Lin Miaomiao was happy as long as she didn't have to go home, so she immediately shouted happily, "Okay, okay!"

The two of them looked at each other and then at Zhao Rui. Zhao Rui suddenly looked a bit troubled. "Ah? This..."

She had come out with Chen Cheng, and he had already spent several hours playing with her, which was already a delay for him. She felt a bit guilty about going to sing as well.

Chen Cheng came back and saw the Little Girl looking at him hesitantly. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Before Zhao Rui could speak, Deng Xiaoqi cut in, "Brother Cheng, it's still early. Let's go singing. It just so happens that two of our classmates invited us to go."

Two classmates? That could only be Jiang Tianhao and Qian Sanyi.

Chen Cheng also intended to get to know the other two protagonists, so he agreed, "Sure."

"Yay! Brother Cheng is the best!"

Seeing Chen Cheng agree, Lin Miaomiao's sycophantic nature took over. She grabbed Chen Cheng's arm and started showering him with flattery.

Zhao Rui's heart tightened when she saw Lin Miaomiao's actions, and she also reached out to grab Chen Cheng's arm.

Chen Cheng glanced at the Little Girl and couldn't help but smile; she was quite protective of what was hers.

He reached out and rubbed her head, saying with a smile, "Let's go. Brother Cheng is paying today."

A flush of red immediately appeared on Zhao Rui's pretty face as she said shyly, "Brother Cheng, stop rubbing my head all the time. I'm not a child anymore."

The corners of Chen Cheng's mouth curved even more, but he stopped teasing her. "Okay, our Rui Rui is just too cute, I couldn't help myself. Brother Cheng will be more careful in the future."

"Let's go."

Chen Cheng ushered the three girls toward the parking lot.

...

"..."

"Look at these noodles, long and wide."

"Wuxia novels make me cry."

"Never believe in demons."

"Sometimes life is especially tiring."

"Don't crave big bowl wide noodles, don't cry."

"This bowl is big~"

...

Chen Cheng frowned as he watched Zhao Rui and Lin Miaomiao jumping around in front of the screen.

What the heck is this? They said they were going to sing, but they didn't say they'd sing this.

Chen Cheng had forgotten the influence these 'Little Fresh Meat' idols had on junior and senior high students, and even elementary schoolers. He had also forgotten that the idol Zhao Rui followed was exactly that guy.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to a KTV with three Little Girls even if he were beaten to death.

"Brother Cheng, do you not like this song?"

Deng Xiaoqi saw Chen Cheng's deep frown and leaned close to his ear to ask.

It was too noisy in the private room, so one really had to get close to be heard clearly.

Among the people in the room, Jiang Tianhao was waving his hands to hype up the atmosphere while keeping an eye on Deng Xiaoqi's every move; this guy liked Deng Xiaoqi.

After finishing her song, Deng Xiaoqi sat down right next to Chen Cheng, where there happened to be an empty seat.

While she was singing just now, she had been alternating her gaze between Chen Cheng and Qian Sanyi.

Chen Cheng maintained a smile, clapping and waving occasionally to act as her hype man.

Meanwhile, Qian Sanyi had greeted everyone when he came in and then sat in a corner, staring at his phone to research something. He didn't even notice Deng Xiaoqi's gaze.

Even if he had seen it, he would have avoided it.

Anyone with eyes could see that Deng Xiaoqi was somewhat interested in him, but he wasn't very interested in her.

On one side was a Handsome guy who would smile at her, and on the other was Qian Sanyi, who repeatedly rejected her and wouldn't even give her a glance. After singing, Deng Xiaoqi sat down next to Chen Cheng in a huff.

Chen Cheng tilted his head toward Deng Xiaoqi and said, "It really isn't that good."

"Then what song do you want to sing, Brother Cheng? I'll go select it for you." Deng Xiaoqi blinked her eyes.

Chen Cheng thought for a moment but couldn't come up with anything.

In the years since he transmigrated, he had been busy making money and had almost no time to listen to music. When he did, it was English songs, and he didn't really remember many others.

He had heard plenty of 'uh-huh' and 'ah-ah' melodies—high-pitched, deep, crisp, seductive, and so on.

Chen Cheng smiled. "I'll go pick one myself in a bit."

