182: Chapter 182 Where should the confession begin?

Lu Li looked at the messages in the group chat, his mouth twitching, but he couldn't help laughing anyway.

"Did your fan group post it too?" Shen Qingxue's voice came from beside him.

"Yeah, I posted a screenshot."

Shen Qingxue also lowered her head to pick up her phone and opened her fan group to take a look.

Her fan group and Lu Li's had completely different vibes.

There was no teasing and no anti-fans speaking up.

It was just wall-to-wall congratulations.

"As expected, comparing people only makes you angry. They're nothing like those little haters in my fan group who've practically grown attached to hating me."

Lu Li said indignantly.

"It's fine. I believe many more people will be won over by your strength in the future," Shen Qingxue comforted him with a smile.

Lu Li nodded.

He didn't doubt that.

"Right, speaking of which... why did the hype explode so much this time? For songs of the same quality, comparing the early data of orchid pavilion preface can directly pull several tiers ahead."

Lu Li suddenly asked.

"You're talking about this? Let me think..."

Shen Qingxue quickly fell into deep thought.

Lu Li wasn't in a hurry either. He quietly sat to the side and waited, refreshing his phone page from time to time.

After a moment, Shen Qingxue thought for a bit and then slowly spoke.

"Actually, I think... the reason for the hype being so huge this time is most likely related to Starlight Entertainment making a big push over there."

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, straightened his posture, and his expression turned a bit odd.

"Starlight Entertainment making a push? Aren't they at odds with us? How could they help us push our popularity?"

Shen Qingxue picked up her water glass, took a sip, put it down leisurely, and then explained.

"Think about it. In order to promote Lin Zhihan, they spent so much money on publicity, proactively went head-to-head with us, and scattered overwhelming promotions across the entire internet."

"Once this topic is hyped up, traffic will tilt toward higher-quality content. They spent a hefty price to muddy the pond, but in the end, the fish swimming the fastest was us."

Lu Li leaned against the sofa, gently tapping his fingers on his knees, looking thoughtful.

"So... you mean they spent money to build momentum, and as a result, we intercepted all the hype?"

"Smart, that's pretty much what I mean."

The corners of Shen Qingxue's mouth curved up slightly.

"They originally wanted to step on us to rise to the top, but instead, they ended up carrying the sedan chair for us."

Lu Li was silent for two seconds, and then couldn't help gloating.

"Hilarious! Isn't Starlight Entertainment furious right now? They spent so much money, only for us to reap all the benefits."

"I guess Zhao Ming must be banging on the table right now. Besides, a person like him finds it most unacceptable for his plan to fall through, let alone making wedding garments for a rival."

Speaking of this, even she couldn't help wanting to laugh.

The more Lu Li thought about it, the more interesting it felt. He picked up his phone and subconsciously refreshed the page again.

In just the time it took to exchange those few words, the number of likes had already broken 450,000.

The discussion heat in the comment section remained exceptionally high.

"At this rate of growth, even if it slows down later, breaking one million tonight probably won't be a problem."

"Yeah, let's wait and see."

...

Past eleven o'clock, after saying goodnight to each other, the two returned to their respective bedrooms.

As soon as Lu Li returned to his room, he slammed the door shut, flung himself onto the bed, buried his face in the pillow, and his mouth corners were harder to suppress than an AK.

He tossed and turned twice, then rolled back, stared at the ceiling, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hehehe..."

"Our relationship has taken a huge step forward..."

"Just missing a confession..."

Lu Li rolled the quilt into a log and hugged it in his arms, his mind filled with tonight's scenes.

However, the more he thought about it, the more outrageously fast his heartbeat became. He simply pulled the quilt over his head and shouted muffledly.

"No, no, I can't think about it anymore. If I think about it any more, I won't sleep tonight."

But how could he possibly not think about it?

In the darkness, he quieted down for a few seconds, then fished out his phone again, opened Douyin, and typed a line of text.

"How should a boy confess to a girl?"

A whole bunch of search results popped up.

From "Top Ten Romantic Confession Methods" to "Confession Sweet Talk Girls Most Want to Hear," they were all kinds of things that dazzled his eyes.

Lu Li scrolled down one by one, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.

Although some confession methods looked very reasonable, if you thought about it carefully, they were still somewhat unreasonable.

After all, everyone has their own unique emotional experience. A template-style confession is far from enough to satisfy.

"Hey... this one looks pretty good. A relationship should start from a bunch of flowers... wait, start?"

Although this confession method still seemed a bit cliché in his eyes.

However, cliché is cliché.

There is indeed a reason why this method has endured for so long.

And if... he could improve upon this further, wouldn't it be even more perfect?

It would both have his own unique traits and appear even more romantic.

Thinking of this, Lu Li's little heart ungratefully started beating faster again.

No sooner said than done.

Lu Li immediately crawled out of bed, carefully opened the door, and poked his head out to survey the surroundings.

Very good, nobody was there.

With the help of his phone's flashlight, he tiptoed around the dark living room and finally successfully got a piece of A4 paper and a pencil.

After getting them in hand, Lu Li didn't hesitate at all and hurriedly ran back to his room, afraid of getting caught in the middle of the night...

...

Meanwhile, in the next room.

Shen Qingxue was leaning against the headboard of her bed, also holding her phone, with the same search page on the screen.

She stared in a daze for a moment at the question on her phone screen: "What counts as a formal confession?"

She admitted that she regretted it a little bit.

She should have just agreed right away back then.

What formal confession, what not being hasty... she just blurted it out on a hot-headed impulse back then.

But now, however bold her words were back then, she regretted it just as much now. Since she had already said it out loud, she couldn't very well take it back, could she?

And...

Actually, she was also quite curious about what kind of confession Lu Li would prepare for her.

The more she thought about it, the more excited she got.

"No! You need to calm down! You can't just give in for free!"

Shen Qingxue secretly made up her mind, then put her phone aside, turned off the lights, lay down in the darkness, and closed her eyes.

But her mind still couldn't control the images from tonight.

How fast her heartbeat was when he leaned close.

And when he bumped against her forehead, she actually thought it was... a little cute.

Thinking of this, Shen Qingxue couldn't help pulling her quilt up to cover most of her face, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

"I can't think about it anymore, I really can't think about it anymore..."

She muttered softly, turned over, and forced herself to fall asleep.

But soon, she opened her eyes again.

Because she still couldn't fall asleep.

...

The next morning.

A cell phone ringtone sounded. Lu Li dazedly groped for his phone, without even opening his eyes, and answered listlessly.

"Hello... who is this?"

"Is this Lu Li?"

A voice came from the other end of the phone.

Hearing these words in his daze, Lu Li perked up just a little bit.

"I am, who are you?"

"Oh, that's great. Hello, Teacher Lu. I'm a project manager from Penguin Music. This time, I mainly want to talk to you about the matter regarding exclusive copyright..."