei Muchan naturally took the seat to his left, by this time Xu Qingyan had already taken a new set of cutlery and skillfully torn open the packaging.

"Is that tasty?" Shen Jinyue, unabashed, sat down on his right, took out her chopsticks, and after dipping them in the tea to sterilize them, she went straight for a dish.

"Tasty, eat more, then you can become a fat pig," Xu Qingyan replied nonchalantly.

"You're the fat pig! Bleh!" Shen Jinyue stuck out her tongue and, as if in retribution, helped herself to several plates of food. When she looked back, she saw that Xu Qingyan and Pei Muchan were quietly talking about something.

The two of them appeared rather serious, with furrowed brows, and Shen Jinyue felt like she had come to the wrong place. Blinking, an awkward feeling began to rise from the soles of her feet.

"If it's the actor, we should be able to finish shooting in one day, right.....we're running over schedule." Xu Qingyan said as he ripped open the plastic film of another set of utensils.

After sterilizing them, he casually handed them to Shen Jinyue, stealing a moment to ask a question.

"Did you really drop out?"

"No!" Shen Jinyue straightened up her chest, nearly knocking the bowl off the table in her haste, but managed to steady it. Her voice lowered, "I'm just taking a leave."

"Xinghai University gives leaves of absence that easily? What reason did you give?" Xu Qingyan gave Shen Jinyue a look, not noticing much change despite it being two months.

"Decompression." Pei Muchan covered for her, "You could be nicer. Jinyue wasn't very happy at school, that's why she took a leave to get some air."

At this, Xu Qingyan softened quite a bit and looked towards Shen Jinyue.

"Did someone bully you?"

"No, no one bullied me." Shen Jinyue shook her head, biting her lower lip, showing some hesitation, "I just don't fit in well, I'm not good at school."

"Huh? Why not just get a single room, Shen?" Xu Qingyan had also been to university; he knew what the words 'not fitting in' meant, and casually poured her a soda.

Shen Jinyue initially wanted to say she didn't want it, out of fear of gaining weight, but since he had already poured it, she ended up not saying anything and quietly took a sip of the drink.

She looked up to see that only the three of them were left at the dinner table, and with Pei Muchan also looking at her, she mustered up the courage to speak.

"Not just living there... I don't want to attend classes either, it's so tiring to deal with them."

"They all have conflicts with each other, and sometimes I don't know, I just follow one of them after class. Then by night, I find that my good friend is mad and ignoring me."

"Every time I stay in the dorm or go to class, or even go out for meals, it's all so exhausting. Even though they have issues with each other, they can still get together to gossip about others."

"Once, I overheard them speaking ill of me, and I didn't know how to face them. They smiled at me, and I couldn't take it and just ran out."

With that, Shen Jinyue's voice trailed off.

"Er... so that's why you took a leave?" Xu Qingyan was somewhat stunned, never having expected to meet Shen Jinyue here, and for such a peculiar reason.

"Yeah, I'd get scolded if I went home." Shen Jinyue nodded.

"Jinyue, your parents should know about your leave, right? You still need to tell them." Pei Muchan eyes lifted slightly, looking past Xu Qingyan with a soft voice.

"They know, but I dare not answer their calls."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyan turned to look at Pei Muchan. In the moment their eyes met, his expression gradually became confused, as if to ask, does this count as running away from home?

Pei Muchan gave him a glare and made a 'zip it' gesture with her mouth.

He reflexively touched his neck and bowed his head in acquiescence.

Shen Jinyue had not noticed the silent understanding between the two, only feeling comfortable with her Love Reality show buddies before she arrived, with no one pressuring her.

Little did she know, after she got there, she discovered things weren't quite as she had imagined.

That annoying ghost, she didn't know when he had started but he had gone from an ordinary person to a songwriter. He had written so many songs, and now he was filming some....thing.

Pei Sister had made a comeback, and Sister Zhou Zhou's career was still thriving even after switching companies.

It seemed like all the friends she had played with were moving forward after the show. Only she remained in the same place, or even moving backwards, living more and more in the past.

The reality show was like a brief dream, she relaxed for a week, and then returned to her normal life. Thinking this way, her mood instantly fell.

"Ahem, since you've already taken leave, don't waste it. You've asked for....right, how long did you ask for?" Xu Qingyan paused, turning his head to ask.

"One month."

"Oh, a month, huh?" He seemed a bit surprised, that was kind of long.

"Shen Jinyue, you should explain to your parents," Pei Muchan suggested calmly, "You can join us for the shoot, and then we can all head back to Xinghai together."

"If you feel better by then, you can go back to school, if not, I have an empty house, you can stay there for a while to adjust."

"What do you think of this suggestion?"

"Great!" Shen Jinyue's eyes crinkled with a smile as she bypassed Xu Qingyan to hug Pei Muchan, "Love you to death, Pei Sister! I knew you're the best to me!"

"Hey! I'm still in the middle here." Xu Qingyan leaned back tactically, tilting the red plastic stool as he dodged Shen Jinyue's flailing.

That was close, damn this dangerous society, he almost got a boob attack.

"Hmph! I want to sit with Pei Sister!" Shen Jinyue moved close to Xu Qingyan, trying to force him to give up his seat, "Why do you have to be in the way in the middle!"

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting?" How could Xu Qingyan give up his seat? He put down his oily chopsticks, "I'm sitting nicely in the middle, why are you joining the commotion."

"Who has spent more time with her, you or me? Don't you have any sense?"

"No, I don't! Rage away!" Shen Jinyue got angry, caring for her face, she looked around without success, her gaze locked on the beverages on the table.

Puffed up with anger, she directly picked up the drink in front of him that looked untouched and downed it in one go, claiming the cup as her own.

Pei Muchan was stunned by her actions, not understanding her train of thought.

"I spit in it." Xu Qingyan said faintly.

"Eww!!!" Shen Jinyue's face changed dramatically as she ran off to retch, giving him an angry look before being unable to hold back her gagging...."Xu Qingyan, you jerk!"

Xu was greatly amused, until he turned and met Pei Muchan's deep gaze, only then did his laughter stop.

"Just kidding, I didn't spit."

After Shen Jinyue arrived, it wasn't completely without benefits. Pei Muchan indeed had more smiles on her face; at least someone was chirping and chatting with her.

After dinner, the two even shared the same bed, even though the hotel room had two beds.

Late at night.

As Xu Qingyan lay on the bed pondering the shot breakdown, his phone chimed with a message. It was an unread message from Shen Jinyue; he was about to swipe it away without thinking.

Suddenly, chime!

[Image]

He wasn't really into looking at pictures but was naturally curious about things that couldn't be directly displayed, like mosaics or pictures sent by others.

He opened it to see Shen Jinyue cosily snuggled up in a bathrobe with Pei Muchan. Whether it was natural generosity or not, the bathrobe seemed a bit tight on her.

"Hehe, jealous, right? Big dummy!"

After a moment's thought, Xu Qingyan replied with three words.

"Shrimp-headed girl."