After Becoming a Merman, I Became a Heartthrob 71

Chapter 71: Su Jinfeng’s Departure

Two days had passed since Pei Zhixuan had seen him meeting with Sheng Sheng, but he still felt terrible.

How could his own beautiful little merman be about to be snatched away by that bastard?

He watched as Chi Xiasheng, right under his nose, would occasionally sneak a message to Sheng Sheng, and he knew that a younger brother, once grown, couldn’t be kept at home!

Wen Shu also noticed that Chi Xiasheng had been looking at his phone a little too often recently. Coupled with his rippling smile, she couldn’t help but curl her lips. “Xiaxia? Who are you messaging?”

Chi Xiasheng was chatting with Sheng Sheng about some meaningless topics, but looking at the words he sent, his heart was still filled with anticipation and joy.

Suddenly hearing Wen Shu call him, he quickly turned off his phone and stammered, “No… no one. I was… just looking.”

She looked at his red ears and smiled softly. “Has Xiaxia found a mating partner? Is it CEO Sheng from that day?”

Now his face was completely red, and he stammered, not knowing how to answer.

He felt that his relationship with him was not yet at that stage.

“Is it not?”

Seeing his shy and embarrassed expression, she thought to herself, Did I guess wrong?

Her delicate brow tightened and then relaxed. In the end, she still held his hand and comforted him. “Xiaxia, mermen are polyamorous. Although I don’t like to two-time, you can have a few more if you want. After all, we’re so beautiful, we should be picky, right?”

She thought he was embarrassed because he had betrayed Sheng Sheng and had found a new partner.

In her eyes, there was no need to be shy. After all, Xiaxia was so outstanding. What was wrong with having a few more partners? Wen “Double Standard” Shu thought.

Hearing this, he was a little dazed before he understood her meaning. His face instantly turned as red as a ripe persimmon, and he quickly waved his hand. “No, Mom, what are you thinking? I can’t even handle one… hey, that’s not it. In short, Sheng Sheng and I have nothing yet.”

As soon as he said this, two voices sounded in the living room.

“What?!”

“That’s great!”

She turned her head and frowned at Pei Zhixuan. He quickly put away his joyful expression and pretended to drink tea to cover it up.

“What’s wrong with that Sheng Sheng? He’s so passive!”

She felt that this was definitely not Chi Xiasheng’s problem. If the two of them hadn’t confirmed their relationship after so long, it must be that CEO Sheng was too slow!

Sighing, she didn’t say much more in the end.

This dinner was finally over. He quickly ran back to his room and threw himself on the bed to look at the message Sheng Sheng had sent him.

[Your TV series is out. I’m watching it.]

The accompanying picture was a screenshot of the TV series playing on a computer.

He looked at the message Sheng Sheng had sent and only then remembered that the xianxia drama he had acted in was premiering today.

[I don’t have many scenes in it. I only appear in the middle and later parts.]

He touched his nose and, after typing this with a hint of embarrassment, he thought for a moment and also got up to turn on the TV.

[It’s fine. You’re also in the credits.]

Sheng Sheng sent another screenshot.

He looked at his words and, for some reason, the temperature on his cheeks, which had just dropped, began to burn again.

He covered himself with the quilt and, after a long time, he threw away his phone, went to wash his face, and prepared to sleep.

On Weibo, the moment this drama premiered, many netizens began to discuss it.

Besides the big names joining and Bo Wenye being the director, Chi Xiasheng also contributed a lot of traffic on his own.

But unlike the style of the other actors, when the netizens saw that he was not in the first two episodes, they were all relieved:

[I’m really afraid of Chi Xiasheng’s acting. But he just won’t listen to advice! (lights a cigarette).jpg]
[Who isn’t? He’s only sung two songs so far, two songs! And not a single one is a clear version! But I’ve still looped them countless times!]
[ “Warm Sun” is the GOAT! I listen to it every night before I go to sleep, and my dreams are full of the smell of sunshine!]
[A petition of ten thousand people, please cut Chi Xiasheng’s scenes. Don’t ruin the image he has just built in my heart.]

Because of the paralyzed-face drama he had acted in before, his fans were really afraid that he would be so determined to act. The comments of joint protests almost took over his Weibo.

But soon after, Su Chengjian’s Weibo publicly praised his acting skills, and all the employees of the Su Group were very discerning and forwarded it, suppressing all the other Weibo posts that were unfavorable to him.

The netizens looked at Su Chengjian’s brainless and awkward praise and typed a series of dots.

[This dad’s colored glasses are too thick…]

Before two seconds had passed, Sheng Sheng followed suit and even took a screenshot of him from a group scene of hundreds of people and posted it on Weibo.

Now the netizens were completely excited.

[This, a marriage alliance confirmed?]
[To be honest, I felt there was something fishy between the two of them half a year ago. I once thought they had secretly gotten married behind our backs.]

If before, Sheng Sheng had only used Shengshi Group to give him resources, then now he was openly showing his attitude to the public.

When Su Chengjian saw his Weibo, his face immediately darkened.

[Delete the Weibo!]

