298: Chapter 298 Countdown Poster

Lin Chuyan's new album had been recorded over the past few days.

He finally had some free time during the day to do other things.

However, he didn't run around. The roadshow promotion for "a moment of romance" was starting in a few days, so he decided to take this opportunity to rest.

But his way of resting was a bit different from others—he bought a bunch of boxing equipment and had someone install quite a bit of gear in a corner of his rehearsal room, including sandbags, agility ladders, medicine balls, speed bags, and reaction balls... In short, it looked quite professional.

Then, he started training.

He practiced while getting familiar with the equipment, slowly adding more intensity as he got a feel for it.

Not only did he train himself, but he also bought equipment for Ruan Xingyu and dragged her along to join in the fun. However, she was inconsistent, playing only when she felt like it. Sometimes she would even take a swing at her boyfriend while wearing boxing gloves, and when she got tired, she would just sit down and take photos of him.

Who wouldn't love watching a handsome, shirtless guy sweating and pounding away at a punching bag...

"Xingxing, join me."

"No, no, I've already exceeded my boxing quota for today. I'll play with you tomorrow~"

"Just play for a little while longer."

"You should ask my dad; he likes boxing too."

"That's not a bad idea. I can even use it to build a relationship with my future father-in-law. Once he's back, I'll look for him, and by then, you'll be cast into the cold palace."

"Pfft! I'll punish you by making you serve this Empress tonight... serve this Empress..."

"What do you mean?"

"This Empress hasn't decided yet; we'll talk about it tonight."

Lin Chuyan raised his hand: "Your Majesty, I would like to serve in your bedchamber."

"Pfft! You're quite bold, and you've got quite the imagination! Hmm... I'll see how you perform. If you serve well, it's not impossible to let you get close..."

Lin Chuyan took off his boxing gloves and walked toward her with a fawning smile: "Your Majesty must be tired, right? Let me give you a massage."

Ruan Xingyu looked at him with disdain: "No, you're covered in sweat."

"I noticed you were having quite a fun time taking photos earlier?"

"You were peeking at me while boxing?"

As the young couple was flirting, someone suddenly knocked on the rehearsal room door.

At this hour, the person knocking was either Wu Yue or Xia Zhi. Both of them were in the office upstairs, so they were probably just coming down to stretch their legs and talk to him about something, so Lin Chuyan couldn't be bothered to put on a shirt.

"Come in!"

The door opened, and sure enough, it was Wu Yue.

He hadn't seen the place since Lin Chuyan had the equipment installed, and seeing Lin Chuyan's getup now, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Whoa! Are you preparing to star in 'burning life 2'?"

"Pfft, pfft, pfft! Brother, I haven't offended you, why are you insulting me?"

"Seriously, I thought Director Li Li was looking for you."

"If she were looking for anyone, it would be you, the manager!"

"So, it's really just a hobby?"

"Yes, it's just for leisure and entertainment. The stuff I practiced before was a bit too low-intensity for me."

"Good grief, you call this leisure and entertainment?" Wu Yue greeted Ruan Xingyu and circled the equipment a few times. "Is it fun? I'll join you another day."

Wu Yue also worked out regularly, so he easily became interested in this stuff.

"Sure, sure, I'll teach you. My punching form is super standard."

Wu Yue nodded: "Almost forgot the main point. Tianxing is about to start releasing the posters; you should take a look too."

Speaking of which, Tianxing really had a lot of flashy tactics.

Lin Chuyan's new album had been recorded over the past few days, and he had been dragged by Tianxing's promotional team to shoot three countdown posters. The plan was to start releasing them today—December 19th—for three consecutive days, and then release the new album directly on the 22nd.

The key was in these three posters.

Ever since they chose 'little yu' as the pre-release track, Tianxing had been guiding the public to guess the album's concept step by step.

These three countdown posters were no exception.

Lin Chuyan logged into Weibo, and sure enough, Tianxing had already posted.

The caption was simple, only stating that the physical album was available for pre-order on Tianxing's official website on the shopping platform.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the attached poster.

The background of the poster was an ordinary street, with a green light visible above. Lin Chuyan was walking on the crosswalk. He turned his head, a bright smile on his face, his eyes gentle, as if his gaze could pierce through the poster and look at everyone viewing it.

He had a gesture of raising his hand, as if he were turning back to hold his beloved girl's hand. The poster was very cunningly framed so as not to show his wrist, so visually, it looked as if he were inviting every girl who saw the poster.

This was a standard girlfriend-perspective poster.

Netizens soon started commenting.

"Countdown 3 days... so that means it releases on the 22nd? Finally waited for you!"

"In this poster, the hand Lin Chuyan is holding must be mine, right? How so warm; he even knows to hold my hand while crossing the street. So nice."

"Why did I suddenly think of the lyrics from 'Similar to Love': I am crossing the street, where are you?"

"It really does have that feeling. And if you tell me Tianxing didn't think of this at all, I wouldn't believe it."

"It's up for pre-order, family, why aren't you rushing to buy it?"

"168 is too expensive; I'll just wait to listen to it for free online."

Mosquito Brother also saw this Weibo post immediately.

He had previously secretly asked Wawa on Douyin, asking "When is the new album coming out?". Then he was discovered by Lin Chuyan, who replied to him with a "?". Haters usually spent every day being sarcastic and cynical on Weibo, the headquarters for anti-fans, yet when he went to Douyin, he cared about the new album's release time? It made the atmosphere a bit awkward at the time, so he had to pretend nothing happened and ignore it.

At this moment, Mosquito Brother clicked on the link provided by Tianxing.

Buy it, why not buy it? It's not like he's buying it for himself.

This is a gift for Junior!

Buying it for Junior, what does that have to do with Mosquito Brother?

Besides, as a fan of Lin Chuyan, Junior was so gentle and kind. Giving her this gift would definitely touch her heart. It wouldn't just get a "it's okay" in return; it was absolutely worth more than the price.

Besides, is 168 expensive? A physical album really isn't that expensive.

Mosquito Brother knew clearly in his heart that those traffic idols and pretty boys didn't necessarily price their albums cheaper than Lin Chuyan's. Not only were they not cheaper, but the songs inside were also likely terrible.

For a talented Singer and actor like Lin Chuyan, what's wrong with selling a physical album for 168?

Buy!

...

Over the next two days, the countdown posters released by Tianxing became increasingly direct, and each one managed to trend on social media.

One showed Lin Chuyan driving; the poster was clearly from the girlfriend's perspective in the passenger seat. The last one was even more exaggerated; in the poster, half of his face was still under the covers, with only his eyes showing, filled with love and even a hint of shyness. The camera was very close, directly capturing Lin Chuyan waking up in bed and looking to the other side—it was incredibly thought-provoking.

This last poster even sparked an additional trending topic: #ThanksTianxing#...

"Oh my god, so this is what it feels like to open your eyes every morning and see Lin Chuyan lying beside you, hahaha! Thanks Tianxing, I won't scold you today."

"Ruan Xingyu is eating too well; regardless, thanks Tianxing."

"Does anyone get it? Tianxing usually posted posters in the afternoon, but they posted the last one at eight in the morning! I had just opened my eyes and wasn't fully awake yet. Do you know what it feels like to be lying in bed, scrolling through Weibo on your side, and seeing Lin Chuyan also lying in bed on his side looking at me? Wuwuwu, thanks Tianxing."

Netizens' guesses about Lin Chuyan's new album were becoming increasingly accurate, and most people started to guess that this must be a love song album.

Unfortunately, no matter how rich the netizens' imaginations were, they couldn't have imagined that Lin Chuyan could pull off a stunt like this. After all, no one had ever done this before...

December 22nd, this day was finally coming!