Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 779 Sister Yu's 800,000

After the contract was officially signed, Zhang Nan and Miao Yifeng, who led the Douyin team, shook hands with Yuan Wanqing's studio and Yuan Wanqing and Li Luo of Chongran Culture.

Under the flashing lights of reporters, the group answered a few minor questions before concluding the signing ceremony.

By the time Li Luo and his group went to the hotel restaurant for a dinner with the Douyin team, news that Yuan Wanqing was about to join Douyin had already spread on the trending topics.

Douyin (TikTok) clearly played a supporting role in this, and the group of reporters who came to participate in the interview were naturally all arranged by Douyin.

After dinner, Ying Chanxi left the banquet and went to the company with her studio team to continue working overtime and having meetings with the Douyin team.

The meeting discussed many details regarding subsequent onboarding and collaborations, and confirmed the artists' upcoming schedules and plans.

From the overall schedule of Yuan Wanqing's subsequent promotional activities to the content of her first short video self-introduction when she joined the platform, everything requires further preparation.

While Ying Chanxi was busy, Yan Zhusheng went with Yuan Wanqing to the professional recording studio arranged by Douyin in advance to check out the location, get used to the equipment, and have a preliminary communication with the arranger and recording engineer.

So after dinner, Li Luo was all alone and had to go upstairs to his hotel room by himself. After resting for a while, he started writing.

However, he had only just started typing when his phone on the table vibrated.

Li Luo picked it up, glanced at it, smiled, and then pressed the call button.

"Hello?" Li Luo teased into the phone, "What made you think of calling me?"

"It's all because of someone, who doesn't even bother to call me first." Xu Youyu said with a resentful tone, but her voice carried a flirtatious and teasing undertone. "He's probably already having too much fun with his two younger sisters to remember home."

Hearing this, Li Luo could even picture Xu Youyu's smiling face in his mind.

"So, Sister Yu called me on her own initiative because she misses me too much?" Li Luo asked with a light laugh, getting up from his chair and sitting down on the sofa in a more comfortable position, temporarily stopping his writing.

Xu Youyu snorted twice: "Don't overthink it. I just saw your news online, so I came to ask about it."

"what news?"

"It's the news that you're going to join Douyin," Xu Youyu said. "It's even trending on Weibo."

"Oh, I see." Li Luo was attending a banquet earlier and hadn't paid much attention to this.

So he clicked the speakerphone button, exited the call, opened Weibo, and saw that the news of Yuan Wanqing joining Douyin had already reached the third spot on the trending topics.

As for the news of Chongran joining Douyin, it didn't actually make it onto the trending topics list. Only after clicking into Yuan Wanqing's entry could you see the specific media reports mentioning the word Chongran.

Clearly, everyone was quite surprised by this, and the discussion was very heated.

Li Luo glanced at the comments section and could see some doubts, but there was more anticipation and support.

Well... after all, with Douyin (TikTok) behind it all, the comments section is definitely not the most accurate representation of the situation.

Currently, Douyin's reputation on the internet is not particularly good, and it is considered by many to be a synonym for "low".

Of course, there are also even "lower" ones like Kuaishou.

In contrast, websites that allow users to watch long videos give users a greater sense of superiority.

However, if websites like Bilibili approach us later, it's not impossible to join them.

Thinking about this, Li Luo stroked his chin and pondered, wondering how much he could get from Bilibili.

"What are you thinking about?" Xu Youyu asked on the other end of the phone. "Why is there no sound?"

"thinking of you."

"You're such a smooth talker," Xu Youyu spat, then said with a smile, "Don't you know how to call me when you miss me?"

"Then I'll call you every day from now on?"

"Ha, only realizing the need to make amends after being reminded, that's too perfunctory."

"Then don't fight?"

"If you don't even know how to make amends, then it seems that my place in your heart is just so-so."

Li Luo: "...Where did you learn that?"

"Haha~ Isn't that just a woman's instinct?" Xu Youyu said with a grin on the other end of the phone. "Are you drenched in sweat yet?"

"Try to be normal," Li Luo said helplessly. "I should have asked you to take leave and come along."

"I don't want to." Xu Youyu chuckled. "By using the excuse of not coming, I can spend two days alone with you. If I go, it'll just be four people together."

"Neither Xixi nor Zhusheng are here right now."

"Huh? Where did they go?"

