Time goes back to the present, with just eighteen days left until Xiao He’s birthday fan meeting.

The closer it gets to the birthday fan meeting, the busier Xiao He becomes.

Aside from rehearsals, he still has several advertising endorsements that need to be filmed. These are all endorsement resources compensated to him by the Peach platform from the previous stage incident. If he hadn’t drawn the [Recovery+] skill early on, allowing his energy to remain consistently abundant, Xiao He genuinely feels he could follow in Lu Yuxi’s footsteps and get so exhausted he ends up in the emergency room.

And now the reality is, Xiao He can’t rest properly, yet he’s not exhausted to death either; he’s overwhelmingly busy but can’t finish everything, and his overall condition is radiant and glowing. Instead, it’s the team members who are getting worn out, needing oxygen. Liu Rulan and her assistant take turns on duty, and Xiao Chen, along with three other young assistants arranged by the company, take turns following Xiao He, barely managing to keep up with his pace.

However, this also leads to them looking at Xiao He like he’s a monster every time they see him.

If it weren’t for ensuring he doesn’t stray outside the category of “human,” Xiao He indicates he could be even crazier and just not sleep at all.

–

“Alright, look from top to bottom, reach out your hand—yes, look at the camera—”

The photographer shouted instructions while looking at the person in the viewfinder, his finger constantly clicking the shutter.

“Lights turn, turn, turn—”

The young man unscrewed the drink in his hand, raised his head, and began drinking from it.

The lights kept flashing, but he didn’t even blink. His Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, and in the end, he actually downed the entire drink in his hand in one go.

“Green Lemon, Spring All Year Round, the Best Partner for Sports.”

The drink in his hand was held directly towards the camera, revealing the full brand name and flavor details.

Finally, he withdrew his hand, placed the drink in front of himself, and flashed a brilliantly sunny smile at the camera.

“Every season, we will always be by your side—”

“OK!”

The advertising director on the side called out, and only then did Xiao He slowly retract his smile.

“Thank you, everyone worked hard.”

He said to the filming crew in front of him.

“It’s no trouble, Teacher Xiao worked hard too.”

The group began tidying up the props and equipment in the studio, and Xiao He also walked down from the central shooting area, handing the drink bottle used for filming to Xiao Chen.

“I’m going to the restroom first.”

Xiao He said to Xiao Chen, “You wait for me over there by the elevator entrance.”

“Okay.”

Xiao Chen nodded.

Just as the two were leaving, a new photography team had already arrived; they were the ones scheduled to use this studio next.

“Quick, quick, pull that light over here.”

“Put this variety show logo over there, yes, yes!”

As he passed by, Xiao He took an extra glance and then raised an eyebrow in understanding.

What kind of coincidence is this? The ones coming here to shoot later are the promotional group poster lineup for the first episode guests of “Ace Reasoning.”

Simply put, it’s the first episode guests coming here together to take a group photo.

Several artists arrived over there, many of whom were comedy artists frequently seen on various variety shows. Xiao He’s relationship with them was average, but he still casually greeted them.

Thinking about it this way, if the first episode guests for “Ace Reasoning” are already preparing for the warm-up, then does that mean the promotional short film where he played the killer is also about to be released soon?

Xiao He mentally calculated and planned to ask Director Li about it later.

As soon as Xiao He left, someone hurriedly headed towards the studio but was intercepted by another person who had been lying in wait at the entrance.

The person blocking the way had a very unpleasant expression: “I knew you hadn’t given up. Who told you to come? Get the hell back! Otherwise, don’t even think about getting ahead in the future!”

–

Over here, Xiao He found the restroom.

He was just about to unzip when someone dragged another person rushing in.

Xiao He was startled.

When he turned to look, he discovered that one of them was actually an acquaintance!

And seeing there was actually someone else in the restroom, Yan Lewen, who originally had a fierce expression, immediately restrained his demeanor and also released the hand that was dragging the other person’s collar: “Sorry, sorry, we were just roughhousing, didn’t expect there was someone else in the restroom.”

