Chapter 35
◎ Is It a Coincidence? (Includes Barrage) ◎
The surging comments in the live room whooshed upward like a waterfall.
[Hmm????? Cats and Dogs score big (Drool flowing from corner of mouth hehehe)]
[Teacher Wu Hengyao, do you want to look at what you are saying? [FBI warning.jpg]]
[Berlin: ? I treat you as a teammate, but you want to sleep with me (Scared)]
[#Shock, Yao-Lin actually came out publicly on live stream#]
[Passing CP fan submission: It happened like this. I was walking nicely on the road when suddenly a piece of candy ‘smacked’ onto my head [Helpless.jpg]]
Group fans and Cat-Dog CP fans grinned to the solar system, passionately typing and spamming screams while staring intently—
Wu Hengyao, completely unaware that anything was wrong, took another bite of beef jerky, ground his sharp canine teeth, and locked eyes with the question-mark-covered Berlin: “…”
Teacher Wu, focused on eating, belatedly felt a chill on his back.
He looked around, and under the death glares of his teammates, finally realized he seemed to have said something he shouldn’t have.
But Wu Hengyao only reflected with realization: Ah, forgot we are live. The timing is indeed not right.
However, Little Wolf Classmate didn’t feel his remark was inappropriate.
He turned to the camera to patch things up, negotiating with the fans in a gruff voice: “Just pretend you didn’t hear anything. Thank you, everyone.”
Staff: “…?”
[PR Company: Thanks for the invite, learned a lot. No need for templates, just tell the audience to cover their ears. High, truly high (Doge)]
[Hahahahahaha okay brother! No problem brother! (Zipper.jpg)]
[#For a moment I can’t tell if Teacher Wu is truly stupid or fake stupid#]
[Teacher Wu: You can pretend you didn’t hear it, but I can’t pretend I didn’t say it [Eyes of wisdom.jpg]]
[Sister’s interpretation logic is amazing hahahaha I ship it thanks thanks]
Wu Hengyao noticed Berlin kept looking at him. He paused, turned the beef jerky at his mouth in a different direction, and offered it to Berlin. “Mmm, you eat.”
Berlin looked down at the beef jerky in front of him: “…?”
Berlin looked at Wu Hengyao for a long time, realizing he was still calmly holding the beef jerky waiting for him. Instantly, he decided to give up struggling with the previous issue.
Forget it. Wu Hengyao’s brain only knows eating; what does he know about sleeping together.
Berlin shook his head. “I’m not hungry, you eat.”
Hua Yan, whose eyes had been dark as he secretly hoped for Wu Hengyao to crash and burn: “…”
Once again proving what a great protective layer being thick-nerved was. No matter how thoughtless the words, Berlin wouldn’t look into them.
Hua Yan, who inexplicably realized what a ‘Green Tea Bitch’ (male version) was: Damn, the stupid wolf outranks me. 🙂
Hua Yan kept turning his head to look at Berlin, finally attracting the fans’ attention.
[Am I the only one who secretly ships Hua-Lin? [Wicked smile.jpg]]
[Sister, you are not alone. Can’t ship the direct approach; it’s too straightforward, lacks flavor. The sugar I discover myself is sweeter hehehe… Hua Yan hasn’t shown his full face for more than a few seconds in twenty minutes of streaming [Thumbs up]]
[The eye contact sugar is so stringy (intense)—Some Light Bulb vibes. Say no more, I’m crying (Covering mouth.jpg)]
[BGM playing in brain, sisters: “Can I avoid it? I’m afraid of being that light bulb, sticking to you, coming and going, suffering in grievance”]
[Hiss, All-Lin feels good. More shuraba (carnage/jealousy scenes), love to watch (Fight, fight)]
[? Take away Cats and Dogs. Why drag and step? I just love direct balls! If you love, say it loud! Have you heard that? The era of staying silent and having internal drama is outdated]
Jiang Shuiran, who had been silently reading comments, tilted his head slightly, lost in thought.
The staff were used to boy group fans shipping CPs and didn’t react to the barrage, but reminded them timely: “Want to play some small games?”
Berlin asked for fan opinions. “Do you guys want to see us play games?”
A neat rows of “Want” swept across the barrage.
So Berlin continued asking, “Then help provide some ideas. What should we play? We’ll pick a few.”
[Double speed dance challenge!! But compared to 1.5x or 2x, I want to see 0.5x hhhhh easier to gather meme material (Not really)]
[Ahhhh I want to see girl group dances. Little Lin look at me wuwuwu]
[I want to see guessing popular phrases, where one gestures and one guesses. See how many you get in a fixed time hehe]
[Is there a punishment for losing! It’s not fun without punishment!]
Berlin tried hard to read the comments, nodding and muttering as he read. “Oh, oh, mmm, girl group dance? Better not make it hard for us; Ah Zhe is a bit stiff.”
Han Yuzhe: “…?”
[Hahahahahahahaha politely: Are you Han Yuzhe?]