"One of them is in charge of coordinating with Douyin and is in a meeting, while the other went to the recording studio to scout out the location and familiarize himself with the environment, so I'm the only one in the hotel right now."

"Oh~ You only started missing me now that your two younger sisters aren't here?" Xu Youyu's pitiful voice reached Li Luo's ears. "So, am I some dispensable substitute?"

Li Luo: "...You'll find out when I get back. Just don't come crying and begging for mercy then."

"What do you want to do?"

"think."

"Hmph~" Xu Youyu understood instantly, grunted, and wiggled her butt on the bed. "Then let's talk about it when you get back. Oh, by the way."

"what happened?"

"There's something I'd like to discuss with you," Xu Youyu said enthusiastically. "I've calculated my savings; excluding the money in the stock market, I still have over a million."

"Didn't we buy a villa in Tianlu Yaju?"

“I heard from Zhusheng that Aunt Yuan seems to be planning to buy a house in Tianlu Yaju and move there with Uncle Ying in the future.”

“I was thinking, why don’t I buy a place there too, so I can bring my parents over in the future?”

"However, the housing prices there are a bit high. If I really want to buy, I'll have to wait a while, otherwise I'll still be short of the down payment."

"When you get back and have some free time, give me some advice."

After listening to Xu Youyu's words, Li Luo remained silent for a while, her feelings appearing somewhat complicated.

He thought of Xu Youyu from his previous life, who never planned to buy a house until he was over thirty.

In her previous life, Xu Youyu's explanation was simple: she didn't like staying in one place for too long, and if she wanted to move, she could easily find a new place to rent.

But Xu Youyu in this life is not like that.

“There is Sister Yu.”

"Ok?"

"Are you really going to buy a house?"

"What's wrong?" Xu Youyu said with a grin. "Isn't buying a house a normal thing?"

"Besides, Uncle Ying and Aunt Yuan will be moving there too, so it's only reasonable for my parents to move in as well, right?"

"In the future, everyone will live in the same neighborhood, making it very convenient to visit each other. If you bully me, I'll just go back to my parents' house!"

Upon hearing the end, Li Luo couldn't help but chuckle.

Going back to my parents' home is fine.

It's just a short walk back, which is indeed convenient. "Have you thought about how to tell your aunt and uncle?" Li Luo suddenly asked. "Or... I'll find an opportunity to talk to them..."

“Hey, why rush things like this?” Xu Youyu interrupted. “Just let things take their course. Anyway, my parents like you so much.”

"But... there's also Xixi and Zhusheng, isn't there?"

"Are you worried that my parents won't agree?" Xu Youyu chuckled. "So what? I don't need anyone's permission to be with whomever I want."

Even if my parents are really angry, even to the point of severing their parent-child relationship with me.

"When I go home pregnant, will they really not recognize me?"

Li Luo: "..."

Hearing what Xu Youyu said, Li Luo was momentarily at a loss for words to refute him.

It can only be said that Xu Youyu has thought things through very clearly, and seems to be completely unconcerned about these matters.

After hearing Xu Youyu's explanation, Li Luo felt much more at ease.

However, the necessary efforts must continue, and the pressure in this regard cannot be entirely borne by Xu Youyu.

As Li Luo thought this through, some of her inner thoughts became even more resolute.

"About the house..." Li Luo considered for a moment, then said, "Why don't I just buy it?"

"No!" Xu Youyu immediately refused upon hearing this. "This is a house I bought for my parents. What are you interfering in?"

"Aren't we all family?" Li Luo said with a smile. "What I buy is the same as what you buy, right?"

“That’s definitely different, no way.” Xu Youyu shook her head and said, “If I’m going to buy it, I’ll definitely pay for it myself, you don’t need to worry about it.”

"You really don't need it?"

"Really, there's no need," Xu Youyu said, crossing her legs. "You already bought me a car, worth over a million yuan, and I haven't dared to tell my parents yet."

"If they knew that you spent over a million yuan on a new car for me before we got married, they'd probably beat me to death."

“I left my old car with my mom, and she’s been driving it ever since. Recently she even asked me why I haven’t been driving it anymore, but I just brushed her off.”

"What's wrong with that?" Li Luo was stunned for a moment, a little confused about the logic. "It's just buying you a car, I don't lack that kind of money, why would I beat you up?"

