Although the name of Hathaway Mall was not trendy, it was a well-known brand in the area around the university town.
Its scale was large enough to concentrate shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, cinemas, Internet cafes, game halls, and other popular commercial facilities. It wouldn't be boring to play in it for a day. There was food, drink, and entertainment, and it was fun.
The business positioning of Hathaway Mall was very clear. The target audience was the hundreds of thousands of teachers and students in the university town and the ordinary white-collar and blue-collar workers in the nearby business district. There were basically no luxury brands in the mall. It mainly sold mid-range goods.
Lu Chen had been to Hathaway Mall more than once before, so he was still very familiar with the area.
He drove Lu Xi to the parking lot in the north of the mall and then walked along the pedestrian path to the interior of the mall.
Because it was the weekend, the mall was very lively with people coming and going.
"Let's eat first …"
Lu Chen looked at the time and said, "The Yunjin Restaurant here tastes good and the price is reasonable."
Lu Xi said, "That's good. It's enough to order two or three dishes. I can't eat much."
Lu Chen said with a smile, "I've been eating a lot recently. Two or three dishes are not enough. I need at least five or six!"
Lu Xi reached out and squeezed his arm and said, "You are a lot stronger."
She rarely did this to Lu Chen in the past.
They were both in a strange city and for the same goal. The gap between the two was slowly melting.
Just as they were talking, four girls came from the front door and happened to meet the two of them.
One of the girls in a yellow shirt was stunned, and her face showed a look of disbelief.
The girl in a white dress who was following her suddenly turned pale!
This girl was Ye Zitong.
The four girls in the same dormitory chose to live on campus during the summer vacation and stayed in Beijing for the rest of the summer.
Tonight, Ye Zitong was dragged to the mall by Zuo Xintian with her other two roommates. They never expected to bump into Lu Chen in Hathaway Mall.
When she saw Lu Chen chatting and laughing intimately with the woman beside him, she felt as if her heart had been pierced by a sharp knife!
Although Ye Zitong knew very well that she and Lu Chen weren't really boyfriend and girlfriend, the scene in front of her still made her feel ashamed, angry, painful, and embarrassed!
Not only Zuo Xintian, but the other two roommates also knew Lu Chen and knew that they were dating.
"Lu Chen!"
Zuo Xintian was the first to yell, "How could you do this!"
She was about to rush forward and argue with Lu Chen, but Ye Zitong stopped her. "Forget it …"
Zuo Xintian was exasperated. "How can you forget it? You like him so much, and he's like this … "
In Zuo Xintian's eyes, Lu Chen was simply the legendary Chen Shimei's heartbreaker. He had shown his face on TV, and as soon as he became a little famous, he began to fool around. He actually dated another woman behind Ye Zitong's back.
This was intolerable!
What annoyed Zuo Xintian the most was that in terms of appearance, the women around Lu Chen couldn't compare to Ye Zitong at all.
"Ye Zi!"
Lu Chen, who was also shocked, suddenly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He hurriedly went forward and asked Ye Zitong, "You and Tiantian are also shopping in the mall?"
Ye Zitong turned her head and ignored him, but her eyes were red. "Tiantian, let's go."
Zuo Xintian and the other two girls looked at Lu Chen with disdain. Their gazes were like knives cutting flesh and scraping bones!
Lu Xi looked at them with a faint smile on her face.
Lu Chen hurriedly grabbed Ye Zitong's hand, afraid that she would ignore everything and run away. That would really be a big misunderstanding.
"Ye Zi, this is my sister, Lu Xi. She just came from home today."
Ah? Sister?
The three girls were stunned. At this time, they realized that Lu Xi and Lu Chen were really similar!
They were brother and sister.
What a joke!
Zuo Xintian wanted to find a hole to hide in, and her face was as red as an autumn apple.
Ye Zitong struggled to break free from Lu Chen's hand, but when she heard his explanation, she was also stunned. A faint blush appeared on her pale face, and she was at a loss for a moment.
This misunderstanding was really a bit big, and the worst thing was that she had no reason to be jealous.
After all, the two of them only had a good impression of each other.
At this time, Lu Xi came over and asked with a smile, "Hello, I am Lu Chen's sister, Lu Xi. Are you his friend?"
Lu Chen let go of Ye Zitong's hand and introduced a little awkwardly, "Sister, this is Ye Zitong. They are all students of Beijing Normal University, and they are friends I met in Beijing."
Ye Zitong suppressed her shyness and gathered her courage to raise her head and said, "Sister Lu Xi, hello."
Lu Xi said with a smile, "It's nice to meet you. Your name is Ye Zi, right? I just settled down in Beijing, and now I want to buy something, but I don't know where to go. Can you help me look around? "
In front of Ye Zitong, Lu Xi was completely a gentle and amiable big sister, and she couldn't help but nod.
After the misunderstanding was resolved, Ye Zitong introduced Lu Xi to Zuo Xintian and her other two classmates.
The age difference between the girls was not very big, so they quickly became familiar with each other.
