Huayu: This celebrity doesn't follow the rules.

Chapter 45, "The Princess's Promotion," premieres.

In the mountain city in winter, it gets dark before 7 o'clock, and the cold wind cuts your cheeks like a knife.

Lin Yue wrapped her scarf tightly around herself, carrying a bag of roasted sweet potato noodles she had bought from a roadside stall, and trudged into the old residential building.

With a "whoosh," the door was pushed open, revealing a room filled with smoke. Her boyfriend, Zhang Wei, was wearing headphones, his eyes glued to the computer screen, his hands frantically typing on the keyboard, occasionally muttering in Sichuan dialect, "Brothers, hurry up, let's get this going!"

"Zhang! Wei! I came back and saw you playing games!" Lin Yue slammed her bag on the sofa, her loud voice from Sichuan and Chongqing making the windows of the rented room vibrate.

The boy wearing headphones in front of the computer jerked his hand, and Yasuo dashed straight into the enemy tower with his E.

"Hey, wait a minute, the qualifying match is about to start..."

"Soon my foot!" Lin Yue kicked the gaming chair. "It's 6:30 and you still haven't cooked dinner? Do you want to starve me to death, you little bastard?"

Zhang Wei frantically typed "15 shots," then turned around with a smile and said apologetically, "Don't be angry, I'll order takeout. Yes, yes, your favorite hot and sour noodles!"

"Ha, men." Lin Yue rolled her eyes and went to the kitchen. Ten minutes later, she brought out two bowls of blackened fried rice. "Eat this, you can wash the dishes later."

Zhang Wei secretly took a picture and posted it in his friends' group chat: "My wife's culinary disaster, dare to try it?"

A group of single people complained: "Showing off your love will lead to a quick breakup..."

"If you're not going to eat it, bring it to me!"

"My sister-in-law is so virtuous...!!!"

After a quick meal, Lin Yue sat down in front of the computer, feeling bored.

At the end of December 2014, the days were as uneventful as a glass of plain water.

She skillfully opened Penguin Video, eagerly anticipating the update of the show she was following, but the page still showed the same old thing. She pouted and complained under her breath, "Why isn't it updating yet? I'm getting impatient."

She even subscribed to a membership just to watch "Boss & Me," because she especially loves the character Zhao Liying, who plays a little dumpling!

Feeling utterly bored, she started browsing for new dramas on the website.

Suddenly, a drama called "Princess Promotion" caught my eye.

"What's the name? The Princess's Promotion? What promotion? To become the Empress?" Lin Yue couldn't help but complain, but her curiosity still drove her to click on it.

Upon seeing the cast list, including the female lead Meng Ziyi, she frowned: "Never heard of her."

Just as she was about to swipe away, the words "Ou Hao" made her eyes light up. "Ou Hao?! That Ou Hao Mai from the 13 Super Boy competition? I even voted for him!"

Then she noticed Yu Menglong was also there, and this lineup immediately piqued her interest.

She excitedly shouted, "Ah Wei, come quick and see! It's Ou Hao's show!"

"What are you looking at? Wait a minute, I'm going to wash the dishes first!"

Lin Yue ignored him and eagerly clicked on the first episode.

The scene depicts luxury cars, parties, and handsome men and beautiful women—clearly the life of the wealthy.

But upon closer inspection, Lin Yue noticed that the bottles of mineral water on the table cost only one yuan each. She chuckled and said, "This film crew must be a bit poor; they can't even afford a decent bottle of water."

Immediately afterwards, nightclub prince Zhang Peng was chased and beaten by a group of girls in bikinis: "Scumbag!"

"Give me back my compensation for lost youth!"

In his panic, Zhang Peng fell into the swimming pool, and the scene suddenly distorted.

"Holy crap, what is this?" Lin Yue's eyes widened.

A golden light flashed underwater, and when Zhang Peng resurfaced, he had transformed into a beautiful woman in ancient costume!

"I've turned into a woman?" The female protagonist, Zhang Pengpeng, touched her chest and suddenly screamed, "Holy crap! Where are my eight-pack abs?!"

