The Perfect Relationship

er.
He took out the pair of beautiful leather shoes, put them on and walked a few steps, but took them off angrily after less than two minutes.

The agent asked, “What's wrong now?”

Wang Chen said, “These shoes don't have height increasing insoles.
I look short wearing them!”

The agent said, “…”

However, after this incident, Wang Chen finally swallowed his pride and added Yin Chang on WeChat.

He didn't mention the shoes, and naturally assumed that they were an apology from Yin Chang.
However, after watching the show last night, he was puzzled that he’d scored the lowest in the final Q&A segment.
He asked Yin Chang via WeChat: “Do you know the other three?”

Yin Chang said, “Hmm?”

Wang Chen said, “In the final Q&A, all three of you had quick responses.”

For example, in one question, the host only mentioned “calligraphy”, and Yin Chang immediately answered “Yu Ruizhe” and got one point for the correct answer.

Later, through the conversation between the host and Yu Ruizhe, Wang Chen learned that Yu Ruizhe had been practicing calligraphy every day in the dormitory for a new historical drama he was filming.

Perhaps Yu Ruizhe had posted related updates on Weibo, and Wang Chen didn't notice, which was normal.
But to immediately guess it was him based on just one keyword, Yin Chang was indeed too sharp.

Yin Chang didn't hide from Wang Chen's suspicion.
“Mhmm, we knew each other beforehand.”

Wang Chen said, “What do you mean by 'knew each other beforehand'?” Could it be that these people were secretly colluding behind his back???

Yin Chang: “On the afternoon of the 26th last month, I invited them for tea and invited you too, but you didn't come.”

Wang Chen: “…………”

Yin Chang: “Next time, you should come to these activities, otherwise you'll be at a disadvantage on the show.”

Wang Chen: “…………” Can he just strangle this person!?

On the side of Nova Entertainment, the broadcast of the program brought varying degrees of popularity growth for Bai Xiaozhi and Jia Siqi, and they also received several new endorsement offers.

Based on their performance on the show and the impression of the fans, Yuan Qian formulated a new development direction for them.

Yuan Qian: “You two should still promote the CP image, fans have a deep impression of it.
First get popular, then feel free to go your separate ways.”

Jia Siqi: “Yeah!”

Bai Xiaozhi: “……Yeah my ass!”

 

De International Elementary School 

The day after “Idol Face-to-Face” aired, Xue Ziwen secretly brought his phone into the classroom.
He quietly watched the program he had downloaded in advance with Shao Junling, hiding it from the teacher.

Having been classmates for almost half a year, Xue Ziwen was gradually drawn to this quiet, cool boy.
He’d long let go of past grievances to become good friends.

Now, whenever there was something delicious or fun, Xue Ziwen would always remember to invite Shao Junling.

“Haha! Did you hear that? Your brother is telling you to 'study hard'!” Xue Ziwen now knew that Yin Chang was Shao Junling's brother, and didn't speak ill of him anymore.

Shao Junling blushed and subconsciously clenched his fist as he stared at his brother on the screen.

When they saw Wang Chen being punished, Xue Ziwen didn't hold back.
“Ah…
my uncle is being punished! So sad! His head is about to be blown off!”

Children were always unreservedly straightforward when around close friends.

During Wang Chen's performance of “The King,” Xue Ziwen's eyes lit up and he praised without hesitation, “My uncle is so handsome! He's too handsome!”

After class, the two of them huddled together, each wearing one headphone.
Their sneaky behavior was discovered by their classmates and reported to the teacher.

Yin Chang had just started singing when they felt a shadow cast over them.

“Xue Ziwen, Shao Junling…” Teacher Lin appeared in front of them with a smiling but murderous face.
“You're not supposed to bring phones into the classroom, remember?”

Teacher Lin confiscated Xue Ziwen's phone, then smiled, “You two will stay in the classroom after school and copy the school rules.
Xue Ziwen, you can't go home until you finish copying, and Shao Junling, your makeup classes will be postponed.”

Xue Ziwen: “…”

Shao Junling: “…”

That day, the two little ones stayed behind in the classroom.
They copied the school rules while chatting.

Xue Ziwen curiously asked, “Why do you and your brother have different last names? Are you using your mother's last name?”

Shao Junling replied, “No…
it's because me and my brother have different dads.”

Xue Ziwen looked slightly awkward, “Huh? But Mom said the other day that you are your brother's father's son.”

Shao Junling understood what Xue Ziwen meant.
He continued to write in a huff.
He clearly and decisively said, “No, I'm not.”

