Who taught you to be a celebrity like this?

"Uncle!"

Wearing a mask and hat, and dragging his suitcase, Li Ye walked out of the airport without any hindrance. He saw Li Chengsong and Li Xiran waiting at the exit, ran up to them, and gave his uncle a big hug.

Seeing Li Ye express his emotions so openly, Li Chengsong, who had been waiting for a long time, was still not used to it.

In his excitement, Li Chengsong patted Li Ye's back very hard.

"Ouch!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Li Chengsong awkwardly let go, then looked Li Ye over for a while and said, "You've lost weight and gotten darker."

"No way, I've gotten stronger!"

After more than half a month of intense surfing, Li Ye is no longer a skinny dog, but has become what the internet calls a lean, muscular physique.

She weighed only 70kg before the show was filmed, but now she weighs 78kg.

Li Ye even rolled up his sleeves and gestured to show the muscle lines on his arms.

If there weren't so many people around, he would have liked to lift his shirt to show the chubby Li Chengsong his abs.

"Alright, alright, let's go home for dinner." Li Chengsong was very happy to see Li Ye's current state, and he laughed heartily as he took Li Ye's hand.

Just then, a voice, slightly choked with sobs, came from the side.

"I'm here too!" Li Xiran pouted. It's happening again!

"What's wrong? It's only been less than a month, and you've already stopped calling me 'brother'?"

Li Ye smiled and rubbed Li Xiran's head. Hmm, it felt more comfortable to rub his own sister's head, he could rub it as hard as he wanted.

He then casually handed the backpack to Li Xiran: "Don't worry, I didn't forget yours, here!"

Li Xiran snorted and pouted, refusing to accept the answer.

"There's Gu Xiaoyu's autograph inside."

Li Xiran immediately adopted a sycophantic expression and happily took Li Ye's backpack.

However, Li Xiran does have one good point.

Li Ye chatted with Li Chengsong the whole way, and she didn't have a chance to interrupt. Even though she was itching to speak, she didn't open Li Ye's backpack without permission.

When Ding Yan came out wearing an apron, she saw Li Ye and said, "You've gotten darker and thinner."

It seems like Chinese parents all say similar things.

"It's not dark at all."

Li Xiran said objectively, "You think I've gotten darker because he used to be too fair-skinned, so fair he was like..."

Ding Yan glared at her, and Li Xiran swallowed back her unlucky words in time.

"The last dish will be ready soon." Ding Yan returned to the kitchen.

Li Xiran quickly grabbed Li Ye's backpack and came over, putting on a sycophantic expression: "Brother..."

"Look for it, it's in the outer compartment." Li Ye gave Li Xiran's collagen-rich face a hard rub.

Li Xiran wasn't angry at all; she smiled and unzipped her backpack.

Wow, so many autographed photos?

Li Xiran thought Li Ye's doting side had suddenly kicked in, and he got her a stack of autographed photos.

But when she saw it clearly, her jaw dropped.

"Brother, you, you're dating Gu Xiaoyu?" Li Xiran's voice trembled, almost screaming.

Upon hearing this, not only Li Chengsong sitting next to him, but even Ding Yan, who was still stirring the wok in the kitchen, stopped what she was doing and perked up her ears.

"No."

Li Ye calmly explained, "It's normal for friends to take photos together, right?"

"Why would friends have so many individual photos together?" Li Xiran asked with a look of doubt.

She initially didn't believe the online shipping of Li Ye and Gu Xiaoyu, but now...

"Look for yourself, which one of these is an intimate scene?" Li Ye has nothing to hide.

"This, this..."

After looking through all the photos, Li Xiran discovered that, just as Li Ye had said, there was no physical contact between the two in any of the photos together.

However, she always felt that there was something fishy about these photos.

Is this a normal friendship?

Li Xiran was somewhat bewildered.

"You little brat, always thinking nonsense."

After looking at a few photos, Li Chengsong coughed twice and asked, "Hey kid, tell your uncle, are you and Gu Xiaoyu dating?"

Li Ye was caught off guard when Li Chengsong suddenly switched to Cantonese.

At this moment, Ding Yan brought over the dishes, glanced at Li Chengsong indifferently, and said in broken Cantonese, "Are you out of your mind?! Talking nonsense!"

Seeing that all the dishes were served, Li Ye took out his Polaroid camera and, to the astonishment of his family, pressed the shutter to take a picture of the dishes on the table.

