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When Lu Xu spoke, his expression was a playful and teasing one. He was only 18 years old, but he seemed very mature at the moment.

His eyes were bright and clear, and they seemed to shine. When looking into those eyes, Tang Yanqing found himself becoming more wary of him.

“Hahaha, if I have the chance, I’ll definitely ask.” Whether it was Yu Manman’s junior or not, Tang Yanqing felt that he should maintain a good relationship anyway.

Since their conversation had already reached this point, to continue even further would be too obvious.

He smiled warmly at Lu Xu, and said, “Good luck with the rest of the competition.”

“Thank you, Director Tang.” Lu Xu was polite and well-mannered, and he looked extremely calm. There was no way to tell what he was thinking. After he finished exchanging pleasantries with Tang Yanqing, Lu Xu glanced at the other’s back, raised his brows, then returned to the dorm.

Tang Yanqing’s expression dropped and became more serious after he turned around.

They had only exchanged a few simple words, but he had already noticed that Lu Xu was not a simple person at all.

Lu Xu may be young, but there was no way to tell what he was thinking at all.

For a second, he became quite worried for Ji Xiunian. He did not know if Ji Xiunian realised, but the person he was in love with was actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing…

Not long after Lu Xu returned to the dorm, work came up again.

Ji Xiunian was probably still surrounded by the other trainees at this point in time, so Lu Xu decided to deal with it on his own.

There were still a few days to go before his employment began. There would be plenty of other opportunities to bring him along.

Ji Xiunian hurried back to the dorm, his mind still going back to the first client he had witnessed.

It was the first time he had come face to face with death like that, and his emotions were quite a mess.

When he thought about Guo Lian’s cause of death, Ji Xiunian went online to see what he could find out regarding student loans. He personally did not have any need for such loans, and therefore did not have much understanding about how such things worked.

When he clicked on the link, he realised that these loans were not done through the proper routes.

Many students felt that these small loans weren’t a big deal. In order to buy a phone or other goods, they would easily trust the loaners’ words. As a result, the interest rate of a few thousand turned into tens of thousands, and many people wouldn’t be able to pay it back.

They would give their personal information to the other party when borrowing the loan. If they couldn’t pay it back, the other party would go to their school, continuously harassing the teachers, students, and friends of the borrower. There were even those who used blackmail material to coerce those involved. There were many youths who were forced into another road of no return.

Guo Lian was not the first to have committed suicide over these ‘campus loans’. There had been many tragedies that had already taken place beforehand, but there were still people who did not understand the depths of this quicksand.

The more Ji Xiunian read about this, the more panicked he felt. He thought about it, and couldn’t resist searching for Guo Lian’s information.

Coincidentally, after he searched up campus loans and the last name Guo, a public notice really did pop up—

It said that a young man’s body was found in his rental house in the morning. After an on-site investigation and due to the suicide note left by the deceased, it could be inferred that the death was due to his inability to repay a significant loan.

This police Weibo account only had a few thousand followers, so there weren’t more than thirty likes and comments under each post.

Even this post only had less than ten comments after being posted twenty minutes ago.

When he thought of Guo Lian’s painful experience, Ji Xiunian sighed but still reposted this public announcement—

@Ji Xiunian V: Don’t be brainwashed by over-consumption. Make purchases rationally. Stay away from the loan trap.

Ji Xiunian rarely posted. The first reaction of all the fans who had rushed over to his Weibo post was one of confusion.

When they clearly understood the content of the reposted information, they couldn’t help but explode. Each of them commented on the experiences of the people around them who had encountered such borrowing traps.

There were also many people who ran over to open up, repost, comment on, and like the original post.

This police officer had gone to eat after posting this Weibo and was still lamenting to his colleagues about the harm of ‘campus loans’. As a police officer, he had also written this public notice with the hope that citizens would be able to see through the loan trap in the future through his post, and that this kind of tragedy wouldn’t happen again.

It was a pity that the impact was limited. Not many people paid attention to this kind of societal news; it wasn’t as interesting as which celebrity had recently lost or gained weight.

Originally, he thought that this would also sink into the depths of the sea and immediately be forgotten. But when he finished eating and opened up his phone, he was stunned. “My god, does my phone have a bug?”

His newly bought cell phone should have had enough memory, and it also ran very fast. But he couldn’t seem to tap open his messages on this new phone, and it was lagging like it was about to explode.

It was just when he thought that his phone had an issue when he finally managed to open up his Weibo account.

It was only then that he discovered that he had more than ten thousand notifications. Their police department’s Weibo had been tagged and had grown several tens of thousands fans.

“Wait a moment, am I dreaming?” A little local department police officer running his department’s Weibo account would have never dreamed that their Weibo would become as popular as this.

When he opened up the comments, he realised that this popularity had been brought over by Ji Xiunian.

The Cinematic Charisma King naturally brought along popularity. After he reposted, the issue of campus loans naturally fell into everyone’s purview. There were many big official accounts that saw that this topic was gaining a lot of popularity, and jumped on the bandwagon through discussing the hidden traps of these ‘campus loans’.

Just like Ji Xiunian mentioned, there were currently many articles bouncing around promoting excessive consumption and encouraging young people to spend ahead of time or even to borrow money for spending. Many times, the things were unnecessary, but because they had been brainwashed, many youths ended up being affected.

In order to create a facade of being dignified, they had to wrap themselves up with money.

What could someone do if they didn’t have any money? The answer was to take out loans.

A concerned blogger took out their own previous cases and sent them out, hoping that they would send out a message that would wake everyone up.

There was already someone named Guo who had gone. They couldn’t also have others fall under this propaganda.

Just like this, Ji Xiunian’s one Weibo post raised widespread public concern about this matter.

The police officer who originally didn’t have much of an impression of celebrities, had a greater impression of Ji Xiunian. He silently gave him a like.

“Nian ge really is such a genuine person.” Han Tianyu saw the #Ji Xiunian Campus Loans tag on the hot search and had to click on it before discovering Ji Xiunian actually cared about this topic.

Lu Xu also clicked on it when he heard this. He thought for a moment, then still reposted Ji Xiunian’s post to show his support.

Xu Haoming and the others also wanted to repost, but their Weibos were under the management of their companies, and they needed to report everything they posted.

They had no other choice, so they could only express their support to Ji Xiunian in person through Lu Xu.

Lu Xu’s fans also slowly added to the comments, working hard to pass the topic onto other youths in order to prevent such tragedies from happening.

There were others who found hidden clues as they reposted—

[@Working Hard To Make Money To Raise Cubs: Have you all discovered that within the 101 trainees, the Film Emperor only follows Lu Xu ai!]

Ji Xiunian did not follow many people, so it was quite obvious when he followed someone new.

Just like how the netizens commented, it was normal for mentors to follow their mentees. But only following Lu Xu out of so many trainees meant that the relationship between the two was at least very close.

Before, there were many CP fans after they filmed the commercial at Devil’s Bay. Now that Lu Xu had reposted Ji Xiunian’s Weibo, it seemed all the sweeter. Although the two were connected through the same topic because of campus loans, being placed together was still an integral part of the business. No matter what, they had met some sweetness today.

Lu Xu glanced at the CP fans clamouring for him to send out candy and merely smiled before brushing it off.

Not long after he finished swiping through Weibo, the Grim Reaper Bureau suddenly sent over a message—

“Ji Xiunian’s request for grim reaper status has been approved. Please go to the Grim Reaper Bureau within 24 hours to receive your grim reaper licence…”