Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 851 The Dongdong Party's Great Victory!

Tianlu Elegant Residence, rooftop night breeze.

Even in Yuhang City, the weather was already quite cold at the end of December.

Li Luo and the three girls, all wearing thick down jackets, huddled around the barbecue grill to keep warm, breathing out white steam as they grilled the meat.

Xu Youyu couldn’t wait to take out the cocktails that the chef had prepared in advance from the freezer next to him and put one for each person on the open-air island table next to him.

"Does Sister want to drink too?" Yan Zhusheng asked curiously after seeing Xu Youyu take out four cocktails. "Be careful you don't end up like last time."

Upon hearing this, Ying Chanxi initially intended to politely decline, but Yan Zhusheng's words provoked her to puff out her chest, and she said somewhat discontentedly, "It's not like anyone can't drink. Last time was just an accident."

As she said this, Ying Chanxi recalled the extremely embarrassing video she had saved on her phone, and her cheeks immediately flushed.

I don't know if it was because I was shy or because I was being suffocated by the heat from the barbecue grill.

"A little bit won't hurt," Xu Youyu said with a grin. "Drinking alcohol in winter can warm you up, so Xixi can just drink a little less."

The three girls started chatting, and Li Luo had already grabbed a handful of grilled pork tenderloin and handed it to the island counter: "Eat first, the lamb skewers and grilled buns will be ready soon too."

"Where are my potato chips?" Xu Youyu shouted from the side.

"It'll be ready soon, don't worry, you won't go hungry."

Li Luo was busy at the barbecue grill, and Ying Chanxi was helping him out.

Yan Zhusheng had nothing to do, so she took some time to go downstairs and get an iPad. She then opened the live stream of Qianjiang University's New Year's Eve Gala, placed it on the island stage, and turned the volume up to the maximum.

It was nearly midnight when the New Year's Eve gala took the stage as the last program of the year began.

The choir from Qianjiang University took to the stage to sing "China in the Lights" to celebrate the arrival of another year.

After the song ended, the two hosts came on stage, together with all the teachers and students present, as well as those watching the New Year's Eve gala in the live broadcast room, to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

Li Luo also raised his glass at the opportune moment, gesturing to the three girls.

The four men laughed and raised their glasses, clinking them together in mid-air to celebrate.

"happy New Year!"

Happy New Year!

After a brief celebration, Li Luo continued barbecuing.

Yan Zhusheng opened her phone, logged into her main Douyin account, and checked the reactions after Ying Chanxi sent her the video.

The entire video is seven or eight minutes long, which is quite refreshing on Douyin right now.

After clicking in, there is a transitional speech by the two hosts. As the white mist rises and dissipates, the five members of the band officially take the stage.

[What is this? What is this? Why did they post a video like this on New Year's Day?]

Comments floated across the top of the screen.

Dude, look at the title! It's Qianjiang University's New Year's Eve party!

[I'm so envious! If I get into Qianjiang University, will I be able to see a live performance of bamboo flute?]

Wait a minute, something's not right. How come Zhusheng is a guitarist?

[Holy crap! Reignite is the lead singer?!]

【What the hell? 】

[A new song from "The Nameless"?]

[It seems to be a song from their new drama. Reignition really doesn't hide anything; they're singing their new song right at the school's New Year's Eve party?]

[It sounds pretty good, the lyrics are really nice]

Yan Zhusheng looked at the bullet comments and then opened the comment section to browse through them. Whenever someone praised Li Luo's singing, she would directly give it a thumbs up using her main account.

As a result, this was quickly discovered by sharp-eyed fans.

[This is hilarious! Zhu Sheng only likes posts praising Li Luo's singing. I just tried posting "Ran Shen sang so well" and it immediately got likes (laughing and crying.JPG)]

[This seems to be the first time that Ran Shen has been the lead singer on a big stage, right? Before, he had only sung duets with Zhu Sheng or sung a song in Qing Jie's live stream.]

[Burning God is just too versatile; I can't even feel jealous of him.]

[So sweet! So sweet! Is Zhu Sheng some kind of fiercely protective husband?]

[Zhu Sheng remained silent, only offering his thumbs up.]

Ying Chanxi glanced at the effect of Yan Zhusheng's video and saw her still liking it. He was speechless and said, "If you want to like it, use a secondary account. Using your main account is too ostentatious."

When a blogger likes a post on Douyin, a notification appears in the comments section, which is quite noticeable.

"What's wrong with me giving a like?" Yan Zhusheng asked, puzzled.

"Look at what you've liked," Ying Chanxi said irritably. "There are already a lot of viewers who are suspicious of your relationship with Li Luo."