As a result, Lu Chen was left out in the cold.
Fortunately, they still had to eat. After a discussion, they went to Yunjin Restaurant to share a table.
Lu Xi seemed to like Ye Zitong very much, and kept talking to her.
Even when they were eating, they didn't let go.
After a meal, the two of them called each other "Sister Xi" and "Zitong."
After eating this sumptuous dinner, Lu Chen paid the bill.
His elder sister was a big adult and didn't ask him to accompany the girls to the mall to act as a "bag man", that is, the kind of role that carries bags. She said that she would contact them after they had bought something.
It must have been a long time.
Lu Chen thought about it, and simply went to the Internet cafe on the top floor of the mall to surf the Internet to kill time.
After registering with his ID card and turning on a computer, he logged on to the web and searched for related content of "Singing China".
As a result, he found a lot of things.
As the first contestant in the top 16 of "Singing China" Beijing Singing District, except for the official website of "Singing China", Lu Chen's name is basically nowhere to be seen on other websites, and the few that are reprinted are only small websites with little fame.
In some forums and post bars, there are a lot of discussions about Lu Chen, mainly talking about his original works.
In sharp contrast to Lu Chen, several contestants in the top 16 have far surpassed him in keyword search items, such as "Newcomer Zheng Kai performed well, conquered the judges with his natural singing voice, and won the top 16 seat of" Singing China "Beijing Singing District!" and so on.
Lu Chen is well aware of the reason, that is, these contestants have signed up with entertainment agencies, and there is a team behind them to hype and promote, so those big websites will put up promotional articles, and search everywhere.
In this regard, Lu Chen doesn't feel uncomfortable or aggrieved, because the current entertainment industry is like this. It's hard to become popular without spending money to hype. If there is no topic, you have to create a topic to attract attention. Newcomers like him who purely rely on themselves are completely rare.
Being willing to give up, only by giving up can one gain. Abandoning vanity, Lu Chen obtained autonomy and freedom.
Moreover, gold will always shine. Now it's just a competition in the Beijing Singing District. When it comes to the tour competition and the finals, his name will inevitably be known by more and more people. Even if he doesn't spend money, he may still be able to make headlines!
In addition, Lu Chen is also organizing his own team to strengthen online publicity.
After closing the news search, he logged on to the Waves blog again.
Lu Chen FMX's account was registered two weeks ago and has been certified as a personal "V" account. At present, it has more than 75000 fans, basically all of whom are [Whale TV] fans.
Thanks to Li Bai's help in publicity, otherwise, Lu Chen might not have gotten so many fans by himself.
According to this local tyrant, in fact, it's too easy to increase his fans. It's very simple to spend some money to buy millions or tens of millions of fans. With a little packaging, he can become the so-called "Big V", that is, a celebrity in the blog.
It's just that for this kind of Big V made up of zombie fans, Lu Chen still politely declined!
Because he doesn't like to deceive others, and he doesn't like to deceive himself.
Time flew by as he updated two posts on his blog and answered a lot of questions from his fans.
At about 9 o 'clock, Lu Xi called.
They were finally done with their stroll.
Lu Chen got off the plane, paid the bill and left. Back at the main entrance of the mall, he saw Lu Xi and the four girls again.
Everyone was carrying big and small bags. They had a lot of harvest in the evening!
After meeting, Lu Xi said to Lu Chen, "Give me the car keys and the keys to your house. I'll send Tiantian and the others back to school first and then go home by myself. You can accompany Zitong."
Lu Chen looked at her in surprise, and then looked at Ye Zitong. The latter blushed and didn't speak.
Naturally, she didn't object.
Zuo Xintian pursed her lips and said with a smile, "You two are so fun. It doesn't matter if you come back late. Goodbye!"
She winked at Ye Zitong.
The redness on Ye Zitong's face deepened, and she glared at her.
Lu Chen was a little worried and asked, "Sister, do you know how to get to Jincheng Yuan?"
He was afraid that Lu Xi wouldn't be able to find the way back.
Lu Xi said, "Even if I don't remember the way, can't I use my mobile phone to navigate?"
Lu Chen admitted defeat and gave her the car keys and the keys to his house.
After Lu Xi left with Zuo Xintian and the other two girls, only Lu Chen and Ye Zitong were left.
Speaking of which, since the last time they went skating, the two hadn't seen each other for a while. They just chatted through WeChat.
Now that he met her again, Lu Chen's heart couldn't help but feel a trace of tenderness.
Today may have been a coincidence, but it may be fate between the two.
He naturally took Ye Zitong's hand and said, "Are you tired of shopping? Let's go to the ice shop over there. "
Ye Zitong nodded softly.
After a small misunderstanding, the relationship between the two has undoubtedly taken a Big step forward.
Although the relationship hasn't been made clear yet, it is precisely this kind of hazy emotion that is the most touching!
… …
At this moment, Lu Chen didn't know,
On the Internet, a storm of public opinion that was closely related to him was about to sweep across!
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