Lin Yue spat out a mouthful of water onto her computer: "Hahahaha, you're crazy!"

"A man transmigrates into a woman? That's such a wild idea! What's going on in the screenwriter's head?!"

Seeing Zhang Peng unable to accept reality, attempting suicide by hanging and jumping into the river, each method ending in failure, Lin Yue laughed until tears streamed down her face: "Oh my, this is hilarious! He must be a complete idiot. How could any of these methods possibly succeed?"

At this moment, Zhang Wei finished washing the dishes, secretly went outside to smoke a cigarette, and slowly walked over.

Lin Yue grabbed him, saying, "Look, look! This guy has transmigrated into a woman! This is hilarious!" Zhang Wei glanced at it and retorted, "What's so interesting about this? It's obviously made up. Transmigration isn't that easy."

Even so, his eyes were still drawn to the absurd and hilarious plot on the screen, and he couldn't look away.

The key point is that the female lead is quite pretty...

In the second episode, Zhang Pengpeng, who has become the Crown Princess, suddenly experiences menstruation and actually holds a menstrual cycle seminar in the palace.

Lin Yue laughed so hard she slapped her thigh: "This girl's got a screw loose, she can bring this kind of thing up in public. Weren't people in ancient times all very conservative?"

Zhang Wei couldn't help but laugh: "Yeah, this plot is too far-fetched, but it's also quite interesting."

As the end credits rolled, Lin Yue was still staring blankly at the screen: "Huh, it's over already? Only two episodes?"

Zhang Wei reached out to grab the computer: "You're done watching? Now it's my turn to play games."

"Wait a minute!" Lin Yue pulled him back. "You know, this female lead is a man at heart. How is she going to date the Crown Prince?"

Zhang Wei scratched his head: "What does it matter? Anyway, the body is female..."

"You don't know anything!" Lin Yue's eyes lit up. "Think about it, she looks at the Crown Prince like you look at your brother! What if one day your brother suddenly wants to kiss you..."

"Ugh!" Zhang Wei made a vomiting face. "Don't disgust me!"

But then he thought of the female lead, Meng Ziyi's, beauty.

If my own brother turned into this? Then I could still accept it...

You smell so good, bro...

Lin Yue became more and more excited as she thought about it: "But look, when the Crown Prince pinched her cheek, her expression was clearly disgusted, yet her face turned red..."

She suddenly slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "Isn't this just a male-male couple?!"

"What's going on in your head all day long?" Zhang Wei was speechless, but he couldn't help but smile.

The part where the Crown Prince pinned Zhang Pengpeng against the wall was indeed... kind of strangely beautiful.

Lin Yue had already taken out her phone and was frantically sending messages in her best friend group:
"Ladies! I found an amazing drama! The guy transmigrates into a woman and falls for the crown prince! It's hilarious!"

"[Link] Tencent Video's 'Princess Promotion'"

"Let me tell you, in the second episode, during the scene where the crown prince is bathing, the female lead's nosebleed shot three meters away, hahaha!"

The group chat exploded instantly:

"??? What kind of plot is this?"

"It's Ou Hao acting? I'll go check it out!"

"Wait, a man transmigrates into a woman's body and falls in love with the crown prince? Is that exciting?"

……

In Nanjing at night, the plane tree leaves are swirled by the autumn wind and fall beside the streetlights below the dormitory building.

Chen Duling ran back with her notebook in her arms, her canvas shoes rustling as they stepped on the fallen leaves, but her mind was preoccupied with something else.

Jiang Ye's drama premieres tonight.

My phone kept vibrating in my pocket. I took it out and saw that it was indeed Jiang Ye.

"Beep beep, calling you, I'm going live! I'm going live! It's on Tencent Video, please rate it after you watch!"

It was followed by a dog head emoji.

She couldn't help but smile.

She pushed open the dormitory door, threw her notes on the table, and opened Penguin Video without even taking off her coat.

During the few seconds the page was spinning, she thought of that annoying person again.

Christmas is coming soon, will that guy send her a present?
Should she accept it? Should we prepare a return gift in advance?
Ugh, so annoying...

(End of this chapter)