novelraw Chapter 132 - 129: We Are Just Partners
Chapter 132 - 129: We Are Just Partners
Seeing it was a call from Lin Hao, Chen Jincheng answered. The voice on the other end came through, "Lao Cheng, congrats! *Can’t Help Falling in Love* is a huge hit. That bullshit celebrity looked down on us influencers, and you just slapped him in the face."
Chen Jincheng chuckled and said, "You didn’t call just to congratulate me, did you?"
Lin Hao laughed. "Of course not. The Ferrari SF90 I promised you is here. There’s a small exhibition tomorrow, so we can go check it out and pick up the car. Oh, and there will be plenty of car models and beautiful women."
"Alright, got it. I’ll contact you tomorrow." Chen Jincheng hung up with a smile.
As the popularity of *Can’t Help Falling in Love* climbed, the song exploded online. Many male and female influencers were already filming duet videos for it.
Judging by the traffic, both Chen Jincheng and Sister Hong could tell that Tiao Yin was deliberately promoting the song.
Naturally, since the song was released with Jiang Xiaobai as the lead and marketed as a song written for her, Tiao Yin mostly treated it as Jiang Xiaobai’s song.
Chen Jincheng didn’t mind. After all, he held the copyright to the lyrics. He didn’t care what the outside world thought.
In the evening, Sister Hong came to report, "Boss, Tiao Yin contacted us. They want to give Xiaobai an SS-Class promotional stream tonight, but she has to sing *Can’t Help Falling in Love*, and you have to sing the duet with her in her stream."
"Tiao Yin is being generous. Let’s arrange it." Chen Jincheng nodded. Based on Tiao Yin’s development Trajectory in the other world, he naturally knew what Tiao Yin’s goal was.
It was clear from how they had used Li Yueling that they wanted to blur the line between influencers and celebrities.
Tiao Yin in the other world had indeed achieved this. The next step would probably be to get government departments to join the platform.
’So, this girl, Jiang Xiaobai, is about to get incredibly lucky.’
"Okay. Xiaobai went home to rest. I’ll tell her to come back early after dinner to prepare." Sister Hong nodded and left the office after confirming.
「After the sun set.」
Chen Jincheng went out for a bite to eat with Sister Hong, Lao Chen, and Xiaoliao. When he returned to the company, he saw Jiang Xiaobai already dressed in a flamboyant, form-fitting hip-hugging dress, having clearly put a lot of effort into her appearance.
"Boss, thank you." Seeing him return, Jiang Xiaobai immediately walked up to him, her eyes glistening as she spoke.
She had been on Tiao Yin for a while, so she knew just how rare an SS-Class promotional stream was. Even top-tier influencers couldn’t get one. Now, because of *Can’t Help Falling in Love*, it had fallen into her lap.
She naturally knew it was all thanks to her boss.
"Xiaobai is here. Let’s get ready and start the stream soon," Sister Hong said with a smile.
"Okay!" Jiang Xiaobai nodded and followed Chen Jincheng to her private streaming room.
With Chen Jincheng co-hosting the stream, Sister Hong was quite relieved. But with the current hype around *Can’t Help Falling in Love*, the SS-Class promotion from Tiao Yin, and Chen Jincheng as a co-host, the number of viewers in Jiang Xiaobai’s stream shot up the moment it went live.
Before long, it had already surpassed 50,000+.
Jiang Xiaobai was thrilled to see the concurrent viewer count still climbing, but luckily, she had been streaming for a while and could handle it with ease.
Once the viewership stabilized, the two of them performed a duet of *Can’t Help Falling in Love*. During the song, the number of viewers in her stream broke past 100,000+.
Few female streamers could achieve such a high concurrent viewer count. Although today was a special case, she got to experience what it felt like to be at the top. Even if her popularity dropped later, if she worked hard and improved her streams, it was still possible to maintain a stable 10,000+ viewers.
