Chapter 56: The Self-Cultivation of a Wingman

Seeing Su Xuan’s mood suddenly drop, Su Bai’s mother quickly comforted her.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Don’t be sad. Aww, just look at that little face—it makes my heart ache. I really don’t know if that boy from the Lin family is made of stone. Honestly…

“Ah, the main thing is that you’re still young. Once you start university, I’ll definitely have a good talk with Mingxia and ask her exactly what her son means.”

A flicker of amusement passed through Su Xuan’s eyes as she sat in Su Bai’s mother’s arms.

Brother Lin, I’ve always been trying my best.

Have you noticed?

………

After secretly gloating for quite a while, Ling Xiaoli finally turned her attention back to her own affairs. She took out her phone and logged onto Weibo.

The excitement from the night before yesterday still had lingering effects. People were still discussing and arguing beneath her Weibo posts.

After two nights of fermenting, her follower count had already reached three hundred thousand.

Although that wasn’t even a fraction of the followers many celebrities had, it was an enormous comfort to Ling Xiaoli.

These followers were ones she had earned entirely through her own efforts!

The only problem was that the makeup of her fanbase was rather complicated now. There were fans who followed her for her looks, fans who liked her music, dance fans, livestream fans, and even quite a sizable number of haters.

Ling Xiaoli scrolled through it for quite a while before closing Weibo and opening the music charts.

As expected, “Prophecy” was at the top of the charts.

At the current rate, it would dominate the charts for at least a week, and it might even remain at number one until the end of the month.

Not long after signing the contract with Dou Beast Livestream the night before yesterday, Ling Xiaoli had received a call from QQ Music.

After carefully considering it, Ling Xiaoli chose to release the song for free.

She had also arranged with them that once she returned to C City, QQ Music would provide a professional recording studio so she could record the song again.

The first song was mainly meant to build her popularity. With the enormous resources from her original world in her hands, was she really worried that she wouldn’t be able to make money later?

………

Lin Cheng observed Ling Xiaoli throughout the entire morning. He watched as the tip of her nose turned bright red from the cold, yet she remained focused on studying and taking notes.

He silently recorded his observations in his mind:

She takes her work seriously and applies herself to whatever she does. She isn’t easily distracted by outside influences. These traits are very similar to his own, and her attitude toward studying is also the same as his.

Conclusion: They can make progress together.

………

Feng Weiyuan had said yesterday that he was going to tag along for a meal, but he had the heaviest workload of scenes. With Director Hu keeping an eye on him, he simply didn’t have the time to run to a restaurant for lunch.

So the lunch gathering consisted of only Ling Xiaoli, Luo Zhaoyin, and Lin Cheng.

Luo Zhaoyin joked that the two of them had both originally planned to treat everyone, but now that they were combining the two invitations into one, they could save the cost of one meal.

Ling Xiaoli, however, insisted that they had to be counted separately. She wanted to eat two meals.

What a joke. When it came to the male and female leads having a meal together, the more opportunities they had, the better!

If she didn’t create opportunities for them, who knew how long it would take before they figured things out on their own?

Especially A-Yin. There was such a handsome and appetizing man right in front of her, yet her mind was completely occupied with her script.

………

Ling Xiaoli was the host. She ordered four dishes and a soup, along with a small dessert—the kind that was extremely sweet.

She still remembered the original novel mentioning that Luo Zhaoyin liked extremely sweet desserts. She just didn’t know whether it was actually true.

The three of them had a very pleasant meal. Luo Zhaoyin, in particular, was pleasantly surprised to discover that Ling Xiaoli, just like her, liked desserts with lots of sugar!

After all, most people couldn’t handle desserts that were this sweet.

Lin Cheng silently recorded another observation in his mind:

She prefers Sichuan cuisine and loves very sweet desserts. The former matches his own preferences quite well. He doesn’t eat the latter very often, but he can accept it.

Conclusion: They can eat together.

Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Ling Xiaoli slipped away to the restroom halfway through the meal.

An excellent wingman must know when to make an appropriate exit, leaving the main couple with enough time to spend alone together.