The director was very considerate and gave a close-up to every female guest.
That made it easy to tell how satisfied they were with the new male guest.
Liu Mian’s phoenix eyes almost bulged out, as if she had seen something she should not have seen.
“Li Lu?”
She had never imagined she would run into him here. After they broke up, she had never seen him again.
Back then, she had not wanted to break things off with him either; he was the one who gave up.
Even when they happened to meet at events, he always avoided her.
Later on, he rarely appeared on screen anymore.
She thought he had withdrawn from the spotlight and had always felt guilty about it.
“It’s you.”
Lin Lin immediately turned her head away, not wanting to look at him any longer.
That scumbag. Back then, the company had demanded that the two of them break up, bringing up all kinds of serious consequences.
She had thought he was forced into it too, and that the two of them would quietly take their relationship underground.
But for the next half year, he really never contacted her again.
That scumbag got together with another female artist.
That vixen not far from her — Zhang Xinyao.
Always pretending to be a pure little white flower. If you’re going to act, then act… why steal someone else’s boyfriend?
“Li Lu.”
Zhang Xinyao and Li Shihan called out his name almost at the same time, and just as quickly lowered their heads.
Yaoyao never expected the last male guest to be him. How could it be him?
That year, the two of them filmed together. The investors wanted them to interact more off-screen too, to pretend to be a couple.
Who would have thought that, before they knew it, the two of them had somehow ended up like that?
The agency flew into a rage. She was in the rising phase of her career and could not date anyway.
So she sent him a breakup text and cut off contact from then on.
So awkward, running into your ex on a blind date show.
He was still so handsome, just with a little more maturity than before.
He had not had an easy time these past years. If she could help him, she should help him more.
Li Shihan also never expected to run into the person she could never get over in this lifetime, here of all places.
No one expected the movie to flop so hard, and no one expected him to be completely crushed.
And she, at the very moment he needed help most, had been the one to deliver the final blow.
She had used him to market her own acting and compared herself to him to highlight her performance.
From then on, she became the most talented newcomer among the new generation of female actors.
And he became her stepping stone.
She had no face to see him, and could not be with him anymore.
She had fantasized many times that once she became successful and completely broke free of her shackles, if he was still alone, maybe that would be heaven giving her a chance to atone.
She never expected to run into him here. Could there really be a God?
“Ah, Lu…”
Su Nuan covered her small mouth and instinctively called out “Brother Lu.”
No way, no way.
How could she see her Brother Lu here? They had just broken up a few days ago.
Originally, she had planned to do fake couple hype with Uncle Song. Now he had replaced Song… could it be?
She quickly brushed off the impossible fantasy. Su Nuan was not an idiot.
How could the company let her do fake couple hype with someone whose popularity was so bad?
But still, running into Brother Lu here…
Surprise, shock, stunned silence, even horror.
The bullet comment army never stopped either.
『Laughing to death, a top star past his prime shows up.』
『Haha, the five female guests are shocked. Are we about to get our popularity leeched?』
『They came here to do fake couple hype with another popular heartthrob, and instead they ran into a fly in the ointment.』
『Haha, whoever he leeches off is unlucky.』
『The five female guests are dumbfounded. Don’t drag me into this with him.』
『Smiling on the surface, cursing inside: stay far away from me.』
『Xiao Nuan: Why is he haunting me? Still trying to leech off me?』
…
Although the audience all came for the sweet couple content, deep down they understood perfectly well:
Which celebrity romance variety show is ever real? Everyone is just boosting each other’s popularity.
But bringing in a guest with such a huge popularity gap immediately threw off the balance of the unspoken rules.
“Old Six, I B… (bleeped), didn’t expect to run into you here.”
Zhang Wenbo’s shout of “Old Six” quickly pulled the main camera onto himself.
Laughing, he stood up and took the initiative to go over and hug him.
“We haven’t seen each other in years, bro.”
『Old Six?』『Old Six?』『Old Six?』
『Brotherly bond, we debuted together through the talent show.』
…
The bullet comments were quickly flooded with lines of “Old Six.” Many of Zhang Wenbo’s fans immediately started explaining their relationship.
That year, the champion of Idol Has You was Li Lu, and the runner-up was Zhang Wenbo.
On the day the show ended, they debuted as a group… and of course, disbanded that same day.
Forming a group was just a gimmick, and not all the members were from the same company.
Li Lu was the champion and had an overwhelming popularity lead at the time.
Later, he became the textbook example of all flash and no substance, while Zhang Wenbo, the runner-up, relied on solid singing skills to steadily gather a large fanbase over the years and remained popular to this day.
“Old Six? That nickname doesn’t sound like a good guy.”
Yang Shu chuckled as he moved aside, signaling for them to sit next to him.
The other male artists also greeted him one after another, even if he was now a past-his-prime artist.
When you meet someone like that on a show, you still have to show your friendliness.
People climbing up should not look down on those coming down, or they will be hated to death.
Everyone knows how to play the game, and everyone knows how to act.
“Haha, his name is Lu, so isn’t that just Old Six?
Back when we were in the group, that’s what everyone called him.”
The last one to arrive, Li Lu, suddenly became everyone’s new talking point.
“By the way, Old Six, what have you been doing these past two years? We hardly see any news about you.”
“What else could I be doing? Making music, reading books.”
Li Lu gave an awkward smile. In reality, he spent every day playing games and dating.
But he could not say that on the show; it would be embarrassing.
Even though he had no plans to stay in the industry anymore, he still needed to save face.
For a man, face comes first.
“Oh, so you’ve been laying low to build yourself up? Then you must have written a lot of new songs… planning to stun everyone?”
“No, no, just kidding.”
Li Lu immediately waved his hands. He had just been casually bragging — they weren’t actually taking that seriously, were they?
When he debuted, the company gave him the genius persona, so a singer-songwriter image would seem more upscale.
Although he really could play many instruments and read scores at a glance, he simply could not write songs.
The songs he sang later were all ghostwritten.
It was just the company’s usual routine anyway. After all, the copyright for all the songs belonged to the company.
“Haha.”
…
The male guests were chatting enthusiastically, while the female guests on the other side were unusually quiet.
Each one had a very different expression, as if they all had something on their minds.
As the big brother, Yang Shu naturally controlled the rhythm of the whole room and began steering the topic toward the girls.
“By the way, I once saw some gossip saying you and Lin Lin had dated… is that true?”
“It’s true. I also saw that interview with Lin Lin.”
“Wow, so today really is an exes’ gathering?”
Lin Xuan and the others joked about it too. There was nothing wrong with saying it.
After all, Lin Lin had said it in her own public interview, and everyone knew about it.
Putting it on the table today made for a pretty good topic.