On the day of the Golden Scale Award red carpet, Shen Lian went to the Studio first thing in the morning.
Getting styled and changed wouldn't take long, but Hu Kailan was fretting over everything.
"Right, a watch..." Hu Kailan clapped his hands.
"No need." Shen Lian held out his right arm. A subtly dazzling silver watch sat on his wrist, radiating the unmistakable scent of money beneath the lights.
Hu Kailan recognized the brand and widened his eyes. "You found a sponsor yourself?"
"No, I borrowed it."
Hu Kailan looked utterly pained. "It's my fault for not being capable enough! Just wait. One day, I guarantee everything you wear will come from sponsors. We can't have you borrowing things."
It's fine, Shen Lian thought. I took it from my boyfriend's cabinet. Hehe.
Chu Yilan had no shortage of these things. He regularly wore just a few brands, and whenever they released something new, Sun Binghe would preorder it and have it delivered. Two drawers were neatly filled with them. When Shen Lian said he wanted to borrow one to look the part, Chu Yilan had practically wanted to cover him in watches.
Dai Tong had originally wanted Shen Lian to join him, but Zhao Wenshu refused, saying Shen Lian would attend as one of the leads of Blazing Fire. Lin Fu, the male lead, teased him. "Quite the hot commodity, huh?"
Shen Lian waved a hand.
The red carpet was in the afternoon. Bored while waiting, Shen Lian held his phone and chatted about anything and everything.
He stayed in touch with Chu Yilan the whole time, then traded a few jabs with Feng Yueshan in the group chat. Oh, right, Chen Mu's contract with Xingkai had been approved. See? Once you got away from those awful people and