"And yet you're making it so obvious, aren't you deliberately giving everyone a opening?"

"Can't you tone it down a bit? What if you get caught later?"

Yan Zhusheng blinked and said innocently, "Then I'll have to reluctantly admit it."

“We agreed not to expose it,” Ying Chanxi warned, narrowing her eyes.

“I definitely won’t expose it on my own initiative, but if it gets discovered anyway, there’s nothing I can do about it,” Yan Zhusheng said earnestly to Ying Chanxi. “Besides, even if it gets discovered, it won’t be a big deal.”

"Sister, think about it. When the time comes, I'll first admit my feelings for Li Luo, and then we'll get married and have a baby as soon as possible."

"After some time, we will announce that our relationship has broken down and we are getting a divorce."

"Then you or your senior can get your marriage certificate with Li Luo again."

"For example, let the senior get her marriage certificate first. They are both very famous online novelists. They will get married and have children after the official announcement."

"After a while, when you announce that your relationship with Li Luo has broken down and you're getting a divorce, you can marry Li Luo then."

"That way, even if others see me with Li Luo again in the future, I can respond that Li Luo came to see the child."

"After all, even if we're divorced, Li Luo is still the father of my child."

"It's only natural for a father to take care of his children."

After listening to Yan Zhusheng's well-reasoned analysis, Ying Chanxi couldn't help but clench her fists, and subconsciously felt that what Yan Zhusheng said made a lot of sense.

At least it's quite practical.

But then she realized what she meant and immediately pouted and asked, "Then why am I the last one? Can't I be the first?"

"That's possible," Yan Zhusheng blinked, then kindly reminded her, "but in that case, you'll have to be the first to divorce Li Luo, okay?"

"This..." Upon hearing this, Ying Chanxi hesitated again.

Fortunately, Li Luo interrupted them in time, stuffing a grilled sausage into each of their mouths: "Alright, alright, I've heard you two talk about this so many times, aren't you tired of it? Let's eat first."

The four of them chatted and ate barbecue on the rooftop, while also watching Qianjiang University's New Year's Eve gala.

By the time the New Year's Eve party officially ended around 1 a.m., Li Luo and the others had already eaten their fill.

After confirming that the barbecue grill was off, Li Luo led the three girls downstairs back to the master bedroom. Ying Chanxi was already a little tipsy from drinking, her face flushed adorably.

Pushed into the bathroom by Xu Youyu, she realized that Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng next to her had already taken off their clothes when she came to her senses.

"You, you all...this..."

Ying Chanxi vaguely came to her senses a little and realized what had happened.

But before she could argue, Xu Youyu, who was grinning, carried her into the shower room.

The shower room in the master bathroom is very large.

It can easily accommodate four people.

Clearly, Li Luo had already taken this into account when he designed it.

Now, the beautiful dream he had once fantasized about has finally come true. Li Luo has Yan Zhusheng on his left, Xu Youyu on his right, and Ying Chanxi, whose face is flushed, leaning against him. He couldn't be more delighted.

Unfortunately, halfway through her shower, Ying Chanxi sobered up a bit and fled the shower room with a flushed face.

When Li Luo came out of the bathroom, Ying Chanxi had already warmed the bed for them and was hiding under the covers looking at her phone.

"What are you looking at?"

Li Luo crawled into bed, pulled Ying Chanxi into his arms, and glanced at Ying Chanxi's phone screen.

"Reading a novel, huh?" Ying Chanxi held her phone, nestled her head against Li Luo's shoulder, and glanced at it. "Yours."

Seeing that Ying Chanxi was reading the latest chapter of "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division", Li Luo suddenly thought of something, his expression gradually turned strange, and then he leaned close to Ying Chanxi's ear and said with a wicked smile, "You're going to read 'I'm Really Not a Star' later, right?"

"Mmm." Ying Chanxi nodded. "What's wrong?"

Reading Li Luo's updates every day has become part of Ying Chanxi's daily routine. Anyway, it's only a few words long, and she can finish reading it quickly in a little time.

Comparatively speaking, she actually prefers "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division" in terms of plot, as it is more interesting.

But there are also storylines and characters in "I'm Really Not a Star" that she can't let go of.

She usually reads the content very quickly, scanning it in a flash. After all, Li Luo's current work, "I'm Really Not a Star," is completely formulaic, with each plot having a fairly similar template.

It's nothing more than being questioned, questioned again and again, and then being proven wrong again and again.

The only difference between this and other similar entertainment novels is that Li Luo will intersperse some of his daily interactions with the three female leads in the middle of the story.

