Chapter 191: Chapter 191: An Official Title?

“Flipping open the notebook I carry with me

Written inside are many things, all about you

You hate being left out

You’re used to being waited for…”

Perhaps everyone’s feelings are different, but there will always be people in the world who have gone through something similar.

In the bloom of youth, who doesn’t have a few secrets they can’t speak of?

Unable to voice their feelings, they can only secretly write them down. In their free time, they’d carefully flip through the pages, a clandestine feeling in their hearts.

Just like a diary.

At first, it just recorded their own life, but when that special someone appeared, the contents would become filled with things about them.

Taking up the better part of the daily entries.

“Page after page in the diary, filled with obsession

Recording all your good qualities

Like an addictive poison…”

[SOB SOB SOB, this reminds me of my ex-girlfriend. She was the one who said she’d marry me after graduation.

But in just one short year, she found a better option…]

[Isn’t that the truth? Back when I was pursuing a junior, I took on all her coursework. I just scribbled something for my own thesis, but I polished hers to perfection.

But in the end, she dumped me at graduation. It was just one more partner, but she complained that I was taking up a spot, preventing her from marrying a better partner in the future.]

Excellent males have a certain degree of freedom in choosing a female master.

Under the same conditions, they are naturally more willing to choose one with fewer partners.

So, you see, not every female is willing to marry just anyone. Some of the more promiscuous ones might just play around and then abandon the male.

Promises can be forgotten in an instant.

Situations like this are not uncommon.

Of course, there are also males who have deceived females’ emotions, but such cases are rare.

That’s why this song resonated with so many people.

[I’ve also cried through countless nights until dawn…]

[It’s still better to be a female. A breakup doesn’t matter; they have plenty of other choices. But for us males, having a relationship history is like having a criminal record.]

[That’s why when we’re heartbroken, even our crying is silent.]

Because they’re afraid their sobs will be overheard and people will start guessing things.

[The female I like is still unwilling to make our relationship public, and she’s even more unwilling to take me home to meet her other partners…]

[SOB SOB SOB, I don’t want to read the comments anymore. I just want to listen to the song and cry in silence. After the sun comes up, I’ll be a pure young man again.]

[Miss Jiang Qin’s music is, as always, so full of emotion.]

[Miss Darling is also great. She used to be an outstanding singer, but she disappeared from the scene later. I thought she was going to return to her family life.]

[This is great! We Lin Fen have finally awaited her return.]

[Thank you, Miss Jiang Qin, for giving our Darling a chance. I hope you two can collaborate often!]

[I heard Qin Bao secretly got married and has several partners. The new president of Tianwen Entertainment is one of them. Is it true?]

[It’s possible. Qin Bao’s relationship with Tianwen has become visibly closer.]

The song was good, and the gossip was interesting too.

So the comments that followed went further and further off-topic.

Everyone was guessing which males had caught Jiang Qin’s eye.

Others were curious about her standards for choosing a partner.

The most pitiful one was still Cang Hong.

The comment section on his page was already flooded by his fans:

[I heard the little lion changed companies for love. Bro, have you secured a position yet or not?]

[Miss Jiang is married?? Cang Hong, you rascal, don’t tell me you haven’t even confessed yet?]

[Cang Hong, are you close with Miss Jiang? Do you know who her partners are? What are her standards? Can I apply?]

[Bro, we really like Qin Bao as our sister-in-law. Is there any hope?]

Cang Hong: …

’WAAAH! Not only do I not have a position,’ he thought, ’but since joining Tianwen Entertainment, I haven’t even had time to be her secret Flower Protector.’

’At Four Seas, I still dared to go on strike.’

’But at Tianwen, I don’t dare. I’m afraid of making Miss Jiang unhappy, afraid of failing to meet her expectations.’

So he had been super busy lately, practicing new songs and also uploading the duet version of “Chapter” with Miss Jiang.

Then, Tianwen had also arranged classes and commercial performances for him, as well as a variety show that he was scheduled to join after the new year.

’It’s the end of the world! I have no time at all to pursue Miss Jiang!’

’Forget about securing a position! I’m afraid that by the time Miss Jiang marries her thirtieth partner, I still won’t even be in the queue!’

At this thought, he once again hid in the bathroom to cry his heart out in misery.

“SOB SOB SOB~~ WAAAH~”

Cheng Bin was already used to the crying sounds coming from the bathroom, which sounded like a monstrous wind raging, a kettle boiling, and the strange call of a giant salamander all at once.

He banged on the stall door a few times. BANG BANG BANG.

He called out, “Are you done crying? Hurry up and come out when you’re done. We have to shoot a music video this afternoon. Who has time for you to cry?”

“WAAAH, Brother Cheng, are you even human? I’m already so sad, and not only are you not comforting me, you won’t even let me cry…”

Cheng Bin was very calm. “Am I not your slave? I’m the one who manages your eating, drinking, shitting, pissing, and sleeping every day.”

“Hurry up. Crying is useless. The esteemed Miss Jiang is swamped with work lately; she has no time to think about a nobody like you.”

“Your only purpose is to work hard, earn back your contract termination fee, and help Miss Jiang make more money.”

Whenever this was mentioned, Cheng Bin felt a sense of vindication.

You see, the old Cang Hong had to be coaxed just to go to work.

Because of his social anxiety, things like variety shows or commercial gigs were impossible to drag him to.

Even if you broke down all the benefits, chewed them up, and spoon-fed them to him, he still wouldn’t compromise.

Let alone things like being packaged for manufactured scandals. Don’t even think about it.

But now, things were different.

Whenever Cang Hong didn’t want to work, he would bring up Jiang Qin, and it worked instantly.

After all, Miss Jiang Qin was now a shareholder of Tianwen Entertainment, so Tianwen’s performance was directly related to her.

If Cang Hong lost money, Tianwen lost money. And if Tianwen lost money, Miss Jiang Qin’s dividends would be smaller.

Therefore, Cang Hong was now willing to listen to a bit of persuasion.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he generally didn’t go on strike.

He only had one bottom line: no manufactured scandals and no dating shows.

As expected, this tactic worked again.

The crying in the bathroom stopped, and Cang Hong emerged, his eyes slightly red and swollen.

“Go wash your face and touch up your makeup. If the paparazzi catch you, the entire Federation will know you were hiding in the bathroom crying your eyes out by tomorrow.”

“And who knows, the news that you failed to catch Miss Jiang’s eye might get out too.”

Cang Hong gave Cheng Bin a resentful look.

’Was I wrong?’ he wondered. ’Should I have taken the opportunity to switch managers when I changed companies?’

’After all, Brother Cheng’s words really hit where it hurts.’

However, Cheng Bin did have a bit of a conscience. After all, the two had known each other for so many years.

So he said soothingly, “If you chase a girl too aggressively, you might just annoy her.”

“Besides, Miss Jiang Qin is busy lately and doesn’t have time to deal with you.”

“Why not take this chance to maintain a bit of beautiful distance? Maybe if you don’t show up for a while, she’ll start thinking about you instead.”

“And even if she doesn’t, it’s fine.”

“As long as you do your job well and earn a lot of money for the company, when you’re invited on stage to be praised at the year-end celebration, are you still afraid Miss Jiang Qin won’t see how outstanding you are?”

In short, the long and short of it was: work hard and make money.

He had to make this work. At Tianwen, Cang Hong was the only artist under his management.

He needed the performance metrics too, okay!

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