After Being Reborn, I Became Explosively Popular Across the Entire Internet Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Fei Ge, Will You Miss Me?

Lin Qingyan hadn’t faced so many cameras in a long time. His attitude was different from his past life; he wasn’t as uncomfortable as he’d imagined, even feeling more excited than nervous.

He was finally back in front of the camera, back on stage.

The first part of the recording was choosing dorms. The production team was well-funded; the dorms were quite nicely furnished, with double rooms, quad rooms, six-person rooms, and eight-person rooms. The rule was first come, first served – whoever ran fastest got the room.

Some were excited, some were thrilled, and some were practically screaming and rolling around on the ground. Regardless of their private personalities, some people would exaggerate in front of the cameras to attract viewers’ attention.

“Ahhhhh! A double room! A double room! Mom, please bless me to get a double room!”

“Shall we all live together in a quad room?”

“Let me loosen up my muscles first…”

However, some stood out from the crowd. Lu Yuqi stood to one side, hands in his pockets, looking at Lin Qingyan, who was also silent, and asked him, “What kind of room do you like? I’ll grab it for you.”

He looked like a bandit entering a village.

Lin Qingyan: “Any… any will do.”

Just don’t live with An Nanyi. He glanced towards An Nanyi, who was laughing and chatting with new friends.

In Lin Qingyan’s memory, An Nanyi seemed outwardly warm, cheerful, and helpful, always surrounded by friends, even in high school.

Even he, who was once shy and withdrawn, An Nanyi was his only friend. But he hadn’t realized back then that his only friend actually hated him, secretly sabotaging him, competing with him for everything, even intentionally getting close to Wen Yan, who was already his boyfriend.

Lin Qingyan still didn’t understand why An Nanyi hated him so much.

A whistle blew, and everyone rushed towards the dormitory building. Lu Yuqi had already disappeared, leaving Lin Qingyan struggling to pull his heavy suitcase, which felt like it was filled with bricks. He even tripped over the threshold and almost fell.

Lu Yuqi aimed for a double room, but there was only one left, and he missed it. He could only settle for a quad room, grumbling, “I almost got a double room, but some shorty squeezed past me.”

“It’s fine, a quad room is good too.” Lin Qingyan didn’t mind; a place to sleep was enough.

Quad rooms were also popular; several people wanted to get in, but seeing Lu Yuqi’s intimidating demeanor, they sheepishly left. He frowned in displeasure, “What are you running for? Come in!”

So they ran even faster.

Lu Yuqi: “…”

“…” Lin Qingyan twitched the corner of his mouth. “Looks like we have a double room after all.” Thanks to Prince Lu’s intimidating aura, no one dared to enter.

After another two minutes, someone finally came.

It was the person Lin Qingyan least wanted to see.

“Yan Yan, Yuqi, all the other rooms are full. I heard you have two empty beds here, right?” An Nanyi stood at the door with his suitcase, and beside him stood someone Lin Qingyan recognized, Liu Yang, a trainee at Yi Hua Entertainment.

Among those who had secretly said that Lin Qingyan used backdoor methods to enter Yi Hua Entertainment, Liu Yang was one of them. But after being scolded by Lu Yuqi, he dared not speak again.

He didn’t expect An Nanyi and Liu Yang to know each other.

Whether intentional or not, since their room was the only one with vacancies, there was no reason to refuse them. Lin Qingyan gave them a perfunctory smile, “Come in.”

Lu Yuqi raised his eyebrows with interest. Interesting. This An dared to come under his nose. Good, he wanted to see what this kid was up to.

Everyone had chosen their rooms. Next, they had to confiscate prohibited items, including mobile phones and other electronic devices. Before confiscation, they could call family and friends.

Lin Qingyan sat on the bed with his phone, silent for a long time, not knowing who to call. His family… Last time, his mother, Zhou Yuelan, had locked him in his room to prevent him from participating in the show.

After he climbed out from the balcony, Zhou Yuelan called him many times, but he didn’t answer a single one. They haven’t contacted since.

Lin Qingyan wasn’t cold-blooded; even small kindnesses from others stayed with him for a long time. But over the years, his parents had been too excessive. The repeated hurts had been enough to erase his filial feelings.

Meanwhile, An Nanyi was calling his parents. He was fair and delicate-looking, currently putting on a pitiful act, on the verge of tears, a look that easily garnered sympathy.

“Mom, I miss you. As soon as I got here, I want to go home… Dad, don’t drink so much when you’re out socializing, listen to Mom… Mm, I love you too!”