[Sorry, my mind is echoing #Ah Zhe, Hard#]
[You perverts don’t corrupt my cub (Trying to cover Little Lin’s eyes)]
[So the implication is you don’t mind dancing it? Then Little Lin, you dance it solo, I want to see ahhhh]
Berlin pretended not to see the calls for girl group dances and continued, “Double speed dance is doable. Let’s keep that as a backup.”
“Mmm, a game without punishment is like playing mahjong during New Year’s without money?” Berlin looked at the camera disapprovingly, shaking his head and sighing. “What are you guys thinking about all day!”
[Fans in Berlin’s mind: Studying, attending class, preparing for exams. Fans in reality: Damn, lost another two hundred bucks to my roommate during New Year’s TT]
[Hahahaha model worker idol, social fans (Not really)]
“Let’s do a double speed dance first.” Berlin looked at the staff. “Sis, help find audio sources with different speeds.”
The unprepared staff member had a look of “You’re making it hard for Fat Tiger,” but agreed anyway. “Okay, wait for me to find it.”
Preparing audio took time, so Berlin continued chatting with fans. “Ah, someone asked why Skye’s skin is so good.”
He chuckled, puffing his chest with a confident and serious face. “Do you think I’m going to say drink more water, sleep early? No, no, no, that’s not the root cause.”
Berlin grinned happily. “The answer is… born this way! Can’t help it!”
[? Berlin, you kid, don’t sleep too soundly at night (Slowly drawing knife)]
[Little Lin, tell Mommy honestly, has it been too long since you were beaten? Do you want to taste the iron fist of socialist Mommies (Rolling up sleeves waving feather duster)]
Just as the fans were crying on the internet preparing to educate this little brat Little Lin, Han Yuzhe, who usually didn’t participate in such topics, nodded in agreement.
Han Yuzhe: “Indeed.”
[? Han Yuzhe look into my eyes and say that again]
[Advise you two to withdraw that; it’s bad for my health]
[Hahahahaha you two sleep with your eyes open tonight]
The staff urgently gestured a large “X” at Berlin—
Why do these two have no filter? Skye has a skincare endorsement; they should have taken the chance to advertise for the brand daddy!
Berlin looked at the staff’s face-touching gesture in confusion, blinking twice before realizing.
Berlin, doing emergency damage control: “Cough, I was actually joking just now. The secret is something else; you all know it.”
Jiang Shuiran smoothly took over the conversation. “Yes, that is our Azure Sea Firming and Lifting—”
Hua Yan: “Gilded Cream.”
[This sudden ad, 6 (smooth)]
[Hahahaha sudden online survival instinct]
[Azure Sea: Gotta spoil our own spokespersons; everyone please bear with it]
[Teacher Wu: Just pretend you didn’t hear what was said earlier (Applying what he learned)]
Staff whispered a reminder: “Audio is ready.”
After connecting the Bluetooth speaker, the members stretched and stood up, ready to start the double speed dance challenge.
The phone lens field of view was narrow. Staff picked it up to adjust it; it barely fit five people after pulling back some distance.
The song played was last year’s title track ‘sup future. As soon as the intro started, not only did the fans’ DNA move, but the members also moved almost like a conditioned reflex, following muscle memory.
The first ten seconds were normal speed, then without warning, it switched to 0.5x speed.
The slowed, dragged-out audio sounded like a sloth.
Berlin followed with an extremely slow wave and burst out laughing right away.
The camera swept over the teammates one by one, proving Berlin right—Han Yuzhe’s slow-motion wave looked inexplicably stiff. Others were silky smooth water flows; only Han Yuzhe looked like raw noodles dried overnight.
[Okay, I know Brother Zhe is a straight man (Doge)]
[Indeed, completely steel straight hahahahaha]
[Release a behind-the-scenes of Skye training, must have Han Yuzhe stretching clips. I really want to see some cool handsome guy gritting his teeth hahahaha (Wicked)]
[I finally have something in common with Han Yuzhe. Don’t know if I should be comforted: We are both hard (Wiping tears)]
Berlin had no pressure at 0.5x speed. 1.25x was fine, 1.5x was barely okay.
But at 1.75x speed, Berlin started scrambling.
He couldn’t tell for a moment if his stamina couldn’t keep up or his brain reaction couldn’t. Anyway, his arms and legs weren’t listening, looking very much like an aberrant species trying to move at high speed but failing.
1.75x Speed Berlin: Work hard! Work hard!
2x Speed Berlin: “…………”
Why does such a perverted game exist in this world.
He took a quick peek at his teammates from the corner of his eye: Great, calm and composed.
Whether in stamina or movement speed, his teammates were not in the same weight class as Berlin.
Berlin, the only human, huffed angrily, nearly dying of exhaustion: …&#￥%# I report them for hacking TT.*
[Why is only Berlin so tired hahahahaha]
[Little Lin: Soul leaving body, do not disturb]
[Berlin: As the only Omega, you guys are targeting me (Indignant)] (Note: ‘Omega’ here is likely fan slang implying he’s the bottom/soft one in the group dynamic, not literal ABO setting unless specified, but common in fan discourse).
