After leaving the Gu Family, the group of young people continued to joke around, but Gu Qiusha noticeably fell silent.

When Bao Gucheng stepped on the gas and drove out of the Gu Family gate, only Gu Qiusha looked back silently.

"Let’s drop off Xiao Sha to sign the contract first," Zuzi, sitting in the front passenger seat, softly instructed Bao Gucheng, without looking back at the scene.

"Alright." He didn’t ask the reason, just complied, "I’ll send you back to school later, and after she’s done, I’ll pick her up again."

Considerate indeed.

"Okay." Zuzi leaned lazily against the passenger seat headrest, her long eyelashes slightly closed, resting with her eyes closed.

The sound of Xi Rubao’s exclamation came from beside her: "That’s crazy, such a huge electronic screen on the Empire Building, and it’s showing that guy’s portrait? It used to be a picture of Nuwa and Emperor Fu Xi!"

The massive display screen of the Empire Building, towering a hundred meters high, spanning the entire structure, is grand, unattainable, and the most expensive advertising spot in the country.

Xi Langyue said softly, "Our series is nearing its finale, maybe the promotional platform’s contract expired, changing to a new series is normal, especially since ’Chang Er’ is another new series written by Mom, we shouldn’t dwell on this."

But Xi Rubao was still furious: "I have no problem with promoting ’Chang Er,’ but that guy just rubs me the wrong way no matter how I look at him. His character, there’s definitely something wrong with his character!"

Wu Qianman also tried to console her: "Forget it, there are so many celebrities doing promotional displays at the Empire Building every year, one more won’t make a difference."

Xi Rubao mumbled in frustration: "I just can’t stand him, didn’t he also set up a poor persona, claiming his acting fees are low and his income is minimal? Now that he has so much money, why not donate it to children deprived of education in mountainous areas? And look at that photo of his, such a pretentious pose of deep melancholy, with tears as if reminiscing, it’s not promoting the role in ’Chang Er,’ he’s clearly trying to set up an image of being deeply attached to the past!"

"Baby, it’s okay, everyone has their own aspirations, we can’t control that much." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"It’s just so infuriating!"

"..."

At the school gate, Gu Qiusha had signed the contract quite swiftly and finished earlier than expected. So, Zuzi asked Bao Gucheng and Xi Langyue to go pick her up first, no need to send her back to the dormitory.

Along the campus road.

Mr. Wu’s promotional posters were displayed all along the way, even the display screen at the gym entrance was switched to that iconic melancholy headshot of Mr. Wu, identical to the one on the Empire Building.

A group of girls were queueing up to take photos in front of the headshot, bubbling with excitement.

The order was maintained by a few upper-year senior sisters, especially haughty as they guarded the prime photo spot: "Each person is allowed only three shots, hurry up, next one!"

"Senior Sister, we’ve paid, couldn’t you give us a few more seconds please? We didn’t choose the angle right before..." the girls pleaded.

Each photo session cost them 500 yuan, not a substantial amount, but for average students, it’s a week’s worth of living expenses, not easy to save up.

Among the senior sisters, the leader, Li Ruijia, stood up: "Hey, you need to understand that this is a privilege, other schools don’t have such close-distance check-in opportunities. If you don’t cherish it, go to the Empire Building, the best photo spot there costs a thousand yuan per session, we’ve already given you a fifty percent discount, don’t be too greedy!"

"But Senior Sister Li, the last time Qianshan’s fan meeting was completely free..." someone muttered quietly.

Li Ruijia’s face darkened, scolding: "If it’s free, can it be any good? If you wish to gain without effort, just get lost, next one!"

After a brief chaos, everyone obediently lined up again.

After all, who doesn’t want to post a check-in photo related to Mr. Wu on their social media these days?

Zuzi, who passed by and saw this scene, paused slightly.

Behind her, Xi Rubao, enraged again: "Damn, did they just say Mommy’s stuff is free so it’s not good? Who do they think they are!"