South Wind Coffee House.
"Brother..."
Before Chen Zheng had even returned to his seat, Chen Zhi could not help calling out.
"It's taken care of."
Chen Zheng smiled faintly and returned to his seat.
"Who was it?"
Chen Zhi lowered her voice to ask.
"Misty Rain Tower."
Chen Zheng answered casually.
"Them!" Chen Zhi was startled. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Brother, Rourou and I are going back to Xining. We won't be keeping you company today!"
"Mm."
Chen Zheng nodded calmly.
"Chen Zheng, I like you!"
Just as Chen Zhi pulled Jiang Rou to her feet, Jiang Rou suddenly said that to Chen Zheng. She even gave Su Cheng a meaningful look before leaving with Chen Zhi.
"..." Su Cheng looked out the window. "Looks like you're more than ordinarily popular. Even I'm a little envious of Jiang Rou's figure."
"I'm used to it."
Chen Zheng smiled faintly.
"..."
Hearing that, Su Cheng had nothing to say.
"Sir, could I trouble you for a few minutes?"
Just then, a woman walked over, her eyes fixed on Chen Zheng.
Su Cheng turned her head to look and froze for a moment. She had only just said how popular Chen Zheng was, and in the blink of an eye, a beautiful woman had come to him of her own accord-and an intellectual-looking beauty at that.
Was this guy really that charming?
"Please, sit."
Chen Zheng glanced at the woman and nodded calmly.
"Here's my business card. My name is Qin Yi. I'm a novelist and part-time screenwriter. A new work of mine is about to be adapted into a television series, and I need a male lead. You're a perfect fit for the male lead I've written, so if you have the time, I hope you'll play him. Compensation and such definitely won't be an issue."
The woman gently pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose, her delicate face completely serious.
"Acting? The male lead?"
Su Cheng paused at that. She scrutinized Chen Zheng several times and suddenly realized that he really did have a distinctive appeal to his looks. Becoming an actor and a star did not seem like much of a problem for him.
"What kind of show?"
Holding the business card Qin Yi had given him, Chen Zheng asked with a smile.
This was his first time encountering something like this, and he was quite interested. He had nothing to do anyway, so experiencing an actor's life would not be bad.
"The story goes like this: the male lead accidentally transmigrates into a xianxia world, then accidentally transmigrates back, returning to a point in time before his transmigration. But everything is different now, because the male lead knows immortal arts! Then... romantic entanglements with multiple female characters! What do you think?"
Qin Yi spoke at length, and her eyes grew brighter and brighter as she looked at Chen Zheng.
The more she looked, the more she felt that the young man before her matched the male lead she had written. His air in particular was practically identical to what she had envisioned for her protagonist!
"Now that's quite a coincidence."
Su Cheng sighed and looked at Chen Zheng.
"Too clichéd." Chen Zheng offered his assessment of Qin Yi's script, but a moment later, he added, "I'll think about it. I've never acted before, so I'm a little interested."
"Then let's exchange numbers so we can stay in touch!"
Qin Yi had thought Chen Zheng was about to refuse. When she heard him say he was a little interested, she pulled out her phone to exchange contact details.
Chen Zheng nodded and took out his phone. But he had only just added Qin Yi's number when his phone rang. The caller ID showed An Jing-it was the beautiful An calling.
"Hello?"
"Chen Zheng! Let me borrow you tonight!"
The beautiful An sounded rather excited, opening by asking to borrow Chen Zheng!
"What for?"
Chen Zheng asked.
"You're my boyfriend tonight!"
The beautiful An's voice was still excited.
"And then? Do I get any perks?"
Chen Zheng smiled.
"Kiss me if you want, touch me if you want! Anyway, you're my boyfriend tonight. Where are you and Su Cheng now? I'm at Nan University's main gate. I'll come find you!"
An Jing was very direct.
"South Wind Coffee House, less than a hundred meters to the right of the main gate."
Chen Zheng answered.
She immediately hung up.
"Your... girlfriend?"
After a moment's thought, Qin Yi asked.
"She is tonight."
Chen Zheng smiled faintly.
"..."
Qin Yi was stunned by his answer.
Meanwhile, Su Cheng sighed inwardly. She had already guessed what An Jing had run into.
"Su Cheng! Lend me Chen Zheng tonight. Come on, we're going to that old man's house right now. We're settling this tonight!"
Less than a minute later, An Jing arrived at the coffee house. She said that to Su Cheng, then pulled the two of them up to leave.
"Sister An... I have to go too...?"
Su Cheng froze.
"We're going together! Chen Zheng is so outstanding. Isn't it perfectly normal for him to have two girlfriends?"
An Jing nodded emphatically and pulled them both out of the coffee house.
"..."
It took Qin Yi a long while to recover. Once she did, she stared at Chen Zheng's phone number on her screen, her eyes lighting up again. "So alike. He's just so alike! The romantic entanglements between the male lead and multiple female leads are already happening to him before he's even started acting! Chen Zheng, you're perfect for the male lead I've written!"
Nan University's faculty residential compound.
Principal Lu Weiguo's home.
There were seven or eight people in the living room.
Apart from the elderly people and women, there were only Chen Zheng and another man in formal attire who looked refined and scholarly.
"Boyfriend..."
Lu Weiguo's brow furrowed slightly.
He had not expected his daughter to pull something like this, finding a young man to use as a shield. Of course he knew that young man, who had recently become very popular at Nan University.
"This young man isn't even twenty, is he? An Jing, he isn't the right age for you. Besides, how could an ordinary student be worthy of you? Your surname may be An, but you're still a daughter of the Lu family. And your teacher, Professor Li Wen, has already given his approval to the matter between you and Chengzhi."
Another elderly man was also frowning, giving Chen Zheng a somewhat disgusted look.
"I just like little puppy boys. So what?"
Holding Chen Zheng's arm, An Jing rose slightly onto her tiptoes and planted a kiss right on his cheek in front of everyone!
"An Jing!"
At the sight, the elderly man's voice instantly deepened.
Meanwhile, the refined-looking man in formal attire gently pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, a clear glint of coldness flashing through his eyes.
"What? I can't even kiss my boyfriend?"
An Jing sneered.
After that sneer, a trace of mockery suddenly appeared on her pretty face. Then, once again in front of everyone, she wrapped her arms around Chen Zheng's head. This time, she went straight for his lips!
"..."
Su Cheng was dumbfounded!
Professor An was actually doing it for real!
"You! You! You! Cough, cough, cough!" At the sight, the elderly man coughed in fury. "Lu Weiguo, keep your daughter in line!"
"Second Uncle Qi, since An Jing already has a boyfriend, let's not force the issue."
Lu Weiguo frowned, thought for a moment, then shook his head.
The elderly man had a powerful background and belonged to the generation of Lu Weiguo's elders. Since he had come personally to propose the match, Lu Weiguo had to give him some face. But Lu Weiguo felt guilty toward An Jing, feeling that he owed his daughter far too much. Now that An Jing had made herself so clear, there was nothing more for him, as her father, to say.
"You! I! I!"
Hearing that, the elderly man was enraged again, so furious that he could not even get his words out!