Anchor Effect - Chapter 6.1: Heartthrob Senior

The dormitory assigned to Yu Xiu was a quadruple room, but it was no different from a double room.

There was almost nothing on the two beds. According to Dong You, the two were seniors in the same department. They had already done internships outside the school and would hardly go back to school.

As for the other person, he was Yu Xiu's classmate. When Yu Xiu entered the dormitory, he was watching a movie, and it was playing very loudly.

Yu Xiu turned his head to look... It was a horror movie.

A gust of drafts suddenly blew, and the door that Yu Xiu was about to close was slammed shut with a loud bang.

Chen Lu, who was nestled in a chair, almost had a heart attack from being frightened, and looked back excitedly. Seeing that it was Yu Xiu, he was relieved and said, "You are finally here, big brother."

Yu Xiu walked to his desk and took out his computer and other personal items from the locked wardrobe.

Chen Lu waited for a long time without getting a response and said to himself, "Do you know how scary it is for me to live in a dormitory alone these days?"

Yu Xiu didn't look back and continued to organize the bookshelves. "Then stop watching horror movies."

"This is called masochistic viewing." After Chen Lu finished speaking, he introduced himself, "My name is Chen Lu, and I'm also from the director's department."

In fact, Yu Xiu knew that because Dong You had already told him.

He also knew that Chen Lu was related to the famous Director Chen, the kind of classmate Yu Min didn't mind him making friends with.

"Yu Xiu." After thinking for a while, Yu Xiu made a brief self-introduction.

"Of course, I know." Chen Lu said excitedly, "I've been looking at you—"

Chen Lu's words were interrupted by a cell phone ringing, which saved him from stealing Yu Xiu's attention.

Yu Xiu looked at the caller ID and took the phone to the balcony.

"Have you arrived at the dormitory?" Yu Min asked.

"Yeah." Yu Xiu heard the slight sound of exhaling and knew that Yu Min must have a cigarette in his hand again.

"Is your classmate easy to get along with?"

"Fine."

"If he asks you to play, you can go. After all, Director Chen is also an acquaintance. But if it's another classmate, you must pay more attention..."

Yu Min went through her theory again, as if in her eyes, Yu Xiu could make people jealous just by standing still.

Yu Xiu skillfully emptied his mind, and after a while, Yu Min finally ended the topic and said, "I heard from your Uncle Dong that you are going to speak at the school celebration?"

"Yeah."

"How many minutes?" Yu Min took another puff of smoke, "I'll arrange for someone to write the manuscript for you."

The figure he met in the rehearsal room suddenly flashed in Yu Xiu's mind, and he seemed to want to do the speech very much.

"No." Yu Xiu said.

"What's wrong?" Yu Min's voice immediately became impatient.

"No need to arranges it, I'll write it myself."

"You can't write well—"

"I want to write it myself." Yu Xiu interrupted Yu Min, "Otherwise, I won't speak."

Yu Min took a deep breath, suppressing the veins that popped up on his forehead, and didn't want to make herself unhappy over such a trivial matter: "Let me see it when you finish writing."

Yu Xiu responded, "Okay."

"Also, I will arrange for a hot search for you later, so don't post on Weibo, in case others see you online."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Xiu turned on the computer and started writing the speech.

He could choose to participate or not, but the person he met in the rehearsal room... didn't seem to want him to miss out on this opportunity.

"Hey, it's time for dinner. Do you want to go to the cafeteria?" Chen Lu took out his student card from the drawer and shook it at Yu Xiu. "You just arrived today, I'll treat you."

Yu Xiu had initially wanted to decline, but he suddenly thought of something, stopped typing on the keyboard, and said, "Let me treat you."

Chen Lu was a little surprised. "Then I won't refuse."

Yu Xiu said "hmm," put on a baseball cap and a mask, and followed Chen Lu to the door. "Do you know who the student representative was who spoke at the school celebration?"

"Student representative?" This term was also a little unfamiliar to Chen Lu, who was also a freshman. "For freshmen?"

Yu Xiu considered it; that person probably wasn't a freshman, because from his memory, when he was shooting for the magazine, he referred himself as "brother."

Moreover, that person asked Yu Xiu to "inquire" about him, he was even less likely to be a freshman.

It seemed that Chen Lu wasn't aware of it, so Yu Xiu thought for a moment and changed his approach. "Do you know who the most outstanding student in the school is?"

Chen Lu immediately became enthusiastic. "Oh, speaking of this, you've asked the right person."

***

As Ye Yuchen drove to the high-end Qing bar in the city center, Du Rui and Gong Hao were already having drinks.

Du Rui poured a glass of wine and complained to Ye Yuchen, "Why did you only come now?"

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