[Little Lin, your stamina seems lacking. How about this? My family runs a dance studio, and my parents are world dance champions. Why don’t you come to Xiangnan to find me? I’ll have my parents give you targeted training.]
[ The—Dagger—Is—Revealed (Ulterior motives revealed)]
[This long sister, I can hear your abacus clicking all the way in Singapore]
[Seconded, tremors felt in Dongcheng (.]
After a round of double speed dance, Berlin refused to admit defeat and persisted until 2.75x speed, finally announcing the end in a near-deranged state.
Berlin collapsed on the sofa panting, his eyes unfocused.
Berlin-No-Matter-What-Never-Slacks-Lin, maintaining intensity and completion, consumed a huge amount of stamina.
His teammates returned to their original positions gracefully without even catching their breath.
Han Yuzhe glanced at Berlin, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water from the coffee table, and handed it to him.
Berlin took it and drank. “Phew, thanks.”
Wu Hengyao looked at Berlin and wrinkled his nose. “Berlin, you’re eating too little lately. Your stamina isn’t good.”
Berlin: ? Sorry, my stamina is peak among humans. And I haven’t been eating very little recently; cutting carbs does affect me a bit. But please, you non-humans, don’t forget I’ve already soaked in the practice room for half a day today TT.
[Hahahaha why is Han Yuzhe’s stamina so good? And Hua Yan too. I’ve been watching these two for a long time; they really don’t pant.]
Berlin glanced at this comment and couldn’t help thinking, Yes, you saw right. One step closer to the truth.
Fans naturally wouldn’t know that while the teammates indeed had amazing stamina and weren’t tired, a fundamental reason was that Han Yuzhe and Hua Yan didn’t need to breathe.
As a demon and a vampire existing between life and death, under any condition, they simply didn’t pant.
Berlin: As a lifelong sports king, all the supernatural creatures are responsible for the injustice I suffered today.
In the room next door, Cecil had been watching the live stream the whole time.
Berlin only glanced at comments occasionally, but Cecil watched the barrage the entire time.
Fans knew the scrolling speed was fast and Berlin probably couldn’t see clearly, so their speech was very unscrupulous, unafraid of being caught by the idol.
[Help, this image makes me a little bit cough cough sorry (Shy.jpg)]
[Omg I’m warning myself to stop thinking. After all, Berlin looks really good right now (Heartbroken struggle: Stop imagining, this is very sorry to Little Lin)]
[You bunch of ‘mud-sculptors’ (reverse-gender/bottom shippers) hahahahaha go away. Clearly, he’s my boyfriend waiting for me to bring water after playing ball hehehe]
[Serious fans, seeing Lin like this and not wanting to engage in ‘Fourth Love’, I look down on you]
[? While you fight over mud and straight, where do you place us mom fans? My son is too tired from dancing and needs Mommy’s kiss qwq]
Han Yuzhe’s ears twitched slightly.
He narrowed his eyes and tilted his head lazily, hearing the voice of a staff member in the next room.
“Hey, hey, Cecil, it’s not time for you to go in yet. Wait a bit—”
Another trainee who came with Cecil sounded a bit confused. “Wait, where are you going…?”
Cecil’s answering voice held no emotional fluctuation, concise: “To the bathroom.”
In the room where Skye was, the staff didn’t react. Only Han Yuzhe and the other three heard the conversation next door, their gazes shifting toward the door in unison.
The two rooms were adjacent. To create a “chance encounter” later, the door was open, not closed.
Berlin caught his breath for a while and quickly regained his spirit.
Noticing his teammates’ gazes, Berlin subconsciously followed their look and happened to see Cecil passing by the door, glancing into the room.
Human Berlin, unable to hear the sound next door, misunderstood.
He thought the company had advanced the time for Cecil to join the stream, so he simply went with the flow to help Cecil out by greeting him first—this would look more natural. After all, if Berlin greeted him first, the chances of Cecil being scolded for leeching heat would be greatly reduced.
He waved his hand with bright eyes. “You’re here?”
The staff off-camera looked confused, not understanding why Cecil came over now.
And Cecil, who had told the staff next door he was just going to the bathroom, stopped in his tracks the moment Berlin waved at him. He turned and walked toward Berlin without a second of hesitation.
Han Yuzhe’s eyes darkened slightly; he felt this guy did it on purpose.
Not seeing him for a few days, he was becoming more and more like a living person.
Cecil’s voice was clearly captured in the live room.
“Little Lin.”
Fans hearing this voice instantly smelled something unusual.
First reaction: Damn, this voice sounds so good.
Immediately followed by the realization: This is a live stream at GNK company.
A relationship close enough to call him “Little Lin” directly… besides teammates, managers, and assistants, they hadn’t heard of anyone else at GNK?
The next second, they all saw a patch of coral red hem.
Coral red was Berlin’s personal support color, wasn’t it?
Is it a coincidence?
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