Huayu: Just entered the industry, and was pursued by a young actress.

Bailu knows Meng Ziyi too well; she can tell at a glance that this Sister Meng is useless again.

The egret asked, "Did you kiss?"

Meng Ziyi's eyes widened, and he immediately shook his head: "No, no, of course not."

"Did you hold hands?"

Mencius realized that he had tried several times without success and shook his head again.

This time it was the egret's turn to widen its eyes.

Holy crap, there are such innocent girls?

"So what did you do all day on your date?"

Meng Ziyi chattered on to Bailu about her day with Zhou Jin: strolling around campus, shopping, eating, and going to the arcade together. She added at the end, "I took Zhou Jin's arm, and he didn't resist. I'm pretty sure Zhou Jin has feelings for me."

Egret: "..."

She was both amused and exasperated by Meng Ziyi's silliness.

Is this what you call having feelings?

When she forcibly kissed Zhou Jin, Zhou Jin did not resist; when she "massaged" Zhou Jin in the movie theater, Zhou Jin did not resist either.

If we follow Meng Ziyi's standard, then wouldn't Zhou Jin be head over heels in love with her?

……

Zhou Jin stayed in the rented room for almost a week and a half, and "Happy Camp" was about to premiere.

During prime time that evening, Zhou Jin, Bai Lu, and Meng Ziyi, having received advance notice, bought hot pot ingredients and sat around in the living room waiting for the show to air.

"Happy Camp" is, after all, a phenomenal national variety show, and very few young people haven't watched it from childhood to adulthood.

Now that people around them are on this show, both Bai Lu and Meng Ziyi feel a strange sense of wonder.

Meng Ziyi asked excitedly, "Zhou Jin, everyone says that Teacher He from 'Happy Camp' is very popular and has a great temper. Is that true?"

Zhou Jin nodded slightly. After a brief interaction, he found that Teacher He was indeed as rumored.

Bai Lu then asked with concern, "Zhou Jin, do you get a lot of screen time?"

Zhou Jin nodded slightly. Logically, as the fourth male lead, he should have had very few scenes. However, thanks to Yang Mi's proactive care and interaction, he received a great deal of screen time.

The hot pot was bubbling and steaming. On TV, "Happy Camp" had finally started.

The three of them ate hotpot while watching the show. The director and hosts of "Happy Camp" were quite funny, and Meng Ziyi and Bai Lu laughed heartily.

Although Zhou Jin personally participated in the recording, she still felt a strange sense of humor when she watched the final product again.

Seeing Zhou Jin frequently interacting with Yang Mi and Dilraba, Meng Ziyi didn't feel anything special, only finding it amusing. Bai Lu, however, frowned slightly.

She glanced at Zhou Jin, secretly speculating about the relationship between Yang Mi, Dilraba, and Zhou Jin.

It wasn't until Xie Na asked on the show, "Why do Yang Mi and Dilraba both like to team up with Zhou Jin to play games?" that Meng Ziyi realized what was going on and looked at Zhou Jin in confusion.

Zhou Jin shrugged helplessly and explained, "You know, all variety shows are scripted. This is a script arranged by the production team."

The naive Meng Ziyi nodded gently: "Oh, I see."

Bai Lu simply didn't believe it. She knew that variety shows were scripted, but if Yang Mi herself didn't want to, she would definitely reject the script outright; it was impossible for her to deliberately act so close to Zhou Jin on the show.

Zhou Jin's explanation only made Bai Lu more certain that there was definitely something between him and Yang Mi.

This variety show was originally intended to promote "Swords of Legends". As soon as it aired, it immediately generated a lot of buzz and quickly dominated several trending topics on Weibo.

The highest-ranking trending topic was the fifth one: #The Legend of the Ancient Sword is about to premiere#.

Next up is the eleventh trending topic: #YangMi says she just likes handsome guys#.

This quote, naturally, was a half-joking, half-truthful remark made by Yang Mi on the show. After the show aired, many netizens started using this meme, pushing it to the top of the trending searches.

Further down, the twenty-third most popular search term is: #TheMostHandsomeMaleGodZhouJin#.

This entry needs no further explanation; it's entirely due to Zhou Jin's stunning looks that he dominated the scene. This is the second time he's trended on social media for being too handsome.

Meng Ziyi was scrolling through Weibo when she saw the trending topic and immediately shoved her phone in front of Zhou Jin excitedly: "Zhou Jin, you're trending again!"

Wow! You're amazing!

"Zhou Jin, you're going to be a big star!"

Meng Ziyi looked at Zhou Jin happily, her expression excited.

Zhou Jin had already anticipated this, but simply smiled and remained silent.

Bai Lu looked at Zhou Jin and found herself liking him more and more the more she looked at him.

Although she likes handsome men, she also dislikes pretty faces that are all show and no substance.

She had personally experienced how solid Zhou Jin's acting skills were when she acted with him on set before.

It was at that moment that she realized she had fallen in love with Zhou Jin at first sight.

Meng Ziyi raised his glass and enthusiastically proposed, "Let's toast to Zhou Jin trending on social media!"

"Cheers."

"Cheers."

After the three finished their drinks, they looked at each other and smiled.

In Yanjing, the three of us sitting here eating hot pot and drinking together has a unique feel to it.

Suddenly, Zhou Jin's phone rang.

It was an unfamiliar number, but he still pressed the answer button. Bai Lu and Meng Ziyi, standing nearby, noticed this and silently held their breath.

A sweet female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, is this Ms. Zhou Jin?"

"Yes, what's up?"

"This is the XX film crew. We'd like to invite Ms. Zhou Jin to play the fourth male lead role, with a salary of 50,000 yuan. Does Ms. Zhou Jin have any availability recently?"

Zhou Jin glanced at her name trending on Weibo and cursed inwardly.

This isn't just a matter of lacking sincerity; it's purely a case of taking him for a fool.

Back when he was a complete nobody, he earned 100,000 yuan a month for playing the fourth male lead in a big-budget production. Now, he has two highly anticipated dramas about to premiere, plus a movie lead role, and he's just been featured on a nationally popular variety show and is trending on social media.

How dare a fourth male lead in a small film crew only ask for 50,000 yuan?

Do you really think he's a complete idiot?

But Zhou Jin still replied, "I'll think about it," and then hung up the phone.

Zhou Jin looked helplessly at Bai Lu and Meng Ziyi and said, "Sigh, I just made it to the trending topics and some stupid production crew is trying to trick me into acting for them."

Meng Ziyi asked with a smile, "So when do you plan to take on a role?"

Zhou Jin smiled gently: "No rush, 'Swords of Legends' is about to air. Let the dust settle for a while."

The movie "Let the Bullets Fly" had already been released and received a great response, so Bai Lu and Meng Ziyi naturally understood the joke. The two girls were immediately amused and burst into laughter.

At this moment, Meng Ziyi, having drunk too much of her beverage, stood up and said, "I'm going to the restroom."

As soon as Meng Ziyi closed the bathroom door, Bai Lu, as if she had been set on fire, leaped up from her seat and walked straight to Zhou Jin.

Under Zhou Jin's surprised gaze, Bai Lu unceremoniously straddled his lap.

Then he looked directly and intensely into Zhou Jin's eyes.