After the duet ended, the audience in her stream was buzzing, mostly with praise:
"*Can’t Help Falling in Love* just has a special something when Xiaobai sings it."
"Yeah, the way she looks at the scumbag is so intense, full of longing. It has so much feeling."
"Only Xiaobai can convey that feeling. All those other influencers who covered it today weren’t even close."
"..."
Jiang Xiaobai was delighted by the praise. Moreover, she was starting to understand her own feelings more clearly. When she went home to rest earlier, she watched others’ covers and wanted to post another *Can’t Help Falling in Love* video herself, but when she sang it alone, it just didn’t have the same magic.
In fact, it wasn’t even close.
Only when she sang the duet with Scumbag Cheng, looking at him, did her heart race and a sweet feeling well up inside her. It made the song she sang even sweeter.
It was all a genuine expression of her feelings.
Just for Scumbag Cheng.
Only Scumbag Cheng could make her feel this sweet.
With that in mind, she took out the phone she wasn’t using for the stream and sent Scumbag Cheng a WeChat invitation: "Cheng, come to my place tonight. I need your fleeting love. I’ll thank you properly."
"..." Chen Jincheng shot the girl a fucking glare.
’With this kind of traffic, she should be focusing on the stream, not asking her boss for a hookup in front of over a hundred thousand people!’
He directly ignored her message.
Seeing this, the girl pouted and could only turn her attention back to the bullet comments to thank the people sending gifts.
Chen Jincheng was satisfied now that she was focused on the stream. But suddenly, he felt a hand on his thigh. It explored for a moment, then captured his Mig.
"Don’t mess around, we’re live!" Chen Jincheng quickly took out his phone and sent her a message.
But Jiang Xiaobai was feeling smug. Now it was her turn not to reply, getting back at Scumbag Cheng for ignoring her earlier.
"..." Chen Jincheng had a string of curses he was dying to let out.
With over a hundred thousand people watching, he didn’t fucking dare make any sudden moves.
Because his little Mig, captured by the girl’s palm, had already become a big Mig.
If he stood up now, with it standing tall and proud, the audience would definitely see it.
If that really happened, he’d probably be trending by tomorrow. He had no desire to end up on the hot topics list like that Master Yu, becoming a Joker.
Just then, four consecutive Carnivals floated across the stream.
They were sent by a high-level account named Sister Sisi.
"Thank you, Sister Sisi, for the four Carnivals!" Seeing this, Chen Jincheng joined Jiang Xiaobai in thanking her.
’This is clearly one of those rare top-ranking female patrons.’
Right after the gifts were sent, a special highlighted bullet comment from Sister Sisi appeared in Jiang Xiaobai’s stream backend: "Xiaobai, the song you sang was so sweet, it even made an old aunty like me feel all warm and fuzzy. Are you two a real couple?"
Seeing the comment, Jiang Xiaobai looked at Chen Jincheng with a face full of anticipation.
At that moment, she really hoped Scumbag Cheng would nod and say yes. To that end, the hand gripping his Mig tightened nervously.
Chen Jincheng could naturally feel the girl’s nervousness and urgency from the pressure on his Mig.
But he never let things like this go to his head. He quickly said, "Sister Sisi, we’re just normal business partners. The fact that a sweet song can make you feel all warm and fuzzy just goes to show how well Xiaobai sings. Thank you for the compliment."
Hearing this answer, Jiang Xiaobai felt extremely disappointed, but she still had to force a smile and say, "Thank you for the compliment, Sister Sisi."
When the long stream finally ended, Chen Jincheng shot the girl a vicious glare.
But before he could blow up, the girl walked to the door of the streaming room, locked it from the inside, and then knelt down in front of him and began to undo his defenses.
"Jiang Xiaobai, don’t you pull this crap on me," Chen Jincheng said sternly.
But when his Mig entered the tiger’s maw, he took a deep, entranced breath and still reached out with his sinful hands to respond..