27: Chapter 27 A Minor Cunning Challenge

The drinking session lasted until one in the morning.

At first, they were just chatting, but later it turned into pure dice games and drinking contests.

When the party broke up, Wang Ziyan and Zisheng, who had poor tolerance, weren't drunk, but Tian Jiu and Zhilong were completely wasted and had to be taken away by their respective assistants.

Cao Mo was fine, looking as normal as ever.

In fact, he had drunk the most tonight, but since his tolerance was so high, he was only slightly tipsy and in good condition.

However, it wasn't good to ride a bike after drinking, so Cao Mo and Xiao Guan went back with Tong Jingchen in the toyota alphard driven by Ah Min.

The toyota alphard stopped at the apartment entrance, and Cao Mo and Xiao Guan got out.

After the toyota alphard left, Xiao Guan suddenly leaned on Cao Mo and said, "Oh! I'm drunk, I feel so awful."

Cao Mo supported Xiao Guan's arm and said, "Xiao Guan! Can your acting get any worse? I really can't play along with you anymore!"

"I'm really drunk, my whole body has no strength, I can't stand up," Xiao Guan said.

As she spoke, Xiao Guan slumped directly onto Cao Mo.

Helpless, Cao Mo had no choice but to hold Xiao Guan.

"People who are truly drunk don't go around saying they're drunk. You didn't look drunk in the car, and no one forced you to drink," Cao Mo retorted.

"I got out of the car, the wind hit me, and the alcohol kicked in," Xiao Guan explained.

"Are people who are drunk really that logical?" Cao Mo asked back.

"Uh..." Xiao Guan didn't know how to explain, so she simply closed her eyes.

Since she was throwing herself at him, Cao Mo wasn't going to be polite. It's a sucker's game not to take advantage.

"Ah!"

Amidst Xiao Guan's exclamation, Cao Mo scooped her up and carried her into the building in a bridal carry.

With a flushed face, Xiao Guan wrapped her arms around Cao Mo's arm and closed her eyes again.

Cao Mo carried Xiao Guan upstairs and stopped at her door.

"That's enough! Open the door and go in yourself! If you keep pretending, I won't touch you anymore. You have to know when to draw the line," Cao Mo said.

"Mm! Put me down," Xiao Guan replied.

Cao Mo put Xiao Guan down, and she lowered her head, took out her keys from her bag, and opened the door.

Throughout the whole process, Xiao Guan kept her head lowered.

Seeing this, Cao Mo went to his own door and opened it.

Just then, Xiao Guan, who had entered her room, suddenly opened the door again and called out to Cao Mo, "Good night, Brother Mo!"

"Mm! Good night!" Cao Mo replied and entered his room.

As for Xiao Guan, Cao Mo didn't have the desire to make a move on her yet.

Let's just keep it as a younger sister relationship for now!

...

The next day.

Cao Mo was woken up by the ringing of his phone.

Dazed, Cao Mo picked up the phone from the nightstand and answered it.

"Hello!"

"Still sleeping? Get up, we're coming to pick you up," Susu's voice rang out over the phone.

"What time is it?" Cao Mo asked.

"It's ten o'clock!" Susu replied.

"Got it. You should hurry up and wake the boss up! Isn't he supposed to go with us?" Cao Mo said.

"I don't dare to wake him up. I'm calling Xiao Ding and letting him do the shouting," Susu said.

"Does Brother Tong really have a bad temper when he wakes up?" Cao Mo asked.

"A little," Susu replied.

Cao Mo hung up, sat up, rubbed his face, and then got out of bed to wash up.

When Cao Mo finished washing up, changed his clothes, and went downstairs, Ah Min was already waiting downstairs in the toyota alphard.

Cao Mo sat in the middle passenger cabin, while Susu was sitting in the front passenger seat.

"Susu, are you going too?" Cao Mo asked.

"Yeah! The boss and Brother Yi are both going to the shoot, so I have to tag along," Susu replied.

"When is the company going to arrange an assistant for me?" Cao Mo asked.

"You have to find one yourself! They all recruited their own assistants. After all, the company is afraid they won't be satisfied with an assigned assistant," Susu said.

"I don't know anyone. Can the company find one for me?" Cao Mo said.

"Sure! I'll discuss it with President Lei and the boss when the time comes," Susu agreed.

"By the way, do you need a room for Livestreaming? We can set one up for you, just like the one Tian Jiu has," Susu asked.

"No need, it's quite convenient to livestream from the house. There's no need for that."

Cao Mo replied and then asked, "What exactly are we shooting today?"

"What type of video do you think gets the most likes on Douyin—the ones with millions or tens of millions?" Susu asked back.

"Transition, costume change, or transformation types?" Cao Mo replied uncertainly.

"Exactly. That type you mentioned has always had the most likes—it's timeless. Of course, everyone knows transition videos are easy to make go viral, but it's very hard to make them stand out, and the competition is fierce," Susu said.

"Then how can you be sure ours will go viral?" Cao Mo asked.

"We can't be sure! We can only try. After all, you lack a high-quality video project with the potential to go viral. Although your debut video was good quality, it was a collaboration, and besides, the debut video already went viral." Susu answered.

Cao Mo took out his phone, clicked into his Douyin, and saw his follower count was 702,000.

"It feels like my follower growth has slowed down! According to the normal trend, it should be over seven hundred thousand by now, but it's only seven hundred thousand," Cao Mo said.

"It's already good that it's growing, it's seven hundred thousand! It's only been a few days, and you have seven hundred thousand. Plus, these seven hundred thousand are high quality—you have forty to fifty thousand people online during Livestreaming," Susu said.

"It's weird how your follower count is growing—increasing by two hundred thousand every day. It must have to do with the traffic the platform is pushing to you," Susu continued.

Cao Mo sat relaxedly in his chair, looking at the comments on his video works.

At eight o'clock this morning, the company uploaded the rap video Cao Mo filmed yesterday, and so far, the response has been quite good.

Soon, the toyota alphard stopped in Tong Jingchen's underground parking lot.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Tong Jingchen finally arrived, bleary-eyed, holding a set of clothes in his hand.

Tong Jingchen sat next to Cao Mo, rubbing his face, and said, "Damn it, I stayed up until past three in the morning. Getting woken up by Xiao Ding was awful."

"Why did you stay up that late?" Cao Mo asked.

"I came back, took a shower, and then just kept scrolling through videos until that time," Tong Jingchen replied.

"Sounds like you weren't that drunk! And yet you kept saying you were too drunk to drink anymore," Cao Mo laughed.

"I had to hide it, didn't I? Zhilong and Tian Jiu were puking. I'm seriously impressed. Your alcohol tolerance is insane! You drank the most last night, didn't you? They kept trying to get you drunk, but they couldn't even manage that," Tong Jingchen said.

"A bunch of rookies trying to get me drunk," Cao Mo said.

"So arrogant! I'm definitely going to tell them that and make them try to get you drunk again," Tong Jingchen laughed.

"It wouldn't matter how many times they try. Didn't I make them yield yesterday?" Cao Mo said confidently.

"Since you're so awesome, at my fan meetup, you're going to make them all yield," Tong Jingchen said.

"No problem," Cao Mo replied.

"Cao Mo, how do you usually take care of your skin? It's so good and so fair? You don't even need to wear makeup?" Susu asked.

"I don't take care of it! It's natural. I don't even use face masks," Cao Mo answered.

"Whatever! In a few years you'll learn. Keep drinking and staying up late every day, and sooner or later you'll be ruined," Tong Jingchen said sourly.