Early the next morning, Gu Suisui, who had a new phone now, excitedly sought out Lu Chi.
“Lu Chi gege,” she said, blinking her large, innocent eyes. “Mama bought me a new phone! Let’s add each other on WeChat!” Her gaze was so pure and earnest that it was impossible to refuse.
Not that Lu Chi had any intention of doing so.
As he took out his own phone, he asked curiously, “…Xiao Suisui, am I the first person you’ve added on WeChat from the set?”
Gu Suisui’s expression clearly said, “Of course!” Seeing this, Lu Chi’s face broke into a wide smile. All the snacks and fruits he’d been having his assistant deliver to her these past few days were clearly worth it! It really paid off to love her.
Realizing his importance in the little girl's heart, Lu Chi's lips curved into a slight smile. He watched with satisfaction as she scanned the code to add him on WeChat and saved his contact as "Lu Chi gege."
"WeChat alone isn't convenient enough. Let me give you my phone number too." With that, he gave her his personal mobile number.
Not many people in the industry had this number. Lu Chi never thought he'd give it to a three-year-old child one day.
Although they’d only known each other for a little over half a month, Lu Chi genuinely liked Gu Suisui. The little girl was simply his pistachio. Sometimes, the childish things she said would make him burst into hearty laughter.
A few days ago, when he returned to his family home, even his usually stern and serious grandfather had noticed his good mood, asking if something good had happened to him.
“Oh, and if you can’t reach me, call this uncle here. His phone is on 24/7.”
Lu Chi’s agent, standing nearby: “…!!!” I’m only five or six years older than you, still in the prime of life! Why am I the “uncle” while you’re the “gege”? This is too unfair!!
Gu Suisui was very popular in the crew. There wasn’t a single staff member who didn’t know her. After all, who could resist her sweet nature. She greeted everyone she met with a cheerful “gege,” “jiejie,” “shushu,” or “ayi.”
When such a delicate little girl called them in her soft and sweet voice, how could any adult have the heart to respond coldly. Moreover, everyone in the crew could see that both the director and the male lead were very fond of this child. Even if someone didn't like Gu Suisui, they wouldn't dare to show it openly.
After all, no one who could survive in the film industry was an idiot.
Adults might engage in their fair share of scheming and plotting, but they generally don't have much defense against a three-year-old child. Seeing her asking for contact information, some people didn't even wait for her to approach them with her little short legs; they proactively went over to give her their contact details.
Sun Hong, the makeup artist, was one such person.
It's just that she did this completely out of love for the little girl, not to curry favor with the director or the male lead.
Sun Hong, the 'old auntie' who seemed calm on the surface but was actually squealing in her heart, also took this opportunity to snap a photo with her little idol.
Ahhh! Suisui is so cute! What should I do if I really want to touch her again...
And her hair looks so soft! It must feel nice to touch...
Sun Hong quickly put away her phone and coughed, covering her face with her hand. She was trying her best to restrain herself, lest she come across as a creepy 'weird aunt'.
Gu Suisui made a round of the set, and in no time, her newly created WeChat account had over twenty new friends.
However… the pretty jiejie who gave her candy wasn’t around. Lu Chi gege explained that she had already finished filming her scenes and left. So, Little Cotton Candy couldn't get her contact information this time.
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“Pond” was the nickname Lu Chi’s fans used for themselves. [T/N: The character "池" (chí) means "pond," and since Lu Chi's name (陆驰, Lù Chí) shares the same pronunciation "chí," his fans adopted "Pond" as their fandom name!]
As is well known, the more famous a celebrity is, the less frequently they post on Weibo. Apart from necessary promotions for new dramas or endorsements, there are few private photos on their personal accounts.
However, this day, the Ponds were in for a surprise. After yesterday’s post sharing the official makeup and costume photos for 'Dormant', their little brother had miraculously updated his Weibo again.
Lu Chi v: Let me introduce you to the little princess of our family @GuSuisui [picture]
“Ahhh!! What’s going on?! Brother is spoiling us with pictures today?!”
“Is this a photo taken on the set of 'Dormant'? We can see crew members in the background.”
“Oh my god! Am I the only one envious of that little girl in his arms? Little sister, let go of that brother and let me have him!!!"
“Did you guys notice? That little girl seems to be the same one from yesterday’s makeup photos!”
“The account Lu ge tagged seems to be newly registered. There’s only one retweet and nothing else.”
"Can someone our brother publicly tags be fake? This must be the little actress playing the fallen little princess. It's the first time we've seen our brother promoting someone else. Even if it’s just for his sake, I have to go follow her.”
"Following for Brother Lu +10086, looking forward to the sibling performance in the movie (smile)"
Gu Suisui, who was seriously acting to earn money for pretty dresses, was completely unaware of the online commotion.
As for the photo, Lu Chi had snapped it on a whim, feeling a pang of envy after seeing Gu Suisui taking pictures with others. Posting their photo on Weibo was entirely his own idea; he hadn't even told Gu Suisui about it.
He wanted to give the little girl a small surprise.
He had always managed his own Weibo account. It was just a picture with a child on set; he could post it if he wanted to. At worst, he'd get a lecture from his manager afterward.
…
That afternoon, Feng Yaoqin finished her shift at the convenience store and changed out of her uniform, preparing to pick up her daughter from the set. Just as she took out her phone, she saw many notifications suddenly popping up on the screen, all from Weibo.
Then, she realized that the Weibo account she had just created for her daughter last night had blown up. The number of followers on this account had suddenly increased by a lot!
Feng Yaoqin counted the zeros after the 2, and was stunned: "...??!"
What's going on?
Is there a problem with the Weibo backend system??
Confused, she scrolled through the comments under the single retweet on her daughter’s account, finally piecing together the reason for the sudden surge in followers.
It turned out that just this morning, Lu Chi had suddenly posted a photo with Suisui on set and tagged this account.
With over twenty million followers on his Weibo, Lu Chi’s single action had resulted in Feng Yaoqin’s newly created account for her daughter gaining 200,000 followers in just half a day!