He directly commented under his Weibo.

Almost instantly, the netizens laughed and pushed him to the front row.

Sheng Sheng saw it and just typed “hehe,” not intending to pay any attention to him at all.

Su Chengjian was now experiencing the mentality of an old father and couldn’t stand his stinky face.

But his relationship with him had already reached a freezing point, and he really had no right to say much more. He could only watch as he forwarded his Weibo and posted a “laughing and crying” emoji.

He also really felt that it was not easy for him to find him among hundreds of people. If it weren’t for his reminder, he would have almost forgotten that he had also filmed this cameo scene.

After forwarding it, he directly went offline, not responding to Su Chengjian at all.

Su Chengjian held his phone and watched for several hours. Amidst the netizens’ teasing and laughter, he comforted himself that he might have gone to bed early and didn’t see it.

But he also knew in his heart that he was deliberately ignoring him.

Just like how he had once been cold to him.

He put down his phone and also knew that what he was doing was just a futile attempt to make up for it. But he could only try his best to be good to him in this way, to barely fill the empty hole in his heart.

The dark bedroom was not lit. After a long time, Su Jinfeng finally turned on the light with a “thud” and walked over.

“Dad, I’m going abroad in a few days.”

Hearing this, he looked up, his throat moved, and in the end, he just said “hmm.”

Looking at his father’s withered and old appearance, he felt it was quite funny, and a sarcastic laugh escaped from his throat.

“I suddenly feel that after living for so many years, I’ve really failed.”

After experiencing his mother’s affair, his father’s cheating, and his younger brother not being his biological brother, he finally couldn’t take it anymore and wanted to escape this suffocating place.

He didn’t say much more, just closed his eyes, thinking to himself, Am I not the same?

It was probably even more tragic than a broken family. The person he loved was right in front of him, but he could only linger on his last breath and stop here.

“This card is for you. I’ll leave the Su family to Xiaxia.”

He was also a victim in his parents’ affair drama. He clenched his fists and tried his best to calm down, so as not to transfer his resentment towards Bai Qian to him.

He sighed after a long time and, without taking the card, he turned and left.

He left quietly. Even the outside world didn’t know that the general manager of Su’s entertainment subsidiary had left. He just made a phone call to him before he left.

He saw a strange number and directly answered it. “Hello?”

“Xiaosheng, I’m going abroad. I probably won’t be back in the future.”

He heard half of it and only then realized that the person on the other end was him. He was silent and didn’t respond.

“I’m sorry for targeting you because of Su Chimian before. Take care of yourself in the future.”

Perhaps because there had been too many changes, his tone was much calmer, and he had also put away all his previous pride and complacency.

After all, he was now just a pitiful wretch with no father, no mother, and no home.

He also knew that with his current situation, staying in the country would only be painful. He rarely opened his mouth and said goodbye.

He was much happier because of these words. It was only now that he realized that his last bit of warmth had actually come from the younger brother he had once looked down on the most.

It’s what I deserve, he thought with a self-deprecating smile.

He put down the phone, his mood a little complicated. But soon, he put the matter behind him and began to prepare for his new variety show.

This new variety show was something Li Ge had found out about through various channels. Cheng Heng would also be there, so he had rushed to talk to the producer.

After all, Cheng Heng’s song had not yet been confirmed for a singer, and the Cheng family was behind him. He couldn’t easily offend them, so he could only use this method of more contact to see if he could get the song.

So he packed his luggage and prepared to go to Kuncheng.

Before he left, he thought for a moment and still sent a message to Sheng Sheng.

[I have a new activity. I’m going to Kuncheng to record.]

But the moment he sent it, he regretted it a little.

He and Sheng Sheng were not related in any way. Sending him this kind of message made it seem as if he wanted him to accompany him.

After waiting for a while, Sheng Sheng only sent the two words “good luck.”

He didn’t know why, but his heart suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

He thought that at least Sheng Sheng would ask a few more questions…

He threw down his phone in frustration and simply continued to pack his luggage.

Before he could finish being frustrated, he received a notice from Li Ge. “Xiaxia, Su Chimian will also be on this show!”

He was taken aback, and a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

It was really a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road. He could run into Su Chimian at any event.

Li Ge also sighed a few times and then explained, “It was the result of negotiations with the Cheng family. Cheng Heng is quite famous, so they just brought Su Chimian along.”

Hearing the news from Li Ge, he couldn’t help but ask, “Cheng Heng and Su Chimian… didn’t they fight?”

Logically, Su Chimian was Cheng’s illegitimate son. Didn’t Cheng Heng, the biological son, have any thoughts in his heart?

Li Ge didn’t know either. This was the Cheng family’s private matter, and he didn’t have the ability to know these things.

“I’m not sure, but you should still be careful. Cheng Heng has a bad temper and is not easy to provoke. He’s arrogant because of his talent. If you really can’t get this song, then forget it. We’ll find someone else to make one. Don’t wrong yourself.”

He nodded with a laugh. “Don’t worry, I know.”

After ending the call, he took a plane with his little assistant to Kuncheng.