Ying Chanxi doesn't like watching plots where characters are pretentious and get their faces slapped; he only watches the daily life scenes featuring Shen Dongdong.

Unfortunately, even as one of the three main female characters, Shen Dongdong doesn't get to appear in every chapter.

Even if there are slice-of-life scenes, a portion of them should be allocated to the other two female leads.

Hearing Li Luo's question, Ying Chanxi became somewhat curious.

But Li Luo didn't answer her. He just smiled and said, "You'll see when you see it."

This certainly whetted Ying Chanxi's appetite.

Since Li Luo said that, it means that tonight's episode of "I'm Really Not a Star" is definitely related to Shen Dongdong.

After reading the update of "The Great Qian Night Patrol", Ying Chanxi immediately clicked on the chapter updated today for "I'm Really Not a Star".

Just then, Yan Zhusheng and Xu Youyu came out of the bathroom. Xu Youyu lay down next to Ying Chanxi and saw her reading Li Luo's novel, so she couldn't help but lean over and take a look.

"Together?" Xu Youyu asked.

"Oh." Ying Chanxi nodded without thinking much, and then shared her phone screen with Xu Youyu.

The two girls leaned against each other, and Ying Chanxi clicked on the first of the two chapters updated today.

"Your title is something else." Xu Youyu glanced at Li Luo after seeing the titles of today's two chapters.

The first chapter is fairly normal, titled "The Nameless One," which is Li Luo's forte.

Plagiarism in real life will inevitably be transferred into novels.

Readers have become accustomed to this.

But the title of today's updated second chapter is "Nothing to Say Overnight".

These four words are simply a matter of "those who understand, understand".

As a seasoned veteran, how could Xu Youyu not understand this thing?
However, Ying Chanxi doesn't usually read online novels. Apart from Li Luo and Xu Youyu's works, she hasn't read any other people's.

Naturally, they were unaware of the profound meaning behind those four characters.

After reading the first chapter, the content was very simple. It was nothing more than the protagonist Li Yang and the female lead Shen Dongdong being invited back to their alma mater to participate in the New Year's Eve party, where they sang a new song and laid the groundwork for the new drama that will be released next year.

But in the second chapter, the flavor is a little different.

This is Ying Chanxi's favorite daily storyline, exclusively for Shen Dongdong!
After the New Year's Eve party ended, Li Yang and Shen Dongdong strolled around the campus, reminiscing about the past and feeling sentimental.

The two held hands and walked all the way home, where their passion finally ignited and they couldn't stop themselves.

The final sentence, "Nothing was said that night," is glossed over, leaving behind the cries of countless eager readers.

[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Will I actually live to see Li Yang lose his virginity?!]

[My youth is over! Our Yang-ge can actually still eat meat?!]

[Wuhu~ Hooray! Dongdong is the best~ Dongdong gets to eat first! Where are the Jiang and Mo parties? Come out! Speak up!]

[Damn it, this kid Chongran loves to write about his experiences in his novels. I wonder if he'll get into trouble in real life too?]

Stop talking, I'm so envious I could cry!

The comments section for today's chapter was very active, but it was still Xu Youyu who clicked on it.

Ying Chanxi's face had already turned red. She covered her face, closed her eyes tightly, and quickly shrank into the quilt, not daring to look.

"She actually wrote it!" Xu Youyu held Ying Chanxi's phone, looking at the readers' comments on the chapter with great interest, and couldn't help but laugh. "Isn't Xixi going to read it? The comments are quite interesting."

"No, no need..."

Ying Chanxi huddled under the covers and mumbled in response, "What's so interesting about this?"

"What's that?" Yan Zhusheng asked curiously, peeking out from the other side. "What are you looking at?"

"It's Li Luo's latest chapter." Xu Youyu shook Xi Xi's phone and said to Yan Zhusheng, "It's 'I'm Really Not a Star'."

"Let me see." Yan Zhusheng picked up her phone, glanced at the screen, and quickly scrolled to the last page. "Oh, I see. Aren't you overjoyed, sister?"

"What's there to be happy about?" Ying Chanxi said, still huddled under the covers, though a slight smile was already creeping onto her lips. "It's just something written in a book, not real."

“That could be true,” Yan Zhusheng said. “Isn’t Li Luo right next to us?”

"No, no..." Ying Chanxi muttered softly, "Look how much ceremony he wrote in the book, I don't want to just... just like that..."

"So, as long as there's a sense of ceremony, my sister will agree?" Yan Zhusheng suddenly added, "Didn't you say before that you'd wait for Dad's approval?"

"...Shut up!"

(End of this chapter)