Chapter 16: Because it’s trending
Jiang Su didn’t remember how much wine he drank with Cheng Xishi, nor how he got back to Cheng Xishi’s apartment.
When he woke up, he found himself in Cheng Xishi’s apartment.
Cheng Xishi’s apartment was decorated in a minimalist style, just as clean and gentle as he was.
The reason he recognized it as Cheng Xishi’s apartment was because when Jiang Su had filmed with Cheng Xishi, he had been to his home before.
Jiang Su scratched his messy hair, starting to recall last night’s events.
How did he get to Cheng Xishi’s place?
Damn, he couldn’t remember.
There was a slight movement by the door.
Jiang Su tilted his head, looked towards the door, and saw someone pushing the door open, very gently, as if afraid of waking him.
As Cheng Xishi pushed the door open, he saw Jiang Su tilting his head, staring blankly at the doorway.
He couldn’t help but laugh: “You’re awake.”
Jiang Su scratched his head, saying awkwardly: “Sorry, I troubled you last night.”
“No trouble, you’re a good drinker, you didn’t cause any trouble.”
Hearing Cheng Xishi say this, Jiang Su finally felt a little comforted.
It was already embarrassing enough for Cheng Xishi to know about him and Huo Qingyan, if he had gotten drunk and made a scene, it would have been even more embarrassing.
Cheng Xishi was still standing by the door: “You’ve been working out these past two years, right?”
Jiang Su was a very professional artist and had a habit of working out.
“Yeah,” Jiang Su looked at Cheng Xishi, puzzled.
Cheng Xishi crossed his arms and said half-jokingly: “No wonder you’re so heavy.”
Speaking of fitness, Jiang Su was excited, rolled up his sleeves and pointed his chin at Cheng Xishi: “Let’s see whose muscles are bigger?”
Just as Cheng Xishi was about to speak, Jiang Su’s phone on the bedside table rang.
Cheng Xishi didn’t continue the topic, only saying: “Get ready and come out for breakfast.”
Jiang Su disappointedly lowered his sleeves, reached for his phone on the bedside table, and said, “Okay.”
Early in the morning, he wanted to see who was calling.
He picked up the phone and saw that it was Big Brother Jiang Zhaoyu calling.
Big Brother was always very busy, and he wouldn’t have time to call unless it was urgent.
Could it be that Grandma had something happen?
Jiang Su immediately answered the phone and asked nervously: “Big Brother, what’s wrong?”
Jiang Zhaoyu asked him: “Where are you?”
“At a friend’s house.” Big Brother didn’t follow the entertainment industry, and he probably didn’t know who Cheng Xishi was, so Jiang Su didn’t say the name directly.
Jiang Zhaoyu asked again: “Cheng Xishi?”
Jiang Su was surprised: “Big Brother, speak properly, don’t send people to monitor me!”
Jiang Zhaoyu could actually know that he was at Cheng Xishi’s house, if it wasn’t for secretly monitoring him, it would be hard to explain.
Jiang Zhaoyu’s tone suddenly became very relieved: “You and Cheng Xishi seemed to have a good relationship before, catch up, I’m busy, see you.”
He hung up the phone directly.
Jiang Su looked at the hung-up phone, very confused.
What was Big Brother doing?
Soon, his phone rang again.
This time it was Jiang Lichuan.
“Where are you?”
“At a friend’s house.”
“Cheng Xishi?”
“How did you know?”
“Hahaha…”
After Jiang Lichuan let out a series of maniacal laughter, he hung up the phone directly, just like Jiang Zhaoyu.
Jiang Su: …
Damn, who can tell him what happened!
Jiang Su had a feeling this was just the beginning.
His hunch proved to be correct.
After that, Third Brother, Fourth Sister, and Fifth Sister all called, all asking where he was.
After confirming that he was at Cheng Xishi’s house, they all hung up in high spirits, without giving Jiang Su a chance to ask.
All the other siblings had called, only Second Sister Jiang Ying was left.
Jiang Su washed up while waiting for Jiang Ying’s call.
Jiang Ying called, just as Jiang Su had expected, late but arrived.
When he finished washing, he finally received Jiang Ying’s call.
With his previous experience, Jiang Su said before Jiang Ying could speak: “I know what you want to ask, I’m at Cheng Xishi’s house, now you can tell me why you all know I’m at Cheng Xishi’s house?”
Jiang Ying’s tone was slightly excited: “Because it’s trending.”
Jiang Su: “…”
He didn’t bother to listen to what Jiang Ying said, hung up the phone, and opened his data and went onto Weibo.
Wow!
The top trending search was his and Cheng Xishi’s names, with the word “boiling” behind it.
Several of the following trending searches were related to him and Cheng Xishi.
Jiang Su tremblingly clicked on the top trending search topic.
[The “Vegetarian” CP that made me obsessed back then, are they going to make a comeback?!]
Followed by a nine-grid photo.
There were photos of Jiang Su being helped out of the bar by Cheng Xishi, and photos of Cheng Xishi helping Jiang Su into the car.
Clearly taken from a sneaky angle, but the pixels were excellent.
Entertainment reporters these days really spend a lot of money; I wonder what kind of camera could take such high-resolution photos.
The comments under this Weibo post were also varied and creative.
[I just want to know, did Jiang Su really get divorced?]
[Ahhh, sisters, it’s a holiday!!]
[Take away my brother, my brother and the Jiang family have long lost contact, please don’t associate my brother with him.]
[It’s just a casual friendship, no need to make such a fuss!]
[Really divorced?]
[Xiao Ting? So his name is Jiang Su, I really like his acting style, is he making a comeback?]
[Vegetarian CP, let’s go!!]
[Could we see the Vegetarian CP in the same photo again in our lifetime? Is this something you can see without spending any money?]
Go your way!
Jiang Su was getting a headache.
“Jiang Su?” Cheng Xishi, seeing that Jiang Su hadn’t come out of the bedroom, came to find him again.
“Coming,” Jiang Su responded and quickly came out.
The two sat opposite each other at the dining table.
Jiang Su picked up the chopsticks Cheng Xishi handed him, pondered for a moment, and said, “About the trending searches… I’m sorry for the trouble, I’ll find a way to take them down.”
Another reason for Cheng Xishi’s rise to fame was his very capable team.
They must already know about the trending searches, and might be devising a strategy right now.
Just as he had thought, Cheng Xishi did know about the trending searches.
“It’s not a trouble,” Cheng Xishi seemed unconcerned: “Isn’t it good to have attention?”
Jiang Su: “…” How come he remembered Cheng Xishi as being different before?
Jiang Su paused, took out his phone, preparing to show Cheng Xishi the comments on Weibo, letting him realize the seriousness of the situation.
But when he opened Weibo, he saw Huo Qingyan and Lin Siyue’s names on the second trending search.
Seeing Jiang Su staring at his phone for a long time without moving, Cheng Xishi leaned over.
After seeing Huo Qingyan and Lin Siyue’s names on the second trending search, he lightly said, “Oh, we’re number one, we won.”