“That’s just family tradition,” Xu Youyu laughed. “My dad is very strict about this; he forbids me from accepting things from boys.”

"I'm your boyfriend, okay?"

“Boyfriends won’t work either,” Xu Youyu said. “If you go out to eat or go on a date with your boyfriend, he can pay, but you’ll definitely have to find a chance to reciprocate afterwards, let alone a car worth over a million.”

“These are things my dad told me since I was little. If a girl relies on her beauty to easily get what she wants from a man, then she will naturally pay an equal price for it, sooner or later.”

“When you bought me a new car before, I was actually thinking about whether I should buy one for you too.”

"However, Xixi said in private that she would let you drive the Audi she bought if you wanted it in the future, so I gave up on that idea."

"Since I'm going to rely on you for the next life anyway, I don't care about anything else."

Li Luo was deeply moved by these words.

But he still said, "Since they're already blaming me, what's one more house?"

“Who would rush to buy a house for someone else?” Xu Youyu rolled her eyes. “I’m going to buy one myself, otherwise why would I write to make money? I could just live off you.”

"With your savings of over a million, how much do you still need for the down payment?" Li Luo asked again.

"Hmm... I estimate I'm still short about 800,000?" Xu Youyu roughly calculated. "Once this book is finished next year, I should be able to save up enough."

"Of course, if someone could be so kind as to teach me some amazing stock trading techniques and help me double my money as soon as possible, that would be great too."

"you consider it?"

"No need to think about it." Li Luo smiled and said to Xu Youyu, "I remember you also have a bank card at the bank my cousin works at, right?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Check if any text messages have been sent."

"Hmm?" Xu Youyu was puzzled for a moment, then her phone vibrated, showing that she had received a text message.

Upon opening it, Xu Youyu's eyes widened instantly: "Holy crap! What are you doing?!"

"Isn't it short 800,000?"

"You didn't have to call me directly," Xu Youyu said with a complaining look. "I already said I wanted to buy it myself."

"Then consider it a loan from me." Li Luo's eyes were quite meaningful, as if they had jumped to some distant past. "Remember to write an IOU."

Although she had some complaints, Xu Youyu felt a sweet warmth in her heart after receiving the 800,000 yuan from Li Luo.

But she still said, "Then I really have to write this IOU, I can't just take so much money from you for nothing."

"Of course." Li Luo nodded with a smile. "From now on, I'll be your creditor."

"Oh~" Xu Youyu laughed upon hearing this. "So you like this kind of thing?"

"Ok?"

"My dear creditor~ I promise I'll pay it back next month~ Please give me a little more time~" Xu Youyu's sweet voice came from the other end of the phone, "If it really doesn't work... I can help you... Hmm~ Please~"

Li Luo: "...Don't go too far. Don't tease me on the phone. Don't just focus on taking off and ignore landing."

"Then it's not my problem." Xu Youyu laughed and lay on the bed, swinging his feet around. He said happily, "You can wait until Xixi or Zhusheng go back to the hotel before you talk to them. Let them help you vent."

"You just wait," Li Luo scoffed. "When I get back, you'll be sorry."

"Oh dear~ no way~" Xu Youyu whined, "I already helped you, why won't you let me go, my creditor~"

"What? You mean if it's for real, you can... you can reduce or waive the interest?"

"If that's the case... then..."

"You better stop this now." Li Luo was speechless, feeling like he was about to explode.

Xu Youyu laughed heartily on the other end of the phone, clearly very satisfied with Li Luo's reaction.

"Li Luo, who are you talking to?" At this moment, Yan Zhusheng returned from outside and, hearing Li Luo's voice, walked into the living room and asked in confusion.

Upon hearing Yan Zhusheng's voice, Xu Youyu on the other end of the phone immediately laughed and said, "Zhusheng is back? Remember to help Xiao Liluo, I'll hang up now."

Li Luo's phone was on speakerphone, and Yan Zhusheng could hear what Xu Youyu was saying very clearly.

After Xu Youyu hung up the phone, Yan Zhusheng subconsciously looked down at Li Luo on the sofa, then tilted her head and asked, "Do you want to take a shower? Or do you want to start writing first?"

Yan Zhusheng's question was very serious.

But Li Luo knew that she meant something inappropriate.

"I'll take a shower first, then I'll start writing."

"Oh~"

(End of this chapter)