After a failed blind date, a wealthy woman tried to walk into my heart

"Shen Lang, my 24th birthday is coming up."

Ye Yinan started rolling down her pants leg to cover her fair legs and said, "I want you to come to my place and celebrate with me."

Shen Lang didn't agree immediately: "When's your birthday?"

"January 17th, next Sunday."

Ye Yinan looked at him expectantly and asked, "You'll come, right?"

[1: Sunday won't work. You know my situation. I have other girls to be with.]

[2: Sure. What do you want for your birthday? I'll get it ready in advance.]

[3: Okay, after your birthday, get all the stuff you bought ready, and I'll give you a special adult gift just for you.]

"Sunday? That won't work."

Shen Lang didn't even look at the system options and flatly refused, "You know my situation. I've got other girls to be with."

"I understand."

Ye Yinan responded emotionlessly, turning her head to look out at the dark night, her delicate profile as cold as the day they first met.

"Alright, I'll do my best."

Shen Lang softened a bit, patting Ye Yinan on the shoulder, giving a compromise answer.

"If I'm free that day, I'll definitely make time to be with you. Okay?"

Ye Yinan turned back, her eyes bright, and then placed Shen Lang's hand on herself unexpectedly: "This is your reward."

"Thanks, boss."

Feeling the softness in his hand, Shen Lang blushed and coughed twice, pulling his hand back, instinctively touching his knee.

"By the way, what do you want for your birthday?"

"I want…"

"Just so you know, I'm not for sale."

"Then I don't know."

Ye Yinan was momentarily speechless but smiled nonchalantly, "But I'll like whatever you give me."

"Let's see when the time comes."

...

Around 10 PM, Shen Lang returned to his long-lost Fulong Garden apartment.

As soon as he walked into his cozy little place, Gu Linyu sent him the five short videos that had been released for promotion.

Shen Lang quickly opened Douyin and searched for his production team's official account. Sure enough, there were five martial arts short videos, each lasting 20 minutes.

Shen Lang had spent 500,000 to partner with Douyin for promoting his novel's short videos.

The agreement was for a month, with daily traffic of 100,000 people.

The cost was high because Shen Lang chose targeted user promotion.

His ads would only show to people who like novels or novel adaptations into short videos.

"Hope I make more."

Shen Lang silently wished, then copied and pasted his short video link into his WeChat Moments.

He posted: "Hit martial arts drama adaptation, shockingly coming soon! Click the link below to watch for free on Douyin!"

Shen Lang didn't expect much from his Moments as he didn't have many friends who liked novels. He was mainly spreading the news about his hard work to his girlfriends and family.

Once the short videos became popular, Shen Lang's income would rise accordingly.

That way, any future extravagant actions wouldn't cause too much of a stir.

More importantly, Shen Lang wanted to prove to his girlfriends that he had been very busy lately, dispelling any doubts they might have.

After a shower, Shen Lang saw that his post had received over thirty likes and more than ten comments.

The first like came from Shen Linlin.

Vampire #1 liked your post and commented: "Keep it up, Old Deng."

The second like was from Ye Yinan, but no comment.

Then came likes and comments from the landlady, Su Lexuan, Li Liusi, his parents, and a few friends he recognized but didn't have saved in his contacts.

Zhuhai University Girl Elf: [Initiating video call.]

Investment Guru: "I found a great resource just now. Do you want me to send it to you?"

Landlady Sister: "Are you done with your work? When will you come over for a meal? Mengmeng says she misses you."

Neighbor Idiot: "Keep it up, Shen Lang. {Thumbs up}"

To avoid drawing attention from other girlfriends, Shen Lang had changed the notes for Li Liusi, Xia Shuyi, and Ye Yinan.

These affectionate and intimate notes wouldn't raise suspicion and would provide Shen Lang with good explanations if questioned by other girlfriends.

Xia Shuyi, being young and beautiful, is called Landlady Sister—no problem, right?

Ye Yinan, who had helped him so much and introduced him to industry bigwig Dong Fei, is referred to as Investment Guru—fair enough?

Neighbor Li Liusi is indeed a bit clueless, so the down-to-earth note should be fine.

"Hey, Xuan, still awake this late?"

Shen Lang answered Su Lexuan's video call invitation while juggling conversations with the landlady, Li Liusi, and Ye Yinan.

Being a player means living a straightforward and busy life.

...

The next morning, Shen Lang was woken by the phone ringing, groggily answering it.

"Hello, who's this?"

Gu Linyu, excited and flustered, said, "Director Shen, there's a good news and an even better news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Let's hear the good news first."

Shen Lang smiled calmly.

He could guess that it was about the impressive performance of his short videos.

"Wait! How much did you say? Over fifty million?"

Shen Lang sat up abruptly, "Over fifty million views in one night? How is that possible?!"

Shen Lang knew his short videos were good.

But no matter how good they were, such a result in just one night seemed impossible.

"Director Shen, I've sent you the second piece of good news on WeChat. You'll see."

Gu Linyu happily reminded him.

Shen Lang quickly opened WeChat, and Gu Linyu had sent him screenshots of the video views on their account and the investment promotion amount.

"Five, five million?!"

Shen Lang was shocked by the amount of money spent on promotion.

He had only invested 500,000. How did it turn into five and a half million?

Even his most devoted fans wouldn't spend that much to promote him.

Shen Lang initially thought it might have been Ye Yinan or the landlady helping out.

After all, they were the only ones who could afford such a huge investment.

But strangely, after investing five million, the account was deactivated.

Shen Lang knew they wouldn't do something like this in secret.

"Who the heck did this?"

PS: Guess who invested if it's not Ye Yinan or Old Deng? {Dog head emoji}