Lin Qingyan lowered his eyes, staring blankly at his phone screen.

Sometimes, he envied An Nanyi. A child raised in a loving family, wealthy and harmonious, with parents who loved him and two brothers who doted on him. He seemed to lack nothing.

Lu Yuqi beside Lin Qingyan clicked his tongue in disapproval, not caring about the cameras. He muttered, “That An is like a woman, crying and whining.” He patted the younger man’s shoulder, “Why are you just sitting here watching others make calls? Call that Gu.”

The great young master Lu was really worried about the matchmaking.

“That Gu” naturally referred to Gu Fei. Hearing Lu Yuqi’s words, the slight disappointment in Lin Qingyan’s heart instantly vanished. He whispered, “They’re still filming. Be careful.”

Young Master Lu didn’t care, “What’s there to be afraid of?”

Lin Qingyan smiled helplessly, but couldn’t resist the urge to talk to Gu Fei. Although they’d only been separated for less than half a day, he already missed him. He hid in the restroom and called Gu Fei.

On the other side, in the Gu Corporation’s conference room, executives in suits were holding a meeting. The man in the center was listening to a subordinate’s report, his stern brows filled with seriousness, occasionally slightly furrowed, cold and severe.

He even pointed out an error made by his subordinate.

The poor subordinate was trembling, sweating profusely, afraid of making another mistake.

Until the screen of Gu Fei’s phone, which lay beside him, lit up. It was his personal phone; few people knew this number. He glanced at it; the two characters “Yan Yan” on the caller ID were very conspicuous.

“Wait a moment.” Gu Fei calmly interrupted the subordinate’s report. The subordinate immediately panicked, his hands shaking, thinking he had said something wrong again. It turned out that their Gu Ye simply paused the meeting for ten minutes, then took his phone to answer the call.

The many executives at the conference table looked at each other, seeing confusion in each other’s eyes. Whose call was it? It actually made their cold-faced boss pause the meeting to take it.

Of course, no one dared to eavesdrop.

You can’t get close, or you’ll become unlucky.

Gu Fei stood by the window at the end of the corridor and answered the phone.

“Yan Yan?”

Every time Lin Qingyan heard the man call him that, his heart would tingle. Leaning against the sink, unsure of what to say, he simply said, “Fei Ge, the show is going to confiscate our phones soon, so I called you. Did I disturb you?”

“No.” Gu Fei looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window. The corners of his lips, which had been tightly pressed, curled up slightly in a contented arc. He spoke slowly and calmly, “This last call, why is Yan Yan calling Fei Ge?”

The man’s tone remained calm, as if it were just a casual question, but Lin Qingyan’s heart stirred. He couldn’t say he liked him.

“I… I don’t know who else to call.” Lin Qingyan looked at his slightly flushed face in the mirror, his hands on the sink tightening. “Actually, I have another question to ask you.”

“Mm?”

“While I’m gone…” He took a deep breath, even with his courage, his voice was soft, like a kitten’s meow, “Will you miss me?”

Lin Qingyan was carefully probing. He wasn’t sure about Gu Fei’s feelings for him, but he was willing to try to get closer.

The moment he heard those words, Gu Fei felt as if his heart was being scratched by tiny cat claws. He could sense the change in the younger man’s attitude, a little more proactive, even just a little, but it was a change from quantitative to qualitative.

The man suppressed the surge of emotion in his heart and spoke restrictively and earnestly, “Of course, I will.”

It was both an expected and unexpected answer. He couldn’t describe his feelings at that moment, but Lin Qingyan’s heart felt like a brilliant firework exploding in the sky.

He couldn’t help but smile, then nervously changed the subject, “We’re in the dorm now, Yuqi grabbed a quad room. Yuqi and I are staying together. He’s very nice, he helped me carry my luggage, he takes good care of me…”

The conversation subtly went off track. The curve of Gu Fei’s lips flattened, his expression becoming serious. He called out the younger man’s name, interrupting him.

Lin Qingyan: “…What?”

Gu Fei felt a little annoyed. He knew he shouldn’t get worked up about this, it was he who asked Lu Yuqi to take care of the kid, but he still couldn’t help but ask, “Do you think Lu Yuqi is better, or Fei Ge is better?”

Lin Qingyan: “Ah?”

Gu Fei: “…Nothing.”

“They seem to be collecting phones. So… I’ll hang up now.”

Gu Fei hummed, waiting for Lin Qingyan to hang up first. After a few seconds of silence, he heard that clear, soft voice coming through the phone:

“You’re the best in my heart, you can’t be compared to anyone else.”