"Alright then." Deng Xiaoqi curled her lip, her eyes darting around as she continued to strike up a conversation. "Brother Cheng, what was your score on the Gaokao?"

Chen Cheng's mouth twitched. This girl was a total academic slacker; she only started working hard in her senior year and eventually took the art exam route to get into a drama academy.

Wasn't asking this now just looking for trouble?

He smiled and said, "Why ask that? It was too long ago, I don't really remember."

It wasn't that Chen Cheng didn't remember, but rather that he didn't have the heart to see her spirit crushed.

In this timeline, he was much more of an overachiever than in his original life, getting into Jiaotong University with a 686.

Before Deng Xiaoqi could speak, Jiang Tianhao leaned over.

"Brother Cheng, Xiao Qi, what are you guys chatting about?"

Seeing his goddess so close to Zhao Rui's brother, how could he continue being the hype man? He hurried over to scout out the situation.

"Xiao Qi was asking about my Gaokao results," Chen Cheng said, looking at Jiang Tianhao with interest.

Aside from his crush on Deng Xiaoqi, Chen Cheng actually quite admired other aspects of this kid.

He was hot-blooded, kind, driven, and valued relationships.

Later, when he didn't get into university, he opened a shop in Shanghai largely because he wanted his friends to have a place to gather when they returned.

He was also generous. At this point, the Jiang Family probably hadn't gone bankrupt yet, and this kid was the one who paid for the KTV room.

This kid was also quite unlucky. Of all people to like, he had to like Deng Xiaoqi.

And his family went bankrupt during his senior year of high school.

It finally lived up to the saying: one shouldn't like an overly beautiful girl when young, or it will haunt them for a lifetime.

Not to mention, Deng Xiaoqi had a mother nicknamed Deng Half-City, who was rumored to have 'half the men in the city' as hers.

A girl from such a family was not someone an ordinary person could handle.

"Ah?"

Jiang Tianhao was stunned. Discussing the Gaokao at a KTV?

Are you guys serious?

"What do you mean 'ah'?" Deng Xiaoqi curled her lip. "Am I not allowed to maintain a studious persona?"

Chen Cheng smiled at Deng Xiaoqi's expression, thinking narcissistically that being handsome really was great.

It had only been a few hours, and the pure and sweet Xiao Qi already showed signs of shifting her affections. Her eyes were gradually moving away from Qian Sanyi and onto him.

Sigh, my damn handsomeness.

"What's Qian Sanyi doing?" Chen Cheng asked.

"Oh, he's researching basketball team tactics," Jiang Tianhao replied with a raised eyebrow.

Uh... Chen Cheng was stunned. A top student is a top student; he even researches tactics for basketball.

When he played streetball, he just relied on raw power. He didn't need defense at all; he just used fancy offensive moves.

By this time, Lin Miaomiao and Zhao Rui had finally finished singing their 'Wide Noodles' song. They grabbed the microphone and called out to Chen Cheng, "Brother Cheng, come sing!"

Chen Cheng thought about it and didn't refuse. In the years since he transmigrated, he had been busy calculating how to make money every day. It had been many years since he'd been to KTV.

Chen Cheng flipped through the song selector several times and felt a bit like a Spartan. What the heck? He didn't know how to sing a single song on the list.

He only recognized two of them.

He typed in some singers to search.

"Eh? Where's Xu Wei?"

Chen Cheng then typed in Zhao Lei.

Huh? No Lei-zi either?

"Am I freaking stupid? This is a movie and TV world, the entertainment circle is all messed up. Where would Lei-zi come from?" Chen Cheng complained to himself.

Chen Cheng rubbed his chin. No Xu Wei, no Pu Shu, no Lei-zi, he didn't even see Uncle Sheng.

He hurriedly took out his phone to search for these people, but none of them had a Baidu entry. There was only one possibility—these big shots didn't exist in this world at all.

Scum didn't give up and searched for some other familiar singers: Song Pangzi, Lao Fan from next door... not a single one. Even Teacher Banbi was missing.

What was going on? On the music platform rankings, he only recognized one person: Zhao Rui's idol!

Could it be that this Timeline No. 2 only featured people mentioned in movies and TV shows?

Chen Cheng's brow furrowed, but it soon smoothed out.

If none of these people are famous, does that mean I'm about to get famous?

For a moment, Scum felt like playing along.