Chinese Entertainment: Becoming a Superstar After a Breakup

"Tell me, did you plan this all along?" After singing karaoke, at a small beef soup shop near the Shanghai Theatre Academy, Dilraba pulled her hand out of Shen Ze's grasp and grabbed his arm.

Some things are just innate. After accepting the flowers at the karaoke bar, she accepted Shen Ze as her boyfriend. Sometimes she wondered what Shen Ze really meant.

Judging from his behavior, he must like me, otherwise he would be crazy to travel so far every week, but it seems that he is not making progress in the relationship very quickly.

She misunderstood Shen Ze a bit. It wasn't that things weren't progressing fast; it was that the two of them weren't together. If they could see each other every day, a month would be the limit. Now they only see each other two days a week, and each time they meet, they have to break the ice. How could things go quickly?

"How could that be? I already said I made up my mind on the way here. Don't pinch me, it hurts." Shen Ze grabbed the little white hand again.

"I don't believe it. What you just said about that group of people must have been premeditated. Did you tell other people about it?" Dilraba didn't object.

After spending several months together, she already knew some things. If she wasn't willing, how could she have met with Shen Ze every week? This time, it was just to make their relationship clear.

She didn't know when she fell in love. Maybe it was the moment she met him in Shanghai. In a strange city, when you're feeling most lost, someone appears to comfort you, help you, and listen to you. Anyone would be moved by that.

When Shen Ze heard Dilireba's question, he really wanted to complain. Seriously? Is a woman's intuition really that accurate? He had indeed made two preparations.

Besides confessing his feelings to Dilraba in person, he also had a set of words to say to Gulnazar, but it wasn't as direct as it was with Dilraba.

The relationships are different, you can't force it. He meets with Dilraba every week, but with Gulnazar it's just video calls. If you're so blunt, people will think you're crazy.

His relationship with Gulnazar was one of mutual encouragement. He was preparing for exams, and coincidentally, Gulnazar shared the same goal and was also studying for exams every day. They found common ground in each other's struggles.

Besides chatting with Dilraba daily, Gulnazar also gets used to video chatting with him from time to time; they are study partners.

As for how Shen Ze did it, it's probably because he's not so ordinary anymore. Sometimes when he looks at himself in the mirror, he has to praise himself and say, "This kid is not bad."

He's really grown taller. It's normal for someone his age to grow taller, but only he knows it's not normal. He wasn't this tall before his rebirth in his previous life. His appearance has also changed. Everyone else sees him as the same, but there's something strangely harmonious about it.

Anyway, in the tutoring class, his old classmates, despite their busy studies, would still think of going home with him after class, something that had never happened before, which shows how much he has changed.

Shen Ze was happy to see this change happen, as long as it was developing in a positive direction. Under these circumstances, being able to video chat with Gulnazar frequently didn't seem so unacceptable.

Of course, he also understood that it was good luck that Gulnazar was in the same situation as him, that they had common language and common goals.

As for Dilraba, there was also an element of luck involved. He understood the mindset of a college student going to study in another city for the first time. He had also been away from home before, and when he learned that Dilraba was reporting on the topic alone, he knew that his opportunity had come.

It was all luck, but it also came from his social experience. Given that he wasn't too bad off, and the two women weren't celebrities yet and their value wasn't that high, he had an opportunity to take advantage of them.

He wasn't entirely naive. Even when he frequently met with Dilraba, his feelings for Gulnazar hadn't faded. He was willing to accept either of them, even if it all came to nothing.

However, nowadays, it seems that frequent meetings are still more advantageous. He can take advantage of people's vulnerability and offer them comfort and care, which is quite effective.

Of course, he wasn't one-sided in his giving. If Dilraba were the kind of person who expected you to give her everything, he would have run away long ago.

Perhaps the times haven't developed that fast yet. Dilraba may not say it outright, but her actions have clearly shown the difference.

"Tell me, are you feeling guilty?" Dilraba pressed.

"I swear to the lamp, I've never said these things to anyone else. Let me put it this way, I've sent you my old photos before. No girl ever liked me before. Being with you is the first time I've ever formally confessed my feelings to anyone in this world. You're my first love." Shen Ze pointed at the lamp.

He spoke with righteous indignation, saying that this world does not include past lives, and that these words were indeed what Dilraba had said, similar to what Gulnazar had said, but not exactly the same.

"You're sincere, but you're too sudden. You didn't give them time to prepare," Dilraba said.

"It's okay. I hope all your accidents are for the best. I'll put together one for you first." Shen Ze held her hand tightly.

"When did you start liking me?" Dilraba asked.

"It must be the first time I meet you," Shen Ze said.

"I knew you had ulterior motives. You came all this way to make my roommates mistake you for my boyfriend. You're so scheming," Dilraba said. She wasn't stupid; she understood Shen Ze's behavior, but she didn't dislike him.

"There's no other way. I finally got this opportunity. If I don't hurry, someone else will snatch you away, and I'll regret it for the rest of my life." Shen Ze didn't feel embarrassed at all. Any normal person could understand that a man would travel a long way to find a woman just for friendship. That's not crazy.

"Wait a minute, I've been too embarrassed to ask you this. When you asked for a photo, did you want it with me or with another girl? You asked for her contact information, right? Tell me, did you even mail her some local specialties?" Dilireba asked. Shen Ze was a little troubled. Are all women this smart? Why are they starting to cause trouble?

"I'm not lying to you, it was indeed mailed, but as you know, I mentioned before that I bumped into someone so hard when I came in, so I have to make amends."

"Of course I'm taking this photo with you in the background. If I were taking it with someone else, I would have just told them directly. Why would I wait until we're together to say it? It's obvious who I'm taking the photo with." Shen Ze argued.

This is a minor issue for him. It's not that it's nonexistent; women are also very clever and can overthink things. But if it disrupts his schedule, it's not a big problem.

"You're not honest at all." Dilraba suddenly pinched Shen Ze's cheek. She had wanted to pinch it for a long time, but she was always too embarrassed to do so before.

"How about it? Before you go home, how about you visit my hometown?"

"You're not planning to do anything bad, are you?" Dilraba asked suspiciously.

"No, you can trust me."

Although I just confessed my feelings, I naturally switched to a different state.