Part 2
He received a piece of paper; the production team told him to read it after the end.
The second round was Liu Xichao asking Tang Yue. He took a deep breath and stared at Tang Yue for several seconds.
Tang Yue covered his face: “Brother Yao told me to choose boldly.”
Yao Lixin: “You wanted to know yourself, right?”
He even looked at Liu Xichao: “You wouldn’t happen to be behind our backs… hmm?”
Liu Xichao: “Get lost. Do you have any group spirit?”
He looked at Tang Yue, “Xiao Yue, you’re done for. Listen well.”
Then he said to Jiang Shulu on the side: “Family members don’t need to be nervous. I’ll ask you later.”
Tang Yue had glanced at the questions just now and had already spotted several that weren’t easy to answer.
At this moment, he subconsciously grabbed Jiang Shulu’s hand, which was backhandedly held by the other.
Jiang Shulu smiled: “It’s not like they’re testing you with brain teasers.”
[I feel like Tang Yue is going to win this.] [Is there anything Tang Yue doesn’t dare to say?]
Liu Xichao: “Under what circumstances was the first kiss lost?”
Yao Lixin was also very curious about this question and sat up straighter.
[It’s another ‘I can’t get over Jiang Shulu x Tang Yue’ question. The origin of the child, and the child’s mother…] [I’m choking up a little.]
Tang Yue: “After the final tour ended.”
Liu Xichao let out a meaningful “Oh”: “What is the most intimate thing you’ve done with the opposite sex?”
[Liu Xichao, so ruthless. That sounds painful.] [The production team actually gave a close-up of Jiang Shulu’s expression.]
Tang Yue shook his head: “None.”
Liu Xichao: “Really?”
Tang Yue: “Does hugging fans count? Oh, once in an MV, I had to kiss the female lead’s palm.”
Yao Lixin: “What ‘kissing the female lead’s palm’? You forgot that in the end, it turned into the Captain kissing your palm, and he even gave you a full set of manicures.”
[Why did it suddenly become a comedy?] [Help! I’ve seen this behind-the-scenes!!! Usually, boy group romance MVs have a female lead, but that sister had an emergency, so they changed the shot. Even the kiss was…]
Jiang Shulu couldn’t hold it back and laughed too.
Tang Yue said “Oh”: “Wasn’t I just playing along to answer?”
There were many people in the bullet screen saying Tang Yue was lying.
But on screen, the young man’s eyes were clear and open, making it hard to believe he was hiding anything.
Everyone knew Tang Yue’s personality. If he liked something, he liked it; if he didn’t, he didn’t. It was particularly obvious.
Liu Xichao: “What is the one thing you want to start over the most?”
Tang Yue: “My interactions with Shulu-ge.”
He answered with absolute certainty. Liu Xichao asked, “How so?”
Tang Yue’s hand was still being held by Jiang Shulu, fingers interlocked, the friction of every inch of skin exceptionally lingering.
This small private room faced the water. Outside the window were the tour boats, the market, and the melodious singing from the water stage.
Tang Yue glanced at Jiang Shulu. “Not hiding from Shulu-ge, respecting my own thoughts. That would have been enough.”
[Sure enough, there were sparks within the group!] [Those who avoid suspicion are the ones with the real tea, boohoo.] [So why?! Why waste so many years, and there’s even a child!] [If the child is Jiang Shulu’s, then everything makes sense.]
Liu Xichao: “Isn’t it pretty good now too? Next question.”
Liu Xichao: “When was the last time you kissed?”
[What kind of old-school Truth or Dare is this!! I love it!] [I suggest other group variety shows do this too. The joy of toes curling in cringe.]
Tang Yue: “This morning.”
Yao Lixin covered his face. Liu Xichao was laughing so hard he was cramping. He rubbed his face and continued asking, “What do you consider the most romantic thing?”
Tang Yue: “Planetary impact.”
He answered this question too quickly, so fast that Liu Xichao let out an “Ah,” and Yao Lixin muttered that Tang Yue’s brain circuits were indeed different.
Many people on the bullet screen thought Tang Yue was cuing his solo song Planet Debris.
Only Jiang Shulu knew what Tang Yue meant.
It was that one-in-a-billion chance of a planet deviating from its orbit, folding time and space, and sending this alien from Planet 9787 to Earth.
Allowing two people who should never have intersected to meet.