Xiao He glanced at Yan Lewen, didn’t speak immediately, but instead looked seriously at Liang Cheng beside Yan Lewen.

That’s right, the two who just came in were precisely two members of the ECL Boy Group, Yan Lewen and Liang Cheng!

Liang Cheng needs no further explanation; he’s been in contact with Xiao He several times recently, and last time during the Lu Yuxi incident, he even spoke up for Xiao He. The two have a relatively friendly relationship.

As for this Yan Lewen beside Liang Cheng, with his handsome features and good looks, he indeed fits the current preferences of young girls quite well. Although Xiao He isn’t very familiar with him, he also knows this member holds a relatively high status within the boy band, completely different from a small-fry like Liang Cheng.

These two being together is normal, but they didn’t seem like particularly good friends or brothers.

Seeing Xiao He, Liang Cheng was also somewhat surprised, and then, seemingly thinking of something, he lowered his head somewhat shamefully.

“Just roughhousing?”

Xiao He asked casually.

Although among the people present, both Yan Lewen and Liang Cheng are older than Xiao He, just by standing there, Xiao He inexplicably carried the authoritative pressure of a senior.

“Yes, yes, Liang Cheng and I have a very good relationship. Last time I even said I wanted Liang Cheng to introduce me to Brother Xiao! Didn’t expect us to have such fate this time.”

Yan Lewen hastily chimed in.

And Liang Cheng moved his lips but didn’t dare to make a sound.

Xiao He felt somewhat disappointed, then glanced sideways at Yan Lewen and still spoke bluntly: “If it’s just roughhousing, that’s fine. From your actions just now, I thought it was bullying within the group.”

“Hehe, how could that be.”

Yan Lewen laughed awkwardly, then patted Liang Cheng’s shoulder, “Liang Cheng and I are the closest in the group.”

“Right.”

Xiao He snorted a laugh: “Such a big man, at least has a few ounces of muscle trained on his shoulders. If he could still be bullied by a scrawny dog, then I’d truly admire him.”

Hearing Xiao He’s sarcastic, insinuating words, Liang Cheng’s face grew even more awkward, and he clenched his fist in shame: “I’m sorry, I…”

“Don’t say sorry to me. You don’t owe me, and I don’t owe you.”

Xiao He directly put on a cold face.

If you don’t even have the courage to resist yourself, can you still expect others to help?

Such a big man, it’s embarrassing to even talk about it.

“So, are you two here to use the restroom? If not, don’t disturb me.”

Xiao He directly shooed them away.

“S-sorry.”

Yan Lewen apologized while pulling Liang Cheng out.

–

“Brother Xiao!”

At the elevator entrance, Xiao Chen greeted Xiao He, only then noticing Xiao He’s expression looked somewhat foul, appearing to be in a not-so-great mood.

“Brother Xiao, what’s wrong?”

Xiao Chen was somewhat baffled.

“Nothing, just got stunk out by the smell in the restroom.”

Xiao He said with a cold face.

“Ah? There’s actually such a thing.”

Xiao Chen sighed with mixed emotions, then said to Xiao He, “Oh right, Brother Xiao, I just saw that the ones shooting after us are from ‘Ace Reasoning’! I saw all the guests just now; feels like the lineup this time is really quite good, might blow up!”

“Really? I didn’t notice.”

Xiao He shrugged, then walked into the elevator.

“Yeah, there’s the traffic idol who was super popular a while ago, a very senior host with long-standing credentials, and the visual center of a currently popular boy band. If this variety show comes out, I’ll definitely watch it later.”

Xiao He’s eyes shifted: “Visual center?”

As Xiao He asked with unclear meaning, the elevator doors began to slowly close.

The unaware Xiao Chen nodded: “Yeah, it’s Yan Lewen from the ECL Boy Group!”

The next moment, a hand reached out, pressing against the elevator doors that were about to close, and the sensitive doors opened again.

The young man raised his head with a sinister air, a mocking smile appearing on his face.

“Who?”

The resources Sister Liu gave, who dares to mess with them?!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep