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Join the Server[An ambulance is already on its way. Host, there is no need to worry. The male lead has a stubborn life force and won’t die that easily.]
Hearing this, Mu An put his mind at ease and began to survey the layout of the apartment.
The original host had a particular fondness for colorful things; even the walls of his rented apartment were covered with pink wall stickers, and the cushions on the sofa were all in dopamine colors.
Various cute merchandise was also arranged on his desk, including internet celebrities the original host followed, as well as various stars and idols.
Mu An opened the closet, finding that aside from his fan-club support outfits, the rest of his clothes were also in exceptionally energetic and bright colors.
‘Was he going to play a sweet boy this time? The kind whose exterior didn’t match his interior—looking exceptionally energetic and cute on the outside, but actually ready to explode at the slightest touch.’
Pondering his persona, Mu An walked over to the bathroom to take a shower.
Just like in the first world, his face and body were exactly his own, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
On the other side.
The hospital late at night exuded a deadly, cold silence, which was suddenly broken by a gurney wheeled in at top speed.
“Push him to Room One, they are ready over there.”
The nurses rapidly wheeled the gurney, and the doctor ran along with them toward the operating room.
Beside him, the doctor was still talking to Jiang Yan, attempting to keep him conscious, “We have already notified your family, they will be here very soon, don’t be afraid—”
On the bed, with his vision blurred, Jiang Yan clutched tightly at his shirt hem, the overhead lights making his head spin.
The moment Mu An pulled the burlap sack over his head rose in his mind, his heart swelling and falling in turmoil.
‘Why save him, only to hurt him later?’
His heart felt as though it were being squeezed tightly by something, turning bitter and painful.
Once the anesthetic was administered, Jiang Yan lost consciousness entirely.
When he opened his eyes again, not only were his parents by his side, but two police officers had also arrived.
After his consciousness fully returned, the police officers briefly took his statement.
“You met with the assault at [Location] last night. Do you remember what the assailant looked like?”
After clearing his throat, Jiang Yan managed to gather his breath, responding with a question of his own, “Was it not captured on any surveillance cameras?”
The police officer shook his head, “There were no suspicious figures detected near the road where the incident occurred. The other party might have been scoping out the place for a long time.”
Jiang Yan fell silent for a moment, “My head was covered with a sack when they beat me. I couldn’t see.”
Hearing this, the police officers asked for many more details, but Jiang Yan’s answers were very general, failing to provide any useful information.
They could only tell Jiang Yan to get plenty of rest, pay attention to his safety during this period, and avoid going out alone.
They suspected that the culprit this time and the three burly men from before were all commissioned by the same person, so they combined the cases for investigation.
During his days of hospitalization, Jiang Yan missed the survival show’s final debut night due to his injury, breaking the hearts of countless fans.
Although there was no hope of debuting through the show, Jiang Yan still received invitations from several entertainment agencies wishing to sign him under their labels.
On this day, Jiang Yan was still reviewing the contract offers sent by the agencies when he saw his parents enter, looking utterly lost.
His heart sank slightly, “What’s wrong?”
Father Jiang remained silent for a moment, his brow deeply furrowing as a sliver of grief flashed in his eyes.
“Jiang Yan, you are not our child.”
***
“Mu An, so this is your place. It is so pink.”
The youth had curly chestnut hair, and a pair of thick black-framed glasses obscured most of his face; at this moment, he was curiously surveying Mu An’s room.
Mu An retrieved a can of cola from the refrigerator and threw it to him, “Stop staring. Let’s order takeout first, we need to watch the livestream later.”
The chestnut-haired youth was named Chen Tong.
He was a fellow fan Mu An had met at school—”fellow fan” meaning that they both stan the same star, while “bias” referred to the specific star they loved.
Both of them liked an energetic male idol named Yuan Xi.
Today was the third anniversary of his debut, and he was going to host a livestream, so the two had agreed to wait for the broadcast together.
“I’m fine with eating anything. I just didn’t expect you to make even the color of your room match Xiao Xi’s support color. Is this the power of a veteran fan?”
Chen Tong remarked in admiration as he opened his food delivery app.
By the time the delivery arrived, the livestream was about to begin.
Although Mu An didn’t feel much of anything toward this Yuan Xi, he still feigned an extremely excited expression.
The livestream screen was initially black, but gradually the obstruction was moved away, revealing a pink-haired youth with exquisite features.
The youth’s eyes were round and adorable, and the moment he saw the livestream start, he smiled at them—a smile like cherry blossoms in full bloom, sweet and lovely.
Even Mu An could not help but pause for a second, while Chen Tong beside him let out a squeal.
“Ahhh! My wife is so cute!”
Under the camera, Yuan Xi greeted everyone with a sweet, soft voice, “Welcome, babies~ Welcome~”
Matching his persona, Mu An sent several virtual gifts to the stream, and Chen Tong on the side also sent some, refusing to be outdone.
“Everyone, please don’t send gifts~ Xixi just wants to chat with you guys~”
Yuan Xi offered a bright smile, gesturing for the staff to close the gift-receiving channel.
Yuan Xi was indeed a highly charismatic boy, gentle in speech and very attentive to fan comments.
Listening to him for an hour, Mu An could not help but develop a favorable impression of him.
However, before the livestream could even finish, a major piece of gossip exploded on the trending searches list.
#Yuan Xi Relationship#
A wave of comments demanding an explanation flooded the comment section; after all, idols were different from actors, and in the eyes of fans, an idol dating was equivalent to their house collapsing.
[Using our money to date, how can you look us in the face?!]
[Three years since your debut, is this how you repay us?]
[Xixi, explain yourself. I don’t believe this.]
[Xixi, do you have a significant other?]
Yuan Xi’s expression gradually darkened. It took sending out several digital red packets before the chat screen was completely flooded with fixed, pre-set talking points.
Yet those who realized something was amiss rushed over to Weibo to check the news, and Yuan Xi ended the livestream early as a result.
Chen Tong angrily scrolled through the exposé, which shockingly included photos of Yuan Xi kissing a girl. While feeling furious inside, he also cautiously glanced over at Mu An.
Mu An had spent a considerable amount of money chasing stars; judging purely by the fact that he had decorated his entire room in support colors, it was clear he had invested an immense amount of genuine emotion.
Mu An’s gaze was dark, his thin lips pressed into a tight line as his fingers tapped furiously on his phone, engaging in a verbal war with anti-fans to control the narrative and defend Yuan Xi.
“A bunch of morons, believing any rumor! I’ve followed Xixi for so many years, don’t I know what kind of person he is?” Mu An gritted his teeth, pulling Chen Tong along with him to generate data.
“Xixi will definitely clarify this! We can’t hold him back.”
Thus, what was meant to be a wonderful celebratory night turned into an all-night session of data-boosting to push down trending searches, alongside all sorts of anti-defamation and comment-control efforts.
After the entire night, the two of them had slept for barely four hours.
Waking up in the morning, they saw that Yuan Xi had posted an official notice, admitting to the relationship.
Both of their hearts turned completely dead as ashes, their eyes swollen from crying, and they were relentlessly chased down dozens of comment threads by the anti-fans they had argued with just previously.
Yet, heart-wrenching as it was, the two of them still had to splash some water on their faces and head out for their 8 AM class.
Mu An casually threw on a light-blue jacket and stepped out with Chen Tong. Along the way, the two of them muttered curses under their breath, with Chen Tong even wailing that he would never chase stars again.
Mu An patted Chen Tong in comfort. “It’s still better than me—I’ve got a whole room of support-colored wallpaper that I’m going to have to tear off. Yuan Xi, you have no heart—”
The two of them had no idea that a tall, slender figure right behind them was staring straight at Mu An.
Jiang Yan wore a hooded sweatshirt, a pair of narrow, elongated eyes peering through his hair as he locked a fierce gaze onto the hand Mu An had draped over Chen Tong’s shoulder.
Who was this person? Why did he come out of Mu An’s apartment?
A classmate?
Did the two of them sleep together last night?
Who was Yuan Xi? An idol Mu An liked?
“My heart has died twice these past few days,” Chen Tong said with a aggrieved expression. “I was watching a survival show last time and there was this one contestant who really caught my eye, I wanted to stan him, but then he ended up seriously injured and hospitalized.”
“Why does whoever I stan end up in trouble?”
Mu An, who was in the middle of biting into a steamed bun, froze. Why did that description sound a bit familiar?
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