[Jiang Shulu’s gaze is drowning people. Is this some hidden love talk?] [If this is hidden love talk, then that solo song Tang Yue sang back then… could it also be a confession?] [Urgently clicking on the lyrics of “Planet Debris”.] [This song is still a Mandarin unrequited love golden hit!! Those 100,000 literary comments are all products of empathy. Lyricist and Composer: Tang Yue. If it was written for Jiang Shulu, then your unrequited love was simply too grand.] [So you said you loved him that many years ago!! I can’t take it! I want to cry so bad. If not for this variety show, would they have missed each other?] [Very curious about the reason for Tang Yue’s change of mindset. Jiang Shulu’s pursuit is one thing, but I feel Tang Yue’s heart of stone isn’t that easy to…] [Just based on how much Tang Yue loves skinship, sleep together a few more times and they’ll be familiar. What can’t be pried open? They can even have deep intimacy, hehe.]
Liu Xichao: “I’m done asking. Who’s next?”
Yao Lixin: “It’s time for the family on the bride’s side to interrogate the Captain. So satisfying.”
His happiness couldn’t be suppressed; his idol filter shattered completely with his laughter.
Yao Lixin: “I’ll just ask two. Tang Yue can ask the rest.”
Tang Yue: “Can I still ask?”
Yao Lixin: “You can go back to bed and ask if you want.”
Tang Yue was choked into silence.
[Yao Lixin is my mouthpiece.] [Teasing Tang Yue like this must feel great, right?]
Yao Lixin: “During your time in the group, did you ever have the thought that everyone present was trash?”
Liu Xichao said “Hey”: “That’s not on the paper, is it?”
Yao Lixin: “Fine, changing the question. What is the most memorable event during the group period?”
Jiang Shulu: “That time we went to Denmark to shoot the MV. Xiao Yue had a cold but insisted on going out to build a snowman.”
This was truly too long ago, so long ago that it touched some memory of Liu Xichao’s, making his expression somewhat desolate.
Yao Lixin: “That time, ah. I remember. You warned him the day before not to catch a cold, and as a result, the next day…”
Tang Yue: “The Captain is so amazing. The Great Prophet.”
[Would a normal person praise their boyfriend for being amazing at a time like this?] [I feel like Jiang Shulu is genuinely happy being with Tang Yue. He’s smiling the whole time; I feel like he’s been possessed.] [Why wouldn’t he be happy in a relationship that provides such good emotional value?] [As a Jiang Shulu fan, I agree to this marriage! Forget it, it’s useless even if I disagree. They disbanded anyway; let them do whatever they want.]
Jiang Shulu: “Little fool who had never built a snowman.”
Tang Yue: “Didn’t you also never build one? The snowman you built was so ugly.”
Jiang Shulu: “But back then, you said I built it very impressively.”
Yao Lixin: “He praises everyone as amazing.”
Jiang Shulu lowered his voice and leaned into Tang Yue’s ear to ask, “So you were lying to me?”
Tang Yue: “How is that possible! You are too amazing; I am very happy.”
[Why do I hear something… cough.] [Yao Lixin looks like a matchmaker.]
Yao Lixin: “Next question. Has the Captain ever regretted the choices made during this period?”
This question was a revised version of Tang Yue’s question earlier, and it was also a concern for many viewers and fans.
Even now, the video of Jiang Shulu and Tang Yue at the wealthy family’s birthday banquet still appeared in Away’s fan edits.
It was almost a prologue to the post-disbandment era that fans of other groups wouldn’t dare imagine.
Jiang Shulu: “I only regret not making this choice sooner.”
The man in the frame looked relaxed, his gaze resting on the person beside him. The Captain and the Maknae, who used to be separated by another person even in group photos, had finally come together.
Love didn’t need to be hidden, nor would it turn into regret.
Yao Lixin: “Alright, now the groom may kiss the other groom.”
Tang Yue subconsciously closed his eyes. Liu Xichao shouted “Hey”: “Don’t let him get his way so easily!! Little Tang Yue, it’s your turn to ask. Throw everything at him—cheating, mistresses, etc.”
[I’m going to die laughing at Yao Lixin sooner or later.] [Tang Yue, you actually closed your eyes! As a mom-fan, I still can’t accept this, boohoo.] [Didn’t you hear Tang Yue say the last kiss was this morning? They definitely did it again this morning! Ah, thank goodness these two didn’t get together while in the group.] [I’m so glad they didn’t do it during those three years, yet so regretful they didn’t do it during those three years. Going crazy.]
Tang Yue took the question sheet but didn’t know what to ask Jiang Shulu. He remained silent for a long time.
Jiang Shulu: “Aren’t you going to ask?”
Tang Yue flipped through it with lack of interest, finally setting the paper aside: “You will tell me everything anyway.”
He spoke with great certainty, his eyes gazing earnestly at Jiang Shulu, as if meeting Jiang Shulu was the miracle of his lifetime.
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