After dinner, Li Xiran wanted to ask Li Ye about many things, but her mother's glare silenced her on the sofa.

"Your recent popularity is comparable to that of a top-tier artist, but this popularity is still somewhat inflated. Your actual level is more like that of a second-tier artist. If the data from the subsequent summer broadcasts is relatively stable, it should eventually stabilize within this range."

Ding Yan continued, "So far, I've turned down nearly twenty scripts and no fewer than a hundred commercial performance opportunities. I haven't asked you about them yet. Can you tell me your thoughts now?"

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "My current plan is to finish the album first. If there are suitable programs, I will participate."

After recording Summer Days, Li Ye felt that this was a good career path.

It's not tiring, you don't even need to think, and you have a lot of fun.

"Ignore everything else?"

"Well, I'm not considering filming for the time being, and as for commercial performances, I'll turn them all down."

"it is good."

Ding Yan nodded readily.

The reason Li Ye was allowed to open his own studio was to ensure his independence and autonomy.

While it's a pity about those good scripts and events that were both high-class and well-priced, the most important thing is that Li Ye has been able to maintain a good state of mind.

Ding Yan then asked, "How many songs have you written so far?"

"Except for 'The Ordinary Road,' we've already completed two songs."

Li Ye remembered the two songs Ding Yan had sent him: "By the way, I don't need the two songs that Brother Yusheng gave me."

Ding Yan nodded, then sent Li Ye a picture on her phone: "This is your signature. Practice it when you have time. Also, do you need me to find you an assistant?"

Li Ye glanced at the simple, flamboyant signature and shook his head: "Can I not take it?"

"That's fine too." Ding Yan thought for a moment and did not object.

Li Ye doesn't film movies or do commercial performances, so having an assistant is really not very useful. If he really needs one, he can just borrow some manpower from Fanxing.

If all else fails, Ding Yan can accompany them.

Once the important business was over, Li Chengsong finally found an opportunity to speak.

"Wild boy..."

Li Chengsong didn't expect Li Ye to achieve much in his career; the current situation was already surprising enough. He was more concerned about Li Ye's love life.

Noticing his wife's gaze, Li Chengsong quickly switched back to Mandarin: "Ah Ye, you'll be twenty-five after your birthday this year, right? According to our hometown's counting system, that's twenty-seven. At your age, shouldn't you be thinking about dating?"

After saying that, he quickly explained to Ding Yan, "A-Ye is a creative person, not an idol, so dating won't be a problem, right?"

Ding Yan ignored her, while Li Ye said helplessly, "Uncle, it depends on fate."

Li Chengsong patted his hand and said with a smile, "I'm not rushing you, just reminding you, if you find someone suitable, try talking to them."

Ding Yan said meaningfully, "After the summer airs, the biggest beneficiary is actually not A Ye, but Gu Xiaoyu."

"Gu Xiaoyu's popularity used to be limited to the idol-themed film and television industry. In this program, her straightforward and cheerful personality is very popular with the audience, which can be considered as breaking out of her niche. If she films another hit drama, she should be able to secure a first-tier position."

"If she doesn't try to challenge herself with movies again, she shouldn't have any problems for the next two or three years."

"By the way, Gu Xiaoyu's family started in real estate. They say they own a piece of land in Shanghai, and their family assets are estimated to be over 10 billion yuan. She is an only child."

"She is very well protected by her family. Everyone in the industry knows that she doesn't do kissing scenes, and she uses a body double for all the hugging and cuddling scenes."

At this point, Ding Yan's lips curled into a meaningful smile as she said, "She also never accepts any CP (couple pairing) hype."

Li Chengsong, on the other hand, was making faces at the side.

Of course, he was mostly joking.

If he could decide, he would prefer Li Ye's romantic partner to be someone from a normal family outside the entertainment industry.

Li Ye shook his head helplessly, never expecting his aunt to tease him.

However, he really didn't know that Gu Xiaoyu's family was this rich.

Despite her affluent family background, Gu Xiaoyu didn't have the slightest bit of an arrogant young lady's temper.

After chatting for a while, Li Ye returned to his room, a hint of melancholy creeping into his heart.

It wasn't because of Gu Xiaoyu, but rather that he had unknowingly reached the age where he was being pressured to get married.

But he clearly felt that he was still a child.