Xue Ziwen asked, “Then who’s your dad?”

Shao Junling remained silent.

Xue Ziwen knew that his little partner would never speak if there was something he didn't want to say, so he stopped dwelling on the issue.

After a while, he asked again, “One day my mom told me that your brother seems to want to share half of his dad's money with you.”

Shao Junling remained silent for two seconds.
“I don't want it.”

Xuezi asked, “Why not?”

Shao Junling expressionlessly replied, “I just don't.”

Xuezi remained silent.

After copying the school rules and finishing the classes, it was already nine o'clock in the evening when Shao Junling returned to the dorm.

He took out his phone, followed the method Xuezi taught him to download a video app, and found the latest episode of “Idols Face-to-Face”.
He hid under the covers and watched with relish.

At midnight that day, Yin Chang received a text message.

“Reminder: As of January 17th, the mobile sub-card package of your phone with the last four digits as 1709 has used 998.12MB of data, with 25.88MB remaining.
Excess usage will be charged at 0.3 yuan/MB.
Please log in to the UnionLink online business hall at www…”

Yin Chang: “???”

He opened WeChat and sent a message to Shao Junling, “Why are you still awake and on your phone?”

At that moment, Shao Junling who was at De International student dormitory, had just finished downloading and buffering the high-definition version of Yin Chang's latest program, intending to watch it from time to time.
When he saw the message, he was startled and looked around to see if anyone was monitoring him.
He was also afraid that his brother had installed some kind of surveillance on his phone and could see his status at any time.
He nervously held his phone and pretended to be asleep, but his mind was filled with images of his brother singing on the show, smiling while hugging female fans…
His emotions fluctuated.
At times happy and at times conflicted, until he fell asleep.

A week later, Shao Junling took his first final exam ever.
Three days after the exam, he would start his winter vacation.

That day, Yin Chang went to the school and received Shao Junling's report card from Teacher Lin.
When he saw the final grade, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Shao Junling, 11 years old, male, Class A of Grade One

Chinese Literature: B+

Mathematics and Logic: A+

Natural Science: A+

Foreign Language: C-

Physical Education: A+

Art: B+

Extra Project: A+

Note: Elementary Olympiad Math (Intermediate)

Overall Grade: A-

Rank: Excellent

De International's grading system was similar to that of foreign countries: no precise scores, only giving general grade placement.

Teacher Lin explained, “Shao Junling is very good at STEM.
A+ is a score of 95 or above.
Shao Junling always gets full marks.
His math teacher said that he rarely follows the teacher's pace in class and always reads ahead.
The math teacher arranged for him to attend the elementary school Olympiad math class, which is aimed at students grades one to three.
He only joined half a year ago and got first place in the final assessment of the math class.
If possible, we want to send him to participate in the competition next year.”

Yin Chang looked at Shao Junling in amazement…

Teacher Lin continued, “In addition to English, his performance in other subjects has also improved.
Especially in Chinese, his memory is good.
Reading the text for an hour in the mornings and evenings has greatly improved his performance.
I suggest that if Shao Junling has time during the winter break, he can supplement his English outside of school…
Oh right, you recently returned from abroad right? If convenient, maybe you could communicate with him in English more.”

Yin Chang recalled when Shao Junling called “Fiona” “Yang Na” and blankly said, “Oh.”

“With his English grades improving, he can start taking Information Technology Innovation classes next semester.
He has good logical thinking skills.
If he’s trained in this direction, he has a lot of potential.” Teacher Lin explained with a smile, and then said to Yin Chang, “Also, with Shao Junling's current grades and rank, starting next semester, he doesn’t need after-school tutoring.
Shao Junling requested to be a day student, do you know about this?”

Yin Chang: “???”

Shao Junling, who was sitting beside them, looked up with anticipation.

Yin Chang knew that Shao Junling's grades would improve sooner or later, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly…

 Vignette

Wang Chen found out that his shoes were filled with honey and called his sister angrily when he got home.

“Sis! You need to do something about Xue Ziwen! That little bastard ruined my shoes!”

Wang Xuan solemnly called her son over, “Ziwen, what did you do to your uncle's shoes?”

Xue Ziwen: “???”

 

 Vignette 2

After the broadcast of “Idol Face-to-Face”, Wang Chen's management team upgraded his character model from 2.0 to 3.0 based on fans' suggestions, adding settings such as “silly” and “natural fool”.
The marketing team collected a large number of Wang Chen's reaction memes, emphasizing “Wang Chen-style dumbfounded”.

Wang Chen: “???